1 و َعادَ يَسُوعُ مِنْ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ مَملُوءاً مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ، وَقادَهُ الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ إلَى البَرِّيَّةِ.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,

2 و َهُناكَ كانَ إبلِيْسُ يُغرِيْهِ بِالخَطِيَّةِ أربَعِيْنَ يَوماً، وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ شَيئاً أثناءَ تِلكَ الفَترَةِ، لَكِنَّهُ جاعَ في نِهايَتِها.

forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

3 ف َقالَ لَهُ إبلِيْسُ: «إنْ كُنتَ ابنَ اللهِ، فَمُرْ هَذا الحَجَرَ بِأنْ يُصبِحَ خُبزاً.»

and the Devil said to him, `If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'

4 ف َأجابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «يَقُولُ الكِتابُ: ‹لا يَعِيْشُ الإنسانُ عَلَى الخُبزِ وَحدَهُ.›»

And Jesus answered him, saying, `It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.'

5 ث ُمَّ قادَهُ إبلِيْسُ إلَى مَكانٍ عالٍ، وَعَرَضَ أمامَ عَينَيْهِ كُلَّ مَمالِكِ العالَمِ فِي لَحظَةٍ مِنَ الزَّمَنِ.

And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

6 و َقالَ لَهُ: «أُعطِيكَ السُّلطانَ عَلَى هَذِهِ المَمالِكِ كُلِّها وَما فِيْها مِنْ مَجدٍ. فَقَدْ أُعطِيَتْ لِي، وَفِي مَقدُورِي أنْ أُعطِيَها لِمَنْ أشاءُ.

and the Devil said to him, `To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it;

7 ف َإنْ سَجَدْتَ لِي، سَتَكُونُ لَكَ كُلُّها.»

thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me -- all shall be thine.'

8 أ جابَ يَسُوعُ وَقالَ لَهُ: «مَكتُوبٌ: ‹يَنبَغِي أنْ تَعبُدَ الرَّبَّ إلَهَكَ، وَأنْ تَسْجُدَ لَهُ وَحدَهُ.›»

And Jesus answering him said, `Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

9 ث ُمَّ أخَذَهُ إبلِيسُ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَأوقَفَهُ عَلَى قِمَّةِ الهَيكَلِ. وَقالَ لَهُ: «إنْ كُنتَ حَقّاً ابْنَ اللهِ، فَارْمِ بِنَفسِكَ مِنْ هُنا إلَى أسفَلَ،

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, `If the Son thou art of God, cast thyself down hence,

10 ل ِأنَّهُ مَكتُوبٌ: ‹يُوصِي اللهُ مَلائِكَتَهُ بِكَ لِكَيْ يَحرُسُوكَ.›

for it hath been written -- To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee,

11 و َإنَّهُمْ: ‹سَيَحْمِلونَكَ عَلَى أيادِيْهِمْ، لِئَلّا تَرتَطِمَ قَدَمُكَ بِحَجَرٍ.›»

and -- On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.'

12 ف َأجابَ يَسُوعُ وَقالَ لَهُ: «مَكْتوبٌ أيضاً: ‹لا تَمتَحِنِ الرَّبَّ إلَهَكَ.›»

And Jesus answering said to him -- `It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

13 و َلَمّا اسْتَنْفَدَ إبلِيْسُ كُلَّ مُحاوَلَةٍ لإغراءِ يَسوعِ، تَرَكَهَ إلَى أنْ تَحِيْنَ فُرْصَةٌ ثانِيَةٌ. يَسُوعُ يُعَلِّمُ النّاس

And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.

14 و َعادَ يَسُوعُ إلَى إقليمِ الجَلِيلِ بِقُوَّةِ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ. وَانتَشَرَتْ أخبارُهُ عَبْرَ مَناطِقِ ألأريافِ كُلِّها.

And Jesus turned back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a fame went forth through all the region round about concerning him,

15 ف َعَلَّمَ فِي مِجامِعِهِمْ، وَكانَ الجَمِيعُ يَمدَحُونَهُ. يَسُوعُ فِي مَدينَتِه

and he was teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

16 ث ُمَّ ذَهَبَ يَسُوعُ إلَى النّاصِرَةِ حَيثُ نَشَأ. وَفِي يَومِ السَّبْتِ ذَهَبَ إلَى المَجمَعِ كَعادَتِهِ، وَوَقَفَ لِيَقْرَأ.

And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

17 ف َأعطُوهُ كِتابَ النَّبِيِّ إشَعْياء. فَبَسَطَ المَخطُوطَةَ وَوَجَدَ المَكانَ الَّذِي كُتِبَ فِيهِ:

and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

18 « رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ، لِأنَّهُ مَسَحَنِي لِكَي أُعلِنَ البِشارَةَ لِلفُقَراءِ. أرسَلَنِي لِأُنادِيَ لِلأسرَى بِالحُرِّيَّةِ، وَبِالبَصَرِ لِلعِميانِ، وَلِأُحَرِّرَ المَسحُوقِيْنَ مِنَ الأسْرِ،

`The Spirit of the Lord upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

19 و َأُعلِنَ أنَّ وَقتَ الرَّبِّ لِلقُبُولِ قَدْ جاءَ.»

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.'

20 ث ُمَّ طَوَى الكِتابَ وَأعادَهُ إلَى الخادِمِ وَجَلَسَ. وَكانَتْ عُيُونُ كُلِّ الَّذِيْنَ فِي المَجمَعِ مُثَبَّتَةً عَليهِ.

And having folded the roll, having given back to the officer, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing on him.

21 ف َبَدَأ يَقولُ لَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ تَحَقَّقَ اليَومُ هَذا الكَلامُ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ.»

And he began to say unto them -- `To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

22 و َكانَ الجَمِيعُ يَمدَحُونَهُ، مُندَهِشِيْنَ مِنَ الكَلِماتِ الجَمِيلَةِ الَّتِي تَخرُجُ مِنْ فَمِهِ، غَيْرَ أنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَقُولُونَ: «ألَيْسَ هَذا ابْنَ يُوسُفَ؟»

and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?'

23 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ: «بِالطَّبْعِ سَتَسْتَشْهِدُونَ بِالقَولِ المَأْثُورِ: ‹أيُّها الطَّبِيْبُ، اشْفِ نَفسَكَ أوَّلاً.› فَافْعَلْ هُنا فِي بَلدَتِكَ كُلَّ الأشياءِ الَّتِي سَمِعْنا أنَّكَ فَعَلْتَها فِي كَفْرِناحُومَ.»

And he said unto them, `Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

24 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ: «أقُولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ: لا يُقبَلُ نَبِيٌّ فِي وَطَنِهِ.

and he said, `Verily I say to you -- No prophet is accepted in his own country;

25 « أقُولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ: إنَّهُ كانَتْ هُناكَ أرامِلُ كَثِيراتٌ فِي إسرائِيلَ فِي زَمَنِ إيلِيّا. فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، انحَبَسَتِ الأمطارُ ثَلاثَ سَنَواتٍ وَسِتَّةَ أشهُرٍ، وَأصابَتِ المِنطَقَةَ كُلَّها مَجاعَةٌ عَظِيْمَةٌ.

and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

26 و َلَمْ يُرسَلْ إيلِيّا إلَى أيٍّ مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ الأرامِلِ، بَلْ أرسَلَهُ اللهُ إلَى أرمَلَةٍ فِي بَلدَةِ صِرْفَةَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ صَيْداءَ.

and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but -- to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;

27 « كَما كانَ هُناكَ بُرْصٌ كَثِيْرُونَ فِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ ألِيْشَعَ. وَلَمْ يُطَهَّرْ أحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ إلّا نُعمانُ السِّرْيانِيُّ.»

and many lepers were in the time of Elisha the prophet, in Israel, and none of them was cleansed, but -- Naaman the Syrian.'

28 ف َامْتَلأ كُلُّ الَّذِيْنَ فِي المَجمَعِ غَضَباً عِندَما سَمِعُوا هَذا،

And all in the synagogue were filled with wrath, hearing these things,

29 ف َقامُوا وَألقَوْا بِهِ خارِجَ المَدِيْنَةِ. وَأخَذُوهُ إلَى حافَّةِ التَّلَّةِ الَّتِي كانَتْ بَلدَتُهُمْ مَبنِيَّةً عَلَيْها، لِكَيْ يَطرَحُوهُ مِنْ فَوقِ الهاوِيَةِ إلَى أسْفَلَ.

and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong,

30 ل َكِنَّهُ عَبَرَ مِنْ وَسَطِهِمْ، وَمَضَى فِي طَرِيْقِهِ. يَسُوعُ يَشفِي رَجُلاً فِيْهِ رُوحٌ نَجِسٌ

and he, having gone through the midst of them, went away.

31 ث ُمَّ ذَهَبَ إلَى كَفْرِناحُومَ فِي إقليمِ الجَلِيلِ، وَكانَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ يَومَ السَّبْتِ.

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,

32 ف َذُهِلُوا مِنْ تَعلِيْمِهِ، لِأنَّهُ كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِسُلطانٍ.

and they were astonished at his teaching, because his word was with authority.

33 « وَكانَ فِي المَجمَعِ رَجُلٌ يَسْكُنُهُ رُوحٌ شِرِّيرٌ نَجِسٌ، فَصَرَخَ الرُّوحُ بِصَوتٍ عالٍ:

And in the synagogue was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice,

34 « مَهلاً، ماذا تُرِيْدُ مِنّا يا يَسُوعُ النّاصِرِيُّ؟ هَلْ جِئْتَ لِكَيْ تُهلِكَنا؟ أنا أعرِفُ مَنْ تَكُونُ، أنتَ قُدُّوسُ اللهِ.»

saying, `Away, what -- to us and to thee, Jesus, O Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art -- the Holy One of God.'

35 ف َوَبَّخَهُ يَسُوعُ وَقالَ لَهُ: «اخرَسْ وَاخرُجْ مِنْهُ!» فَطَرَحَ الرُّوحُ الشِّرِّيْرُ الرَّجُلَ أرْضاً أمامَ النّاسِ، وَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ دُونَ أنْ يُؤذِيَهُ.

And Jesus did rebuke him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him;' and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nought;

36 ف َاندَهَشَ الجَمِيعُ وَبَدَأُوا يَقُولُونَ بَعضُهُمْ لِبَعضٍ: «أيُّ تَعلِيْمٍ هَذا؟ فَهُوَ يَأْمُرُ الأرواحَ النَّجِسَةَ بِسُلطانٍ وَقُوَّةٍ فَتَخرُجَ!»

and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, `What this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?'

37 و َانتَشَرَتْ أخبارُهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ فِي تِلكَ المِنطَقَةِ. يَسُوعُ يَشفِي حَماةَ بُطرُس

and there was going forth a fame concerning him to every place of the region round about.

38 ث ُمَّ تَرَكَ يَسُوعُ المَجمَعَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى بَيتِ سِمعانَ. وَكانَتْ حَماةُ سِمعانَ تُعانِي مِنْ حُمَّى شَدِيْدَةٍ. فَطَلَبُوا مِنْ يَسُوعَ أنْ يُعِينَها.

And having risen out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was pressed with a great fever, and they did ask him about her,

39 ف َوَقَفَ يَسُوعُ قُربَها، وَانتَهَرَ الحُمَّى، فَتَرَكَتْها. فَقامَتْ فِي الحالِ وَبَدَأتْ تَخدِمُهُمْ. يَسُوعُ يَشفِي كَثِيْرِيْن

and having stood over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her, and presently, having risen, she was ministering to them.

40 و َبَيْنَما كانَتِ الشَّمسُ تَغرُبُ، جاءَ جَمِيعُ الَّذِيْنَ عِنْدَهُمْ مَرضَى يُعانُونَ مِنْ أمراضٍ مُختَلِفَةٍ، وَأحضَرُوا مَرضاهُمْ إلَيْهِ، فَشَفاهُمْ واضِعاً يَدَيْهِ عَلَى كُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ.

And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them hands having put, did heal them.

41 و َخَرَجَتْ أيضاً أرواحٌ شِرِّيْرَةٌ مِنْ كِثِيْرِيْنَ مِنهُمْ، وَهْيَ تَصرُخُ وَتَقُولُ: «أنتَ ابنُ اللهِ.» لَكِنَّهُ انتَهَرَها، وَلَمْ يَسمَحْ لَها بِأنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ، لِأنَّها كانَتْ تَعلَمُ أنَّهُ هُوَ المَسِيحُ. يَسُوعُ يَذْهَبُ إلَى مُدُنٍ أُخْرَى

And demons also were coming forth from many, crying out and saying -- `Thou art the Christ, the Son of God;' and rebuking, he did not suffer them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

42 و َلَمّا طَلَعَ النَّهارُ، تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَمَضَى إلَى مَكانٍ مُنعَزِلٍ. لَكِنَّ جُمُوعَ النّاسِ كانُوا يُفَتِّشُونَ عَنْهُ، وَجاءُوا إلَيهِ وَحاوَلُوا أنْ يَمنَعُوهُ مِنَ الابتِعادِ عَنهُمْ.

And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him -- not to go on from them,

43 ل َكِنَّهُ قالَ لَهُمْ: «يَنبَغِي أنْ أُبَشِّرَ بِمَلَكُوتِ اللهِ في المُدُنِ الأُخرَى أيضاً، لِأنِّي أُرسِلْتُ لِهَذا الغَرَضِ.»

and he said unto them -- `Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

44 ف َتابَعَ تَبشِيْرَهُ فِي مَجامِعِ إقليمِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ.

and he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.