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Wednesday of 4th week of the Great Lent

يوم الأربعاء من الاسبوع الرابع من الصوم الكبير

From the book of Genesis

من سفر التكوين لموسى النبي

7:14-8:18

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*They and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and every thing that moveth upon the earth according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, all birds, and all that fly, Went in to Noe into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein was the breath of life. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in on the outside. And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth. For they overflowed exceedingly: and filled all on the face of the earth: and the ark was carried upon the waters. And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered. And all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beasts, and of all creeping things that creep upon the earth: and all men. And all things wherein there is the breath of life on the earth, died. And he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth, from man even to beast, and the creeping things and fowls of the air: and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noe only remained, and they that were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. 0 The deluge ceaseth. Noe goeth out of the ark, and offereth a sacrifice. God's covenant to him. And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated. The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained. And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days. And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia. And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared. And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven: Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth. He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth. But she, not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark. And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark. And she came to him in the evening, carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him. Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried. In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried. And God spoke to Noe, saying: Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons, and the wives of thy sons with thee. All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it. So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: "قَلْبُ فِرْعَوْنَ غَلِيظٌ. قَدْ أَبَى أَنْ يُطْلِقَ الشَّعْبَ اِذْهَبْ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ. إِنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْمَاءِ وَقِفْ لِلِقَائِهِ عَلَى حَافَةِ النَّهْرِ. وَالْعَصَا الَّتِي تَحَوَّلَتْ حَيَّةً تَأْخُذُهَا فِي يَدِكَ وَتَقُولُ لَهُ: الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ قَائِلاً: أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ. وَهُوَذَا حَتَّى الآنَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: بِهَذَا تَعْرِفُ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَضْرِبُ بِالْعَصَا الَّتِي فِي يَدِي عَلَى الْمَاءِ الَّذِي فِي النَّهْرِ فَيَتَحَوَّلُ دَماً وَيَمُوتُ السَّمَكُ الَّذِي فِي النَّهْرِ وَيَنْتِنُ النَّهْرُ. فَيَعَافُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مَاءً مِنَ النَّهْرِ" ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: "قُلْ لِهَارُونَ: خُذْ عَصَاكَ وَمُدَّ يَدَكَ عَلَى مِيَاهِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ عَلَى أَنْهَارِهِمْ وَعَلَى سَوَاقِيهِمْ وَعَلَى آجَامِهِمْ وَعَلَى كُلِّ مُجْتَمَعَاتِ مِيَاهِهِمْ لِتَصِيرَ دَماً. فَيَكُونَ دَمٌ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ فِي الأَخْشَابِ وَفِي الأَحْجَارِ" فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ هَكَذَا كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ. رَفَعَ الْعَصَا وَضَرَبَ الْمَاءَ الَّذِي فِي النَّهْرِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَمَامَ عُيُونِ عَبِيدِهِ فَتَحَوَّلَ كُلُّ الْمَاءِ الَّذِي فِي النَّهْرِ دَماً وَمَاتَ السَّمَكُ الَّذِي فِي النَّهْرِ وَأَنْتَنَ النَّهْرُ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرِ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مَاءً مِنَ النَّهْرِ. وَكَانَ الدَّمُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَفَعَلَ عَرَّافُو مِصْرَ كَذَلِكَ بِسِحْرِهِمْ. فَاشْتَدَّ قَلْبُ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمَا كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَدَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ وَلَمْ يُوَجِّهْ قَلْبَهُ إِلَى هَذَا أَيْضاً وَحَفَرَ جَمِيعُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ حَوَالَيِ النَّهْرِ لأَجْلِ مَاءٍ لِيَشْرَبُوا لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مِنْ مَاءِ النَّهْرِ وَلَمَّا كَمُلَتْ سَبْعَةُ أَيَّامٍ بَعْدَ مَا ضَرَبَ الرَّبُّ النَّهْرَ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: "ادْخُلْ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: أَطْلِقْ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: "امْثُلْ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: أَطْلِقْ سَرَاحَ شَعْبِي لِيَعْبُدُونِي وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَأْبَى أَنْ تُطْلِقَهُمْ فَهَا أَنَا أَضْرِبُ جَمِيعَ تُخُومِكَ بِالضَّفَادِعِ فَيَفِيضُ النَّهْرُ ضَفَادِعَ. فَتَصْعَدُ وَتَدْخُلُ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ وَإِلَى مِخْدَعِ فِرَاشِكَ وَعَلَى سَرِيرِكَ وَإِلَى بُيُوتِ عَبِيدِكَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَإِلَى تَنَانِيرِكَ وَإِلَى مَعَاجِنِكَ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَعَبِيدِكَ تَصْعَدُ الضَّفَادِعُ" فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: "قُلْ لِهَارُونَ: مُدَّ يَدَكَ بِعَصَاكَ عَلَى الأَنْهَارِ وَالسَّوَاقِي وَالآجَامِ وَأَصْعِدِ الضَّفَادِعَ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ" فَمَدَّ هَارُونُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مِيَاهِ مِصْرَ فَصَعِدَتِ الضَّفَادِعُ وَغَطَّتْ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ وَفَعَلَ كَذَلِكَ الْعَرَّافُونَ بِسِحْرِهِمْ وَأَصْعَدُوا الضَّفَادِعَ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ فَدَعَا فِرْعَوْنُ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ وَقَالَ: "صَلِّيَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ لِيَرْفَعَ الضَّفَادِعَ عَنِّي وَعَنْ شَعْبِي فَأُطْلِقَ الشَّعْبَ لِيَذْبَحُوا لِلرَّبِّ" فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِفِرْعَوْنَ: "عَيِّنْ لِي مَتَى أُصَلِّي لأَجْلِكَ وَلأَجْلِ عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ لِقَطْعِ الضَّفَادِعِ عَنْكَ وَعَنْ بُيُوتِكَ. وَلَكِنَّهَا تَبْقَى فِي النَّهْرِ" فَقَالَ: "غَداً". فَقَالَ: "كَقَوْلِكَ". لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَ أَنْ لَيْسَ مِثْلُ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا فَتَرْتَفِعُ الضَّفَادِعُ عَنْكَ وَعَنْ بُيُوتِكَ وَعَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ. وَلَكِنَّهَا تَبْقَى فِي النَّهْرِ" ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَصَرَخَ مُوسَى إِلَى الرَّبِّ مِنْ أَجْلِ الضَّفَادِعِ الَّتِي جَعَلَهَا عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ فَفَعَلَ الرَّبُّ كَقَوْلِ مُوسَى. فَمَاتَتِ الضَّفَادِعُ مِنَ الْبُيُوتِ وَالدُّورِ وَالْحُقُولِ وَجَمَعُوهَا كُوَماً كَثِيرَةً حَتَّى أَنْتَنَتِ الأَرْضُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى فِرْعَوْنُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ حَصَلَ الْفَرَجُ أَغْلَظَ قَلْبَهُ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمَا كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: "قُلْ لِهَارُونَ: مُدَّ عَصَاكَ وَاضْرِبْ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ لِيَصِيرَ بَعُوضاً فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ" فَفَعَلاَ كَذَلِكَ. مَدَّ هَارُونُ يَدَهُ بِعَصَاهُ وَضَرَبَ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ فَصَارَ الْبَعُوضُ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَعَلَى الْبَهَائِمِ. كُلُّ تُرَابِ الأَرْضِ صَارَ بَعُوضاً فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَفَعَلَ كَذَلِكَ الْعَرَّافُونَ بِسِحْرِهِمْ لِيُخْرِجُوا الْبَعُوضَ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا. وَكَانَ الْبَعُوضُ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَعَلَى الْبَهَائِمِ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the book of Joel

من يوئيل النبي

2:28-32

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*And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Moreover upon my servants and handmaids in those days I will pour forth my spirit. And I will shew wonders in heaven; and in earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come. And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem shall be salvation, as the Lord hath said, and in the residue whom the Lord shall call. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

"وَيَكُونُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنِّي أَسْكُبُ رُوحِي عَلَى كُلِّ بَشَرٍ فَيَتَنَبَّأُ بَنُوكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَيَحْلَمُ شُيُوخُكُمْ أَحْلاَماً وَيَرَى شَبَابُكُمْ رُؤًى وَعَلَى الْعَبِيدِ أَيْضاً وَعَلَى الإِمَاءِ أَسْكُبُ رُوحِي فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ وَأُعْطِي عَجَائِبَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ دَماً وَنَاراً وَأَعْمِدَةَ دُخَانٍ تَتَحَوَّلُ الشَّمْسُ إِلَى ظُلْمَةٍ وَالْقَمَرُ إِلَى دَمٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجِيءَ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ الْعَظِيمُ الْمَخُوفُ وَيَكُونُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَدْعُو بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ يَنْجُو". لأَنَّهُ فِي جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ تَكُونُ نَجَاةٌ. كَمَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ. وَبَيْنَ الْبَاقِينَ مَنْ يَدْعُوهُ الرَّبُّ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the book of Job

من أيوب الصديق

1:1-22

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*There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil. And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceeding great: and this man was great among all the people of the east. And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days. Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them. And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it. And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil? And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain? Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth? But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face. Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother, There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them, And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. And while he also was yet speaking, there came another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the camels, and taken them, moreover they have slain the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their elder brother: A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and it fell upon thy children and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to fell thee. Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head fell down upon the ground and worshipped, And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord. In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

كَانَ رَجُلٌ فِي أَرْضِ عُوصَ اسْمُهُ أَيُّوبُ. وَكَانَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ كَامِلاً وَمُسْتَقِيماً يَتَّقِي اللهَ وَيَحِيدُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ وَوُلِدَ لَهُ سَبْعَةُ بَنِينَ وَثَلاَثُ بَنَاتٍ وَكَانَتْ مَوَاشِيهِ سَبْعَةَ آلاَفٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَثَلاَثَةَ آلاَفِ جَمَلٍ وَخَمْسَ مِئَةِ زَوْجِ بَقَرٍ وَخَمْسَ مِئَةِ أَتَانٍ وَخَدَمُهُ كَثِيرِينَ جِدّاً. فَكَانَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ أَعْظَمَ كُلِّ بَنِي الْمَشْرِقِ وَكَانَ بَنُوهُ يَذْهَبُونَ وَيَعْمَلُونَ وَلِيمَةً فِي بَيْتِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ فِي يَوْمِهِ وَيُرْسِلُونَ وَيَسْتَدْعُونَ أَخَوَاتِهِمِ الثَّلاَثَ لِيَأْكُلْنَ وَيَشْرَبْنَ مَعَهُمْ وَكَانَ لَمَّا دَارَتْ أَيَّامُ الْوَلِيمَةِ أَنَّ أَيُّوبَ أَرْسَلَ فَقَدَّسَهُمْ وَبَكَّرَ فِي الْغَدِ وَأَصْعَدَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ عَلَى عَدَدِهِمْ كُلِّهِمْ لأَنَّ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ: رُبَّمَا أَخْطَأَ بَنِيَّ وَجَدَّفُوا عَلَى اللهِ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ. هَكَذَا كَانَ أَيُّوبُ يَفْعَلُ كُلَّ الاَْيَّامِ وَكَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَنَّهُ جَاءَ بَنُو اللهِ لِيَمْثُلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ وَجَاءَ الشَّيْطَانُ أَيْضَاً فِي وَسَطِهِمْ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ: مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ؟ فَأَجَابَ الشَّيْطَانُ: مِنْ الْجَوَلاَنِ فِي الأَرْضِ وَمِنَ التَّمَشِّي فِيهَا فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ: هَلْ جَعَلْتَ قَلْبَكَ عَلَى عَبْدِي أَيُّوبَ؟ لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِثْلُهُ فِي الأَرْضِ. رَجُلٌ كَامِلٌ وَمُسْتَقِيمٌ يَتَّقِي اللهَ وَيَحِيدُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ فَأَجَابَ الشَّيْطَانُ: هَلْ مَجَّاناً يَتَّقِي أَيُّوبُ اللهَ؟ أَلَيْسَ أَنَّكَ سَيَّجْتَ حَوْلَهُ وَحَوْلَ بَيْتِهِ وَحَوْلَ كُلِّ مَا لَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ؟ بَارَكْتَ أَعْمَالَ يَدَيْهِ فَانْتَشَرَتْ مَوَاشِيهِ فِي الأَرْضِ! وَلَكِنِ ابْسِطْ يَدَكَ الآنَ وَمَسَّ كُلَّ مَا لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ فِي وَجْهِكَ يُجَدِّفُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ: هُوَذَا كُلُّ مَا لَهُ فِي يَدِكَ وَإِنَّمَا إِلَيهِ لاَ تَمُدَّ يَدَكَ. ثمَّ خَرَجَ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ أَمَامِ وَجْهِ الرَّبِّ وَكَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ وَبَنَاتُهُ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْراً فِي بَيْتِ أَخِيهِمِ الأَكْبَرِ أَنَّ رَسُولاً جَاءَ إِلَى أَيُّوبَ وَقَالَ: الْبَقَرُ كَانَتْ تَحْرُثُ وَالأُتُنُ تَرْعَى بِجَانِبِهَا فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهَا السَّبَئِيُّونَ وَأَخَذُوهَا وَضَرَبُوا الْغِلْمَانَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ وَنَجَوْتُ أَنَا وَحْدِي لأُخْبِرَكَ وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ إِذْ جَاءَ آخَرُ وَقَالَ: نَارُ اللهِ سَقَطَتْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَأَحْرَقَتِ الْغَنَمَ وَالْغِلْمَانَ وَأَكَلَتْهُمْ وَنَجَوْتُ أَنَا وَحْدِي لأُخْبِرَكَ وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ إِذْ جَاءَ آخَرُ وَقَالَ: الْكِلْدَانِيُّونَ عَيَّنُوا ثَلاَثَ فِرَقٍ فَهَجَمُوا عَلَى الْجِمَالِ وَأَخَذُوهَا وَضَرَبُوا الْغِلْمَانَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ وَنَجَوْتُ أَنَا وَحْدِي لأُخْبِرَكَ وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ إِذْ جَاءَ آخَرُ وَقَالَ: بَنُوكَ وَبَنَاتُكَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْراً فِي بَيْتِ أَخِيهِمِ الأَكْبَرِ وَإِذَا رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ جَاءَتْ مِنْ عَبْرِ الْقَفْرِ وَصَدَمَتْ زَوَايَا الْبَيْتِ الأَرْبَعَ فَسَقَطَ عَلَى الْغِلْمَانِ فَمَاتُوا وَنَجَوْتُ أَنَا وَحْدِي لأُخْبِرَكَ فَقَامَ أَيُّوبُ وَمَزَّقَ جُبَّتَهُ وَجَزَّ شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ وَخَرَّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَ وَقَالَ: عُرْيَاناً خَرَجْتُ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي وَعُرْيَاناً أَعُودُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ. الرَّبُّ أَعْطَى وَالرَّبُّ أَخَذَ فَلْيَكُنِ اسْمُ الرَّبِّ مُبَارَكاً فِي كُلِّ هَذَا لَمْ يُخْطِئْ أَيُّوبُ وَلَمْ يَنْسِبْ لِلَّهِ جَهَالَةً مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the book of Isaiah

من أشعياء النبي

26:21-27:9

٢٦ : ٢١ − ٢٧ : ٩

*For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more. The punishment of the oppressors of God's people. The Lord's favour to his church. In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the see. In that day there shall be singing to the vineyard of pure wine. I am the Lord that keep it, I will suddenly give it drink: lest any hurt come to it, I keep it night and day. There is no indignation in me: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall march against it, shall I set it on fire together? Or rather shall it take hold of my strength, shall it make peace with me, shall it make peace with me? When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed. Hath he struck him according to the stroke of him that struck him? or is he slain, as he killed them that were slain by him? In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat. Therefore upon this shall the iniquity of the house of Jacob be forgiven: and this is all the fruit, that the sin thereof should be taken away, when he shall have made all the stones of the altar, as burnt stones broken in pieces, the groves and temples shall not stand. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

لأَنَّهُ هُوَذَا الرَّبُّ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ لِيُعَاقِبَ إِثْمَ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ فِيهِمْ فَتَكْشِفُ الأَرْضُ دِمَاءَهَا وَلاَ تُغَطِّي قَتْلاَهَا فِي مَا بَعْدُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُعَاقِبُ الرَّبُّ بِسَيْفِهِ الْقَاسِي الْعَظِيمِ الشَّدِيدِ لَوِيَاثَانَ الْحَيَّةَ الْهَارِبَةَ. لَوِيَاثَانَ الْحَيَّةَ الْمُتَحَوِّيَةَ وَيَقْتُلُ التِّنِّينَ الَّذِي فِي الْبَحْرِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ غَنُّوا لِلْكَرْمَةِ الْمُشْتَهَاةِ: "أَنَا الرَّبُّ حَارِسُهَا. أَسْقِيهَا كُلَّ لَحْظَةٍ. لِئَلاَّ يُوقَعَ بِهَا أَحْرُسُهَا لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً لَيْسَ لِي غَيْظٌ. لَيْتَ عَلَيَّ الشَّوْكَ وَالْحَسَكَ فِي الْقِتَالِ فَأَهْجِمَ عَلَيْهَا وَأَحْرِقَهَا مَعاً أَوْ يَتَمَسَّكُ بِحِصْنِي فَيَصْنَعُ صُلْحاً مَعِي. صُلْحاً يَصْنَعُ مَعِي" فِي الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ يَتَأَصَّلُ يَعْقُوبُ. يُزْهِرُ وَيُفْرِعُ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَيَمْلَأُونَ وَجْهَ الْمَسْكُونَةِ ثِمَاراً هَلْ ضَرَبَهُ كَضَرْبَةِ ضَارِبِيهِ أَوْ قُتِلَ كَقَتْلِ قَتْلاَهُ؟ بِزَجْرٍ إِذْ طَلَّقْتَهَا خَاصَمْتَهَا. أَزَالَهَا بِرِيحِهِ الْعَاصِفَةِ فِي يَوْمِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ لِذَلِكَ بِهَذَا يُكَفَّرُ إِثْمُ يَعْقُوبَ. وَهَذَا كُلُّ الثَّمَرِ نَزْعُ خَطِيَّتِهِ: فِي جَعْلِهِ كُلَّ حِجَارَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ كَحِجَارَةِ كِلْسٍ مُكَسَّرَةٍ. لاَ تَقُومُ السَّوَارِي وَلاَ الشَّمْسَاتُ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

17:38,41

١٧ : ٣٨، ٤١

*I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed. For thou hast girded me with strength for war. And thou hast destroyed them that hated me. Alleluia.

*اطرد أعدائي فأدركهم. ولا أرجع حتى يفنوا. وأعطيتني الظفر على أعدائي. ومبغضيّ استأصلت. هَلِّلُويَا.

The Gospel according to Saint Luke

الإنجيل من لوقا

14:16-24

١٤ : ١٦ − ٢٤

*But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many. And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready. And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused. And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused. And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame. And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper. Glory be to God forever.

فَقَالَ لَهُ: "إِنْسَانٌ صَنَعَ عَشَاءً عَظِيماً وَدَعَا كَثِيرِينَ وَأَرْسَلَ عَبْدَهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعَشَاءِ لِيَقُولَ لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ: تَعَالَوْا لأَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ أُعِدَّ فَابْتَدَأَ الْجَمِيعُ بِرَأْيٍ وَاحِدٍ يَسْتَعْفُونَ. قَالَ لَهُ الأَوَّلُ: إِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ حَقْلاً وَأَنَا مُضْطَرٌّ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ وَأَنْظُرَهُ. أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعْفِيَنِي وَقَالَ آخَرُ: إِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ خَمْسَةَ أَزْوَاجِ بَقَرٍ وَأَنَا مَاضٍ لأَمْتَحِنَهَا. أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعْفِيَنِي وَقَالَ آخَرُ: إِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَلِذَلِكَ لاَ أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَجِيءَ فَأَتَى ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ وَأَخْبَرَ سَيِّدَهُ بِذَلِكَ. حِينَئِذٍ غَضِبَ رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ وَقَالَ لِعَبْدِهِ: اخْرُجْ عَاجِلاً إِلَى شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَزِقَّتِهَا وَأَدْخِلْ إِلَى هُنَا الْمَسَاكِينَ وَالْجُدْعَ وَالْعُرْجَ وَالْعُمْيَ فَقَالَ الْعَبْدُ: يَا سَيِّدُ قَدْ صَارَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ وَيُوجَدُ أَيْضاً مَكَانٌ فَقَالَ السَّيِّدُ لِلْعَبْدِ: اخْرُجْ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ وَالسِّيَاجَاتِ وَأَلْزِمْهُمْ بِالدُّخُولِ حَتَّى يَمْتَلِئَ بَيْتِي لأَنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أُولَئِكَ الرِّجَالِ الْمَدْعُوِّينَ يَذُوقُ عَشَائِي" وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.

The Pauline Epistle from Ephesians

البولس من أَفَسُسَ

4:17-32

٤ : ١٧ − ٣٢

*This then I say and testify in the Lord: That henceforward you walk not as also the Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts. Who despairing, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto covetousness. But you have not so learned Christ; If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus: To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind: And put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth. Wherefore putting away lying, speak; ye the truth every man with his neighbour; for we are members one of another. Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger. Give not place to the devil. He that stole, let him now steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need. Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth; but that which is good, to the edification of faith, that it may administer grace to the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and anger, and indignation, and clamour, and blasphemy, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another; merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ. The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.

فَأَقُولُ هَذَا وَأَشْهَدُ فِي الرَّبِّ، أَنْ لاَ تَسْلُكُوا فِي مَا بَعْدُ كَمَا يَسْلُكُ سَائِرُ الأُمَمِ أَيْضاً بِبُطْلِ ذِهْنِهِمْ، إِذْ هُمْ مُظْلِمُو الْفِكْرِ، وَمُتَجَنِّبُونَ عَنْ حَيَاةِ اللهِ لِسَبَبِ الْجَهْلِ الَّذِي فِيهِمْ بِسَبَبِ غِلاَظَةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ الَّذِينَ إِذْ هُمْ قَدْ فَقَدُوا الْحِسَّ، أَسْلَمُوا نُفُوسَهُمْ لِلدَّعَارَةِ لِيَعْمَلُوا كُلَّ نَجَاسَةٍ فِي الطَّمَعِ وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَمْ تَتَعَلَّمُوا الْمَسِيحَ هَكَذَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ وَعُلِّمْتُمْ فِيهِ كَمَا هُوَ حَقٌّ فِي يَسُوعَ، أَنْ تَخْلَعُوا مِنْ جِهَةِ التَّصَرُّفِ السَّابِقِ الإِنْسَانَ الْعَتِيقَ الْفَاسِدَ بِحَسَبِ شَهَوَاتِ الْغُرُورِ، وَتَتَجَدَّدُوا بِرُوحِ ذِهْنِكُمْ، وَتَلْبَسُوا الإِنْسَانَ الْجَدِيدَ الْمَخْلُوقَ بِحَسَبِ اللهِ فِي الْبِرِّ وَقَدَاسَةِ الْحَقِّ لِذَلِكَ اطْرَحُوا عَنْكُمُ الْكَذِبَ وَتَكَلَّمُوا بِالصِّدْقِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَعَ قَرِيبِهِ، لأَنَّنَا بَعْضَنَا أَعْضَاءُ الْبَعْضِ اِغْضَبُوا وَلاَ تُخْطِئُوا. لاَ تَغْرُبِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى غَيْظِكُمْ وَلاَ تُعْطُوا إِبْلِيسَ مَكَاناً لاَ يَسْرِقِ السَّارِقُ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، بَلْ بِالْحَرِيِّ يَتْعَبُ عَامِلاً الصَّالِحَ بِيَدَيْهِ، لِيَكُونَ لَهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ مَنْ لَهُ احْتِيَاجٌ لاَ تَخْرُجْ كَلِمَةٌ رَدِيَّةٌ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ، بَلْ كُلُّ مَا كَانَ صَالِحاً لِلْبُنْيَانِ، حَسَبَ الْحَاجَةِ، كَيْ يُعْطِيَ نِعْمَةً لِلسَّامِعِينَ وَلاَ تُحْزِنُوا رُوحَ اللهِ الْقُدُّوسَ الَّذِي بِهِ خُتِمْتُمْ لِيَوْمِ الْفِدَاءِ لِيُرْفَعْ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ كُلُّ مَرَارَةٍ وَسَخَطٍ وَغَضَبٍ وَصِيَاحٍ وَتَجْدِيفٍ مَعَ كُلِّ خُبْثٍ وَكُونُوا لُطَفَاءَ بَعْضُكُمْ نَحْوَ بَعْضٍ، شَفُوقِينَ مُتَسَامِحِينَ كَمَا سَامَحَكُمُ اللهُ أَيْضاً فِي الْمَسِيحِ نعمةُ اللَّهِ الآبِ فَلْتَحِلَّ عَلَى أرواحِنا يا آبائي وإخْوَتي. آمين.

The Catholic Epistle from James

الكاثوليكون من يعقوب

3:13-4:4

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*Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew, by a good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contentions in your hearts; glory not, and be not liars against the truth. For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work. But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation. And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace. The evils that flow from yielding to concupiscence and being friends to this world. Admonitions against pride, detraction and the like. From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members? You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not. You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences. Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God. 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.

مَنْ هُوَ حَكِيمٌ وَعَالِمٌ بَيْنَكُمْ فَلْيُرِ أَعْمَالَهُ بِالتَّصَرُّفِ الْحَسَنِ فِي وَدَاعَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ غَيْرَةٌ مُرَّةٌ وَتَحَّزُبٌ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ، فَلاَ تَفْتَخِرُوا وَتَكْذِبُوا عَلَى الْحَقِّ لَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ الْحِكْمَةُ نَازِلَةً مِنْ فَوْقُ، بَلْ هِيَ أَرْضِيَّةٌ نَفْسَانِيَّةٌ شَيْطَانِيَّةٌ لأَنَّهُ حَيْثُ الْغَيْرَةُ وَالتَّحَّزُبُ هُنَاكَ التَّشْوِيشُ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ رَدِيءٍ وَأَمَّا الْحِكْمَةُ الَّتِي مِنْ فَوْقُ فَهِيَ أَوَّلاً طَاهِرَةٌ، ثُمَّ مُسَالِمَةٌ، مُتَرَفِّقَةٌ، مُذْعِنَةٌ، مَمْلُوَّةٌ رَحْمَةً وَأَثْمَاراً صَالِحَةً، عَدِيمَةُ الرَّيْبِ وَالرِّيَاءِ وَثَمَرُ الْبِرِّ يُزْرَعُ فِي السَّلاَمِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَفْعَلُونَ السَّلاَمَ مِنْ أَيْنَ الحروب وَالْخِصَامُ بَيْنَكُمْ؟ أَلَيْسَ مِنْ لَذَّاتِكُمْ تِلْكَ الْمُتَصَارِعَةِ رِبَةِ فِي أَعْضَائِكُمْ؟ تَشْتَهُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ تَمْتَلِكُونَ. تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَحْسِدُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَنَالُوا. تُخَاصِمُونَ وَتُحَارِبُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ تَمْتَلِكُونَ، لأَنَّكُمْ لاَ تَطْلُبُونَ تَطْلُبُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ تَأْخُذُونَ، لأَنَّكُمْ تَطْلُبُونَ رَدِيّاً لِكَيْ تُنْفِقُوا فِي لَذَّاتِكُمْ أَيُّهَا الّزُنَاةُ وَالّزَوَانِي، أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ مَحَبَّةَ الْعَالَمِ عَدَاوَةٌ لِلَّهِ؟ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُحِبّاً لِلْعَالَمِ فَقَدْ صَارَ عَدُّواً لِلَّهِ 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

11:26-12:2

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*And they conversed there in the church a whole year; and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians. And in these days there came prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch: And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the Spirit, that there should be a great famine over the whole world, which came to pass under Claudius. And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea: Which also they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Herod's persecution. Peter's deliverance by an angel. Herod's punishment. And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church. And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God. Amen.

فَحَدَثَ أَنَّهُمَا اجْتَمَعَا فِي الْكَنِيسَةِ سَنَةً كَامِلَةً وَعَلَّمَا جَمْعاً غَفِيراً. وَدُعِيَ التَّلاَمِيذُ "مَسِيحِيِّينَ" فِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ أَوَّلاً وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ انْحَدَرَ أَنْبِيَاءُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ وَقَامَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمُ اسْمُهُ أَغَابُوسُ وَأَشَارَ بِالرُّوحِ أَنَّ جُوعاً عَظِيماً كَانَ عَتِيداً أَنْ يَصِيرَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمَسْكُونَةِ الَّذِي صَارَ أَيْضاً فِي أَيَّامِ كُلُودِيُوسَ قَيْصَرَ فَحَتَمَ التَّلاَمِيذُ حَسْبَمَا تَيَسَّرَ لِكُلٍّ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ شَيْئاً خِدْمَةً إِلَى الإِخْوَةِ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي الْيَهُودِيَّةِ فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ مُرْسِلِينَ إِلَى الْمَشَايِخِ بِيَدِ بَرْنَابَا وَشَاوُلَ وَفِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مَدَّ هِيرُودُسُ الْمَلِكُ يَدَيْهِ لِيُسِيئَ إِلَى أُنَاسٍ مِنَ الْكَنِيسَةِ فَقَتَلَ يَعْقُوبَ أَخَا يُوحَنَّا بِالسَّيْفِ لَمْ تَزَلْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ تَنْمُو وتَكْثُرُ وتَعْتَزُّ وتَثْبُتُ، في بِيعَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ. آمين.

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

17:17-19

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Alleluia.

هَلِّلُويَا.

The Gospel according to Saint Mark

الإنجيل من مرقس

4:35-41

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*And he saith to them that day, when evening was come: Let us pass over to the other side. And sending away the multitude, they take him even as he was in the ship: and there were other ships with him. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was filled. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow; and they awake him, and say to him: Master, doth it not concern thee that we perish? And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased: and there was made a great calm. And he said to them: Why are you fearful? have you not faith yet? And they feared exceedingly: and they said one to another: Who is this (thinkest thou) that both wind and sea obey him? Glory be to God forever.

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لَمَّا كَانَ الْمَسَاءُ: "لِنَجْتَزْ إِلَى الْعَبْرِ" فَصَرَفُوا الْجَمْعَ وَأَخَذُوهُ كَمَا كَانَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ. وَكَانَتْ مَعَهُ أَيْضاً سُفُنٌ أُخْرَى صَغِيرَةٌ فَحَدَثَ نَوْءُ رِيحٍ عَظِيمٌ فَكَانَتِ الأَمْوَاجُ تَضْرِبُ إِلَى السَّفِينَةِ حَتَّى صَارَتْ تَمْتَلِئُ وَكَانَ هُوَ فِي الْمُؤَخَّرِ عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ نَائِماً. فَأَيْقَظُوهُ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: "يَا مُعَلِّمُ أَمَا يَهُمُّكَ أَنَّنَا نَهْلِكُ؟" فَقَامَ وَانْتَهَرَ الرِّيحَ وَقَالَ لِلْبَحْرِ: "اسْكُتْ. ابْكَمْ". فَسَكَنَتِ الرِّيحُ وَصَارَ هُدُوءٌ عَظِيمٌ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: "مَا بَالُكُمْ خَائِفِينَ هَكَذَا؟ كَيْفَ لاَ إِيمَانَ لَكُمْ؟" فَخَافُوا خَوْفاً عَظِيماً وَقَالُوا بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: "مَنْ هُوَ هَذَا؟ فَإِنَّ الرِّيحَ أَيْضاً وَالْبَحْرَ يُطِيعَانِهِ!" وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.