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١ 1 عِنْدَئِذٍ خَاطَبَ يَسُوعُ الْجُمُوعَ وَتَلامِيذَهُ،

Then Yeshua spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,

٢ 2 وَقَالَ: «اعْتَلَى الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ كُرْسِيَّ مُوسَى:

saying, "Upon the seat of Mushe the Pharisees and scribes sit.

٣ 3 فَاحْفَظُوا كُلَّ مَا يَقُولُونَهُ لَكُمْ وَاعْمَلُوا بِهِ. وَلَكِنْ لَا تَعْمَلُوا مِثْلَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ؛ لأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ وَلا يَفْعَلُونَ،

All which they will say unto you, observe and do; but their works do not do, because they say, and do not do.

٤ 4 بَلْ يَحْزِمُونَ أَحْمَالاً ثَقِيلَةً لَا تُطَاقُ وَيَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى أَكْتَافِ النَّاسِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ هُمْ لَا يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُحَرِّكُوهَا بِطَرَفِ الإِصْبَعِ.

For they bind heavy and hard to bear burdens, and lay them on people's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

٥ 5 وَكُلُّ مَا يَعْمَلُونَهُ، فَإِنَّمَا يَعْمَلُونَهُ لِكَيْ يَلْفِتُوا نَظَرَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِمْ. فَهُمْ يَجْعَلُونَ عَصَائِبَهُمْ عَرِيضَةً وَيُطِيلُونَ أَطْرَافَ أَثْوَابِهِمْ؛

But all their works they do to be seen by others. They make their tefillin broad and enlarge the fringe of their garments,

٦ 6 وَيُحِبُّونَ أَمَاكِنَ الصَّدَارَةِ فِي الْوَلائِمِ، وَالأَمَاكِنَ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةَ فِي الْمَجَامِعِ،

and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

٧ 7 وَأَنْ تُلْقَى عَلَيْهِمِ التَّحِيَّاتُ فِي السَّاحَاتِ، وَأَنْ يَدْعُوَهُمُ النَّاسُ:’يَا مُعَلِّمُ، يَا مُعَلِّمُ.‘

the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by people.

٨ 8 أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، فَلا تَقْبَلُوا أَنْ يَدْعُوَكُمْ أَحَدٌ: يَا مُعَلِّمُ! لأَنَّ مُعَلِّمَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ، وَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعاً إِخْوَةٌ.

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers.

٩ 9 وَلا تَدْعُوا أَحَداً عَلَى الأَرْضِ أَباً لَكُمْ؛ لأَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ وَاحِدٌ، وَهُوَ الآبُ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

١٠ 10 وَلا تَقْبَلُوا أَنْ يَدْعُوَكُمْ أَحَدٌ رُؤَسَاءَ، لأَنَّ رَئِيسَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ، وَهُوَ الْمَسِيحُ.

Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Meshikha.

١١ 11 وَلْيَكُنْ أَكْبَرُكُمْ خَادِماً لَكُمْ.

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

١٢ 12 فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يُرَفِّعُ نَفْسَهُ يُوْضَعُ، وَمَنْ يَضَعُ نَفْسَهُ يُرَفَّعُ.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

١٣ 13 لَكِنِ الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ! فَإِنَّكُمْ تُغْلِقُونَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ فِي وُجُوهِ النَّاسِ، فَلا أَنْتُمْ تَدْخُلُونَ، وَلا تَدَعُونَ الدَّاخِلِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ!

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you devour the houses of widows, and for show make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

١٤ 14 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ! فَإِنَّكُمْ تَلْتَهِمُونَ بُيُوتَ الأَرَامِلِ وَتَتَبَاهُونَ بِإِطَالَةِ صَلَوَاتِكُمْ. لِذَلِكَ سَتَنْزِلُ بِكُمْ دَيْنُونَةٌ أَقْسَى!

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you shut up the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

١٥ 15 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ الْمُرَاؤُونَ! فَإِنَّكُمْ تَطُوفُونَ الْبَحْرَ وَالْبَرَّ لِتَكْسَبُوا مُتَهَوِّداً وَاحِداً؛ فَإِذَا تَهَوَّدَ جَعَلْتُمُوهُ أَهْلاً لِجَهَنَّمَ ضِعْفَ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ! (Geenna g1067)

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of hell as yourselves. (Geenna g1067)

١٦ 16 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْقَادَةُ الْعُمْيَانُ! تَقُولُونَ: مَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْهَيْكَلِ، فَقَسَمُهُ غَيْرُ مُلْزِمٍ؛ أَمَّا مَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِذَهَبِ الْهَيْكَلِ، فَقَسَمُهُ مُلْزِمٌ!

"Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

١٧ 17 أَيُّهَا الْجُهَّالُ وَالْعُمْيَانُ! أَيُّ الاِثْنَيْنِ أَعْظَمُ: الذَّهَبُ أَمِ الْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي يَجْعَلُ الذَّهَبَ مُقَدَّساً؟

You blind fools. For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctified the gold?

١٨ 18 وَتَقُولُونَ: مَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْمَذْبَحِ، فَقَسَمُهُ غَيْرُ مُلْزِمٍ؛ أَمَّا مَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْقُرْبَانِ الَّذِي عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، فَقَسَمُهُ مُلْزِمٌ!

'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'

١٩ 19 أَيُّهَا الْعُمْيَانُ! أَيُّ الاِثْنَيْنِ أَعْظَمُ: الْقُرْبَانِ أَمِ الْمَذْبَحُ الَّذِي يَجْعَلُ الْقُرْبَانَ مُقَدَّسَاً؟

You blind people. For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

٢٠ 20 فَإِنَّ مَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْمَذْبَحِ، فَقَدْ أَقْسَمَ بِهِ وَبِكُلِّ مَا عَلَيْهِ؛

He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

٢١ 21 وَمَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْهَيْكَلِ، فَقَدْ أَقْسَمَ بِهِ وَبِالسَّاكِنِ فِيهِ؛

He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.

٢٢ 22 وَمَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالسَّمَاءِ، فَقَدْ أَقْسَمَ بِعَرْشِ اللهِ وَبِالْجَالِسِ عَلَيْهِ!

He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

٢٣ 23 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ! فَإِنَّكُمْ تُقَدِّمُونَ حَتَّى عُشُورَ النَّعْنَعِ وَالشِّبِثِّ وَالْكَمُّونِ، وَقَدْ أَهْمَلْتُمْ أَهَمَّ مَا فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ: الْعَدْلَ وَالرَّحْمَةَ وَالأَمَانَةَ. كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا هَذِهِ وَلا تُغْفِلُوا تِلْكَ!

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

٢٤ 24 أَيُّهَا الْقَادَةُ الْعُمْيَانُ! إِنَّكُمْ تُصَفُّونَ الْمَاءَ مِنَ الْبَعُوضَةِ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَبْلَعُونَ الْجَمَلَ!

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

٢٥ 25 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ! فَإِنَّكُمْ تُنَظِّفُونَ الْكَأْسَ وَالصَّحْنَ مِنَ الْخَارِجِ، وَلَكِنْ دَاخِلَهُمَا مُمْتَلِئٌ بِمَا كَسَبْتُمْ بِالنَّهْبِ وَالطَّمَعِ!

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

٢٦ 26 أَيُّهَا الْفَرِّيسِيُّ الأَعْمَى، نَظِّفْ أَوَّلاً دَاخِلَ الْكَأْسِ لِيَصِيرَ خَارِجُهَا أَيْضاً نَظِيفاً!

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and the plate, so that the outside may become clean also.

٢٧ 27 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ! فَإِنَّكُمْ كَالْقُبُورِ الْمُبَيَّضَةِ: تَبْدُو جَمِيلَةً مِنَ الْخَارِجِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ مُمْتَلِئَةٌ بِعِظَامِ الْمَوْتَى وَكُلِّ نَجَاسَةٍ!

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead people's bones, and of all uncleanness.

٢٨ 28 كَذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً، تَبْدُونَ لِلنَّاسِ صَالِحِينَ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ مُمْتَلِئُونَ بِالنِّفَاقِ وَالْفِسْقِ!

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

٢٩ 29 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ! فَإِنَّكُمْ تَبْنُونَ قُبُورَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَتُزَيِّنُونَ مَدَافِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ،

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

٣٠ 30 وَتَقُولُونَ: لَوْ عِشْنَا فِي زَمَنِ آبَائِنَا لَمَا شَارَكْنَاهُمْ فِي سَفْكِ دَمِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.

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

٣١ 31 فَبِهَذَا تَشْهَدُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ بِأَنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ قَاتِلِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ!

Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

٣٢ 32 فَأَكْمِلُوا مَا بَدَأَهُ آبَاؤُكُمْ لِيَطْفَحَ الْكَيْلُ!

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.

٣٣ 33 أَيُّهَا الْحَيَّاتُ، أَوْلادَ الأَفَاعِي! كَيْفَ تُفْلِتُونَ مِنْ عِقَابِ جَهَنَّمَ؟ (Geenna g1067)

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gihana? (Geenna g1067)

٣٤ 34 لِذَلِكَ: هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْبِيَاءَ وَحُكَمَاءَ وَمُعَلِّمِينَ، فَبَعْضَهُمْ تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَصْلِبُونَ، وَبَعْضَهُمْ تَجْلِدُونَ فِي مَجَامِعِكُمْ، وَتُطَارِدُونَهُمْ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى.

Therefore, look, I send to you prophets, wise people, and scribes. 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 وَبِهَذَا يَقَعُ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلُّ دَمٍ زَكِيٍّ سُفِكَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ: مِنْ دَمِ هَابِيلَ الْبَارِّ إِلَى دَمِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ بَرَخِيَّا الَّذِي قَتَلْتُمُوهُ بَيْنَ الْهَيْكَلِ وَالْمَذْبَحِ.

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Habeil to the blood of Zekharya son of Berakhiya, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

٣٦ 36 الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ عِقَابَ ذلِكَ كُلِّهِ سَيَنْزِلُ بِهَذَا الْجِيلِ.

Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

٣٧ 37 يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، يَا قَاتِلَةَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَرَاجِمَةَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَيْهَا! كَمْ مَرَّةٍ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ أَوْلادَكِ كَمَا تَجْمَعُ الدَّجَاجَةُ فِرَاخَهَا تَحْتَ جَنَاحَيْهَا، فَلَمْ تُرِيدُوا!

"Urishlim, Urishlim, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not.

٣٨ 38 هَا إِنَّ بَيْتَكُمْ يُتْرَكُ لَكُمْ خَرَاباً!

Look, your house is abandoned to you.

٣٩ 39 فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَرَوْنِي مِنَ الآنَ، حَتَّى تَقُولُوا: مُبَارَكٌ الآتِي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ!»

For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

Jesus Preaches to the Multitude