1 و َإذِ اقتَرَبُوا مِنَ مَدينَةِ القُدسِ، وَجاءوا إلَى بَلْدَةَ بَيتَ فاجِي قُرْبَ جَبَلِ الزَّيتُونِ، أرسَلَ يَسُوعُ اثْنَينِ مِنْ تَلامِيذِهِ،

And when they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead,

2 و َقالَ لَهُما: «اذهَبا إلَى القَرْيَةِ الَّتِي أمامَكُما. وَسَتَجِدانِ حِماراً صَغيراً إلَى جانِبِ أُمِّهِ مَربوطينِ، فَحُلّاهُما وَأتِيانِي بِهِما.

Saying to them, Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie and bring to Me.

3 و َإنْ قالَ أحَدٌ لَكُما شَيئاً، قُولا لَهُ: ‹الرَّبُّ يَحتاجُ إلَيهِما، وَسَيُعيدُهُما قَريباً.›»

If anyone says anything to you, you shall reply, The Lord needs them, and he will let them go without delay.

4 ح َدَثَ هَذا لِكَي يَتِمَّ ما قالَهُ النَّبِيُّ:

This happened that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

5 « قُولُوا لِلمَدِينَةِ العَزِيزَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ: ‹ها إنَّ مَلِكَكِ آتٍ إلَيكِ، مُتَواضِعاً وَراكِباً عَلَى حِمارٍ، حِمارٍ صَغيرٍ ابنِ دابَّةٍ أُعِدَّتْ لِلعَمَلِ.›»

Say to the Daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

6 ف َذَهَبَ التِّلمِيذانِ وَعَمِلا كَما قالَ يَسُوعَ.

Then the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7 ف َأتَيا بِالحِمارِ الصَّغيرِ وَأُمِّهِ وَوَضَعا عَلَيهِما ثِيابَهُما، فَجَلَسَ يَسُوعُ عَلَى الثِّيابِ.

They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their coats upon them, and He seated Himself on them.

8 و َكانَ مُعظَمُ النّاسِ يَفرِشُونَ أردِيَتَهُمْ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ. وَلَكِنَّ آخَرِينَ قَطَعُوا أغصاناً مِنَ الأشجارِ وَفَرَشُوها عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ.

And most of the crowd kept spreading their garments on the road, and others kept cutting branches from the trees and scattering them on the road.

9 و َجُمُوعُ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسِيرُونَ أمامَهُ وَخَلْفَهُ كانُوا يَهتِفُونَ: «يَعيشُ المَلِكُ! يَعيشُ ابْنُ داوُدَ. ‹مُبارَكٌ هُوَ الآتِي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ.› يَعيشُ المَلِكُ فِي عُلاهُ.»

And the crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed Him kept shouting, Hosanna ( O be propitious, graciously inclined) to the Son of David, '> the Messiah]! Blessed (praised, glorified) is He Who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna (O be favorably disposed) in the highest!

10 و َعِندَما دَخَلَ يَسُوعُ مَدِينَةَ القُدسِ، اهتَزَّتِ المَدِينَةُ كُلُّها. وَكانَ النّاسُ يَسألُونَ: «مَنْ هُوَ هَذا الرَّجُلُ؟»

And when He entered Jerusalem, all the city became agitated and said, Who is This?

11 و َكانَتِ الجُمُوعُ الَّتِي تَتبَعُهُ تَقُولُ: «هَذا هُوَ النَّبِيُّ يَسُوعُ، الَّذِي مِنْ مَدِينَةِ النّاصِرَةِ، مِنْ إقليمِ الجَلِيلِ.» يَسُوعُ فِي الهَيكَل

And the crowds replied, This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.

12 ث ُمَّ دَخَلَ يَسُوعُ ساحَةَ الهَيكَلِ، وَطَرَدَ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَبِيعُونَ وَيَشتَرُونَ فِي ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ. وَقَلَبَ مَوائِدَ الصَّرّافينَ وَمَقاعِدَ باعَةِ الحَمامِ.

And Jesus went into the temple ( whole temple enclosure) and drove out all who bought and sold in the sacred place, and He turned over the four-footed tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who sold doves.

13 و َقالَ لَهُمْ: «مَكتوبٌ ‹بَيتِي يُدعَى بَيتَ صَلاةٍ› لَكِنَّكُمْ تُحَوِّلُونَهُ إلَى ‹وَكْرِ لُصُوصِ!› »

He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.

14 و َجاءَ إلَيهِ بَعضُ العُمْيِ وَالعُرجِ فِي ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ فَشَفاهُمْ.

And the blind and the lame came to Him in the porches and courts of the temple, and He cured them.

15 و َرَأى كِبارُ الكَهَنَةِ وَمُعَلِّمُو الشَّرِيعَةِ العَجائِبَ الَّتِي عَمِلَها، وَرَأَوْا الأطفالَ يَهتِفُونَ فِي ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ: «يَعيشُ المَلِكُ! يَعيشُ ابْنُ داوُدَ،» فَغَضِبُوا جِدّاً وَقالُوا لَهُ: «ألا تَسمَعُ ما يَقُولُهُ هَؤُلاءِ الأطفالُ؟»

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He did and the boys and the girls and the youths and the maidens crying out in the porches and courts of the temple, Hosanna (O be propitious, graciously inclined) to the Son of David! they were indignant.

16 ف َأجابَ يَسُوعُ: «بَلَى، وَلَكِنْ أما قَرَأتُمْ فِي الكِتابِ: ‹مِنْ أفواهِ الأطفالِ وَالرُّضَّعِ، صَنَعْتَ تَسبِيحاً›؟»

And they said to Him, Do You hear what these are saying? And Jesus replied to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have made (provided) perfect praise?

17 ث ُمَّ تَرَكَهُمْ يَسُوعُ وَخَرَجَ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ إلَى بَلْدَةِ بَيتِ عَنْيا، وَأمضَى اللَّيلَةَ هُناكَ. قُوَّةُ الإيمان

And leaving them, He departed from the city and went out to Bethany and lodged there.

18 و َبَينَما كانَ يَسُوعُ ذاهِباً فِي الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ إلَى المَدِينَةِ، جاعَ.

In the early dawn the next morning, as He was coming back to the city, He was hungry.

19 و َرَأى شَجَرَةَ تِينٍ عَلَى جانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَتَوَجَّهَ إلَيها، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدْ عَلَيها سِوَى الأوراقِ، فَقالَ لَها: «لَنْ تُنتِجِي ثِماراً فِيما بَعْدُ.» فَجَفَّتْ شَجَرَةُ التِّينِ فِي الحالِ.

And as He saw one single leafy fig tree above the roadside, He went to it but He found nothing but leaves on it '> seeing that in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. And He said to it, Never again shall fruit grow on you! And the fig tree withered up at once.

20 ف َلَمّا رَأى التَّلامِيذُ هَذا تَعَجَّبوا وَسَألُوهُ: «كَيفَ جَفَّتْ شَجَرَةُ التِّينِ هَكَذا؟»

When the disciples saw it, they marveled greatly and asked, How is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once?

21 ف َأجابَهُمْ: «أقولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، إنْ كانَ لَدَيكُمْ إيمانٌ وَلا تَشُكُّونَ، فَلَنْ تَكُونُوا قادِرِينَ فَقَط عَلَى عَمَلِ ما عَمِلْتُهُ أنا بِشَجَرَةِ التِّينِ، بَلْ إنْ قُلْتُمْ لِهَذا الجَبَلِ ‹لِتُقلَعْ مِنْ مَكانِكَ وَتُلْقَ فِيْ البَحْرِ،› فَإنَّ كَلامَكُم سَيَتَحَقَّقُ.

And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done.

22 و َكُلُّ ما تَطلُبُونَهُ وَأنْتُمْ تُصَلُّونَ، فَإنَّكُمْ سَتَنالُونَهُ إنْ آمَنْتُمْ.» التّشكيكُ بِسُلطانِ يَسُوع

And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and believing, you will receive.

23 و َذَهَبَ يَسُوعُ إلَى ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ، وَجاءَ إلَيهِ كِبارُ الكَهَنَةِ وَشُيُوخُ الشَّعبِ بَينَما كانَ يُعَلِّمُ، وَقالُوا لَهُ: «أخبِرنا بِأيِّ سُلطانٍ تَفعَلُ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ، وَمَنِ الَّذِي أعطاكَ هَذا السُّلطانَ؟»

And when He entered the sacred enclosure of the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, By what power of authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this power of authority?

24 ف َأجابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «وَسَأسألُكُمْ أنا أيضاً، فَأجيبونِي أُخبِرْكُمْ بِأيِّ سُلطانٍ أعمَلُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ:

Jesus answered them, I also will ask you a question, and if you give Me the answer, then I also will tell you by what power of authority I do these things.

25 م ِنْ أينَ جاءَتْ مَعمُودِيَّةُ يُوحَنّا؟ مِنَ اللهِ أمْ مِنَ النّاسِ؟» فَابْتَدَأُوا يُناقِشُونَ ذَلِكَ فِيما بَينَهُمْ وَيَقولونَ: «إنْ قُلْنا إنَّها مِنَ اللهِ فَسَيَسْألُنا: ‹لِماذا لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ؟›

The baptism of John—from where was it? From heaven or from men? And they reasoned and argued with one another, If we say, From heaven, He will ask us, Why then did you not believe him?

26 و َإنْ قُلْنا إنَّها مِنَ النّاسِ، فَإنَّنا نَخافُ مِنَ النّاسِ، لِأنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً يَعتَبِرُونَ يُوحَنّا نَبِيّاً.»

But if we say, From men—we are afraid of and must reckon with the multitude, for they all regard John as a prophet.

27 ل ِذَلِكَ أجابُوا يَسُوعَ وَقالوا: «لا نَعلَمُ.» فَقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «وَلا أنا أُخبِرُكُمْ بِأيِّ سُلطانٍ أفعَلُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ.» مَثَلُ الابنَين

So they answered Jesus, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what power of authority I do these things.

28 و َقالَ يَسُوعُ: «ماذا تَقُولُونَ فِي القِصَّةِ التّالِيَةِ: كانَ لِرَجُلٍ ابنانِ. فَذَهَبَ إلَى الأوَّلِ وَقالَ لَهُ: ‹يا بُنَيَّ، اذْهَبِ اليَومَ وَاعْمَلْ فِي كَرمِي.›

What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He came to the first and said, Son, go and work today in the vineyard.

29 « فَأجابَ الابْنُ: ‹لا أُرِيدُ الذَّهابَ.› وَلَكِنَّهُ غَيَّرَ مَوقِفَهُ وَذَهَبَ.

And he answered, I will not; but afterward he changed his mind and went.

30 « ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ الأبُ إلَى ابْنِهِ الآخَرِ وَطَلَبَ مِنهُ الأمرَ ذاتَهُ. فَأجابَ الابْنُ: ‹نَعَمْ يا سَيِّدُ، سَأذهَبُ.› وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْهَبْ.

Then the man came to the second and said the same. And he replied, I will, sir; but he did not go.

31 ف َأيُّ الابْنَينَ عَمِلَ ما أرادَهُ الأبُ؟» فَقالُوا: «الأوَّلُ.» فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أقولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، إنَّ جامِعِي الضَّرائِبَ وَالزَّوانِي سَيَسبِقُونَكُمْ إلَى مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ.

Which of the two did the will of the father? They replied, The first one. Jesus said to them, Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the harlots will get into the kingdom of heaven before you.

32 ل ِأنَّ يُوحَنّا المَعْمَدانَ جاءَ لِيُرِيَكُمْ طَريقَ الحَقِّ، وَأنتُمْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ، أمّا جامِعُوا الضَّرائِبِ وَالزَّوانِي فَآمَنُوا بِهِ. وَحَتَّى عِندَما رَأيتُمْ ما عَمِلُوهُ، لَمْ تَتُوبُوا وَتُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ. مَثَلُ ابنِ صاحِبِ الكَرم

For John came to you walking in the way of an upright man in right standing with God, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots did believe him; and you, even when you saw that, did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

33 « وَاسْتَمِعُوا إلَى مَثَلٍ آخَرَ: كانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ صاحِبُ أرْضٍ، فَغَرَسَ كَرماً وَأحاطَهُ بِسِياجٍ وَحَفَرَ فِيهِ مِعصَرَةً لِلعِنَبِ، وَبَنَى بُرجاً لِلحِراسَةِ. ثُمَّ أجَّرَهُ لِبَعضِ الفَلّاحِينَ وَسافَرَ بَعِيداً.

Listen to another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a wine vat in it and built a watchtower. Then he let it out to tenants and went into another country.

34 و َعِندَما جاءَ وَقتُ قَطفِ العِنَبِ، أرسَلَ عَبِيدَهُ إلَى الفَلّاحِينَ لِلحُصُولِ عَلَى نَصِيبِهِ مِنَ العِنَبِ.

When the fruit season drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.

35 « وَلَكِنَّ الفَلّاحِينَ أمسَكُوا بِعَبِيدِهِ، وَضَرَبُوا واحِداً مِنْهُمْ، وَقَتَلُوا آخَرَ، وَرَجَمُوا آخَرَ.

But the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

36 ف َأرسَلَ المالِكُ عَبِيداً أكثَرَ مِمّا أرسَلَ فِي المَرَّةِ الأُولَى. فَعامَلَهُمُ الفَلّاحُونَ بِالطَّرِيقَةِ نَفسِها.

Again he sent other servants, more than the first time, and they treated them the same way.

37 و َأخِيراً أرسَلَ ابْنَهُ، وَقالَ فِي نَفسِهِ: ‹سَيَحتَرِمُونَ ابْنِي.›

Finally he sent his own son to them, saying, They will respect and give heed to my son.

38 « وَلَكِنْ عِندَما رَأى الفَلّاحُونَ أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ابْنُ المالِكِ، تَشاوَرُوا فِيما بَينَهُمْ وَقالُوا: ‹هَذا هُوَ الوَرِيثُ، فَلنَقتُلْهُ لِكَي نَسْتولي عَلَى مِيراثِهِ.›

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, This is the heir; come on, let us kill him and have his inheritance.

39 ف َقَبَضَوا عَلَيهِ وَألقَوهُ خارِجَ الكَرْمِ وَقَتَلُوهُ.

And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40 « فَماذا تَظُنُّونَ أنَّ صاحِبَ الكَرمِ سَيَصنَعُ بِأولَئِكَ الفَلّاحينَ عِنْدَما يَعُودُ؟»

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those tenants?

41 ف َقالُوا لَهُ: «سَيَقضِي عَلَيهِمْ بِطَرِيقَةٍ رَهِيبَةٍ لِأنَّهُمْ أشرارٌ، ثُمَّ يُعطِي الكَرْمَ لِفَلّاحِينَ آخَرِينَ يُعطُونَهُ الثَّمَرَ فِي مَوسِمِ الثَّمَرِ.»

They said to Him, He will put those wretches to a miserable death and rent the vineyard to other tenants of such a character that they will give him the fruits promptly in their season.

42 و َقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «ألَمْ تَقرَأوا المَكتوبَ: ‹الحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ البَنّاؤُونَ، هُوَ الَّذِي صارَ حَجَرَ الأساسِ.› الرَّبُّ صَنَعَ هَذا، وَهُوَ أمْرٌ عَظيمٌ فِي عُيُونِنا›؟

Jesus asked them, Have you never read in the Scriptures: The very Stone which the builders rejected and threw away has become the Cornerstone; this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?

43 « لِذَلِكَ أقُولُ لَكُمْ: إنَّ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ، وَيُعطَى لِأُمَّةٍ تُنتِجُ ثَمَراً يُناسِبُ المَلَكُوتَ.

I tell you, for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the fruits of it.

44 ف َكُلُّ مَنْ يَسقُطُ عَلَى هَذا الحَجَرِ يَتَكَسَّرُ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ وَقَعَ الحَجَرُ عَلَيهِ يُسحَقُ!»

And whoever falls on this Stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom It falls will be crushed to powder '> winnow him, scattering him like dust].

45 و َعِندَما سَمِعَ كِبارُ الكَهَنَةِ وَالفِرِّيسِيُّونَ أمثالَ يَسُوعَ، عَرَفُوا أنَّهُ كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ عَنْهُمْ.

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), they perceived that He was talking about them.

46 ل ِذَلِكَ حاوَلُوا القَبْضَ عَلَيهِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ كانُوا خائِفِينَ مِنَ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَعتَبِرُونَ يَسُوعَ نَبِيّاً.

And although they were trying to arrest Him, they feared the throngs because they regarded Him as a prophet.