Matthew 13

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

1 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَومِ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْبُحَيْرَةِ.

2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

2 فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ صَعِدَ إِلَى الْقَارِبِ وَجَلَسَ، بَيْنَمَا وَقَفَ الْجَمْعُ كُلُّهُ عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ.

3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

3 فَكَلَّمَهُمْ بِأَمْثَالٍ فِي أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، قَالَ: «هَا إِنَّ الزَّارِعَ قَدْ خَرَجَ لِيَزْرَعَ.

4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

4 وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَزْرَعُ، وَقَعَ بَعْضُ الْبِذَارِ عَلَى الْمَمَرَّاتِ، فَجَاءَتِ الطُّيُورُ وَالتَهَمَتْهُ.

5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

5 وَوَقَعَ بَعْضُهُ عَلَى أَرْضٍ صَخْرِيَّةٍ رَقِيقَةِ التُّرْبَةِ، فَطَلَعَ سَرِيعاً لأَنَّ تُرْبَتَهُ لَمْ تَكُنْ عَمِيقَةً؛

6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

6 وَلكِنْ لَمَّا أَشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ، احْتَرَقَ وَيَبِسَ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ بِلا أَصْلٍ.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

7 وَوَقَعَ بَعْضُ الْبِذَارِ بَيْنَ الأَشْوَاكِ، فَطَلَعَ الشَّوْكُ وَخَنَقَهُ.

8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

8 وَبَعْضُ الْبِذَارِ وَقَعَ فِي الأَرْضِ الْجَيِّدَةِ، فَأَثْمَرَ بَعْضُهُ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ وَبَعْضُهُ سِتِّينَ، وَبَعْضُهُ ثَلاثِينَ.

9 He who has ears, let him hear.”

9 مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ فَلْيَسْمَعْ!»

10 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

10 فَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ التَّلامِيذُ وَسَأَلُوهُ: «لِمَاذَا تُكَلِّمُهُمْ بِأَمْثَالٍ؟»

11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

11 فَأَجَابَ: «لأَنَّهُ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا أَسْرَارَ مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ؛ أَمَّا أُولَئِكَ، فَلَمْ يُعْطَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ.

12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

12 فَإِنَّ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ، يُعْطَى الْمَزِيدَ فَيَفِيضُ؛ وَأَمَّا مَنْ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ، فَحَتَّى الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ يُنْتَزَعُ مِنْهُ.

13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

13 لِهَذَا السَّبَبِ أُكَلِّمُهُمْ بِأَمْثَالٍ: فَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ دُونَ أَنْ يُبْصِرُوا، وَيَسْمَعُونَ دُونَ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا أَوْ يَفْهَمُوا.

14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

14 فَفِيهِمْ قَدْ تَمَّتْ نُبُوءَةُ إِشَعْيَاءَ حَيْثُ يَقُولُ: سَمْعاً تَسْمَعُونَ وَلا تَفْهَمُونَ، وَنَظَراً تَنْظُرُونَ وَلا تُبْصِرُونَ.

15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

15 لأَنَّ قَلْبَ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ قَدْ صَارَ غَلِيظاً، وَصَارَتْ آذَانُهُمْ ثَقِيلَةَ السَّمْعِ، وَأَغْمَضُوا عُيُونَهُمْ؛ لِئَلَّا يُبْصِرُوا بِعُيُونِهِمْ، وَيَسْمَعُوا بِآذَانِهِمْ، وَيَفْهَمُوا بِقُلُوبِهِمْ، وَيَرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ، فَأَشْفِيَهُمْ!

16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

16 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، فَطُوبَى لِعُيُونِكُمْ لأَنَّهَا تُبْصِرُ، وَلِآذَانِكُمْ لأَنَّهَا تَسْمَعُ.

17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

17 فَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: كَمْ تَمَنَّى أَنْبِيَاءُ وَصَالِحُونَ كَثِيرُونَ أَنْ يَرَوْا مَا أَنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ وَلَمْ يَرَوْا، وَأَنْ يَسْمَعُوا مَا تَسْمَعُونَ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا!

18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

18 فَاسْمَعُوا أَنْتُمْ مَعْنَى مَثَلِ الزَّارِعِ:

19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

19 كُلُّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ كَلِمَةَ الْمَلَكُوتِ وَلا يَفْهَمُهَا، يَأْتِي الشِّرِّيرُ وَيَخْطَفُ مَا قَدْ زُرِعَ فِي قَلْبِهِ: هَذَا هُوَ الْمَزْرُوعُ عَلَى الْمَمَرَّاتِ.

20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

20 أَمَّا الْمَزْرُوعُ عَلَى أَرْضٍ صَخْرِيَّةٍ، فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ وَيَقْبَلُهَا بِفَرَحٍ فِي الْحَالِ،

21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

21 وَلكِنَّهُ لَا أَصْلَ لَهُ فِي ذَاتِهِ، وَإِنَّمَا يَبْقَى إِلَى حِينٍ: فَحَالَمَا يَحْدُثُ ضِيقٌ أَوِ اضْطِهَادٌ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْكَلِمَةِ، يَتَعَثَّرُ.

22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

22 أَمَّا الْمَزْرُوعُ بَيْنَ الأَشْوَاكِ، فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ، وَلكِنَّ هَمَّ الزَّمَانِ الْحَاضِرِ وَخِدَاعَ الْغِنَى يَخْنُقَانِ الْكَلِمَةَ، فَلا يُعْطِي ثَمَراً.

23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

23 وَأَمَّا الْمَزْرُوعُ فِي الأَرْضِ الْجَيِّدَةِ فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ وَيَفْهَمُهَا، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُعْطِي ثَمَراً. فَيُنْتِجُ الْوَاحِدُ مِئَةً، وَالآخَرُ سِتِّينَ، وَغَيْرُهُ ثَلاثِينَ!»

24 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

24 وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً آخَرَ، قَالَ: «يُشَبَّهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِإِنْسَانٍ زَرَعَ زَرْعاً جَيِّداً فِي حَقْلِهِ.

25 But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

25 وَبَيْنَمَا النَّاسُ نَائِمُونَ، جَاءَ عَدُوُّهُ، وَزَرَعَ حَشَائِشَ غَرِيبَةً فِي وَسَطِ الْقَمْحِ، وَمَضَى.

26 When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

26 فَلَمَّا نَمَا الْقَمْحُ بِسَنَابِلِهِ، ظَهَرَتِ الحَشَائِشُ مَعَهُ.

27 The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

27 فَذَهَبَ عَبِيدُ رَبِّ الْبَيْتِ، وَقَالُوا لَهُ: يَا سَيِّدُ، أَمَا زَرَعْتَ حَقْلَكَ زَرْعاً جَيِّداً؟ فَمِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءَتْهُ الحَشَائِشُ؟

28 ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

28 أَجَابَهُمْ إِنْسَانٌ عَدُوٌّ فَعَلَ هَذَا! فَسَأَلُوهُ: أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ نَذْهَبَ وَنَجْمَعَ الحَشَائشَ؟

29 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

29 أَجَابَهُمْ: لا، لِئَلّا تَقْلَعُوا الْقَمْحَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَجْمَعُونَ الحَشَائشَ.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

30 اُتْرُكُوهُمَا كِلَيْهِمَا يَنْمُوَانِ مَعاً حَتَّى الْحَصَادِ. وَفِي أَوَانِ الْحَصَادِ، أَقُولُ لِلْحَصَّادِينَ: الحَشَائشَ أَوَّلاً وَارْبِطُوهَا حُزَماً لِتُحْرَقَ. أَمَّا الْقَمْحُ، فَاجْمَعُوهُ إِلَى مَخْزَنِي».

31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

31 وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً آخَرَ، قَالَ: «يُشَبَّهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِبِزْرَةِ خَرْدَلٍ أَخَذَهَا إِنْسَانٌ وَزَرَعَهَا فِي حَقْلِهِ.

32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

32 فَمَعَ أَنَّهَا أَصْغَرُ الْبُذُورِ كُلِّهَا، فَحِينَ تَنْمُو تُصْبِحُ أَكْبَرَ الْبُقُولِ جَمِيعاً، ثُمَّ تَصِيرُ شَجَرَةً، حَتَّى إِنَّ طُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ تَأْتِي وَتَبِيتُ فِي أَغْصَانِهَا».

33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

33 وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً آخَرَ، قَالَ: «يُشَبَّهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِخَمِيرَةٍ أَخَذَتْهَا امْرَأَةٌ وَأَخْفَتْهَا فِي ثَلاثَةِ مَقَادِيرَ مِنَ الدَّقِيقِ، حَتَّى اخْتَمَرَ الْعَجِينُ كُلُّهُ».

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

34 هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ كُلُّهَا كَلَّمَ بِها يَسُوعُ الْجُمُوعَ بِأَمْثَالٍ. وَبِغَيْرِ مَثَلٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ،

35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

35 لِيَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِلِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ الْقَائِلِ: «سَأَفْتَحُ فَمِي بِأَمْثَالٍ، وَأَكْشِفُ مَا كَانَ مَخْفِيًّا مُنْذُ إِنْشَاءِ الْعَالَمِ».

36 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

36 ثُمَّ صَرَفَ يَسُوعُ الْجُمُوعَ وَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ. فَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ تَلامِيذُهُ وَقَالُوا: «فَسِّرْ لَنَا مَثَلَ حَشَائشِ الْحَقْلِ».

37 He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

37 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «الزَّارِعُ الزَّرْعَ الْجَيِّدَ هُوَ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ.

38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

38 وَالْحَقْلُ هُوَ الْعَالَمُ. وَالزَّرْعُ الْجَيِّدُ هُوَ بَنُو الْمَلَكُوتِ. وَالحَشَائِشُ الْغَرِيبَةُ هُمْ بَنُو الشِّرِّيرِ.

39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

39 أَمَّا الْعَدُوُّ الَّذِي زَرَعَ الحَشَائشَ فَهُوَ إِبْلِيسُ. وَالْحَصَادُ هُوَ نِهَايَةُ الزَّمَانِ. وَالْحَصَّادُونَ هُمُ الْمَلائِكَةُ.

40 As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

40 وَكَمَا تُجْمَعُ الحَشَائشُ وَتُحْرَقُ بِالنَّارِ، هَكَذَا يَحْدُثُ فِي نِهَايَةِ الزَّمَانِ:

41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

41 يُرْسِلُ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ مَلائِكَتَهُ، فَيُخْرِجُونَ مِنْ مَلَكُوتِهِ جَمِيعَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ وَمُرْتَكِبِي الإِثْمِ،

42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

42 وَيَطْرَحُونَهُمْ فِي أَتُونِ النَّارِ، هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ الْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ الأَسْنَانِ.

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

43 عِنْدَئِذٍ يُضِيءُ الأَبْرَارُ كَالشَّمْسِ فِي مَلَكُوتِ أَبِيهِمْ. مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ، فَلْيَسْمَعْ!

44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

44 يُشَبَّهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِكَنْزٍ مَطْمُورٍ فِي حَقْلٍ، وَجَدَهُ رَجُلٌ، فَعَادَ وَخَبَأَهُ. وَمِنْ فَرَحِهِ، ذَهَبَ وَبَاعَ كُلَّ مَا كَانَ يَمْلِكُ وَاشْتَرَى ذلِكَ الْحَقْلَ.

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

45 وَيُشَبَّهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ أَيْضاً بِتَاجِرٍ كَانَ يَبْحَثُ عَنِ اللَّآلِئِ الْجَمِيلَةِ.

46 When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

46 فَمَا إِنْ وَجَدَ لُؤْلُؤَةً ثَمِينَةً جِدّاً، حَتَّى ذَهَبَ وَبَاعَ كُلَّ مَا يَمْلِكُ، وَاشْتَرَاهَا.

47 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

47 وَيُشَبَّهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ أَيْضاً بِشَبَكَةٍ أُلْقِيَتْ فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَجَمَعَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْعٍ.

48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

48 وَلَمَّا امْتَلأَتْ، جَذَبَهَا الصَّيَّادُونَ إِلَى الشَّاطِئِ وَجَلَسُوا، ثُمَّ جَمَعُوا مَا كَانَ جَيِّداً فِي سِلالٍ، وَطَرَحُوا الرَّدِيءَ خَارِجاً.

49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

49 هكَذَا يَحْدُثُ فِي نِهَايَةِ الزَّمَانِ: يَأْتِي الْمَلائِكَةُ فَيُخْرِجُونَ الأَشْرَارَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَبْرَارِ،

50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

50 وَيَطْرَحُونَهُمْ فِي أَتُونِ النَّارِ، هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ الْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ الأَسْنَانِ.

51 Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

51 أَفَهِمْتُمْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ كُلَّهَا؟» أَجَابُوهُ: «نَعَمْ!»

52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

52 فَقَالَ: «وَلِهَذَا السَّبَبِ، فَأَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْكَتَبَةِ يَصِيرُ تِلْمِيذاً لِمَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ، يُشَبَّهُ بِإِنْسَانٍ رَبِّ بَيْتٍ يُطْلِعُ مِنْ كَنْزِهِ مَا هُوَ جَدِيدٌ وَمَا هُوَ عَتِيقٌ!»

53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

53 وَبَعْدَمَا أَنْهَى يَسُوعُ هَذِهِ الأَمْثَالَ، انْتَقَلَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ.

54 Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

54 وَلَمَّا عَادَ إِلَى بَلْدَتِهِ، أَخَذَ يُعَلِّمُ الْيَهُودَ فِي مَجَامِعِهِمْ، حَتَّى دُهِشُوا وَتَسَاءَلُوا: «مِنْ أَيْنَ لَهُ هَذِهِ الْحِكْمَةُ وَهَذِهِ الْمُعْجِزَاتُ؟

55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

55 أَلَيْسَ هُوَ ابْنَ النَّجَّارِ؟ أَلَيْسَتْ أُمُّهُ تُدْعَى مَرْيَمَ وَإخْوَتُهُ يَعْقُوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَسِمْعَانَ وَيَهُوذَا؟

56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

56 أَوَلَيْسَتْ أَخَوَاتُهُ جَمِيعاً عِنْدَنَا؟ فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَهُ هَذِهِ كُلُّهَا؟»

57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

57 وَكَانُوا يَشُكُّونَ فِيهِ. أَمَّا هُوَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لا يَكُونُ النَّبِيُّ بِلا كَرَامَةٍ إِلّا فِي بَلْدَتِهِ وَبَيْتِهِ!»

58 And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

58 وَلَمْ يُجْرِ هُنَاكَ إِلّا مُعْجِزَاتٍ قَلِيلَةً، بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ إِيمَانِهِمْ بِهِ.