Matthew 20

1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

1 فَإِنَّ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ يُشَبَّهُ بِإِنْسَانٍ رَبِّ بَيْتٍ خَرَجَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ الْبَاكِرِ لِيَسْتَأْجِرَ عُمَّالاً لِكَرْمِهِ،

2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

2 وَاتَّفَقَ مَعَ الْعُمَّالِ عَلَى أَنْ يَدْفَعَ لِكُلٍّ مِنْهُمْ دِينَاراً فِي الْيَوْمِ، وَأَرْسَلَهُمْ إِلَى كَرْمِهِ.

3 About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

3 ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ صَبَاحاً، فَلَقِيَ فِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ عُمَّالاً آخَرِينَ بِلا عَمَلٍ،

4 ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’

4 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: اذْهَبُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً وَاعْمَلُوا فِي كَرْمِي فَأُعْطِيَكُمْ مَا يَحِقُّ لَكُمْ! فَذَهَبُوا.

5 So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

5 ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى السَّاحَةِ أَيْضاً نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ ظُهْراً. ثُمَّ نَحْوَ الثَّالِثَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، أَرْسَلَ مَزِيداً مِنَ الْعُمَّالِ إِلَى كَرْمِهِ.

6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

6 وَنَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، خَرَجَ أَيْضاً فَلَقِيَ عُمَّالاً آخَرِينَ بِلا عَمَلٍ، فَسَأَلَهُمْ: لِمَاذَا تَقِفُونَ هُنَا طُولَ النَّهَارِ بِلا عَمَلٍ؟

7 ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’

7 أَجَابُوهُ: لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَسْتَأْجِرْنَا أَحَدٌ. فَقَالَ: اذْهَبُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً إِلَى كَرْمِي!

8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

8 وَعِنْدَمَا حَلَّ المَسَاءُ، قَالَ رَبُّ الْكَرْمِ لِوَكِيلِهِ: ادْعُ الْعُمَّالَ وَادْفَعِ الأُجْرَةَ مُبْتَدِئاً بِالآخِرِينَ وَمُنْتَهِياً إِلَى الأَوَّلِينَ.

9 The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

9 فَجَاءَ الَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا مِنَ السَّاعَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ وَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ دِينَاراً.

10 So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

10 فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الأَوَّلُونَ، ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ سَيَأْخُذُونَ أَكْثَرَ. وَلَكِنَّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ نَالَ دِينَاراً وَاحِداً.

11 On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

11 وَفِيمَا هُمْ يَقْبِضُونَ الدِّينَارَ، تَذَمَّرُوا عَلَى رَبِّ الْبَيْتِ،

12 ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

12 قَائِلِينَ: هَؤُلاءِ الآخِرُونَ عَمِلُوا سَاعَةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَطْ، وَأَنْتَ قَدْ سَاوَيْتَهُمْ بِنَا نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ عَمِلْنَا طُولَ النَّهَارِ تَحْتَ حَرِّ الشَّمْسِ!

13 But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

13 فَأَجَابَ وَاحِداً مِنْهُمْ: يَا صَاحِبِي، أَنَا مَا ظَلَمْتُكَ؛ أَلَمْ تَتَّفِقْ مَعِي عَلَى دِينَارٍ؟

14 Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.

14 خُذْ مَا هُوَ لَكَ وَامْضِ فِي سَبِيلِكَ: فَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَ هَذَا الأَخِيرَ مِثْلَكَ.

15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

15 أَمَا يَحِقُّ لِي أَنْ أَتَصَرَّفَ بِمَالِي كَمَا أُرِيدُ؟ أَمْ أَنَّ عَيْنَكَ شِرِّيرَةٌ لأَنَّنِي أَنَا صَالِحٌ؟

16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

16 فَهَكَذَا يَصِيرُ الآخِرُونَ أَوَّلِينَ، وَالأَوَّلُونَ آخِرِينَ».

17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,

17 وَفِيمَا كَانَ يَسُوعُ صَاعِداً إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، انْفَرَدَ بِالتَّلامِيذِ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ:

18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death

18 «هَا نَحْنُ صَاعِدُونَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، حَيْثُ يُسَلَّمُ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ إِلَى رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَالْكَتَبَةِ، فَيَحْكُمُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمَوْتِ،

19 and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”

19 وَيُسَلِّمُونَهُ لأَيْدِي الأُمَمِ، فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَجْلِدُونَهُ وَيَصْلِبُونَهُ. وَلكِنَّهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ يَقُومُ».

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

20 فَتَقَدَّمَتْ إِلَيْهِ أُمُّ ابْنَيْ زَبَدِي وَهُمَا مَعَهَا، وَسَجَدَتْ لَهُ تَطْلُبُ مِنْهُ مَعْرُوفاً.

21 “What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

21 فَقَالَ لَهَا: «مَاذَا تُرِيدِينَ؟» أَجَابَتْ: «قُلْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ ابْنَايَ هَذَانِ: أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِكَ، وَالآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ، فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ!»

22 “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

22 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ قَائِلاً لِيَعْقُوبَ وَيُوحَنَّا: «أَنْتُمَا لَا تَدْرِيَانِ مَا تَطْلُبَانِ! أَتَقْدِرَانِ أَنْ تَشْرَبَا الْكَأْسَ الَّتِي سَأَشْرَبُهَا؟» أَجَابَاهُ: «نَعَمْ، نَقْدِرُ!»

23 “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”

23 فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «كَأْسِي سَوْفَ تَشْرَبَانِ. أَمَّا الْجُلُوسُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ يَسَارِي، فَلَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أَمْنَحَهُ إِلّا لِلَّذِينَ أَعَدَّهُ أَبِي لَهُمْ!»

24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

24 وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ التَّلامِيذُ العَشَرَةُ بِذلِكَ، اغْتَاظُوا مِنَ الأَخَوَيْنِ

25 But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

25 فَاسْتَدْعَاهُمْ يَسُوعُ جَمِيعاً وَقَالَ: «تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ حُكَّامَ الأُمَمِ يَسُودُونَهُمْ، وَعُظَمَاءَهُمْ يَتَسَلَّطُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

26 It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

26 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، فَلا يَكُنْ ذلِكَ بَيْنَكُمْ، وَإِنَّمَا أَيُّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَصِيرَ عَظِيماً بَيْنَكُمْ، فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُمْ خَادِماً،

27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

27 وَأَيُّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَصِيرَ أَوَّلاً فِيكُمْ، فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُمْ عَبْداً،

28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

28 فَهَكَذَا ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ: قَدْ جَاءَ لَا لِيُخْدَمَ، بَلْ لِيَخْدِمَ وَيَبْذُلَ نَفْسَهُ فِدْيَةً عَنْ كَثِيرِينَ».

29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

29 وَفِيمَا كَانَ يَسُوعُ وَتَلامِيذُهُ يُغَادِرُونَ أَرِيحَا، تَبِعَهُ جَمْعٌ كَبِيرٌ.

30 And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

30 وَإذَا أَعْمَيَانِ كَانَا جَالِسَيْنِ عَلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ، مَا إِنْ سَمِعَا أَنَّ يَسُوعَ يَمُرُّ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، حَتَّى صَرَخَا: «ارْحَمْنَا يَا رَبُّ، يَا ابْنَ دَاوُدَ!»

31 The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

31 وَلَكِنَّ الْجَمْعَ زَجَرَهُمَا لِيَسْكُتَا، فَأَخَذَا يَزِيدَانِ الصُّرَاخَ: «ارْحَمْنَا يَا رَبُّ، يَا ابْنَ دَاوُدَ!»

32 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.

32 فَتَوَقَّفَ يَسُوعُ وَدَعَاهُمَا إِلَيْهِ، وَسَأَلَهُمَا: «مَاذَا تُرِيدَانِ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ لَكُمَا؟»

33 “Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.”

33 أَجَابَاهُ: «أَنْ تَفْتَحَ لَنَا أَعْيُنَنَا، يَا رَبُّ».

34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

34 فَأَخَذَتْهُ الشَّفَقَةُ عَلَيْهِمَا، وَلَمَسَ أَعْيُنَهُمَا، فَفِي الْحَالِ عَادَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمَا تُبْصِرُ وَانْطَلَقَا يَتْبَعَانِهِ.