1 N ow when Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the part of Judea that is beyond the Jordan;

وَبَعْدَ أنْ أنهَى يَسُوعُ حَدِيثَهُ حَولَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ، تَرَكَ إقليمَ الجَلِيلَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى إقليمِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ وَراءَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ.

2 A nd great throngs accompanied Him, and He cured them there.

وَتَبِعَتْهُ جُمُوعٌ كَبِيرَةٌ مِنَ النّاسِ فَشَفاهُمْ هُناكَ.

3 A nd Pharisees came to Him and put Him to the test by asking, Is it lawful and right to dismiss and repudiate and divorce one’s wife for any and every cause?

وَجاءَ بَعْضُ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ إلَى يَسُوعَ يُحاوِلُونَ امتِحانَهُ، فَقالُوا: «هَلْ يَجُوزُ لِلرَّجُلِ أنْ يُطَلِّقَ زَوجَتَهُ لِأيِّ سَبَبٍ؟»

4 H e replied, Have you never read that He Who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

فَأجابَ يَسُوعُ: «ألَمْ تَقرَأُوا فِي الكِتابِ أنَّ اللهَ مُنذُ البِدايَةِ ‹خَلَقَ النّاسَ ذَكَراً وَأُنثَى؟›

5 A nd said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united firmly (joined inseparably) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?

ثُمَّ قالَ: ‹لِهَذا يَترُكُ الرَّجُلُ أباهُ وَأُمَّهُ، وَيَتَّحِدُّ بِزَوجَتِهِ، فَيَصِيرَ الاثنانِ جَسَداً واحِداً.›

6 S o they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate).

وَبِهَذا لا يَكُونانِ فِيما بَعْدُ اثْنَينِ، بَلْ واحِداً. فَلا يَنبَغِي أنْ يَفصِلَ أحَدٌ بَينَ مَنْ جَمَعَهُما اللهُ.»

7 T hey said to Him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce and thus to dismiss and repudiate a wife?

فَقالُوا لَهُ: «لِماذا إذاً أمَرَ مُوسَى بِأنْ تُعطَىْ الزَوجَةُ وَثِيقَةَ طَلاقٍ، فَتُطَلَّقَ؟»

8 H e said to them, Because of the hardness (stubbornness and perversity) of your hearts Moses permitted you to dismiss and repudiate and divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so.

فَأجابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «سَمَحَ مُوسَى بِذَلِكَ بِسَبَبِ قُلُوبِكُمُ القاسِيَةِ، إلّا أنَّ الأمْرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ كَذَلِكَ فِي البِدايَةِ.

9 I say to you: whoever dismisses (repudiates, divorces) his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

لِذَلِكَ أقُولُ لَكُمْ إنَّهُ كُلُّ مَنْ يُطَلِّقُ زَوجَتَهُ، إلّا إذا زَنَتْ، وَيَتَزَوَّجُ بِأُخرَى يَرتَكِبُ الزِّنَى.»

10 T he disciples said to Him, If the case of a man with his wife is like this, it is neither profitable nor advisable to marry.

فَقالَ لَهُ تَلامِيذُهُ: «إنْ كانَ هَذا هُوَ الحالُ بَينَ الزَّوجِ وَزَوجَتِهِ، فَإنَّهُ مِنَ الأفضَلِ عَدَمُ الزَّواجِ!»

11 B ut He said to them, Not all men can accept this saying, but it is for those to whom it has been given.

فَقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «لا يَستَطِيعُ الجَمِيعُ قَبُولَ هَذا التَّعلِيمِ إلّا الَّذِينَ يُعطِيهِمُ اللهُ القُدرَةَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

12 F or there are eunuchs who have been born incapable of marriage; and there are eunuchs who have been made so by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves incapable of marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him who is able to accept this accept it.

هُناكَ رِجالٌ لا يَستَطِيعُونَ الزَّواجَ لِأنَّهُمْ وُلِدُوا بِلا قُدرَةٍ عَلَى الزَّواجِ. وَهُناكَ رِجالٌ لا يَستَطِيعُونَ الزَّواجَ لِأنَّ النّاسَ أفقَدَوهُمُ القُدرَةَ عَلَى الزَّواجِ. وَهُناكَ رِجالٌ اختارُوا أنْ لا يَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ أجلِ مَلَكُوتِ السَّماواتِ. مَنْ يَستَطِيعُ قُبُولَ هَذا التَّعلِيمِ فَلْيَقْبَلْهُ.» يَسُوعُ يُرَحِّبُ بِالأطفال

13 T hen little children were brought to Jesus, that He might put His hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

حِينَئِذٍ أحضَرُوا إلَيهِ أطفالاً لِكَي يَضَعَ يَدَيهِ عَلَيهِمْ وَيُصَلِّي، وَلَكِنَّ تَلامِيذَهُ وَبَّخُوهُمْ.

14 B ut He said, Leave the children alone! Allow the little ones to come to Me, and do not forbid or restrain or hinder them, for of such is the kingdom of heaven composed.

حِينَئِذٍ قالَ يَسُوعُ: «دَعُوا الأطفالَ يَأتُونَ إلَيَّ، وَلا تَمنَعُوهُمْ عَنِّي، لِأنَّ لِمِثلِ هَؤُلاءِ مَلَكُوتَ السَّماواتِ.»

15 A nd He put His hands upon them, and then went on His way.

ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَسُوعُ يَدَيهِ عَلَيهِمْ، وَتَرَكَ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ. عائِقُ الغِنَى

16 A nd behold, there came a man up to Him, saying, Teacher, what excellent and perfectly and essentially good deed must I do to possess eternal life?

وَجاءَ رَجُلٌ إلَى يَسُوعَ وَسَألَهُ: «يا مُعَلِّمُ، ما هُوَ العَمَلُ الصّالِحُ الَّذِي يَنبَغِي أنْ أعمَلَه حَتَّى أنالَ الحَياةَ الأبَدِيَّةَ؟»

17 A nd He said to him, Why do you ask Me about the perfectly and essentially good? There is only One Who is good —God. If you would enter into the Life, you must continually keep the commandments.

فَأجابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «لِماذا تَسألُنِي عَمّا هُوَ صالِحٌ؟ أتَعرِفُ أنَّهُ لا صالِحَ إلّا اللهُ؟ وَلَكِنْ إنْ أرَدْتَ الحَياةَ الأبَدِيَّةَ، فَعَلَيكَ العَمَلُ بِالوَصايا.»

18 H e said to Him, What sort of commandments? And Jesus answered, You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

فَقالَ الرَّجُلُ: «أيَّةُ وَصايا؟» فَقالَ يَسُوعُ: «‹لا تَقتُلْ، لا تَزْنِ، لا تَسرِقْ.

19 H onor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

لا تَشْهَدْ زُوراً، أكْرِمْ أباكَ وَأُمَّكَ.› وَ‹تُحِبُّ صاحِبَكَ كَما تُحِبُّ نَفسَكَ.› »

20 T he young man said, I have observed all these from my youth; what still do I lack?

فَقالَ لَهُ الشّابُّ: «أنا أُطِيعُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الوَصايا، فَماذا يَنقُصُنِي بَعْدُ؟»

21 J esus answered him, If you would be perfect '> have that spiritual maturity which accompanies self-sacrificing character], go and sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; and come, be My disciple.

فَقالَ يَسُوعُ لَهُ: «إنْ كُنْتَ تَرِيدُ أنْ تَكُونَ كامِلاً، اذْهَبْ وَبِعْ كُلِّ ما تَملِكُ وَأعطِ الفُقَراءَ. بِهَذا تَملِكُ كَنزاً فِي السَّماءِ. ثُمَّ تَعالَ وَاتبَعْنِي.»

22 B ut when the young man heard this, he went away sad (grieved and in much distress), for he had great possessions.

فَلَّما سَمِعَ الشّابُّ ذَلِكَ، ذَهَبَ حَزِيناً لِأنَّهُ كانَ غَنِيّاً جِدّاً.

23 A nd Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you, it will be difficult for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.

حِينَئِذٍ قالَ يَسُوعُ لِتَلامِيذِهِ: «أقولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، مِنَ الصَّعْبِ عَلَى الغَنِيِّ دُخُولُ مَلَكُوتِ السَّماواتِ.

24 A gain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of heaven.

أقُولُ لَكُمْ ثانِيَةً أنَّ مُرُورَ جَمَلٍ مِنْ ثُقبِ إبرَةٍ، أيسَرُ مِنْ أنْ يَدخُلَ غَنِيٌّ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ.»

25 W hen the disciples heard this, they were utterly puzzled (astonished, bewildered), saying, Who then can be saved '> from eternal death]?

فَلَّما سَمِعَ تَلامِيذُهُ هَذا، دُهِشوا وَقالُوا: «فَمَنْ يُمكِنُ أنْ يَخلُصَ إذاً؟»

26 B ut Jesus looked at them and said, With men this is impossible, but all things are possible with God.

فَنَظَرَ يَسُوعُ إلَيْهِمْ وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذا مُستَحِيلٌ عِنْدَ النّاسِ، أمّا عِنْدَ اللهِ فَكُلُّ الأشياءِ مُمكِنَةٌ.»

27 T hen Peter answered Him, saying, Behold, we have left all and have become Your disciples. What then shall we receive?

حَينَئِذٍ قالَ لَهُ بُطرُسُ: «ها نَحنُ قَدْ تَرَكنا كُلَّ شَيءٍ لِكَيْ نَتبَعَكَ! فَماذا سَيَكُونُ لَنا؟»

28 J esus said to them, Truly I say to you, in the new age '> Messianic rebirth of the world], when the Son of Man shall sit down on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

فَقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أقولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، عِندَما يَجلِسُ ابْنُ الإنسانِ عَلَى عَرشِهِ المَجِيدِ فِي العَصْرِ الجَدِيدِ، سَتَجلِسُونَ أنتُمُ الَّذِينَ تَبِعْتُمُونِي عَلَى اثْنَي عَشَرَ عَرْشاً، لِتَحكُمُوا عَلَى قَبائِلِ بَنيْ إسرائِيلَ الاثنَتَي عَشْرَةَ.

29 A nd anyone and everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for My name’s sake will receive many times more and will inherit eternal life.

وَكُلُّ مَنْ تَرَكَ بُيُوتاً أوْ إخْوَةً أوْ أخَواتٍ أوْ أباً أوْ أُمّاً أوْ أبناءاً أوْ حُقُولاً مِنء أجلِي، فَإنَّهُ سَيَنالُ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ، وَسَيَرَثُ الحَياةَ الآتِيَةَ مَعَ اللهِ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

30 B ut many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

فكَثيرونَ هُمْ أوَّلُ النّاسِ الَّذينَ سَيَصيرونَ آخِرَ النّاسِ، وَكَثيرونَ هُمْ آخِرُ النّاسِ الَّذينَ سَيَصيرونَ أوَّلَ النّاسِ.