Lettera agli Ebrei (عبرانيين) 11

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 واما الايمان فهو الثقة بما يرجى والايقان بامور لا ترى.	1 Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.
2 فانه في هذه شهد للقدماء.	2 Because of it the ancients were well attested.
3 بالايمان نفهم ان العالمين أتقنت بكلمة الله حتى لم يتكون ما يرى مما هو ظاهر.	3 By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible.
4 بالايمان قدم هابيل للّه ذبيحة افضل من قايين. فبه شهد له انه بار اذ شهد الله لقرابينه. وبه وان مات يتكلم بعد.	4 By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain's. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.
5 بالايمان نقل اخنوخ لكي لا يرى الموت ولم يوجد لان الله نقله. اذ قبل نقله شهد له بانه قد ارضى الله.	5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and "he was found no more because God had taken him." Before he was taken up, he was attested to have pleased God.
6 ولكن بدون ايمان لا يمكن ارضاؤه لانه يجب ان الذي يأتي الى الله يؤمن بانه موجود وانه يجازي الذين يطلبونه.	6 But without faith it is impossible to please him, for anyone who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
7 بالايمان نوح لما أوحي اليه عن امور لم ترى بعد خاف فبنى فلكا لخلاص بيته فبه دان العالم وصار وارثا للبر الذي حسب الايمان.	7 By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith.
8 بالايمان ابراهيم لما دعي اطاع ان يخرج الى المكان الذي كان عتيدا ان يأخذه ميراثا فخرج وهو لا يعلم الى اين يأتي.	8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go.
9 بالايمان تغرب في ارض الموعد كانها غريبة ساكنا في خيام مع اسحق ويعقوب الوارثين معه لهذا الموعد عينه.	9 By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise;
10 لانه كان ينتظر المدينة التي لها الاساسات التي صانعها وبارئها الله.	10 for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God.
11 بالايمان سارة نفسها ايضا اخذت قدرة على انشاء نسل وبعد وقت السن ولدت اذ حسبت الذي وعد صادقا.	11 By faith he received power to generate, even though he was past the normal age--and Sarah herself was sterile--for he thought that the one who had made the promise was trustworthy.
12 لذلك ولد ايضا من واحد وذلك من ممات مثل نجوم السماء في الكثرة وكالرمل الذي على شاطئ البحر الذي لا يعد	12 So it was that there came forth from one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore.
13 في الايمان مات هؤلاء اجمعون وهم لم ينالوا المواعيد بل من بعيد نظروها وصدقوها وحيوها واقروا بانهم غرباء ونزلاء على الارض.	13 All these died in faith. They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth,
14 فان الذين يقولون مثل هذا يظهرون انهم يطلبون وطنا.	14 for those who speak thus show that they are seeking a homeland.
15 فلو ذكروا ذلك الذي خرجوا منه لكان لهم فرصة للرجوع.	15 If they had been thinking of the land from which they had come, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 ولكن الآن يبتغون وطنا افضل اي سماويا. لذلك لا يستحي بهم الله ان يدعى الههم لانه اعدّ لهم مدينة	16 But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
17 بالايمان قدم ابراهيم اسحق وهو مجرب. قدم الذي قبل المواعيد وحيده	17 By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,
18 الذي قيل له انه باسحق يدعى لك نسل.	18 of whom it was said, "Through Isaac descendants shall bear your name."
19 اذ حسب ان الله قادر على الاقامة من الاموات ايضا الذين منهم اخذه ايضا في مثال.	19 He reasoned that God was able to raise even from the dead, and he received Isaac back as a symbol.
20 بالايمان اسحق بارك يعقوب وعيسو من جهة امور عتيدة.	20 By faith regarding things still to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.
21 بالايمان يعقوب عند موته بارك كل واحد من ابني يوسف وسجد على راس عصاه.	21 By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and "bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff."
22 بالايمان يوسف عند موته ذكر خروج بني اسرائيل واوصى من جهة عظامه.	22 By faith Joseph, near the end of his life, spoke of the Exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
23 بالايمان موسى بعد ما ولد اخفاه ابواه ثلاثة اشهر لانهما رأيا الصبي جميلا ولم يخشيا امر الملك.	23 By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
24 بالايمان موسى لما كبر ابى ان يدعى ابن ابنة فرعون	24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 مفضلا بالاحرى ان يذل مع شعب الله على ان يكون له تمتع وقتي بالخطية	25 he chose to be ill-treated along with the people of God rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.
26 حاسبا عار المسيح غنى اعظم من خزائن مصر لانه كان ينظر الى المجازاة.	26 He considered the reproach of the Anointed greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the recompense.
27 بالايمان ترك مصر غير خائف من غضب الملك لانه تشدد كانه يرى من لا يرى.	27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's fury, for he persevered as if seeing the one who is invisible.
28 بالايمان صنع الفصح ورشّ الدم لئلا يمسهم الذي اهلك الابكار.	28 By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
29 بالايمان اجتازوا في البحر الاحمر كما في اليابسة الامر الذي لما شرع فيه المصريون غرقوا.	29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted it they were drowned.
30 بالايمان سقطت اسوار اريحا بعد ما طيف حولها سبعة ايام.	30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell after being encircled for seven days.
31 بالايمان راحاب الزانية لم تهلك مع العصاة اذ قبلت الجاسوسين بسلام	31 By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the disobedient, for she had received the spies in peace.
32 وماذا اقول ايضا لانه يعوزني الوقت ان اخبرت عن جدعون وباراق وشمشون ويفتاح وداود وصموئيل والانبياء	32 What more shall I say? I have not time to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
33 الذين بالايمان قهروا ممالك صنعوا برا نالوا مواعيد سدوا افواه اسود	33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, did what was righteous, obtained the promises; they closed the mouths of lions,
34 اطفأوا قوة النار نجوا من حد السيف تقووا من ضعف صاروا اشداء في الحرب هزموا جيوش غرباء.	34 put out raging fires, escaped the devouring sword; out of weakness they were made powerful, became strong in battle, and turned back foreign invaders.
35 اخذت نساء امواتهن بقيامة. وآخرون عذبوا ولم يقبلوا النجاة لكي ينالوا قيامة افضل.	35 Women received back their dead through resurrection. Some were tortured and would not accept deliverance, in order to obtain a better resurrection.
36 وآخرون تجربوا في هزء وجلد ثم في قيود ايضا وحبس.	36 Others endured mockery, scourging, even chains and imprisonment.
37 رجموا نشروا جربوا ماتوا قتلا بالسيف طافوا في جلود غنم وجلود معزى معتازين مكروبين مذلين.	37 They were stoned, sawed in two, put to death at sword's point; they went about in skins of sheep or goats, needy, afflicted, tormented.
38 وهم لم يكن العالم مستحقا لهم. تائهين في براري وجبال ومغاير وشقوق الارض.	38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered about in deserts and on mountains, in caves and in crevices in the earth.
39 فهؤلاء كلهم مشهودا لهم بالايمان لم ينالوا الموعد	39 Yet all these, though approved because of their faith, did not receive what had been promised.
40 اذ سبق الله فنظر لنا شيئا افضل لكي لا يكملوا بدوننا	40 God had foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should not be made perfect.