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

When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

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 opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.

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

If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

4 ح َدَثَ هَذا لِكَي يَتِمَّ ما قالَهُ النَّبِيُّ:

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

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, Gentle, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

6 ف َذَهَبَ التِّلمِيذانِ وَعَمِلا كَما قالَ يَسُوعَ.

The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

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

and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.

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

Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in 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.»

The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”

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

When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “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 were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.” Cleansing the Temple

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

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

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

And He said to them, “It is written, ‘ My house shall be called a house of prayer ’; but you are making it a robbers ’ den.”

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

And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed 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 had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

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

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘ Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself ’?”

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

And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there. The Barren Fig Tree

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

Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became 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.

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.

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

Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither 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 and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.

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

And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” Authority Challenged

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؟»

When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

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

Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what 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 was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why 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 fear the people; 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

And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Parable of Two Sons

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

“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘ Son, go work today in the vineyard.’

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

And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went.

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

The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘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 his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God 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 in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him. Parable of the Landowner

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 landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

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

When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.

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

The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

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

Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.

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

But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect 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 vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

39 ف َقَبَضَوا عَلَيهِ وَألقَوهُ خارِجَ الكَرْمِ وَقَتَلُوهُ.

They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

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

Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”

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 bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”

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 said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘ The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes ’?

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

Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.

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

And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

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

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

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

When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.