1 כִּי דוֹמָה מַלְכוּת הַשָּׁמַיִם לְאָדָם בַּעַל־בָּיִת אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁכִּים לָצֵאת בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂכֹּר פֹּעֲלִים לְכַרְמוֹ | 1 The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. |
2 וְהִתְנָה עִם־הַפֹּעֲלִים שְׂכַר דִּינָר לַיּוֹם וַיִּשְׁלָחֵם אֶל־כַּרְמוֹ | 2 And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. |
3 וַיֵּצֵא בַּשָּׁעָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית וַיַּרְא אֲחֵרִים עֹמְדִים בְּטֵלִים בַּשּׁוּק | 3 And going about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle. |
4 וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם לְכוּ גַם־אַתֶּם אֶל־כַּרְמִי וְכַיּשֶׁר אֶתֵּן לָכֶם וַיֵּלֵכוּ | 4 And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just. |
5 וַיֵּצֵא גַּם בַּשָּׁעָה הַשִּׁשִּׁית גַּם בַּתְּשִׁיעִית וַיַּעַשׂ כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה | 5 And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner. |
6 וַיֵּצֵא בִּשְׁעַת אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה וַיִּמְצָא אֲחֵרִים עֹמְדִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם לָמָה אַתֶּם עֹמְדִים פֹּה בְּטֵלִים כָּל־הַיּוֹם | 6 But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle? |
7 וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ כִּי לֹא־שָׂכַר אוֹתָנוּ אִישׁ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם לְכוּ גַם־אַתֶּם אֶל־הַכֶּרֶם וְכַיּשֶׁר יֻתַּן לָכֶם | 7 They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go you also into my vineyard. |
8 וַיְהִי בָעֶרֶב וַיֹּאמֶר בַּעַל הַכֶּרֶם אֶל־פְּקִידוֹ קְרָא אֶת־הַפֹּעֲלִים וְשַׁלֵּם לָהֶם אֶת־שְׂכָרָם הָחֵל בָּאַחֲרוֹנִים וְכַלֵּה בָּרִאשׁוֹנִים | 8 And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first. |
9 וַיָּבֹאוּ הַנִּשְׂכָּרִים בִּשְׁעַת אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה וַיִּקְחוּ אִישׁ אִישׁ דִּינָר אֶחָד | 9 When therefore they were come, that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. |
10 וּבְבֹא הָרִאשׁוֹנִים דִּמּוּ בְנַפְשָׁם כִּי יִקְחוּ יוֹתֵר וַיִּקְחוּ גַּם־הֵם אִישׁ אִישׁ דִּינָר אֶחָד | 10 But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received every man a penny. |
11 וַיְהִי בְקַחְתָּם וַיִּלּוֹנוּ עַל־בַּעַל הַבַּיִת לֵאמֹר | 11 And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house, |
12 אֵלֶּה הָאַחֲרוֹנִים לֹא עָשֹוּ כִּי אִם־שָׁעָה אֶחָת וְאַתָּה הִשְׁוִיתָם אֵלֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר סָבַלְנוּ אֶת־כֹּבֶד הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־חֻמּוֹ | 12 Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats. |
13 וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֶחָד מֵהֶם רֵעִי לֹא עֲשַׁקְתִּיךָ הֲלֹא שְׂכַר דִּינָר הִתְנֵיתָ עִמִּי | 13 But he answering said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny? |
14 קַח אֶת־שֶׁלְּךָ וָלֵךְ וַאֲנִי רְצוֹנִי לָתֵת גַּם־לָזֶה הָאַחֲרוֹן כְּמוֹ־לָךְ | 14 Take what is thine, and go thy way: I will also give to this last even as to thee. |
15 הֲלֹא אוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּשֶׁלִּי כִּרְצוֹנִי הַאִם־תֵּרַע עֵינְךָ עַל־אֲשֶׁר טוֹב אָנֹכִי | 15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good? |
16 כָּכָה יִהְיוּ הָאַחֲרוֹנִים רִאשׁוֹנִים וְהָרִאשׁוֹנִים יִהְיוּ אַחֲרוֹנִים כִּי־רַבִּים הֵם הַקְּרוּאִים וּמְעַטִּים הַנִּבְחָרִים | 16 So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen. |
17 וַיְהִי כַּעֲלוֹת יֵשׁוּעַ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם וַיִּקַּח אֵלָיו אֶת־שְׁנֵים הֶעָשָׂר לְבַדָּם וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם בַּדָּרֶךְ | 17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them: |
18 הִנְנוּ עֹלִים יְרוּשָׁלָיְמָה וּבֶן־הָאָדָם יִמָּסֵר לְרָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַסּוֹפְרִים וְהִרְשִׁיעֻהוּ לָמוּת | 18 Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death. |
19 וּמָסְרוּ אוֹתוֹ לַגּוֹיִם לְהָתֵל בּוֹ וּלְהַכּוֹת אוֹתוֹ בַּשּׁוֹטִים וְלִצְלֹב אוֹתוֹ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי קוֹם יָקוּם | 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again. |
20 אָז נִגְּשָׁה אֵלָיו אֵם בְּנֵי זַבְדַּי עִם־בָּנֶיהָ וַתִּשְׁתַּחוּ לוֹ לְבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ דָּבָר | 20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him. |
21 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ מַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֱמָר־נָא כִּי יֵשְׁבוּ שְׁנֵי־בָנַי אֵלֶּה אֶחָד לִימִינְךָ וְאֶחָד לִשְׂמֹאלְךָ בְּמַלְכוּתֶךָ | 21 Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: Say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. |
22 וַיַּעַן יֵשׁוּעַ וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יְדַעְתֶּם אֵת אֲשֶׁר שְׁאֶלְתֶּם הֲיָכֹל תּוּכְלוּ שְׁתוֹת אֶת־הַכּוֹס אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי עָתִיד לִשְׁתּוֹתָהּ וְהִטָּבֵל בַּטְּבִילָה אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נִטְבָּל בָּהּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו נוּכָל | 22 And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can. |
23 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם הֵן אֶת־כּוֹסִי תִשְׁתּוּ וּבַטְּבִילָה אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נִטְבָּל בָּהּ תִּטָּבֵלוּ אַךְ שֶׁבֶת לִימִינִי וְלִשְׂמֹאלִי אֵין בְּיָדִי לְתִתָּהּ בִּלְתִּי לַאֲשֶׁר הוּכַן לָהֶם מֵאֵת אָבִי | 23 He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father. |
24 וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ־זֹאת הָעֲשָׂרָה וַיִּכְעֲסוּ עַל־שְׁנֵי הָאַחִים | 24 And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren. |
25 וְיֵשׁוּעַ קָרָא לָהֶם וַיֹּאמַר אַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי־שָׂרֵי הַגּוֹיִם רֹדִים בָּהֶם וְהַגְּדוֹלִים שֹׁלְטִים עֲלֵיהֶם | 25 But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that are the greater, exercise power upon them. |
26 וְאַתֶּם אַל־יְהִי כֵן בֵּינֵיכֶם כִּי אִם־הֶחָפֵץ לִהְיוֹת גָּדוֹל בָּכֶם יְהִי לָכֶם לִמְשָׁרֵת | 26 It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister: |
27 וְהֶחָפֵץ לִהְיוֹת בָּכֶם לְרֹאשׁ יְהִי לָכֶם עָבֶד | 27 And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant. |
28 כַּאֲשֶׁר בֶּן־הָאָדָם לֹא בָא לְמַעַן יְשָׁרְתוּהוּ כִּי אִם־לְשָׁרֵת וְלָתֵת אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ כֹּפֶר תַּחַת רַבִּים | 28 Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many. |
29 וַיְהִי כְּצֵאתָם מִירִיחוֹ וַיֵּלֵךְ אַחֲרָיו הֲמוֹן עַם־רָב | 29 And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. |
30 וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵי־עִוְרִים ישְׁבִים עַל־יַד הַדָּרֶךְ וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ כִּי יֵשׁוּעַ עֹבֵר וַיִּצְעֲקוּ לֵאמֹר חָנֵּנוּ־נָא אֲדֹנֵינוּ בֶּן־דָּוִד | 30 And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they cried out, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us. |
31 וַיִּגְעַר־בָּם הָעָם לְהַשְׁתִּיקָם וְהֵם הִרְבּוּ לִצְעֹק וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲדֹנֵינוּ חָנֵּנוּ־נָא בֶּן־דָּוִד | 31 And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us. |
32 וַיַּעֲמֹד יֵשׁוּעַ וַיִּקְרָא לָהֶם וַיֹּאמַר מַה־תַּחְפְּצוּ וְאֶעֱשֶׂה לָכֶם | 32 And Jesus stood, and called them, and said: What will ye that I do to you? |
33 וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אֲדֹנֵינוּ עֲשֵׂה שֶׁתִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵינוּ | 33 They say to him: Lord, that our eyes be opened. |
34 וְרַחֲמֵי יֵשׁוּעַ נִכְמָרוּ וַיִּגַּע בְּעֵינֵיהֶם וּפִתְאֹם הֵחֵלּוּ עֵינֵיהֶם לִרְאוֹת וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרָיו | 34 And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw, and followed him. |