¹ثم دخل كفرناحوم ايضا بعد ايام فسمع انه في بيت.

¹And again he entered into Capernaum, after [some] days, and it was heard that he is in the house,

²وللوقت اجتمع كثيرون حتى لم يعد يسع ولا ما حول الباب. فكان يخاطبهم بالكلمة.

²and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word.

³وجاءوا اليه مقدمين مفلوجا يحمله اربعة.

³And they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,

⁴واذ لم يقدروا ان يقتربوا اليه من اجل الجمع كشفوا السقف حيث كان وبعدما نقبوه دلّوا السرير الذي كان المفلوج مضطجعا عليه.

⁴and not being able to come near to him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken [it] up, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was lying,

⁵فلما رأى يسوع ايمانهم قال للمفلوج يا بنيّ مغفورة لك خطاياك.

⁵and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.`

⁶وكان قوم من الكتبة هناك جالسين يفكرون في قلوبهم

⁶And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷لماذا يتكلم هذا هكذا بتجاديف. من يقدر ان يغفر خطايا الا الله وحده.

⁷`Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one — God?`

⁸فللوقت شعر يسوع بروحه انهم يفكرون هكذا في انفسهم فقال لهم لماذا تفكرون بهذا في قلوبكم.

⁸And immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, `Why these things reason ye in your hearts?

⁹أيّما ايسر ان يقال للمفلوج مغفورة لك خطاياك. أم ان يقال قم واحمل سريرك وامش.

⁹which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?

¹⁰ولكن لكي تعلموا ان لابن الانسان سلطانا على الارض ان يغفر الخطايا. قال للمفلوج

¹⁰`And, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins — (he saith to the paralytic) —

¹¹لك اقول قم واحمل سريرك واذهب الى بيتك.

¹¹I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy couch, and go away to thy house;`

¹²فقام للوقت وحمل السرير وخرج قدام الكل حتى بهت الجميع ومجّدوا الله قائلين ما رأينا مثل هذا قط.

¹²and he rose immediately, and having taken up the couch, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and do glorify God, saying — `Never thus did we see.`

¹³ثم خرج ايضا الى البحر. وأتى اليه كل الجمع فعلّمهم.

¹³And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,

¹⁴وفيما هو مجتاز رأى لاوي بن حلفى جالسا عند مكان الجباية. فقال له اتبعني. فقام وتبعه.

¹⁴and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,` and he, having risen, did follow him.

¹⁵وفيما هو متكئ في بيته كان كثيرون من العشارين والخطاة يتكئون مع يسوع وتلاميذه لانهم كانوا كثيرين وتبعوه.

¹⁵And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

¹⁶واما الكتبة والفريسيون فلما رأوه يأكل مع العشارين والخطاة قالوا لتلاميذه ما باله يأكل ويشرب مع العشارين والخطاة.

¹⁶And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why — that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?`

¹⁷فلما سمع يسوع قال لهم. لا يحتاج الاصحاء الى طبيب بل المرضى. لم آت لادعو ابرارا بل خطاة الى التوبة.

¹⁷And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.`

¹⁸وكان تلاميذ يوحنا والفريسيين يصومون. فجاءوا وقالوا له لماذا يصوم تلاميذ يوحنا والفريسيين واما تلاميذك فلا يصومون.

¹⁸And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?`

¹⁹فقال لهم يسوع هل يستطيع بنو العرس ان يصوموا والعريس معهم. ما دام العريس معهم لا يستطيعون ان يصوموا.

¹⁹And Jesus said to them, `Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;

²⁰ولكن ستأتي ايام حين يرفع العريس عنهم فحينئذ يصومون في تلك الايام.

²⁰but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast — in those days.

²¹ليس احد يخيط رقعة من قطعة جديدة على ثوب عتيق وإلا فالملء الجديد ياخذ من العتيق فيصير الخرق اردأ.

²¹`And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not — the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;

²²وليس احد يجعل خمرا جديدة في زقاق عتيقة لئلا تشق الخمر الجديدة الزقاق فالخمر تنصب والزقاق تتلف. بل يجعلون خمرا جديدة في زقاق جديدة

²²and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not — the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.`

²³واجتاز في السبت بين الزروع. فابتدأ تلاميذه يقطفون السنابل وهم سائرون.

²³And it came to pass — he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields — and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,

²⁴فقال له الفريسيون. انظر. لماذا يفعلون في السبت ما لا يحل.

²⁴and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?`

²⁵فقال لهم أما قرأتم قط ما فعله داود حين احتاج وجاع هو والذين معه.

²⁵And he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

²⁶كيف دخل بيت الله في ايام ابيأثار رئيس الكهنة واكل خبز التقدمة الذي لا يحل اكله إلا للكهنة واعطى الذين كانوا معه ايضا.

²⁶how he went into the house of God, (at `Abiathar the chief priest,`) and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?`

²⁷ثم قال لهم السبت انما جعل لاجل الانسان لا الانسان لاجل السبت.

²⁷And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

²⁸اذا ابن الانسان هو رب السبت ايضا

²⁸so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.`