Matthew 22

1 Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

1 وَجَعَلَ يَسُوعُ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَيْضًا بِأَمْثَالٍ قَائِلًا:

2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

2 «يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ إِنْسَانًا مَلِكًا صَنَعَ عُرْسًا لِٱبْنِهِ،

3 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

3 وَأَرْسَلَ عَبِيدَهُ لِيَدْعُوا ٱلْمَدْعُوِّينَ إِلَى ٱلْعُرْسِ، فَلَمْ يُرِيدُوا أَنْ يَأْتُوا.

4 Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

4 فَأَرْسَلَ أَيْضًا عَبِيدًا آخَرِينَ قَائِلًا: قُولُوا لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ: هُوَذَا غَدَائِي أَعْدَدْتُهُ. ثِيرَانِي وَمُسَمَّنَاتِي قَدْ ذُبِحَتْ، وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ مُعَدٌّ. تَعَالَوْا إِلَى ٱلْعُرْسِ!

5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

5 وَلَكِنَّهُمْ تَهَاوَنُوا وَمَضَوْا، وَاحِدٌ إِلَى حَقْلِهِ، وَآخَرُ إِلَى تِجَارَتِهِ،

6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

6 وَٱلْبَاقُونَ أَمْسَكُوا عَبِيدَهُ وَشَتَمُوهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُمْ.

7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

7 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ غَضِبَ، وَأَرْسَلَ جُنُودَهُ وَأَهْلَكَ أُولَئِكَ ٱلْقَاتِلِينَ وَأَحْرَقَ مَدِينَتَهُمْ.

8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

8 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: أَمَّا ٱلْعُرْسُ فَمُسْتَعَدٌّ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْمَدْعُوُّونَ فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا مُسْتَحِقِّينَ.

9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

9 فَٱذْهَبُوا إِلَى مَفَارِقِ ٱلطُّرُقِ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ فَٱدْعُوهُ إِلَى ٱلْعُرْسِ.

10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

10 فَخَرَجَ أُولَئِكَ ٱلْعَبِيدُ إِلَى ٱلطُّرُقِ، وَجَمَعُوا كُلَّ ٱلَّذِينَ وَجَدُوهُمْ أَشْرَارًا وَصَالِحِينَ. فَٱمْتَلَأَ ٱلْعُرْسُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّكِئِينَ.

11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

11 فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِيَنْظُرَ ٱلْمُتَّكِئِينَ، رَأَى هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانًا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَابِسًا لِبَاسَ ٱلْعُرْسِ.

12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

12 فَقَالَ لَهُ: يا صَاحِبُ، كَيْفَ دَخَلْتَ إِلَى هُنَا وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ لِبَاسُ ٱلْعُرْسِ؟ فَسَكَتَ.

13 Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

13 حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِلْخُدَّامِ: ٱرْبُطُوا رِجْلَيْهِ وَيَدَيْهِ، وَخُذُوهُ وَٱطْرَحُوهُ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ. هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ ٱلْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ ٱلْأَسْنَانِ.

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”

14 لِأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يُدْعَوْنَ وَقَلِيلِينَ يُنْتَخَبُونَ».

15 Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

15 حِينَئِذٍ ذَهَبَ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ وَتَشَاوَرُوا لِكَيْ يَصْطَادُوهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ.

16 They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

16 فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ تَلَامِيذَهُمْ مَعَ ٱلْهِيرُودُسِيِّينَ قَائِلِينَ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ وَتُعَلِّمُ طَرِيقَ ٱللهِ بِٱلْحَقِّ، وَلَا تُبَالِي بِأَحَدٍ، لِأَنَّكَ لَا تَنْظُرُ إِلَى وُجُوهِ ٱلنَّاسِ.

17 So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

17 فَقُلْ لَنَا: مَاذَا تَظُنُّ؟ أَيَجُوزُ أَنْ تُعْطَى جِزْيَةٌ لِقَيْصَرَ أَمْ لَا؟».

18 But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

18 فَعَلِمَ يَسُوعُ خُبْثَهُمْ وَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا تُجَرِّبُونَنِي يا مُرَاؤُونَ؟

19 Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

19 أَرُونِي مُعَامَلَةَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ». فَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ دِينَارًا.

20 “Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

20 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلصُّورَةُ وَٱلْكِتَابَةُ؟».

21 “Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

21 قَالُوا لَهُ: «لِقَيْصَرَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَعْطُوا إِذًا مَا لِقَيْصَرَ لِقَيْصَرَ وَمَا لِلهِ لِلهِ».

22 And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

22 فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا تَعَجَّبُوا وَتَرَكُوهُ وَمَضَوْا.

23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

23 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ جَاءَ إِلَيْهِ صَدُّوقِيُّونَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَيْسَ قِيَامَةٌ، فَسَأَلُوهُ

24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

24 قَائِلِينَ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، قَالَ مُوسَى: إِنْ مَاتَ أَحَدٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَوْلَادٌ، يَتَزَوَّجْ أَخُوهُ بِٱمْرَأَتِهِ وَيُقِمْ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيهِ.

25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

25 فَكَانَ عِنْدَنَا سَبْعَةُ إِخْوَةٍ، وَتَزَوَّجَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَمَاتَ. وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ نَسْلٌ تَرَكَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ لِأَخِيهِ.

26 The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

26 وَكَذَلِكَ ٱلثَّانِي وَٱلثَّالِثُ إِلَى ٱلسَّبْعَةِ.

27 And last of all, the woman died.

27 وَآخِرَ ٱلْكُلِّ مَاتَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ أَيْضًا.

28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

28 فَفِي ٱلْقِيَامَةِ لِمَنْ مِنَ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ تَكُونُ زَوْجَةً؟ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لِلْجَمِيعِ!».

29 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

29 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَضِلُّونَ إِذْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ ٱلْكُتُبَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ ٱللهِ.

30 In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

30 لِأَنَّهُمْ فِي ٱلْقِيَامَةِ لَا يُزَوِّجُونَ وَلَا يَتَزَوَّجُونَ، بَلْ يَكُونُونَ كَمَلَائِكَةِ ٱللهِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

31 وَأَمَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ قِيَامَةِ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، أَفَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ مَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱللهِ ٱلْقَائِلِ:

32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

32 أَنَا إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ؟ لَيْسَ ٱللهُ إِلَهَ أَمْوَاتٍ بَلْ إِلَهُ أَحْيَاءٍ».

33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

33 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْجُمُوعُ بُهِتُوا مِنْ تَعْلِيمِهِ.

34 And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

34 أَمَّا ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا أَنَّهُ أَبْكَمَ ٱلصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ ٱجْتَمَعُوا مَعًا،

35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

35 وَسَأَلَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ نَامُوسِيٌّ، لِيُجَرِّبَهُ قَائِلًا:

36 “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

36 «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، أَيَّةُ وَصِيَّةٍ هِيَ ٱلْعُظْمَى فِي ٱلنَّامُوسِ؟».

37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

37 فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «تُحِبُّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ نَفْسِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ فِكْرِكَ.

38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

38 هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْعُظْمَى.

39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

39 وَٱلثَّانِيَةُ مِثْلُهَا: تُحِبُّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ.

40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

40 بِهَاتَيْنِ ٱلْوَصِيَّتَيْنِ يَتَعَلَّقُ ٱلنَّامُوسُ كُلُّهُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ».

41 While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

41 وَفِيمَا كَانَ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ سَأَلَهُمْ يَسُوعُ

42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

42 قَائِلًا: «مَاذَا تَظُنُّونَ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ؟ ٱبْنُ مَنْ هُوَ؟» قَالُوا لَهُ: «ٱبْنُ دَاوُدَ».

43 Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

43 قَالَ لَهُمْ: «فَكَيْفَ يَدْعُوهُ دَاوُدُ بِٱلرُّوحِ رَبًّا؟ قَائِلًا:

44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

44 قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِرَبِّي: ٱجْلِسْ عَنْ يَمِينِي حَتَّى أَضَعَ أَعْدَاءَكَ مَوْطِئًا لِقَدَمَيْكَ.

45 So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

45 فَإِنْ كَانَ دَاوُدُ يَدْعُوهُ رَبًّا، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ ٱبْنَهُ؟».

46 No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

46 فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُجِيبَهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ. وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ لَمْ يَجْسُرْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَسْأَلَهُ بَتَّةً.