لُوقا 14

١ 1 وَإِذْ جَاءَ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَحَدِ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ فِي ٱلسَّبْتِ لِيَأْكُلَ خُبْزًا، كَانُوا يُرَاقِبُونَهُ.

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

٢ 2 وَإِذَا إِنْسَانٌ مُسْتَسْقٍ كَانَ قُدَّامَهُ.

And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.

٣ 3 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَكَلَّمَ ٱلنَّامُوسِيِّينَ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ قَائِلًا: «هَلْ يَحِلُّ ٱلْإِبْرَاءُ فِي ٱلسَّبْتِ؟».

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

٤ 4 فَسَكَتُوا. فَأَمْسَكَهُ وَأَبْرَأَهُ وَأَطْلَقَهُ.

But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ أجَابَهم وَقَالَ: «مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يَسْقُطُ حِمَارُهُ أَوْ ثَوْرُهُ فِي بِئْرٍ وَلَا يَنْشُلُهُ حَالًا فِي يَوْمِ ٱلسَّبْتِ؟».

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

٦ 6 فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يُجِيبُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ.

And they could not answer again unto these things.

٧ 7 وَقَالَ لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ مَثَلًا، وَهُوَ يُلَاحِظُ كَيْفَ ٱخْتَارُوا ٱلْمُتَّكَآتِ ٱلْأُولَى قَائِلًا لَهُمْ:

And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

٨ 8 «مَتَى دُعِيتَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَى عُرْسٍ فَلَا تَتَّكِئْ فِي ٱلْمُتَّكَإِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، لَعَلَّ أَكْرَمَ مِنْكَ يَكُونُ قَدْ دُعِيَ مِنْهُ.

When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

٩ 9 فَيَأْتِيَ ٱلَّذِي دَعَاكَ وَإِيَّاهُ وَيَقُولَ لَكَ: أَعْطِ مَكَانًا لِهَذَا. فَحِينَئِذٍ تَبْتَدِئُ بِخَجَلٍ تَأْخُذُ ٱلْمَوْضِعَ ٱلْأَخِيرَ.

and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

١٠ 10 بَلْ مَتَى دُعِيتَ فَٱذْهَبْ وَٱتَّكِئْ فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلْأَخِيرِ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ ٱلَّذِي دَعَاكَ يَقُولُ لَكَ: يَا صَدِيقُ، ٱرْتَفِعْ إِلَى فَوْقُ. حِينَئِذٍ يَكُونُ لَكَ مَجْدٌ أَمَامَ ٱلْمُتَّكِئِينَ مَعَكَ.

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَرْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ يَتَّضِعُ وَمَنْ يَضَعُ نَفْسَهُ يَرْتَفِعُ».

For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

١٢ 12 وَقَالَ أَيْضًا لِلَّذِي دَعَاهُ: «إِذَا صَنَعْتَ غَدَاءً أَوْ عَشَاءً فَلَا تَدْعُ أَصْدِقَاءَكَ وَلَا إِخْوَتَكَ وَلَا أَقْرِبَاءَكَ وَلَا ٱلْجِيرَانَ ٱلْأَغْنِيَاءَ، لِئَلَّا يَدْعُوكَ هُمْ أَيْضًا، فَتَكُونَ لَكَ مُكَافَاةٌ.

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

١٣ 13 بَلْ إِذَا صَنَعْتَ ضِيَافَةً فَٱدْعُ: ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ، ٱلْجُدْعَ، ٱلْعُرْجَ، ٱلْعُمْيَ،

But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

١٤ 14 فَيَكُونَ لَكَ ٱلطُّوبَى إِذْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ حَتَّى يُكَافُوكَ، لِأَنَّكَ تُكَافَى فِي قِيَامَةِ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ».

and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not [wherewith] to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.

١٥ 15 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّكِئِينَ قَالَ لَهُ: «طُوبَى لِمَنْ يَأْكُلُ خُبْزًا فِي مَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ».

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنْسَانٌ صَنَعَ عَشَاءً عَظِيمًا وَدَعَا كَثِيرِينَ،

But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:

١٧ 17 وَأَرْسَلَ عَبْدَهُ فِي سَاعَةِ ٱلْعَشَاءِ لِيَقُولَ لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ: تَعَالَوْا لِأَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ أُعِدَّ.

and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for [all] things are now ready.

١٨ 18 فَٱبْتَدَأَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ بِرَأْيٍ وَاحِدٍ يَسْتَعْفُونَ. قَالَ لَهُ ٱلْأَوَّلُ: إِنِّي ٱشْتَرَيْتُ حَقْلًا، وَأَنَا مُضْطَرٌّ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ وَأَنْظُرَهُ. أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعْفِيَنِي.

And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

١٩ 19 وَقَالَ آخَرُ: إِنِّي ٱشْتَرَيْتُ خَمْسَةَ أَزْوَاجِ بَقَرٍ، وَأَنَا مَاضٍ لِأَمْتَحِنَهَا. أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعْفِيَنِي.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.

٢٠ 20 وَقَالَ آخَرُ: إِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ بِٱمْرَأَةٍ، فَلِذَلِكَ لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَجِيءَ.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

٢١ 21 فَأَتَى ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدُ وَأَخْبَرَ سَيِّدَهُ بِذَلِكَ. حِينَئِذٍ غَضِبَ رَبُّ ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَقَالَ لِعَبْدِهِ: ٱخْرُجْ عَاجِلًا إِلَى شَوَارِعِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَأَزِقَّتِهَا، وَأَدْخِلْ إِلَى هُنَا ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ وَٱلْجُدْعَ وَٱلْعُرْجَ وَٱلْعُمْيَ.

And the 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 hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

٢٢ 22 فَقَالَ ٱلْعَبْدُ: يَا سَيِّدُ، قَدْ صَارَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ، وَيُوجَدُ أَيْضًا مَكَانٌ.

And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ لِلْعَبْدِ: ٱخْرُجْ إِلَى ٱلطُّرُقِ وَٱلسِّيَاجَاتِ وَأَلْزِمْهُمْ بِٱلدُّخُولِ حَتَّى يَمْتَلِئَ بَيْتِي،

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.

٢٤ 24 لِأَنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أُولَئِكَ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلْمَدْعُوِّينَ يَذُوقُ عَشَائِي».

For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.

٢٥ 25 وَكَانَ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ سَائِرِينَ مَعَهُ، فَٱلْتَفَتَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ:

Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,

٢٦ 26 «إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَأْتِي إِلَيَّ وَلَا يُبْغِضُ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَٱمْرَأَتَهُ وَأَوْلَادَهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَأَخَوَاتِهِ، حَتَّى نَفْسَهُ أَيْضًا، فَلَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذًا.

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

٢٧ 27 وَمَنْ لَا يَحْمِلُ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَأْتِي وَرَائِي فَلَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذًا.

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

٢٨ 28 وَمَنْ مِنْكُمْ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ بُرْجًا لَا يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلًا وَيَحْسِبُ ٱلنَّفَقَةَ، هَلْ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَلْزَمُ لِكَمَالِهِ؟

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have [wherewith] to complete it?

٢٩ 29 لِئَلَّا يَضَعَ ٱلْأَسَاسَ وَلَا يَقْدِرَ أَنْ يُكَمِّلَ، فَيَبْتَدِئَ جَمِيعُ ٱلنَّاظِرِينَ يَهْزَأُونَ بِهِ،

Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

٣٠ 30 قَائِلِينَ: هَذَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱبْتَدَأَ يَبْنِي وَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يُكَمِّلَ.

saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

٣١ 31 وَأَيُّ مَلِكٍ إِنْ ذَهَبَ لِمُقَاتَلَةِ مَلِكٍ آخَرَ فِي حَرْبٍ، لَا يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلًا وَيَتَشَاوَرُ: هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُلَاقِيَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا؟

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

٣٢ 32 وَإِلَّا فَمَا دَامَ ذَلِكَ بَعِيدًا، يُرْسِلُ سِفَارَةً وَيَسْأَلُ مَا هُوَ لِلصُّلْحِ.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

٣٣ 33 فَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ لَا يَتْرُكُ جَمِيعَ أَمْوَالِهِ، لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي تِلْمِيذًا.

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

٣٤ 34 «اَلْمِلْحُ جَيِّدٌ. وَلَكِنْ إِذَا فَسَدَ ٱلْمِلْحُ، فَبِمَاذَا يُصْلَحُ؟

Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

٣٥ 35 لَا يَصْلُحُ لِأَرْضٍ وَلَا لِمَزْبَلَةٍ، فَيَطْرَحُونَهُ خَارِجًا. مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ لِلسَّمْعِ، فَلْيَسْمَعْ».

It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: [men] cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.