Matthew 18

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BSB

1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

NAV

1 فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ، تَقَدَّمَ التَّلامِيذُ إِلَى يَسُوعَ يَسْأَلُونَهُ: «مَنْ هُوَ الأَعْظَمُ، إِذَنْ، فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ؟»

BSB

2 Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

NAV

2 فَدَعَا إِلَيْهِ وَلَداً صَغِيراً وَأَوْقَفَهُ وَسْطَهُمْ،

BSB

3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

NAV

3 وَقَالَ: «الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَتَحَوَّلُونَ وَتَصِيرُونَ مِثْلَ الأَوْلادِ الصِّغَارِ، فَلَنْ تَدْخُلُوا مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ أَبَداً.

BSB

4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

NAV

4 فَمَنِ اتَّضَعَ فَصَارَ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْوَلَدِ الصَّغِيرِ، فَهُوَ الأَعْظَمُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

BSB

5 And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

NAV

5 وَمَنْ قَبِلَ بِاسْمِي وَلَداً صَغِيراً مِثْلَ هَذَا، فَقَدْ قَبِلَنِي.

BSB

6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

NAV

6 وَمَنْ كَانَ عَثْرَةً لأَحَدِ هَؤُلاءِ الصِّغَارِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِي، فَأَفْضَلُ لَهُ لَوْ عُلِّقَ فِي عُنُقِهِ حَجَرُ الرَّحَى وَأُغْرِقَ فِي أَعْمَاقِ الْبَحْرِ.

BSB

7 Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

NAV

7 الْوَيْلُ لِلْعَالَمِ مِنَ الْعَثَرَاتِ! فَلابُدَّ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ الْعَثَرَاتُ؛ وَلكِنِ الْوَيْلُ لِمَنْ تَأْتِي الْعَثَرَاتُ عَلَى يَدِهِ!

BSB

8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

NAV

8 فَإِنْ كَانَتْ يَدُكَ أَوْ رِجْلُكَ فَخّاً لَكَ، فَاقْطَعْهَا وَأَلْقِهَا عَنْكَ: أَفْضَلُ لَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ الْحَيَاةَ وَيَدُكَ أَوْ رِجْلُكَ مَقْطُوعَةٌ، مِنْ أَنْ تُطْرَحَ فِي النَّارِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ.

BSB

9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

NAV

9 وَإِنْ كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ فَخّاً لَكَ، فَاقْلَعْهَا وَأَلْقِهَا عَنْكَ: أَفْضَلُ لَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ الْحَيَاةَ وَعَيْنُكَ مَقْلُوعَةٌ، مِنْ أَنْ تُطْرَحَ فِي جَهَنَّمِ النَّارِ وَلَكَ عَيْنَانِ.

BSB

10 See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

NAV

10 إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْتَقِرُوا أَحَداً مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ الصِّغَارِ! فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَلائِكَتَهُمْ فِي السَّمَاءِ يُشَاهِدُونَ كُلَّ حِينٍ وَجْهَ أَبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

BSB

11

NAV

11 فَإِنَّ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ قَدْ جَاءَ لِكَيْ يُخَلِّصَ الْهَالِكِينَ.

BSB

12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

NAV

12 مَا رَأْيُكُمْ فِي إِنْسَانٍ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مِئَةُ خَرُوفٍ، فَضَلَّ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا: أَفَلا يَتْرُكُ التِّسْعَةَ وَالتِّسْعِينَ فِي الْجِبَالِ، وَيَذْهَبُ يَبْحَثُ عَنِ الضَّالِّ؟

BSB

13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

NAV

13 الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ إِذَا وَجَدَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَفْرَحُ بِهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرَحِهِ بِالتِّسْعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَضِلّ!

BSB

14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

NAV

14 وَهكَذَا، لَا يَشَاءُ أَبُوكُمُ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ أَنْ يَهْلِكَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ الصِّغَارِ.

BSB

15 If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

NAV

15 إِنْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْكَ أَخُوكَ، فَاذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ وَعَاتِبْهُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَلَى انْفِرَادٍ. فَإِذَا سَمِعَ لَكَ، تَكُونُ قَدْ رَبِحْتَ أَخَاكَ.

BSB

16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

NAV

16 وَإذَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ، فَخُذْ مَعَكَ أَخاً آخَرَ أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ، حَتَّى يَثْبُتَ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ بِشَهَادَةِ شَاهِدَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ.

BSB

17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

NAV

17 فَإِذَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمَا، فَاعْرِضِ الأَمْرَ عَلَى الْكَنِيسَةِ. فَإِذَا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ لِلْكَنِيسَةِ أَيْضاً، فَلْيَكُنْ عِنْدَكَ كَالْوَثَنِيِّ وَجَابِي الضَّرَائِبِ.

BSB

18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

NAV

18 فَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ كُلَّ مَا تَرْبِطُونَهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَكُونُ قَدْ رُبِطَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَمَا تَحُلُّونَهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَكُونُ قَدْ حُلَّ فِي السَّمَاءِ.

BSB

19 Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

NAV

19 وَأَيْضاً أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِذَا اتَّفَقَ اثْنَانِ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ في أَيِّ أَمْرٍ، مَهْمَا كَانَ مَا يَطْلُبَانِهِ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَكُونُ لَهُمَا مِنْ قِبَلِ أَبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

BSB

20 For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

NAV

20 فَإِنَّهُ حَيْثُمَا اجْتَمَعَ اثْنَانِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٌ بِاسْمِي، فَأَنَا أَكُونُ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ».

BSB

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

NAV

21 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ بُطْرُسُ وَسَأَلَهُ: «يَا رَبُّ، كَمْ مَرَّةً يُخْطِئُ إِلَيَّ أَخِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ؟ هَلْ إِلَى سَبْعِ مَرَّاتٍ؟»

BSB

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

NAV

22 فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «لا إِلَى سَبْعِ مَرَّاتٍ، بَلْ إِلَى سَبْعِينَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ!

BSB

23 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

NAV

23 لِهَذَا السَّبَبِ، يُشَبَّهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِإِنْسَانٍ مَلِكٍ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُحَاسِبَ عَبِيدَهُ.

BSB

24 As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.

NAV

24 فَلَمَّا شَرَعَ يُحَاسِبُهُمْ، أُحْضِرَ إِلَيْهِ وَاحِدٌ مَدْيُونٌ بِعَشَرَةِ آلافِ وَزْنَةٍ.

BSB

25 Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

NAV

25 وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُوفِي بِهِ دَيْنَهُ، أَمَرَ سَيِّدُهُ بِأَنْ يُبَاعَ هُوَ وَزَوْجَتُهُ وَأَوْلادُهُ وَكُلُّ مَا يَمْلِكُ لِيُوفِيَ الدَّيْنَ.

BSB

26 Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

NAV

26 لكِنَّ الْعَبْدَ خَرَّ أَمَامَهُ سَاجِداً وَقَائِلاً: يَا سَيِّدُ، أَمْهِلْنِي فَأُوفِيَ لَكَ الدَّيْنَ كُلَّهُ.

BSB

27 His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

NAV

27 فَأَشْفَقَ سَيِّدُ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدِ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَطْلَقَ سَرَاحَهُ، وَسَامَحَهُ بِالدَّيْنِ.

BSB

28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

NAV

28 وَلكِنْ لَمَّا خَرَجَ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ، قَصَدَ وَاحِداً مِنْ زُمَلائِهِ الْعَبِيدِ كَانَ مَدْيُوناً لَهُ بِمِئَةِ دِينَارٍ. فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَخَذَ بِخِنَاقِهِ قَائِلاً: أَوْفِنِي مَا عَلَيْكَ!

BSB

29 So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

NAV

29 فَرَكَعَ زَمِيلُهُ الْعَبْدُ أَمَامَهُ وَقَالَ مُتَوَسِّلاً: أَمْهِلْنِي فَأُوْفِيَكَ!

BSB

30 But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

NAV

30 فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ بَلْ مَضَى وَأَلْقَاهُ فِي السِّجْنِ حَتَّى يُوفِيَ مَا عَلَيْهِ.

BSB

31 When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

NAV

31 وَإِذْ شَاهَدَ زُمَلاؤُهُ الْعَبِيدُ مَا جَرَى، حَزِنُوا جِدّاً، فَمَضَوْا وَأَخْبَرُوا سَيِّدَهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا جَرَى.

BSB

32 Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

NAV

32 فَاسْتَدْعَاهُ سَيِّدُهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: أَيُّهَا الْعَبْدُ الشِّرِّيرُ، ذَلِكَ الدَّيْنُ كُلُّهُ سَامَحْتُكَ بِهِ لأَنَّكَ تَوَسَّلْتَ إِلَيَّ.

BSB

33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

NAV

33 أَفَمَا كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَرْحَمَ زَمِيلَكَ الْعَبْدَ كَمَا رَحِمْتُكَ أَنَا؟

BSB

34 In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

NAV

34 وَإِذْ ثَارَ غَضَبُ سَيِّدِهِ عَلَيْهِ، دَفَعَهُ إِلَى الْجَلّادِينَ لِيُعَذِّبُوهُ حَتَّى يُوفِيَ كُلَّ مَا عَلَيْهِ.

BSB

35 That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

NAV

35 هَكَذَا يَفْعَلُ بِكُمْ أَبِي السَّمَاوِيُّ إِنْ لَمْ يَغْفِرْ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ لأَخِيهِ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ!»

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