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

On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

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

And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

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

Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.

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

And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.

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

Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.

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

But 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 others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

9 م َنْ لَهُ أُذُنانِ، فَلْيَسمَعْ.» السَّمَعُ وَالفَهم

He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” The Purpose of Parables

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

And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

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

He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

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

For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

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 do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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

And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and 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 the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that 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 assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. The Parable of the Sower Explained

18 « فَاسْتَمِعُوا إلَى شَرْحِ مَثَلِ البِذارِ:

“Therefore hear 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 snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.

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

But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it 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 endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

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

Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who 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 who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

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

Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed 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 his way.

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

But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.

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

So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’

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

He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’

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

But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot 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 at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’” The Parable of the Mustard Seed

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

Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a 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 least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” The Parable of the Leaven

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

Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” Prophecy and the Parables

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

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,

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 kept secret from the foundation of the world.” The Parable of the Tares Explained

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 to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

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

He answered and said to them: “He who 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 seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.

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

The enemy who 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.

Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

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

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,

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

and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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

Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! The Parable of the Hidden Treasure

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 heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price

45 « وَيُشبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّماواتِ تاجِراً يَبحَثُ عَنْ لآلِئَ جَمِيلَةٍ.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful 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. The Parable of the Dragnet

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

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind,

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 they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.

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

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just,

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

and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

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

Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to 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

Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

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

Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that 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؟

When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?

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

Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, 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? Where then did this Man get 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!»

So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”

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

Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.