Matthew 21

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

1 وَلَمَّا قَرُبُوا مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى بَيْتِ فَاجِي عِنْدَ جَبَلِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ، حِينَئِذٍ أَرْسَلَ يَسُوعُ تِلْمِيذَيْنِ

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 قَائِلًا لَهُمَا: «اِذْهَبَا إِلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَمَامَكُمَا، فَلِلْوَقْتِ تَجِدَانِ أَتَانًا مَرْبُوطَةً وَجَحْشًا مَعَهَا، فَحُلَّاهُمَا وَأْتِيَانِي بِهِمَا.

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

3 وَإِنْ قَالَ لَكُمَا أَحَدٌ شَيْئًا، فَقُولَا: ٱلرَّبُّ مُحْتَاجٌ إِلَيْهِمَا. فَلِلْوَقْتِ يُرْسِلُهُمَا».

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

4 فَكَانَ هَذَا كُلُّهُ لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلْقَائِلِ:

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 «قُولُوا لِٱبْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ: هُوَذَا مَلِكُكِ يَأْتِيكِ وَدِيعًا، رَاكِبًا عَلَى أَتَانٍ وَجَحْشٍ ٱبْنِ أَتَانٍ».

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

6 فَذَهَبَ ٱلتِّلْمِيذَانِ وَفَعَلَا كَمَا أَمَرَهُمَا يَسُوعُ،

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

7 وَأَتَيَا بِٱلْأَتَانِ وَٱلْجَحْشِ، وَوَضَعَا عَلَيْهِمَا ثِيَابَهُمَا فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِمَا.

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

8 وَٱلْجَمْعُ ٱلْأَكْثَرُ فَرَشُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ. وَآخَرُونَ قَطَعُوا أَغْصَانًا مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَفَرَشُوهَا فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ.

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 وَٱلْجُمُوعُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَقَدَّمُوا وَٱلَّذِينَ تَبِعُوا كَانُوا يَصْرَخُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «أُوصَنَّا لِٱبْنِ دَاوُدَ! مُبَارَكٌ ٱلْآتِي بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ! أُوصَنَّا فِي ٱلْأَعَالِي!».

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

10 وَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱرْتَجَّتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ كُلُّهَا قَائِلَةً: «مَنْ هَذَا؟».

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

11 فَقَالَتِ ٱلْجُمُوعُ: «هَذَا يَسُوعُ ٱلنَّبِيُّ ٱلَّذِي مِنْ نَاصِرَةِ ٱلْجَلِيلِ».

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 وَدَخَلَ يَسُوعُ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ ٱللهِ وَأَخْرَجَ جَمِيعَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَبِيعُونَ وَيَشْتَرُونَ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ، وَقَلَبَ مَوَائِدَ ٱلصَّيَارِفَةِ وَكَرَاسِيَّ بَاعَةِ ٱلْحَمَامِ

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: بَيْتِي بَيْتَ ٱلصَّلَاةِ يُدْعَى. وَأَنْتُمْ جَعَلْتُمُوهُ مَغَارَةَ لُصُوصٍ!».

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

14 وَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ عُمْيٌ وَعُرْجٌ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ 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 فَلَمَّا رَأَى رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلْكَتَبَةِ ٱلْعَجَائِبَ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَ، وَٱلْأَوْلَادَ يَصْرَخُونَ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَيَقُولُونَ: «أُوصَنَّا لِٱبْنِ دَاوُدَ!». غَضِبُوا

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 وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَتَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ؟». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «نَعَمْ! أَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ قَطُّ: مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ ٱلْأَطْفَالِ وَٱلرُّضَّعِ هَيَّأْتَ تَسْبِيحًا؟».

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

17 ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُمْ وَخَرَجَ خَارِجَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ عَنْيَا وَبَاتَ هُنَاكَ.

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

18 وَفِي ٱلصُّبْحِ إِذْ كَانَ رَاجِعًا إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ 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 فَنَظَرَ شَجَرَةَ تِينٍ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَجَاءَ إِلَيْهَا فَلَمْ يَجِدْ فِيهَا شَيْئًا إِلَّا وَرَقًا فَقَطْ. فَقَالَ لَهَا: «لَا يَكُنْ مِنْكِ ثَمَرٌ بَعْدُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ!». فَيَبِسَتِ ٱلتِّينَةُ فِي ٱلْحَالِ.

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

20 فَلَمَّا رَأَى ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ ذَلِكَ تَعَجَّبُوا قَائِلِينَ: «كَيْفَ يَبِسَتِ ٱلتِّينَةُ فِي ٱلْحَالِ؟».

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 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ إِيمَانٌ وَلَا تَشُكُّونَ، فَلَا تَفْعَلُونَ أَمْرَ ٱلتِّينَةِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ إِنْ قُلْتُمْ أَيْضًا لِهَذَا ٱلْجَبَلِ: ٱنْتَقِلْ وَٱنْطَرِحْ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ فَيَكُونُ.

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

22 وَكُلُّ مَا تَطْلُبُونَهُ فِي ٱلصَّلَاةِ مُؤْمِنِينَ 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 جَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْهَيْكَلِ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَشُيُوخُ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَهُوَ يُعَلِّمُ، قَائِلِينَ: «بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ وَمَنْ أَعْطَاكَ هَذَا ٱلسُّلْطَانَ؟».

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 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «وَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَسْأَلُكُمْ كَلِمَةً وَاحِدَةً، فَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ لِي عَنْهَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَنَا أَيْضًا بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا:

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 مَعْمُودِيَّةُ يُوحَنَّا: مِنْ أَيْنَ كَانَتْ؟ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَمْ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ؟». فَفَكَّرُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنْ قُلْنَا: مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، يَقُولُ لَنَا: فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ؟

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 ٱلنَّاسِ، نَخَافُ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ، لِأَنَّ يُوحَنَّا عِنْدَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ مِثْلُ نَبِيٍّ».

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 فَأَجَابُوا يَسُوعَ وَقَالُوا: «لَا نَعْلَمُ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ هُوَ أَيْضًا: «وَلَا أَنَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا.

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 «مَاذَا تَظُنُّونَ؟ كَانَ لِإِنْسَانٍ ٱبْنَانِ، فَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْأَوَّلِ وَقَالَ: يا ٱبْنِي، ٱذْهَبِ ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱعْمَلْ فِي كَرْمِي.

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

29 فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: مَا أُرِيدُ. وَلَكِنَّهُ نَدِمَ أَخِيرًا وَمَضَى.

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 وَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلثَّانِي وَقَالَ كَذَلِكَ. فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: هَا أَنَا يا سَيِّدُ. وَلَمْ يَمْضِ.

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 ٱلِٱثْنَيْنِ عَمِلَ إِرَادَةَ ٱلْأَبِ؟». قَالُوا لَهُ: «ٱلْأَوَّلُ». قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ ٱلْعَشَّارِينَ وَٱلزَّوَانِيَ يَسْبِقُونَكُمْ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ،

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 لِأَنَّ يُوحَنَّا جَاءَكُمْ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْحَقِّ فَلَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْعَشَّارُونَ وَٱلزَّوَانِي فَآمَنُوا بِهِ. وَأَنْتُمْ إِذْ رَأَيْتُمْ لَمْ تَنْدَمُوا أَخِيرًا لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ.

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 «اِسْمَعُوا مَثَلًا آخَرَ: كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ رَبُّ بَيْتٍ غَرَسَ كَرْمًا، وَأَحَاطَهُ بِسِيَاجٍ، وَحَفَرَ فِيهِ مَعْصَرَةً، وَبَنَى بُرْجًا، وَسَلَّمَهُ إِلَى كَرَّامِينَ وَسَافَرَ.

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

34 وَلَمَّا قَرُبَ وَقْتُ ٱلْأَثْمَارِ أَرْسَلَ عَبِيدَهُ إِلَى ٱلْكَرَّامِينَ لِيَأْخُذَ أَثْمَارَهُ.

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

35 فَأَخَذَ ٱلْكَرَّامُونَ عَبِيدَهُ وَجَلَدُوا بَعْضًا وَقَتَلُوا بَعْضًا وَرَجَمُوا بَعْضًا.

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

36 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ أَيْضًا عَبِيدًا آخَرِينَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ، فَفَعَلُوا بِهِمْ كَذَلِكَ.

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

37 فَأَخِيرًا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱبْنَهُ قَائِلًا: يَهَابُونَ ٱبْنِي!

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 وَأَمَّا ٱلْكَرَّامُونَ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ٱلِٱبْنَ قَالُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ: هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْوَارِثُ! هَلُمُّوا نَقْتُلْهُ وَنَأْخُذْ مِيرَاثَهُ!

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

39 فَأَخَذُوهُ وَأَخْرَجُوهُ خَارِجَ ٱلْكَرْمِ وَقَتَلُوهُ.

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

40 فَمَتَى جَاءَ صَاحِبُ ٱلْكَرْمِ، مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ بِأُولَئِكَ ٱلْكَرَّامِينَ؟».

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 قَالُوا لَهُ: «أُولَئِكَ ٱلْأَرْدِيَاءُ يُهْلِكُهُمْ هَلَاكًا رَدِيًّا، وَيُسَلِّمُ ٱلْكَرْمَ إِلَى كَرَّامِينَ آخَرِينَ يُعْطُونَهُ ٱلْأَثْمَارَ فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا».

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 قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ قَطُّ فِي ٱلْكُتُبِ: ٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلَّذِي رَفَضَهُ ٱلْبَنَّاؤُونَ هُوَ قَدْ صَارَ رَأْسَ ٱلزَّاوِيَةِ؟ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَانَ هَذَا وَهُوَ عَجِيبٌ فِي أَعْيُنِنَا!

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 لِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ يُنْزَعُ مِنْكُمْ وَيُعْطَى لِأُمَّةٍ تَعْمَلُ أَثْمَارَهُ.

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

44 وَمَنْ سَقَطَ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْحَجَرِ يَتَرَضَّضُ، وَمَنْ سَقَطَ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ يَسْحَقُهُ!».

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

45 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ أَمْثَالَهُ، عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ تَكَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

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

46 وَإِذْ كَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يُمْسِكُوهُ، خَافُوا مِنَ ٱلْجُمُوعِ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَهُمْ مِثْلَ نَبِيٍّ.