أَسهَبَspoke at length الناسُthe people فيin المَقالِdiscourse وَماand not يَظgains (word begins here)
أَسهَبَ الناسُ في المَقالِ وَما يَظ
فَرُgains (word ends here) إِلّاexcept بِزَلَّةٍwith a slip مَسهِبوهُits long-winded speakers
فَرُ إِلّا بِزَلَّةٍ مَسهِبوهُ
People have spoken at length, yet nothing is gained
but a slip by those who speak at length on it.
عَجَباًhow strange! لِلمَسيحِfor the Messiah بَينَamong أُناسٍpeople
عَجَباً لِلمَسيحِ بَينَ أُناسٍ
وَإِلىand to اللَهِGod والِدٍa father نَسَبوهُthey ascribed him
وَإِلى اللَهِ والِدٍ نَسَبوهُ
How strange the Messiah’s lot among people
who ascribed him to God as his father!
أَسلَمَتهُhanded him over إِلىto اليَهودِthe Jews النَصارىthe Christians
أَسلَمَتهُ إِلى اليَهودِ النَصارى
وَأَقَرّواand they acknowledged بِأَنّهُمthat they صَلَبوهُcrucified him
وَأَقَرّوا بِأَنّهُم صَلَبوهُ
The Christians handed him over to the Jews,
and acknowledged that they crucified him.
يُشفِقُpities الحازِمُthe resolute man اللَبيبُthe discerning علىfor الطِفthe child (word begins here)
يُشفِقُ الحازِمُ اللَبيبُ على الطِف
لِthe child (word ends here) إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle لِداتُهُhis peers ضَرَبوهُthey beat him
لِ إِذا ما لِداتُهُ ضَرَبوهُ
The resolute, discerning man pities the child
when his peers beat him.
وَإِذاand if كانَwas ماwhat يَقولونَthey say فيabout عيJesus (name begins here)
وَإِذا كانَ ما يَقولونَ في عي
سىJesus (name ends here) صَحيحاًtrue فَأَينَthen where كانَwas أَبوهُhis father
سى صَحيحاً فَأَينَ كانَ أَبوهُ
And if what they say about Jesus
is true, then where was his father?
كَيفَhow خَلّىhe left وَليدَهُhis child لِلأَعاديto the enemies
كَيفَ خَلّى وَليدَهُ لِلأَعادي
أَمor يَظُنّونَthey suppose أَنَّهُمthat they غَلَبوهُoverpowered him
أَم يَظُنّونَ أَنَّهُم غَلَبوهُ
How did he leave his child to the enemies?
Or do they suppose they overpowered him?
وَإِذاand when ماemphatic particle سَأَلتَyou asked أَصحابَadherents of دينٍa religion
وَإِذا ما سَأَلتَ أَصحابَ دينٍ
غَيَّرواthey altered بِالقِياسِby analogy ماwhat رَتَّبوهُthey established it
غَيَّروا بِالقِياسِ ما رَتَّبوهُ
And whenever you question adherents of a religion,
they alter by analogy what they had established.
لاnot يَدينونَthey profess faith بِالعُقولِaccording to reason وَلَكِنand yet
لا يَدينونَ بِالعُقولِ وَلَكِن
بِأَباطيلِwith falsehoods زُخرُفٍgilded speech كَذَّبوهُthey falsified it
بِأَباطيلِ زُخرُفٍ كَذَّبوهُ
They do not base their faith on reason, but
on falsehoods of gilded speech they have falsified.
Translation model: Sol 6.1