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Thursday of 7th week of the Great Lent

يوم الخميس من الاسبوع السابع من الصوم الكبير

From the book of Proverbs

من أمثال سليمان الحكيم

11:13-26

١١ : ١٣ − ٢٦

*He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend. Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel. He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of the snares, shall be secure. A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches. A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel casteth off even his own kindred. The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward. Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death. A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely. Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved. A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish. The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation. Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want. The soul which blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. He that hideth up corn, shall be cursed among the people: but a blessing upon the head of them that sell. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

السَّاعِي بِالْوِشَايَةِ يُفْشِي السِّرَّ وَالأَمِينُ الرُّوحِ يَكْتُمُ الأَمْرَ حَيْثُ لاَ تَدْبِيرٌ يَسْقُطُ الشَّعْبُ أَمَّا الْخَلاَصُ فَبِكَثْرَةِ الْمُشِيرِينَ ضَرَراً يُضَرُّ مَنْ يَضْمَنُ غَرِيباً وَمَنْ يُبْغِضُ صَفْقَ الأَيْدِي مُطْمَئِنٌّ اَلْمَرْأَةُ ذَاتُ النِّعْمَةِ تُحَصِّلُ كَرَامَةً وَالأَشِدَّاءُ يُحَصِّلُونَ غِنًى اَلرَّجُلُ الرَّحِيمُ يُحْسِنُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ وَالْقَاسِي يُكَدِّرُ لَحْمَهُ اَلشِّرِّيرُ يَكْسَبُ أُجْرَةَ غِشٍّ وَالزَّارِعُ الْبِرَّ أُجْرَةَ أَمَانَةٍ كَمَا أَنَّ الْبِرَّ يَؤُولُ إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ كَذَلِكَ مَنْ يَتْبَعُ الشَّرَّ فَإِلَى مَوْتِهِ كَرَاهَةُ الرَّبِّ مُلْتَوُو الْقَلْبِ وَرِضَاهُ مُسْتَقِيمُو الطَّرِيقِ يَدٌ لِيَدٍ لاَ يَتَبَرَّرُ الشِّرِّيرُ أَمَّا نَسْلُ الصِّدِّيقِينَ فَيَنْجُو خِزَامَةُ ذَهَبٍ فِي فِنْطِيسَةِ خِنْزِيرَةٍ الْمَرْأَةُ الْجَمِيلَةُ الْعَدِيمَةُ الْعَقْلِ شَهْوَةُ الأَبْرَارِ خَيْرٌ فَقَطْ. رَجَاءُ الأَشْرَارِ سَخَطٌ يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُفَرِّقُ فَيَزْدَادُ أَيْضاً وَمَنْ يُمْسِكُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ اللاَّئِقِ وَإِنَّمَا إِلَى الْفَقْرِ النَّفْسُ السَّخِيَّةُ تُسَمَّنُ وَالْمُرْوِي هُوَ أَيْضاً يُرْوَى مُحْتَكِرُ الْحِنْطَةِ يَلْعَنُهُ الشَّعْبُ وَالْبَرَكَةُ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْبَائِعِ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the book of Isaiah

من أشعياء النبي

65:8-16

٦٥ : ٨ − ١٦

*Thus saith the Lord: As if a grain be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing: so will I do for the sake of my servants, that I may not destroy the whole. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Juda a possessor of my mountains: and my elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. And the plains shall be turned to folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor into a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. And you, that have forsaken the Lord, that have forgotten my holy mount, that set a table for fortune, and offer libations upon it, I will number you in the sword, and you shall all fall by slaughter: because I called and you did not answer: I spoke, and you did not hear: and you did evil in my eyes, and you have chosen the things that displease me. Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty. Behold my servants shall rejoice, and you shall be confounded: behold my servants shall praise for joyfulness of heart, and you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for grief of spirit. And you shall leave your name for an execration to my elect: and the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name. In which he that is blessed upon the earth, shall be blessed in God, amen: and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by God, amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: "كَمَا أَنَّ السُّلاَفَ يُوجَدُ فِي الْعُنْقُودِ فَيَقُولُ قَائِلٌ: لاَ تُهْلِكْهُ لأَنَّ فِيهِ بَرَكَةً. هَكَذَا أَعْمَلُ لأَجْلِ عَبِيدِي حَتَّى لاَ أُهْلِكَ الْكُلَّ بَلْ أُخْرِجُ مِنْ يَعْقُوبَ نَسْلاً وَمِنْ يَهُوذَا وَارِثاً لِجِبَالِي فَيَرِثُهَا مُخْتَارِيَّ وَتَسْكُنُ عَبِيدِي هُنَاكَ فَيَكُونُ شَارُونُ مَرْعَى غَنَمٍ وَوَادِي عَخُورَ مَرْبِضَ بَقَرٍ لِشَعْبِي الَّذِينَ طَلَبُونِي "أَمَّا أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ تَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ وَنَسُوا جَبَلَ قُدْسِي وَرَتَّبُوا لِلسَّعْدِ الأَكْبَرِ مَائِدَةً وَمَلَأُوا لِلسَّعْدِ الأَصْغَرِ خَمْراً مَمْزُوجَةً فَإِنِّي أُعَيِّنُكُمْ لِلسَّيْفِ وَتَجْثُونَ كُلُّكُمْ لِلذَّبْحِ لأَنِّي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ تُجِيبُوا تَكَلَّمْتُ فَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا بَلْ عَمِلْتُمُ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ وَاخْتَرْتُمْ مَا لَمْ أُسَرَّ بِهِ" لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: "هُوَذَا عَبِيدِي يَأْكُلُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَجُوعُونَ. هُوَذَا عَبِيدِي يَشْرَبُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْطَشُونَ. هُوَذَا عَبِيدِي يَفْرَحُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَخْزُونَ هُوَذَا عَبِيدِي يَتَرَنَّمُونَ مِنْ طِيبَةِ الْقَلْبِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَصْرُخُونَ مِنْ كآبَةِ الْقَلْبِ وَمِنِ انْكِسَارِ الرُّوحِ تُوَلْوِلُونَ وَتُخْلِفُونَ اسْمَكُمْ لَعْنَةً لِمُخْتَارِيَّ فَيُمِيتُكَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ وَيُسَمِّي عَبِيدَهُ اسْماً آخَرَ فالَّذِي يَتَبَرَّكُ فِي الأَرْضِ يَتَبَرَّكُ بِإِلَهِ الْحَقِّ والَّذِي يَحْلِفُ فِي الأَرْضِ يَحْلِفُ بِإِلَهِ الْحَقِّ لأَنَّ الضِّيقَاتِ الأُولَى قَدْ نُسِيَتْ وَلأَنَّهَا اسْتَتَرَتْ عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the book of Job

من أيوب الصديق

42:1-6

٤٢ : ١ − ٦

*Then Job answered the Lord, and said: I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee. Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me. With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee. Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ الرَّبَّ: قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ تَسْتَطِيعُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَلاَ يَعْسُرُ عَلَيْكَ أَمْرٌ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُخْفِي الْقَضَاءَ بِلاَ مَعْرِفَةٍ! وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ نَطَقْتُ بِمَا لَمْ أَفْهَمْ. بِعَجَائِبَ فَوْقِي لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا اِسْمَعِ الآنَ وَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ. أَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعَلِّمُنِي بِسَمْعِ الأُذُنِ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ عَنْكَ وَالآنَ رَأَتْكَ عَيْنِي لِذَلِكَ أَرْفُضُ وَأَنْدَمُ فِي التُّرَابِ وَالرَّمَادِ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

62:1

٦٢ : ١

*O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh longed after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land! Alleluia.

*يا الله إلهي إليك أبتكر لان نفسي عطشت إليك. لكي يزهر لك جسدي في أرض مقفرة وموضع غير مسلوك. هَلِّلُويَا.

The Gospel according to Saint Mathew

الإنجيل من متى

20:20-28

٢٠ : ٢٠ − ٢٨

*Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him. 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. 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. 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. And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 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. It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister: And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant. 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. Glory be to God forever.

حِينَئِذٍ تَقَدَّمَتْ إِلَيْهِ أُمُّ ابْنَيْ زَبْدِي مَعَ ابْنَيْهَا وَسَجَدَتْ وَطَلَبَتْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ لَهَا: "مَاذَا تُرِيدِينَ؟" قَالَتْ لَهُ: "قُلْ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ ابْنَايَ هَذَانِ وَاحِدٌ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَالآخَرُ عَنِ الْيَسَارِ فِي مَلَكُوتِكَ" فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: "لَسْتُمَا تَعْلَمَانِ مَا تَطْلُبَانِ. أَتَسْتَطِيعَانِ أَنْ تَشْرَبَا الْكَأْسَ الَّتِي سَوْفَ أَشْرَبُهَا أَنَا وَأَنْ تَصْطَبِغَا بِالصِّبْغَةِ الَّتِي أَصْطَبِغُ بِهَا أَنَا؟" قَالاَ لَهُ: "نَسْتَطِيعُ" فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: "أَمَّا كَأْسِي فَتَشْرَبَانِهَا وَبِالصِّبْغَةِ الَّتِي أَصْطَبِغُ بِهَا أَنَا تَصْطَبِغَانِ. وَأَمَّا الْجُلُوسُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ يَسَارِي فَلَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أُعْطِيَهُ إِلاَّ للَّذِينَ أُعِدَّ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَبِي" فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْعَشَرَةُ اغْتَاظُوا مِنْ أَجْلِ الأَخَوَيْنِ فَدَعَاهُمْ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ: "أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ الأُمَمِ يَسُودُونَهُمْ وَالْعُظَمَاءَ يَتَسَلَّطُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلاَ يَكُونُ هَكَذَا فِيكُمْ. بَلْ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيكُمْ عَظِيماً فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُمْ خَادِماً وَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيكُمْ أَوَّلاً فَلْيَكُنْ لَكُمْ عَبْداً كَمَا أَنَّ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ لَمْ يَأْتِ لِيُخْدَمَ بَلْ لِيَخْدِمَ وَلِيَبْذِلَ نَفْسَهُ فِدْيَةً عَنْ كَثِيرِينَ" وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.

The Pauline Epistle from 2 Corinthians

البولس من كورونثوس الثانية

4:5-18

٤ : ٥ − ١٨

*For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord; and ourselves your servants through Jesus. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God, and not of us. In all things we suffer tribulation, but are not distressed; we are straitened, but are not destitute; We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we perish not: Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies. For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake; that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you. But having the same spirit of faith, as it is written: I believed, for which cause I have spoken; we also believe, for which cause we speak also: Knowing that he who raised up Jesus, will raise us up also with Jesus, and place us with you. For all things are for your sakes; that the grace abounding through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen, are temporal; but the things which are not seen, are eternal. The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.

فَإِنَّنَا لَسْنَا نَكْرِزُ بِأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبّاً، وَلَكِنْ بِأَنْفُسِنَا عَبِيداً لَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ لأَنَّ اللهَ الَّذِي قَالَ أَنْ يُشْرِقَ نُورٌ مِنْ ظُلْمَةٍ، هُوَ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، لِإِنَارَةِ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِ اللهِ فِي وَجْهِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ وَلَكِنْ لَنَا هَذَا الْكَنْزُ فِي أَوَانٍ خَزَفِيَّةٍ، لِيَكُونَ فَضْلُ الْقُوَّةِ لِلَّهِ لاَ مِنَّا مُكْتَئِبِينَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، لَكِنْ غَيْرَ مُتَضَايِقِينَ. مُتَحَيِّرِينَ، لَكِنْ غَيْرَ يَائِسِينَ مُضْطَهَدِينَ، لَكِنْ غَيْرَ مَتْرُوكِينَ. مَطْرُوحِينَ، لَكِنْ غَيْرَ هَالِكِينَ حَامِلِينَ فِي الْجَسَدِ كُلَّ حِينٍ إِمَاتَةَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، لِكَيْ تُظْهَرَ حَيَاةُ يَسُوعَ أَيْضاً فِي جَسَدِنَا لأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ الأَحْيَاءَ نُسَلَّمُ دَائِماً لِلْمَوْتِ مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ، لِكَيْ تَظْهَرَ حَيَاةُ يَسُوعَ أَيْضاً فِي جَسَدِنَا الْمَائِتِ إِذاً الْمَوْتُ يَعْمَلُ فِينَا، وَلَكِنِ الْحَيَاةُ فِيكُمْ فَإِذْ لَنَا رُوحُ الإِيمَانِ عَيْنُهُ، حَسَبَ الْمَكْتُوبِ "آمَنْتُ لِذَلِكَ تَكَلَّمْتُ" - نَحْنُ أَيْضاً نُؤْمِنُ وَلِذَلِكَ نَتَكَلَّمُ أَيْضاً عَالِمِينَ أَنَّ الَّذِي أَقَامَ الرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ سَيُقِيمُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً بِيَسُوعَ، وَيُحْضِرُنَا مَعَكُمْ لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الأَشْيَاءِ هِيَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، لِكَيْ تَكُونَ النِّعْمَةُ وَهِيَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ بِالأَكْثَرِينَ، تَزِيدُ الشُّكْرَ لِمَجْدِ اللهِ لِذَلِكَ لاَ نَفْشَلُ. بَلْ وَإِنْ كَانَ إِنْسَانُنَا الْخَارِجُ يَفْنَى، فَالدَّاخِلُ يَتَجَدَّدُ يَوْماً فَيَوْماً لأَنَّ خِفَّةَ ضِيقَتِنَا الْوَقْتِيَّةَ تُنْشِئُ لَنَا أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ ثِقَلَ مَجْدٍ أَبَدِيّاً وَنَحْنُ غَيْرُ نَاظِرِينَ إِلَى الأَشْيَاءِ الَّتِي تُرَى، بَلْ إِلَى الَّتِي لاَ تُرَى. لأَنَّ الَّتِي تُرَى وَقْتِيَّةٌ، وَأَمَّا الَّتِي لاَ تُرَى فَأَبَدِيَّةٌ نعمةُ اللَّهِ الآبِ فَلْتَحِلَّ عَلَى أرواحِنا يا آبائي وإخْوَتي. آمين.

The Catholic Epistle from 1 John

الكاثوليكون من يوحنا الأولى

3:13-24

٣ : ١٣ − ٢٤

*Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself. In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth. In this we know that we are of the truth: and in his sight shall persuade our hearts. For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God: And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ: and love one another, as he hath given commandment unto us. And he that keepeth his commandments, abideth in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. Do not love the world or the things in the world. The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever. Amen.

لاَ تَتَعَجَّبُوا يَا إِخْوَتِي إِنْ كَانَ الْعَالَمُ يُبْغِضُكُمْ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّنَا قَدِ انْتَقَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ لأَنَّنَا نُحِبُّ الإِخْوَةَ. مَنْ لاَ يُحِبَّ أَخَاهُ يَبْقَ فِي الْمَوْتِ كُلُّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ أَخَاهُ فَهُوَ قَاتِلُ نَفْسٍ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ كُلَّ قَاتِلِ نَفْسٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ حَيَاةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ ثَابِتَةٌ فِيهِ بِهَذَا قَدْ عَرَفْنَا الْمَحَبَّةَ: أَنَّ ذَاكَ وَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِنَا، فَنَحْنُ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ نُفُوسَنَا لأَجْلِ الإِخْوَةِ وَأَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَعِيشَةُ الْعَالَمِ، وَنَظَرَ أَخَاهُ مُحْتَاجاً، وَأَغْلَقَ أَحْشَاءَهُ عَنْهُ، فَكَيْفَ تَثْبُتُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ فِيهِ؟ يَا أَوْلاَدِي، لاَ نُحِبَّ بِالْكَلاَمِ وَلاَ بِاللِّسَانِ، بَلْ بِالْعَمَلِ وَالْحَقِّ! وَبِهَذَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّنَا مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَنُسَكِّنُ قُلُوبَنَا قُدَّامَهُ لأَنَّهُ إِنْ لاَمَتْنَا قُلُوبُنَا فَاللهُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا، وَيَعْلَمُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، إِنْ لَمْ تَلُمْنَا قُلُوبُنَا فَلَنَا ثِقَةٌ مِنْ نَحْوِ اللهِ وَمَهْمَا سَأَلْنَا نَنَالُ مِنْهُ، لأَنَّنَا نَحْفَظُ وَصَايَاهُ، وَنَعْمَلُ الأَعْمَالَ الْمَرْضِيَّةَ أَمَامَهُ وَهَذِهِ هِيَ وَصِيَّتُهُ: أَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِاسْمِ ابْنِهِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، وَنُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً كَمَا أَعْطَانَا وَصِيَّةً وَمَنْ يَحْفَظْ وَصَايَاهُ يَثْبُتْ فِيهِ وَهُوَ فِيهِ. وَبِهَذَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا: مِنَ الرُّوحِ الَّذِي أَعْطَانَا لا تُحِبُّوا العَالَمَ ولا الأشْيَاءَ التي في العَالَمِ، لأنَّ العَالَمَ يمْضِي وَشَهْوَتُهُ مَعَهُ، وأمَّا مَنْ يَعملُ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ فإنه يَثْبُتُ إلى الأبدِ. آمين.

Praxis

الإبركسيس

25:23-26:6

٢٥ : ٢٣ − ٢٦ : ٦

*And on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice were come with great pomp, and had entered into the hall of audience, with the tribunes, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment, Paul was brought forth. And Festus saith: King Agrippa, and all ye men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews dealt with me at Jerusalem, requesting and crying out that he ought not to live any longer. Yet have I found nothing that he hath committed worthy of death. But forasmuch as he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him. Of whom I have nothing certain to write to my lord. For which cause I have brought him forth before you, and especially before thee, O king Agrippa, that examination being made, I may have what to write. For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not to signify the things laid to his charge. Paul gives an account to Agrippa of his life, conversion and calling. Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer. I think myself happy, O king Agrippa, that I am to answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews. Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions that are among the Jews: Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know: Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment: The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God. Amen.

فَفِي الْغَدِ لَمَّا جَاءَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ وَبَرْنِيكِي فِي احْتِفَالٍ عَظِيمٍ وَدَخَلاَ إِلَى دَارِ الاِسْتِمَاعِ مَعَ الأُمَرَاءِ وَرِجَالِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُقَدَّمِينَ أَمَرَ فَسْتُوسُ فَأُتِيَ بِبُولُسَ فَقَالَ فَسْتُوسُ: "أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ وَالرِّجَالُ الْحَاضِرُونَ مَعَنَا أَجْمَعُونَ أَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ هَذَا الَّذِي تَوَسَّلَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ جِهَتِهِ كُلُّ جُمْهُورِ الْيَهُودِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَهُنَا صَارِخِينَ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمَّا وَجَدْتُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ شَيْئاً يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمَوْتَ وَهُوَ قَدْ رَفَعَ دَعْوَاهُ إِلَى أُوغُسْطُسَ عَزَمْتُ أَنْ أُرْسِلَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِي شَيْءٌ يَقِينٌ مِنْ جِهَتِهِ لأَكْتُبَ إِلَى السَّيِّدِ. لِذَلِكَ أَتَيْتُ بِهِ لَدَيْكُمْ وَلاَ سِيَّمَا لَدَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ حَتَّى إِذَا صَارَ الْفَحْصُ يَكُونُ لِي شَيْءٌ لأَكْتُبَ لأَنِّي أَرَى حَمَاقَةً أَنْ أُرْسِلَ أَسِيراً وَلاَ أُشِيرَ إِلَى الدَّعَاوِي الَّتِي عَلَيْهِ" فَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِبُولُسَ: "مَأْذُونٌ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ لأَجْلِ نَفْسِكَ". حِينَئِذٍ بَسَطَ بُولُسُ يَدَهُ وَجَعَلَ يَحْتَجُّ: "إِنِّي أَحْسِبُ نَفْسِي سَعِيداً أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ إِذْ أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ أَحْتَجَّ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْكَ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا يُحَاكِمُنِي بِهِ الْيَهُودُ لاَ سِيَّمَا وَأَنْتَ عَالِمٌ بِجَمِيعِ الْعَوَائِدِ وَالْمَسَائِلِ الَّتِي بَيْنَ الْيَهُودِ. لِذَلِكَ أَلْتَمِسُ مِنْكَ أَنْ تَسْمَعَنِي بِطُولِ الأَنَاةِ فَسِيرَتِي مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِي الَّتِي مِنَ الْبُدَاءَةِ كَانَتْ بَيْنَ أُمَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَعْرِفُهَا جَمِيعُ الْيَهُودِ عَالِمِينَ بِي مِنَ الأَوَّلِ إِنْ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا أَنِّي حَسَبَ مَذْهَبِ عِبَادَتِنَا الأَضْيَقِ عِشْتُ فَرِّيسِيّاً وَالآنَ أَنَا وَاقِفٌ أُحَاكَمُ عَلَى رَجَاءِ الْوَعْدِ الَّذِي صَارَ مِنَ اللهِ لِآبَائِنَا لَمْ تَزَلْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ تَنْمُو وتَكْثُرُ وتَعْتَزُّ وتَثْبُتُ، في بِيعَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ. آمين.

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

121:1,2

١٢١ : ١، ٢

*I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem. Alleluia.

*فرحت بالقائلين لي إلى بيت الرب إلهنا نذهب. وقفت أرجلنا في ديار أورشليم. هَلِّلُويَا.

The Gospel according to Saint Mark

الإنجيل من مرقس

12:18-27

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*And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us, that if any man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue. And the second took her, and died: and neither did he leave any issue. And the third in like manner. And the seven all took her in like manner; and did not leave issue. Last of all the woman also died. In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. And Jesus answering, saith to them: Do ye not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? For when they shall rise again from the dead, they shall neither marry, nor be married, but are as the angels in heaven. And as concerning the dead that they rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err. Glory be to God forever.

وَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ مِنَ الصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَيْسَ قِيَامَةٌ وَسَأَلُوهُ: "يَا مُعَلِّمُ كَتَبَ لَنَا مُوسَى: إِنْ مَاتَ لأَحَدٍ أَخٌ وَتَرَكَ امْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يُخَلِّفْ أَوْلاَداً أَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَخُوهُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَيُقِيمَ نَسْلاً لأَخِيهِ فَكَانَ سَبْعَةُ إِخْوَةٍ. أَخَذَ الأَوَّلُ امْرَأَةً وَمَاتَ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ نَسْلاً فَأَخَذَهَا الثَّانِي وَمَاتَ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ هُوَ أَيْضاً نَسْلاً. وَهَكَذَا الثَّالِثُ فَأَخَذَهَا السَّبْعَةُ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكُوا نَسْلاً. وَآخِرَ الْكُلِّ مَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ أَيْضاً فَفِي الْقِيَامَةِ مَتَى قَامُوا لِمَنْ مِنْهُمْ تَكُونُ زَوْجَةً؟ لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ زَوْجَةً لِلسَّبْعَةِ" فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: "أَلَيْسَ لِهَذَا تَضِلُّونَ إِذْ لاَ تَعْرِفُونَ الْكُتُبَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ اللَّهِ؟ لأَنَّهُمْ مَتَى قَامُوا مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ لاَ يُزَوِّجُونَ وَلاَ يُزَوَّجُونَ بَلْ يَكُونُونَ كَمَلاَئِكَةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَمَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ الأَمْوَاتِ إِنَّهُمْ يَقُومُونَ: أَفَمَا قَرَأْتُمْ فِي كِتَابِ مُوسَى فِي أَمْرِ الْعُلَّيْقَةِ كَيْفَ كَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ قَائِلاً: أَنَا إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ؟ لَيْسَ هُوَ إِلَهَ أَمْوَاتٍ بَلْ إِلَهُ أَحْيَاءٍ. فَأَنْتُمْ إِذاً تَضِلُّونَ كَثِيراً" وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.