¹وفي احدى تلك الايام اذ كان يعلّم الشعب في الهيكل ويبشر وقف رؤساء الكهنة والكتبة مع الشيوخ

¹And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon [him],

²وكلموه قائلين قل لنا باي سلطان تفعل هذا. او من هو الذي اعطاك هذا السلطان.

²and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?`

³فاجاب وقال لهم وانا ايضا اسألكم كلمة واحدة فقولوا لي.

³And he answering said unto them, `I will question you — I also — one thing, and tell me:

⁴معمودية يوحنا من السماء كانت ام من الناس.

⁴the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?`

⁵فتآمروا فيما بينهم قائلين ان قلنا من السماء يقول فلماذا لم تؤمنوا به.

⁵And they reasoned with themselves, saying — `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

⁶وان قلنا من الناس فجميع الشعب يرجموننا لانهم واثقون بان يوحنا نبي.

⁶and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.`

⁷فاجابوا انهم لا يعلمون من اين.

⁷And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was],

⁸فقال لهم يسوع ولا انا اقول لكم باي سلطان افعل هذا

⁸and Jesus said to them, `Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.`

⁹وابتدأ يقول للشعب هذا المثل. انسان غرس كرما وسلمه الى كرامين وسافر زمانا طويلا.

⁹And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

¹⁰وفي الوقت ارسل الى الكرامين عبدا لكي يعطوه من ثمر الكرم. فجلده الكرامون وارسلوه فارغا.

¹⁰and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send [him] away empty.

¹¹فعاد وارسل عبدا آخر. فجلدوا ذلك ايضا واهانوه وارسلوه فارغا.

¹¹`And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

¹²ثم عاد فارسل ثالثا. فجرحوا هذا ايضا واخرجوه.

¹²and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.

¹³فقال صاحب الكرم ماذا افعل. أرسل ابني الحبيب. لعلهم اذا رأوه يهابون.

¹³`And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son — the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

¹⁴فلما رآه الكرامون تآمروا فيما بينهم قائلين هذا هو الوارث. هلموا نقتله لكي يصير لنا الميراث.

¹⁴and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

¹⁵فاخرجوه خارج الكرم وقتلوه. فماذا يفعل بهم صاحب الكرم.

¹⁵and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed [him]; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁶يأتي ويهلك هؤلاء الكرامين ويعطي الكرم لآخرين. فلما سمعوا قالوا حاشا.

¹⁶He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.` And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!`

¹⁷فنظر اليهم وقال اذا ما هو هذا المكتوب الحجر الذي رفضه البناؤون هو قد صار راس الزاوية.

¹⁷and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected — this became head of a corner?

¹⁸كل من يسقط على ذلك الحجر يترضض. ومن سقط هو عليه يسحقه.

¹⁸every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.`

¹⁹فطلب رؤساء الكهنة والكتبة ان يلقوا الايادي عليه في تلك الساعة ولكنهم خافوا الشعب. لانهم عرفوا انه قال هذا المثل عليهم

¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

²⁰فراقبوه وارسلوا جواسيس يتراءون انهم ابرار لكي يمسكوه بكلمة حتى يسلموه الى حكم الوالي وسلطانه.

²⁰And, having watched [him], they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

²¹فسألوه قائلين يا معلّم نعلم انك بالاستقامة تتكلم وتعلّم ولا تقبل الوجوه بل بالحق تعلّم طريق الله.

²¹and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;

²²أيجوز لنا ان نعطي جزية لقيصر ام لا.

²²Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?`

²³فشعر بمكرهم وقال لهم لماذا تجربونني.

²³And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, `Why me do ye tempt?

²⁴أروني دينارا. لمن الصورة والكتابة. فاجابوا وقالوا لقيصر.

²⁴shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?` and they answering said, `Of Caesar:`

²⁵فقال لهم اعطوا اذا ما لقيصر لقيصر وما للّه للّه.

²⁵and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;`

²⁶فلم يقدروا ان يمسكوه بكلمة قدام الشعب. وتعجبوا من جوابه وسكتوا

²⁶and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

²⁷وحضر قوم من الصدوقيين الذين يقاومون امر القيامة وسألوه

²⁷And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

²⁸قائلين يا معلّم كتب لنا موسى ان مات لاحد اخ وله امرأة ومات بغير ولد يأخذ اخوه المرأة ويقيم نسلا لاخيه.

²⁸saying, `Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one`s brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

²⁹فكان سبعة اخوة. واخذ الاول امرأة ومات بغير ولد.

²⁹`There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

³⁰فأخذ الثاني المرأة ومات بغير ولد.

³⁰and the second took the wife, and he died childless,

³¹ثم اخذها الثالث وهكذا السبعة. ولم يتركوا ولدا وماتوا.

³¹and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven — they left not children, and they died;

³²وآخر الكل ماتت المرأة ايضا.

³²and last of all died also the woman:

³³ففي القيامة لمن منهم تكون زوجة. لانها كانت زوجة للسبعة.

³³in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? — for the seven had her as wife.`

³⁴فاجاب وقال لهم يسوع ابناء هذا الدهر يزوجون ويزوجون.

³⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,

³⁵ولكن الذين حسبوا اهلا للحصول على ذلك الدهر والقيامة من الاموات لا يزوجون ولا يزوجون.

³⁵but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage;

³⁶اذ لا يستطيعون ان يموتوا ايضا لانهم مثل الملائكة وهم ابناء الله اذ هم ابناء القيامة.

³⁶for neither are they able to die any more — for they are like messengers — and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.

³⁷واما ان الموتى يقومون فقد دل عليه موسى ايضا في امر العليقة كما يقول. الرب اله ابراهيم واله اسحق واله يعقوب.

³⁷`And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

³⁸وليس هو اله اموات بل اله احياء لان الجميع عنده احياء.

³⁸and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.`

³⁹فاجاب قوما من الكتبة وقالوا يا معلّم حسنا قلت.

³⁹And certain of the scribes answering said, `Teacher, thou didst say well;`

⁴⁰ولم يتجاسروا ايضا ان يسألوه عن شيء

⁴⁰and no more durst they question him anything.

⁴¹وقال لهم كيف يقولون ان المسيح ابن داود.

⁴¹And he said unto them, `How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

⁴²وداود نفسه يقول في كتاب المزامير قال الرب لربي اجلس عن يميني

⁴²and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

⁴³حتى اضع اعداءك موطئا لقدميك.

⁴³till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool;

⁴⁴فاذا داود يدعوه ربا فكيف يكون ابنه

⁴⁴David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?`

⁴⁵وفيما كان جميع الشعب يسمعون قال لتلاميذه

⁴⁵And, all the people hearing, he said to his disciples,

⁴⁶احذروا من الكتبة الذين يرغبون المشي بالطيالسة ويحبون التحيات في الاسواق والمجالس الاولى في المجامع والمتكآت الأولى في الولائم.

⁴⁶`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,

⁴⁷الذين يأكلون بيوت الارامل ولعلة يطيلون الصلوات. هؤلاء يأخذون دينونة اعظم

⁴⁷who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.`