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١ 1 وَجَاءَ بَعْضُ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ وَالصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ إِلَى يَسُوعَ لِيُوْقِعُوا بِهِ، فَطَلَبُوا إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يُرِيَهُمْ مُعْجِزَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from the sky.

٢ 2 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «إِذَا كَانَتِ السَّمَاءُ حَمْرَاءَ صَافِيَةً عِنْدَ الْغُرُوبِ، تَقُولُونَ: سَيَكُونُ الْجَوُّ صَحْواً!

But he answered and said to them, “When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

٣ 3 وَإذَا كَانَتِ السَّمَاءُ حَمْرَاءَ مُلَبَّدَةً بِالْغُيُومِ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، تَقُولُونَ: الْيَوْمَ مَطَرٌ! إِنَّكُمْ تَسْتَدِلُّونَ عَلَى حَالَةِ الطَّقْسِ مِنْ مَنْظَرِ السَّمَاءِ. أَمَّا عَلامَاتُ الأَزْمِنَةِ، فَلا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ الِاسْتِدْلالَ عَلَيْهَا!

When it is morning, you say, 'It will be foul weather, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

٤ 4 جِيلٌ شِرِّيرٌ خَائِنٌ يَطْلُبُ آيَةً، وَلَنْ يُعْطَى آيَةً إِلّا مَا حَدَثَ لِلنَّبِيِّ يُونَانَ». ثُمَّ فَارَقَهُمْ وَمَضَى.

An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then Jesus left them and went away.

٥ 5 وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ تَلامِيذُهُ إِلَى الشَّاطِئِ الآخَرِ، كَانُوا قَدْ نَسُوا أَنْ يَتَزَوَّدُوا خُبْزاً.

When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

٦ 6 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «انْتَبِهُوا! خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ مِنْ خَمِيرِ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ وَالصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ!»

Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

٧ 7 فَبَدَأُوا يُحَاوِرُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً، قَائِلِينَ: «هَذَا لأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَأْخُذْ خُبْزاً!»

The disciples reasoned among themselves and said, “It is because we took no bread.”

٨ 8 وَعَلِمَ يَسُوعُ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «يَا قَلِيلِي الإِيمَانِ، لِمَاذَا تُحَاوِرُونَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَأْخُذُوا خُبْزاً؟

Jesus was aware of this and said, “You of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves and say that it is because you have taken no bread?

٩ 9 أَلا تَفْهَمُونَ بَعْدُ؟ أَمْ نَسِيتُمُ الأَرْغِفَةَ الْخَمْسَةَ الَّتِي أَشْبَعَتِ الْخَمْسَةَ الآلافِ، وَكَمْ قُفَّةً رَفَعْتُمْ مِنْهَا؟

Do you not yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered up?

١٠ 10 أَوَ نَسِيتُمُ الأَرْغِفَةَ السَّبْعَةَ الَّتِي أَشْبَعَتِ الأَرْبَعَةَ الآلافِ، وَكَمْ سَلًّا رَفَعْتُمْ مِنْهَا؟

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

١١ 11 كَيْفَ لَا تَفْهَمُونَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْنِي الْخُبْزَ حِينَ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ: خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ مِنْ خَمِيرِ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ وَالصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ؟»

How is it that you do not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

١٢ 12 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَدْرَكَ التَّلامِيذُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُحَذِّرُهُمْ مِنْ خَمِيرِ الْخُبْزِ، بَلْ مِنْ تَعْلِيمِ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ وَالصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ.

Then they understood that he was not telling them to beware of yeast in bread, but to beware of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

١٣ 13 وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ يَسُوعُ إِلَى نَوَاحِي قَيْصَرِيَّةِ فِيلِبُّسَ، سَأَلَ تَلامِيذَهُ: «مَنْ يَقُولُ النَّاسُ إِنِّي أَنَا، ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ؟»

Now when Jesus came to the regions near Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

١٤ 14 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «يَقُولُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّكَ يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَانُ، وَغَيْرُهُمْ إِنَّكَ النَّبِيُّ إِيلِيَّا، وآخَرُونَ إِنَّكَ إِرْمِيَا، أَوْ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ».

They said, “Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

١٥ 15 فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «وَأَنْتُمْ، مَنْ تَقُولُونَ إِنِّي أَنَا؟»

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

١٦ 16 فَأَجَابَ سِمْعَانُ بُطْرُسُ قَائِلاً: «أَنْتَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللهِ الْحَيِّ!»

Answering, Simon Peter said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «طُوبَى لَكَ يَا سِمْعَانَ بْنَ يُونَا. فَمَا أَعْلَنَ لَكَ هَذَا لَحْمٌ وَدَمٌ، بَلْ أَبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

١٨ 18 وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَقُولُ لَكَ: أَنْتَ صَخْرٌ. وَعَلَى هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ أَبْنِي كَنِيسَتِي وَقُوَّاتُ الْجَحِيمِ لَنْ تَقْوَى عَلَيْهَا! (Hadēs g86)

I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. The gates of Hades will not prevail against it. (Hadēs g86)

١٩ 19 وَأُعْطِيكَ مَفَاتِيحَ مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ: فَكُلُّ مَا تَرْبِطُهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، يَكُونُ قَدْ رُبِطَ فِي السَّمَاءِ؛ وَمَا تَحُلُّهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، يَكُونُ قَدْ حُلَّ فِي السَّمَاءِ!»

I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

٢٠ 20 ثُمَّ حَذَّرَ تَلامِيذَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا لأَحَدٍ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ.

Then Jesus commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.

٢١ 21 مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ، بَدَأَ يَسُوعُ يُعْلِنُ لِتَلامِيذِهِ أَنَّهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَيَتَأَلَّمَ عَلَى أَيْدِي الشُّيُوخِ وَرُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْكَتَبَةِ، وَيُقْتَلَ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ يُقَامُ.

From that time Jesus started to tell his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things at the hand of the elders and chief priests and scribes, be killed, and be raised back to life on the third day.

٢٢ 22 فَانْتَحَى بِهِ بُطْرُسُ جَانِباً، وَأَخَذَ يَلُومُهُ، قَائِلاً: «حَاشَا لَكَ يَا رَبُّ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ لَكَ هَذَا!»

Then Peter took him aside and rebuked him, saying, “May this be far from you, Lord; may this never happen to you.”

٢٣ 23 فَالْتَفَتَ يَسُوعُ إِلَى بُطْرُسَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اغْرُبْ مِنْ أَمَامِي يَا شَيْطَانُ! أَنْتَ عَقَبَةٌ أَمَامِي، لأَنَّكَ تُفَكِّرُ لَا بِأُمُورِ اللهِ، بَلْ بِأُمُورِ النَّاسِ!»

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you do not care for the things of God, but for the things of people.”

٢٤ 24 ثُمَّ قَالَ يَسُوعُ لِتَلامِيذِهِ: «إِنْ أَرَادَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَسِيرَ وَرَائِي، فَلْيُنْكِرْ نَفْسَهُ وَيَحْمِلْ صَلِيبَهُ وَيَتْبَعْنِي.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

٢٥ 25 فَأَيُّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ نَفْسَهُ، يَخْسَرُهَا؛ وَلكِنَّ مَنْ يَخْسَرُ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِي، فَإِنَّهُ يَجِدُهَا.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

٢٦ 26 فَمَاذَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ لَوْ رَبِحَ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وَخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يُقَدِّمُ الإِنْسَانُ فِدَاءً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ؟

For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life?

٢٧ 27 فَإِنَّ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ سَوْفَ يَعُودُ فِي مَجْدِ أَبِيهِ مَعَ مَلائِكَتِهِ، فَيُجَازِي كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ أَعْمَالِهِ.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. Then he will reward every person according to what he has done.

٢٨ 28 الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ بَعْضاً مِنَ الْوَاقِفِينَ هُنَا لَنْ يَذُوقُوا الْمَوْتَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرَوْا ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ آتِياً فِي مَلَكُوتِهِ».

Truly I say to you, there are some of you standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites