1 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، أتَى التَّلامِيذُ إلَى يَسُوعَ وَسَألوهُ: «مَنْ هُوَ الأعظَمُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّماواتِ؟»

At that time the disciples came up and asked Jesus, Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

2 ح ِينَئِذٍ دَعا يَسُوعُ طِفلاً إلَيهِ، وَأوقَفَهُ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ،

And He called a little child to Himself and put him in the midst of them,

3 و َقالَ: «أقولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، ما لَمْ تَتَغَيَّرُوا وَتَصِيرُوا كَأطفالٍ، فَلَنْ تَدخُلُوا مَلَكُوتَ السَّماواتِ.

And said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children, you can never enter the kingdom of heaven.

4 ل ِذَلِكَ مَنْ يَتَواضَعُ كَهَذا الطِّفلِ الصَّغِيرِ فَإنَّهُ يَكُونُ الأعظَمُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّماواتِ.

Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 و َمَنْ يَقبَلُ طِفلاً كَهَذا باسمِي فَإنَّما يَقبَلُني.» تَحذيرٌ مِنَ العَثَرات

And whoever receives and accepts and welcomes one little child like this for My sake and in My name receives and accepts and welcomes Me.

6 « أمّا مَنْ يُعثِرُ أحَدَ هَؤُلاءِ الصِّغارِ المُؤْمِنِينَ بِي، فَسَيَكُونُ أفضَلَ لَهُ لَوْ أنَّ حَجَرَ الرَّحَى وُضِعَ حَولَ رَقَبَتِهِ، وَأُلقِيَ بِهِ فِي البَحرِ فَغَرِقَ!

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in and acknowledge and cleave to Me to stumble and sin, it would be better ( more expedient and profitable or advantageous) for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be sunk in the depth of the sea.

7 و َيلٌ لِلعالَمِ مِنْ هَذِهِ العَثَراتِ الَّتي لا بُدَّ أنْ تأتي، لَكِنْ وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَسَبَّبونَ بِها!

Woe to the world for such temptations to sin and influences to do wrong! It is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the person on whose account or by whom the temptation comes!

8 « لِذَلِكَ إنْ كانَتْ يَدُكَ أوْ رِجلُكَ تَدْفَعُكَ إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ، فَاقطَعْها وَألقِها بَعِيداً عَنْكَ! مِنَ الأفضَلِ أنْ تَدخُلَ الحَياةَ الأبَدِيَّةَ مَقطُوعَ اليَدِ أوْ الرِّجلِ، مِنْ أنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ يَدانِ أوْ رِجلانِ اثْنَتانِ وَتُلْقَى إلَى النّارِ الأبَدِيَّةِ.

And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; it is better (more profitable and wholesome) for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire.

9 و َإنْ كانَتْ عَينُكَ تَدْفَعُكَ إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ، فَاقلَعْها وَألقِها بَعِيداً عَنْكَ! فَإنَّهُ مِنَ الأفضَلِ أنْ تَدخُلَ الحَياةَ بِعَينٍ واحِدَةٍ، مِنْ أنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ عَينانِ اثْنَتانِ وَتُلْقَى إلَى نارِ جَهَنَّمَ.» الخَرُوفُ الضّالّ

And if your eye causes you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away from you; it is better (more profitable and wholesome) for you to enter life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the hell (Gehenna) of fire.

10 و َقالَ يَسُوعُ: «احذَرُوا مِنْ أنْ تَستَخِفوا بِأحَدِ تَلامِيذِي البُسَطاءِ. لِأنِّي أُخبِرُكُمْ أنَّ المَلائِكَةَ المُوكَلَةَ بِحِمايَتِهِمْ يَرَونَ وَجهَ أبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ دائِماً.

Beware that you do not despise or feel scornful toward or think little of one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always are in the presence of and look upon the face of My Father Who is in heaven.

11 ل ِأنَّ ابنَ الإنسانَ جاءَ لِكَي يُخَلِّصَ الضّائِعِيْنَ.

For the Son of man came to save '> from the penalty of eternal death] that which was lost.

12 « فَماذا تَقولونَ فِي رَجُلٍ لَهُ مِئَةُ خَرُوفٍ، فَضَلَّ مِنْها واحِدٌ، ألا يَترُكُ التِّسْعَةَ وَالتِّسْعِينَ خَرُوفاً عَلَى الجَبَلِ لِيَذْهَبَ وَيَجِدَ الخَرُوفَ الَّذِي ضَلَّ؟

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray and gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain and go in search of the one that is lost?

13 أ قولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، إنَّهُ عِندَما يَجِدُهُ، سَيَكُونُ أكثَرَ سَعادَةً بِهِ مِنْ سَعادَتِهِ بِالتِّسْعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ خَرُوفاً الَّتِي لَمْ تَضِلّْ.

And if it should be that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.

14 ه َكَذا أيضاً لا يُرِيدُ أبُوكُمُ الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ أنْ يَهلِكَ واحِدٌ مِنْ تَلامِيذِي البُسَطاءِ هَؤُلاءِ. صالِحْ أخاك

Just so it is not the will of My Father Who is in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost and perish.

15 « إذا أخطَأ أخُوكَ إلَيكَ، فَاذْهَبْ إلَيهِ وَتَحَدَّثْ مَعْهُ عَلَى انفِرادٍ. فَإنِ استَمَعَ إلَيكَ، تَكُونُ قَدْ رَبِحْتَ أخاكَ.

If your brother wrongs you, go and show him his fault, between you and him privately. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

16 و َلَكِنْ إنْ لَمْ يَستَمِعْ إلَيكَ، خُذْ واحِداً أوْ اثْنَينِ مَعَكَ، حَتَّى يَكونَ الكَلامُ بِشَهادَةِ شاهِدَينِ أوْ ثَلاثَةٍ.

But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two others, so that every word may be confirmed and upheld by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

17 ف َإنْ رَفَضَ الاسْتِماعَ إلَيهِما، أخبِرِ الكَنِيسَةَ. فَإنْ رَفَضَ الاسْتِماعَ إلَى الكَنِيسَةِ، حِينَئِذٍ عَلَيكَ أنْ تُعامِلَهُ كَما تُعامِلُ عابِدَ الأوثانِ وَجامِعَ الضَّرائِبِ.

If he pays no attention to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a pagan and a tax collector.

18 « أقولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، إنَّ كُلَّ ما تَربِطُونَهُ عَلَى الأرْضِ يَكُونُ مَربُوطاً فِي السَّماءِ. وَكُلُّ ما تَحُلُّونَهُ عَلَى الأرْضِ يَكُونُ مَحلُولا فِي السَّماءِ.

Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be what is already permitted in heaven.

19 أ قولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، إنِ اتَّفَقَ اثْنانِ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى أيِّ أمْرٍ تُصَلُّونَ لِأجلِهِ، فَإنَّ أبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ سَيُحَقِّقُهُ لَهُما.

Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever '> everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.

20 ل ِأنَّهُ إنِ اجتَمَعَ اثْنانِ أوْ ثَلاثَةٌ باسْمِي، فَأنا أكُونُ بَينَهُمْ.» المُسامَحَةُ بِلا حُدود

For wherever two or three are gathered (drawn together as My followers) in (into) My name, there I Am in the midst of them.

21 ث ُمَّ جاءَ بُطرُسُ إلَى يَسُوعَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «يا رَبُّ كَمْ مَرَّةً أسمَحُ لِأخِي بِأنْ يُخطِئَ إلَيَّ، وَمَعْ هَذا أُسامِحُهُ؟ أَأُسامِحُهُ إلَى سَبْعِ مَرّاتٍ؟»

Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I forgive him and let it go? up to seven times?

22 ف ًقالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «لَيسَ إلَى سَبْعِ مِرّاتٍ فَقَطْ، بَلْ حَتَّى إلَى سَبعِينَ مَرَّةٍ، وَفي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ سَبْعُ مَرّاتٍ!»

Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven!

23 « لِذَلِكَ يُمكِنُ تَشبِيهُ مَلَكُوتِ السَّماواتِ بِمَلِكٍ قَرَّرَ تَصفِيَةَ حِساباتِهِ مَعَ عَبِيدِهِ.

Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a human king who wished to settle accounts with his attendants.

24 و َلَمّا بَدَأ بِتَصفِيَةِ حِساباتِهِ، أُحضِرَ إلَيهِ رَجُلٌ مَديُونٌ لَهُ بِمَبلَغٍ ضَخْمٍ جِدّاً.

When he began the accounting, one was brought to him who owed him 10, 000 talents,

25 و َإذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَملِكُ ما يَسُدُّ بِهِ الدَّينَ، قَرَّرَ السَّيِّدُ أنْ يُباعَ المَديُونُ مَعَ زَوجَتِهِ وَأطفالِهِ وَكُلِّ ما يَملِكُهُ، وَأنْ يُستَخدَمَ الثَّمَنُ لِسَدادِ الدَّينِ.

And because he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made.

26 « حِينَئِذٍ سَجَدَ العَبْدُ عَلَى رُكبَتَيهِ أمامَ المَلِكِ، وَتَوَسَّلَ إلَيهِ وَهوَ يَقولُ: ‹تَمَهَّلْ عَلَيَّ، وَسَأدفَعُ لَكَ كُلَّ الدَّينِ.›

So the attendant fell on his knees, begging him, Have patience with me and I will pay you everything.

27 ف َأشفَقَ السَّيِّدُ عَلَيهِ، وَألغَى عَنْهُ الدَّينَ كامِلاً وَتَرَكَهُ يَذْهَبُ.

And his master’s heart was moved with compassion, and he released him and forgave him the debt.

28 « وَبَينَما هُوَ ذاهِبٌ، وَجَدَ أحَدَ رِفاقِهِ العَبِيدِ، وَكانَ مَديُوناً لَهُ بِمَبلَغٍ زَهِيدٍ. فَأمسَكَ بِعُنْقِهِ وَابتَدَأ يَخنُقُهُ وَيَقُولَ لَهُ: ‹سُدَّ ما عَلَيكَ مِنْ دَينٍ لِي.›

But that same attendant, as he went out, found one of his fellow attendants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he caught him by the throat and said, Pay what you owe!

29 ف َسَجَدَ العَبْدُ عَلَى رُكبَتَيهِ أمامَهُ، وَتَوَسَّلَ إلَيهِ وَهوَ يَقولُ: ‹تَمَهَّلْ عَلَيَّ، وَسَأدفَعُ ما عَلَيَّ.›

So his fellow attendant fell down and begged him earnestly, Give me time, and I will pay you all!

30 « وَلَكِنَّهُ رَفَضَ ذَلِكَ، بَلْ أخَذَهُ وَألقاهُ إلَى السِّجْنِ حَتَّىْ يَدفَعَ كُلَّ دَينِهِ.

But he was unwilling, and he went out and had him put in prison till he should pay the debt.

31 و َعِندَما رَأى العَبِيدُ الآخَرُونَ ما حَدَثَ حَزِنُوا جِدّاً، وَذَهَبُوا لِيُخبِرُوا سَيِّدَهُمْ بِكُلِّ ما حَدَثَ.

When his fellow attendants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and told everything that had taken place to their master.

32 « فَدَعاهُ سَيِّدُهُ وَقالَ لهُ: ‹أيُّها العَبْدُ الشِّرِّيرُ، أما سامَحْتُكَ بِكُلِّ الدَّينِ الَّذِي عَلَيكَ لِأنَّكَ تَوَسَّلْتَ إلَيَّ.

Then his master called him and said to him, You contemptible and wicked attendant! I forgave and cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.

33 أ ما كانَ عَلَيكَ أنْ تَرحَمَ العَبْدَ رَفِيقَكَ كَما رَحَمْتُكَ أنا أيضاً؟›

And should you not have had pity and mercy on your fellow attendant, as I had pity and mercy on you?

34 و َغَضِبَ سَيِّدُهُ جَدّاً، وَسَلَّمَهُ لِيُعاقَبَ حَتَّى يَدفَعَ كُلَّ دَينِهِ.

And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (the jailers), till he should pay all that he owed.

35 « هَكَذا سَيُعامِلُكُمْ أبِي السَّماوِيُّ أيضاً، ما لَمْ يُسامِحْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ أخاهُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ.»

So also My heavenly Father will deal with every one of you if you do not freely forgive your brother from your heart his offenses.