1 W hen he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
وَفِي أحَدِ أيّامِ السَّبتِ، ذَهَبَ يَسُوعُ إلَى بَيتِ أحَدِ قادَةِ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ لِيَتَناوَلَ الطَّعامَ. وَكانَ الحاضِرُونَ هُناكَ يُراقِبُونَ يَسُوعَ عَنْ قُربٍ.
2 B ehold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
وَرَأى يَسوعُ رَجُلاً مُصاباً بِمَرَضِ الاستِسقاءِ.
3 J esus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
فَوَجَّهَ يُسَوعُ حَدِيثَهُ إلَى خُبَراءِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالفِرِّيسِيِّينَ وَقالَ: «أيَجُوزُ الشِّفاءُ يَومَ السَّبتِ أمْ لا؟»
4 B ut they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
فَلَمْ يُجيبوهُ، فَأمسَكَ يَسُوعُ بِالرَّجُلِ المَرِيضِ وَشَفاهُ، ثُمَّ صَرَفَهُ.
5 H e answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
ثُمَّ قالَ لَهُمْ: «لَوْ سَقَطَ ابنُ أحَدِكُمْ أوْ ثَورُهُ فِي بِئْرٍ، أقَلا يَسحَبُهُ وَيُخرِجُهُ فَوراً حَتَّى وَإنْ حَدَثَ ذَلِكَ يَومَ سَبتِ؟»
6 T hey couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
فَلَمْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يُجِيبُوهُ! التَّواضُع
7 H e spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
وَلاحَظَ يَسُوعُ أنَّ الضُّيُوفَ كانُوا يَختارُونَ لِأنفُسِهِمْ أفضَلَ الأماكنِ للِجُلوسِ، فَرَوَى لَهُمْ هَذا المَثَلَ:
8 “ When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
«عِندَما يَدعُوكَ شَخصٌ إلَى حَفلَةِ عُرسٍ، فَلا تَجلِسْ فِي أفضَلِ مَكانٍ. فَلَرُبَّما دُعِيَ مَنْ يُعتَبَرُ أكثَرَ أهَمِّيَّةً مِنكَ.
9 a nd he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
حينَئِذٍ سَيَأْتِي الَّذِي دَعاكُما لِيَقُولَ لَكَ: ‹أعطِ هَذا الرَّجُلَ مَكانَكَ.› فَتَضْطَرُّ مُحرَجاً أنْ تَنتَقِلَ إلَى مَكانٍ أدنَى.
10 B ut when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
«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.
11 F or everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
فَمَنْ يَرفَعُ نَفسَهُ سَيُذَلُّ، وَمَنْ يَتَواضَعُ سَيُرفَعُ.» سَتُكافَأُون
12 H e also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
ثُمَّ قالَ لِلَّذِي دَعاهُ: «عِندَما تُقِيمُ غَداءً أوْ عَشاءً، لا تَدعُ جِيرانَكَ الأغنِياءَ وَأصدِقاءَكَ وَإخوَتَكَ وَأقرِباءَكَ، فَهُمْ بِدَورِهِمْ سَيَدعُونَكَ وَيُعَوِّضُونَكَ.
13 B ut when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
لَكِنْ حِينَ تُقِيمُ مَأْدُبَةً، ادْعُ الفُقَراءَ وَالمُعَوَّقِيْنَ وَالعُرجَ وَالعُميَ.
14 a nd you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
وَهَكَذا تَتَبارَكُ، لِأنَّ لَيْسَ لَدَيهِمْ ما يُعَوِّضُونَكَ بِهِ، بَلْ سَتُعَوَّضُ عِندَ قِيامَةِ الأبرارِ.» مَثَلُ الوَليمَة
15 W hen one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
فَسَمِعَ أحَدُ الجالِسِينَ عَلَى المائِدَةِ هَذا الكَلامَ، فَقالَ لِيَسُوعَ: «هَنِيئاً لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَتَعَشَّى فِي مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ!»
16 B ut he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
فَقالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «كانَ رَجُلٌ يُعِدُّ لِوَلِيمَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَدَعا أشخاصاً كَثِيرِينَ.
17 H e sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
وَفِي وَقتِ الوَلِيمَةِ أرسَلَ خادِمَهُ لِيَقُولَ لِلمَدعُوِّينَ: ‹تَعالَوا لِأنَّ العَشاءَ جاهِزٌ!›
18 T hey all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
فَابتَدَأُوا جَمِيعاً يَختَلِقُونَ الأعذارَ. قالَ الأوَّلُ: ‹لَقَدِ اشتَرَيتُ حَقلاً، وَعَلَيَّ أنْ أخرُجَ وَأراهُ، فَاعذُرنِي مِنْ فَضلِكَ.›
19 “ Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
وَقالَ آخَرٌ أيضاً: ‹لَقَدِ اشتَرَيتُ لِلتَّوِّ عَشْرَةَ ثِيرانٍ وَأنا الآنَ ذاهِبٌ لِأُجَرِّبَها، فَاعذُرْنِي مِنْ فَضلِكَ.›
20 “ Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
وَقالَ آخَرُ أيضاً: ‹لَقَدْ تَزَوَّجتُ مُنْذُ فَترَةٍ قَصيرَةٍ، وَلا أستَطِيعُ أنْ آتِيَ.›
21 “ That servant came, and told his lord these things. 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
«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!›
22 “ The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
«فَعادَ الخادِمُ وَقالَ لَهُ: ‹يا سَيِّدُ، ما أمَرتَ بِهِ قَدْ تَمَّ. وَما يَزالُ هُناكَ مُتَّسَعٌ.›
23 “ The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
فَقالَ السَّيِّدُ لِلخادِمِ: ‹اخرُجْ إلَى الطُّرُقاتِ الرِّيفِيَّةِ وَإلَى أسيِجَةِ الحُقُولِ وَألزِمِ النّاسَ بِالمَجِيءِ لِكَيْ يَمتَلِئَ بَيتِي.
24 F or I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”
فَإنِّي أقُولُ لَكُمْ، إنَّهُ لَنْ يَذُوقَ وَلِيمَتِي أحَدٌ مِنَ أولَئِكَ الَّذينَ دَعَوتُهُمْ أوَّلاً!›» حِسابُ التَّكلُفَة
25 N ow great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
وَكانَتْ جَماهِيرُ غَفِيرَةٌ تَمشِي مَعَهُ، فَالتَفَتَ وَقالَ لَهُمْ:
26 “ If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
«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.
27 W hoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
وَمَنْ لا يَحمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَتبَعُنِي لا يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلمِيذاً.
28 F or which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
«إذا أرادَ أحَدُكُمْ أنْ يَبنِيَ بُرجاً، أفَلا يَجلِسُ أوَّلاً لِيَحسِبَ التَّكلِفَةَ؟ ألا يَحسِبُها لِيَرَى إنْ كانَ لَدَيهِ كُلُّ ما يَلزَمُ لإكمالِهِ؟
29 O r perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
وَإلّا فَإنَّهُ قَدْ يَضَعُ الأساسَ وَيَعجَزُ عَنْ إتمامِهِ. حينَئِذٍ، سَيَهزَأُ بِهِ كُلُّ مَنْ يَرَى ما حَدَثَ.
30 s aying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’
وَسَيَقُولُ النّاسُ: ‹بَدَأ هَذا الرَّجُلُ يَبنِي بُرجاً، لَكِنَّهُ عَجِزَ عَنْ إتمامِهِ.›
31 O r what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
«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؟
32 O r else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
فَإذا لَمْ يَكُنْ قادِراً عَلَى ذَلِكَ، سَيُرسِلُ إلَى عَدُوِّهِ وَفداً وَهُوَ ما يَزالُ بَعِيداً، لِيُناقِشَ مَعَهُ شُرُوطَ الصُّلحِ. إذا فَقَدَ المِلْحُ مَذاقَه
33 S o therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
«فَمَنْ لا يَتَخَلَّى مِنكُمْ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، لا يَقدِرُ أنْ يَكُونَ تِلمِيذاً لِي.
34 S alt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
المِلحُ جَيِّدٌ، لَكِنْ إذا فَقَدَ مَذاقَهُ، فَبِماذا نُعالِجُهُ لِيَعُودَ صالِحاً؟
35 I t is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
إنَّهُ بِلا فائِدَةٍ حَتَّىْ لِلتُّربَةِ أوِ الزِّبلِ، بَلْ يَرمِيهِ النّاسُ خارِجاً. مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنانِ، فَلْيَسمَعْ.»