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١ 1 وَلَمَّا أَكْمَلَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ ٱنْتَقَلَ مِنَ ٱلْجَلِيلِ وَجَاءَ إِلَى تُخُومِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ مِنْ عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ.

At the conclusion of this teaching, Jesus withdrew from Galilee, and went into that district of Judea which is on the other side of the Jordan.

٢ 2 وَتَبِعَتْهُ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فَشَفَاهُمْ هُنَاكَ.

Great crowds followed him, and he cured them there.

٣ 3 وَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ لِيُجَرِّبُوهُ قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: «هَلْ يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ لِكُلِّ سَبَبٍ؟».

Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: “Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?”

٤ 4 فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ خَلَقَهُمَا ذَكَرًا وَأُنْثَى؟

“Have not you read,” replied Jesus, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

٥ 5 وَقَالَ: مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا يَتْرُكُ ٱلرَّجُلُ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَيَلْتَصِقُ بِٱمْرَأَتِهِ، وَيَكُونُ ٱلِٱثْنَانِ جَسَدًا وَاحِدًا.

and said — ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife shall become one’?

٦ 6 إِذًا لَيْسَا بَعْدُ ٱثْنَيْنِ بَلْ جَسَدٌ وَاحِدٌ. فَٱلَّذِي جَمَعَهُ ٱللهُ لَا يُفَرِّقُهُ إِنْسَانٌ».

So that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate.”

٧ 7 قَالُوا لَهُ: «فَلِمَاذَا أَوْصَى مُوسَى أَنْ يُعْطَى كِتَابُ طَلَاقٍ فَتُطَلَّقُ؟».

“Why, then,” they said, “did Moses direct that a man should ‘serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her’?”

٨ 8 قَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّ مُوسَى مِنْ أَجْلِ قَسَاوَةِ قُلُوبِكُمْ أَذِنَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُطَلِّقُوا نِسَاءَكُمْ. وَلَكِنْ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ لَمْ يَكُنْ هَكَذَا.

“Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts,” answered Jesus, “permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.

٩ 9 وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَنْ طَلَّقَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ إِلَّا بِسَبَبِ ٱلزِّنَا وَتَزَوَّجَ بِأُخْرَى يَزْنِي، وَٱلَّذِي يَتَزَوَّجُ بِمُطَلَّقَةٍ يَزْنِي».

But I tell you that any one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of her unchastity, and marries another woman, is guilty of adultery.”

١٠ 10 قَالَ لَهُ تَلَامِيذُهُ: «إِنْ كَانَ هَكَذَا أَمْرُ ٱلرَّجُلِ مَعَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، فَلَا يُوافِقُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ!».

“If that,” said the disciples, “is the position of a man with regard to his wife, it is better not to marry.”

١١ 11 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَيْسَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ يَقْبَلُونَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُعْطِيَ لَهُم،

“It is not every one,” replied Jesus, “who can accept this teaching, but only those who have been enabled to do so.

١٢ 12 لِأَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ خِصْيَانٌ وُلِدُوا هَكَذَا مِنْ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ، وَيُوجَدُ خِصْيَانٌ خَصَاهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ، وَيُوجَدُ خِصْيَانٌ خَصَوْا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِأَجْلِ مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. مَنِ ٱسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ فَلْيَقْبَلْ».

Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can.”

١٣ 13 حِينَئِذٍ قُدِّمَ إِلَيْهِ أَوْلَادٌ لِكَيْ يَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُصَلِّيَ، فَٱنْتَهَرَهُمُ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ.

Then some little children were brought to Jesus, for him to place his hands on them, and pray; but the disciples found fault with those who had brought them.

١٤ 14 أَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَقَالَ: «دَعُوا ٱلْأَوْلَادَ يَأْتُونَ إِلَيَّ وَلَا تَمْنَعُوهُمْ لِأَنَّ لِمِثْلِ هَؤُلَاءِ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ».

Jesus, however, said: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs.”

١٥ 15 فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَمَضَى مِنْ هُنَاكَ.

So he placed his hands on them, and then went on his way.

١٦ 16 وَإِذَا وَاحِدٌ تَقَدَّمَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُعَلِّمُ ٱلصَّالِحُ، أَيَّ صَلَاحٍ أَعْمَلُ لِتَكُونَ لِيَ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةُ؟». (aiōnios g166)

And a man came up to Jesus, and said: “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain Immortal Life?” (aiōnios g166)

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «لِمَاذَا تَدْعُونِي صَالِحًا؟ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ صَالِحًا إِلَّا وَاحِدٌ وَهُوَ ٱللهُ. وَلَكِنْ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ ٱلْحَيَاةَ فَٱحْفَظِ ٱلْوَصَايَا».

“Why ask me about goodness?” answered Jesus. “There is but One who is good. If you want to enter the Life, keep the commandments.”

١٨ 18 قَالَ لَهُ: «أَيَّةَ ٱلْوَصَايَا؟». فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ: «لَا تَقْتُلْ. لَا تَزْنِ. لَا تَسْرِقْ. لَا تَشْهَدْ بِٱلزُّورِ.

“What commandments?” asked the man. “These,” answered Jesus: — “‘Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not say what is false about others.

١٩ 19 أَكْرِمْ أَبَاكَ وَأُمَّكَ، وَأَحِبَّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ».

Honour thy father and thy mother.’ And ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thou dost thyself.”

٢٠ 20 قَالَ لَهُ ٱلشَّابُّ: «هَذِهِ كُلُّهَا حَفِظْتُهَا مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِي. فَمَاذَا يُعْوِزُنِي بَعْدُ؟».

“I have observed all these,” said the young man. “What is still wanting in me?”

٢١ 21 قَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ كَامِلًا فَٱذْهَبْ وَبِعْ أَمْلَاكَكَ وَأَعْطِ ٱلْفُقَرَاءَ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ كَنْزٌ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَتَعَالَ ٱتْبَعْنِي».

“If you wish to be perfect,” answered Jesus, “go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me.”

٢٢ 22 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلشَّابُّ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ مَضَى حَزِينًا، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ ذَا أَمْوَالٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

On hearing these words, the young man went away distressed, for he had great possessions.

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ يَعْسُرُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ غَنِيٌّ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ!

At this, Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you that a rich man will find it hard to enter the Kingdom of Heaven!

٢٤ 24 وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَيْضًا: إِنَّ مُرُورَ جَمَلٍ مِنْ ثَقْبِ إِبْرَةٍ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ غَنِيٌّ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ!».

I say again, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven!”

٢٥ 25 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ تَلَامِيذُهُ بُهِتُوا جِدًّا قَائِلِينَ: «إِذًا مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَخْلُصَ؟».

On hearing this, the disciples exclaimed in great astonishment: “Who then can possibly be saved?”

٢٦ 26 فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا عِنْدَ ٱلنَّاسِ غَيْرُ مُسْتَطَاعٍ، وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مُسْتَطَاعٌ».

But Jesus looked at them, and said: “With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible.” Then Peter turned and said to Jesus:

٢٧ 27 فَأَجَابَ بُطْرُسُ حِينَئِذٍ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَا نَحْنُ قَدْ تَرَكْنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَتَبِعْنَاكَ. فَمَاذَا يَكُونُ لَنَا؟».

“But we — we left everything, and followed you; what, then, shall we have?”

٢٨ 28 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَبِعْتُمُونِي، فِي ٱلتَّجْدِيدِ، مَتَى جَلَسَ ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ مَجْدِهِ، تَجْلِسُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا عَلَى ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ كُرْسِيًّا تَدِينُونَ أَسْبَاطَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلِٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ.

“I tell you,” answered Jesus, “that at the New Creation, ‘when the Son of Man takes his seat on his throne of glory,’ you who followed me shall be seated upon twelve thrones, as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel.

٢٩ 29 وَكُلُّ مَنْ تَرَكَ بُيُوتًا أَوْ إِخْوَةً أَوْ أَخَوَاتٍ أَوْ أَبًا أَوْ أُمًّا أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةً أَوْ أَوْلَادًا أَوْ حُقُولًا مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِي، يَأْخُذُ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ وَيَرِثُ ٱلْحَيَاةَ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةَ. (aiōnios g166)

Every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, on account of my Name, will receive many times as much, and will ‘gain Immortal Life.’ (aiōnios g166)

٣٠ 30 وَلَكِنْ كَثِيرُونَ أَوَّلُونَ يَكُونُونَ آخِرِينَ، وَآخِرُونَ أَوَّلِينَ.

But many who are first now will then be last, and those who are last will be first.

Jesus Blesses the Little Children