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| وَجَعَلَ يَسُوعُ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَيْضًا بِأَمْثَالٍ قَائِلًا: | ١ 1 |
Jesus spoke to them using more illustrated stories.
| «يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ إِنْسَانًا مَلِكًا صَنَعَ عُرْسًا لِٱبْنِهِ، | ٢ 2 |
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who organized a wedding celebration for his son,” Jesus explained.
| وَأَرْسَلَ عَبِيدَهُ لِيَدْعُوا ٱلْمَدْعُوِّينَ إِلَى ٱلْعُرْسِ، فَلَمْ يُرِيدُوا أَنْ يَأْتُوا. | ٣ 3 |
“He sent out his servants to everyone who was invited to the wedding to tell them to come, but they refused.
| فَأَرْسَلَ أَيْضًا عَبِيدًا آخَرِينَ قَائِلًا: قُولُوا لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ: هُوَذَا غَدَائِي أَعْدَدْتُهُ. ثِيرَانِي وَمُسَمَّنَاتِي قَدْ ذُبِحَتْ، وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ مُعَدٌّ. تَعَالَوْا إِلَى ٱلْعُرْسِ! | ٤ 4 |
So he sent out more servants, with the instructions, ‘Tell those who are invited that I've prepared the wedding banquet. The bulls and fattened calves have been killed—everything's ready. So come to the wedding!’
| وَلَكِنَّهُمْ تَهَاوَنُوا وَمَضَوْا، وَاحِدٌ إِلَى حَقْلِهِ، وَآخَرُ إِلَى تِجَارَتِهِ، | ٥ 5 |
But they ignored the invitation and left. One went to his fields; another to take care of his business.
| وَٱلْبَاقُونَ أَمْسَكُوا عَبِيدَهُ وَشَتَمُوهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُمْ. | ٦ 6 |
The rest grabbed the king's servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ غَضِبَ، وَأَرْسَلَ جُنُودَهُ وَأَهْلَكَ أُولَئِكَ ٱلْقَاتِلِينَ وَأَحْرَقَ مَدِينَتَهُمْ. | ٧ 7 |
The king became furious. He sent his soldiers to destroy those murderers and burn down their town.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: أَمَّا ٱلْعُرْسُ فَمُسْتَعَدٌّ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْمَدْعُوُّونَ فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا مُسْتَحِقِّينَ. | ٨ 8 |
Then the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited didn't deserve to attend.
| فَٱذْهَبُوا إِلَى مَفَارِقِ ٱلطُّرُقِ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ فَٱدْعُوهُ إِلَى ٱلْعُرْسِ. | ٩ 9 |
Go into the streets and invite everyone you find to come to the wedding.’
| فَخَرَجَ أُولَئِكَ ٱلْعَبِيدُ إِلَى ٱلطُّرُقِ، وَجَمَعُوا كُلَّ ٱلَّذِينَ وَجَدُوهُمْ أَشْرَارًا وَصَالِحِينَ. فَٱمْتَلَأَ ٱلْعُرْسُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّكِئِينَ. | ١٠ 10 |
So the servants went out into the streets and brought back everyone they could find, both the good and the bad. The wedding hall was full.
| فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِيَنْظُرَ ٱلْمُتَّكِئِينَ، رَأَى هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانًا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَابِسًا لِبَاسَ ٱلْعُرْسِ. | ١١ 11 |
But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who didn't have a wedding robe on.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: يا صَاحِبُ، كَيْفَ دَخَلْتَ إِلَى هُنَا وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ لِبَاسُ ٱلْعُرْسِ؟ فَسَكَتَ. | ١٢ 12 |
He asked him, ‘My friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ The man had nothing to say.
| حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِلْخُدَّامِ: ٱرْبُطُوا رِجْلَيْهِ وَيَدَيْهِ، وَخُذُوهُ وَٱطْرَحُوهُ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ. هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ ٱلْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ ٱلْأَسْنَانِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Then the king told his servants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and throw him out into the dark, where there'll be crying and grinding of teeth.’
| لِأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يُدْعَوْنَ وَقَلِيلِينَ يُنْتَخَبُونَ». | ١٤ 14 |
For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
| حِينَئِذٍ ذَهَبَ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ وَتَشَاوَرُوا لِكَيْ يَصْطَادُوهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ. | ١٥ 15 |
Then the Pharisees left and met together to plot how they could trap him by what he said.
| فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ تَلَامِيذَهُمْ مَعَ ٱلْهِيرُودُسِيِّينَ قَائِلِينَ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ وَتُعَلِّمُ طَرِيقَ ٱللهِ بِٱلْحَقِّ، وَلَا تُبَالِي بِأَحَدٍ، لِأَنَّكَ لَا تَنْظُرُ إِلَى وُجُوهِ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ١٦ 16 |
They sent their disciples to him, together with some of Herod's supporters. “Teacher, we know you are a honest man, and that you teach God's way is the truth,” they began. “You don't allow yourself to be influenced by anyone, and you don't care about rank or status.
| فَقُلْ لَنَا: مَاذَا تَظُنُّ؟ أَيَجُوزُ أَنْ تُعْطَى جِزْيَةٌ لِقَيْصَرَ أَمْ لَا؟». | ١٧ 17 |
So let us know your opinion. Is it right to pay Caesar's taxes, or not?”
| فَعَلِمَ يَسُوعُ خُبْثَهُمْ وَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا تُجَرِّبُونَنِي يا مُرَاؤُونَ؟ | ١٨ 18 |
Jesus knew their motives were evil. He asked them, “Why are you trying to trap me, you hypocrites?
| أَرُونِي مُعَامَلَةَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ». فَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ دِينَارًا. | ١٩ 19 |
Show me the coin that is used to pay the tax.” They brought a denarius coin to him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلصُّورَةُ وَٱلْكِتَابَةُ؟». | ٢٠ 20 |
“Whose image and whose title is inscribed here?” he asked them.
| قَالُوا لَهُ: «لِقَيْصَرَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَعْطُوا إِذًا مَا لِقَيْصَرَ لِقَيْصَرَ وَمَا لِلهِ لِلهِ». | ٢١ 21 |
“Caesar's,” they replied. “You should give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God,” he told them.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا تَعَجَّبُوا وَتَرَكُوهُ وَمَضَوْا. | ٢٢ 22 |
When they heard Jesus' answer they were stunned. They went away and left him.
| فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ جَاءَ إِلَيْهِ صَدُّوقِيُّونَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَيْسَ قِيَامَةٌ، فَسَأَلُوهُ | ٢٣ 23 |
Later the same day some Sadducees came to see him. (They are the ones who say there's no resurrection.)
| قَائِلِينَ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، قَالَ مُوسَى: إِنْ مَاتَ أَحَدٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَوْلَادٌ، يَتَزَوَّجْ أَخُوهُ بِٱمْرَأَتِهِ وَيُقِمْ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
They asked him, “Teacher, Moses said that if a married man dies without having children, his brother should marry his widow and have children on behalf of his brother.
| فَكَانَ عِنْدَنَا سَبْعَةُ إِخْوَةٍ، وَتَزَوَّجَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَمَاتَ. وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ نَسْلٌ تَرَكَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ لِأَخِيهِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Well, once there were seven brothers here with us. The first married, and died, and since he had no children he left his widow to his brother.
| وَكَذَلِكَ ٱلثَّانِي وَٱلثَّالِثُ إِلَى ٱلسَّبْعَةِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
The same thing happened to the second and third husband, right up to the seventh.
| وَآخِرَ ٱلْكُلِّ مَاتَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ أَيْضًا. | ٢٧ 27 |
In the end the woman died too.
| فَفِي ٱلْقِيَامَةِ لِمَنْ مِنَ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ تَكُونُ زَوْجَةً؟ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لِلْجَمِيعِ!». | ٢٨ 28 |
So when the resurrection takes place, whose wife of the seven brothers will she be, for she married all of them?”
| فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَضِلُّونَ إِذْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ ٱلْكُتُبَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ ٱللهِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Jesus replied, “Your mistake is you don't know Scripture or what God can do.
| لِأَنَّهُمْ فِي ٱلْقِيَامَةِ لَا يُزَوِّجُونَ وَلَا يَتَزَوَّجُونَ، بَلْ يَكُونُونَ كَمَلَائِكَةِ ٱللهِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
For in the resurrection people don't marry, and they aren't given in marriage either—they're like the angels in heaven.
| وَأَمَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ قِيَامَةِ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، أَفَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ مَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱللهِ ٱلْقَائِلِ: | ٣١ 31 |
As for the resurrection of the dead—haven't you read what God said to you,
| أَنَا إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ؟ لَيْسَ ٱللهُ إِلَهَ أَمْوَاتٍ بَلْ إِلَهُ أَحْيَاءٍ». | ٣٢ 32 |
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He's not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْجُمُوعُ بُهِتُوا مِنْ تَعْلِيمِهِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
When the crowds heard what he said, they were amazed at his teaching.
| أَمَّا ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا أَنَّهُ أَبْكَمَ ٱلصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ ٱجْتَمَعُوا مَعًا، | ٣٤ 34 |
When the Pharisees heard that he'd left the Sadducees speechless, they got together and went to ask some more questions.
| وَسَأَلَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ نَامُوسِيٌّ، لِيُجَرِّبَهُ قَائِلًا: | ٣٥ 35 |
One of them, who was a legal expert, asked him a question to try to trap him:
| «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، أَيَّةُ وَصِيَّةٍ هِيَ ٱلْعُظْمَى فِي ٱلنَّامُوسِ؟». | ٣٦ 36 |
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «تُحِبُّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ نَفْسِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ فِكْرِكَ. | ٣٧ 37 |
Jesus told them, “‘Love the Lord your God in all you think, in all you feel, and in all you do.’
| هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْعُظْمَى. | ٣٨ 38 |
This is the greatest commandment, the first commandment.
| وَٱلثَّانِيَةُ مِثْلُهَا: تُحِبُّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ. | ٣٩ 39 |
The second is just like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
| بِهَاتَيْنِ ٱلْوَصِيَّتَيْنِ يَتَعَلَّقُ ٱلنَّامُوسُ كُلُّهُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ». | ٤٠ 40 |
All biblical law and the writings of the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
| وَفِيمَا كَانَ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ سَأَلَهُمْ يَسُوعُ | ٤١ 41 |
While the Pharisees were gathered there, Jesus asked them a question.
| قَائِلًا: «مَاذَا تَظُنُّونَ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ؟ ٱبْنُ مَنْ هُوَ؟» قَالُوا لَهُ: «ٱبْنُ دَاوُدَ». | ٤٢ 42 |
“What do you think about the Messiah?” he asked. “Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.
| قَالَ لَهُمْ: «فَكَيْفَ يَدْعُوهُ دَاوُدُ بِٱلرُّوحِ رَبًّا؟ قَائِلًا: | ٤٣ 43 |
“But how can David under inspiration call him ‘Lord’?” Jesus asked them. “He says,
| قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِرَبِّي: ٱجْلِسْ عَنْ يَمِينِي حَتَّى أَضَعَ أَعْدَاءَكَ مَوْطِئًا لِقَدَمَيْكَ. | ٤٤ 44 |
‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit down at my right hand until I defeat all your enemies.’
| فَإِنْ كَانَ دَاوُدُ يَدْعُوهُ رَبًّا، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ ٱبْنَهُ؟». | ٤٥ 45 |
If David called him Lord, how can he be his son?”
| فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُجِيبَهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ. وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ لَمْ يَجْسُرْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَسْأَلَهُ بَتَّةً. | ٤٦ 46 |
Nobody could answer him, and from then on nobody dared to ask him any more questions.
