1 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، تَرَكَ يَسُوعُ البَيتَ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى شاطِئِ البُحَيرَةِ.

¶ The same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea side.

2 ف َاجتَمَعَتْ حَولَهُ جَماهِيرُ كَثِيرَةٌ. فصَعِدَ إلَى قارِبٍ وَجَلَسَ فِيهِ، بَينَما وَقَفَ النّاسُ عَلَى الشّاطِئِ.

And a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship and sat, and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

3 و َقالَ لَهُمْ أشياءَ كَثِيرَةً بِأمثالٍ. فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «خَرَجَ فَلّاحٌ لِيَبذِرَ.

And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

4 و َبَينَما هُوَ يَبذُرُ، وَقَعَ بَعضُ البِذارِ إلَى جانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَجاءَتِ الطُيُورُ وَأكَلَتهُ.

and when he sowed, some of the seed fell beside the way, and the fowls came and devoured them up.

5 و َوَقَعَ بَعضُ البِذارِ عَلَى أرْضٍ صَخرِيَّةٍ، حَيثُ لا تُوجَدُ تُربَةٌ كافِيَةٌ، فَنَمَتِ الحُبُوبُ بِسُرعَةٍ لِأنَّ التُّربَةَ لَمْ تَكُنْ عَميقَةً.

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprang up because they had no deepness of earth;

6 ل َكِنْ عِندَما أشرَقَتِ الشَّمسُ احتَرَقَتْ، وَلِأنَّها كانَتْ بِلا جُذورٍ ذَبُلَتْ.

and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

7 و َوَقَعَ بَعضُ البِذارِ عَلَىْ الأشواكِ. فَنَمَتِ الأشواكُ وَعَطَّلَتْ نُمُوَّهُ.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

8 و َوَقَعَتْ بُذُورٌ أُخْرَى عَلَى الأرْضِ الصّالِحَةِ فَأثْمَرَ بَعضُها مِئَةَ ضِعفٍ، وَبَعضُها سِتِّينَ ضِعفاً، وَبَعضُها ثَلاثِينَ ضِعفاً.

But some fell into good ground and brought forth fruit: one a hundredfold and another sixtyfold and another thirtyfold.

9 م َنْ لَهُ أُذُنانِ، فَلْيَسمَعْ.» السَّمَعُ وَالفَهم

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

10 و َجاءَ إلَيهِ التَّلامِيذُ وَسَألُوهُ: «لِماذا تَتَكَلَّمُ إلَيْهِمْ باسْتِخدامِ الأمثلةِ الرَمزيَّةِ؟»

Then the disciples came and said unto him, Why dost thou speak unto them in parables?

11 ف َأجابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «لَقَدْ أعطاكُمُ اللهُ امتِيازَ مَعرِفَةِ سِرِّ مَلَكُوتِ السَّماواتِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْطِهِ لَهُمْ.

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given.

12 ل ِأنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَملُكُ سَيُزادُ لَهُ، وَيَفيضُ عَنْهُ، أمّا الَّذِي لا يَملِكُ، فَسَيُنتَزَعُ مِنهُ ما لَهُ.

For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have in abundance; but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he has.

13 ل ِهَذا أتَكَلَّمُ إلَيْهِمْ بِأمثالٍ، فَمَعْ أنَّهُمْ يَرَونَ، إلّا أنَّهُمْ لا يُدرِكُونَ. وَمَعْ أنَّهُمْ يَسمَعُونَ، إلّا أنَّهُمْ لا يَفهَمُونَ.

Therefore, I speak to them in parables because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

14 و َبِهَذا تَنطَبِقُ عَلَيهِمْ نُبُوَّةُ إشَعْياءَ: ‹سَتَسمَعُونَ وَتَسمَعُونَ، لَكِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَفهَمُوا. وَسَتَنظُرُونَ وَتَنظُرُونَ، لَكِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُبْصِروا.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive;

15 ف َقَدْ صارَ ذِهْنُ هَذا الشَّعبِ بَلِيداً، وَصارَ سَمَعُهُمْ ثَقيلاً. أغمَضُوا عُيُونَهُمْ، فَلا يَقدِرُونَ أنْ يُلاحِظُوا بِعُيُونِهِمْ، وَلا أنْ يَسْمَعُوا بِآذانِهِمْ، وَلا أنْ يَفهَمُوا بِقُلُوبِهِمْ، لِكَيلا يَرجِعُوا إلَيَّ فَأُشْفِيْهِمْ.›

for this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should be converted, and I should heal them.

16 أ مّا أنتُمْ فَهَنِيئاً لِعُيُونِكُمْ لِأنَّها تَرَى، وَآذانِكُمْ لِأنَّها تَسمَعُ.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

17 أ قولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، إنَّ مُلُوكاً وَأبراراً كَثِيْرِينَ اشْتاقَوا أنْ يَرَوا ما تَرَونَ وَلَمْ يَرَوا، وَاشْتَهَوا أنْ يَسمَعُوا ما تَسمَعُونَ وَلَمْ يَسمَعُوا. مَعنَى مَثَلِ البِذار

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them and to hear those things which ye hear and have not heard them.

18 « فَاسْتَمِعُوا إلَى شَرْحِ مَثَلِ البِذارِ:

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

19 ع ِندَما يَسمَعُ شَخصٌ رِسالَةَ المَلَكُوتِ وَلا يَفهَمُها، يَأتِي الشِّرِّيرُ وَيَأخُذُ البُذُورَ الَّتِي زُرِعَتْ فِي قَلْبِهِ. هَذا هُوَ مَعنَى البُذُورِ الَّتِي سَقَطَتْ إلَى جانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ.

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who was planted beside the way.

20 « أمّا الَّتي سَقَطَتْ عَلَى الأرْضِ الصَّخرِيَّةِ، فَتُشْبِهُ مَنْ يَسمَعُ الكَلِمَةَ فَيَقبَلُها حالاً بِفَرَحٍ،

But he that was planted in stony places, the same is he that hears the word and receives it immediately with joy;

21 ل َكِنْ لأنَّهُ بِلا جُذُورٍ فِي نَفسِهِ، فَإنَّهُ يَصْمُدُ لِوَقتٍ قَصِيرٍ، وَعِندَما يَأتِي الضِّيقُ وَالاضطِهادُ بِسَبَبِ الكَلِمَةِ الَّتِي قَبِلَها، يَفقِدُ إيمانَهُ سَرِيعاً.

yet he has no root in himself but is temporal, for when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, by and by he is offended.

22 « أمّا الَّتي سَقَطَتْ بَينَ الأشواكِ، فَتُشبِهُ مَنْ يَسمَعُ الكَلِمَةَ، لَكِّنَّ هُمُومَ الحَياةِ، وَإغراءتِ المالِ تَخنُقُ الكَلِمَةَ، فَلا تُثمِرُ.

And he that was planted among the thorns is he that hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

23 « أمّا الَّذي زُرِعَ عَلَى الأرْضِ الصّالِحَةِ، فَهُوَ الَّذي يَسْمَعُ الكَلِمَةَ وَيَفهَمُها فَيُثمِرَ بِالفِعِلِ. فَيَحصُدَ مَرَّةً مِئَةَ ضِعفٍ، وَمَرَّةً سِتِّينَ ضِعفاً، وَمَرَّةً ثَلاثِينَ ضِعفاً.» مَثَلُ القَمحِ وَالأعشابِ الضّارَّة

But he that was planted in good ground is he that hears the word and understands it and who also bears the fruit and brings forth: one a hundredfold and another sixty and another thirty.

24 و َقالَ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً آخَرَ: «يُشبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّماواتِ رَجُلاً زَرَعَ بُذُوراً جَيِّدَةً فِي حَقلِهِ.

¶ He put forth another parable unto them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is likened unto a man who sows good seed in his field

25 و َلَكِنْ بَينَما كانَ النّاسُ نائِمِينَ، جاءَ عَدُوُّ الرَّجُلِ وَبَذَرَ أعشاباً ضارَّةً بَينَ القَمحِ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ.

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.

26 و َعِندَما نَبَتَ القَمحُ وَشَكَّلَ سَنابِلَ، نَبَتَتِ الأعشابُ الضّارَّةُ كَذَلِكَ.

But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then the tares appeared also.

27 ف َجاءَ إلَيهِ عَبِيدُهُ وَقالُوا لَهُ: ‹يا سَيِّدُ، ألَمْ تَزرَعْ بُذُوراً جَيِدَةً فِي حَقلِكَ؟ فَمِنْ أينَ إذاً جاءَتْ هَذِهِ الأعشابُ الضّارَّةُ؟›

So the slaves of the husband of the house came and said unto him, Lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares?

28 « فَأجابَهُمُ الرَّجُلُ: ‹عَدُوِّي فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ.› فَسَألَهُ عَبِيدُهُ: ‹هَلْ تُرِيدُنا أنْ نَذهَبَ وَنَقتَلِعَها؟›

He said unto them, The enemy, a man, has done this. The slaves said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29 « فَأجابَ الرَّجُلُ: ‹لا، لِأنَّكُمْ عِندَما تَقتَلِعُونَ الأعشابَ الضّارَّةَ، قَدْ تَقتَلِعُونَ القَمحَ مَعَها.

But he said, No, lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

30 د َعُوهُما يَنمُوانِ مَعاً حَتَّى وَقتِ الحَصادِ، حِينَئِذٍ سَأقُولُ لِلحَصّادِينَ: ‹اجمَعُوا الأعشابَ الضّارَّةَ أوَّلاً، وَاحزِمُوها فِي حُزَمٍ لِلحَرِيقِ. أمّا القَمحُ فَاجمَعُوهُ وَضَعُوهُ فِي مِخزَنِي.›» مَثَلا الخَردَلِ وَالخَميرَة

Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.

31 ث ُمَّ قالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ مَثَلاً آخَرَ: «يُشبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّماواتِ بِذرَةَ خَردَلٍ أخَذَها إنسانٌ وَزَرَعَها فِي حَقلِهِ.

He put forth another parable unto them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

32 إ نَّها أصغَرُ البُذُورِ. لَكِنْ عِندَما تَنمُو، فَإنَّها تَكُونُ أكبَرَ نَباتاتِ البَساتِينِ، إذْ تُصبِحُ شَجَرَةً كَبِيرَةً، حَتَّىْ إنَّ طُيورَ السَّماءِ تَأتِي إلَيها، وَتَصنَعُ أعشاشَها فِي أغصانِها.»

which indeed is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and make their nests in its branches.

33 و َقالَ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً آخَرَ: «يُشبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّماواتِ خَمِيرَةً أخَذَتْها امْرأةٌ وَخَلَطَتْها فِي ثَلاثَةِ مَقادِيْرَ مِنَ الطَّحِينِ حَتَّى اختَمَرَ العَجينُ كُلُّهُ.»

He spoke another parable unto them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

34 ق الَ يَسُوعُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ مُستَخدِماً الأمثالَ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُكَلِّمُ النّاسَ إلّا بِأمثالٍ.

Jesus spoke all these things unto the multitude in parables and said nothing unto them without parables

35 ف َهَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ عَلَىْ لِسانِ النَّبِيِّ: «سَأفتَحُ فَمِي بِأمثالٍ، وَسَأنطِقُ بِأُمُورٍ مَخفِيَّةٍ مُنذُ أنْ خُلِقَ العالَمُ.»

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

36 ح ِينَئِذٍ صَرَفَ يَسُوعُ الجُمُوعَ، وَدَخَلَ إلَى البَيتِ. فَتَقَدَّمَ إلَيهِ تَلامِيذُهُ وَقالوا: «اشْرَحْ لَنا مَثَلَ الأعشابِ الضّارَّةِ فِي الحَقلِ.»

Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house, and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ: «الَّذِي زَرَعَ البُذُورَ الجَيِّدَةَ هُوَ ابْنُ الإنسانِ،

He answered and said unto them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;

38 و َالحَقلُ هُوَ العالَمُ، وَالبُذُورُ الجَيِّدَةُ هُمُ الَّذِينَ لَهُمُ المَلَكُوتُ. أمّا الأعشابَ الضّارَّةُ فَهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَنتَمونَ إلَى الشِّرِّيرِ.

the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked;

39 و َالعَدُوُّ الَّذِي بَذَرَهُمْ هُوَ إبلِيسُ. وَالحَصادُ هُوَ نِهايَةُ العالَمِ. وَالحَصّادُونَ هُمُ المَلائِكَةُ.

and the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

40 « وَكَما أنَّ الأعشابَ الضّارَّةَ تُجمَعُ وَتُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ، هَكَذا سَتَكُونُ نِهايَةُ العالَمِ.

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this age.

41 إ ذْ سَيُرسِلُ ابْنُ الإنسانِ مَلائِكَتَهُ الَّذِينَ سَيَجمَعُونَ مِنْ مَلَكُوتِهِ كُلَّ المُفسِدِينَ وَالأشرارِ،

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and those who do iniquity

42 ث ُمَّ يَطرَحُونَهُمْ فِي الفُرنِ المُشتَعِلِ. هُناكَ يَبكِي النّاسُ وَيَصِرُّونَ عَلَى أسنانِهِمْ.

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 ح ِينَئِذٍ سَيَسْطَعُ الأبرارُ كَالشَّمسِ فِي مَلَكُوتِ أبِيهِمْ. مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنانِ، فَلْيَسمَعْ. مَثَلا الكَنْزِ وَالَلُؤلُؤَة

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

44 « يُشبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّماواتِ كَنْزاً مَدفُوناً فِي حَقلٍ. وَجَدَهُ شَخصٌ فَدَفَنَهُ ثانِيَةً. وَلِشِدَّةِ فَرَحِهِ، ذَهَبَ وَباعَ كُلَّ ما يَملِكُهُ وَاشتَرَى ذَلِكَ الحَقلَ.

¶ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto treasure hid in the field, which when found, a man hides it and, for the joy thereof, goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

45 « وَيُشبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّماواتِ تاجِراً يَبحَثُ عَنْ لآلِئَ جَمِيلَةٍ.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls,

46 و َعِندَما وَجَدَ لُؤلُؤَةً ثَمِينَةً جِدّاً، ذَهَبَ وَباعَ كُلَّ ما يِملِكُهُ وَاشْتَراها. مَثَلُ شَبَكَةِ الصَّيد

who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

47 « وَيُشبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّماواتِ شَبَكَةً أُلقِيَتْ إلَى البُحَيرَةِ، وَأمسَكَتْ سَمَكاً مِنْ أنواعٍ مُختَلِفَةٍ.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind of fish,

48 و َعِندَما امتَلأتِ الشَّبَكَةُ، سَحَبَها الصَّيّادُونَ إلَى الشّاطِئِ. ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا وَأخَذُوا يَختارُونَ السَّمَكَ الجَيِّدَ وَيَضَعُونَهُ فِي سِلالٍ، أمّا السَّمَكُ الرَّدِيءُ فَألقُوهُ خارِجاً.

which, when it was full, they drew to shore and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

49 ه َذا ما سَيَحدُثُ فِي نِهايَةِ العالَمِ، إذْ سَتَأتِي المَلائِكَةُ وَسَتَفصِلُ الأشرارَ عَنِ الأبرارِ،

So shall it be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just

50 ث ُمَّ تُلقِي الأشرارَ إلَى الفُرنِ المُشتَعِلِ. هُناكَ يَبكِي النّاسُ وَيَصِرُّونَ عَلَى أسنانِهِمْ.»

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

51 و َسَألَ يَسُوعُ تَلامِيذَهُ: «هَلْ تَفهَمُونَ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟» فَأجابُوا: «نَعَمْ.»

Jesus said unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They answered unto him, Yes, Lord.

52 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ: «لِذَلِكَ كُلُّ مُعَلِّمٍ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ يَتَعَلَّمُ عَنْ مَلَكُوتِ السَّماواتِ، هُوَ مِثلُ رَبِّ بَيتٍ يُخرِجُ مِنْ مَخزَنِ البَيتِ أشياءً جَدِيدَةً وَأشياءً عَتِيقَةً.» يَسُوعُ يَذهَبُ إلَى مَدِينَتِه

And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man, a husband of a house, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

53 و َلَمّا انتَهَى يَسُوعُ مِنَ سَرْدِ تِلكَ الأمثالِ، تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ.

¶ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

54 و َلَمّا ذَهَبَ إلَى بَلدَتِهِ، ابتَدَأ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ فِي مَجمَعِهِمْ. فَاندَهَشَ الجَمِيعُ وَقالُوا: «مِنْ أينَ جاءَ هَذا الرَّجُلُ بِهَذِهِ الحِكْمَةِ وَهَذِهِ المُعجِزاتِ؟

And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished and said, From where does this man have this wisdom and these mighty works?

55 أ لَيسَ هُوَ ابْنَ النَّجّارِ؟ ألَيسَتْ أُمُّهُ مَرْيَمَ؟ ألَيسَ إخْوَتُهُ يَعقُوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَسِمعانَ وَيَهُوذا؟

Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

56 أ لا تُقيمُ جَمِيعُ أخَواتِهِ بَينَنا؟ فَمِنْ أينَ حَصَلَ عَلَى كُلِّ ما لَدَيهِ؟»

And his sisters, are they not all with us? From where then does this man have all these things?

57 ف َكانَ ذَلِكَ عائِقاً يَمنَعُهُمْ مِنْ قُبُولِهِ. أمّا يَسُوعُ فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «لا يَكُونُ نَبِيٌّ بِلا كَرامَةٍ إلّا فِي وَطَنِهِ وَفِي بَيتِهِ!»

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour except in his own country and in his own house.

58 ف َلَمْ يَعمَلْ مُعجِزاتٍ كَثِيرَةً هُناكَ، بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ إيمانِهِمْ.

And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.