مَتَّى 22
| وَعَادَ يَسُوعُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِالأَمْثَالِ، فَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables saying:
| «يُشَبَّهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِإِنْسَانٍ مَلِكٍ أَقَامَ وَلِيمَةً فِي عُرْسِ ابْنِهِ، | ٢ 2 |
“The kingdom of the heavens is like a certain king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.
| وَأَرْسَلَ عَبِيدَهُ يَسْتَدْعِي الْمَدْعُوِّينَ إِلَى الْعُرْسِ، فَلَمْ يَرْغَبُوا فِي الْحُضُورِ. | ٣ 3 |
And he sent out his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, but they did not want to come.
| فَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ ثَانِيَةً عَبِيداً آخَرِينَ قَائِلاً لَهُمْ: قُولُوا لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ: هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُ وَلِيمَتِي؛ ثِيرَانِي وَعُجُولِي الْمُسَمَّنَةُ قَدْ ذُبِحَتْ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ جَاهِزٌ، فَتَعَالَوْا إِلَى الْعُرْسِ! | ٤ 4 |
Again he sent out other servants saying: ‘Say to those who have been invited: “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
| وَلكِنَّ الْمَدْعُوِّينَ تَهَاوَنُوا، فَذَهَبَ وَاحِدٌ إِلَى حَقْلِهِ، وَآخَرُ إِلَى مَتْجَرِهِ؛ | ٥ 5 |
Now the indifferent ones just took off—one to his own field, another to his business.
| وَالْبَاقُونَ قَبَضُوا عَلَى عَبِيدِ الْمَلِكِ وَأَهَانُوهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُمْ. | ٦ 6 |
But the rest, seizing his servants mistreated and killed them!
| فَغَضِبَ الْمَلِكُ وَأَرْسَلَ جُيُوشَهُ، فَأَهْلَكَ أُولئِكَ الْقَتَلَةَ وَأَحْرَقَ مَدِينَتَهُمْ. | ٧ 7 |
So when that king heard about it he was furious; and sending his troops he destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: إِنَّ وَلِيمَةَ الْعُرْسِ جَاهِزَةٌ، وَلكِنَّ الْمَدْعُوِّينَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا مُسْتَحِقِّينَ. | ٨ 8 |
“Then he says to his servants: ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
| فَاذْهَبُوا إِلَى مَفَارِقِ الطُّرُقِ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ تَجِدُونَهُ ادْعُوهُ إِلَى وَلِيمَةِ الْعُرْسِ! | ٩ 9 |
So go on the roads leading out of town, and as many as you may find invite to the wedding feast.’
| فَخَرَجَ الْعَبِيدُ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ، وَجَمَعُوا كُلَّ مَنْ وَجَدُوا، أَشْرَاراً وَصَالِحِينَ، حَتَّى امْتَلأَتْ قَاعَةُ الْعُرْسِ بِالضُّيُوفِ. | ١٠ 10 |
And going out on the roads those servants gathered together everyone they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
| وَدَخَلَ الْمَلِكُ لِيَنْظُرَ الضُّيُوفَ، فَرَأَى إِنْسَاناً لَا يَلْبَسُ ثَوْبَ الْعُرْسِ. | ١١ 11 |
But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had not been clothed with a wedding garment.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا صَاحِبِي، كَيْفَ دَخَلْتَ إِلَى هُنَا وَأَنْتَ لَا تَلْبَسُ ثَوْبَ الْعُرْسِ؟ فَظَلَّ صَامِتاً. | ١٢ 12 |
So he says to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
| فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ خُدَّامَهُ قَائِلاً: قَيِّدُوا رِجْلَيْهِ وَيَدَيْهِ، وَاطْرَحُوهُ فِي الظَّلامِ الْخَارِجِيِّ، هُنَالِكَ يَكُونُ الْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ الأَسْنَانِ! | ١٣ 13 |
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, take him away and throw him out into the darkness farthest away.’ There there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
| لأَنَّ الْمَدْعُوِّينَ كَثِيرُونَ، وَلكِنَّ الْمُخْتَارِينَ قَلِيلُونَ!» | ١٤ 14 |
For many are called, but few chosen.”
| فَذَهَبَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ وَتَآمَرُوا كَيْفَ يُوْقِعُونَهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ يَقُولُهَا. | ١٥ 15 |
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him in some word.
| فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ بَعْضَ تَلامِيذِهِمْ مَعَ أَعْضَاءِ حِزْبِ هِيرُودُسَ، يَقُولُونَ لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ وَتُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ طَرِيقَ اللهِ فِي الْحَقِّ، وَلا تُبَالِي بِأَحَدٍ لأَنَّكَ لَا تُرَاعِي مَقَامَاتِ النَّاسِ، | ١٦ 16 |
So they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth; and you are not impressed by anyone, for you do not look at people's faces.
| فَقُلْ لَنَا إِذَنْ مَا رَأْيُكَ؟ أَيَحِلُّ أَنْ تُدْفَعَ الْجِزْيَةُ لِلْقَيْصَرِ أَمْ لا؟» | ١٧ 17 |
So tell us, what do you think: is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar, or not?”
| فَأَدْرَكَ يَسُوعُ مَكْرَهُمْ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الْمُنَافِقُونَ، لِمَاذَا تُحَاوِلُونَ الإيقَاعَ بِي؟ | ١٨ 18 |
But perceiving their malignancy Jesus said: “Hypocrites! Why do you test me?
| أَرُونِي عُمْلَةَ الْجِزْيَةِ!» فَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ دِينَاراً. | ١٩ 19 |
Show me the tax coin.” So they brought Him a denarius.
| فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «لِمَنْ هَذِهِ الصُّورَةُ وَهَذَا النَّقْشُ؟» | ٢٠ 20 |
And He says to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
| أَجَابُوهُ: «لِلْقَيْصَرِ!» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِذَنْ، أَعْطُوا مَا لِلْقَيْصَرِ لِلْقَيْصَرِ، وَمَا لِلهِ لِلهِ» | ٢١ 21 |
They say to Him, “Caesar's.” Then He says to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's!”
| فَتَرَكُوهُ وَمَضَوْا، مَدْهُوشِينَ مِمَّا سَمِعُوا. | ٢٢ 22 |
And hearing it they marveled, and leaving Him they went away.
| فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ بَعْضُ الصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَؤْمِنُونَ بالْقِيَامَةِ، وَسَأَلُوهُ | ٢٣ 23 |
The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him
| قَائِلِينَ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، قَالَ مُوسَى: إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ دُونَ أَنْ يُخَلِّفَ أَوْلاداً، فَعَلَى أَخِيهِ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ بِأَرْمَلَتِهِ، وَيُقِيمَ نَسْلاً عَلَى اسْمِ أَخِيهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if someone dies having no children his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
| فَقَدْ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا سَبْعَةُ إِخْوَةٍ، تَزَوَّجَ أَوَّلُهُمْ ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ نَسْلٌ، فَتَرَكَ زَوْجَتَهُ لأَخِيهِ؛ | ٢٥ 25 |
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring he left his widow to his brother.
| وَكَذلِكَ الثَّانِي ثُمَّ الثَّالِثُ، حَتَّى السَّابِعِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
So also the second, and the third, up to the seventh.
| وَمِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ جَمِيعاً، مَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ أَيْضاً. | ٢٧ 27 |
Last of all, the woman died too.
| فَفِي الْقِيَامَةِ، لِمَنْ مِنَ السَّبْعَةِ تَكُونُ الْمَرْأَةُ زَوْجَةً، لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ زَوْجَةً لِكُلٍّ مِنْهُمْ؟» | ٢٨ 28 |
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife, of the seven, will she be? For they all had her.”
| فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ يَسُوعُ قَائِلاً: «أَنْتُمْ فِي ضَلالٍ لأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَفْهَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ وَلا قُدْرَةَ اللهِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
So in answer Jesus said to them: “You are deceived, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God!
| فَالنَّاسُ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يَتَزَوَّجُونَ وَلا يُزَوِّجُونَ، بَلْ يَكُونُونَ كَمَلائِكَةِ اللهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
| أَمَّا عَنْ قِيَامَةِ الأَمْوَاتِ، أَفَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ مَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ اللهِ: | ٣١ 31 |
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God saying,
| أَنَا إِلهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ؟ وَلَيْسَ اللهُ بِإِلَهِ أَمْوَاتٍ، بِلْ هُوَ إِلهُ أَحْيَاءَ». | ٣٢ 32 |
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not God of dead people but of living.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْجُمُوعُ، ذُهِلُوا مِنْ تَعْلِيمِهِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Now as the crowds heard Him they were astonished at His teaching.
| وَلكِنْ لَمَّا سَمِعَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ أَفْحَمَ الصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ، اجْتَمَعُوا مَعاً، | ٣٤ 34 |
Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they got together.
| وَسَأَلَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يَسْتَدْرِجَهُ: | ٣٥ 35 |
And one of them, a lawyer, testing Him, questioned and said,
| «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، مَا هِيَ الْوَصِيَّةُ الْعُظْمَى فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ؟» | ٣٦ 36 |
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَحِبّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَكُلِّ نَفْسِكَ وَكُلِّ فِكْرِكَ! | ٣٧ 37 |
So Jesus said to him: “‘You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.’
| هَذِهِ هِيَ الْوَصِيَّةُ الْعُظْمَى الأُولَى. | ٣٨ 38 |
This is the first and great commandment.
| وَالثَّانِيَةُ مِثْلُهَا: أَحِبّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ! | ٣٩ 39 |
And the second is like it, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’
| بِهَاتَيْنِ الْوَصِيَّتَيْنِ تَتَعَلَّقُ الشَّرِيعَةُ وَكُتُبُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ!» | ٤٠ 40 |
On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets.”
| وَفِيمَا كَانَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ، سَأَلَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: | ٤١ 41 |
While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them
| «مَا رَأْيُكُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ: ابْنُ مَنْ هُوَ؟» أَجَابُوهُ: «ابْنُ دَاوُدَ!» | ٤٢ 42 |
saying, “What do you think about the Christ; whose Son is He?” They say to Him, “David's.”
| فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «إِذَنْ، كَيْفَ يَدْعُوهُ دَاوُدُ بِالرُّوحِ رَبّاً لَهُ إِذْ يَقُولُ: | ٤٣ 43 |
He says to them: “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’ saying,
| قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِرَبِّي: اجْلِسْ عَنْ يَمِينِي حَتَّى أَضَعَ أَعْدَاءَكَ مَوْطِئاً لِقَدَمَيْكَ؟ | ٤٤ 44 |
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I place your enemies as a footstool for your feet”’?
| فَإِنْ كَانَ دَاوُدُ يَدْعُوهُ رَبَّهُ، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ ابْنَهُ؟» | ٤٥ 45 |
Really now, if David calls Him ‘Lord’, how can He be his son?”
| فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُجِيبَهُ وَلَوْ بِكَلِمَةٍ. وَمِنْ ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، لَمْ يَجْرُؤْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَسْتَدْرِجَهُ بِأَيِّ سُؤَالٍ. | ٤٦ 46 |
And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare to question Him anymore.
