1 و َفِي أحَدِ أيّامِ السَّبتِ، ذَهَبَ يَسُوعُ إلَى بَيتِ أحَدِ قادَةِ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ لِيَتَناوَلَ الطَّعامَ. وَكانَ الحاضِرُونَ هُناكَ يُراقِبُونَ يَسُوعَ عَنْ قُربٍ.

Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely.

2 و َرَأى يَسوعُ رَجُلاً مُصاباً بِمَرَضِ الاستِسقاءِ.

And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy.

3 ف َوَجَّهَ يُسَوعُ حَدِيثَهُ إلَى خُبَراءِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالفِرِّيسِيِّينَ وَقالَ: «أيَجُوزُ الشِّفاءُ يَومَ السَّبتِ أمْ لا؟»

And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

4 ف َلَمْ يُجيبوهُ، فَأمسَكَ يَسُوعُ بِالرَّجُلِ المَرِيضِ وَشَفاهُ، ثُمَّ صَرَفَهُ.

But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go.

5 ث ُمَّ قالَ لَهُمْ: «لَوْ سَقَطَ ابنُ أحَدِكُمْ أوْ ثَورُهُ فِي بِئْرٍ، أقَلا يَسحَبُهُ وَيُخرِجُهُ فَوراً حَتَّى وَإنْ حَدَثَ ذَلِكَ يَومَ سَبتِ؟»

Then He answered them, saying, “Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”

6 ف َلَمْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يُجِيبُوهُ! التَّواضُع

And they could not answer Him regarding these things. Take the Lowly Place

7 و َلاحَظَ يَسُوعُ أنَّ الضُّيُوفَ كانُوا يَختارُونَ لِأنفُسِهِمْ أفضَلَ الأماكنِ للِجُلوسِ، فَرَوَى لَهُمْ هَذا المَثَلَ:

So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:

8 « عِندَما يَدعُوكَ شَخصٌ إلَى حَفلَةِ عُرسٍ، فَلا تَجلِسْ فِي أفضَلِ مَكانٍ. فَلَرُبَّما دُعِيَ مَنْ يُعتَبَرُ أكثَرَ أهَمِّيَّةً مِنكَ.

“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;

9 ح ينَئِذٍ سَيَأْتِي الَّذِي دَعاكُما لِيَقُولَ لَكَ: ‹أعطِ هَذا الرَّجُلَ مَكانَكَ.› فَتَضْطَرُّ مُحرَجاً أنْ تَنتَقِلَ إلَى مَكانٍ أدنَى.

and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 « لَكِنْ حِينَ تُدعَى، اذْهَبْ وَاجلِسْ فِي أدنَى مَكانٍ. وَحِينَ يَأْتِي مُضِيفُكَ، سَيَقُولُ لَكَ: ‹انتَقِلْ إلَى مَكانٍ أفضَلَ أيُّها الصَّدِيقُ.› حينَئِذٍ تَحصُلُ عَلَى كَرامَةٍ أمامَ كُلِّ الجالِسيِنَ.

But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.

11 ف َمَنْ يَرفَعُ نَفسَهُ سَيُذَلُّ، وَمَنْ يَتَواضَعُ سَيُرفَعُ.» سَتُكافَأُون

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

12 ث ُمَّ قالَ لِلَّذِي دَعاهُ: «عِندَما تُقِيمُ غَداءً أوْ عَشاءً، لا تَدعُ جِيرانَكَ الأغنِياءَ وَأصدِقاءَكَ وَإخوَتَكَ وَأقرِباءَكَ، فَهُمْ بِدَورِهِمْ سَيَدعُونَكَ وَيُعَوِّضُونَكَ.

Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

13 ل َكِنْ حِينَ تُقِيمُ مَأْدُبَةً، ادْعُ الفُقَراءَ وَالمُعَوَّقِيْنَ وَالعُرجَ وَالعُميَ.

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

14 و َهَكَذا تَتَبارَكُ، لِأنَّ لَيْسَ لَدَيهِمْ ما يُعَوِّضُونَكَ بِهِ، بَلْ سَتُعَوَّضُ عِندَ قِيامَةِ الأبرارِ.» مَثَلُ الوَليمَة

And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” The Parable of the Great Supper

15 ف َسَمِعَ أحَدُ الجالِسِينَ عَلَى المائِدَةِ هَذا الكَلامَ، فَقالَ لِيَسُوعَ: «هَنِيئاً لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَتَعَشَّى فِي مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ!»

Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

16 ف َقالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «كانَ رَجُلٌ يُعِدُّ لِوَلِيمَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَدَعا أشخاصاً كَثِيرِينَ.

Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many,

17 و َفِي وَقتِ الوَلِيمَةِ أرسَلَ خادِمَهُ لِيَقُولَ لِلمَدعُوِّينَ: ‹تَعالَوا لِأنَّ العَشاءَ جاهِزٌ!›

and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’

18 ف َابتَدَأُوا جَمِيعاً يَختَلِقُونَ الأعذارَ. قالَ الأوَّلُ: ‹لَقَدِ اشتَرَيتُ حَقلاً، وَعَلَيَّ أنْ أخرُجَ وَأراهُ، فَاعذُرنِي مِنْ فَضلِكَ.›

But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’

19 و َقالَ آخَرٌ أيضاً: ‹لَقَدِ اشتَرَيتُ لِلتَّوِّ عَشْرَةَ ثِيرانٍ وَأنا الآنَ ذاهِبٌ لِأُجَرِّبَها، فَاعذُرْنِي مِنْ فَضلِكَ.›

And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’

20 و َقالَ آخَرُ أيضاً: ‹لَقَدْ تَزَوَّجتُ مُنْذُ فَترَةٍ قَصيرَةٍ، وَلا أستَطِيعُ أنْ آتِيَ.›

Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

21 « وَلَمّا عادَ الخادِمُ أخبَرَ سَيِّدَهُ بِكُلِّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ. فَغَضِبَ سَيِّدُ البَيتِ وَقالَ لِخادِمِهِ: ‹اخرُجْ بِسُرعَةٍ إلَى شَوارِعِ المَدِينَةِ وَأزِقَّتِها، وَأحضِرِ الفُقَراءَ وَالمُعَوَّقِيْنَ وَالعُرجَ إلَى هُنا!›

So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’

22 « فَعادَ الخادِمُ وَقالَ لَهُ: ‹يا سَيِّدُ، ما أمَرتَ بِهِ قَدْ تَمَّ. وَما يَزالُ هُناكَ مُتَّسَعٌ.›

And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’

23 ف َقالَ السَّيِّدُ لِلخادِمِ: ‹اخرُجْ إلَى الطُّرُقاتِ الرِّيفِيَّةِ وَإلَى أسيِجَةِ الحُقُولِ وَألزِمِ النّاسَ بِالمَجِيءِ لِكَيْ يَمتَلِئَ بَيتِي.

Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 ف َإنِّي أقُولُ لَكُمْ، إنَّهُ لَنْ يَذُوقَ وَلِيمَتِي أحَدٌ مِنَ أولَئِكَ الَّذينَ دَعَوتُهُمْ أوَّلاً!›» حِسابُ التَّكلُفَة

For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’” Leaving All to Follow Christ

25 و َكانَتْ جَماهِيرُ غَفِيرَةٌ تَمشِي مَعَهُ، فَالتَفَتَ وَقالَ لَهُمْ:

Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,

26 « عَلَى مَنْ يَأْتِي إلَيَّ أنْ يُحِبَّنِي أكثَرَ مِمّا يُحِبُّ أباهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَزَوجَتُهُ وَأبناءَهُ وَإخوَتَهُ وَأخَواتِهِ وَحَتَّى حَياتَهِ، وَإلّا فَإنَّهُ لا يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَكُونَ تِلمِيذاً لِي.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

27 و َمَنْ لا يَحمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَتبَعُنِي لا يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلمِيذاً.

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

28 « إذا أرادَ أحَدُكُمْ أنْ يَبنِيَ بُرجاً، أفَلا يَجلِسُ أوَّلاً لِيَحسِبَ التَّكلِفَةَ؟ ألا يَحسِبُها لِيَرَى إنْ كانَ لَدَيهِ كُلُّ ما يَلزَمُ لإكمالِهِ؟

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it —

29 و َإلّا فَإنَّهُ قَدْ يَضَعُ الأساسَ وَيَعجَزُ عَنْ إتمامِهِ. حينَئِذٍ، سَيَهزَأُ بِهِ كُلُّ مَنْ يَرَى ما حَدَثَ.

lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,

30 و َسَيَقُولُ النّاسُ: ‹بَدَأ هَذا الرَّجُلُ يَبنِي بُرجاً، لَكِنَّهُ عَجِزَ عَنْ إتمامِهِ.›

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’?

31 « وَإذا أرادَ مَلِكٌ أنْ يُحارِبَ مَلِكاً آخَرَ، أفَلا يَجلِسُ أوَّلاً مَعَ مُستَشارِيهِ لِيَرَى إنْ كانَ قادِراً بِعَشْرَةِ آلافِ جُندِيٍّ عَلَى مُواجَهَةِ المَلِكِ الآخَرِ الَّذِي يُهاجِمُهُ بِعِشرِيْنَ ألفِ جُندِيٍّ؟

Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

32 ف َإذا لَمْ يَكُنْ قادِراً عَلَى ذَلِكَ، سَيُرسِلُ إلَى عَدُوِّهِ وَفداً وَهُوَ ما يَزالُ بَعِيداً، لِيُناقِشَ مَعَهُ شُرُوطَ الصُّلحِ. إذا فَقَدَ المِلْحُ مَذاقَه

Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.

33 « فَمَنْ لا يَتَخَلَّى مِنكُمْ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، لا يَقدِرُ أنْ يَكُونَ تِلمِيذاً لِي.

So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. Tasteless Salt Is Worthless

34 ا لمِلحُ جَيِّدٌ، لَكِنْ إذا فَقَدَ مَذاقَهُ، فَبِماذا نُعالِجُهُ لِيَعُودَ صالِحاً؟

“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?

35 إ نَّهُ بِلا فائِدَةٍ حَتَّىْ لِلتُّربَةِ أوِ الزِّبلِ، بَلْ يَرمِيهِ النّاسُ خارِجاً. مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنانِ، فَلْيَسمَعْ.»

It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”