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١ 1 حِينَئِذٍ خَاطَبَ يَسُوعُ ٱلْجُمُوعَ وَتَلَامِيذَهُ

Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes, and to his disciples,

٢ 2 قَائِلًا: «عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ مُوسَى جَلَسَ ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ،

saying: The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat:

٣ 3 فَكُلُّ مَا قَالُوا لَكُمْ أَنْ تَحْفَظُوهُ فَٱحْفَظُوهُ وَٱفْعَلُوهُ، وَلَكِنْ حَسَبَ أَعْمَالِهِمْ لَا تَعْمَلُوا، لِأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ وَلَا يَفْعَلُونَ.

therefore, all things that they command you to observe, observe and do. But do not according to their works: for they command, and do not.

٤ 4 فَإِنَّهُمْ يَحْزِمُونَ أَحْمَالًا ثَقِيلَةً عَسِرَةَ ٱلْحَمْلِ وَيَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى أَكْتَافِ ٱلنَّاسِ، وَهُمْ لَا يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُحَرِّكُوهَا بِإِصْبِعِهِمْ،

For they bind up burdens that are heavy and hard to be borne, and lay them on the shoulders of men; but they refuse to move them with one of their fingers.

٥ 5 وَكُلَّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ يَعْمَلُونَهَا لِكَيْ تَنْظُرَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ: فَيُعَرِّضُونَ عَصَائِبَهُمْ وَيُعَظِّمُونَ أَهْدَابَ ثِيَابِهِمْ،

And they do all their works for the purpose of being seen by men. They make their amulets broad, and enlarge the fringes of their mantles.

٦ 6 وَيُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمُتَّكَأَ ٱلْأَوَّلَ فِي ٱلْوَلَائِمِ، وَٱلْمَجَالِسَ ٱلْأُولَى فِي ٱلْمَجَامِعِ،

They also love the most honorable places at suppers, and the first seats in the synagogues,

٧ 7 وَٱلتَّحِيَّاتِ فِي ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ، وَأَنْ يَدْعُوَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ: سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي!

and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

٨ 8 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَا تُدْعَوْا سَيِّدِي، لِأَنَّ مُعَلِّمَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ ٱلْمَسِيحُ، وَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعًا إِخْوَةٌ.

But you must not be called Rabbi; for one is your leader, and all of you are brethren.

٩ 9 وَلَا تَدْعُوا لَكُمْ أَبًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ وَاحِدٌ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

And call no man on earth your father; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.

١٠ 10 وَلَا تُدْعَوْا مُعَلِّمِينَ، لِأَنَّ مُعَلِّمَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ ٱلْمَسِيحُ.

And be not called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.

١١ 11 وَأَكْبَرُكُمْ يَكُونُ خَادِمًا لَكُمْ.

And the greatest among you shall be your minister.

١٢ 12 فَمَنْ يَرْفَعْ نَفْسَهُ يَتَّضِعْ، وَمَنْ يَضَعْ نَفْسَهُ يَرْتَفِعْ.

Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

١٣ 13 «لَكِنْ وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُغْلِقُونَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ، فَلَا تَدْخُلُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَلَا تَدَعُونَ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ.

But alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you eat up the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers. For this reason, you shall receive the greater condemnation.

١٤ 14 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ بُيُوتَ ٱلْأَرَامِلِ، ولِعِلَّةٍ تُطِيلُونَ صَلَوَاتِكُمْ. لِذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُونَ دَيْنُونَةً أَعْظَمَ.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you close the kingdom of heaven in the face of men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you suffer those who are entering, to go in.

١٥ 15 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تَطُوفُونَ ٱلْبَحْرَ وَٱلْبَرَّ لِتَكْسَبُوا دَخِيلًا وَاحِدًا، وَمَتَى حَصَلَ تَصْنَعُونَهُ ٱبْنًا لِجَهَنَّمَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْكُمْ مُضَاعَفًا. (Geenna g1067)

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him twofold more a child of hell than yourselves. (Geenna g1067)

١٦ 16 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْقَادَةُ ٱلْعُمْيَانُ! ٱلْقَائِلُونَ: مَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْهَيْكَلِ فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِذَهَبِ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ يَلْتَزِمُ.

Alas for you, blind guides! who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, becomes a debtor.

١٧ 17 أَيُّهَا ٱلْجُهَّالُ وَٱلْعُمْيَانُ! أَيُّمَا أَعْظَمُ: أَلذَّهَبُ أَمِ ٱلْهَيْكَلُ ٱلَّذِي يُقَدِّسُ ٱلذَّهَبَ؟

Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

١٨ 18 وَمَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْمَذْبَحِ فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْقُرْبَانِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيْهِ يَلْتَزِمُ.

And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is on it, becomes a debtor.

١٩ 19 أَيُّهَا ٱلْجُهَّالُ وَٱلْعُمْيَانُ! أَيُّمَا أَعْظَمُ: ٱلْقُرْبَانُ أَمِ ٱلْمَذْبَحُ ٱلَّذِي يُقَدِّسُ ٱلْقُرْبَانَ؟

Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

٢٠ 20 فَإِنَّ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْمَذْبَحِ فَقَدْ حَلَفَ بِهِ وَبِكُلِّ مَا عَلَيْهِ!

Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.

٢١ 21 وَمَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْهَيْكَلِ فَقَدْ حَلَفَ بِهِ وَبِالسَّاكِنِ فِيهِ،

And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwells in it.

٢٢ 22 وَمَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلسَّمَاءِ فَقَدْ حَلَفَ بِعَرْشِ ٱللهِ وَبِالْجَالِسِ عَلَيْهِ.

And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits upon it.

٢٣ 23 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُعَشِّرُونَ ٱلنَّعْنَعَ وَٱلشِّبِثَّ وَٱلْكَمُّونَ، وَتَرَكْتُمْ أَثْقَلَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ: ٱلْحَقَّ وَٱلرَّحْمَةَ وَٱلْإِيمَانَ. كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا هَذِهِ وَلَا تَتْرُكُوا تِلْكَ.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, its justice, its mercy, and its faithfulness. These you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have neglected.

٢٤ 24 أَيُّهَا ٱلْقَادَةُ ٱلْعُمْيَانُ! ٱلَّذِينَ يُصَفُّونَ عَنِ ٱلْبَعُوضَةِ وَيَبْلَعُونَ ٱلْجَمَلَ.

Blind guides! who strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel.

٢٥ 25 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُنَقُّونَ خَارِجَ ٱلْكَأْسِ وَٱلصَّحْفَةِ، وَهُمَا مِنْ دَاخِلٍ مَمْلُوآنِ ٱخْتِطَافًا وَدَعَارَةً.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and the plate; but within they are full of rapine and excess.

٢٦ 26 أَيُّهَا ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّ ٱلْأَعْمَى! نَقِّ أَوَّلًا دَاخِلَ ٱلْكَأْسِ وَٱلصَّحْفَةِ لِكَيْ يَكُونَ خَارِجُهُمَا أَيْضًا نَقِيًّا.

Blind Pharisee! first make clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may be clean.

٢٧ 27 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُشْبِهُونَ قُبُورًا مُبَيَّضَةً تَظْهَرُ مِنْ خَارِجٍ جَمِيلَةً، وَهِيَ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ مَمْلُوءَةٌ عِظَامَ أَمْوَاتٍ وَكُلَّ نَجَاسَةٍ.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitened sepulchers, which without appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

٢٨ 28 هَكَذَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا: مِنْ خَارِجٍ تَظْهَرُونَ لِلنَّاسِ أَبْرَارًا، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ مَشْحُونُونَ رِيَاءً وَإِثْمًا.

So also you outwardly appear to men to be just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

٢٩ 29 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تَبْنُونَ قُبُورَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَتُزَيِّنُونَ مَدَافِنَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ،

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,

٣٠ 30 وَتَقُولُونَ: لَوْ كُنَّا فِي أَيَّامِ آبَائِنَا لَمَا شَارَكْنَاهُمْ فِي دَمِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ.

and say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

٣١ 31 فَأَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ قَتَلَةِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ.

So then you testify against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets.

٣٢ 32 فَٱمْلَأُوا أَنْتُمْ مِكْيَالَ آبَائِكُمْ.

Do you also fill up the measure of your fathers.

٣٣ 33 أَيُّهَا ٱلْحَيَّاتُ أَوْلَادَ ٱلْأَفَاعِي! كَيْفَ تَهْرُبُونَ مِنْ دَيْنُونَةِ جَهَنَّمَ؟ (Geenna g1067)

Serpents, generation of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? (Geenna g1067)

٣٤ 34 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْبِيَاءَ وَحُكَمَاءَ وَكَتَبَةً، فَمِنْهُمْ تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَصْلِبُونَ، وَمِنْهُمْ تَجْلِدُونَ فِي مَجَامِعِكُمْ، وَتَطْرُدُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ،

For this reason, behold, I send you prophets and wise men and scribes; and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

٣٥ 35 لِكَيْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلُّ دَمٍ زَكِيٍّ سُفِكَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، مِنْ دَمِ هَابِيلَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ إِلَى دَمِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ بَرَخِيَّا ٱلَّذِي قَتَلْتُمُوهُ بَيْنَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَٱلْمَذْبَحِ.

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

٣٦ 36 اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ هَذَا كُلَّهُ يَأْتِي عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْجِيلِ!

Verily I say to you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

٣٧ 37 «يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، يا أُورُشَلِيمُ! يا قَاتِلَةَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَرَاجِمَةَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَيْهَا، كَمْ مَرَّةٍ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ أَوْلَادَكِ كَمَا تَجْمَعُ ٱلدَّجَاجَةُ فِرَاخَهَا تَحْتَ جَنَاحَيْهَا، وَلَمْ تُرِيدُوا!

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest those who are sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you refused.

٣٨ 38 هُوَذَا بَيْتُكُمْ يُتْرَكُ لَكُمْ خَرَابًا.

Behold, your house is left to you deserted.

٣٩ 39 لِأَنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَرَوْنَنِي مِنَ ٱلْآنَ حَتَّى تَقُولُوا: مُبَارَكٌ ٱلْآتِي بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ!».

For I say to you, That you shall not see me henceforth, till you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

Jesus Preaches to the Multitude