Matthew 21

1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

1 وَلَمَّا اقْتَرَبُوا مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَوَصَلُوا إِلَى قَرْيَةِ بَيْتِ فَاجِي عِنْدَ جَبَلِ الزَّيْتُونِ، أَرْسَلَ يَسُوعُ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ تَلامِيذِهِ،

2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

2 قَائِلاً لَهُمَا: «ادْخُلا الْقَرْيَةَ الْمُقَابِلَةَ لَكُمَا، تَجِدَا فِي الْحَالِ أَتَاناً مَرْبُوطَةً وَمَعَهَا جَحْشٌ، فَحُلّا رِبَاطَهُمَا وَأَحْضِرَاهُمَا إِلَيَّ.

3 If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

3 فَإِنِ اعْتَرَضَكُمَا أَحَدٌ، قُولا: الرَّبُّ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَيْهِمَا. وَفِي الْحَالِ يُرْسِلُهُمَا».

4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

4 وَقَدْ حَدَثَ هَذَا لِيَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِلِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ الْقَائِلِ:

5 “Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

5 «بَشِّرُوا ابْنَةَ صِهْيَوْنَ: هَا هُوَ مَلِكُكِ قَادِمٌ إِلَيْكِ وَدِيعاً يَرْكَبُ عَلَى أَتَانٍ وَجَحْشٍ ابْنِ أَتَانٍ!»

6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

6 فَذَهَبَ التِّلْمِيذَانِ، وَفَعَلا مَا أَمَرَهُمَا بِهِ يَسُوعُ،

7 They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

7 فَأَحْضَرَا الأَتَانَ وَالْجَحْشَ، وَوَضَعَا عَلَيْهِمَا ثِيَابَهُمَا، فَرَكِبَ.

8 A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

8 وَأَخَذَ جَمْعٌ كَبِيرٌ جِدّاً يَفْرُشُونَ الطَّرِيقَ بِثِيَابِهِمْ، وَأَخَذَ آخَرُونَ يَقْطَعُونَ أَغْصَانَ الشَّجَرِ وَيَفْرُشُونَ بِها الطَّرِيقَ.

9 The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

9 وَكَانَتِ الْجُمُوعُ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمَتْ يَسُوعَ وَالَّتِي مَشَتْ خَلْفَهُ تَهْتِفُ قَائِلَةً: «أُوصَنَّا لاِبْنِ دَاوُدَ! مُبَارَكٌ الآتِي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ! أُوصَنَّا فِي الأَعَالِي!»

10 When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

10 وَلَمَّا دَخَلَ يَسُوعُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، ضَجَّتِ الْمَدِينَةُ كُلُّهَا، وَتَسَاءَلَ أَهْلُهَا: «مَنْ هُوَ هَذَا؟»

11 The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

11 فَأَجَابَتِ الْجُمُوعُ: «هَذَا هُوَ يَسُوعُ النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي مِنَ النَّاصِرَةِ بِالْجَلِيلِ».

12 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

12 ثُمَّ دَخَلَ يَسُوعُ الْهَيْكَلَ، وَطَرَدَ مِنْ سَاحَتِهِ جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَبِيعُونَ وَيَشْتَرُونَ؛ وَقَلَبَ مَوَائِدَ الصَّيَارِفَةِ وَمَقَاعِدَ بَاعَةِ الْحَمَامِ.

13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

13 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَكْتُوبٌ: إِنَّ بَيْتِي بَيْتاً لِلصَّلاةِ يُدْعَى. أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَجَعَلْتُمُوهُ مَغَارَةَ لُصُوصٍ!»

14 The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

14 وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ، تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ عُمْيٌ وَعُرْجٌ، فَشَفَاهُمْ.

15 But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

15 فَتَضَايَقَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَالْكَتَبَةُ، عِنْدَمَا رَأَوْا الْعَجَائِبَ الَّتِي أَجْرَاهَا، وَالأَوْلادَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ يَهْتِفُونَ: «أُوْصَنَّا لاِبْنِ دَاوُدَ!»

16 “Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

16 فَسَأَلُوهُ: «أَتَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُهُ هؤُلاءِ؟» فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «نَعَمْ! أَلَمْ تَقْرَأُوا قَطُّ: مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ الأَطْفَالِ وَالرُّضَّعِ أَعْدَدْتَ تَسْبِيحاً؟»

17 Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

17 ثُمَّ فَارَقَهُمْ وَانْطَلَقَ خَارِجاً مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى قَرْيَةِ بَيْتَ عَنْيَا، وَبَاتَ فِيهَا.

18 In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

18 وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، وَهُوَ رَاجِعٌ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، جَاعَ.

19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

19 وَإِذْ رَأَى شَجَرَةَ تِينٍ عَلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ اتَّجَهَ إِلَيْهَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدْ عَلَيْهَا إِلّا الْوَرَقَ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: «لا يَكُنْ مِنْكِ ثَمَرٌ بَعْدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ!» فَيَبِسَتِ التِّينَةُ فِي الْحَالِ.

20 When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

20 فَلَمَّا رَأَى التَّلامِيذُ ذَلِكَ، دُهِشُوا وَقَالُوا: «مَا أَسْرَعَ مَا يَبِسَتِ التِّينَةُ!»

21 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

21 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ إِيمَانٌ وَلا تَشُكُّونَ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ لَا مِثْلَ مَا عَمِلْتُ بِالتِّينَةِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ لِهَذَا الْجَبَلِ: انْقَلِعْ وَانْطَرِحْ فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَحْدُثُ.

22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

22 وَكُلُّ مَا تَطْلُبُونَهُ فِي الصَّلاةِ بِإِيمَانٍ، تَنَالُونَهُ».

23 When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

23 وَلَمَّا وصَلَ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ وَأَخَذَ يُعَلِّمُ، تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَشُيُوخُ الشَّعْبِ، وَسَأَلُوهُ: «بِأَيَّةِ سُلْطَةٍ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَفْعَلُهُ؟ وَمَنْ مَنَحَكَ هَذِهِ السُّلْطَةَ؟»

24 “I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

24 فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ قَائِلاً: «وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَسْأَلُكُمْ أَمْراً وَاحِداً، فَإِنْ أَجَبْتُمُونِي، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَنَا أَيْضَاً بِأَيَّةِ سُلْطَةٍ أَفْعَلُ مَا أَفْعَلُهُ:

25 What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

25 مِنْ أَيْنَ كَانَتْ مَعْمُودِيَّةُ يُوحَنَّا؟ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ؟» فَتَشَاوَرُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنْ قُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّهَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، يَقُولُ لَنَا: فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُ؟

26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

26 وَإِنْ قُلْنَا: مِنَ النَّاسِ، نَخْشَى أَنْ يَثُورَ عَلَيْنَا جُمْهُورُ الشَّعْبِ، لأَنَّهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ يَعْتَبِرُونَ يُوحَنَّا نَبِيًّا».

27 So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

27 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «لا نَدْرِي!» فَرَدَّ قَائِلاً: «وَلا أَنَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ بأَيَّةِ سُلْطَةٍ أَفْعَلُ مَا أَفْعَلُهُ».

28 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

28 «مَا رَأْيُكُمْ؟ كَانَ لإِنْسَانٍ وَلَدَانِ. فَقَصَدَ أَوَّلَهُمَا وَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا وَلَدِي، اذْهَبِ الْيَوْمَ وَاعْمَلْ فِي كَرْمِي!

29 ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

29 فَأَجَابَ: لَا أُرِيدُ. وَلَكِنَّهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ نَدِمَ وَذَهَبَ.

30 Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

30 ثُمَّ قَصَدَ الرَّجُلُ وَلَدَهُ الثَّانِي وَقَالَ لَهُ مَا قَالَهُ لِلأَوَّلِ. فَأَجَابَ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي! وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْهَبْ.

31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

31 فَأَيُّ الاِثْنَيْنِ عَمِلَ بِإِرَادَةِ الأَبِ؟» فَقَالُوا: «الأَوَّلُ!» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ جُبَاةَ الضَّرَائِبِ وَالزَّانِيَاتِ سَيَسْبِقُونَكُمْ فِي الدُّخُولِ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ.

32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

32 فَقَدْ جَاءَ يُوحَنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ سَالِكاً طَرِيقَ الْحَقِّ، فَلَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُ. أَمَّا جُبَاةُ الضَّرَائِبِ وَالزَّانِيَاتُ فَصَدَّقُوهُ. وَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ هَذَا، لَمْ تَنْدَمُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لِتُصَدِّقُوهُ!

33 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

33 اسْمَعُوا مَثَلاً آخَرَ: غَرَسَ إِنْسَانٌ رَبُّ بَيْتٍ كَرْماً، وَأَقَامَ حَوْلَهُ سُوراً، وَحَفَرَ فِيهِ مِعْصَرَةً، وَبَنَى فِيهِ بُرْجَ حِرَاسَةٍ. ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ الْكَرْمَ إِلَى مُزَارِعِينَ وَسَافَرَ.

34 When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

34 وَلَمَّا حَانَ أَوَانُ الْحَصَادِ، أَرْسَلَ عَبِيدَهُ إِلَى الْمُزَارِعِينَ لِتَسَلُّمِ ثَمَرَ الْكَرْمِ.

35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

35 فَقَبَضَ الْمُزَارِعُونَ عَلَى الْعَبِيدِ، فَضَرَبُوا أَحَدَهُمْ، وَقَتَلُوا غَيْرَهُ، وَرَجَمُوا الآخَرَ بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

36 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ ثَانِيَةً عَبِيداً آخَرِينَ أَكْثَرَ عَدَداً مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ. فَفَعَلَ الْمُزَارِعُونَ بِهَؤُلاءِ مَا فَعَلُوهُ بِأُولئِكَ.

37 Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

37 وَأَخِيراً أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمِ ابْنَهُ، قَائِلاً: سَيَهَابُونَ ابْنِي!

38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

38 فَمَا إِنْ رَأَى الْمُزَارِعُونَ الاِبْنَ حَتَّى قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: هَذَا هُوَ الْوَرِيثُ! تَعَالَوْا نَقْتُلُهُ لِنَسْتَوْلِيَ عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ.

39 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

39 ثُمَّ قَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَطَرَحُوهُ خَارِجَ الْكَرْمِ، وَقَتَلُوهُ!

40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

40 فَعِنْدَمَا يَعُودُ رَبُّ الْكَرْمِ، مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ بِأُولئِكَ الْمُزَارِعِينَ؟»

41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

41 أَجَابُوهُ: «أُولئِكَ الأَشْرَارُ، يُهْلِكُهُمْ شَرَّ هَلاكٍ. ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ الْكَرْمَ إِلَى مُزَارِعِينَ آخَرِينَ يُؤَدُّونَ لَهُ الثَّمَرَ فِي أَوَانِهِ».

42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

42 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أَلَمْ تَقْرَأُوا فِي الْكِتَابِ: الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ الْبُنَاةُ، هُوَ نَفْسُهُ صَارَ حَجَرَ الزَّاوِيَةِ الأَسَاسَ. مِنَ الرَّبِّ كَانَ هَذَا، وَهُوَ عَجِيبٌ فِي أَنْظَارِنَا!

43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

43 لِذلِكَ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ سَيُنْزَعُ مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيُسَلَّمُ إِلَى شَعْبٍ يُؤَدِّي ثَمَرَهُ.

44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

44 فَأَيُّ مَنْ يَقَعُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَجَرِ يَتَكَسَّرُ، وَمَنْ يَقَعُ الْحَجَرُ عَلَيْهِ يَسْحَقُهُ سَحْقاً!»

45 When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

45 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ الْمَثَلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ ضَرَبَهُمَا يَسُوعُ، أَدْرَكُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَعْنِيهِمْ هُمْ.

46 Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

46 وَمَعَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى الْقَبْضِ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَدْ كَانُوا خَائِفِينَ مِنَ الْجُمُوعِ لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَعْتَبِرُونَهُ نَبِيًّا.