1 A nd when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

وَإذِ اقتَرَبُوا مِنَ مَدينَةِ القُدسِ، وَجاءوا إلَى بَلْدَةَ بَيتَ فاجِي قُرْبَ جَبَلِ الزَّيتُونِ، أرسَلَ يَسُوعُ اثْنَينِ مِنْ تَلامِيذِهِ،

2 s aying to them, `Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her -- having loosed, bring ye to me;

وَقالَ لَهُما: «اذهَبا إلَى القَرْيَةِ الَّتِي أمامَكُما. وَسَتَجِدانِ حِماراً صَغيراً إلَى جانِبِ أُمِّهِ مَربوطينِ، فَحُلّاهُما وَأتِيانِي بِهِما.

3 a nd if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.'

وَإنْ قالَ أحَدٌ لَكُما شَيئاً، قُولا لَهُ: ‹الرَّبُّ يَحتاجُ إلَيهِما، وَسَيُعيدُهُما قَريباً.›»

4 A nd all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,

حَدَثَ هَذا لِكَي يَتِمَّ ما قالَهُ النَّبِيُّ:

5 ` Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.'

«قُولُوا لِلمَدِينَةِ العَزِيزَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ: ‹ها إنَّ مَلِكَكِ آتٍ إلَيكِ، مُتَواضِعاً وَراكِباً عَلَى حِمارٍ، حِمارٍ صَغيرٍ ابنِ دابَّةٍ أُعِدَّتْ لِلعَمَلِ.›»

6 A nd the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,

فَذَهَبَ التِّلمِيذانِ وَعَمِلا كَما قالَ يَسُوعَ.

7 b rought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set upon them;

فَأتَيا بِالحِمارِ الصَّغيرِ وَأُمِّهِ وَوَضَعا عَلَيهِما ثِيابَهُما، فَجَلَسَ يَسُوعُ عَلَى الثِّيابِ.

8 a nd the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,

وَكانَ مُعظَمُ النّاسِ يَفرِشُونَ أردِيَتَهُمْ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ. وَلَكِنَّ آخَرِينَ قَطَعُوا أغصاناً مِنَ الأشجارِ وَفَرَشُوها عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ.

9 a nd the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

وَجُمُوعُ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسِيرُونَ أمامَهُ وَخَلْفَهُ كانُوا يَهتِفُونَ: «يَعيشُ المَلِكُ! يَعيشُ ابْنُ داوُدَ. ‹مُبارَكٌ هُوَ الآتِي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ.› يَعيشُ المَلِكُ فِي عُلاهُ.»

10 A nd he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, `Who is this?'

وَعِندَما دَخَلَ يَسُوعُ مَدِينَةَ القُدسِ، اهتَزَّتِ المَدِينَةُ كُلُّها. وَكانَ النّاسُ يَسألُونَ: «مَنْ هُوَ هَذا الرَّجُلُ؟»

11 A nd the multitudes said, `This is Jesus the prophet, who from Nazareth of Galilee.'

وَكانَتِ الجُمُوعُ الَّتِي تَتبَعُهُ تَقُولُ: «هَذا هُوَ النَّبِيُّ يَسُوعُ، الَّذِي مِنْ مَدِينَةِ النّاصِرَةِ، مِنْ إقليمِ الجَلِيلِ.» يَسُوعُ فِي الهَيكَل

12 A nd Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

ثُمَّ دَخَلَ يَسُوعُ ساحَةَ الهَيكَلِ، وَطَرَدَ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَبِيعُونَ وَيَشتَرُونَ فِي ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ. وَقَلَبَ مَوائِدَ الصَّرّافينَ وَمَقاعِدَ باعَةِ الحَمامِ.

13 a nd he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'

وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «مَكتوبٌ ‹بَيتِي يُدعَى بَيتَ صَلاةٍ› لَكِنَّكُمْ تُحَوِّلُونَهُ إلَى ‹وَكْرِ لُصُوصِ!› »

14 A nd there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them,

وَجاءَ إلَيهِ بَعضُ العُمْيِ وَالعُرجِ فِي ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ فَشَفاهُمْ.

15 a nd the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

وَرَأى كِبارُ الكَهَنَةِ وَمُعَلِّمُو الشَّرِيعَةِ العَجائِبَ الَّتِي عَمِلَها، وَرَأَوْا الأطفالَ يَهتِفُونَ فِي ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ: «يَعيشُ المَلِكُ! يَعيشُ ابْنُ داوُدَ،» فَغَضِبُوا جِدّاً وَقالُوا لَهُ: «ألا تَسمَعُ ما يَقُولُهُ هَؤُلاءِ الأطفالُ؟»

16 a nd they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?' And Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?'

فَأجابَ يَسُوعُ: «بَلَى، وَلَكِنْ أما قَرَأتُمْ فِي الكِتابِ: ‹مِنْ أفواهِ الأطفالِ وَالرُّضَّعِ، صَنَعْتَ تَسبِيحاً›؟»

17 A nd having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there,

ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُمْ يَسُوعُ وَخَرَجَ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ إلَى بَلْدَةِ بَيتِ عَنْيا، وَأمضَى اللَّيلَةَ هُناكَ. قُوَّةُ الإيمان

18 a nd in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,

وَبَينَما كانَ يَسُوعُ ذاهِباً فِي الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ إلَى المَدِينَةِ، جاعَ.

19 a nd having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he saith to it, `No more from thee may fruit be -- to the age;' and forthwith the fig-tree withered.

وَرَأى شَجَرَةَ تِينٍ عَلَى جانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَتَوَجَّهَ إلَيها، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدْ عَلَيها سِوَى الأوراقِ، فَقالَ لَها: «لَنْ تُنتِجِي ثِماراً فِيما بَعْدُ.» فَجَفَّتْ شَجَرَةُ التِّينِ فِي الحالِ.

20 A nd the disciples having seen, did wonder, saying, `How did the fig-tree forthwith wither?'

فَلَمّا رَأى التَّلامِيذُ هَذا تَعَجَّبوا وَسَألُوهُ: «كَيفَ جَفَّتْ شَجَرَةُ التِّينِ هَكَذا؟»

21 A nd Jesus answering said to them, `Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;

فَأجابَهُمْ: «أقولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، إنْ كانَ لَدَيكُمْ إيمانٌ وَلا تَشُكُّونَ، فَلَنْ تَكُونُوا قادِرِينَ فَقَط عَلَى عَمَلِ ما عَمِلْتُهُ أنا بِشَجَرَةِ التِّينِ، بَلْ إنْ قُلْتُمْ لِهَذا الجَبَلِ ‹لِتُقلَعْ مِنْ مَكانِكَ وَتُلْقَ فِيْ البَحْرِ،› فَإنَّ كَلامَكُم سَيَتَحَقَّقُ.

22 a nd all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

وَكُلُّ ما تَطلُبُونَهُ وَأنْتُمْ تُصَلُّونَ، فَإنَّكُمْ سَتَنالُونَهُ إنْ آمَنْتُمْ.» التّشكيكُ بِسُلطانِ يَسُوع

23 A nd he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

وَذَهَبَ يَسُوعُ إلَى ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ، وَجاءَ إلَيهِ كِبارُ الكَهَنَةِ وَشُيُوخُ الشَّعبِ بَينَما كانَ يُعَلِّمُ، وَقالُوا لَهُ: «أخبِرنا بِأيِّ سُلطانٍ تَفعَلُ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ، وَمَنِ الَّذِي أعطاكَ هَذا السُّلطانَ؟»

24 A nd Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things;

فَأجابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «وَسَأسألُكُمْ أنا أيضاً، فَأجيبونِي أُخبِرْكُمْ بِأيِّ سُلطانٍ أعمَلُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ:

25 t he baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

مِنْ أينَ جاءَتْ مَعمُودِيَّةُ يُوحَنّا؟ مِنَ اللهِ أمْ مِنَ النّاسِ؟» فَابْتَدَأُوا يُناقِشُونَ ذَلِكَ فِيما بَينَهُمْ وَيَقولونَ: «إنْ قُلْنا إنَّها مِنَ اللهِ فَسَيَسْألُنا: ‹لِماذا لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ؟›

26 a nd if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'

وَإنْ قُلْنا إنَّها مِنَ النّاسِ، فَإنَّنا نَخافُ مِنَ النّاسِ، لِأنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً يَعتَبِرُونَ يُوحَنّا نَبِيّاً.»

27 A nd answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

لِذَلِكَ أجابُوا يَسُوعَ وَقالوا: «لا نَعلَمُ.» فَقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «وَلا أنا أُخبِرُكُمْ بِأيِّ سُلطانٍ أفعَلُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ.» مَثَلُ الابنَين

28 ` And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

وَقالَ يَسُوعُ: «ماذا تَقُولُونَ فِي القِصَّةِ التّالِيَةِ: كانَ لِرَجُلٍ ابنانِ. فَذَهَبَ إلَى الأوَّلِ وَقالَ لَهُ: ‹يا بُنَيَّ، اذْهَبِ اليَومَ وَاعْمَلْ فِي كَرمِي.›

29 A nd he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

«فَأجابَ الابْنُ: ‹لا أُرِيدُ الذَّهابَ.› وَلَكِنَّهُ غَيَّرَ مَوقِفَهُ وَذَهَبَ.

30 ` And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I, sir, and went not;

«ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ الأبُ إلَى ابْنِهِ الآخَرِ وَطَلَبَ مِنهُ الأمرَ ذاتَهُ. فَأجابَ الابْنُ: ‹نَعَمْ يا سَيِّدُ، سَأذهَبُ.› وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْهَبْ.

31 w hich of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

فَأيُّ الابْنَينَ عَمِلَ ما أرادَهُ الأبُ؟» فَقالُوا: «الأوَّلُ.» فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أقولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ، إنَّ جامِعِي الضَّرائِبَ وَالزَّوانِي سَيَسبِقُونَكُمْ إلَى مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ.

32 f or John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him.

لِأنَّ يُوحَنّا المَعْمَدانَ جاءَ لِيُرِيَكُمْ طَريقَ الحَقِّ، وَأنتُمْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ، أمّا جامِعُوا الضَّرائِبِ وَالزَّوانِي فَآمَنُوا بِهِ. وَحَتَّى عِندَما رَأيتُمْ ما عَمِلُوهُ، لَمْ تَتُوبُوا وَتُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ. مَثَلُ ابنِ صاحِبِ الكَرم

33 ` Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

«وَاسْتَمِعُوا إلَى مَثَلٍ آخَرَ: كانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ صاحِبُ أرْضٍ، فَغَرَسَ كَرماً وَأحاطَهُ بِسِياجٍ وَحَفَرَ فِيهِ مِعصَرَةً لِلعِنَبِ، وَبَنَى بُرجاً لِلحِراسَةِ. ثُمَّ أجَّرَهُ لِبَعضِ الفَلّاحِينَ وَسافَرَ بَعِيداً.

34 ` And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

وَعِندَما جاءَ وَقتُ قَطفِ العِنَبِ، أرسَلَ عَبِيدَهُ إلَى الفَلّاحِينَ لِلحُصُولِ عَلَى نَصِيبِهِ مِنَ العِنَبِ.

35 a nd the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

«وَلَكِنَّ الفَلّاحِينَ أمسَكُوا بِعَبِيدِهِ، وَضَرَبُوا واحِداً مِنْهُمْ، وَقَتَلُوا آخَرَ، وَرَجَمُوا آخَرَ.

36 ` Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.

فَأرسَلَ المالِكُ عَبِيداً أكثَرَ مِمّا أرسَلَ فِي المَرَّةِ الأُولَى. فَعامَلَهُمُ الفَلّاحُونَ بِالطَّرِيقَةِ نَفسِها.

37 ` And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;

وَأخِيراً أرسَلَ ابْنَهُ، وَقالَ فِي نَفسِهِ: ‹سَيَحتَرِمُونَ ابْنِي.›

38 a nd the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

«وَلَكِنْ عِندَما رَأى الفَلّاحُونَ أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ابْنُ المالِكِ، تَشاوَرُوا فِيما بَينَهُمْ وَقالُوا: ‹هَذا هُوَ الوَرِيثُ، فَلنَقتُلْهُ لِكَي نَسْتولي عَلَى مِيراثِهِ.›

39 a nd having taken him, they cast out of the vineyard, and killed him;

فَقَبَضَوا عَلَيهِ وَألقَوهُ خارِجَ الكَرْمِ وَقَتَلُوهُ.

40 w henever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?'

«فَماذا تَظُنُّونَ أنَّ صاحِبَ الكَرمِ سَيَصنَعُ بِأولَئِكَ الفَلّاحينَ عِنْدَما يَعُودُ؟»

41 T hey say to him, `Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

فَقالُوا لَهُ: «سَيَقضِي عَلَيهِمْ بِطَرِيقَةٍ رَهِيبَةٍ لِأنَّهُمْ أشرارٌ، ثُمَّ يُعطِي الكَرْمَ لِفَلّاحِينَ آخَرِينَ يُعطُونَهُ الثَّمَرَ فِي مَوسِمِ الثَّمَرِ.»

42 J esus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

وَقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «ألَمْ تَقرَأوا المَكتوبَ: ‹الحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ البَنّاؤُونَ، هُوَ الَّذِي صارَ حَجَرَ الأساسِ.› الرَّبُّ صَنَعَ هَذا، وَهُوَ أمْرٌ عَظيمٌ فِي عُيُونِنا›؟

43 ` Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

«لِذَلِكَ أقُولُ لَكُمْ: إنَّ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ، وَيُعطَى لِأُمَّةٍ تُنتِجُ ثَمَراً يُناسِبُ المَلَكُوتَ.

44 a nd he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَسقُطُ عَلَى هَذا الحَجَرِ يَتَكَسَّرُ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ وَقَعَ الحَجَرُ عَلَيهِ يُسحَقُ!»

45 A nd the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

وَعِندَما سَمِعَ كِبارُ الكَهَنَةِ وَالفِرِّيسِيُّونَ أمثالَ يَسُوعَ، عَرَفُوا أنَّهُ كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ عَنْهُمْ.

46 a nd seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

لِذَلِكَ حاوَلُوا القَبْضَ عَلَيهِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ كانُوا خائِفِينَ مِنَ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَعتَبِرُونَ يَسُوعَ نَبِيّاً.