Wednesday of 5^th week of the Holy Fifty

يوم الأربعاء من الاسبوع الخامس من الخمسين المقدسة

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

18:2,4

١٨ : ٢، ٤

*Day to day utters speech, and night to night proclaims knowledge. Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. Alleluia.

*يوم إلى يوم يبدى كلمة. وليل إلى ليل يظهر علماً. فى كل الأرض خرج منطقهم. وإلى أقطار المسكونة بلغت أقوالهم. هلليلويا هَلِّلُويَا.

The Gospel according to Saint Mark

الإنجيل من مرقس

12:35-40

١٢ : ٣٥ − ٤٠

*And Jesus answering, said, teaching in the temple: How do the scribes say, that Christ is the son of David? For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool. David therefore himself calleth him Lord, and whence is he then his son? And a great multitude heard him gladly. And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes, and to be saluted in the marketplace, And to sit in the first chairs, in the synagogues, and to have the highest places at suppers: Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer: these shall receive greater judgment. Glory be to God forever.

ثُمَّ أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ وَهُوَ يُعَلِّمُ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ: «كَيْفَ يَقُولُ الْكَتَبَةُ إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ ابْنُ دَاوُدَ؟ وَدَاوُدَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ: قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِرَبِّي: اجْلِسْ عَنْ يَمِينِي، حَتَّى أَضَعَ أَعْدَاءَكَ تحت قَدَمَيْكَ. فَدَاوُدُ نَفْسُهُ يقول عنهُ إنَّهُ الرَّبَّ. فَمِنْ أَيْنَ هُوَ ابْنُهُ؟» وَكَانَ الْجَمْعُ الْكَثِيرُ يَسْمَعُهُ بِسُرُورٍ. وَقَالَ فِي تَعْلِيمِهِ: «احذروا مِنَ الْكَتَبَةِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَرْغَبُونَ فِي الْمَشْيَ بِالحلل، وَالتَّحِيَّاتِ فِي الأَسْوَاقِ، وَالْمَجَالِسَ الأُولَى على الأرائكِ فِي الْمَجَامِعِ، وَالْمُتَّكَآتِ الأُولَى فِي الْوَلاَئِمِ. الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ بُيُوتَ الأَرَامِلِ بِعِلَّةِ تطويل صلَوَاتِهم. فَهؤُلاَءِ سَيَأْخُذُونَ دَيْنُونَةً أَعْظَمَ». وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

117:23,24

١١٧ : ٢٣، ٢٤

*This has been done of the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it. Alleluia.

*هذا هو اليوم الذي صنعه الرب. فلنبتهج ونفرح. به يارب خلصنا. يارب تسهل طريقنا. هلليلويا هَلِّلُويَا.

The Gospel according to Saint Mark

الإنجيل من مرقس

12:28-34

١٢ : ٢٨ − ٣٤

*And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all. And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said to him: Well, Master, thou hast said in truth, that there is one God, and there is no other besides him. And that he should be loved with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength; and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices. And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. Glory be to God forever.

فَجَاءَ إليهِ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْكَتَبَةِ وَقد سَمِعَهُمْ يَتَباحَثونَ، وَعلم أَنَّهُ أَجَابَهُمْ حَسَناً، وَسَأَلَهُ: «ما هي الوَصِيَّة التي هِيَ أَوَّلُ الْكُلِّ؟» فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «إِنَّ الأولى هِيَ هذه: اسْمَعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ رَبٌّ وَاحِدٌ. وَتُحِبُّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ نَفْسِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ أفكارِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ قُوَّتِكَ. هذِهِ هِيَ الْوَصِيَّةُ الأُولَى. وَالثَانِيَةٌ هِيَ هذه: تُحِبُّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ. لا وَصِيَّةٌ أُخْرَى أَعْظَمَ مِنْ هَاتَيْنِ». فَقَالَ لَهُ الْكَاتِبُ: «حسناً يَا مُعَلِّمُ. بِالْحَقِّ قُلْتَ، أَنَّ اللهُ وَاحِدٌ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ سِوَاهُ. وَمَحَبَّتُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلبِكَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ قوتك، وَمِنْ كُلِّ فَهمِكَ، وَمَحَبَّةُ قَرِيبك، هُما أعظمُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالذَّبَائِحِ». فَلَمَّا رَآهُ يَسُوعُ قد أَجَابَ بِعَقْل، قَالَ لَهُ: «لَسْتَ بَعِيداً مَنْ مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ». وَلَمْ يَجْسُرْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَسْأَلَهُ بَعْد! وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.

The Pauline Epistle from Romans

البولس من رومية

5:20-6:4

٥ : ٢٠ − ٦ : ٤

*Now the law entered in, that sin might abound. And where sin abounded, grace did more abound. That as sin hath reigned to death; so also grace might reign by justice unto life everlasting, through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Christian must die to sin and live to God. What shall we say, then? shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. For we that are dead to sin, how shall we live any longer therein? Know you not that all we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in his death? For we are buried together with him by baptism into death; that as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.

وَأَمَّا النَّامُوسُ فَدَخَلَ لِكَيْ تَكْثُرَ الْخَطِيَّةُ. وَلكِنْ حَيْثُ كَثُرَتِ الْخَطِيَّةُ ازْدَادَتِ النِّعْمَةُ جِدًّا. حَتَّى كَمَا مَلَكَتِ الْخَطِيَّةُ فِي الْمَوْتِ، هكَذَا تَمْلِكُ النِّعْمَةُ بِالْبِرِّ، لِلْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ، بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ رَبِّنَا. فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ؟ أَنَبْقَى فِي الْخَطِيَّةِ لِكَيْ تَكْثُرَ النِّعْمَةُ؟ حَاشَا! نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ مُتْنَا عَنِ الْخَطِيَّةِ، كَيْفَ نَعِيشُ بَعْدُ فِيهَا؟ أَمْ تَجْهَلُونَ أَنَّنَا كُلَّ مَنِ اعْتَمَدَ لِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ اعْتَمَدْنَا لِمَوْتِهِ، فَدُفِنَّا مَعَهُ بِالْمَعْمُودِيَّةِ لِلْمَوْتِ، حَتَّى كَمَا أُقِيمَ الْمَسِيحُ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ، بِمَجْدِ الآبِ، هكَذَا نَسْلُكُ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا فِي جِدَّةِ الْحَيَاةِ؟ نعمةُ اللَّهِ الآبِ فَلْتَحِلَّ عَلَى أرواحِنا يا آبائي وإخْوَتي. آمين.

The Catholic Epistle from 1 John

الكاثوليكون من يوحنا الأولى

4:15-19

٤ : ١٥ − ١٩

*Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. And we have known, and have believed the charity, which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him. In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment: because as he is, we also are in this world. Fear is not in charity: but perfect charity casteth out fear, because fear hath pain. And he that feareth, is not perfected in charity. Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved 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.

مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ابْنُ اللهِ، فَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ وَهُوَ فِي اللهِ. وَنَحْنُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَا وَصَدَّقْنَا الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي ِللهِ فِينَا. اَللهُ مَحَبَّةٌ، وَمَنْ يَثْبُتْ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ، يَثْبُتْ فِي اللهِ وَاللهُ فِيهِ. بِهذَا تَكَمَّلَتِ الْمَحَبَّةُ فِينَا: أَنْ يَكُونَ لَنَا ثِقَةٌ فِي يَوْمِ الدِّينِ، لأَنَّهُ كَمَا هُوَ فِي هذَا الْعَالَمِ، هكَذَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا. لاَ خَوْفَ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ، بَلِ الْمَحَبَّةُ الْكَامِلَةُ تَطْرَحُ الْخَوْفَ إِلَى خَارِجٍ لأَنَّ الْخَوْفَ لَهُ عَذَابٌ. وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ فَلَمْ يَتَكَمَّلْ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ. نَحْنُ نُحِبُّهُ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَحَبَّنَا أَوَّلاً. 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

7:44-50

٧ : ٤٤ − ٥٠

*The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen. Which also our fathers receiving, brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David. Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. But Solomon built him a house. Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What house will you build me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my resting? Hath not my hand made all these things? The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God. Amen.

«وَأَمَّا خَيْمَةُ الشَّهَادَةِ فَكَانَتْ مَعَ آبَائِنَا فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، كَمَا أَمَرَ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ مُوسَى أَنْ يَعْمَلَهَا عَلَى الْمِثَالِ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ رَآهُ، الَّتِي أَدْخَلَهَا أَيْضًا آبَاؤُنَا إِذْ تَخَلَّفُوا عَلَيْهَا مَعَ يَشُوعَ فِي مُلْكِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ وَجْهِ آبَائِنَا، إِلَى أَيَّامِ دَاوُدَ الَّذِي وَجَدَ نِعْمَةً أَمَامَ اللهِ، وَالْتَمَسَ أَنْ يَجِدَ مَسْكَنًا لإِلهِ يَعْقُوبَ. وَلكِنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بَنَى لَهُ بَيْتًا. لكِنَّ الْعَلِيَّ لاَ يَسْكُنُ فِي هَيَاكِلَ مَصْنُوعَاتِ الأَيَادِي، كَمَا يَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ: السَّمَاءُ كُرْسِيٌّ لِي، وَالأَرْضُ مَوْطِئٌ لِقَدَمَيَّ. أَيَّ بَيْتٍ تَبْنُونَ لِي؟ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَأَيٌّ هُوَ مَكَانُ رَاحَتِي؟ أَلَيْسَتْ يَدِي صَنَعَتْ هذِهِ الأَشْيَاءَ كُلَّهَا؟ لَمْ تَزَلْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ تَنْمُو وتَكْثُرُ وتَعْتَزُّ وتَثْبُتُ، في بِيعَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ. آمين.

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

117:7,8

١١٧ : ٧، ٨

*The Lord is my helper; and I shall see my desire upon mine enemies. It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. Alleluia.

*صالح هو التوكل على الرب. أفضل من التوكل على البشر. صالح هو الرجاء بالرب. أفضل من الرجاء بالرؤساء. هلليلويا هَلِّلُويَا.

The Gospel according to Saint John

الإنجيل من يوحنا

13:16-20

١٣ : ١٦ − ٢٠

*Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord; neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him. If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them. I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth bread with me, shall lift up his heel against me. At present I tell you, before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe that I am he. Amen, amen I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. Glory be to God forever.

اَلْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَبْدٌ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ سَيِّدِهِ، وَلاَ رَسُولٌ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ مُرْسِلِهِ. إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ هذَا فَطُوبَاكُمْ إِنْ عَمِلْتُمُوهُ. «لَسْتُ أَقُولُ عَنْ جَمِيعِكُمْ. أَنَا أَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ اخْتَرْتُهُمْ. لكِنْ لِيَتِمَّ الْكِتَابُ: اَلَّذِي يَأْكُلُ مَعِي الْخُبْزَ رَفَعَ عَلَيَّ عَقِبَهُ. أَقُولُ لَكُمُ الآنَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَكُونَ، حَتَّى مَتَى كَانَ تُؤْمِنُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ. اَلْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمُ: الَّذِي يَقْبَلُ مَنْ أُرْسِلُهُ يَقْبَلُنِي، وَالَّذِي يَقْبَلُنِي يَقْبَلُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي». وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.