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١ 1 فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ تَقَدَّمَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ إِلَى يَسُوعَ قَائِلِينَ: «فَمَنْ هُوَ أَعْظَمُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ؟».

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”

٢ 2 فَدَعَا يَسُوعُ إِلَيْهِ وَلَدًا وَأَقَامَهُ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them

٣ 3 وَقَالَ: «اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنْ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا وَتَصِيرُوا مِثْلَ ٱلْأَوْلَادِ فَلَنْ تَدْخُلُوا مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

٤ 4 فَمَنْ وَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ مِثْلَ هَذَا ٱلْوَلَدِ فَهُوَ ٱلْأَعْظَمُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

٥ 5 وَمَنْ قَبِلَ وَلَدًا وَاحِدًا مِثْلَ هَذَا بِٱسْمِي فَقَدْ قَبِلَنِي.

Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

٦ 6 وَمَنْ أَعْثَرَ أَحَدَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلصِّغَارِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِي فَخَيْرٌ لَهُ أَنْ يُعَلَّقَ فِي عُنُقِهِ حَجَرُ ٱلرَّحَى وَيُغْرَقَ فِي لُجَّةِ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

٧ 7 وَيْلٌ لِلْعَالَمِ مِنَ ٱلْعَثَرَاتِ! فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ ٱلْعَثَرَاتُ، وَلَكِنْ وَيْلٌ لِذَلِكَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي بِهِ تَأْتِي ٱلْعَثْرَةُ!

“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

٨ 8 فَإِنْ أَعْثَرَتْكَ يَدُكَ أَوْ رِجْلُكَ فَٱقْطَعْهَا وَأَلْقِهَا عَنْكَ. خَيْرٌ لَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ ٱلْحَيَاةَ أَعْرَجَ أَوْ أَقْطَعَ مِنْ أَنْ تُلْقَى فِي ٱلنَّارِ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةِ وَلَكَ يَدَانِ أَوْ رِجْلَانِ. (aiōnios g166)

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the consummate (aiōnios g166) fire.

٩ 9 وَإِنْ أَعْثَرَتْكَ عَيْنُكَ فَٱقْلَعْهَا وَأَلْقِهَا عَنْكَ. خَيْرٌ لَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ ٱلْحَيَاةَ أَعْوَرَ مِنْ أَنْ تُلْقَى فِي جَهَنَّمِ ٱلنَّارِ وَلَكَ عَيْنَانِ. (Geenna g1067)

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna (Geenna g1067) of fire.

١٠ 10 «اُنْظُرُوا، لَا تَحْتَقِرُوا أَحَدَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلصِّغَارِ، لِأَنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَلَائِكَتَهُمْ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ كُلَّ حِينٍ يَنْظُرُونَ وَجْهَ أَبِي ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّ ٱبْنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ قَدْ جَاءَ لِكَيْ يُخَلِّصَ مَا قَدْ هَلَكَ.

For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

١٢ 12 مَاذَا تَظُنُّونَ؟ إِنْ كَانَ لِإِنْسَانٍ مِئَةُ خَرُوفٍ، وَضَلَّ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا، أَفَلَا يَتْرُكُ ٱلتِّسْعَةَ وَٱلتِّسْعِينَ عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ وَيَذْهَبُ يَطْلُبُ ٱلضَّالَّ؟

“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does not he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

١٣ 13 وَإِنِ ٱتَّفَقَ أَنْ يَجِدَهُ، فَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ يَفْرَحُ بِهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلتِّسْعَةِ وَٱلتِّسْعِينَ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَضِلَّ.

If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

١٤ 14 هَكَذَا لَيْسَتْ مَشِيئَةً أَمَامَ أَبِيكُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ أَنْ يَهْلِكَ أَحَدُ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلصِّغَارِ.

Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

١٥ 15 «وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْكَ أَخُوكَ فَٱذْهَبْ وَعَاتِبْهُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ وَحْدَكُمَا. إِنْ سَمِعَ مِنْكَ فَقَدْ رَبِحْتَ أَخَاكَ.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

١٦ 16 وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ، فَخُذْ مَعَكَ أَيْضًا وَاحِدًا أَوِ ٱثْنَيْنِ، لِكَيْ تَقُومَ كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ عَلَى فَمِ شَاهِدَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ.

But if he does not listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

١٧ 17 وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْهُمْ فَقُلْ لِلْكَنِيسَةِ. وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنَ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ فَلْيَكُنْ عِنْدَكَ كَٱلْوَثَنِيِّ وَٱلْعَشَّارِ.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

١٨ 18 اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: كُلُّ مَا تَرْبِطُونَهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَكُونُ مَرْبُوطًا فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَكُلُّ مَا تَحُلُّونَهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَكُونُ مَحْلُولًا فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

١٩ 19 وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَيْضًا: إِنِ ٱتَّفَقَ ٱثْنَانِ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَطْلُبَانِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ لَهُمَا مِنْ قِبَلِ أَبِي ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ،

Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّهُ حَيْثُمَا ٱجْتَمَعَ ٱثْنَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ بِٱسْمِي فَهُنَاكَ أَكُونُ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ».

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

٢١ 21 حِينَئِذٍ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ بُطْرُسُ وَقَالَ: «يَارَبُّ، كَمْ مَرَّةً يُخْطِئُ إِلَيَّ أَخِي وَأَنَا أَغْفِرُ لَهُ؟ هَلْ إِلَى سَبْعِ مَرَّاتٍ؟».

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

٢٢ 22 قَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «لَا أَقُولُ لَكَ إِلَى سَبْعِ مَرَّاتٍ، بَلْ إِلَى سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ.

Jesus said to him, “I do not tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

٢٣ 23 لِذَلِكَ يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ إِنْسَانًا مَلِكًا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُحَاسِبَ عَبِيدَهُ.

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

٢٤ 24 فَلَمَّا ٱبْتَدَأَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاسَبَةِ قُدِّمَ إِلَيْهِ وَاحِدٌ مَدْيُونٌ بِعَشَرِ آلَافِ وَزْنَةٍ.

When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

٢٥ 25 وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَا يُوفِي أَمَرَ سَيِّدُهُ أَنْ يُبَاعَ هُوَ وَٱمْرَأَتُهُ وَأَوْلَادُهُ وَكُلُّ مَا لَهُ، وَيُوفَي ٱلدَّيْنُ.

But because he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

٢٦ 26 فَخَرَّ ٱلْعَبْدُ وَسَجَدَ لَهُ قَائِلًا: يا سَيِّدُ، تَمَهَّلْ عَلَيَّ فَأُوفِيَكَ ٱلْجَمِيعَ.

The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

٢٧ 27 فَتَحَنَّنَ سَيِّدُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدِ وَأَطْلَقَهُ، وَتَرَكَ لَهُ ٱلدَّيْنَ.

The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.

٢٨ 28 وَلَمَّا خَرَجَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدُ وَجَدَ وَاحِدًا مِنَ ٱلْعَبِيدِ رُفَقَائِهِ، كَانَ مَدْيُونًا لَهُ بِمِئَةِ دِينَارٍ، فَأَمْسَكَهُ وَأَخَذَ بِعُنُقِهِ قَائِلًا: أَوْفِنِي مَا لِي عَلَيْكَ.

“But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

٢٩ 29 فَخَرَّ ٱلْعَبْدُ رَفِيقُهُ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلًا: تَمَهَّلْ عَلَيَّ فَأُوفِيَكَ ٱلْجَمِيعَ.

“So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’

٣٠ 30 فَلَمْ يُرِدْ بَلْ مَضَى وَأَلْقَاهُ فِي سِجْنٍ حَتَّى يُوفِيَ ٱلدَّيْنَ.

He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.

٣١ 31 فَلَمَّا رَأَى ٱلْعَبِيدُ رُفَقَاؤُهُ مَا كَانَ، حَزِنُوا جِدًّا. وَأَتَوْا وَقَصُّوا عَلَى سَيِّدِهِمْ كُلَّ مَا جَرَى.

So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.

٣٢ 32 فَدَعَاهُ حِينَئِذٍ سَيِّدُهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: أَيُّهَا ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ ٱلدَّيْنِ تَرَكْتُهُ لَكَ لِأَنَّكَ طَلَبْتَ إِلَيَّ.

Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

٣٣ 33 أَفَمَا كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا تَرْحَمُ ٱلْعَبْدَ رَفِيقَكَ كَمَا رَحِمْتُكَ أَنَا؟

Should not you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

٣٤ 34 وَغَضِبَ سَيِّدُهُ وَسَلَّمَهُ إِلَى ٱلْمُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى يُوفِيَ كُلَّ مَا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ.

His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.

٣٥ 35 فَهَكَذَا أَبِي ٱلسَّمَاوِيُّ يَفْعَلُ بِكُمْ إِنْ لَمْ تَتْرُكُوا مِنْ قُلُوبِكُمْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لِأَخِيهِ زَلَّاتِهِ».

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you do not each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”