¹فان ملكوت السموات يشبه رجلا رب بيت خرج مع الصبح ليستأجر فعلة لكرمه.

¹`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

²فأتفق مع الفعلة على دينار في اليوم وارسلهم الى كرمه.

²and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³ثم خرج نحو الساعة الثالثة ورأى آخرين قياما في السوق بطالين.

³`And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

⁴فقال لهم اذهبوا انتم ايضا الى الكرم فاعطيكم ما يحق لكم. فمضوا.

⁴and to these he said, Go ye — also ye — to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;

⁵وخرج ايضا نحو الساعة السادسة والتاسعة وفعل كذلك.

⁵and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

⁶ثم نحو الساعة الحادية عشرة خرج ووجد آخرين قياما بطالين. فقال لهم لماذا وقفتم هنا كل النهار بطالين.

⁶And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?

⁷قالوا له لانه لم يستأجرنا احد. قال لهم اذهبوا انتم ايضا الى الكرم فتأخذوا ما يحق لكم.

⁷they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye — ye also — to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.

⁸فلما كان المساء قال صاحب الكرم لوكيله. ادع الفعلة واعطهم الاجرة مبتدئا من الاخرين الى الاولين.

⁸`And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last — unto the first.

⁹فجاء اصحاب الساعة الحادية عشرة واخذوا دينارا دينارا.

⁹And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

¹⁰فلما جاء الاولون ظنوا انهم يأخذون اكثر. فاخذوا هم ايضا دينارا دينارا

¹⁰`And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

¹¹وفيما هم ياخذون تذمروا على رب البيت

¹¹and having received [it], they were murmuring against the householder, saying,

¹²قائلين. هؤلاء الآخرون عملوا ساعة واحدة وقد ساويتهم بنا نحن الذين احتملنا ثقل النهار والحر.

¹²that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day — and the heat.

¹³فاجاب وقال لواحد منهم. يا صاحب ما ظلمتك. أما اتفقت معي على دينار.

¹³`And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?

¹⁴فخذ الذي لك واذهب. فاني اريد ان اعطي هذا الاخير مثلك.

¹⁴take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

¹⁵او ما يحل لي ان افعل ما اريد بما لي. أم عينك شريرة لاني انا صالح.

¹⁵is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

¹⁶هكذا يكون الآخرون اولين والاولون آخرين. لان كثيرين يدعون وقليلين ينتخبون

¹⁶So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.`

¹⁷وفيما كان يسوع صاعدا الى اورشليم اخذ الاثني عشر تلميذا على انفراد في الطريق وقال لهم.

¹⁷And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,

¹⁸ها نحن صاعدون الى اورشليم وابن الانسان يسلم الى رؤساء الكهنة والكتبة فيحكمون عليه بالموت.

¹⁸`Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,

¹⁹ويسلمونه الى الامم لكي يهزأوا به ويجلدوه ويصلبوه. وفي اليوم الثالث يقوم

¹⁹and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.`

²⁰حينئذ تقدمت اليه ام ابني زبدي مع ابنيها وسجدت وطلبت منه شيئا.

²⁰Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,

²¹فقال لها ماذا تريدين. قالت له قل ان يجلس ابناي هذان واحد عن يمينك والآخر عن اليسار في ملكوتك.

²¹and he said to her, `What wilt thou?` She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit — these my two sons — one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.`

²²فاجاب يسوع وقال لستما تعلمان ما تطلبان. أتستطيعان ان تشربا الكاس التي سوف اشربها انا وان تصطبغا بالصبغة التي اصطبغ بها انا. قالا له نستطيع.

²²And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?` They say to him, `We are able.`

²³فقال لهما اما كاسي فتشربانها وبالصبغة التي اصطبغ بها انا تصطبغان واما الجلوس عن يميني وعن يساري فليس لي ان اعطيه الا للذين اعدّ لهم من ابي.

²³And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but — to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.`

²⁴فلما سمع العشرة اغتاظوا من اجل الاخوين.

²⁴And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,

²⁵فدعاهم يسوع وقال انتم تعلمون ان رؤساء الامم يسودونهم والعظماء يتسلطون عليهم.

²⁵and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,

²⁶فلا يكون هكذا فيكم. بل من اراد ان يكون فيكم عظيما فليكن لكم خادما.

²⁶but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

²⁷ومن اراد ان يكون فيكم اولا فليكن لكم عبدا.

²⁷and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

²⁸كما ان ابن الانسان لم يأت ليخدم بل ليخدم وليبذل نفسه فدية عن كثيرين

²⁸even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.`

²⁹وفيما هم خارجون من اريحا تبعه جمع كثير.

²⁹And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude,

³⁰واذا اعميان جالسان على الطريق. فلما سمعا ان يسوع مجتاز صرخا قائلين ارحمنا يا سيد يا ابن داود.

³⁰and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, `Deal kindly with us, sir — Son of David.`

³¹فانتهرهما الجمع ليسكتا فكانا يصرخان اكثر قائلين ارحمنا يا سيد يا ابن داود.

³¹And the multitude charged them that they might be silent, and they cried out the more, saying, `Deal kindly with us sir — Son of David.`

³²فوقف يسوع وناداهما وقال ماذا تريدان ان افعل بكما.

³²And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, `What will ye [that] I may do to you?`

³³قالا له يا سيد ان تنفتح اعيننا.

³³they say to him, `Sir, that our eyes may be opened;`

³⁴فتحنن يسوع ولمس اعينهما فللوقت ابصرت اعينهما فتبعاه

³⁴and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.