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١ 1 ثُمَّ دَعَا تَلَامِيذَهُ ٱلِٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ وَأَعْطَاهُمْ سُلْطَانًا عَلَى أَرْوَاحٍ نَجِسَةٍ حَتَّى يُخْرِجُوهَا، وَيَشْفُوا كُلَّ مَرَضٍ وَكُلَّ ضُعْفٍ.

Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them power to throw out evil spirits, and to heal all kinds of diseases and sicknesses.

٢ 2 وَأَمَّا أَسْمَاءُ ٱلِٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَسُولًا فَهِيَ هَذِهِ: اَلْأَوَّلُ سِمْعَانُ ٱلَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ بُطْرُسُ، وَأَنْدَرَاوُسُ أَخُوهُ. يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ زَبْدِي، وَيُوحَنَّا أَخُوهُ.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, (also called Peter), Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, John his brother,

٣ 3 فِيلُبُّسُ، وَبَرْثُولَمَاوُسُ. تُومَا، وَمَتَّى ٱلْعَشَّارُ. يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حَلْفَى، وَلَبَّاوُسُ ٱلْمُلَقَّبُ تَدَّاوُسَ.

Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax-collector, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus,

٤ 4 سِمْعَانُ ٱلْقَانَوِيُّ، وَيَهُوذَا ٱلْإِسْخَرْيُوطِيُّ ٱلَّذِي أَسْلَمَهُ.

Simon the revolutionary, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

٥ 5 هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلِٱثْنَا عَشَرَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ يَسُوعُ وَأَوْصَاهُمْ قَائِلًا: «إِلَى طَرِيقِ أُمَمٍ لَا تَمْضُوا، وَإِلَى مَدِينَةٍ لِلسَّامِرِيِّينَ لَا تَدْخُلُوا.

These Twelve Jesus sent out, telling them, “Don't go to the foreigners, or to any Samaritan city.

٦ 6 بَلِ ٱذْهَبُوا بِٱلْحَرِيِّ إِلَى خِرَافِ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلضَّالَّةِ.

You are to go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

٧ 7 وَفِيمَا أَنْتُمْ ذَاهِبُونَ ٱكْرِزُوا قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّهُ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ مَلَكُوتُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

Wherever you go, tell the people, ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’

٨ 8 اِشْفُوا مَرْضَى. طَهِّرُوا بُرْصًا. أَقِيمُوا مَوْتَى. أَخْرِجُوا شَيَاطِينَ. مَجَّانًا أَخَذْتُمْ، مَجَّانًا أَعْطُوا.

Heal those who are sick. Resurrect the dead. Cure the lepers. Drive out demons. You received freely, so give freely!

٩ 9 لَا تَقْتَنُوا ذَهَبًا وَلَا فِضَّةً وَلَا نُحَاسًا فِي مَنَاطِقِكُمْ،

Don't carry any gold, silver, or copper coins in your pockets,

١٠ 10 وَلَا مِزْوَدًا لِلطَّرِيقِ وَلَا ثَوْبَيْنِ وَلَا أَحْذِيَةً وَلَا عَصًا، لِأَنَّ ٱلْفَاعِلَ مُسْتَحِقٌّ طَعَامَهُ.

or a bag for your journey, or two cloaks, or sandals, or a walking stick, for a worker deserves to be supported.

١١ 11 «وَأَيَّةُ مَدِينَةٍ أَوْ قَرْيَةٍ دَخَلْتُمُوهَا فَٱفْحَصُوا مَنْ فِيهَا مُسْتَحِقٌّ، وَأَقِيمُوا هُنَاكَ حَتَّى تَخْرُجُوا.

Wherever you go, whatever town or village, ask for someone who lives according to good principles, and remain there until you leave.

١٢ 12 وَحِينَ تَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْبَيْتَ سَلِّمُوا عَلَيْهِ،

When you enter the house, give it your blessing.

١٣ 13 فَإِنْ كَانَ ٱلْبَيْتُ مُسْتَحِقًّا فَلْيَأْتِ سَلَامُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُسْتَحِقًّا فَلْيَرْجِعْ سَلَامُكُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ.

If the home deserves it, let your peace rest on it, but if it doesn't deserve it, let your peace return to you.

١٤ 14 وَمَنْ لَا يَقْبَلُكُمْ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَكُمْ فَٱخْرُجُوا خَارِجًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْبَيْتِ أَوْ مِنْ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَٱنْفُضُوا غُبَارَ أَرْجُلِكُمْ.

If someone doesn't welcome you, and refuses to listen to what you have to say, then leave that house or that town, shaking its dust off your feet as you go.

١٥ 15 اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: سَتَكُونُ لِأَرْضِ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ حَالَةٌ أَكْثَرُ ٱحْتِمَالًا مِمَّا لِتِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

I tell you the truth, it will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah at the Day of Judgment than for that town!

١٦ 16 «هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُكُمْ كَغَنَمٍ فِي وَسْطِ ذِئَابٍ، فَكُونُوا حُكَمَاءَ كَٱلْحَيَّاتِ وَبُسَطَاءَ كَٱلْحَمَامِ.

Look, I'm sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

١٧ 17 وَلَكِنِ ٱحْذَرُوا مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ سَيُسْلِمُونَكُمْ إِلَى مَجَالِسَ، وَفِي مَجَامِعِهِمْ يَجْلِدُونَكُمْ.

Watch out for those who will hand you over to be tried by town councils and will whip you in their synagogues.

١٨ 18 وَتُسَاقُونَ أَمَامَ وُلَاةٍ وَمُلُوكٍ مِنْ أَجْلِي شَهَادَةً لَهُمْ وَلِلْأُمَمِ.

You will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, to witness to them and to the foreigners.

١٩ 19 فَمَتَى أَسْلَمُوكُمْ فَلَا تَهْتَمُّوا كَيْفَ أَوْ بِمَا تَتَكَلَّمُونَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ تُعْطَوْنَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مَا تَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِهِ،

But when they put you on trial, don't worry about how you should speak or what you should say, because you'll be told what to say at the right time.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنْ لَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّمِينَ بَلْ رُوحُ أَبِيكُمُ ٱلَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيكُمْ.

For it isn't you who will speak but the spirit of the Father will speak through you.

٢١ 21 وَسَيُسْلِمُ ٱلْأَخُ أَخَاهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَٱلْأَبُ وَلَدَهُ، وَيَقُومُ ٱلْأَوْلَادُ عَلَى وَالِدِيهِمْ وَيَقْتُلُونَهُمْ،

Brother will betray brother and have him killed, and a father will do the same to his child. Children will rebel against their parents, and have them put to death.

٢٢ 22 وَتَكُونُونَ مُبْغَضِينَ مِنَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِي. وَلَكِنِ ٱلَّذِي يَصْبِرُ إِلَى ٱلْمُنْتَهَى فَهَذَا يَخْلُصُ.

Everyone will hate you because you follow me, but those who endure until the end will be saved.

٢٣ 23 وَمَتَى طَرَدُوكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَٱهْرُبُوا إِلَى ٱلْأُخْرَى. فَإِنِّي ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَا تُكَمِّلُونَ مُدُنَ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

When you're persecuted in one town, run away to the next. I'm telling the truth: you won't finish going to the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

٢٤ 24 «لَيْسَ ٱلتِّلْمِيذُ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَلِّمِ، وَلَا ٱلْعَبْدُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سَيِّدِهِ.

Disciples are not more important than their teacher; servants are not more important than their master.

٢٥ 25 يَكْفِي ٱلتِّلْمِيذَ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَمُعَلِّمِهِ، وَٱلْعَبْدَ كَسَيِّدِهِ. إِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ لَقَّبُوا رَبَّ ٱلْبَيْتِ بَعْلَزَبُولَ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ!

Disciples should be satisfied to become like their teacher, and servants like their master. If the head of the house has been called the head demon Beelzebub, then the members of his household will be demonized even more!

٢٦ 26 فَلَا تَخَافُوهُمْ. لِأَنْ لَيْسَ مَكْتُومٌ لَنْ يُسْتَعْلَنَ، وَلَا خَفِيٌّ لَنْ يُعْرَفَ.

So don't be frightened of them, for there's nothing covered that won't be exposed, and nothing hidden that won't be made known.

٢٧ 27 اَلَّذِي أَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ قُولُوهُ فِي ٱلنُّورِ، وَٱلَّذِي تَسْمَعُونَهُ فِي ٱلْأُذُنِ نَادُوا بِهِ عَلَى ٱلسُّطُوحِ،

What I tell you here in the dark, declare when it's light, and what you hear whispered in your ear, shout from the rooftops.

٢٨ 28 وَلَا تَخَافُوا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلْجَسَدَ وَلَكِنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهَا، بَلْ خَافُوا بِٱلْحَرِيِّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِي يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ ٱلنَّفْسَ وَٱلْجَسَدَ كِلَيْهِمَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ. (Geenna g1067)

Don't be afraid of those who can kill you physically, but can't kill you spiritually. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy you physically and spiritually in the fires of destruction. (Geenna g1067)

٢٩ 29 أَلَيْسَ عُصْفُورَانِ يُبَاعَانِ بِفَلْسٍ؟ وَوَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا لَا يَسْقُطُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِدُونِ أَبِيكُمْ.

Aren't two sparrows sold for just one penny? But not a single one of them falls to the ground without your Father knowing about it.

٣٠ 30 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَحَتَّى شُعُورُ رُؤُوسِكُمْ جَمِيعُهَا مُحْصَاةٌ.

Even the hairs on your head have all been counted.

٣١ 31 فَلَا تَخَافُوا! أَنْتُمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَصَافِيرَ كَثِيرَةٍ!

So don't worry—you're worth more than many sparrows!

٣٢ 32 فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَعْتَرِفُ بِي قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَعْتَرِفُ أَنَا أَيْضًا بِهِ قُدَّامَ أَبِي ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ،

Anyone who publicly declares their commitment to me, I will also declare my commitment to them before my Father in heaven.

٣٣ 33 وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يُنْكِرُنِي قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ أُنْكِرُهُ أَنَا أَيْضًا قُدَّامَ أَبِي ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

But anyone who publicly denies me, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

٣٤ 34 «لَا تَظُنُّوا أَنِّي جِئْتُ لِأُلْقِيَ سَلَامًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. مَا جِئْتُ لِأُلْقِيَ سَلَامًا بَلْ سَيْفًا.

Don't think I've come to bring peace on earth. I haven't come to bring peace, but a sword.

٣٥ 35 فَإِنِّي جِئْتُ لِأُفَرِّقَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ضِدَّ أَبِيهِ، وَٱلِٱبْنَةَ ضِدَّ أُمِّهَا، وَٱلْكَنَّةَ ضِدَّ حَمَاتِهَا.

I've come ‘to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

٣٦ 36 وَأَعْدَاءُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ.

Your enemies will be those of your own family!’

٣٧ 37 مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَبًا أَوْ أُمًّا أَكْثَرَ مِنِّي فَلَا يَسْتَحِقُّنِي، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ ٱبْنًا أَوِ ٱبْنَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنِّي فَلَا يَسْتَحِقُّنِي،

If you love your father or mother more than me you don't deserve to be mine, and if you love your son or daughter more than me you don't deserve to be mine.

٣٨ 38 وَمَنْ لَا يَأْخُذُ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَتْبَعُنِي فَلَا يَسْتَحِقُّنِي.

If you don't pick up your cross and follow me you don't deserve to be mine.

٣٩ 39 مَنْ وَجَدَ حَيَاتَهُ يُضِيعُهَا، وَمَنْ أَضَاعَ حَيَاتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي يَجِدُهَا.

If you try to save your life, you will lose it, but if you lose your life because of me you will save it.

٤٠ 40 مَنْ يَقْبَلُكُمْ يَقْبَلُنِي، وَمَنْ يَقْبَلُنِي يَقْبَلُ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي.

Those who welcome you welcome me, and those who welcome me welcome the one that sent me.

٤١ 41 مَنْ يَقْبَلُ نَبِيًّا بِٱسْمِ نَبِيٍّ فَأَجْرَ نَبِيٍّ يَأْخُذُ، وَمَنْ يَقْبَلُ بَارًّا بِٱسْمِ بَارٍّ فَأَجْرَ بَارٍّ يَأْخُذُ،

Those who welcome a prophet because that's what they are will receive the same reward as a prophet. Those who welcome someone who does right will receive the same reward as someone who does right.

٤٢ 42 وَمَنْ سَقَى أَحَدَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلصِّغَارِ كَأْسَ مَاءٍ بَارِدٍ فَقَطْ بِٱسْمِ تِلْمِيذٍ، فَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَهُ».

I tell you the truth, those who give a drink of cool water to the least important of my disciples will definitely not miss out on their reward.”

Jesus Heals the Sick