Matthew 15

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

وَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَى يَسُوعَ بَعْضُ الْكَتَبَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَسَأَلُوهُ:

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

«لِمَاذَا يُخَالِفُ تَلامِيذُكَ تَقَالِيدَ الشُّيُوخِ، فَلا يَغْسِلُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا؟»

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

فَأَجَابَهُمْ «وَلِمَاذَا تُخَالِفُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَصِيَّةَ اللهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى تَقَالِيدِكُمْ؟

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’^[a] and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’^[b]

فَقَدْ أَوْصَى اللهُ قَائِلاً: أَكْرِمْ أَبَاكَ وَأُمَّكَ. وَمَنْ أَهَانَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ، فَلْيَكُنِ الْمَوْتُ عِقَاباً لَهُ.

But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’

وَلَكِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: مَنْ قَالَ لأَبِيهِ أَوْ أُمِّهِ: إِنَّ مَا أَعُولُكَ بِهِ قَدْ قَدَّمْتُهُ قُرْبَاناً لِلْهَيْكَلِ،

they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

فَهُوَ فِي حِلٍّ مِنْ إِكْرَامِ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ. وَأَنْتُمْ، بِهَذَا، تُلْغُونَ مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ اللهُ، مُحَافَظَةً عَلَى تَقَالِيدِكُمْ.

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

إِنَّمَا بَاطِلاً يَعْبُدُونَنِي وَهُمْ يُعَلِّمُونَ تَعَالِيمَ لَيْسَتْ إِلّا وَصَايَا النَّاسِ».

ما ينجس الإِنسان

Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.

ثُمَّ دَعَا الْجَمْعَ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «اِسْمَعُوا وَافْهَمُوا:

What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

لَيْسَ مَا يَدْخُلُ الْفَمَ يُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَانَ، بَلْ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْفَمِ هُوَ الَّذِي يُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَانَ».

Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

فَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ تَلامِيذُهُ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ قَدْ أَثَارَ غَيْظَ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ؟»

He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «كُلُّ نَبَاتٍ لَمْ يَزْرَعْهُ أَبِي السَّمَاوِيُّ، لابُدَّ أَنْ يُقْلَعَ.

Leave them; they are blind guides.^[d] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

دَعُوهُمْ وَشَأْنَهُمْ، فَهُمْ عُمْيَانٌ يَقُودُونَ عُمْيَاناً. وَإذَا كَانَ الأَعْمَى يَقُودُ أَعْمَى، يَسْقُطَانِ مَعاً فِي حُفْرَةٍ».

Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”

وَقَالَ لَهُ بُطْرُسُ: «فَسِّرْ لَنَا ذَاكَ الْمَثَلَ!»

“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.

فَأَجَابَ: «وَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً بِلا فَهْمٍ؟

“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?

أَلا تُدْرِكُونَ بَعْدُ أَنَّ الطَّعَامَ الَّذِي يَدْخُلُ الْفَمَ يَنْزِلُ إِلَى الْبَطْنِ، ثُمَّ يُطْرَحُ إِلَى الْخَلاءِ؟

But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.

أَمَّا مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْفَمِ، فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ الْقَلْبِ يَصْدُرُ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَانَ.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

فَمِنَ الْقَلْبِ تَنْبُعُ الأَفْكَارُ الشِّرِّيرَةُ، الْقَتْلُ، الزِّنَى، الْفِسْقُ، السَّرِقَةُ، شَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ، الازْدِرَاءُ.

These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

هَذِهِ هِيَ الأُمُورُ الَّتِي تُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَانَ. وَأَمَّا تَنَاوُلُ الطَّعَامِ بِأَيْدٍ غَيْرِ مَغْسُولَةٍ، فَلا يُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَانَ!»

إيمان المرأة الكنعانية

Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

ثُمَّ غَادَرَ يَسُوعُ تِلْكَ الْمِنْطَقَةَ، وَذَهَبَ إِلَى نَوَاحِي صُورَ وَصَيْدَا.

A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”

فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ كَنْعَانِيَّةٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ النَّوَاحِي، قَدْ تَقَدَّمَتْ إِلَيْهِ صَارِخَةً: «ارْحَمْنِي يَا سَيِّدُ، يَا ابْنَ دَاوُدَ! اِبْنَتِي مُعَذَّبَةٌ جِدّاً، يَسْكُنُهَا شَيْطَانٌ».

Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

لكِنَّهُ لَمْ يُجِبْهَا بِكَلِمَةٍ. فَجَاءَ تَلامِيذُهُ يُلِحُّونَ عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: «اصْرِفْهَا عَنَّا. فَهِيَ تَصْرُخُ وَرَاءنَا!»

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”

فَأَجَابَ: «مَا أُرْسِلْتُ إِلّا إِلَى الْخِرَافِ الضَّالَّةِ، إِلَى بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ!»

The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.

وَلكِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ اقْتَرَبَتْ إِلَيْهِ، وَسَجَدَتْ لَهُ، وَقَالَتْ: «أَعِنِّي يَا سَيِّدُ!»

He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

فَأَجَابَ: «لَيْسَ مِنَ الصَّوَابِ أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ خُبْزُ الْبَنِينَ وَيُطْرَحَ لِلْكِلابِ!»

“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

فَقَالَتْ: «صَحِيحٌ يَا سَيِّدُ؛ وَلكِنَّ جِرَاءَ الْكِلابِ تَأْكُلُ مِنَ الْفُتَاتِ الَّذِي يَسْقُطُ مِنْ مَوَائِدِ أَصْحَابِهَا!»

Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.

Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

فَأَجَابَهَا يَسُوعُ: «أَيَّتُهَا الْمَرْأَةُ، عَظِيمٌ إِيمَانُكِ! فَلْيَكُنْ لَكِ مَا تَطْلُبِينَ!» فَشُفِيَتِ ابْنَتُهَا مِنْ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ.

يسوع يطعم أربعة آلاف

Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.

ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَ يَسُوعُ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْمِنْطَقَةِ، مُتَّجِهاً إِلَى بُحَيْرَةِ الْجَلِيلِ. فَصَعِدَ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ وَجَلَسَ هُنَاكَ.

Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.

فَجَاءتْ إِلَيْهِ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمَعَهُمْ عُرْجٌ وَمَشْلُولُونَ وَعُمْيٌ وَخُرْسٌ وَغَيْرُهُمْ كَثِيرُونَ، وَطَرَحُوهُمْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ، فَشَفَاهُمْ.

The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.

فَدُهِشَتِ الْجُمُوعُ إِذْ رَأَوْا الْخُرْسَ يَنْطِقُونَ، وَالْمَشْلُولِينَ أَصِحَّاءَ، وَالْعُرْجَ يَمْشُونَ، وَالْعُمْيَ يُبْصِرُونَ؛ وَمَجَّدُوا إِلهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”

وَلكِنَّ يَسُوعَ دَعَا تَلامِيذَهُ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أُشْفِقُ عَلَى الْجَمْعِ لأَنَّهُمْ مَازَالُوا مَعِي مُنْذُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُمْ مَا يَأْكُلُونَهُ. وَلا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَصْرِفَهُمْ صَائِمِينَ لِئَلّا يُصِيبُهُمْ الإعْيَاءُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ».

His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”

فَقَالَ التَّلامِيذُ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا فِي هَذِهِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ خُبْزٌ كَثِيرٌ حَتَّى يَكْفِيَ هَذَا الْجَمْعَ الْكَثِيرَ؟»

“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.

“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”

فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «كَمْ رَغِيفاً عِنْدَكُمْ؟» أَجَابُوا: «سَبْعَةٌ وَبَعْضُ سَمَكَاتٍ صِغَارٍ!»

He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.

فَأَمَرَ الْجَمْعَ أَنْ يَجْلِسُوا عَلَى الأَرْضِ،

Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.

ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الأَرْغِفَةَ السَّبْعَةَ وَالسَّمَكَاتِ، وَشَكَرَ وَكَسَّرَ، وَأَعْطَى التَّلامِيذَ، فَوَزَّعُوهَا عَلَى الْجُمُوعِ.

They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

فَأَكَلَ الْجَمِيعُ حَتَّى شَبِعُوا. ثُمَّ رَفَعَ التَّلامِيذُ سَبْعَةَ سِلالٍ مَلأُوهَا بِمَا فَضَلَ مِنَ الْكِسَرِ.

The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children.

وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الآكِلِينَ أَرْبَعَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ، مَاعَدَا النِّسَاءَ وَالأَوْلادَ.

After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

ثُمَّ صَرَفَ يَسُوعُ الْجُمُوعَ، وَرَكِبَ الْقَارِبَ، وَجَاءَ إِلَى نَوَاحِي مَجَدَانَ.