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١ 1 بَعْدَمَا انْتَهَى يَسُوعُ مِنْ تَوْصِيَةِ تَلامِيذِهِ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ، انْتَقَلَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَذَهَبَ يُعَلِّمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ.

And so it was, when Jesus finished directing His twelve disciples, that He moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

٢ 2 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يُوحَنَّا، وَهُوَ فِي السِّجْنِ، بِأَعْمَالِ الْمَسِيحِ، أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ بَعْضَ تَلامِيذِهِ،

But John, hearing in prison about the works of the Messiah, sent two of his disciples

٣ 3 يَسْأَلُهُ: «أَأَنْتَ هُوَ الآتِي، أَمْ نَنْتَظِرُ غَيْرَكَ؟»

to say to Him, “Are you the Coming One, or do we look for another?”

٤ 4 فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ قَائِلاً: «اذْهَبُوا أَخْبِرُوا يُوحَنَّا بِمَا تَسْمَعُونَ وَتَرَوْنَ:

By way of answer Jesus said to them: “Go and report to John the things that you hear and see:

٥ 5 الْعُمْيُ يُبْصِرُونَ، وَالْعُرْجُ يَمْشُونَ، وَالْبُرْصُ يُطَهَّرُونَ، وَالصُّمُّ يَسْمَعُونَ، وَالْمَوْتَى يُقَامُونَ، وَالْمَسَاكِينُ يُبَشَّرُونَ.

blind regain sight and lame walk, lepers are cleansed and deaf hear, dead are raised and the poor are evangelized.

٦ 6 وَطُوبَى لِمَنْ لَا يَشُكُّ فِيَّ!»

And, blessed be whoever is not offended at Me!”

٧ 7 وَمَا إِنِ انْصَرَفَ تَلامِيذُ يُوحَنَّا، حَتَّى أَخَذَ يَسُوعُ يَتَحَدَّثُ إِلَى الْجُمُوعِ عَنْ يُوحَنَّا: «مَاذَا خَرَجْتُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ لِتَرَوْا؟ أَقَصَبَةً تَهُزُّهَا الرِّيَاحُ؟

So as they departed Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see, a reed shaken by the wind?

٨ 8 بَلْ مَاذَا خَرَجْتُمْ لِتَرَوْا: أَإِنْسَاناً يَلْبَسُ ثِيَاباً نَاعِمَةً؟ هَا إِنَّ لابِسِي الثِّيَابِ النَّاعِمَةِ هُمْ فِي قُصُورِ الْمُلُوكِ!

But what did you go out to see, a man clothed in soft garments? Actually, those who wear soft material are in kings' houses.

٩ 9 إِذَنْ، مَاذَا خَرَجْتُمْ لِتَرَوْا؟ أَنَبِيًّا؟ نَعَمْ، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ، وَأَعْظَمَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ.

But really, what did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

١٠ 10 فَهَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي كُتِبَ عَنْهُ: هَا إِنِّي مُرْسِلٌ قُدَّامَكَ رَسُولِي الَّذِي يُمَهِّدُ لَكَ طَرِيقَكَ!

For this is he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way ahead of you.’

١١ 11 الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَظْهَرْ بَيْنَ مَنْ وَلَدَتْهُمْ النِّسَاءُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَانِ. وَلَكِنَّ الأَصْغَرَ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْهُ!

Assuredly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptizer; but he who is least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

١٢ 12 فَمُنْذُ أَنْ بَدَأَ يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَانُ خِدْمَتَهُ وَالنَّاسُ يَسْعَوْنَ جَاهِدِينِ لِدُخُولِ مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالسَّاعُونَ يَدْخُلُونَهُ بِمَشَقَّةٍ!

But from the days of John the Baptizer until now the kingdom of the heavens is being aggressive and aggressive people are seizing upon it.

١٣ 13 فَإِنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ تَنَبَّأُوا جَمِيعاً حَتَّى ظُهُورِ يُوحَنَّا.

For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John,

١٤ 14 وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ أَنْ تُصَدِّقُوا، فَإِنَّ يُوحَنَّا هَذَا، هُوَ إِيلِيَّا الَّذِي كَانَ رُجُوعُهُ مُنْتَظَراً.

and if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.

١٥ 15 وَمَنْ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ، فَلْيَسْمَعْ!

He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

١٦ 16 وَلَكِنْ، بِمَنْ أُشَبِّهُ هَذَا الْجِيلَ؟ إِنَّهُمْ يُشْبِهُونَ أَوْلاداً جَالِسِينَ فِي السَّاحَاتِ الْعَامَّةِ، يُنَادُونَ أَصْحَابَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ:

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in a marketplace and calling to their friends

١٧ 17 زَمَّرْنَا لَكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَرْقُصُوا! وَنَدَبْنَا لَكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَبْكُوا!

and saying, ‘We played the flute for you and you did not dance; we mourned for you and you did not lament.’

١٨ 18 فَقَدْ جَاءَ يُوحَنَّا لَا يَأْكُلُ وَلا يَشْرَبُ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّ شَيْطَاناً يَسْكُنُهُ!

For John came neither eating nor drinking and they say, ‘He has a demon’;

١٩ 19 ثُمَّ جَاءَ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ يَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ، فَقَالُوا: هَذَا رَجُلٌ شَرِهٌ وَسِكِّيرٌ، صَدِيقٌ لِجُبَاةِ الضَّرَائِبِ وَالْخَاطِئِينَ. وَلَكِنْ تُخْتَبَرُ الْحِكْمَةُ بِأَعْمَالِها».

the Son of the Man came eating and drinking and they say, ‘Just look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Indeed, wisdom is vindicated by her children.”

٢٠ 20 ثُمَّ بَدَأَ يَسُوعُ يُوَبِّخُ الْمُدُنَ الَّتِي جَرَتْ فِيهَا أَكْثَرُ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ، لِكَوْنِ أَهْلِهَا لَمْ يَتُوبُوا.

Then He began to reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.

٢١ 21 فَقَالَ: «الْوَيْلُ لَكِ يَا كُورَزِينُ! الْوَيْلُ لَكِ يَا بَيْتَ صَيْدَا! فَلَوْ أُجْرِيَ فِي صُورَ وَصَيْدَا مَا أُجْرِيَ فِيكُمَا مِنَ الْمُعْجِزَاتِ، لَتَابَ أَهْلُهُمَا مُنْذُ الْقَدِيمِ لابِسِينَ الْمُسُوحَ فِي وَسَطِ الرَّمَادِ.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

٢٢ 22 وَلَكِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ حَالَةَ صُورَ وَصَيْدَا فِي الدَّيْنُونَةِ، سَتَكُونُ أَكْثَرَ احْتِمَالاً مِنْ حَالَتِكُمَا!

So I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of judgment than for you!

٢٣ 23 وَأَنْتِ يَا كَفْرَنَاحُومَ: هَلِ ارْتَفَعْتِ حَتَّى السَّمَاءِ؟ إِنَّكِ إِلَى قَعْرِ الْهَاوِيَةِ سَتُهْبَطِينَ. فَلَوْ جَرَى فِي سَدُومَ مَا جَرَى فِيكِ مِنَ الْمُعْجِزَاتِ، لَبَقِيَتْ حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ. (Hadēs g86)

And you, Capernaum, ‘the one having been exalted to heaven’, you will be brought down to Hades! Because if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. (Hadēs g86)

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنَّ مَصِيرَ سَدُومَ فِي يَوْمِ الدَّيْنُونَةِ، سَيَكُونُ أَكْثَرَ احْتِمَالاً مِنْ حَالَتِكِ!»

So I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of judgment than for you.”

٢٥ 25 وَفِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ، تَكَلَّمَ يَسُوعُ فَقَالَ: «أَحْمَدُكَ أَيُّهَا الآبُ، رَبَّ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، لأَنَّكَ حَجَبْتَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ عَنِ الْحُكَمَاءِ وَالْفُهَمَاءِ، وَكَشَفْتَهَا لِلأَطْفَالِ!

At that time Jesus reacted and said: “‘I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to ‘babes’.

٢٦ 26 نَعَمْ أَيُّهَا الآبُ، لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا حَسُنَ فِي نَظَرِكَ.

Yes, Father, because thus it was good to You.’

٢٧ 27 كُلُّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ سَلَّمَهُ إِلَيَّ أَبِي. وَلا أَحَدٌ يَعْرِفُ الاِبْنَ إِلّا الآبُ، وَلا أَحَدٌ يَعْرِفُ الآبَ إِلّا الاِبْنُ، وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الاِبْنُ أَنْ يُعْلِنَهُ لَهُ.

“All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one really knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone really know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son may will to reveal Him.

٢٨ 28 تَعَالَوْا إِلَيَّ يَا جَمِيعَ الْمُتْعَبِينَ وَالثَّقِيلِي الأَحْمَالِ، وَأَنَا أُرِيحُكُمْ.

Come to me all you who are laboring and are loaded down, and I will give you rest.

٢٩ 29 اِحْمِلُوا نِيرِي عَلَيْكُمْ، وَتعَلَّمُوا مِنِّي، لأَنِّي وَدِيعٌ وَمُتَوَاضِعُ الْقَلْبِ، فَتَجِدُوا الرَّاحَةَ لِنُفُوسِكُمْ.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls;

٣٠ 30 فَإِنَّ نِيرِي هَيِّنٌ، وَحِمْلِي خَفِيفٌ!»

for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Jesus Preaches in the Synagogue