Vangelo secondo Luca (لوقا) 14

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 واذ جاء الى بيت احد رؤساء الفريسيين في السبت ليأكل خبزا كانوا يراقبونه.	1 Now it happened that on a Sabbath day he had gone to share a meal in the house of one of theleading Pharisees; and they watched him closely.
2 واذا انسان مستسق كان قدامه.	2 Now there in front of him was a man with dropsy,
3 فاجاب يسوع وكلم الناموسيين والفريسيين قائلا هل يحل الابراء في السبت.	3 and Jesus addressed the lawyers and Pharisees with the words, 'Is it against the law to cure someoneon the Sabbath, or not?'
4 فسكتوا. فامسكه وابرأه واطلقه.	4 But they remained silent, so he took the man and cured him and sent him away.
5 ثم اجابهم وقال من منكم يسقط حماره او ثوره في بئر ولا ينشله حالا في يوم السبت.	5 Then he said to them, 'Which of you here, if his son fal s into a wel , or his ox, wil not pul him out on aSabbath day without any hesitation?'
6 فلم يقدروا ان يجيبوه عن ذلك	6 And to this they could find no answer.
7 وقال للمدعوين مثلا وهو يلاحظ كيف اختاروا المتكآت الاولى قائلا لهم	7 He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. Hesaid this,
8 متى دعيت من احد الى عرس فلا تتكئ في المتكإ الاول لعل اكرم منك يكون قد دعي منه.	8 'When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A moredistinguished person than you may have been invited,
9 فيأتي الذي دعاك واياه ويقول لك اعطي مكانا لهذا. فحينئذ تبتدئ بخجل تأخذ الموضع الاخير.	9 and the person who invited you both may come and say, "Give up your place to this man." And then, toyour embarrassment, you wil have to go and take the lowest place.
10 بل متى دعيت فاذهب واتكئ في الموضع الاخير حتى اذا جاء الذي دعاك يقول لك يا صديق ارتفع الى فوق. حينئذ يكون لك مجد امام المتكئين معك.	10 No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so that, when your hostcomes, he may say, "My friend, move up higher." Then, everyone with you at the table wil see you honoured.
11 لان كل من يرفع نفسه يتضع ومن يضع نفسه يرتفع	11 For everyone who raises himself up wil be humbled, and the one who humbles himself wil be raisedup.'
12 وقال ايضا للذي دعاه اذا صنعت غذاء او عشاء فلا تدع اصدقاءك ولا اخوتك ولا اقرباءك ولا الجيران الاغنياء لئلا يدعوك هم ايضا فتكون لك مكافاة.	12 Then he said to his host, 'When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or yourbrothers or your relations or rich neighbours, in case they invite you back and so repay you.
13 بل اذا صنعت ضيافة فادع المساكين الجدع العرج العمي.	13 No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
14 فيكون لك الطوبى اذ ليس لهم حتى يكافوك. لانك تكافى في قيامة الابرار	14 then you will be blessed, for they have no means to repay you and so you wil be repaid when theupright rise again.'
15 فلما سمع ذلك واحد من المتكئين قال له طوبى لمن يأكل خبزا في ملكوت الله.	15 On hearing this, one of those gathered round the table said to him, 'Blessed is anyone who wil sharethe meal in the kingdom of God!'
16 فقال له. انسان صنع عشاء عظيما ودعا كثيرين.	16 But he said to him, 'There was a man who gave a great banquet, and he invited a large number ofpeople.
17 وارسل عبده في ساعة العشاء ليقول للمدعوين تعالوا لان كل شيء قد أعد.	17 When the time for the banquet came, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited,"Come along: everything is ready now."
18 فابتدأ الجميع برأي واحد يستعفون. قال له الاول اني اشتريت حقلا وانا مضطر ان اخرج وانظره. اسألك ان تعفيني.	18 But al alike started to make excuses. The first said, "I have bought a piece of land and must go andsee it. Please accept my apologies."
19 وقال آخر اني اشتريت خمسة ازواج بقر وانا ماض لامتحنها. اسألك ان تعفيني.	19 Another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen and am on my way to try them out. Please accept myapologies."
20 وقال آخر اني تزوجت بامرأة فلذلك لا اقدر ان اجيء.	20 Yet another said, "I have just got married and so am unable to come."
21 فأتى ذلك العبد واخبر سيده بذلك. حينئذ غضب رب البيت وقال لعبده اخرج عاجلا الى شوارع المدينة وازقتها وادخل الى هنا المساكين والجدع والعرج والعمي.	21 'The servant returned and reported this to his master. Then the householder, in a rage, said to hisservant, "Go out quickly into the streets and al eys of the town and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blindand the lame."
22 فقال العبد يا سيد قد صار كما امرت ويوجد ايضا مكان.	22 "Sir," said the servant, "your orders have been carried out and there is still room."
23 فقال السيد للعبد اخرج الى الطرق والسياجات والزمهم بالدخول حتى يمتلئ بيتي.	23 Then the master said to his servant, "Go to the open roads and the hedgerows and press people tocome in, to make sure my house is ful ;
24 لاني اقول لكم انه ليس واحد من اولئك الرجال المدعوين يذوق عشائي	24 because, I tel you, not one of those who were invited shal have a taste of my banquet." '
25 وكان جموع كثيرة سائرين معه فالتفت وقال لهم	25 Great crowds accompanied him on his way and he turned and spoke to them.
26 ان كان احد يأتي اليّ ولا يبغض اباه وامه وامرأته واولاده واخوته واخواته حتى نفسه ايضا فلا يقدر ان يكون لي تلميذا.	26 'Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and hisown life too, cannot be my disciple.
27 ومن لا يحمل صليبه ويأتي ورائي فلا يقدر ان يكون لي تلميذا.	27 No one who does not carry his cross and come after me can be my disciple.
28 ومن منكم وهو يريد ان يبني برجا لا يجلس اولا ويحسب النفقة هل عنده ما يلزم لكماله.	28 'And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out thecost to see if he had enough to complete it?
29 لئلا يضع الاساس ولا يقدر ان يكمل فيبتدئ جميع الناظرين يهزأون به.	29 Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, anyone who saw it would start making fun of him and saying,
30 قائلين هذا الانسان ابتدأ يبني ولم يقدر ان يكمل.	30 "Here is someone who started to build and was unable to finish."
31 واي ملك ان ذهب لمقاتلة ملك آخر في حرب لا يجلس اولا ويتشاور هل يستطيع ان يلاقي بعشرة آلاف الذي يأتي عليه بعشرين الفا.	31 Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and considerwhether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who was advancing against him with twentythousand?
32 وإلا فما دام ذلك بعيدا يرسل سفارة ويسأل ما هو للصلح.	32 If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace.
33 فكذلك كل واحد منكم لا يترك جميع امواله لا يقدر ان يكون لي تلميذا.	33 So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple without giving up al that he owns.
34 الملح جيد. ولكن اذا فسد الملح فبماذا يصلح.	34 'Salt is a good thing. But if salt itself loses its taste, what can make it salty again?
35 لا يصلح لارض ولا لمزبلة فيطرحونه خارجا. من له اذنان للسمع فليسمع	35 It is good for neither soil nor manure heap. People throw it away. Anyone who has ears for listeningshould listen!'