1 A nd faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

وَالإيمانُ هُوَ التَّيَقُّنُ مِمّا نَرجُو، أيِ الْبُرهانُ لَنا عَلَى وُجُودِ ما لا يُرَى.

2 f or in this were the elders testified of;

وَبِسَبَبِ هَذا الإيمانِ، أظهَرَ اللهُ رِضاهُ عَلَى القُدَماءِ.

3 b y faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

بِالإيمانِ نَفهَمُ أنَّ الكَونُ خُلِقَ بِأمرِ اللهِ، حَتَّى إنَّ ما يُرَى كُوِّنَ مِمّا لا يُرَى.

4 b y faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

بِالإيمانِ قَدَّمَ هابِيلُ ذَبِيحَةً للهِ أفضَلَ مِمّا قَدَّمَ قايِيْنُ. وَهَكَذا صادَقَ اللهُ عَلَى أنَّهُ بارٌّ، إذْ قَبِلَ تَقدِماتِهِ. وَبِإيمانِهِ مازالَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعَ أنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ.

5 B y faith Enoch was translated -- not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to -- that he had pleased God well,

بِالإيمانِ رُفِعَ أخنُوخُ إلَى اللهِ حَيّاً، فَلَمْ يَذُقِ المَوتَ. وَما كانَ مُمكِناً أنْ يَجِدَهُ أحَدٌ عَلَى الأرْضِ لِأنَّ اللهَ رَفَعَهُ إلَيهِ. فَقَبلَ أنْ يُرفَعَ، امتُدِحَ لأنَّهُ أرْضَى اللهَ.

6 a nd apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

وَبِغَيْرِ إيمانٍ، لا يَمكِنُ إرضاءُ اللهِ. فَعَلَى مَنْ يَأتِي إلَى اللهِ أنْ يُؤمِنَ بِأنَّهُ مَوجُودٌ، وَبِأنَّهُ يُكافِئُ الَّذِينَ يَطلُبُونَهُ.

7 B y faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

بِالإيمانِ بَنَى نُوحُ سَفِينَةً لِيُخَلِّصَ نَفسَهُ وَعائِلَتَهُ، إذْ حَذَّرَهُ اللهُ مِنْ أُمُورٍ لَمْ تَحْدُثْ بَعْدُ، فامتَلأ رَهبَةً. وَبِإيمانِهِ هَذا أدانَ العالَمَ، وَصارَ وَرِيثاً لِلبِرِّ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِالإيمانِ.

8 B y faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

بِالإيمانِ أطاعَ إبراهِيمُ اللهَ لَمّا دَعاهُ، وَخَرَجَ إلَى مَكانٍ سَيَصِيْرُ مِيراثاً لَهُ. خَرَجَ حَتَّى دُونَ أنْ يَعرِفَ إلَى أينَ.

9 b y faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

بِالإيمانِ عاشَ إبراهِيمُ فِي الأرْضِ المَوعُودَةِ كَغَرِيبٍ فِي أرْضٍ غَرِيبَةٍ. سَكَنَ الخِيامَ كَما فَعَلَ إسْحاقُ وَيَعقُوبُ اللَّذانِ كانا وَرِيثَينِ لِنَفسِ الوَعدِ مَعَهُ.

10 f or he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor God.

فَعَلَ هَذا لِأنَّهُ كانَ يَتَطَلَّعُ إلَى المَدِينَةِ ذاتِ الأساساتِ الأبَدِيَّةِ، المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي مُهَندِسُها وَبانِيها هُوَ اللهُ.

11 B y faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

بِالإيمانِ نالَ إبراهِيمُ قُدرَةً عَلَى أنْ يُنجِبَ ابناً مَعَ أنَّ سارَة كانَتْ عاقِراً. وَمَعَ أنَّهُ تَعَدَّى سِنَّ الإنجابِ، إلّا أنَّهُ عَلِمَ أنَّ اللهَ الَّذِي وَعَدَهُ أمِينٌ.

12 w herefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that by the sea-shore -- the innumerable.

وَمِنْ هَذا الرَّجُلِ الواحِدِ الَّذِي كانَ فِي حُكمِ الأمواتِ، جاءَ نَسلٌ كَثِيْرٌ بِعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ، وَبِعَدَدِ حَبّاتِ الرَّملِ عَلَى شاطِئِ البَحرِ.

13 I n faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted, and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,

ماتَ هَؤُلاءِ كُلُّهُمْ وَهُمْ مُؤمِنُونَ. ماتُوا دُونَ أنْ يَنالوا الوُعُودَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ حَيُّوها بِفَرَحٍ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ مُقِرِّيْنَ بِأنَّهُمْ غُرَباءُ عابِرُونَ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ.

14 f or those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;

وَمَنْ يَقُولُونَ مِثلَ هَذا، يُظهِرُونَ أنَّهُمْ يَبحَثُونَ عَنْ وَطَنٍ.

15 a nd if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

فَلَو كانُوا يُفَكِّرُونَ بِالوَطَنِ الَّذِي تَرَكُوهُ، لَكانَتْ لَهُمْ فُرصَةُ العَودَةِ إلَيهِ.

16 b ut now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.

لَكِنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَحِنُّونَ إلَى وَطَنٍ أفضَلَ، وَطَنٍ سَماوِيٍّ. وَلِهَذا فَإنَّ اللهَ لا يَستَحِي بِأنْ يُدعَى إلَهَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أعَدَّ لَهُمْ مَدِينَةً.

17 B y faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

بِالإيمانِ قَدَّمَ إبراهِيمُ ابنَهُ إسْحاقَ ذَبِيحَةً عِندَما امتَحَنَهُ اللهُ. نَعَمْ، فَالَّذِي تَلَقَّىْ وُعُودَ اللهِ، كانَ مُستَعِدّاً أنْ يُقَدِّمَ ابنَهُ الوَحِيدَ.

18 o f whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

إذْ قالَ لَهُ اللهُ: «سَيَكُونُ لَكَ نَسلٌ بِواسِطَةِ إسْحاقَ.»

19 r eckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive.

فَآمَنَ إبراهِيْمُ بِاللهِ القادِرِ عَلَى إقامَةِ الأمْواتِ. وَيُمكِنُ القَولُ رَمزِيّاً إنَّ إبراهِيْمَ استَرَدَّ إسْحاقَ مِنَ المَوتِ.

20 B y faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;

بِالإيمانِ بارَكَ إسْحاقُ وَلَديهِ يَعقُوبَ وَعِيسُو بَرَكاتٍ تَتَعَلَّقُ بِالمُستَقْبَلِ.

21 b y faith Jacob dying -- each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;

بِالإيمانِ بارَكَ يَعقُوبُ وَلَدَي يُوسُفَ كِلَيْهِما وَهُوَ يُحتَضَرُ، وَسَجَدَ للهِ مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى عَصاهُ.

22 b y faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.

بِالإيمانِ تَحَدَّثَ يُوسُفُ فِي نِهايَةِ حَياتِهِ عَنْ خُرُوجِ بَنيْ إسرائِيلَ مِنْ مِصرَ، وَأوصاهُمْ بِما يُريدُ مِنْهُمْ أنْ يَفعَلوا بِعِظامِهِ.

23 B y faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;

بِالإيمانِ، وَالِدا مُوسَىْ أخْفَياهُ ثَلاثَةَ أشهُرٍ بَعْدَ وِلادَتِهِ. لَقَدْ رَأيا أنَّهُ طِفلٌ جَمِيلٌ، وَلَمْ يَخشَيا أوامِرَ المَلِكِ.

24 b y faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,

بِالإيمانِ لَمّا كَبِرَ مُوسَى رَفَضَ أنْ يُدعَى ابناً لابنَةِ فِرعَوْنَ.

25 h aving chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,

وَاختارَ سُوءَ المُعامَلَةِ مَعَ شَعبِ اللهِ عَلَى التَّمَتُّعِ بِمَلَذّاتِ الخَطِيَّةِ المُؤَقَّتَةِ.

26 g reater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;

وَاعتَبَرَ احتِمالَ الخِزيِ مِنْ أجلِ المَسِيحِ أثمَنَ مِنْ كُنُوزِ مِصْرَ كُلِّها، لِأنَّهُ كانَ يَتَطَلَّعُ إلَى مُكافَأتِهِ.

27 b y faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;

بِالإيمانِ تَرَكَ مُوسَىْ مِصرَ غَيرَ عابِئٍ بِغَضَبِ المَلِكِ. وَكانَ ثابِتَ العَزمِ كَأنَّهُ يَرَى اللهَ الَّذِي لا يُرَى.

28 b y faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

بِالإيمانِ احتَفَلَ بِالفِصحِ، وَرَشَّ الدَّمَ لِكَيلا يَمَسَّ المَلاكُ المُهلِكُ أيَّ بِكرٍ مِنْ بَني إسرائِيلَ.

29 B y faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;

بِالإيمانِ عَبَرَ بَنو إسرائيلَ البَحرَ الأحمَرَ كَأنَّهُمْ يَمشُونَ عَلَى أرْضٍ يابِسَةٍ، لَكِنْ حِينَ حاوَلَ المِصرِيُّونَ أنْ يَفعَلُوا ذَلِكَ، غَرِقُوا.

30 b y faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days;

بِالإيمانِ سَقَطَتْ أسوارُ أرِيحا، بَعدَ أنْ دارَ الشَّعبُ حَولَها سَبعَةَ أيّامٍ.

31 b y faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

بِالإيمانِ لَمْ تُقتَلْ راحابُ السّاقِطَةُ مَعَ الَّذِينَ عَصَوا، لِأنَّها رَحَّبَتْ بِالجاسُوسَينِ.

32 A nd what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,

وَماذا أقُولُ أيضاً؟ إذْ لا وَقتَ لِلحَدِيثِ عَنْ جَدعُونَ وَباراقَ وَشَمشُونَ وَيَفتاحَ وَداوُدَ وَصَمُوئِيلَ وَالأنبِياءِ.

33 w ho through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,

بِالإيمانِ فَتَحَ هَؤُلاءِ مَمالِكَ، وَرَسَّخُوا العَدلَ، وَنالُوا وُعُوداً مِنَ اللهِ. سَدُّوا أفواهَ أُسُودٍ.

34 q uenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.

أطفَأُوا قُوَّةَ النّارِ، وَنَجُوا مِنَ المَوتِ بِالسَّيفِ. اكتَسَبُوا قُوَّةً وَهُمْ ضُعَفاءُ. صارُوا أشِدّاءَ فِي المَعارِكِ، وَهَزَمُوا جُيُوشاً غَرِيبَةً.

35 W omen received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

استَرَدَّتْ نِساءٌ أشْخاصاً ماتوا ثُمَّ قاموا مِنَ الموتِ. تَعَرَّضَ آخَرُونَ لِلتَّعذِيبِ، وَرَفَضُوا أنْ يُطلَقَ سَراحَهُمْ، لِكَي يَنالوا قِيامَةً أفضَلَ.

36 a nd others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;

وَاجَهَ بَعضُهِمُ الاستِهزاءَ وَالجَلْدَ، وَواجَهَ آخَرُونَ السَّلاسِلَ وَالسُّجُونَ.

37 t hey were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins -- being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,

رُجِمَ بَعضُهُمْ، وَنُشِرَ بَعضُهُمْ. قُتِلَ بَعضُهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، وَتَجَوَّلَ بَعضُهُمْ فِي جُلُودِ غَنَمٍ وَماعِزٍ. افتَقَرُوا وَاضطُهِدُوا وَأُسِيئَتْ مُعامَلَتُهُمْ.

38 o f whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and mountains, and caves, and the holes of the earth;

لَمْ يَكُنِ العالَمُ جَدِيراً بِهِمْ. هامُوا فِي الصَّحارَى وَالجِبالِ، وَعاشُوا فِي كُهُوفٍ وَمَغايِرَ فِي الأرْضِ.

39 a nd these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,

امتَدَحَ اللهُ هَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعاً عَلَى إيمانِهِمْ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَنالُوا الوَعْدَ العَظيمَ.

40 G od for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.

فَقَدْ أعَدَّ اللهُ لَنا شَيئاً أفضَلَ مِمّا نالُوا هُمْ، وَأرادَ أنْ يُحَقِّقَ الكَمالَ لَنا وَلَهُمْ مَعاً.