Mark 12

1 Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

1 وَأَخَذَ يُخَاطِبُهُمْ بِأَمْثَالٍ، فَقَالَ: «غَرَسَ إِنْسَانٌ كَرْماً، وَأَقَامَ حَوْلَهُ سُوراً، وَحَفَرَ فِيهِ حَوْضَ مِعْصَرَةٍ، وَبَنَى فِيهِ بُرْجَ حِرَاسَةٍ. ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ الْكَرْمَ إِلَى مُزَارِعِينَ، وَسَافَرَ.

2 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

2 وَفِي الأَوَانِ، أَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْمُزَارِعِينَ عَبْداً لِيَتَسَلَّمَ مِنْهُمْ حِصَّتَهُ مِنْ ثَمَرِ الْكَرْمِ.

3 But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

3 إِلّا أَنَّهُمْ أَمْسَكُوهُ وَضَرَبُوهُ وَرَدُّوهُ فَارِغَ الْيَدَيْنِ.

4 Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

4 فَعَادَ وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَبْداً آخَرَ، فَشَجُّوا رَأْسَهُ وَرَدُّوهُ مُهَاناً.

5 He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

5 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ آخَرَ أَيْضاً فَقَتَلُوهُ. ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ آخَرِينَ كَثِيرِينَ، فَضَرَبُوا بَعْضاً وَقَتَلُوا بَعْضاً.

6 Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

6 وَإِذْ كَانَ لَهُ بَعْدُ ابْنٌ وَحِيدٌ حَبِيبٌ، أَرْسَلَهُ أَيْضاً إِلَيْهِمْ أَخِيراً، قَائِلاً: إِنَّهُمْ سَيَهَابُونَ ابْنِي!

7 But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

7 وَلكِنَّ أُولئِكَ الْمُزَارِعِينَ قَالُوا بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: هَذَا هُوَ الْوَرِيثُ؛ تَعَالَوْا نَقْتُلْهُ فَنَحْصُلَ عَلَى الْمِيرَاثِ!

8 So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

8 فَأَمْسَكُوهُ وَقَتَلُوهُ وَطَرَحُوهُ خَارِجَ الْكَرْمِ.

9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

9 فَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ رَبُّ الْكَرْمِ؟ إِنَّهُ يَأْتِي وَيُهْلِكُ الْمُزَارِعِينَ، وَيُسَلِّمُ الْكَرْمَ إِلَى غَيْرِهِمْ.

10 Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

10 أَفَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ هذِهِ الآيَةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ: الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ الْبُنَاةُ، هُوَ نَفْسُهُ صَارَ حَجَرَ الزَّاوِيَةِ.

11 This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

11 مِنَ الرَّبِّ كَانَ هَذَا، وَهُوَ عَجِيبٌ فِي أَنْظَارِنَا!»

12 At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

12 فَسَعَوْا إِلَى الْقَبْضِ عَلَيْهِ، وَلكِنَّهُمْ خَافُوا الْجَمْعَ، لأَنَّهُمْ أَدْرَكُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَعْنِيهِمْ بِهذَا الْمَثَلِ. فَتَرَكُوهُ وَانْصَرَفُوا.

13 Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.

13 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ بَعْضاً مِنَ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ وَأَعْضَاءِ حِزْبِ هِيرُودُسَ، لِكَيْ يُوْقِعُوهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ يَقُولُهَا.

14 “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

14 فَجَاءُوا وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ، وَلا تُبَالِي بِأَحَدٍ، لأَنَّكَ لَا تُرَاعِي مَقَامَاتِ النَّاسِ، بَلْ تُعَلِّمُ طَرِيقَ اللهِ بِالْحَقِّ: أَيَحِلُّ أَنْ تُدْفَعَ الْجِزْيَةُ لِلْقَيْصَرِ أَمْ لا؟ أَنَدْفَعُهَا أَمْ لَا نَدْفَعُ؟»

15 But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

15 وَلكِنَّهُ إِذْ عَلِمَ نِفَاقَهُمْ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا تُجَرِّبُونَنِي؟ أَحْضِرُوا إِلَيَّ دِينَاراً لأَرَاهُ!»

16 So they brought it, and He asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

16 فَأَحْضَرُوا إِلَيْهِ دِينَاراً، فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «لِمَنْ هذِهِ الصُّورَةُ وَهذَا النَّقْشُ؟» فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لِلْقَيْصَرِ».

17 Then Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And they marveled at Him.

17 فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ قَائِلاً: «أَعْطُوا مَا لِلْقَيْصَرِ لِلْقَيْصَرِ، وَمَا لِلهِ لِلهِ!» فَذُهِلُوا مِنْهُ.

18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:

18 وَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ بَعْضُ الصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْقِيَامَةِ، وَسَأَلُوهُ قَائِلِينَ:

19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

19 «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، كَتَبَ لَنَا مُوسَى: إِنْ مَاتَ لأَحَدٍ أَخٌ وَتَرَكَ زَوْجَتَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ دُونَ أَنْ يُخَلِّفَ أَوْلاداً، فَعَلَى أَخِيهِ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ بِأَرْمَلَتِهِ وَيُقِيمَ نَسْلاً عَلَى اسْمِ أَخِيهِ.

20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

20 فَقَدْ كَانَ هُنَالِكَ سَبْعَةُ إِخْوَةٍ، اتَّخَذَ أَوَّلُهُمْ زَوْجَةً ثُمَّ مَاتَ دُونَ أَنْ يُخَلِّفَ نَسْلاً،

21 Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

21 فَاتَّخَذَهَا الثَّانِي ثُمَّ مَاتَ هُوَ أَيْضاً دُونَ أَنْ يُخَلِّفَ نَسْلاً، فَفَعَلَ الثَّالِثُ كَذلِكَ.

22 In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.

22 وَهكَذَا اتَّخَذَهَا السَّبْعَةُ دُونَ أَنْ يُخَلِّفُوا نَسْلاً. وَمِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ جَمِيعاً، مَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ أَيْضاً.

23 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

23 فَفِي الْقِيَامَةِ، عِنْدَمَا يَقُومُونَ، لِمَنْ مِنْهُمْ تَكُونُ الْمَرْأَةُ زَوْجَةً، فَقَدْ كَانَتْ زَوْجَةً لِكُلٍّ مِنَ السَّبْعَةِ؟»

24 Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

24 فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ يَسُوعُ قَائِلاً: «أَلَسْتُمْ فِي ضَلالٍ لأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَفْهَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ وَلا قُدْرَةَ اللهِ؟

25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

25 فَعِنْدَمَا يَقُومُ النَّاسُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، لَا يَتَزَوَّجُونَ وَلا يُزَوَّجُونَ، بَلْ يَكُونُونَ كَالْمَلائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

26 But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

26 وَأَمَّا عَنِ الأَمْوَاتِ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُومُونَ، أَفَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ فِي كِتَابِ مُوسَى، فِي الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ الْعُلَّيْقَةِ، كَيْفَ كَلَّمَهُ اللهُ قَائِلاً: أَنَا إِلهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ؟

27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

27 فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِإِلهِ أَمْوَاتٍ، بَلْ هُوَ إِلهُ أَحْيَاءَ. فَأَنْتُمْ إِذَنْ فِي ضَلالٍ عَظِيمٍ!»

28 Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

28 وَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْكَتَبَةِ كَانَ قَدْ سَمِعَهُمْ يَتَجَادَلُونَ، وَرَأَى أَنَّهُ أَحْسَنَ الرَّدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَسَأَلَهُ: «أَيَّةُ وَصِيَّةٍ هِيَ أُولَى الْوَصَايَا جَمِيعاً؟»

29 Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

29 فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أُولَى الْوَصَايَا جَمِيعاً هِيَ: اسْمَعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، الرَّبُّ إِلهُنَا رَبٌّ وَاحِدٌ

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

30 فَأَحِبَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَبِكُلِّ نَفْسِكَ وَبِكُلِّ فِكْرِكَ وَبِكُلِّ قُوَّتِكَ. هذِهِ هِيَ الْوَصِيَّةُ الأُولَى.

31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

31 وَهُنَاكَ ثَانِيَةٌ مِثْلُهَا، وَهِيَ أَنْ تُحِبَّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ. فَمَا مِنْ وَصِيَّةٍ أُخْرَى أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هَاتَيْنِ».

32 “Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,

32 فَقَالَ لَهُ الْكَاتِبُ: «صَحِيحٌ، يَا مُعَلِّمُ! حَسَبَ الْحَقِّ تَكَلَّمْتَ. فَإِنَّ اللهَ وَاحِدٌ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ سِوَاهُ.

33 and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

33 وَمَحَبَّتُهُ بِكُلِّ الْقَلْبِ وَبِكُلِّ الْفَهْمِ وَبِكُلِّ الْقُوَّةِ، وَمَحَبَّةُ الْقَرِيبِ كَالنَّفْسِ، أَفْضَلُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالذَّبَائِحِ!»

34 When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.

34 فَلَمَّا رَأَى يَسُوعُ أَنَّهُ أَجَابَ بِحِكْمَةٍ، قَالَ لَهُ: «لَسْتَ بَعِيداً عَنْ مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ!» وَلَمْ يَجْرُؤْ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ أَنْ يُوَجِّهَ إِلَيْهِ أَيَّ سُؤَالٍ.

35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

35 وَتَكَلَّمَ يَسُوعُ فِيمَا هُوَ يُعَلِّمُ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ، فَقَالَ: «كَيْفَ يَقُولُ الْكَتَبَةُ إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ هُوَ ابْنُ دَاوُدَ؟

36 Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

36 فَإِنَّ دَاوُدَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ: قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِرَبِّي: اجْلِسْ عَنْ يَمِينِي حَتَّى أَضَعَ أَعْدَاءَكَ مَوْطِئاً لِقَدَمَيْكَ!

37 David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.

37 فَمَادَامَ دَاوُدُ نَفْسُهُ يَدْعُوهُ الرَّبَّ فَمِنْ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ ابْنَهُ؟» وَكَانَ الْجَمْعُ الْعَظِيمُ يَسْمَعُهُ بِسُرُورٍ.

38 In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

38 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ فِي تَعْلِيمِهِ: «خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ مِنَ الْكَتَبَةِ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ التَّجَوُّلَ بِالأَثْوَابِ الْفَضْفَاضَةِ، وَتَلَقِّي التَّحِيَّاتِ فِي السَّاحَاتِ الْعَامَّةِ،

39 and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

39 وَالأَمَاكِنَ الأُولَى فِي الْمَجَامِعِ، وَأَمَاكِنَ الصَّدَارَةِ فِي الْوَلائِمِ.

40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

40 يَلْتَهِمُونَ بُيُوتَ الأَرَامِلِ، وَيَتَبَاهُونَ بِإِطَالَةِ الصَّلَوَاتِ. هؤُلاءِ سَتَنْزِلُ بِهِمْ دَيْنُونَةٌ أَقْسَى!»

41 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.

41 وَإِذْ جَلَسَ يَسُوعُ مُقَابِلَ صُنْدُوقِ الْهَيْكَلِ، رَأَى كَيْفَ كَانَ الْجَمْعُ يُلْقُونَ النُّقُودَ فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ. وَأَلْقَى كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الأَغْنِيَاءِ مَالاً كَثِيراً.

42 Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

42 ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ أَرْمَلَةٌ فَقِيرَةٌ وَأَلْقَتْ فَلْسَيْنِ يُسَاوِيَانِ رُبْعاً وَاحِداً.

43 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.

43 فَدَعَا تَلامِيذَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ هذِهِ الأَرْمَلَةَ الْفَقِيرَةَ قَدْ أَلْقَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ أَلْقَوْا فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ:

44 For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

44 لأَنَّ جَمِيعَهُمْ أَلْقَوْا مِنَ الْفَاضِلِ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِمْ، وَلكِنَّهَا هِيَ أَلْقَتْ مِنْ حَاجَتِهَا كُلَّ مَا عِنْدَهَا أَلْقَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا كُلَّهَا!»