1 و َبَعْدَ عِدَّةِ أيّامٍ، عادَ يَسُوعُ إلَى كَفْرِناحُومَ، وَانتَشَرَتْ أخبارُ عَودَتِهِ.

When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.

2 ف َاجتَمَعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَعُدْ هُناكَ مُتَّسَعٌ لأحَدٍ، وَلا حَتَّى خارِجَ البابِ. وَكانَ يَسُوعُ يُكَلِّمُ النّاسَ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ.

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.

3 ف َجاءُوا إلَيهِ بِمَشلُولٍ يَحْمِلُهُ أربَعَةُ رِجالٍ.

And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.

4 ل َكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنْ إدخالِهِ إلَى يَسُوعَ بِسَبَبِ الازْدِحامِ. فَكَشَفوا السَّقْفَ فَوقَ المَكانِ الَّذِي كانَ يَسُوعُ فِيهِ، وَفَتَحوا السَّقفَ، وَأنزَلُوا الفِراشَ الَّذِي كانَ المَشلُولُ راقِداً عَلَيهِ.

Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

5 ف َلَمّا رَأى يَسُوعُ إيمانَهُمْ، قالَ لِلمَشلُولِ: «يا بُنَيَّ، مَغفُورَةٌ خَطاياكَ.»

And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “ Son, your sins are forgiven.”

6 و َكانَ بَعضُ مُعَلِّمِي الشَّرِيعَةِ يَجلِسُونَ هُناكَ، فَأخَذُوا يُفَكِّرُونَ فِي داخِلِهِمْ:

But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

7 « لِماذا يَتَحَدَّثُ هَذا الرَّجُلُ بِهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ؟ إنَّهُ يُهِينُ اللهَ بِكَلامِهِ! فَمَنْ غَيْرُ اللهِ وَحدِهُ يَستَطِيْعُ أنْ يَغفِرَ الخَطايا؟»

“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?”

8 ف َعَرَفَ يَسُوعُ أفكارَ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «لِماذا تُفَكِّرُونَ بِهَذِا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ؟

Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

9 ف َأيُّ الأمرَيْنِ أسهَلُ: أنْ يُقالَ لِلمَشلولِ: ‹خَطاياكَ مَغفُورَةٌ› أمْ أنْ يُقالَ: ‹انهَضْ وَاحْمِلْ فِراشَكَ وَامشِ؟›

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’?

10 ل َكِنِّي سَأُرِيكُمْ أنَّ ابنَ الإنسانِ يَملِكُ سُلطاناً عَلَى الأرْضِ لِمَغفِرَةِ الخَطايا.» وَقالَ لِلرَّجُلِ المَشلُولِ:

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” —He said to the paralytic,

11 « أنا أقُولُ لَكَ، انهَضْ وَاحْمِلْ فِراشَكَ وَاذْهَبْ إلَى بَيتِكَ!»

“I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.”

12 ف َنَهَضَ وَحَمَلَ فِراشَهُ فَوراً وَمَشَىْ عَلَىْ مَرأىً مِنَ الجَمِيعِ، فَاندَهَشَ الجَمِيعُ وَمَجَّدُوا اللهَ وَقالوا: «لَمْ نَرَ شَيئاً كَهَذا مِنْ قَبلُ!» لاوِي (مَتَّىْ) يَتبَعُ يَسُوع

And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “ We have never seen anything like this.”

13 و َعادَ يَسُوعُ مُجَدَّداً إلَى البُحَيرَةِ. وَكانَ يُعَلِّمُ الجُمُوعَ الَّتِي تَبِعَتهُ إلَى هُناكَ.

And He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them. Levi (Matthew) Called

14 و َبَينَما هُوَ يَمشي، رَأىْ لاوِيَ جالِساً عِندَ مَكانِ جَمعِ الضَّرائِبِ. فَقالَ لَهُ: «اتبَعنِي!» فَقامَ وَتَبِعَهُ.

As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, “ Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

15 و َبَينَما كانَ يَسُوعُ جالِساً فِي بَيتِ لاوِي يَتَناوَلُ العَشاءَ، كانَ هُناكَ كَثيرُونَ مِنْ جامِعي الضَّرائِبِ وَالخُطاةِ يَأكُلُونَ مَعَهُ وَمَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ. إذْ إنَّ كَثيرينَ كانُوا هُناكَ عِنْدَما دَعا يَسوعُ لاوِيَ، فَلَحِقوا بِيَسوعَ.

And it happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.

16 ف لَمّا رَآهُ الفِرِّيسِيُّونَ وَمُعَلِّمِو الشَّرِيعَةِ يَأكُلُ مَعَ جامِعِي الضَّرائِبِ وَالخُطاةِ، سَألُوا تَلامِيذَهُ: «لِماذا يَأكُلُ مَعَ جامِعِي الضَّرائِبِ وَالخُطاةِ؟»

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “ Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”

17 ف َلَمّا سَمِعَهُمْ يَسُوعُ، قالَ لَهُمْ: «لا يَحتاجُ الأصِحّاءُ إلَى طَبِيبٍ، بَلِ المَرضَى. أنا لَمْ آتِ لِكَي أدعُوَ الصّالِحِينَ بَلِ الخُطاةَ.» سُؤالٌ حَولَ الصّوم

And hearing this, Jesus said to them, “ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

18 و َكانَ وَقتُ الصِّيامِ عِندَ تَلامِيذِ يُوحَنّا وَالفِرِّيسِيِّينَ، فَجاءَ بَعضُ النّاسِ إلَى يَسُوعَ وَسَألُوهُ: «لِماذا يَصُومُ تَلامِيذُ يُوحَنّا وَالفِرِّيسِيُّونَ، وَلا يَصُومُ تَلامِيذُكَ؟»

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

19 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أيَصُومُ ضُيوفُ العَرِيسِ وَالعَرِيسُ بَينَهُمْ؟ فَما دامَ العَرِيسُ بُينَهُمْ، لَنْ يَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يَصُومُوا.

And Jesus said to them, “While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast, can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 و َلَكِنْ سَيَأتِي الوَقتُ الَّذِي سَيُؤْخَذُ فِيهِ العَرِيسُ مِنْهُمْ، فَحينَئِذٍ سَيَصُومُونَ.

But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

21 ف َلا أحَدَ يُرَقِّعُ ثَوباً قَدِيماً بِقِطعَةِ قُماشٍ جَدِيدَةٍ، لأنَّ قِطعَةَ القُماشِ الجَدِيدَةَ سَتَنكَمِشُ وَتُمَزِّقُ الثَّوبَ العَتِيقَ، فَيُصبِحَ الثُّقبُ أسوَأ.

“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.

22 و َلا أحَدَ يَضَعُ نَبيذاً جَدِيداً فِي أوعِيَةٍ جِلدِيَّةٍ قَدِيمَةٍ، لِأنَّ النَّبيذَ سَيُمَزِّقُ الأوعِيَةَ الجِلدِيَّةَ، فَيُراقَ النَّبيذُ وَتَتَلَفَ الأوعِيَةُ. لَذَلِكَ يُوضَعُ النَّبيذُ الجَديدُ فِي أوعَيةٍ جِلْدِيَةٍ جَديدَةٍ.» يَسُوعُ: رَبُّ السَّبت

No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.” Question of the Sabbath

23 و َفِي أحَدِ أيّامِ السَّبتِ كانَ يَسُوعُ مارّاً فِي بَعضِ الحُقُولِ، فَبَدَأ تَلاميذُهُ يَقطِفُونَ السَّنابِلَ وَهُمْ يَسِيرُونَ مَعَهُ.

And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.

24 ف َقالَ الفِرِّيسِيُّونَ لِيَسُوعَ: «انظُرْ! إنَّ تَلامِيذَكَ يَفعَلُونَ ما لا يَجُوزُ فِعلُهُ فِي السَّبتِ!»

The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

25 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ: «ألَمْ تَقرَأُوا فِي الكِتابِ قَطُّ ما فَعَلَهُ داوُدُ عِندَما احتاجَ وَجاعَ هُوَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ؟

And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

26 ل َقَدْ دَخَلَ بَيتَ اللهِ فِي زَمَنِ الكاهِنِ أبِياثارَ، وَأكَلَ مِنْ أرغِفَةِ الخُبزِ المُقَدَّمَةِ إلَى اللهِ، وَأعطَى أيضاً الَّذِيْنَ كانُوا مَعَهُ. مَعَ أنَّهُ لا يَجُوزُ لِأحَدٍ أنْ يَأْكُلَ ذَلِكَ الخُبزَ سِوَى الكَهَنَةِ.»

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

27 ث ُمَّ قالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «لَقَدْ جُعِلَ السَّبْتُ لِفائِدَةِ الإنسانِ، وَلَمْ يُجعَلِ الإنسانُ لِخِدمَةِ السَّبْتِ.

Jesus said to them, “ The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

28 و َهَكَذا فَإنَّ ابْنَ الإنسانِ هُوَ رَبُّ السَّبتِ أيضاً.»

So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”