1 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، أخبَرَهُ أشخاصٌ حاضِرُونَ عَنِ الجَلِيلِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ بِيلاطُسُ حَتَّىْ إنَّ دِمائَهُمُ اخْتَلَطَتْ بِدَمِ ذَبائِحَهُمْ!

Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2 ف َأجابَهُمْ: «أتَظُنُّونَ أنَّ هَؤُلاءِ الجَلِيلِيِّينَ كانُوا أكثَرَ شَرّاً مِنْ بَقيَّةِ أهلِ الجَلِيلِ، لأنَّ هَذا حَصَلَ لَهُمْ؟

And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these things?

3 أ قُولُ لَكُمْ إنَّ هَذا غَيرُ صَحِيحٍ، بَلْ إن لَمْ تَتُوبُوا، فَسَتَمُوتُونَ جَمِيعاً كَما ماتُوا.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

4 أ وْ ماذا تَقُولُونَ فِي الثَّمانِيَةَ عَشَرَ شَخصاً الَّذِينَ سَقَطَ عَلَيهِمُ البُرجُ فِي سِلوامَ فَقَتَلَهُمْ؟ أتَظُنُّونَ أنَّهُمْ كانُوا أكثَرَ شَرّاً مِنْ بَقيَّةِ أهلِ القُدسِ؟

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

5 أ قُولُ لَكُمْ إنَّ هَذا غَيرُ صَحِيحٍ، بَلْ إنْ لَمْ تَتُوبُوا، فَسَتَمُوتُونَ جَمِيعاً كَما ماتُوا.» شَجَرَةٌ بِلا فائِدَة

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

6 ث ُمَّ رَوَى لَهُمْ هَذا المَثَلَ: «كانَ لِرَجُلٍ شَجَرَةُ تِينٍ مَزرُوعَةً فِي بُستانِهِ. فَجاءَ مُتَوَقِّعاً أنْ يَرَى ثِماراً عَلَيها،

And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.

7 ل َكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدْ شَيئاً. فَقالَ لِلبُستانِيِّ: ‹ها قَدْ مَضَتْ ثَلاثُ سَنَواتٍ وَأنا آتِي مُتَوَقِّعاً ثَمَراً مِنْ شَجَرَةِ التِّينِ هَذِهِ، لَكِنِّي لا أجِدُ شَيئاً. اقطَعْها، فَلِماذا أترُكُها تُضَيِّعُ مَساحَةً مِنَ الأرْضِ؟›

And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

8 ف َأجابَهُ البُستانِيُّ: ‹يا سَيِّدُ، اترُكْها هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ فَقَطْ. فَسَأحفِرُ حَولَها وَأُسَمِّدُها،

And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

9 ل َعَلَّها تُثمِرُ. فإنْ لَمْ تُثمِرِ اقْطَعْها.›» يَسُوعُ يَشفِي امْرأةً يَومَ السَّبت

and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

10 و َكانَ يَسُوعُ يُعَلِّمُ فِي مَجمَعٍ يَومَ سَبتٍ.

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.

11 و َكانَتْ هُناكَ امْرأةٌ فِيها رُوحُ ضَعفٍ مُنذُ ثَمانِيَ عَشرَةَ سَنَةً، حَتَّى إنَّ ظَهرَها كانَ مَحنِيّاً فَلا تَقدِرُ أنْ تَستَقِيمَ.

And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.

12 و َحِينَ رَآها يَسُوعُ، ناداها وَقالَ لَها: «أيَّتُها المَرأةُ، أنتِ حُرَّةٌ مِنْ مَرَضِكِ!»

And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

13 ث ُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَيهِ عَلَيها، فَاسْتَقامَ ظَهرُها فَوراً، وَشَكَرَتِ اللهَ.

And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 ف َغَضِبَ رَئِيسُ المَجمَعِ كَثِيراً لِأنَّ يَسُوعَ شَفَى يَومَ السَّبتِ. فَقالَ لِلنّاسِ: «فِي الأُسبُوعِ سِتَّةُ أيّامٍ يُمكِنُ لِلنّاسِ أنْ يَعمَلُوا فِيها، فَتَعالُوا فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ وَاستَشْفُوا، لَكِنْ لا تَأْتُوا لِتَستَشْفُوا فِي يَومِ السَّبتِ.»

And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.

15 ف َأجابَهُ الرَّبُّ وَقالَ: «أيُّها المُنافِقُونَ، ألا يُخرِجُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ ثَورَهُ أوْ حِمارَهُ مِنَ الحَظِيرَةِ فِي السَّبتِ وَيَقُودُهُ لِيَسقِيهِ؟

But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

16 و َالآنَ هَذِهِ المَرأةُ هِيَ مِنْ نَسلِ إبراهِيْمَ، وَقَدْ رَبَطَها الشَّيطانُ ثَمانِيَ عَشرَةَ سَنَةً. أفَلا يَجوزُ أنْ تَتَحَرَّرَ فِي السَّبتِ مِمّا رَبَطَها؟»

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

17 ف َلَمّا قالَ هَذا، أخزَى الَّذِينَ كانُوا يُعارِضُونَهُ. وَكانَ النّاسُ مُبتَهِجِينَ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ الأعمالِ العَجِيبَةِ الَّتِي صَنَعَها يَسُوعُ. مَثَلا بِذرةُ الخَردَلِ وَالخَميرَة

And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

18 و َقالَ أيضاً: «كَيفَ أصِفُ لَكُمْ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ؟ وَبِماذا أُشَبِّهُهُ؟

He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?

19 إ نَّهُ يُشبِهُ بِذرَةَ خَردَلٍ أخَذَها إنسانٌ وَزَرَعَها فِي بُستانِهِ، فَنَمَتْ وَصارَتْ شَجَرَةً. وَصَنَعَتْ طُيُورُ السَّماءِ أعشاشَها فِي أغصانِها.»

It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.

20 ث ُمَّ قالَ: «أوْ بِماذا أُشَبِّهُ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ؟

And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

21 إ نَّهُ يُشبِهُ خَمِيرَةً أخَذَتْها امْرأةٌ وَخَلَطَتْها فِي ثَلاثَةِ مَقادِيْرَ مِنَ الطَّحِينِ حَتَّى اختَمَرَ العَجينُ كُلُّهُ.» البابُ الضَّيِّق

It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

22 و َكانَ يَسُوعُ يَمُرُّ عَبرَ المُدُنِ وَالقُرَى، يُعَلِّمُ النّاسَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on unto Jerusalem.

23 ف َقالَ لَهُ أحَدُهُمْ: «يا سَيِّدُ، هَلِ الَّذِينَ سَيَخلُصُونَ قَلِيلُونَ؟» فَقالَ لَهُ:

And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them,

24 « اجتَهِدْ لِلدُّخُولِ مِنَ البابِ الضَّيِّقِ. لِأنِّي أقُولُ لَكُمْ إنَّ كَثِيرِينَ سَيُحاوِلُونَ الدُّخُولَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَقدِرُوا.

Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

25 ف َبَعدَ أنْ يَقُومَ رَبُّ البَيتِ وَيُغلِقَ البابَ، سَتَقِفُونَ خارِجاً وَسَتَقرَعُونَ عَلَى البابِ وَتَقولونَ: ‹افتَحْ لَنا يا رَبُّ!› لَكِنَّهُ سَيُجِيبُكُمْ: ‹لا أعرِفُكُمْ وَلا أعرِفُ مِنْ أينَ أنتُمْ.›

When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

26 ح ِينَئِذٍ سَتَقُولُونَ: ‹لَقَدْ أكَلْنا مَعَكَ، وَشَرِبْنا مَعَكَ، وَقَدْ عَلَّمْتَ فِي شَوارِعِنا.›

then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;

27 ف َيُجِيبُكُمْ: ‹لا أعرِفُكُمْ، وَلا أعرِفُ مِنْ أينَ أنتُمْ. فَاغرُبُوا عَنْ وَجهِي كُلُّكُمْ يا فاعِلِي الشَّرِّ.›

and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 و َسَتَبكُونَ وَتَصِرُّونَ بِأسنانِكُمْ حِينَ تَرَونَ إبراهِيمَ وَإسْحَقَ وَيَعقُوبَ وَكُلَّ الأنبِياءِ فِي مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ، بَينَما أنتُمْ مَطرُودُونَ خارِجاً.

There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.

29 و َسَيَأْتِي النّاسُ مِنَ الشَّرقِ وَالغَربِ وَالشَّمالِ وَالجَنُوبِ لِيَأْخُذُوا أماكِنَهُمْ حَولَ المائِدَةِ فِي مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ.

And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

30 ف َآخِرُ النّاسِ الآنَ سَيَكُونُونَ حِينَئِذٍ أوَّلَ النّاسِ، وَأوَّلُ النّاسِ الآنَ سَيَكُونُونَ حِينَئِذٍ آخِرَ النّاسِ!» يَسُوعُ سَيُمُوتُ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْس

And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

31 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، جاءَ بَعضُ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ إلَى يَسُوعَ وَقالُوا لَهُ: «اترُكْ هَذا المَكانَ وَاذْهَبْ إلَى مَكانٍ آخَرَ. فَهِيرُودُوسُ يَسعَى إلَى قَتلِكَ.»

In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.

32 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «اذهَبُوا وَقُولُوا لِذَلِكَ الثَّعلَبِ: ‹ها إنَّني أطرُدُ أرواحاً شِرِّيرَةً مِنَ النّاسِ، وَأشفِيهُمِ اليَومَ وَغَداً. وَفِي اليَومِ الثّالِثِ سَأُكمِلُ عَمَلِي.›

And he said unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected.

33 غ َيرَ أنَّهُ يَنْبَغِيُ عَلَيَّ أنْ أمضِيَ فِي طَرِيقِي اليَومَ وَغَداً وَبَعدَ غَدٍ. لِأنَّهُ لا يُمكِنُ لِنَبِيٍّ أنْ يَمُوتَ خارِجَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

34 ي ا قُدسُ، يا قُدْسُ، يا مَنْ تَقتُلِينَ الأنبِياءَ وَتَرجُمِينَ رُسُلَ اللهِ إلَيكِ! كَثِيراً ما اشتَقتُ أنْ أجمَعَ أبناءَكِ مَعاً كَدَجاجَةٍ تَجمَعُ صِغارَها تَحتَ جَناحَيْها! لَكِنَّكُمْ رَفَضْتُمْ.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!

35 ه ا إنَّ بَيتَكُمْ سَيُترَكُ لَكُمْ فارِغاً! وَأقُولُ لَكُمْ، لَنْ تَرَونِي مَرَّةً أُخْرَى إلَى أنْ تَقُولُوا: ‹مُبارَكٌ هُوَ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ.› »

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.