¹ولما اكمل يسوع أمره لتلاميذه الاثني عشر انصرف من هناك ليعلّم ويكرز في مدنهم

¹And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

²اما يوحنا فلما سمع في السجن باعمال المسيح ارسل اثنين من تلاميذه.

²But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,

³وقال له انت هو الآتي ام ننتظر آخر.

³and said to him, Art *thou* the coming [one]? or are we to wait for another?

⁴فاجاب يسوع وقال لهما اذهبا واخبرا يوحنا بما تسمعان وتنظران.

⁴And Jesus answering said to them, Go, report to John what ye hear and see.

⁵العمي يبصرون والعرج يمشون والبرص يطهرون والصم يسمعون والموتى يقومون والمساكين يبشّرون.

⁵Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:

⁶وطوبى لمن لا يعثر فيّ

⁶and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

⁷وبينما ذهب هذان ابتدأ يسوع يقول للجموع عن يوحنا ماذا خرجتم الى البرية لتنظروا. أقصبة تحركها الريح.

⁷But as they went [away], Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed moved about by the wind?

⁸لكن ماذا خرجتم لتنظروا. أإنسانا لابسا ثيابا ناعمة. هوذا الذين يلبسون الثياب الناعمة هم في بيوت الملوك.

⁸But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings.

⁹لكن ماذا خرجتم لتنظروا. أنبيا. نعم اقول لكم وافضل من نبي.

⁹But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet:

¹⁰فان هذا هو الذي كتب عنه ها انا ارسل امام وجهك ملاكي الذي يهيئ طريقك قدامك.

¹⁰this is he of whom it is written, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

¹¹الحق اقول لكم لم يقم بين المولودين من النساء اعظم من يوحنا المعمدان. ولكن الاصغر في ملكوت السموات اعظم منه.

¹¹Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among [the] born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

¹²ومن ايام يوحنا المعمدان الى الآن ملكوت السموات يغصب والغاصبون يختطفونه.

¹²But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and [the] violent seize on it.

¹³لان جميع الانبياء والناموس الى يوحنا تنبأوا.

¹³For all the prophets and the law have prophesied unto John.

¹⁴وان اردتم ان تقبلوا فهذا هو ايليا المزمع ان ياتي.

¹⁴And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.

¹⁵من له اذنان للسمع فليسمع

¹⁵He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁶وبمن اشبّه هذا الجيل. يشبه اولادا جالسين في الاسواق ينادون الى اصحابهم

¹⁶But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their companions,

¹⁷ويقولون زمّرنا لكم فلم ترقصوا. نحنا لكم فلم تلطموا.

¹⁷say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

¹⁸لانه جاء يوحنا لا يأكل ولا يشرب. فيقولون فيه شيطان.

¹⁸For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

¹⁹جاء ابن الانسان يأكل ويشرب. فيقولون هوذا انسان اكول وشريب خمر. محب للعشارين والخطاة. والحكمة تبررت من بنيها

¹⁹The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: -- and wisdom has been justified by her children.

²⁰حينئذ ابتدأ يوبّخ المدن التي صنعت فيها اكثر قواته لانها لم تتب.

²⁰Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

²¹ويل لك يا كورزين. ويل لك يا بيت صيدا. لانه لو صنعت في صور وصيدا القوات المصنوعة فيكما لتابتا قديما في المسوح والرماد.

²¹Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes.

²²ولكن اقول لكم ان صور وصيدا تكون لهما حالة اكثر احتمالا يوم الدين مما لكما.

²²But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in judgment-day than for you.

²³وانت يا كفرناحوم المرتفعة الى السماء ستهبطين الى الهاوية. لانه لو صنعت في سدوم القوات المصنوعة فيك لبقيت الى اليوم.

²³And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

²⁴ولكن اقول لكم ان ارض سدوم تكون لها حالة اكثر احتمالا يوم الدين مما لك

²⁴But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for [the] land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee.

²⁵في ذلك الوقت اجاب يسوع وقال احمدك ايها الآب رب السماء والارض لانك اخفيت هذه عن الحكماء والفهماء واعلنتها للاطفال.

²⁵At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

²⁶نعم ايها الآب لان هكذا صارت المسرة امامك.

²⁶Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

²⁷كل شيء قد دفع اليّ من ابي. وليس احد يعرف الابن الا الآب. ولا احد يعرف الآب الا الابن ومن اراد الابن ان يعلن له.

²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him].

²⁸تعالوا اليّ يا جميع المتعبين والثقيلي الاحمال وانا اريحكم.

²⁸Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.

²⁹احملوا نيري عليكم وتعلموا مني. لاني وديع ومتواضع القلب. فتجدوا راحة لنفوسكم.

²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;

³⁰لان نيري هين وحملي خفيف

³⁰for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.