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The Authority of Isa
1 One day, while Isa was teaching the people in a courtyard of the Temple and proclaiming the good news,* the chief priests and the scholars came with the elders 2 and said to him, “Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you the authority to do them?” 3 He answered them, “I too will ask you a question. Tell me: 4 Who gave Yahya the authority to immerse [people]? Allah, or people?”
سلطة عيسى
1 وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، لَمَّا كَانَ عِيسَى يُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي سَاحَةِ بَيْتِ اللهِ وَيُنَادِي بِالْبُشْرَى،* جَاءَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْأَحْبَارِ وَالْفُقَهَاءُ مَعَ الشُّيُوخِ 2 وَقَالُوا لَهُ: ”قُلْ لَنَا، بِأَيِّ سُلْطَةٍ تَعْمَلُ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءَ، وَمَنْ أَعْطَاكَ السُّلْطَةَ لِتَعْمَلَهَا؟“ 3 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: ”وَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَسْأَلُكُمْ سُؤَالًا: قُولُوا لِي، 4 مَنْ أَعْطَى يَحْيَى السُّلْطَةَ لِيُغَطِّسَ؟ هَلِ اللهُ أَمِ النَّاسُ؟“
5 They conferred among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘Allah,’ he will say to us, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’ 6 And if we say, ‘People,’ then the common people will all stone us, because they are convinced that Yahua was a prophet.” 7 So they replied, saying, “We don't know.” 8 Isa said, “Then I will not tell you by what authority I do these things.”
5 فَتَشَاوَرُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَقَالُوا: ”إِنْ قُلْنَا: ’اللهُ،‘ يَقُولُ لَنَا: ’إِذَنْ لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُصَدِّقُوهُ؟‘ 6 وَإِنْ قُلْنَا: ’النَّاسُ،‘ فَالشَّعْبُ كُلُّهُ يَرْجُمُنَا لِأَنَّهُ مُقْتَنِعٌ أَنَّ يَحْيَى نَبِيٌّ.“ 7 فَأَجَابُوا وَقَالُوا: ”لَا نَعْرِفُ.“ 8 فَقَالَ عِيسَى: ”وَأَنَا لَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ بِأَيِّ سُلْطَةٍ أَعْمَلُ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءَ.“
The Parable of the Evil Farmers
9 Then he told this parable to the people, saying: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to some farmers; then he traveled abroad for a long time. 10 During the [harvest] season, he sent a servant to the farmers so that they would give him his share of the vineyard's produce. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed. 11 So he sent another servant, and they beat him as well, insulted him, and sent him back empty-handed. 12 Then he sent a third servant, and they wounded him and threw him out. 13 So the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I'll send my son, my beloved. Undoubtedly, they will respect him.’
مَثل الفلاحين الأشرار
9 وَضَرَبَ هَذَا الْمَثَلَ لِلشَّعْبِ فَقَالَ: ”رَجُلٌ غَرَسَ كَرْمًا، وَأَجَّرَهُ إِلَى فَلَّاحِينَ، ثُمَّ سَافَرَ إِلَى الْخَارِجِ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً. 10 وَفِي الْمَوْسِمِ، أَرْسَلَ خَادِمًا إِلَى الْفَلَّاحِينَ، لِكَيْ يُعْطُوهُ نَصِيبَهُ مِنْ ثَمَرِ الْكَرْمِ. لَكِنَّ الْفَلَّاحِينَ ضَرَبُوهُ وَأَرْجَعُوهُ فَارِغَ الْيَدَيْنِ. 11 فَأَرْسَلَ خَادِمًا آخَرَ، فَضَرَبُوهُ هُوَ أَيْضًا وَأَهَانُوهُ وَأَرْجَعُوهُ فَارِغَ الْيَدَيْنِ. 12 وَأَرْسَلَ خَادِمًا ثَالِثًا، فَجَرَحُوهُ وَرَمَوْهُ خَارِجًا. 13 فَقَالَ صَاحِبُ الْكَرْمِ: ’مَاذَا أَعْمَلُ؟ أُرْسِلُ ابْنِيَ حَبِيبِيَ، لَا شَكَّ يَحْتَرِمُونَهُ.‘
14 “But when the farmers saw him, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let's kill him so we can get the inheritance.’ 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now, what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and kill those farmers and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this they said, “Allah forbid!” 17 Isa looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of the saying in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the crowning stone of the building’?* 18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be shattered, and anyone on whom this stone falls will be crushed.”
14 ”فَلَمَّا رَآهُ الْفَلَّاحُونَ، قَالُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ: ’هَذَا هُوَ الْوَارِثُ، تَعَالَوْا نَقْتُلُهُ فَنَحْصُلَ عَلَى الْمِيرَاثِ.‘ 15 فَرَمَوْهُ خَارِجَ الْكَرْمِ وَقَتَلُوهُ. فَمَاذَا يَعْمَلُ بِهِمْ صَاحِبُ الْبُسْتَانِ؟ 16 إِنَّهُ يَأْتِي وَيَقْتُلُ أُولَئِكَ الْفَلَّاحِينَ وَيُعْطِي الْبُسْتَانَ لِغَيْرِهِمْ.“ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا هَذَا قَالُوا: ”لَا سَمَحَ اللهُ!“ 17 فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ عِيسَى وَقَالَ: ”إِذَنْ فَمَا مَعْنَى قَوْلِ الْكِتَابِ: ’الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ الْبَنَّاؤُونَ، صَارَ تَاجَ الْبِنَاءِ‘؟* 18 كُلُّ مَنْ يَقَعُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَجَرِ يَتَكَسَّرُ، وَمَنْ يَقَعُ هَذَا الْحَجَرُ عَلَيْهِ يَسْحَقُهُ.“
19 At that moment, the scholars and the chief priests tried to arrest him, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
19 وَفِي تِلْكَ اللَّحْظَةِ حَاوَلَ الْفُقَهَاءُ وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْأَحْبَارِ أَنْ يَقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ قَالَ هَذَا الْمَثَلَ ضِدَّهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ خَافُوا مِنَ الشَّعْبِ.
Caesar's Tax
20 So they began to watch him. They sent spies to him who were pretending to be godly, in order to trip him up in something he might say, so they could hand him over to the governor's jurisdiction and authority. 21 They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and the status of people does not concern you; rather, you teach the way of Allah in [accordance with] the truth. 22 [So,] is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar,* or not?” 23 He discerned their trickery and said to them, 24 “Show me a denarius. Whose picture and name are on it?” They said, “Caesar's.” 25 He said to them, “Then give what belongs to Caesar to Caesar, and what belongs to Allah to Allah.” 26 They were unable to trip him up in anything he said in front of the people. They were astonished at his answer and kept quiet.
ضريبة قيصر
20 وَأَخَذُوا يُرَاقِبُونَهُ. فَأَرْسَلُوا لَهُ جَوَاسِيسَ يَتَظَاهَرُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ أَتْقِيَاءُ، لِكَيْ يُوقِعُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ يَقُولُهُ، فَيُسَلِّمُوهُ إِلَى قَضَاءِ الْحَاكِمِ وَسُلْطَتِهِ. 21 وَسَأَلُوهُ: ”يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَتَكَلَّمُ وَتُعَلِّمُ بِالصِّدْقِ، وَلَا تَهُمُّكَ مَرَاكِزُ النَّاسِ، بَلْ تُعَلِّمُ طَرِيقَ اللهِ بِالْحَقِّ. 22 هَلْ حَلَالٌ أَنْ نَدْفَعَ الضَّرِيبَةَ لِقَيْصَرَ* أَمْ لَا؟“ 23 فَفَهِمَ مَكْرَهُمْ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: 24 ”أَرُونِي دِينَارًا، صُورَةُ مَنْ وَاسْمُ مَنْ عَلَيْهِ؟“ قَالُوا: ”قَيْصَرَ.“ 25 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: ”إِذَنْ أَعْطُوا مَا لِقَيْصَرَ لِقَيْصَرَ، وَمَا للهِ للهِ.“ 26 وَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يُوقِعُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ يَقُولُهُ قُدَّامَ النَّاسِ، وَانْدَهَشُوا لِجَوَابِهِ وَسَكَتُوا.
No Marriage in the Hereafter
27 Then some Sadducees* came to him. They are ones who do not believe in the resurrection from death. They asked him: 28 “Teacher, Musa wrote this commandment for us: If a man dies, leaving behind a wife but no son, and if this man has a brother, the brother should take the widow and produce a line of descent for his brother's name.* 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one took a wife and then died without having a son. 30 So the second took her, 31 and the third, and the rest of the seven, but they did not have any children, and they died. 32 Last of all, the woman died. 33 So in the resurrection, she will be the wife of which one of them? For [all] seven married her!”
لا زواج في الآخرة
27 وَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ بَعْضُ الصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ* وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، وَسَأَلُوهُ: 28 ”يَا مُعَلِّمُ، مُوسَى كَتَبَ لَنَا هَذِهِ الْوَصِيَّةَ: إِذَا مَاتَ رَجُلٌ وَتَرَكَ وَرَاءَهُ زَوْجَةً وَلَمْ يُخَلِّفْ أَوْلَادًا، وَكَانَ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ أَخٌ، فَالْأَخُ يَأْخُذُ الْأَرْمَلَةَ وَيُنْجِبُ ابْنًا عَلَى اسْمِ أَخِيهِ.* 29 فَكَانَ هُنَاكَ 7 إِخْوَةٍ، أَخَذَ الْأَوَّلُ زَوْجَةً وَمَاتَ وَلَمْ يُخَلِّفْ أَوْلادًا. 30 فَأَخَذَهَا الثَّانِي 31 وَالثَّالِثُ وَبَاقِي الـ7 وَلَمْ يُخَلِّفُوا أَوْلَادًا وَمَاتُوا. 32 وَآخِرَ الْكُلِّ مَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ. 33 فَفِي الْقِيَامَةِ، سَتَكُونُ زَوْجَةَ أَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ؟ لِأَنَّ الـ7 تَزَوَّجُوهَا!“
34 Then Isa answered them, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 As for those who have a share in eternal life and the resurrection from death, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, 36 nor is it possible for them to die after that, because they are like the angels and are sons of Allah,* since they have risen from death. 37 And even Musa himself shows us that the dead will rise, and that is in the account about the bush, where he refers to Allah as ‘the Lord of Ibrahim, the Lord of Ishaq, and the Lord of Yaqub.’* 38 So he is the Lord of the living, not the dead, for all [of them] are alive to him.” 39 Some of the religious scholars said, “You have spoken well, Teacher!” 40 After that, no one dared to ask him any further questions.
34 فَأَجَابَهُمْ عِيسَى: ”أَهْلُ هَذَا الزَّمَنِ يَتَزَوَّجُونَ وَيُزَوَّجُونَ. 35 أَمَّا الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ فِي حَيَاةِ الْخُلُودِ وَالْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، فَلَا يَتَزَوَّجُونَ وَلَا يُزَوَّجُونَ. 36 وَلَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَمُوتُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ كَالْمَلَائِكَةِ. وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ اللهِ،* لِأَنَّهُمْ قَامُوا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ. 37 وَحَتَّى مُوسَى نَفْسُهُ يُوَضِّحُ لَنَا أَنَّ الْأَمْوَاتَ يَقُومُونَ، وَذَلِكَ فِي مَوْضُوعِ الْعُلَّيْقَةِ، حَيْثُ يُشِيرُ إِلَى اللهِ أَنَّهُ رَبُّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَرَبُّ إِسْحَاقَ وَرَبُّ يَعْقُوبَ.* 38 فَهُوَ رَبُّ أَحْيَاءٍ، لَا أَمْوَاتٍ، وَالْجَمِيعُ أَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَهُ.“ 39 فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْفُقَهَاءِ: ”أَحْسَنْتَ الْكَلَامَ يَا مُعَلِّمُ!“ 40 وَلَمْ يَتَجَرَّأْ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَهُ أَسْئِلَةً أُخْرَى.
The Messiah Is Dawud's Master
41 So then he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Messiah is the son of Dawud? 42 For Dawud himself says in the Book of Psalms, ‘Allah said to my Master, “Sit on my right, 43 until I put your enemies under your feet.”’* 44 Dawud calls the Messiah his Master, so how can the Messiah be his son?”
المسيح سيد داود
41 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: ”كَيْفَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ هُوَ ابْنُ دَاوُدَ؟ 42 لِأَنَّ دَاوُدَ نَفْسَهُ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِ الْمَزَامِيرِ: ’قَالَ اللهُ لِسَيِّدِي: ”اِجْلِسْ عَنْ يَمِينِي 43 حَتَّى أَضَعَ أَعْدَاءَكَ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْكَ.“‘* 44 فَدَاوُدُ يَدْعُو الْمَسِيحَ سَيِّدَهُ فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنَهُ؟“
He Warns People About the Religious Scholars
45 Then he said to his disciples within the hearing of all the people, 46 “Beware of the scholars who love to walk around in long, fancy robes and [to have] people greet them in the public squares, and [who love] to be in the front row in the house of worship and to sit in the seats of honor at banquets. 47 They seize the property of widows and present long prayers [just] to draw people's attention to themselves. Therefore, they will receive the most severe punishment.”
يحذر الناس من الفقهاء
45 وَقَالَ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ بِمَسْمَعٍ مِنْ كُلِّ الشَّعْبِ: 46 ”اِحْذَرُوا مِنَ الْفُقَهَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَتَجَوَّلُوا فِي ثِيَابٍ طَوِيلَةٍ فَاخِرَةٍ، وَأَنْ يُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِمِ النَّاسُ فِي السَّاحَاتِ الْعَامَّةِ، وَأَنْ يَكُونُوا فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَمَامِيِّ فِي بَيْتِ الْعِبَادَةِ وَأَنْ يَجْلِسُوا فِي مَقَاعِدِ الشَّرَفِ فِي الْوَلَائِمِ. 47 وَهُمْ يَنْهَبُونَ مَالَ الْأَرَامِلِ، وَيُقَدِّمُونَ صَلَوَاتٍ طَوِيلَةً لِكَيْ يَلْفِتُوا نَظَرَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِمْ. لِذَلِكَ يَنَالُونَ أَشَدَّ الْعِقَابِ.“
*20:36 sons of Allah: In reference to people in this world, the term sons of Allah refers to those whom Allah loves and has approved for salvation in the world to come. This verse is describing these people after the Day of Resurrection, when they are like sons of Allah in the sense that they are like the angels, namely immortal (never sick or dying), close to Allah, and holy (never selfish or sinful). For the use of familial terms in the Bible, see family in the glossary.
*20:36 أَبْنَاءُ اللهِ: بالإشارة إلى أهل الدنيا، فإنّ مصطلح «أبناء الله» يدلّ على أحبّاء الله الذين رضي عنهم للفوز بالنجاة في الآخرة. تصف هذه الآية أحبّاء الله بعد يوم القيامة، عندما يكونون مثل أبناء الله بمعنى أنّهم مثل الملائكة، أي خالدين (لا يمرضون ولا يموتون أبدًا)، بالقرب من الله، ومقدَّسين، أي غير أنانيين أو خاطئين (أولياء الله المُقَرَّبون). بالنسبة إلى استخدام الألفاظ الدالة على العائلة في الإنجيل، انظر العائلة في مسرد المصطلحات.
*20:37 See the Taurat, Exodus 3:6. This passage in Exodus implies that the souls of Ibrahim, Ishaq, and Yaqub are alive, even though their bodies died. Although the prophets Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel spoke more directly about the resurrection in their books, Isa cited the Taurat, which was the only book of Scripture that the Sadducees accepted.
