John 18 (NAV) · Opened

1بَعْدَمَا انْتَهَى يَسُوعُ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ هذِهِ، خَرَجَ مَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ وَعَبَرُوا وَادِي قِدْرُونَ. وَكَانَ هُنَالِكَ بُسْتَانٌ، فَدَخَلَهُ هُوَ وَتَلامِيذُهُ.After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

2وَكَانَ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي خَانَهُ يَعْرِفُ ذلِكَ الْمَكَانَ لأَنَّ يَسُوعَ كَانَ يَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ كَثِيراً مَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ.Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

3فَذَهَبَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هُنَاكَ آخِذاً مَعَهُ فِرْقَةَ الْجُنُودِ وَحَرَسَ الْهَيْكَلِ، الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ، وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ الْمَشَاعِلَ وَالْمَصَابِيحَ وَالسِّلاحَ.So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

4وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يَعْرِفُ كُلَّ مَا سَيَحْدُثُ لَهُ، فَتَقَدَّمَ نَحْوَهُمْ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ تُرِيدُونَ؟»Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”

5فَأَجَابُوهُ: «يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا هُوَ». وَكَانَ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي خَانَهُ وَاقِفاً مَعَهُمْ.“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.

6فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا هُوَ»، تَرَاجَعُوا وَسَقَطُوا عَلَى الأَرْضِ!When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

7فَعَادَ يَسُوعُ يَسْأَلُهُمْ: «مَنْ تُرِيدُونَ؟» أَجَابُوهُ: «يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ».So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

8فَقَالَ: «قُلْتُ لَكُمْ: أَنَا هُوَ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَنِي أَنَا، فَدَعُوا هؤُلاءِ يَذْهَبُونَ».“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

9وَذلِكَ لِتَتِمَّ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا: «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ وَهَبْتَهُمْ لِي لَمْ يَهْلِكْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ!»This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

10وَكَانَ مَعَ سِمْعَانَ بُطْرُسَ سَيْفٌ فَاسْتَلَّهُ وَضَرَبَ بِهِ عَبْدَ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ، فَقَطَعَ أُذُنَهُ الْيُمْنَى. وَكَانَ اسْمُ الْعَبْدِ مَلْخُسَ.Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

11فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ لِبُطْرُسَ: «أَعِدِ السَّيْفَ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ! الْكَأْسُ الَّتِي أَعْطَانِي الآبُ، أَلا أَشْرَبُهَا؟»“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

12فَقَبَضَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ وَالْقَائِدُ وَحَرَسُ الْهَيْكَلِ عَلَى يَسُوعَ وَقَيَّدُوهُ.Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.

13وَسَاقُوهُ أَوَّلاً إِلَى حَنَّانَ وَهُوَ حَمُو قَيَافَا رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ.They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

14وَقَيَافَا هُوَ الَّذِي أَشَارَ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ بِأَنَّهُ مِنَ الأَفْضَلِ أَنْ يَمُوتَ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ فِدَى الأُمَّةِ.Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.

15وَتَبِعَ يَسُوعَ سِمْعَانُ بُطْرُسُ وَتِلْمِيذٌ آخَرُ كَانَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَعْرِفُهُ. فَدَخَلَ ذَلِكَ التِّلْمِيذُ مَعَ يَسُوعَ إِلَى دَارِ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ.Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

16أَمَّا بُطْرُسُ فَوَقَفَ بِالْبَابِ خَارِجاً. فَخَرَجَ التِّلْمِيذُ الآخَرُ الَّذِي كَانَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَعْرِفُهُ، وَكَلَّمَ الْبَوَّابَةَ فَأَدْخَلَ بُطْرُسَ.But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

17فَسَأَلَتِ الْخَادِمَةُ الْبَوَّابَةُ بُطْرُسَ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ أَحَدَ تَلامِيذِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟» أَجَابَهَا: «لا، لَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ!»At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.

18وَكَانَ الطَّقْسُ بَارِداً، وَقَدْ أَوْقَدَ الْعَبِيدُ وَالْحُرَّاسُ نَاراً وَوَقَفُوا يَسْتَدْفِئُونَ حَوْلَهَا، فَوَقَفَ بُطْرُسُ يَسْتَدْفِئُ مَعَهُمْ.Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

19وَسَأَلَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَسُوعَ عَنْ تَلامِيذِهِ، وَعَنْ تَعْلِيمِهِ.Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

20فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «عَلَناً تَكَلَّمْتُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ، وَدَائِماً عَلَّمْتُ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ وَالْهَيْكَلِ حَيْثُ يَجْتَمِعُ الْيَهُودُ كُلُّهُمْ، وَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئاً فِي السِّرِّ.“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

21فَلِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُنِي أَنَا؟ اسْأَلِ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا مَا تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ مَا قُلْتُهُ!»Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”

22فَلَمَّا قَالَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا لَطَمَهُ أَحَدُ الْحُرَّاسِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَهكَذَا تُجِيبُ رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ؟»When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”

23أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أَسَأْتُ الْكَلامَ فَاشْهَدْ عَلَى الإِسَاءَةِ، أَمَّا إِذَا كُنْتُ أَحْسَنْتُ، فَلِمَاذَا تَضْرِبُنِي؟»Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

24ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ حَنَّانُ مُقَيَّداً إِلَى قَيَافَا رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنةِ.Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

25وَكَانَ بُطْرُسُ وَاقِفاً هُنَاكَ يَسْتَدْفِئُ، فَسَأَلُوهُ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ أَيْضاً مِنْ تَلامِيذِهِ؟» فَأَنْكَرَ وَقَالَ: «لَسْتُ أَنَا».Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

26فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَهُوَ نَسِيبُ الْعَبْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَ بُطْرُسُ أُذُنَهُ: «أَمَا رَأَيْتُكَ مَعَهُ فِي الْبُسْتَانِ؟»One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

27فَأَنْكَرَ بُطْرُسُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. وَفِي الْحَالِ صَاحَ الدِّيكُ!Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

28ثُمَّ أَخَذُوا يَسُوعَ مِنْ دَارِ قَيَافَا إِلَى قَصْرِ الْحَاكِمِ الرُّومَانِيِّ، وَكَانَ ذلِكَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ الْبَاكِرِ. وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى الْقَصْرِ لِئَلّا يَتَنَجَّسُوا فَلا يَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنَ الأَكْلِ مِنْ خَرُوفِ الْفِصْحِ.Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

29فَخَرَجَ بِيلاطُسُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «بِمَاذَا تَتَّهِمُونَ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ؟»So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

30أَجَابُوهُ: «لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُذْنِباً، لَمَا سَلَّمْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ!»“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”

31فَقَالَ بِيلاطُسُ: «خُذُوهُ أَنْتُمْ وَحَاكِمُوهُ حَسَبَ شَرِيعَتِكُمْ». فَأَجَابُوهُ: «لا يَحِقُّ لَنَا أَنْ نَقْتُلَ أَحَداً!»“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

32وَقَدْ حَدَثَ هَذَا لِتَتِمَّ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا يَسُوعُ إِشَارَةً إِلَى الْمِيتَةِ الَّتِي سَيَمُوتُهَا.This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

33فَدَخَلَ بِيلاطُسُ قَصْرَهُ وَاسْتَدْعَى يَسُوعَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ مَلِكُ الْيَهُودِ؟»Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

34فَرَدَّ يَسُوعُ: «أَتَقُولُ لِي هَذَا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، أَمْ قَالَهُ لَكَ عَنِّي آخَرُونَ؟»“Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?”

35فَقَالَ بِيلاطُسُ: «وَهَلْ أَنَا يَهُودِيٌّ؟ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ وَرُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ سَلَّمُوكَ إِلَيَّ. مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ؟»“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”

36أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «لَيْسَتْ مَمْلَكَتِي مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ. وَلَوْ كَانَتْ مَمْلَكَتِي مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ، لَكَانَ حُرَّاسِي يُجَاهِدُونَ لِكَيْ لَا أُسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِ. أَمَّا الآنَ فَمَمْلَكَتِي لَيْسَتْ مِنْ هُنَا».Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

37فَسَأَلَهُ بِيلاطُسُ: «فَهَلْ أَنْتَ مَلِكٌ إِذَنْ؟» أَجَابَهُ: «أَنْتَ قُلْتَ، إِنِّي مَلِكٌ. وَلِهَذَا وُلِدْتُ وَجِئْتُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ: لأَشْهَدَ لِلْحَقِّ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يُصْغِي لِصَوْتِي».“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

38فَقَالَ لَهُ بِيلاطُسُ: «مَا هُوَ الْحَقُّ!» ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي لَا أَجِدُ فِيهِ ذَنْباً!“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

39وَقَدْ جَرَتِ الْعَادَةُ عِنْدَكُمْ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ أَحَدَ السُّجَنَاءِ فِي عِيدِ الْفِصْحِ. فَهَلْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ مَلِكَ الْيَهُودِ؟»But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

40فَصَرَخُوا جَمِيعاً قَائِلِينَ: «لا تُطْلِقْ هَذَا، بَلْ بَارَابَاسَ». وَكَانَ بَارَابَاسُ لِصّاً!“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

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