¹واذ جاء الى بيت احد رؤساء الفريسيين في السبت ليأكل خبزا كانوا يراقبونه.

¹And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

²واذا انسان مستسق كان قدامه.

²and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;

³فاجاب يسوع وكلم الناموسيين والفريسيين قائلا هل يحل الابراء في السبت.

³and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, `Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?`

⁴فسكتوا. فامسكه وابرأه واطلقه.

⁴and they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], he healed him, and let [him] go;

⁵ثم اجابهم وقال من منكم يسقط حماره او ثوره في بئر ولا ينشله حالا في يوم السبت.

⁵and answering them he said, `Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?`

⁶فلم يقدروا ان يجيبوه عن ذلك

⁶and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.

⁷وقال للمدعوين مثلا وهو يلاحظ كيف اختاروا المتكآت الاولى قائلا لهم

⁷And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

⁸متى دعيت من احد الى عرس فلا تتكئ في المتكإ الاول لعل اكرم منك يكون قد دعي منه.

⁸`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

⁹فيأتي الذي دعاك واياه ويقول لك اعطي مكانا لهذا. فحينئذ تبتدئ بخجل تأخذ الموضع الاخير.

⁹and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

¹⁰بل متى دعيت فاذهب واتكئ في الموضع الاخير حتى اذا جاء الذي دعاك يقول لك يا صديق ارتفع الى فوق. حينئذ يكون لك مجد امام المتكئين معك.

¹⁰`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

¹¹لان كل من يرفع نفسه يتضع ومن يضع نفسه يرتفع

¹¹because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.`

¹²وقال ايضا للذي دعاه اذا صنعت غذاء او عشاء فلا تدع اصدقاءك ولا اخوتك ولا اقرباءك ولا الجيران الاغنياء لئلا يدعوك هم ايضا فتكون لك مكافاة.

¹²And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

¹³بل اذا صنعت ضيافة فادع المساكين الجدع العرج العمي.

¹³but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

¹⁴فيكون لك الطوبى اذ ليس لهم حتى يكافوك. لانك تكافى في قيامة الابرار

¹⁴and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.`

¹⁵فلما سمع ذلك واحد من المتكئين قال له طوبى لمن يأكل خبزا في ملكوت الله.

¹⁵And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy [is] he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;`

¹⁶فقال له. انسان صنع عشاء عظيما ودعا كثيرين.

¹⁶and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

¹⁷وارسل عبده في ساعة العشاء ليقول للمدعوين تعالوا لان كل شيء قد أعد.

¹⁷and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

¹⁸فابتدأ الجميع برأي واحد يستعفون. قال له الاول اني اشتريت حقلا وانا مضطر ان اخرج وانظره. اسألك ان تعفيني.

¹⁸`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

¹⁹وقال آخر اني اشتريت خمسة ازواج بقر وانا ماض لامتحنها. اسألك ان تعفيني.

¹⁹`And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

²⁰وقال آخر اني تزوجت بامرأة فلذلك لا اقدر ان اجيء.

²⁰and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

²¹فأتى ذلك العبد واخبر سيده بذلك. حينئذ غضب رب البيت وقال لعبده اخرج عاجلا الى شوارع المدينة وازقتها وادخل الى هنا المساكين والجدع والعرج والعمي.

²¹`And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

²²فقال العبد يا سيد قد صار كما امرت ويوجد ايضا مكان.

²²`And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

²³فقال السيد للعبد اخرج الى الطرق والسياجات والزمهم بالدخول حتى يمتلئ بيتي.

²³`And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

²⁴لاني اقول لكم انه ليس واحد من اولئك الرجال المدعوين يذوق عشائي

²⁴for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.`

²⁵وكان جموع كثيرة سائرين معه فالتفت وقال لهم

²⁵And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

²⁶ان كان احد يأتي اليّ ولا يبغض اباه وامه وامرأته واولاده واخوته واخواته حتى نفسه ايضا فلا يقدر ان يكون لي تلميذا.

²⁶`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

²⁷ومن لا يحمل صليبه ويأتي ورائي فلا يقدر ان يكون لي تلميذا.

²⁷and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

²⁸ومن منكم وهو يريد ان يبني برجا لا يجلس اولا ويحسب النفقة هل عنده ما يلزم لكماله.

²⁸`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?

²⁹لئلا يضع الاساس ولا يقدر ان يكمل فيبتدئ جميع الناظرين يهزأون به.

²⁹lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

³⁰قائلين هذا الانسان ابتدأ يبني ولم يقدر ان يكمل.

³⁰saying — This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

³¹واي ملك ان ذهب لمقاتلة ملك آخر في حرب لا يجلس اولا ويتشاور هل يستطيع ان يلاقي بعشرة آلاف الذي يأتي عليه بعشرين الفا.

³¹`Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

³²وإلا فما دام ذلك بعيدا يرسل سفارة ويسأل ما هو للصلح.

³²and if not so — he being yet a long way off — having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

³³فكذلك كل واحد منكم لا يترك جميع امواله لا يقدر ان يكون لي تلميذا.

³³`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

³⁴الملح جيد. ولكن اذا فسد الملح فبماذا يصلح.

³⁴`The salt [is] good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

³⁵لا يصلح لارض ولا لمزبلة فيطرحونه خارجا. من له اذنان للسمع فليسمع

³⁵neither for land nor for manure is it fit — they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.`