1 T hen the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

حِينَئِذٍ جاءَ بَعضُ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ وَمُعَلِّمُو الشَّرِيعَةِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ إلَى يَسُوعَ، وَسَألُوهُ:

2 W hy do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

«لِماذا يَكسِرُ تَلامِيذُكَ التَّقالِيدَ الَّتِي أخَذْناها عَنْ أجدادِنا؟ فَهُمْ لا يَغسِلُونَ أيدِيَهُمْ قَبلَ تَناوُلِ الطَّعامِ.»

3 B ut he answering said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?

فَأجابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «وَلِماذا تَكسِرُونَ أنتُمْ وَصِيَّةَ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ تَقالِيدِكُمْ؟

4 F or God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

فَاللهُ أوصَىْ وَقالَ: ‹أكرِمْ أباكَ وَأُمَّكَ،› وَقالَ: ‹مَنْ يَشْتُمُ أباهُ أوْ أُمَّهُ يُقتَلُ.›

5 B ut ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever by which from me thou wouldest be profited:

لَكِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: ‹مَنْ قالَ لِأبِيهِ أوْ أُمِّهِ: لا أستَطِيعُ مُساعَدَتَكُما، لِأنَّ كُلَّ ما أمتَلِكُهُ قَدْ قَدَّمْتُهُ لِلرَّبِّ. فَهُوَ غَيرُ مُلزَمٍ بِإكرامِ أبِيهِ أوْ أُمِّهِ.›

6 a nd he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.

وَبِهَذا تَجاهَلْتُمْ وَصِيَّةَ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ تَقالِيدِكُمْ.

7 H ypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

أيُّها المُنافِقُونَ، صَدَقَ إشَعْياءُ حِينَ تَنَبَّأ عَنكُمْ فَقالَ:

8 T his people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

‹هَذا الشَّعبُ يُمَجِّدُنِي بِشَفَتَيهِ، وَأمّا قَلْبُهُ فَبَعِيدٌ عَنِّي.

9 b ut in vain do they worship me, teaching teachings commandments of men.

عِبادَتُهُمْ بِلا فائِدَةٍ، لِأنَّهُمْ يُعَلِّمُونَ تَعالِيماً هِيَ لَيسَتْ سِوَى وَصايا بَشَرِيَّةٍ.›»

10 A nd having called to the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

وَدَعا يَسُوعُ النّاسَ إلَيهِ وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «استَمِعُوا لِي وَافهَمُوا ما أقُولُ:

11 N ot what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

لَيسَ ما يَدخُلُ فَمَ الإنسانِ يُنَجِّسُهُ، بَلْ ما يَخرُجُ مِنْ فَمِهِ، فَهَذا يُنَجِّسُهُ.»

12 T hen his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

حِينَئِذٍ جاءَ إلَيهِ التَّلامِيذُ وَقالُوا: «أتَعلَمُ أنَّ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ انزَعَجوا عِندَما سَمِعوا كَلامَكَ؟»

13 B ut he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

فَأجابَ يَسُوعُ: «كُلُّ نَبتَةٍ لَمْ يَزرَعْها أبِي سَتُقلَعُ مِنْ جُذُورِها.

14 L eave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

اترُكُوهُمْ، فَهُمْ عُمْيٌ يَقُودُونَ عُمْياً. وَإنْ قادَ أعمَىً آخَرَ أعمَىً، فَإنَّ كِلَيهِما سَيَقَعانِ فِي الحُفرَةِ.»

15 A nd Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.

فَأجابَ بُطرُسُ: «اشرَحْ لَنا مَعنَى هَذا التَّشبِيهِ.»

16 B ut he said, Are ye also still without intelligence?

فَقالَ يَسُوعُ: «ألَمْ تَفهَمُوا بَعدُ؟»

17 D o ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

ألا تَفهَمُونَ أنَّ كُلَّ ما يَدخُلُ فَمَ الإنسانِ يَدخُلُ المَعِدَةَ، وَمِنْ ثُمَّ يَخرُجُ إلَى الخارِجِ؟

18 b ut the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

لَكِنْ ما يَخرُجُ مِنْ فَمِ الإنسانِ، يَصْدُرُ عَنِ القَلْبِ. وَهَذا ما يُنَجَّسُ الإنسانَ.

19 F or out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

لِأنَّهُ مِنَ القَلْبِ، تَأتِي الأفكارُ الشِّرِّيرَةُ، وَالقَتلُ، وَالفِسْقُ، وَالزِّنَى، وَالسَّرِقَةُ، وَشَهادَةُ الزُّورِ، وَالإهانَةُ.

20 t hese are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الأشياءُ الَّتِي تُنَجِّسُ الإنسانَ، أمّا الأكلُ بِأيدٍ غَيرِ مَغسُولَةٍ فَلا يَجعَلُ الإنسانَ نَجِساً.» يَسُوعُ يُساعِدُ امْرأةً غَريبَةً

21 A nd Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;

وَتَرَكَ يَسُوعُ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ صُورَ وَصَيدا.

22 a nd lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

وَجاءَتْ إلَيهِ امْرأةٌ كَنعانِيَّةٌ كانَتْ تَعِيشُ فِي تِلكَ المِنطَقَةِ، وَبَدَأتْ تَصرُخُ: «ارحَمْنِي يا رَبُّ، يا ابْنَ داوُدَ. فَابنَتِي مَسكُونَةٌ بِرُوحٍ شِرِّيرٍ، وَهِيَ تَتَألَّمُ جِدّاً.»

23 B ut he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

فَلَمْ يُجِبْها يَسُوعُ بِأيَّةِ كَلِمَةٍ. فَجاءَ إلَيهِ تَلامِيذُهُ وَطَلَبُوا مِنهُ وَقالُوا: «اطرُدْها مِنْ هُنا، لِأنَّها تَتبَعُنا وَتَصرُخُ.»

24 B ut he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

فَقالَ: «لَمْ أُرسَلْ إلّا إلَى خِرافِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ الضّائِعَةِ.»

25 B ut she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.

لَكِنَّ المَرأةَ اقتَرَبَتْ إلَيهِ وَسَجَدَتْ أمامَهُ وَقالَتْ: «يا رَبُّ، ساعِدنِي.»

26 B ut he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

فَأجابَها يَسُوعُ: «لَيسَ جَيِّداً أنْ ناخُذَ طَعامَ الأبناءِ، وَنُلقِيهِ لِلكِلابِ.»

27 B ut she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

فَقالَتْ: «صَحِيحٌ يا سَيِّدُ، وَلَكِنْ حَتَّى الكِلابُ تَأكُلُ مِمّا يَسقُطُ مِنْ مائِدَةِ أصحابِها.»

28 T hen Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

حِينَئِذٍ أجابَها يَسُوعُ: «يا امْرأةُ، إيمانُكِ عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً. لِيَكُنْ لَكِ ما تُرِيدِينَهُ.» وَفِي تِلكَ اللَّحظَةِ، شُفِيَتِ ابنَتُها. يَسُوعُ يَشفِي كَثِيرِين

29 A nd Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

وَتَرَكَ يَسُوعُ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مِنْطَقَةٍ قُربَ بُحَيرَةِ الجَلِيلِ. وَصَعِدَ إلَى تَلَّةٍ وَجَلَسَ هُناكَ.

30 a nd great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:

فَجاءَتْ إلَيهِ جُمُوعٌ كَبِيرَةٌ، وَكانَ مَعَهُمْ عُرجٌ وَعُمْيٌ وَمَشلُولُونَ وَصُمٌّ بُكْمٌ وَمَرضَى آخَرُونَ كَثِيرُونَ. فَوَضَعُوهُمْ عِندَ أقدامِ يَسُوعَ، فَشَفاهُمْ.

31 s o that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

فَاندَهَشَتْ جُمُوعُ النّاسِ عِندَما رَأَوْا الصُّمَّ البُكْمَ يَتَكَلُّمُونَ، وَالعُرْجَ يَصِحُّونَ، وَالمَشلُولِينَ يَمشُونَ، وَالعُمْيَ يُبصِرُونَ، فَمَجَّدُوا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ. يَسُوعُ يُطعِمُ أكثَرَ مِنْ أربَعَةِ آلاف

32 B ut Jesus, having called his disciples to, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

فَاسْتَدْعَى يَسُوعُ تَلامِيذَهُ وَقالَ: «إنَّنِي أُشفِقُ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ النّاسِ، فَهُمْ مَعِي مُنذُ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ وَلا شَيءَ مَعَهُمْ لِيَأكُلُوا. وَلا أُريدُ أنْ أصرِفَهُمْ جَوْعَى، لِئَلّا يُغْمَىْ عَلَيهِمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ.»

33 A nd his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

فَقالَ لَهُ تَلامِيذُهُ: «مِنْ أينَ سَنَحصُلُ عَلَى خُبْزٍ يَكفِي لِهَذا الجَمعِ فِي مِثلِ هَذا المَكانِ المَعزُولِ؟»

34 A nd Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

فَقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «كَمْ رَغِيفاً لَدَيكُمْ؟» فَقالُوا لَهُ: «سَبعَةُ أرغِفَةٍ وَبَعضُ السَّمَكِ الصَّغِيرِ.»

35 A nd he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

فَأمَرَ يَسُوعُ النّاسَ بِالجُلُوسِ عَلَى الأرْضِ.

36 a nd having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

وَأخَذَ الأرغِفَةَ السَّبعَةَ وَالسَّمَكَ، وَشَكَرَ، وَقَسَّمَ الأرغِفَةَ وَأعطاها لِلتَّلاميذِ الَّذينَ وَزَّعُوها عَلَى الجَمِيعِ.

37 A nd all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

فَأكَلَ الجَمِيعُ وَشَبِعُوا. ثُمَّ جَمَعُوا ما زادَ مِنَ الكِسَرِ، فَكانَتْ سَبعَ سِلالٍ مُمتَلِئَةً.

38 b ut they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

وَكانَ عَدَدُ الآكِلِينَ أربَعَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ، عَدا النِّساءِ وَالأطفالِ.

39 A nd, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.

وَعِندَما صَرَفَ يَسُوعُ جُمُوعَ النّاسِ، صَعِدَ إلَى قارِبٍ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ مَجدَلَ.