Matthew 24

1 As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

1 ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَسُوعُ وَمَضَى مِنَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ، فَتَقَدَّمَ تَلَامِيذُهُ لِكَيْ يُرُوهُ أَبْنِيَةَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ.

2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

2 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أَمَا تَنْظُرُونَ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ؟ اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ لَا يُتْرَكُ هَهُنَا حَجَرٌ عَلَى حَجَرٍ لَا يُنْقَضُ!».

3 While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

3 وَفِيمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى جَبَلِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ، تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ عَلَى ٱنْفِرَادٍ قَائِلِينَ: «قُلْ لَنَا مَتَى يَكُونُ هَذَا؟ وَمَا هِيَ عَلَامَةُ مَجِيئِكَ وَٱنْقِضَاءِ ٱلدَّهْرِ؟».

4 Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

4 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «ٱنْظُرُوا! لَا يُضِلَّكُمْ أَحَدٌ.

5 For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

5 فَإِنَّ كَثِيرِينَ سَيَأْتُونَ بِٱسْمِي قَائِلِينَ: أَنَا هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ! وَيُضِلُّونَ كَثِيرِينَ.

6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

6 وَسَوْفَ تَسْمَعُونَ بِحُرُوبٍ وَأَخْبَارِ حُرُوبٍ. اُنْظُرُوا، لَا تَرْتَاعُوا. لِأَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ هَذِهِ كُلُّهَا، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ ٱلْمُنْتَهَى بَعْدُ.

7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

7 لِأَنَّهُ تَقُومُ أُمَّةٌ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَمَمْلَكَةٌ عَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ، وَتَكُونُ مَجَاعَاتٌ وَأَوْبِئَةٌ وَزَلَازِلُ فِي أَمَاكِنَ.

8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

8 وَلَكِنَّ هَذِهِ كُلَّهَا مُبْتَدَأُ ٱلْأَوْجَاعِ.

9 Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

9 حِينَئِذٍ يُسَلِّمُونَكُمْ إِلَى ضِيقٍ وَيَقْتُلُونَكُمْ، وَتَكُونُونَ مُبْغَضِينَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ لِأَجْلِ ٱسْمِي.

10 At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

10 وَحِينَئِذٍ يَعْثُرُ كَثِيرُونَ وَيُسَلِّمُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا وَيُبْغِضُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا.

11 and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

11 وَيَقُومُ أَنْبِيَاءُ كَذَبَةٌ كَثِيرُونَ وَيُضِلُّونَ كَثِيرِينَ.

12 Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

12 وَلِكَثْرَةِ ٱلْإِثْمِ تَبْرُدُ مَحَبَّةُ ٱلْكَثِيرِينَ.

13 But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

13 وَلَكِنِ ٱلَّذِي يَصْبِرُ إِلَى ٱلْمُنْتَهَى فَهَذَا يَخْلُصُ.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

14 وَيُكْرَزُ بِبِشَارَةِ ٱلْمَلَكُوتِ هَذِهِ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ شَهَادَةً لِجَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ. ثُمَّ يَأْتِي ٱلْمُنْتَهَى.

15 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

15 «فَمَتَى نَظَرْتُمْ «رِجْسَةَ ٱلْخَرَابِ» ٱلَّتِي قَالَ عَنْهَا دَانِيآلُ ٱلنَّبِيُّ قَائِمَةً فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ - لِيَفْهَمِ ٱلْقَارِئُ -

16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

16 فَحِينَئِذٍ لِيَهْرُبِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ إِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ،

17 Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

17 وَٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلسَّطْحِ فَلَا يَنْزِلْ لِيَأْخُذَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ شَيْئًا،

18 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

18 وَٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ فَلَا يَرْجِعْ إِلَى وَرَائِهِ لِيَأْخُذَ ثِيَابَهُ.

19 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

19 وَوَيْلٌ لِلْحَبَالَى وَٱلْمُرْضِعَاتِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ!

20 Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

20 وَصَلُّوا لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ هَرَبُكُمْ فِي شِتَاءٍ وَلَا فِي سَبْتٍ،

21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

21 لِأَنَّهُ يَكُونُ حِينَئِذٍ ضِيقٌ عَظِيمٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُهُ مُنْذُ ٱبْتِدَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِ إِلَى ٱلْآنَ وَلَنْ يَكُونَ.

22 If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

22 وَلَوْ لَمْ تُقَصَّرْ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامُ لَمْ يَخْلُصْ جَسَدٌ. وَلَكِنْ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْمُخْتَارِينَ تُقَصَّرُ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامُ.

23 At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

23 حِينَئِذٍ إِنْ قَالَ لَكُمْ أَحَدٌ: هُوَذَا ٱلْمَسِيحُ هُنَا! أَوْ: هُنَاكَ! فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوا.

24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

24 لِأَنَّهُ سَيَقُومُ مُسَحَاءُ كَذَبَةٌ وَأَنْبِيَاءُ كَذَبَةٌ وَيُعْطُونَ آيَاتٍ عَظِيمَةً وَعَجَائِبَ، حَتَّى يُضِلُّوا لَوْ أَمْكَنَ ٱلْمُخْتَارِينَ أَيْضًا.

25 See, I have told you in advance.

25 هَا أَنَا قَدْ سَبَقْتُ وَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ.

26 So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

26 فَإِنْ قَالُوا لَكُمْ: هَا هُوَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ! فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا. هَا هُوَ فِي ٱلْمَخَادِعِ! فَلَا تُصَدِّقُوا.

27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

27 لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْبَرْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ ٱلْمَشَارِقِ وَيَظْهَرُ إِلَى ٱلْمَغَارِبِ، هَكَذَا يَكُونُ أَيْضًا مَجِيءُ ٱبْنِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

28 لِأَنَّهُ حَيْثُمَا تَكُنِ ٱلْجُثَّةُ، فَهُنَاكَ تَجْتَمِعُ ٱلنُّسُورُ.

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

29 «وَلِلْوَقْتِ بَعْدَ ضِيقِ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ تُظْلِمُ ٱلشَّمْسُ، وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا يُعْطِي ضَوْءَهُ، وَٱلنُّجُومُ تَسْقُطُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَقُوَّاتُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ تَتَزَعْزَعُ.

30 At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

30 وَحِينَئِذٍ تَظْهَرُ عَلَامَةُ ٱبْنِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ. وَحِينَئِذٍ تَنُوحُ جَمِيعُ قَبَائِلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُبْصِرُونَ ٱبْنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ آتِيًا عَلَى سَحَابِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ بِقُوَّةٍ وَمَجْدٍ كَثِيرٍ.

31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

31 فَيُرْسِلُ مَلَائِكَتَهُ بِبُوقٍ عَظِيمِ ٱلصَّوْتِ، فَيَجْمَعُونَ مُخْتَارِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْبَعِ ٱلرِّيَاحِ، مِنْ أَقْصَاءِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ إِلَى أَقْصَائِهَا.

32 Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

32 فَمِنْ شَجَرَةِ ٱلتِّينِ تَعَلَّمُوا ٱلْمَثَلَ: مَتَى صَارَ غُصْنُهَا رَخْصًا وَأَخْرَجَتْ أَوْرَاقَهَا، تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱلصَّيْفَ قَرِيبٌ.

33 So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

33 هَكَذَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا، مَتَى رَأَيْتُمْ هَذَا كُلَّهُ فَٱعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ عَلَى ٱلْأَبْوَابِ.

34 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

34 اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَا يَمْضِي هَذَا ٱلْجِيلُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هَذَا كُلُّهُ.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

35 اَلسَّمَاءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ تَزُولَانِ وَلَكِنَّ كَلَامِي لَا يَزُولُ.

36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

36 «وَأَمَّا ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ وَتِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةُ فَلَا يَعْلَمُ بِهِمَا أَحَدٌ، وَلَا مَلَائِكَةُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، إِلَّا أَبِي وَحْدَهُ.

37 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

37 وَكَمَا كَانَتْ أَيَّامُ نُوحٍ كَذَلِكَ يَكُونُ أَيْضًا مَجِيءُ ٱبْنِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

38 لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا كَانُوا فِي ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي قَبْلَ ٱلطُّوفَانِ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ وَيَتَزَوَّجُونَ وَيُزَوِّجُونَ، إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي دَخَلَ فِيهِ نُوحٌ ٱلْفُلْكَ،

39 And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

39 وَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا حَتَّى جَاءَ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَأَخَذَ ٱلْجَمِيعَ، كَذَلِكَ يَكُونُ أَيْضًا مَجِيءُ ٱبْنِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

40 Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

40 حِينَئِذٍ يَكُونُ ٱثْنَانِ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ، يُؤْخَذُ ٱلْوَاحِدُ وَيُتْرَكُ ٱلْآخَرُ.

41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

41 اِثْنَتَانِ تَطْحَنَانِ عَلَى ٱلرَّحَى، تُؤْخَذُ ٱلْوَاحِدَةُ وَتُتْرَكُ ٱلْأُخْرَى.

42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

42 «اِسْهَرُوا إِذًا لِأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ فِي أَيَّةِ سَاعَةٍ يَأْتِي رَبُّكُمْ.

43 But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

43 وَٱعْلَمُوا هَذَا: أَنَّهُ لَوْ عَرَفَ رَبُّ ٱلْبَيْتِ فِي أَيِّ هَزِيعٍ يَأْتِي ٱلسَّارِقُ، لَسَهِرَ وَلَمْ يَدَعْ بَيْتَهُ يُنْقَبُ.

44 For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

44 لِذَلِكَ كُونُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا مُسْتَعِدِّينَ، لِأَنَّهُ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَا تَظُنُّونَ يَأْتِي ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

45 فَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى خَدَمِهِ لِيُعْطِيَهُمُ ٱلطَّعَامَ فِي حِينِهِ؟

46 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

46 طُوبَى لِذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدِ ٱلَّذِي إِذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ يَجِدُهُ يَفْعَلُ هَكَذَا!

47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

47 اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَمْوَالِهِ.

48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

48 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلرَّدِيُّ فِي قَلْبِهِ: سَيِّدِي يُبْطِئُ قُدُومَهُ.

49 And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

49 فَيَبْتَدِئُ يَضْرِبُ ٱلْعَبِيدَ رُفَقَاءَهُ وَيَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ مَعَ ٱلسُّكَارَى.

50 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

50 يَأْتِي سَيِّدُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدِ فِي يَوْمٍ لَا يَنْتَظِرُهُ وَفِي سَاعَةٍ لَا يَعْرِفُهَا،

51 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51 فَيُقَطِّعُهُ وَيَجْعَلُ نَصِيبَهُ مَعَ ٱلْمُرَائِينَ. هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ ٱلْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ ٱلْأَسْنَانِ.