1 A nd again he entered into Capernaum, after days, and it was heard that he is in the house,

وَبَعْدَ عِدَّةِ أيّامٍ، عادَ يَسُوعُ إلَى كَفْرِناحُومَ، وَانتَشَرَتْ أخبارُ عَودَتِهِ.

2 a nd immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word.

فَاجتَمَعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَعُدْ هُناكَ مُتَّسَعٌ لأحَدٍ، وَلا حَتَّى خارِجَ البابِ. وَكانَ يَسُوعُ يُكَلِّمُ النّاسَ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ.

3 A nd they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,

فَجاءُوا إلَيهِ بِمَشلُولٍ يَحْمِلُهُ أربَعَةُ رِجالٍ.

4 a nd not being able to come near to him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken up, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was lying,

لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنْ إدخالِهِ إلَى يَسُوعَ بِسَبَبِ الازْدِحامِ. فَكَشَفوا السَّقْفَ فَوقَ المَكانِ الَّذِي كانَ يَسُوعُ فِيهِ، وَفَتَحوا السَّقفَ، وَأنزَلُوا الفِراشَ الَّذِي كانَ المَشلُولُ راقِداً عَلَيهِ.

5 a nd Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

فَلَمّا رَأى يَسُوعُ إيمانَهُمْ، قالَ لِلمَشلُولِ: «يا بُنَيَّ، مَغفُورَةٌ خَطاياكَ.»

6 A nd there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

وَكانَ بَعضُ مُعَلِّمِي الشَّرِيعَةِ يَجلِسُونَ هُناكَ، فَأخَذُوا يُفَكِّرُونَ فِي داخِلِهِمْ:

7 ` Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one -- God?'

«لِماذا يَتَحَدَّثُ هَذا الرَّجُلُ بِهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ؟ إنَّهُ يُهِينُ اللهَ بِكَلامِهِ! فَمَنْ غَيْرُ اللهِ وَحدِهُ يَستَطِيْعُ أنْ يَغفِرَ الخَطايا؟»

8 A nd immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, `Why these things reason ye in your hearts?

فَعَرَفَ يَسُوعُ أفكارَ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «لِماذا تُفَكِّرُونَ بِهَذِا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ؟

9 w hich is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?

فَأيُّ الأمرَيْنِ أسهَلُ: أنْ يُقالَ لِلمَشلولِ: ‹خَطاياكَ مَغفُورَةٌ› أمْ أنْ يُقالَ: ‹انهَضْ وَاحْمِلْ فِراشَكَ وَامشِ؟›

10 ` And, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins -- (he saith to the paralytic) --

لَكِنِّي سَأُرِيكُمْ أنَّ ابنَ الإنسانِ يَملِكُ سُلطاناً عَلَى الأرْضِ لِمَغفِرَةِ الخَطايا.» وَقالَ لِلرَّجُلِ المَشلُولِ:

11 I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy couch, and go away to thy house;'

«أنا أقُولُ لَكَ، انهَضْ وَاحْمِلْ فِراشَكَ وَاذْهَبْ إلَى بَيتِكَ!»

12 a nd he rose immediately, and having taken up the couch, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and do glorify God, saying -- `Never thus did we see.'

فَنَهَضَ وَحَمَلَ فِراشَهُ فَوراً وَمَشَىْ عَلَىْ مَرأىً مِنَ الجَمِيعِ، فَاندَهَشَ الجَمِيعُ وَمَجَّدُوا اللهَ وَقالوا: «لَمْ نَرَ شَيئاً كَهَذا مِنْ قَبلُ!» لاوِي (مَتَّىْ) يَتبَعُ يَسُوع

13 A nd he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,

وَعادَ يَسُوعُ مُجَدَّداً إلَى البُحَيرَةِ. وَكانَ يُعَلِّمُ الجُمُوعَ الَّتِي تَبِعَتهُ إلَى هُناكَ.

14 a nd passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

وَبَينَما هُوَ يَمشي، رَأىْ لاوِيَ جالِساً عِندَ مَكانِ جَمعِ الضَّرائِبِ. فَقالَ لَهُ: «اتبَعنِي!» فَقامَ وَتَبِعَهُ.

15 A nd it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

وَبَينَما كانَ يَسُوعُ جالِساً فِي بَيتِ لاوِي يَتَناوَلُ العَشاءَ، كانَ هُناكَ كَثيرُونَ مِنْ جامِعي الضَّرائِبِ وَالخُطاةِ يَأكُلُونَ مَعَهُ وَمَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ. إذْ إنَّ كَثيرينَ كانُوا هُناكَ عِنْدَما دَعا يَسوعُ لاوِيَ، فَلَحِقوا بِيَسوعَ.

16 A nd the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why -- that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'

فلَمّا رَآهُ الفِرِّيسِيُّونَ وَمُعَلِّمِو الشَّرِيعَةِ يَأكُلُ مَعَ جامِعِي الضَّرائِبِ وَالخُطاةِ، سَألُوا تَلامِيذَهُ: «لِماذا يَأكُلُ مَعَ جامِعِي الضَّرائِبِ وَالخُطاةِ؟»

17 A nd Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

فَلَمّا سَمِعَهُمْ يَسُوعُ، قالَ لَهُمْ: «لا يَحتاجُ الأصِحّاءُ إلَى طَبِيبٍ، بَلِ المَرضَى. أنا لَمْ آتِ لِكَي أدعُوَ الصّالِحِينَ بَلِ الخُطاةَ.» سُؤالٌ حَولَ الصّوم

18 A nd the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'

وَكانَ وَقتُ الصِّيامِ عِندَ تَلامِيذِ يُوحَنّا وَالفِرِّيسِيِّينَ، فَجاءَ بَعضُ النّاسِ إلَى يَسُوعَ وَسَألُوهُ: «لِماذا يَصُومُ تَلامِيذُ يُوحَنّا وَالفِرِّيسِيُّونَ، وَلا يَصُومُ تَلامِيذُكَ؟»

19 A nd Jesus said to them, `Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;

فَقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أيَصُومُ ضُيوفُ العَرِيسِ وَالعَرِيسُ بَينَهُمْ؟ فَما دامَ العَرِيسُ بُينَهُمْ، لَنْ يَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يَصُومُوا.

20 b ut days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast -- in those days.

وَلَكِنْ سَيَأتِي الوَقتُ الَّذِي سَيُؤْخَذُ فِيهِ العَرِيسُ مِنْهُمْ، فَحينَئِذٍ سَيَصُومُونَ.

21 ` And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not -- the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;

فَلا أحَدَ يُرَقِّعُ ثَوباً قَدِيماً بِقِطعَةِ قُماشٍ جَدِيدَةٍ، لأنَّ قِطعَةَ القُماشِ الجَدِيدَةَ سَتَنكَمِشُ وَتُمَزِّقُ الثَّوبَ العَتِيقَ، فَيُصبِحَ الثُّقبُ أسوَأ.

22 a nd no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not -- the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.'

وَلا أحَدَ يَضَعُ نَبيذاً جَدِيداً فِي أوعِيَةٍ جِلدِيَّةٍ قَدِيمَةٍ، لِأنَّ النَّبيذَ سَيُمَزِّقُ الأوعِيَةَ الجِلدِيَّةَ، فَيُراقَ النَّبيذُ وَتَتَلَفَ الأوعِيَةُ. لَذَلِكَ يُوضَعُ النَّبيذُ الجَديدُ فِي أوعَيةٍ جِلْدِيَةٍ جَديدَةٍ.» يَسُوعُ: رَبُّ السَّبت

23 A nd it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,

وَفِي أحَدِ أيّامِ السَّبتِ كانَ يَسُوعُ مارّاً فِي بَعضِ الحُقُولِ، فَبَدَأ تَلاميذُهُ يَقطِفُونَ السَّنابِلَ وَهُمْ يَسِيرُونَ مَعَهُ.

24 a nd the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

فَقالَ الفِرِّيسِيُّونَ لِيَسُوعَ: «انظُرْ! إنَّ تَلامِيذَكَ يَفعَلُونَ ما لا يَجُوزُ فِعلُهُ فِي السَّبتِ!»

25 A nd he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «ألَمْ تَقرَأُوا فِي الكِتابِ قَطُّ ما فَعَلَهُ داوُدُ عِندَما احتاجَ وَجاعَ هُوَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ؟

26 h ow he went into the house of God, (at `Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?'

لَقَدْ دَخَلَ بَيتَ اللهِ فِي زَمَنِ الكاهِنِ أبِياثارَ، وَأكَلَ مِنْ أرغِفَةِ الخُبزِ المُقَدَّمَةِ إلَى اللهِ، وَأعطَى أيضاً الَّذِيْنَ كانُوا مَعَهُ. مَعَ أنَّهُ لا يَجُوزُ لِأحَدٍ أنْ يَأْكُلَ ذَلِكَ الخُبزَ سِوَى الكَهَنَةِ.»

27 A nd he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

ثُمَّ قالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «لَقَدْ جُعِلَ السَّبْتُ لِفائِدَةِ الإنسانِ، وَلَمْ يُجعَلِ الإنسانُ لِخِدمَةِ السَّبْتِ.

28 s o that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'

وَهَكَذا فَإنَّ ابْنَ الإنسانِ هُوَ رَبُّ السَّبتِ أيضاً.»