1 S ome of the teachers of the Law and the proud religious law-keepers from Jerusalem came to Jesus. They asked,

حِينَئِذٍ جاءَ بَعضُ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ وَمُعَلِّمُو الشَّرِيعَةِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ إلَى يَسُوعَ، وَسَألُوهُ:

2 “ Why do Your followers not obey the teaching that was given to them by our fathers? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

«لِماذا يَكسِرُ تَلامِيذُكَ التَّقالِيدَ الَّتِي أخَذْناها عَنْ أجدادِنا؟ فَهُمْ لا يَغسِلُونَ أيدِيَهُمْ قَبلَ تَناوُلِ الطَّعامِ.»

3 J esus said to them, “Why do you break the Law of God by trying to keep their teaching?

فَأجابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «وَلِماذا تَكسِرُونَ أنتُمْ وَصِيَّةَ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ تَقالِيدِكُمْ؟

4 F or God said, ‘Show respect to your father and mother.’ And, ‘He who curses his father or mother will be put to death.’

فَاللهُ أوصَىْ وَقالَ: ‹أكرِمْ أباكَ وَأُمَّكَ،› وَقالَ: ‹مَنْ يَشْتُمُ أباهُ أوْ أُمَّهُ يُقتَلُ.›

5 B ut you say that if a man says to his parents that anything he has, that might have been of help to them, is already given to God,

لَكِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: ‹مَنْ قالَ لِأبِيهِ أوْ أُمِّهِ: لا أستَطِيعُ مُساعَدَتَكُما، لِأنَّ كُلَّ ما أمتَلِكُهُ قَدْ قَدَّمْتُهُ لِلرَّبِّ. فَهُوَ غَيرُ مُلزَمٍ بِإكرامِ أبِيهِ أوْ أُمِّهِ.›

6 h e does not have to show respect by helping his father and mother. You are putting aside the Word of God to keep their teaching.

وَبِهَذا تَجاهَلْتُمْ وَصِيَّةَ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ تَقالِيدِكُمْ.

7 Y ou who pretend to be someone you are not, Isaiah told about you. He said,

أيُّها المُنافِقُونَ، صَدَقَ إشَعْياءُ حِينَ تَنَبَّأ عَنكُمْ فَقالَ:

8 ’ These people show respect to Me with their mouth, but their heart is far from Me.

‹هَذا الشَّعبُ يُمَجِّدُنِي بِشَفَتَيهِ، وَأمّا قَلْبُهُ فَبَعِيدٌ عَنِّي.

9 T heir worship of Me is worth nothing. They teach what men have made up.’”

عِبادَتُهُمْ بِلا فائِدَةٍ، لِأنَّهُمْ يُعَلِّمُونَ تَعالِيماً هِيَ لَيسَتْ سِوَى وَصايا بَشَرِيَّةٍ.›»

10 J esus called the people to Him and said to them, “Listen and understand this!

وَدَعا يَسُوعُ النّاسَ إلَيهِ وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «استَمِعُوا لِي وَافهَمُوا ما أقُولُ:

11 I t is not what goes into a man’s mouth that makes his mind and heart sinful. It is what comes out of a man’s mouth that makes him sinful.”

لَيسَ ما يَدخُلُ فَمَ الإنسانِ يُنَجِّسُهُ، بَلْ ما يَخرُجُ مِنْ فَمِهِ، فَهَذا يُنَجِّسُهُ.»

12 H is followers came to Him. They said, “Did You know the proud religious law-keepers were ashamed and turned away because of You when they heard this?”

حِينَئِذٍ جاءَ إلَيهِ التَّلامِيذُ وَقالُوا: «أتَعلَمُ أنَّ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ انزَعَجوا عِندَما سَمِعوا كَلامَكَ؟»

13 H e said, “Every plant that My Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.

فَأجابَ يَسُوعُ: «كُلُّ نَبتَةٍ لَمْ يَزرَعْها أبِي سَتُقلَعُ مِنْ جُذُورِها.

14 L et them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. If one blind man leads another blind man, they will both fall into a hole.”

اترُكُوهُمْ، فَهُمْ عُمْيٌ يَقُودُونَ عُمْياً. وَإنْ قادَ أعمَىً آخَرَ أعمَىً، فَإنَّ كِلَيهِما سَيَقَعانِ فِي الحُفرَةِ.»

15 T hen Peter said to Jesus, “Tell us this picture-story so we can understand it.”

فَأجابَ بُطرُسُ: «اشرَحْ لَنا مَعنَى هَذا التَّشبِيهِ.»

16 J esus said, “Do you not understand yet?

فَقالَ يَسُوعُ: «ألَمْ تَفهَمُوا بَعدُ؟»

17 D o you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?

ألا تَفهَمُونَ أنَّ كُلَّ ما يَدخُلُ فَمَ الإنسانِ يَدخُلُ المَعِدَةَ، وَمِنْ ثُمَّ يَخرُجُ إلَى الخارِجِ؟

18 B ut whatever comes from the mouth has come out of the heart. These things make the man unclean inside.

لَكِنْ ما يَخرُجُ مِنْ فَمِ الإنسانِ، يَصْدُرُ عَنِ القَلْبِ. وَهَذا ما يُنَجَّسُ الإنسانَ.

19 F or out of the heart come bad thoughts, killing other people, sex sins of a married person, sex sins of a person not married, stealing, lying, speaking against God.

لِأنَّهُ مِنَ القَلْبِ، تَأتِي الأفكارُ الشِّرِّيرَةُ، وَالقَتلُ، وَالفِسْقُ، وَالزِّنَى، وَالسَّرِقَةُ، وَشَهادَةُ الزُّورِ، وَالإهانَةُ.

20 T hese are the things that make the man unclean inside. It does not make a man sinful to eat with hands that have not been washed.” Jesus Puts a Demon Out of a Girl

هَذِهِ هِيَ الأشياءُ الَّتِي تُنَجِّسُ الإنسانَ، أمّا الأكلُ بِأيدٍ غَيرِ مَغسُولَةٍ فَلا يَجعَلُ الإنسانَ نَجِساً.» يَسُوعُ يُساعِدُ امْرأةً غَريبَةً

21 J esus went from there to the cities of Tyre and Sidon.

وَتَرَكَ يَسُوعُ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ صُورَ وَصَيدا.

22 A woman came from the land of Canaan. She cried out to Jesus and said, “Take pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter has a demon and is much troubled.”

وَجاءَتْ إلَيهِ امْرأةٌ كَنعانِيَّةٌ كانَتْ تَعِيشُ فِي تِلكَ المِنطَقَةِ، وَبَدَأتْ تَصرُخُ: «ارحَمْنِي يا رَبُّ، يا ابْنَ داوُدَ. فَابنَتِي مَسكُونَةٌ بِرُوحٍ شِرِّيرٍ، وَهِيَ تَتَألَّمُ جِدّاً.»

23 B ut Jesus did not speak a word to her. His followers kept asking, saying, “Send her away for she keeps calling us.”

فَلَمْ يُجِبْها يَسُوعُ بِأيَّةِ كَلِمَةٍ. فَجاءَ إلَيهِ تَلامِيذُهُ وَطَلَبُوا مِنهُ وَقالُوا: «اطرُدْها مِنْ هُنا، لِأنَّها تَتبَعُنا وَتَصرُخُ.»

24 H e said, “I was sent only to the Jewish people who are lost.”

فَقالَ: «لَمْ أُرسَلْ إلّا إلَى خِرافِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ الضّائِعَةِ.»

25 T hen she came and got down before Jesus and worshiped Him. She said, “Lord, help me!”

لَكِنَّ المَرأةَ اقتَرَبَتْ إلَيهِ وَسَجَدَتْ أمامَهُ وَقالَتْ: «يا رَبُّ، ساعِدنِي.»

26 B ut He said, “It is not right to take children’s food and throw it to the dogs.”

فَأجابَها يَسُوعُ: «لَيسَ جَيِّداً أنْ ناخُذَ طَعامَ الأبناءِ، وَنُلقِيهِ لِلكِلابِ.»

27 S he said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the pieces that fall from the table of their owners.”

فَقالَتْ: «صَحِيحٌ يا سَيِّدُ، وَلَكِنْ حَتَّى الكِلابُ تَأكُلُ مِمّا يَسقُطُ مِنْ مائِدَةِ أصحابِها.»

28 J esus said to her, “Woman, you have much faith. You will have what you asked for.” Her daughter was healed at that very time. Jesus Heals All Who Come to Him

حِينَئِذٍ أجابَها يَسُوعُ: «يا امْرأةُ، إيمانُكِ عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً. لِيَكُنْ لَكِ ما تُرِيدِينَهُ.» وَفِي تِلكَ اللَّحظَةِ، شُفِيَتِ ابنَتُها. يَسُوعُ يَشفِي كَثِيرِين

29 J esus went from there and came to the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up the mountain and sat down.

وَتَرَكَ يَسُوعُ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مِنْطَقَةٍ قُربَ بُحَيرَةِ الجَلِيلِ. وَصَعِدَ إلَى تَلَّةٍ وَجَلَسَ هُناكَ.

30 M any people came to Him. They brought with them those who were not able to walk. They brought those who were not able to see. They brought those who were not able to hear or speak and many others. Then they put them at the feet of Jesus and He healed them.

فَجاءَتْ إلَيهِ جُمُوعٌ كَبِيرَةٌ، وَكانَ مَعَهُمْ عُرجٌ وَعُمْيٌ وَمَشلُولُونَ وَصُمٌّ بُكْمٌ وَمَرضَى آخَرُونَ كَثِيرُونَ. فَوَضَعُوهُمْ عِندَ أقدامِ يَسُوعَ، فَشَفاهُمْ.

31 A ll the people wondered. They saw how those who could not speak were now talking. They saw how those who could not walk were now walking. They saw how those who could not see were now seeing, and they gave thanks to the God of the Jews. The Feeding of the Four Thousand

فَاندَهَشَتْ جُمُوعُ النّاسِ عِندَما رَأَوْا الصُّمَّ البُكْمَ يَتَكَلُّمُونَ، وَالعُرْجَ يَصِحُّونَ، وَالمَشلُولِينَ يَمشُونَ، وَالعُمْيَ يُبصِرُونَ، فَمَجَّدُوا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ. يَسُوعُ يُطعِمُ أكثَرَ مِنْ أربَعَةِ آلاف

32 T hen Jesus called His followers to Him. He said, “I pity these people because they have been with Me three days and they have no food. I do not want to send them home without food. They might get too weak as they go.”

فَاسْتَدْعَى يَسُوعُ تَلامِيذَهُ وَقالَ: «إنَّنِي أُشفِقُ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ النّاسِ، فَهُمْ مَعِي مُنذُ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ وَلا شَيءَ مَعَهُمْ لِيَأكُلُوا. وَلا أُريدُ أنْ أصرِفَهُمْ جَوْعَى، لِئَلّا يُغْمَىْ عَلَيهِمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ.»

33 T he followers said to Jesus, “Where can we get enough bread to feed them all in this desert?”

فَقالَ لَهُ تَلامِيذُهُ: «مِنْ أينَ سَنَحصُلُ عَلَى خُبْزٍ يَكفِي لِهَذا الجَمعِ فِي مِثلِ هَذا المَكانِ المَعزُولِ؟»

34 J esus said to them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They said, “Seven loaves and a few small fish.”

فَقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «كَمْ رَغِيفاً لَدَيكُمْ؟» فَقالُوا لَهُ: «سَبعَةُ أرغِفَةٍ وَبَعضُ السَّمَكِ الصَّغِيرِ.»

35 H e told the people to sit down on the ground.

فَأمَرَ يَسُوعُ النّاسَ بِالجُلُوسِ عَلَى الأرْضِ.

36 T hen He took the seven loaves of bread and the fish and gave thanks. He broke them and gave them to His followers. The followers gave them to the people.

وَأخَذَ الأرغِفَةَ السَّبعَةَ وَالسَّمَكَ، وَشَكَرَ، وَقَسَّمَ الأرغِفَةَ وَأعطاها لِلتَّلاميذِ الَّذينَ وَزَّعُوها عَلَى الجَمِيعِ.

37 T hey all ate and were filled. They picked up seven baskets full of pieces of bread and fish after the people finished eating.

فَأكَلَ الجَمِيعُ وَشَبِعُوا. ثُمَّ جَمَعُوا ما زادَ مِنَ الكِسَرِ، فَكانَتْ سَبعَ سِلالٍ مُمتَلِئَةً.

38 F our thousand men ate. Women and children ate also.

وَكانَ عَدَدُ الآكِلِينَ أربَعَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ، عَدا النِّساءِ وَالأطفالِ.

39 A fter this Jesus sent the people away. Then He got into a boat and came to a place called Magadan.

وَعِندَما صَرَفَ يَسُوعُ جُمُوعَ النّاسِ، صَعِدَ إلَى قارِبٍ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ مَجدَلَ.