Luke 11

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي أَحَدِ الأَمَاكِنِ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى، قَالَ لَهُ أَحَدُ تَلامِيذِهِ: «يَا رَبُّ، عَلِّمْنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ كَمَا عَلَّمَ يُوحَنَّا تَلامِيذَهُ».

He said to them, “When you pray, say:

وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا خَطَايَانَا، لأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً نَغْفِرُ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يُذْنِبُ إِلَيْنَا؛ وَلا تُدْخِلْنَا فِي تَجْرِبَةٍ لكِنْ نَجِّنَا مِنَ الشِّرِّيرِ!»

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يَكُونُ لَهُ صَدِيقٌ، فَيَذْهَبُ إِلَيْهِ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَيَقُولُ لَهُ: يَا صَدِيقِي، أَقْرِضْنِي ثَلاثَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ،

a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’

فَقَدْ جَاءَنِي صَدِيقٌ مِنْ سَفَرٍ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَا أُقَدِّمُ لَهُ!

And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’

لكِنَّ صَدِيقَهُ يُجِيبُهُ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ: لَا تُزْعِجْنِي! فَقَدْ أَقْفَلْتُ الْبَابَ، وَهَا أَنَا وَأَوْلادِي فِي الْفِرَاشِ. لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَقُومَ وَأُعْطِيَكَ!

I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity^[e] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنْ كَانَ لَا يَقُومُ وَيُعْطِيهِ لأَنَّهُ صَدِيقُهُ، فَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَقُومَ وَيُعْطِيَهُ قَدْرَ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ، لأَنَّهُ أَلَحَّ فِي الطَّلَبِ.

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: اسْأَلُوا، تُعْطَوْا؛ اطْلُبُوا، تَجِدُوا؛ اقْرَعُوا، يُفْتَحْ لَكُمْ:

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَسْأَلْ يَنَلْ، وَمَنْ يَسْعَ يَجِدْ، وَمَنْ يَقْرَعْ يُفْتَحْ لَهُ.

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for^[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead?

فَأَيُّ أَبٍ مِنْكُمْ يَطْلُبُ مِنْهُ ابْنُهُ خُبْزاً فَيُعْطِيهِ حَجَراً؟ أَوْ يَطْلُبُ سَمَكَةً فَيُعْطِيهِ بَدَلَ السَّمَكَةِ حَيَّةً؟

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

أَوْ يَطْلُبُ بَيْضَةً، فَيُعْطِيهِ عَقْرَباً؟

If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Jesus and Beelzebul

فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ، أَنْتُمُ الأَشْرَارُ، تَعْرِفُونَ أَنْ تُعْطُوا أَوْلادَكُمْ عَطَايَا جَيِّدَةً، فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى الآبُ، الَّذِي مِنَ السَّمَاءِ يَهَبُ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ لِمَنْ يَسْأَلُونَهُ؟»

يسوع وبعلزبول

Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.

وَكَانَ يَطْرُدُ شَيْطَاناً (مِن رَجُلٍ) كَانَ ذلِكَ الشَّيْطَانُ قَدْ أَخْرَسَهُ. فَلَمَّا طُرِدَ الشَّيْطَانُ، نَطَقَ الأَخْرَسُ. فَتَعَجَّبَتِ الجُمُوعُ.

But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”

وَلكِنَّ بَعْضاً مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا: «إِنَّمَا يَطْرُدُ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِبَعْلَزَبُولَ رَئِيسِ الشَّيَاطِينِ».

Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.

وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُ آخَرُونَ، لِيُجَرِّبُوهُ، مُعْجِزَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.

Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.

وَلكِنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَفْكَارَهُمْ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «كُلُّ مَمْلَكَةٍ تَنْقَسِمُ عَلَى ذَاتِهَا تَخْرَبُ، وَكُلُّ بَيْتٍ (يَنْقَسِمُ) عَلَى بَيْتٍ يَسْقُطُ.

If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

فَإِنْ كَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ كَذلِكَ قَدِ انْقَسَمَ عَلَى ذَاتِهِ، فَكَيْفَ تَصْمُدُ مَمْلَكَتُهُ؟ فَقَدْ قُلْتُمْ إِنِّي أَطْرُدُ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِبَعْلَزَبُولَ.

Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

وَلكِنْ، إِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا أَطْرُدُ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِبَعْلَزَبُولَ، فَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ بِمَنْ يَطْرُدُونَهُمْ؟ لِذلِكَ هُمْ يَحْكُمُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ.

But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

أَمَّا إِذَا كُنْتُ أَطْرُدُ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِإِصْبَعِ اللهِ، فَقَدْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلَكُوتُ اللهِ.

“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.

عِنْدَمَا يَحْرُسُ الْقَوِيُّ بَيْتَهُ وَهُوَ بِكَامِلِ سِلاحِهِ، تَكُونُ أَمْتِعَتُهُ فِي مَأْمَنٍ.

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

وَلكِنْ عِنْدَمَا يَغْزُوهُ مَنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ فَيَغْلِبُهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يُجَرِّدُهُ مِنْ كَامِلِ سِلاحِهِ الَّذِي اعْتَمَدَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يُوَزِّعُ غَنَائِمَهُ.

“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

مَنْ لَيْسَ مَعِي، فَهُوَ ضِدِّي؛ وَمَنْ لَا يَجْمَعُ مَعِي، فَهُوَ يُفَرِّقُ.

عودة الروح النجس

“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

بَعْدَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ الرُّوحُ النَّجِسُ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ، يَهِيمُ فِي الأَمَاكِنِ الْقَاحِلَةِ طَلَباً لِلرَّاحَةِ، وَإِذْ لَا يَجِدُ، يَقُولُ: سَأَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي الَّذِي غَادَرْتُهُ!

When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

وَعِنْدَمَا يَأْتِي، يَجِدُهُ مَكْنُوساً مُزَيَّناً.

Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”

فَيَذْهَبُ وَيَصْطَحِبُ سَبْعَةَ أَرْوَاحٍ أُخَرَ أَرْدَأَ مِنْهُ، فَتَدْخُلُ ذلِكَ الإِنْسَانَ وَتَسْكُنُهُ، فَتَصِيرُ الْحَالَةُ الأَخِيرَةُ لِذلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ أَرْدَأَ مِنَ الأُولَى!»

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا، رَفَعَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْجَمْعِ صَوْتَهَا قَائِلَةً لَهُ: «طُوبَى لِلْبَطْنِ الَّذِي حَمَلَكَ، وَالثَّدْيَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ رَضَعْتَهُمَا!»

He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

The Sign of Jonah

إِلّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «بَلْ طُوبَى لِلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ وَيَعْمَلُونَ بِها».

آية يونان

As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

وَإِذْ كَانَتِ الْجُمُوعُ تَزْدَحِمُ عَلَيْهِ، أَخَذَ يَقُولُ: «هَذَا الْجِيلُ جِيلٌ شِرِّيرٌ، يَطْلُبُ مُعْجِزَةً وَلَنْ يُعْطَى مُعْجِزَةً إِلّا مُعْجِزَةَ يُونَانَ.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

فَإِنَّهُ كَمَا كَانَ يُونَانُ آيَةً لأَهْلِ نِينَوَى، فَهكَذَا أَيْضاً يَكُونُ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ لِهَذَا الْجِيلِ.

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

إِنَّ مَلِكَةَ الْجَنُوبِ سَتَقُومُ فِي الدَّيْنُونَةِ مَعَ هَذَا الْجِيلِ وَتَدِينُهُ لأَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ لِتَسْمَعَ حِكْمَةَ سُلَيْمَانَ. وَهَا هُنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ!

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.

The Lamp of the Body

وَأَهْلُ نِينَوَى سَيَقِفُونَ فِي الدَّيْنُونَةِ مَعَ هَذَا الْجِيلِ وَيَدِينُونَهُ: لأَنَّهُمْ تَابُوا لَدَى وَعْظِ يُونَانَ لَهُمْ. وَهَا هُنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ يُونَانَ.

مصباحُ الجسد

“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

لَا أَحَدَ يُشْعِلُ مِصْبَاحاً وَيَضَعُهُ فِي مَكَانٍ مَخْفِيٍّ أَوْ تَحْتَ الْمِكْيَالِ، بَلْ يَرْفَعُهُ عَلَى الْمَنَارَةِ لِيَرَى الدَّاخِلُونَ النُّورَ.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,^[g] your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,^[h] your body also is full of darkness.

عَيْنُكَ هِيَ مِصْبَاحُ الْجَسَدِ: إِذَا كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ سَلِيمَةً، يَكُونُ جَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ مُنَوَّراً؛ أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ شِرِّيرَةً، فَيَكُونُ جَسَدُكَ أَيْضاً مُظْلِماً.

See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

فَتَنَبَّهْ إِذَنْ لِئَلّا يَكُونَ النُّورُ الَّذِي فِيكَ ظَلاماً.

Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

Woes on the Pharisees and the Experts in the Law

إِذَنْ، إِنْ كَانَ جَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ مُنَوَّراً وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ جَانِبٌ مُظْلِمٌ، فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ مُنَوَّراً بِكَامِلِهِ، كَأَنَّمَا أَنَارَ لَكَ الْمِصْبَاحُ بِإِشْعَاعِهِ!»

ستة ويلات

When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.

وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ، طَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدُ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ أَنْ يَتَغَدَّى عِنْدَهُ. فَدَخَلَ (بَيْتَهُ) وَاتَّكَأَ.

But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

وَلكِنَّ الْفَرِّيسِيَّ تَعَجَّبَ لَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاءِ.

Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «أَنْتُمُ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ تُنَظِّفُونَ الْكَأْسَ وَالصَّحْفَةَ مِنَ الْخَارِجِ، وَلكِنَّكُمْ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ مَمْلُوؤُونَ نَهْباً وَخُبْثاً.

You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

أَيُّهَا الأَغْبِيَاءُ، أَلَيْسَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ الْخَارِجَ قَدْ صَنَعَ الدَّاخِلَ أَيْضاً؟

But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.

أَحْرَى بِكُمْ أَنْ تَتَصَدَّقُوا بِمَا عِنْدَكُمْ، فَيَكُونُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ طَاهِراً لَكُمْ.

“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.

وَلكِنِ الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ فَإِنَّكُمْ تَدْفَعُونَ عُشْرَ النَّعْنَعِ وَالسَّذَّابِ وَالْبُقُولِ الأُخْرَى، وَتَتَجَاوَزُونَ عَنِ الْعَدْلِ وَمَحَبَّةِ اللهِ: كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا هَذَا وَلا تُهْمِلُوا ذَاكَ!

“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.

الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُحِبُّونَ تَصَدُّرَ الْمَقَاعِدِ الأُولَى فِي الْمَجَامِعِ وَتَلَقِّي التَّحِيَّاتِ فِي السَّاحَاتِ الْعَامَّةِ!

“Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.”

الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُشْبِهُونَ الْقُبُورَ الْمَخْفِيَّةَ، يَمْشِي النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ!»

One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”

وَتَكَلَّمَ أَحَدُ عُلَمَاءِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، قَائِلاً لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، إِنَّكَ بِقَوْلِكَ هَذَا تُهِينُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً».

Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.

فَقَالَ: «وَالْوَيْلُ أَيْضاً لَكُمْ يَا عُلَمَاءَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُحَمِّلُونَ النَّاسَ أَحْمَالاً مُرْهِقَةً، وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَمَسُّونَهَا بِإِصْبَعٍ مِنْ أَصَابِعِكُمْ!

“Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.

الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تَبْنُونَ قُبُورَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ قَتَلُوهُمْ.

So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

فَأَنْتُمْ إِذَنْ تَشْهَدُونَ مُوَافِقِينَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ آبَائِكُمْ: فَهُمْ قَتَلُوا الأَنْبِيَاءَ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَبْنُونَ قُبُورَهُمْ.

Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’

لِهَذَا السَّبَبِ أَيْضاً قَالَتْ حِكْمَةُ اللهِ: سَأُرْسِلُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْبِيَاءَ وَرُسُلاً، فَيَقْتُلُونَ مِنْهُمْ وَيَضْطَهِدُونَ،

Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

حَتَّى إِنَّ دِمَاءَ جَمِيعِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمَسْفُوكَةَ مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ الْعَالَمِ، يُطَالَبُ بِها هَذَا الْجِيلُ،

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.

مِنْ دَمِ هَابِيلَ إِلَى دَمِ زَكَرِيَّا الَّذِي قُتِلَ بَيْنَ الْمَذْبَحِ وَالْقُدْسِ! أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: نَعَمْ، إِنَّ تِلْكَ الدِّمَاءَ يُطَالَبُ بِها هَذَا الْجِيلُ.

“Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ يَا عُلَمَاءَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ خَطِفْتُمْ مِفْتَاحَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ، فَلا أَنْتُمْ دَخَلْتُمْ وَلا تَرَكْتُمُ الدَّاخِلِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ!»

When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions,

وَفيِمَا هُوَ خَارِجٌ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، بَدَأَ الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ يُضَيِّقُونَ عَلَيْهِ كَثِيراً، وَأَخَذُوا يَسْتَدْرِجُونَهُ إِلَى الْكَلامِ فِي أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ،

waiting to catch him in something he might say.

وَهُمْ يُرَاقِبُونَهُ سَعْياً إِلَى اصْطِيَادِهِ بِكَلامٍ يَقُولُهُ.