Matthew 23

1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:

1 حِينَئِذٍ خَاطَبَ يَسُوعُ ٱلْجُمُوعَ وَتَلَامِيذَهُ

2 “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

2 قَائِلًا: «عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ مُوسَى جَلَسَ ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ،

3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

3 فَكُلُّ مَا قَالُوا لَكُمْ أَنْ تَحْفَظُوهُ فَٱحْفَظُوهُ وَٱفْعَلُوهُ، وَلَكِنْ حَسَبَ أَعْمَالِهِمْ لَا تَعْمَلُوا، لِأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ وَلَا يَفْعَلُونَ.

4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

4 فَإِنَّهُمْ يَحْزِمُونَ أَحْمَالًا ثَقِيلَةً عَسِرَةَ ٱلْحَمْلِ وَيَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى أَكْتَافِ ٱلنَّاسِ، وَهُمْ لَا يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُحَرِّكُوهَا بِإِصْبِعِهِمْ،

5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

5 وَكُلَّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ يَعْمَلُونَهَا لِكَيْ تَنْظُرَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ: فَيُعَرِّضُونَ عَصَائِبَهُمْ وَيُعَظِّمُونَ أَهْدَابَ ثِيَابِهِمْ،

6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

6 وَيُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمُتَّكَأَ ٱلْأَوَّلَ فِي ٱلْوَلَائِمِ، وَٱلْمَجَالِسَ ٱلْأُولَى فِي ٱلْمَجَامِعِ،

7 the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

7 وَٱلتَّحِيَّاتِ فِي ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ، وَأَنْ يَدْعُوَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ: سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي!

8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

8 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَا تُدْعَوْا سَيِّدِي، لِأَنَّ مُعَلِّمَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ ٱلْمَسِيحُ، وَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعًا إِخْوَةٌ.

9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

9 وَلَا تَدْعُوا لَكُمْ أَبًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ وَاحِدٌ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

10 وَلَا تُدْعَوْا مُعَلِّمِينَ، لِأَنَّ مُعَلِّمَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ ٱلْمَسِيحُ.

11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.

11 وَأَكْبَرُكُمْ يَكُونُ خَادِمًا لَكُمْ.

12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

12 فَمَنْ يَرْفَعْ نَفْسَهُ يَتَّضِعْ، وَمَنْ يَضَعْ نَفْسَهُ يَرْتَفِعْ.

13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

13 «لَكِنْ وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُغْلِقُونَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ، فَلَا تَدْخُلُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَلَا تَدَعُونَ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ.

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14 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ بُيُوتَ ٱلْأَرَامِلِ، ولِعِلَّةٍ تُطِيلُونَ صَلَوَاتِكُمْ. لِذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُونَ دَيْنُونَةً أَعْظَمَ.

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

15 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تَطُوفُونَ ٱلْبَحْرَ وَٱلْبَرَّ لِتَكْسَبُوا دَخِيلًا وَاحِدًا، وَمَتَى حَصَلَ تَصْنَعُونَهُ ٱبْنًا لِجَهَنَّمَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْكُمْ مُضَاعَفًا.

16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

16 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْقَادَةُ ٱلْعُمْيَانُ! ٱلْقَائِلُونَ: مَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْهَيْكَلِ فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِذَهَبِ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ يَلْتَزِمُ.

17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

17 أَيُّهَا ٱلْجُهَّالُ وَٱلْعُمْيَانُ! أَيُّمَا أَعْظَمُ: أَلذَّهَبُ أَمِ ٱلْهَيْكَلُ ٱلَّذِي يُقَدِّسُ ٱلذَّهَبَ؟

18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’

18 وَمَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْمَذْبَحِ فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْقُرْبَانِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيْهِ يَلْتَزِمُ.

19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

19 أَيُّهَا ٱلْجُهَّالُ وَٱلْعُمْيَانُ! أَيُّمَا أَعْظَمُ: ٱلْقُرْبَانُ أَمِ ٱلْمَذْبَحُ ٱلَّذِي يُقَدِّسُ ٱلْقُرْبَانَ؟

20 So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

20 فَإِنَّ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْمَذْبَحِ فَقَدْ حَلَفَ بِهِ وَبِكُلِّ مَا عَلَيْهِ!

21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

21 وَمَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلْهَيْكَلِ فَقَدْ حَلَفَ بِهِ وَبِالسَّاكِنِ فِيهِ،

22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

22 وَمَنْ حَلَفَ بِٱلسَّمَاءِ فَقَدْ حَلَفَ بِعَرْشِ ٱللهِ وَبِالْجَالِسِ عَلَيْهِ.

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

23 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُعَشِّرُونَ ٱلنَّعْنَعَ وَٱلشِّبِثَّ وَٱلْكَمُّونَ، وَتَرَكْتُمْ أَثْقَلَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ: ٱلْحَقَّ وَٱلرَّحْمَةَ وَٱلْإِيمَانَ. كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا هَذِهِ وَلَا تَتْرُكُوا تِلْكَ.

24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

24 أَيُّهَا ٱلْقَادَةُ ٱلْعُمْيَانُ! ٱلَّذِينَ يُصَفُّونَ عَنِ ٱلْبَعُوضَةِ وَيَبْلَعُونَ ٱلْجَمَلَ.

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

25 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُنَقُّونَ خَارِجَ ٱلْكَأْسِ وَٱلصَّحْفَةِ، وَهُمَا مِنْ دَاخِلٍ مَمْلُوآنِ ٱخْتِطَافًا وَدَعَارَةً.

26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

26 أَيُّهَا ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّ ٱلْأَعْمَى! نَقِّ أَوَّلًا دَاخِلَ ٱلْكَأْسِ وَٱلصَّحْفَةِ لِكَيْ يَكُونَ خَارِجُهُمَا أَيْضًا نَقِيًّا.

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

27 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تُشْبِهُونَ قُبُورًا مُبَيَّضَةً تَظْهَرُ مِنْ خَارِجٍ جَمِيلَةً، وَهِيَ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ مَمْلُوءَةٌ عِظَامَ أَمْوَاتٍ وَكُلَّ نَجَاسَةٍ.

28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

28 هَكَذَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا: مِنْ خَارِجٍ تَظْهَرُونَ لِلنَّاسِ أَبْرَارًا، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ مَشْحُونُونَ رِيَاءً وَإِثْمًا.

29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

29 وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ! لِأَنَّكُمْ تَبْنُونَ قُبُورَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَتُزَيِّنُونَ مَدَافِنَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ،

30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

30 وَتَقُولُونَ: لَوْ كُنَّا فِي أَيَّامِ آبَائِنَا لَمَا شَارَكْنَاهُمْ فِي دَمِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ.

31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

31 فَأَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ قَتَلَةِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ.

32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

32 فَٱمْلَأُوا أَنْتُمْ مِكْيَالَ آبَائِكُمْ.

33 You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

33 أَيُّهَا ٱلْحَيَّاتُ أَوْلَادَ ٱلْأَفَاعِي! كَيْفَ تَهْرُبُونَ مِنْ دَيْنُونَةِ جَهَنَّمَ؟

34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

34 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْبِيَاءَ وَحُكَمَاءَ وَكَتَبَةً، فَمِنْهُمْ تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَصْلِبُونَ، وَمِنْهُمْ تَجْلِدُونَ فِي مَجَامِعِكُمْ، وَتَطْرُدُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ،

35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

35 لِكَيْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلُّ دَمٍ زَكِيٍّ سُفِكَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، مِنْ دَمِ هَابِيلَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ إِلَى دَمِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ بَرَخِيَّا ٱلَّذِي قَتَلْتُمُوهُ بَيْنَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَٱلْمَذْبَحِ.

36 Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

36 اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ هَذَا كُلَّهُ يَأْتِي عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْجِيلِ!

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

37 «يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، يا أُورُشَلِيمُ! يا قَاتِلَةَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَرَاجِمَةَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَيْهَا، كَمْ مَرَّةٍ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ أَوْلَادَكِ كَمَا تَجْمَعُ ٱلدَّجَاجَةُ فِرَاخَهَا تَحْتَ جَنَاحَيْهَا، وَلَمْ تُرِيدُوا!

38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.

38 هُوَذَا بَيْتُكُمْ يُتْرَكُ لَكُمْ خَرَابًا.

39 For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

39 لِأَنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَرَوْنَنِي مِنَ ٱلْآنَ حَتَّى تَقُولُوا: مُبَارَكٌ ٱلْآتِي بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ!».