1 GLT وَٱبْتَدَأَ أَيْضًا يُعَلِّمُ عِنْدَ ٱلْبَحْرِ، فَٱجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ جَمْعٌ كَثِيرٌ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ دَخَلَ ٱلسَّفِينَةَ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَٱلْجَمْعُ كُلُّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ ٱلْبَحْرِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. BSB BSB: Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
2 GLT فَكَانَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ كَثِيرًا بِأَمْثَالٍ. وَقَالَ لَهُمْ فِي تَعْلِيمِهِ: BSB BSB: And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
3 GLT «ٱسْمَعُوا! هُوَذَا ٱلزَّارِعُ قَدْ خَرَجَ لِيَزْرَعَ، BSB BSB: “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 GLT وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَزْرَعُ سَقَطَ بَعْضٌ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ، فَجَاءَتْ طُيُورُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَأَكَلَتْهُ. BSB BSB: And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
5 GLT وَسَقَطَ آخَرُ عَلَى مَكَانٍ مُحْجِرٍ، حَيْثُ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ تُرْبَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، فَنَبَتَ حَالًا إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عُمْقُ أَرْضٍ. BSB BSB: Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
6 GLT وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا أَشْرَقَتِ ٱلشَّمْسُ ٱحْتَرَقَ، وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَصْلٌ جَفَّ. BSB BSB: But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
7 GLT وَسَقَطَ آخَرُ فِي ٱلشَّوْكِ، فَطَلَعَ ٱلشَّوْكُ وَخَنَقَهُ فَلَمْ يُعْطِ ثَمَرًا. BSB BSB: Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
8 GLT وَسَقَطَ آخَرُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْجَيِّدَةِ، فَأَعْطَى ثَمَرًا يَصْعَدُ وَيَنْمُو، فَأَتَى وَاحِدٌ بِثَلَاثِينَ وَآخَرُ بِسِتِّينَ وَآخَرُ بِمِئَةٍ». BSB BSB: Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
9 GLT ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ لِلسَّمْعِ، فَلْيَسْمَعْ» BSB BSB: Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 GLT وَلَمَّا كَانَ وَحْدَهُ سَأَلَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوْلَهُ مَعَ ٱلِٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ عَنِ ٱلْمَثَلِ، BSB BSB: As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
11 GLT فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «قَدْ أُعْطِيَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا سِرَّ مَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ. وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَارِجٍ فَبِٱلْأَمْثَالِ يَكُونُ لَهُمْ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، BSB BSB: He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
12 GLT لِكَيْ يُبْصِرُوا مُبْصِرِينَ وَلَا يَنْظُرُوا، وَيَسْمَعُوا سَامِعِينَ وَلَا يَفْهَمُوا، لِئَلَّا يَرْجِعُوا فَتُغْفَرَ لَهُمْ خَطَايَاهُمْ». BSB BSB: so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
13 GLT ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ هَذَا ٱلْمَثَلَ؟ فَكَيْفَ تَعْرِفُونَ جَمِيعَ ٱلْأَمْثَالِ؟ BSB BSB: Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
14 GLT اَلزَّارِعُ يَزْرَعُ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ. BSB BSB: The farmer sows the word.
15 GLT وَهَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ: حَيْثُ تُزْرَعُ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ، وَحِينَمَا يَسْمَعُونَ يَأْتِي ٱلشَّيْطَانُ لِلْوَقْتِ وَيَنْزِعُ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ ٱلْمَزْرُوعَةَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ. BSB BSB: Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
16 GLT وَهَؤُلَاءِ كَذَلِكَ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ زُرِعُوا عَلَى ٱلْأَمَاكِنِ ٱلْمُحْجِرَةِ: ٱلَّذِينَ حِينَمَا يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ يَقْبَلُونَهَا لِلْوَقْتِ بِفَرَحٍ، BSB BSB: Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
17 GLT وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَصْلٌ فِي ذَوَاتِهِمْ، بَلْ هُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ. فَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا حَدَثَ ضِيقٌ أَوِ ٱضْطِهَادٌ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْكَلِمَةِ، فَلِلْوَقْتِ يَعْثُرُونَ. BSB BSB: But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
18 GLT وَهَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ زُرِعُوا بَيْنَ ٱلشَّوْكِ: هَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ، BSB BSB: Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
19 GLT وَهُمُومُ هَذَا ٱلْعَالَمِ وَغُرُورُ ٱلْغِنَى وَشَهَوَاتُ سَائِرِ ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ تَدْخُلُ وَتَخْنُقُ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ فَتَصِيرُ بِلَا ثَمَرٍ. BSB BSB: but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
20 GLT وَهَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ زُرِعُوا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْجَيِّدَةِ: ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ وَيَقْبَلُونَهَا، وَيُثْمِرُونَ: وَاحِدٌ ثَلَاثِينَ وَآخَرُ سِتِّينَ وَآخَرُ مِئَةً». BSB BSB: Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”
21 GLT ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَلْ يُؤْتَى بِسِرَاجٍ لِيُوضَعَ تَحْتَ ٱلْمِكْيَالِ أَوْ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّرِيرِ؟ أَلَيْسَ لِيُوضَعَ عَلَى ٱلْمَنَارَةِ؟ BSB BSB: Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
22 GLT لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ خَفِيٌّ لَا يُظْهَرُ، وَلَا صَارَ مَكْتُومًا إِلَّا لِيُعْلَنَ. BSB BSB: For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.
23 GLT إِنْ كَانَ لِأَحَدٍ أُذُنَانِ لِلسَّمْعِ، فَلْيَسْمَعْ». BSB BSB: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
24 GLT وَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «ٱنْظُرُوا مَا تَسْمَعُونَ! بِٱلْكَيْلِ ٱلَّذِي بِهِ تَكِيلُونَ يُكَالُ لَكُمْ وَيُزَادُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّامِعُونَ. BSB BSB: He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
25 GLT لِأَنَّ مَنْ لَهُ سَيُعْطَى، وَأَمَّا مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ فَٱلَّذِي عِنْدَهُ سَيُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ». BSB BSB: For whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
26 GLT وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا مَلَكُوتُ ٱللهِ: كَأَنَّ إِنْسَانًا يُلْقِي ٱلْبِذَارَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، BSB BSB: Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
27 GLT وَيَنَامُ وَيَقُومُ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا، وَٱلْبِذَارُ يَطْلُعُ وَيَنْمُو، وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ، BSB BSB: Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
28 GLT لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ ذَاتِهَا تَأْتِي بِثَمَرٍ. أَوَّلًا نَبَاتًا، ثُمَّ سُنْبُلًا، ثُمَّ قَمْحًا مَلْآنَ فِي ٱلسُّنْبُلِ. BSB BSB: All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
29 GLT وَأَمَّا مَتَى أَدْرَكَ ٱلثَّمَرُ، فَلِلْوَقْتِ يُرْسِلُ ٱلْمِنْجَلَ لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَصَادَ قَدْ حَضَرَ». BSB BSB: And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
30 GLT وَقَالَ: «بِمَاذَا نُشَبِّهُ مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ؟ أَوْ بِأَيِّ مَثَلٍ نُمَثِّلُهُ؟ BSB BSB: Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
31 GLT مِثْلُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ، مَتَى زُرِعَتْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ فَهِيَ أَصْغَرُ جَمِيعِ ٱلْبُزُورِ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. BSB BSB: It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
32 GLT وَلَكِنْ مَتَى زُرِعَتْ تَطْلُعُ وَتَصِيرُ أَكْبَرَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْبُقُولِ، وَتَصْنَعُ أَغْصَانًا كَبِيرَةً، حَتَّى تَسْتَطِيعَ طُيُورُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَنْ تَتَآوَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّهَا». BSB BSB: But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
33 GLT وَبِأَمْثَالٍ كَثِيرَةٍ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ كَانَ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ حَسْبَمَا كَانُوا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا، BSB BSB: With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
34 GLT وَبِدُونِ مَثَلٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ. وَأَمَّا عَلَى ٱنْفِرَادٍ فَكَانَ يُفَسِّرُ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ. BSB BSB: He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
35 GLT وَقَالَ لَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ لَمَّا كَانَ ٱلْمَسَاءُ: «لِنَجْتَزْ إِلَى ٱلْعَبْرِ». BSB BSB: When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
37 GLT فَحَدَثَ نَوْءُ رِيحٍ عَظِيمٌ، فَكَانَتِ ٱلْأَمْوَاجُ تَضْرِبُ إِلَى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ حَتَّى صَارَتْ تَمْتَلِئُ. BSB BSB: Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
38 GLT وَكَانَ هُوَ فِي ٱلْمُؤَخَّرِ عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ نَائِمًا. فَأَيْقَظُوهُ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، أَمَا يَهُمُّكَ أَنَّنَا نَهْلِكُ؟». BSB BSB: But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
39 GLT فَقَامَ وَٱنْتَهَرَ ٱلرِّيحَ، وَقَالَ لِلْبَحْرِ: «ٱسْكُتْ! اِبْكَمْ!». فَسَكَنَتِ ٱلرِّيحُ وَصَارَ هُدُوءٌ عَظِيمٌ. BSB BSB: Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
40 GLT وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَا بَالُكُمْ خَائِفِينَ هَكَذَا؟ كَيْفَ لَا إِيمَانَ لَكُمْ؟». BSB BSB: “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
41 GLT فَخَافُوا خَوْفًا عَظِيمًا، وَقَالُوا بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «مَنْ هُوَ هَذَا؟ فَإِنَّ ٱلرِّيحَ أَيْضًا وَٱلْبَحْرَ يُطِيعَانِهِ!». BSB BSB: Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”