¹ولما قربوا من اورشليم وجاءوا الى بيت فاجي عند جبل الزيتون حينئذ ارسل يسوع تلميذين

¹And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

²قائلا لهما. اذهبا الى القرية التي امامكما فللوقت تجدان اتانا مربوطة وجحشا معها فحلاهما وأتياني بهما.

²saying to them, `Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her — having loosed, bring ye to me;

³وان قال لكما احد شيئا فقولا الرب محتاج اليهما. فللوقت يرسلهما.

³and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.`

⁴فكان هذا كله لكي يتم ما قيل بالنبي القائل

⁴And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,

⁵قولوا لابنة صهيون هوذا ملكك يأتيك وديعا راكبا على اتان وجحش ابن اتان.

⁵`Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.`

⁶فذهب التلميذان وفعلا كما امرهما يسوع.

⁶And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,

⁷وأتيا بالاتان والجحش ووضعا عليهما ثيابهما فجلس عليهما.

⁷brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set [him] upon them;

⁸والجمع الاكثر فرشوا ثيابهم في الطريق. وآخرون قطعوا اغصانا من الشجر وفرشوها في الطريق.

⁸and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,

⁹والجموع الذين تقدموا والذين تبعوا كانوا يصرخون قائلين أوصنا لابن داود. مبارك الآتي باسم الرب. أوصنا في الاعالي.

⁹and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.`

¹⁰ولما دخل اورشليم ارتجّت المدينة كلها قائلة من هذا.

¹⁰And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, `Who is this?`

¹¹فقالت الجموع هذا يسوع النبي الذي من ناصرة الجليل

¹¹And the multitudes said, `This is Jesus the prophet, who [is] from Nazareth of Galilee.`

¹²ودخل يسوع الى هيكل الله واخرج جميع الذين كانوا يبيعون ويشترون في الهيكل وقلب موائد الصيارفة وكراسي باعة الحمام

¹²And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

¹³وقال لهم. مكتوب بيتي بيت الصلاة يدعى وانتم جعلتموه مغارة لصوص.

¹³and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.`

¹⁴وتقدم اليه عمي وعرج في الهيكل فشفاهم.

¹⁴And there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them,

¹⁵فلما رأى رؤساء الكهنة والكتبة العجائب التي صنع والاولاد يصرخون في الهيكل ويقولون أوصنا لابن داود غضبوا

¹⁵and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,` were much displeased;

¹⁶وقالوا له أتسمع ما يقول هؤلاء. فقال لهم يسوع نعم. أما قرأتم قط من افواه الاطفال والرضّع هيأت تسبيحا.

¹⁶and they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?` And Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?`

¹⁷ثم تركهم وخرج خارج المدينة الى بيت عنيا وبات هناك

¹⁷And having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there,

¹⁸وفي الصبح اذ كان راجعا الى المدينة جاع.

¹⁸and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,

¹⁹فنظر شجرة تين على الطريق وجاء اليها فلم يجد فيها شيئا الا ورقا فقط. فقال لها لا يكون منك ثمر بعد الى الابد. فيبست التينة في الحال.

¹⁹and having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he saith to it, `No more from thee may fruit be — to the age;` and forthwith the fig-tree withered.

²⁰فلما رأى التلاميذ ذلك تعجبوا قائلين كيف يبست التينة في الحال.

²⁰And the disciples having seen, did wonder, saying, `How did the fig-tree forthwith wither?`

²¹فاجاب يسوع وقال لهم. الحق اقول لكم ان كان لكم ايمان ولا تشكّون فلا تفعلون امر التينة فقط بل ان قلتم ايضا لهذا الجبل انتقل وانطرح في البحر فيكون.

²¹And Jesus answering said to them, `Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;

²²وكل ما تطلبونه في الصلاة مؤمنين تنالونه

²²and all — as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.`

²³ولما جاء الى الهيكل تقدم اليه رؤساء الكهنة وشيوخ الشعب وهو يعلّم قائلين بأي سلطان تفعل هذا ومن اعطاك هذا السلطان.

²³And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?`

²⁴فاجاب يسوع وقال لهم وانا ايضا اسألكم كلمة واحدة فان قلتم لي عنها اقول لكم انا ايضا بأي سلطان افعل هذا.

²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you — I also — one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things;

²⁵معمودية يوحنا من اين كانت. من السماء أم من الناس. ففكروا في انفسهم قائلين ان قلنا من السماء يقول لنا فلماذا لم تؤمنوا به.

²⁵the baptism of John, whence was it? — from heaven, or from men?` And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

²⁶وان قلنا من الناس نخاف من الشعب. لان يوحنا عند الجميع مثل نبي.

²⁶and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.`

²⁷فاجابوا يسوع وقالوا لا نعلم. فقال لهم هو ايضا ولا انا اقول لكم باي سلطان افعل هذا

²⁷And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.` He said to them — he also — `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁸ماذا تظنون. كان لانسان ابنان فجاء الى الاول وقال يا ابني اذهب اليوم اعمل في كرمي.

²⁸`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.`

²⁹فاجاب وقال ما اريد. ولكنه ندم اخيرا ومضى.

²⁹And he answering said, `I will not,` but at last, having repented, he went.

³⁰وجاء الى الثاني وقال كذلك. فاجاب وقال ها انا يا سيد. ولم يمض.

³⁰`And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not;

³¹فأي الاثنين عمل ارادة الاب. قالوا له الاول. قال لهم يسوع الحق اقول لكم ان العشارين والزواني يسبقونكم الى ملكوت الله.

³¹which of the two did the will of the father?` They say to him, `The first.` Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

³²لان يوحنا جاءكم في طريق الحق فلم تؤمنوا به. واما العشارون والزواني فآمنوا به. وانتم اذ رأيتم لم تندموا اخيرا لتؤمنوا به

³²for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last — to believe him.

³³اسمعوا مثلا آخر. كان انسان رب بيت غرس كرما واحاطه بسياج وحفر فيه معصرة وبنى برجا وسلمه الى كرامين وسافر.

³³`Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

³⁴ولما قرب وقت الاثمار ارسل عبيده الى الكرامين لياخذ اثماره.

³⁴`And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

³⁵فاخذ الكرامون عبيده وجلدوا بعضا وقتلوا بعضا ورجموا بعضا.

³⁵and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

³⁶ثم ارسل ايضا عبيدا آخرين اكثر من الاولين. ففعلوا بهم كذلك.

³⁶`Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.

³⁷فاخيرا ارسل اليهم ابنه قائلا يهابون ابني.

³⁷`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;

³⁸واما الكرامون فلما رأوا الابن قالوا فيما بينهم هذا هو الوارث هلموا نقتله وناخذ ميراثه.

³⁸and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

³⁹فأخذوه واخرجوه خارج الكرم وقتلوه.

³⁹and having taken him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard, and killed him;

⁴⁰فمتى جاء صاحب الكرم ماذا يفعل بأولئك الكرامين.

⁴⁰whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?`

⁴¹قالوا له. أولئك الاردياء يهلكهم هلاكا رديّا ويسلم الكرم الى كرامين آخرين يعطونه الاثمار في اوقاتها.

⁴¹They say to him, `Evil men — he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.`

⁴²قال لهم يسوع أما قرأتم قط في الكتب. الحجر الذي رفضه البناؤون هو قد صار راس الزاوية. من قبل الرب كان هذا وهو عجيب في اعيننا.

⁴²Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

⁴³لذلك اقول لكم ان ملكوت الله ينزع منكم ويعطى لأمة تعمل اثماره.

⁴³`Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

⁴⁴ومن سقط على هذا الحجر يترضض ومن سقط هو عليه يسحقه

⁴⁴and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.`

⁴⁵ولما سمع رؤساء الكهنة والفريسيون امثاله عرفوا انه تكلم عليهم.

⁴⁵And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

⁴⁶واذ كانوا يطلبون ان يمسكوه خافوا من الجموع لانه كان عندهم مثل نبي

⁴⁶and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.