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Friday of 5th week of the Great Lent

يوم الجمعة من الاسبوع الخامس من الصوم الكبير

From the book of Deuteronomy

من سفر التثنية لموسى النبي

11:29-12:27

١١ : ٢٩ − ١٢ : ٢٧

*And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, whither thou goest to dwell, thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Garizim, the curse upon mount Hebal: Which are beyond the Jordan, behind the way that goeth to the setting of the sun, in the land of the Chanaanite who dwelleth in the plain country over against Galgala, which is near the valley that reacheth and entereth far. For you shall pass over the Jordan, to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have it and possess it. See therefore that you fulfill the ceremonies and judgments, which I shall set this day before you. All idolatry must be extirpated: sacrifices, tithes, and firstfruits must be offered in one only place: all eating of blood is prohibited. These are the precepts and judgments, that you must do in the land, which the Lord the God of thy fathers will give thee, to possess it all the days that thou shalt walk upon the earth. Destroy all the places in which the nations, that you shall possess, worshipped their gods upon high mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree: Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and break their idols in pieces: destroy their names out of those places. You shall not do so to the Lord your God: But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: And you shall offer in that place your holocausts and victims, the tithes and firstfruits of your hands and your vows and gifts, the firstborn of your herds and your sheep. And you shall eat there in the sight of the Lord your God: and you shall rejoice in all things, whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed you. You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself. For until this present time you are not come to refit, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give you. You shall pass over the Jordan, and shall dwell in the land which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have rest from all enemies round about: and may dwell without any fear, In the place, which the Lord your God shall choose, that his name may be therein. Thither shall you bring all the things that I command you, holocausts, and victims, and tithes, and the firstfruits of your hands: and whatsoever is the choicest in the gifts which you shall vow to the Lord. There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and maid-servants, and the Levite that dwelleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you. Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see: But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes shalt thou offer sacrifices. and shalt do all that I command thee. But if thou desirest to eat, and the eating of flesh delight thee, kill, and eat according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee, in thy cities: whether it be unclean, that is to say, having blemish or defect: or clean, that is to say, sound and without blemish, such as may be offered, as the roe, and the hart, shalt thou eat it: Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. Thou mayst not eat in thy towns the tithes of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, the firstborn of thy herds and thy cattle, nor any thing that thou vowest, and that thou wilt offer voluntarily, and the firstfruits of thy hands: But thou shalt eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and maidservant, and the Levite that dwelleth in thy cities: and thou shalt rejoice and be refreshed before the Lord thy God in all things, whereunto thou shalt put thy hand. Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land. When the Lord thy God shall have enlarged thy borders, as he hath spoken to thee, and thou wilt eat the flesh that thy soul desireth: And if the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name should be there, be far off, thou shalt kill of thy herds and of thy flocks, as I have commanded thee, and shalt eat in thy towns, as it pleaseth thee. Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them: both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike. Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh: But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water, That it may be well with thee and thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is pleasing in the sight of the Lord. But the things which thou hast sanctified and vowed to the Lord, thou shalt take, and shalt come to the place which the Lord shall choose: And shalt offer thy oblations the flesh and the blood upon the altar of the Lord thy God: the blood of thy victims thou shalt pour on the altar: and the flesh thou thyself shalt eat. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

وَإِذَا جَاءَ بِكَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ إِلى الأَرْضِ التِي أَنْتَ دَاخِلٌ إِليْهَا لِتَمْتَلِكَهَا فَاجْعَلِ البَرَكَةَ عَلى جَبَلِ جِرِزِّيمَ وَاللعْنَةَ عَلى جَبَلِ عِيبَال أَمَا هُمَا فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَرَاءَ طَرِيقِ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ فِي أَرْضِ الكَنْعَانِيِّينَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي العَرَبَةِ مُقَابِل الجِلجَالِ بِجَانِبِ بَلُّوطَاتِ مُورَةَ؟ لأَنَّكُمْ عَابِرُونَ الأُرْدُنَّ لِتَدْخُلُوا وَتَمْتَلِكُوا الأَرْضَ التِي الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ يُعْطِيكُمْ. تَمْتَلِكُونَهَا وَتَسْكُنُونَهَا فَاحْفَظُوا جَمِيعَ الفَرَائِضِ وَالأَحْكَامِ التِي أَنَا وَاضِعٌ أَمَامَكُمُ اليَوْمَ لِتَعْمَلُوهَا" "هَذِهِ هِيَ الفَرَائِضُ وَالأَحْكَامُ التِي تَحْفَظُونَ لِتَعْمَلُوهَا فِي الأَرْضِ التِي أَعْطَاكَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ آبَائِكَ لِتَمْتَلِكَهَا؛ كُل الأَيَّامِ التِي تَحْيُونَ عَلى الأَرْضِ: تُخْرِبُونَ جَمِيعَ الأَمَاكِنِ حَيْثُ عَبَدَتِ الأُمَمُ التِي تَرِثُونَهَا آلِهَتَهَا عَلى الجِبَالِ الشَّامِخَةِ وَعَلى التِّلالِ وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ وَتَهْدِمُونَ مَذَابِحَهُمْ وَتُكَسِّرُونَ أَنْصَابَهُمْ وَتُحْرِقُونَ سَوَارِيَهُمْ بِالنَّارِ وَتُقَطِّعُونَ تَمَاثِيل آلِهَتِهِمْ وَتَمْحُونَ اسْمَهُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ المَكَانِ لا تَفْعَلُوا هَكَذَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ بَلِ المَكَانُ الذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ لِيَضَعَ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ سُكْنَاهُ تَطْلُبُونَ وَإِلى هُنَاكَ تَأْتُونَ وَتُقَدِّمُونَ إِلى هُنَاكَ مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَذَبَائِحَكُمْ وَعُشُورَكُمْ وَرَفَائِعَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَنُذُورَكُمْ وَنَوَافِلكُمْ وَأَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمْ وَتَأْكُلُونَ هُنَاكَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ وَتَفْرَحُونَ بِكُلِّ مَا تَمْتَدُّ إِليْهِ أَيْدِيكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَبُيُوتُكُمْ كَمَا بَارَكَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ "لا تَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا نَحْنُ عَامِلُونَ هُنَا اليَوْمَ أَيْ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَهْمَا صَلحَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ لأَنَّكُمْ لمْ تَدْخُلُوا حَتَّى الآنَ إِلى المَقَرِّ وَالنَّصِيبِ اللذَيْنِ يُعْطِيكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ فَمَتَى عَبَرْتُمُ الأُرْدُنَّ وَسَكَنْتُمُ الأَرْضَ التِي يَقْسِمُهَا لكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ وَأَرَاحَكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ الذِينَ حَوَاليْكُمْ وَسَكَنْتُمْ آمِنِينَ فَالمَكَانُ الذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ لِيَحِل اسْمَهُ فِيهِ تَحْمِلُونَ إِليْهِ كُل مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ: مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَذَبَائِحَكُمْ وَعُشُورَكُمْ وَرَفَائِعَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَكُل خِيَارِ نُذُورِكُمُ التِي تَنْذُرُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ وَتَفْرَحُونَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَبَنُوكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَعَبِيدُكُمْ وَإِمَاؤُكُمْ وَاللاوِيُّ الذِي فِي أَبْوَابِكُمْ لأَنَّهُ ليْسَ لهُ قِسْمٌ وَلا نَصِيبٌ مَعَكُمْ "اِحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُصْعِدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ تَرَاهُ بَل فِي المَكَانِ الذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ فِي أَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِكَ. هُنَاكَ تُصْعِدُ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ وَهُنَاكَ تَعْمَلُ كُل مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهِ وَلكِنْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا تَشْتَهِي نَفْسُكَ تَذْبَحُ وَتَأْكُلُ لحْماً فِي جَمِيعِ أَبْوَابِكَ حَسَبَ بَرَكَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ التِي أَعْطَاكَ. النَّجِسُ وَالطَّاهِرُ يَأْكُلانِهِ كَالظَّبْيِ وَالإِيَّلِ وَأَمَّا الدَّمُ فَلا تَأْكُلهُ. عَلى الأَرْضِ تَسْفِكُهُ كَالمَاءِ لا يَحِلُّ لكَ أَنْ تَأْكُل فِي أَبْوَابِكَ عُشْرَ حِنْطَتِكَ وَخَمْرِكَ وَزَيْتِكَ وَلا أَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكَ وَغَنَمِكَ وَلا شَيْئاً مِنْ نُذُورِكَ التِي تَنْذُرُ وَنَوَافِلِكَ وَرَفَائِعِ يَدِكَ بَل أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ تَأْكُلُهَا فِي المَكَانِ الذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ أَنْتَ وَابْنُكَ وَابْنَتُكَ وَعَبْدُكَ وَأَمَتُكَ وَاللاوِيُّ الذِي فِي أَبْوَابِكَ وَتَفْرَحُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ بِكُلِّ مَا امْتَدَّتْ إِليْهِ يَدُكَ اِحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تَتْرُكَ اللاوِيَّ كُل أَيَّامِكَ عَلى أَرْضِكَ "إِذَا وَسَّعَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ تُخُومَكَ كَمَا كَلمَكَ وَقُلتَ: آكُلُ لحْماً لأَنَّ نَفْسَكَ تَشْتَهِي أَنْ تَأْكُل لحْماً. فَمِنْ كُلِّ مَا تَشْتَهِي نَفْسُكَ تَأْكُلُ لحْماً إِذَا كَانَ المَكَانُ الذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ لِيَضَعَ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ بَعِيداً عَنْكَ فَاذْبَحْ مِنْ بَقَرِكَ وَغَنَمِكَ التِي أَعْطَاكَ الرَّبُّ كَمَا أَوْصَيْتُكَ وَكُل فِي أَبْوَابِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا اشْتَهَتْ نَفْسُكَ كَمَا يُؤْكَلُ الظَّبْيُ وَالإِيَّلُ هَكَذَا تَأْكُلُهُ. النَّجِسُ وَالطَّاهِرُ يَأْكُلانِهِ سَوَاءً لكِنِ احْتَرِزْ أَنْ لا تَأْكُل الدَّمَ لأَنَّ الدَّمَ هُوَ النَّفْسُ. فَلا تَأْكُلِ النَّفْسَ مَعَ اللحْمِ لا تَأْكُلهُ. عَلى الأَرْضِ تَسْفِكُهُ كَالمَاءِ لا تَأْكُلهُ لِيَكُونَ لكَ وَلأَوْلادِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ خَيْرٌ إِذَا عَمِلتَ الحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ وَأَمَّا أَقْدَاسُكَ التِي لكَ وَنُذُورُكَ فَتَحْمِلُهَا وَتَذْهَبُ إِلى المَكَانِ الذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ فَتَعْمَلُ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ: اللحْمَ وَالدَّمَ عَلى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ. وَأَمَّا ذَبَائِحُكَ فَيُسْفَكُ دَمُهَا عَلى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ وَاللحْمُ تَأْكُلُهُ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the First book of Kings

من الملوك الأول

17:2-24

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*And the word of the Lord came to him, saying: Get thee hence, and go towards the east and hide thyself by the torrent of Carith, which is over against the Jordan, And there thou shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord: and going, he dwelt by the torrent Carith, which is over against the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of tile torrent. But after some time the torrent was dried up, for it had not rained upon the earth. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying: Arise, and go to Sarephta of the Sidonians, and dwell there: for I have commanded a widow woman there to feed thee. He arose, and went to Sarephta. And when he was come to the gate of the city, he saw the widow woman gathering sticks, and he called her, and said to her: Give me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And when she was going to fetch it he called after her, saying: Bring me also, I beseech thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. And she answered: As the Lord thy God liveth, I have no bread, but only a handful of meal in a pot, and a little oil in a cruse: behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it, for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elias said to her: Fear not, but go, and do as thou hast said: but first make for me of the same meal a little hearth cake, and bring it to me: and after make for thyself and thy son. For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: The pot of meal shall not waste, nor the cruse of oil be diminished, until the day wherein the Lord will give rain upon the face of the earth. She went and did according to the word of Elias: and he ate, and she, and her house: and from that day The pot of meal wasted not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke in the hand of Elias. And it came to pass after this that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick, and the sickness was very grievous, so that there was no breath left in him. And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? art thou come to me that my iniquities should be remembered, and that thou shouldst kill my son? And Elias said to her: Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. And he cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord my God, hast thou afflicted also the widow, with whom I am after a so maintained, so as to kill her son? And he stretched, and measured himself upon the child three times, and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord my God, let the soul of this child, I beseech thee, return into his body. And the Lord heard the voice of Elias: and the soul of the child returned into him, and he revived. And Elias took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber to the house below, and delivered him to his mother, and said to her: Behold thy son liveth. And the woman said to Elias: Now, by this I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of the Lord in thy mouth is true. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

وَكَانَ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ لَهُ: انْطَلِقْ مِنْ هُنَا وَاتَّجِهْ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ، وَاخْتَبِئْ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ كَرِيثَ الَّذِي هُوَ مُقَابِلُ الأُرْدُنِّ، فَتَشْرَبَ مِنَ النَّهْرِ. وَقَدْ أَمَرْتُ الْغِرْبَانَ أَنْ تَعُولَكَ هُنَاكَ فَانْطَلَقَ وَعَمِلَ حَسَبَ كَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ وَذَهَبَ فَأَقَامَ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ كَرِيثَ الَّذِي هُوَ مُقَابِلُ الأُرْدُنِّ وَكَانَتِ الْغِرْبَانُ تَأْتِي إِلَيْهِ بِخُبْزٍ وَلَحْمٍ صَبَاحاً وَبِخُبْزٍ وَلَحْمٍ مَسَاءً، وَكَانَ يَشْرَبُ مِنَ النَّهْرِ وَكَانَ بَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ أَنَّ النَّهْرَ يَبِسَ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَطَرٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَكَانَ لَهُ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ: قُمِ اذْهَبْ إِلَى صِرْفَةَ الَّتِي لِصَيْدُونَ وَأَقِمْ هُنَاكَ. هُوَذَا قَدْ أَمَرْتُ هُنَاكَ أَرْمَلَةً أَنْ تَعُولَكَ فَقَامَ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى صِرْفَةَ. وَجَاءَ إِلَى بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَإِذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ أَرْمَلَةٍ هُنَاكَ تَقُشُّ عِيدَاناً، فَنَادَاهَا وَقَالَ: هَاتِي لِي قَلِيلَ مَاءٍ فِي إِنَاءٍ فَأَشْرَبَ وَفِيمَا هِيَ ذَاهِبَةٌ لِتَأْتِيَ بِهِ نَادَاهَا وَقَالَ: هَاتِي لِي كِسْرَةَ خُبْزٍ فِي يَدِكِ فَقَالَتْ: حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ عِنْدِي كَعْكَةٌ، وَلَكِنْ مِلْءُ كَفٍّ مِنَ الدَّقِيقِ فِي الْكُوَّارِ، وَقَلِيلٌ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ فِي الْكُوزِ، وَهَئَنَذَا أَقُشُّ عُودَيْنِ لآتِيَ وَأَعْمَلَهُ لِي وَلاِبْنِي لِنَأْكُلَهُ ثُمَّ نَمُوتُ فَقَالَ لَهَا إِيلِيَّا: لاَ تَخَافِي. ادْخُلِي وَاعْمَلِي كَقَوْلِكِ، وَلَكِنِ اعْمَلِي لِي مِنْهَا كَعْكَةً صَغِيرَةً أَوَّلاً وَاخْرُجِي بِهَا إِلَيَّ، ثُمَّ اعْمَلِي لَكِ وَلاِبْنِكِ أَخِيراً لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ كُوَّارَ الدَّقِيقِ لاَ يَفْرُغُ، وَكُوزَ الزَّيْتِ لاَ يَنْقُصُ، إِلَى الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي فِيهِ يُعْطِي الرَّبُّ مَطَراً عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ فَذَهَبَتْ وَفَعَلَتْ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ إِيلِيَّا، وَأَكَلَتْ هِيَ وَهُوَ وَبَيْتُهَا أَيَّاماً كُوَّارُ الدَّقِيقِ لَمْ يَفْرُغْ، وَكُوزُ الزَّيْتِ لَمْ يَنْقُصْ، حَسَبَ قَوْلِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ يَدِ إِيلِيَّا وَبَعْدَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ مَرِضَ ابْنُ الْمَرْأَةِ صَاحِبَةِ الْبَيْتِ وَاشْتَدَّ مَرَضُهُ جِدّاً حَتَّى لَمْ تَبْقَ فِيهِ نَسَمَةٌ فَقَالَتْ لإِيلِيَّا: مَا لِي وَلَكَ يَا رَجُلَ اللَّهِ! هَلْ جِئْتَ إِلَيَّ لِتَذْكِيرِ إِثْمِي وَإِمَاتَةِ ابْنِي؟ فَقَالَ لَهَا: أَعْطِينِي ابْنَكِ. وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ حِضْنِهَا وَصَعِدَ بِهِ إِلَى الْعُلِّيَّةِ الَّتِي كَانَ مُقِيماً بِهَا، وَأَضْجَعَهُ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ وَصَرَخَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ: أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، أَأَيْضاً إِلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ الَّتِي أَنَا نَازِلٌ عِنْدَهَا قَدْ أَسَأْتَ بِإِمَاتَتِكَ ابْنَهَا؟ فَتَمَدَّدَ عَلَى الْوَلَدِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَصَرَخَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ: يَا رَبُّ إِلَهِي، لِتَرْجِعْ نَفْسُ هَذَا الْوَلَدِ إِلَى جَوْفِهِ فَسَمِعَ الرَّبُّ لِصَوْتِ إِيلِيَّا، فَرَجَعَتْ نَفْسُ الْوَلَدِ إِلَى جَوْفِهِ فَعَاشَ فَأَخَذَ إِيلِيَّا الْوَلَدَ وَنَزَلَ بِهِ مِنَ الْعُلِّيَّةِ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَدَفَعَهُ لآمِّهِ. وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: انْظُرِي. ابْنُكِ حَيٌّ! فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لإِيلِيَّا: هَذَا الْوَقْتَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ رَجُلُ اللَّهِ، وَأَنَّ كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ فِي فَمِكَ حَقٌّ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the book of Proverbs

من أمثال سليمان الحكيم

5:1-12

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*My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence. That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman. For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil. But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable. Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house. Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel. Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house, And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say: Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof, Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

يَا ابْنِي أَصْغِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِي. أَمِلْ أُذْنَكَ إِلَى فَهْمِي لِحِفْظِ التَّدَابِيرِ وَلِتَحْفَظَ شَفَتَاكَ مَعْرِفَةً لأَنَّ شَفَتَيِ الْمَرْأَةِ الأَجْنَبِيَّةِ تَقْطُرَانِ عَسَلاً وَحَنَكُهَا أَنْعَمُ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ لَكِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهَا مُرَّةٌ كَالأَفْسَنْتِينِ. حَادَّةٌ كَسَيْفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ قَدَمَاهَا تَنْحَدِرَانِ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ. خَطَوَاتُهَا تَتَمَسَّكُ بِالْهَاوِيَةِ لِئَلاَّ تَتَأَمَّلَ طَرِيقَ الْحَيَاةِ. تَمَايَلَتْ خَطَوَاتُهَا وَلاَ تَشْعُرُ وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ اسْمَعُوا لِي وَلاَ تَرْتَدُّوا عَنْ كَلِمَاتِ فَمِي أَبْعِدْ طَرِيقَكَ عَنْهَا وَلاَ تَقْرُبْ إِلَى بَابِ بَيْتِهَا لِئَلاَّ تُعْطِيَ زَهْرَكَ لآخَرِينَ وَسِنِينَكَ لِلْقَاسِي لِئَلاَّ تَشْبَعَ الأَجَانِبُ مِنْ قُوَّتِكَ وَتَكُونَ أَتْعَابُكَ فِي بَيْتِ غَرِيبٍ فَتَنُوحَ فِي أَوَاخِرِكَ عِنْدَ فَنَاءِ لَحْمِكَ وَجِسْمِكَ فَتَقُولَ: "كَيْفَ أَنِّي أَبْغَضْتُ الأَدَبَ وَرَذَلَ قَلْبِي التَّوْبِيخَ! مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the book of Isaiah

من أشعياء النبي

43:1-9

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*And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine. When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee: For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee. Since thou becamest honourable in my eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and people for thy life. Fear not, for I am with thee: I will. bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west. I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, and made him. Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears. All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: who among you can declare this, and shall make us hear the former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, let them be justified, and hear, and say: It is truth. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

وَالآنَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ خَالِقُكَ يَا يَعْقُوبُ وَجَابِلُكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ: "لاَ تَخَفْ لأَنِّي فَدَيْتُكَ. دَعَوْتُكَ بِاسْمِكَ. أَنْتَ لِي إِذَا اجْتَزْتَ فِي الْمِيَاهِ فَأَنَا مَعَكَ وَفِي الأَنْهَارِ فَلاَ تَغْمُرُكَ. إِذَا مَشَيْتَ فِي النَّارِ فَلاَ تُلْذَعُ وَاللَّهِيبُ لاَ يُحْرِقُكَ لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُخَلِّصُكَ. جَعَلْتُ مِصْرَ فِدْيَتَكَ كُوشَ وَسَبَا عِوَضَكَ إِذْ صِرْتَ عَزِيزاً فِي عَيْنَيَّ مُكَرَّماً وَأَنَا قَدْ أَحْبَبْتُكَ. أُعْطِي أُنَاساً عِوَضَكَ وَشُعُوباً عِوَضَ نَفْسِكَ لاَ تَخَفْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكَ. مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ آتِي بِنَسْلِكَ وَمِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ أَجْمَعُكَ أَقُولُ لِلشِّمَالِ: أَعْطِ وَلِلْجَنُوبِ: لاَ تَمْنَعْ. ايتِ بِبَنِيَّ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَبِبَنَاتِي مِنْ أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ بِكُلِّ مَنْ دُعِيَ بِاسْمِي وَلِمَجْدِي خَلَقْتُهُ وَجَبَلْتُهُ وَصَنَعْتُهُ أَخْرِجِ الشَّعْبَ الأَعْمَى وَلَهُ عُيُونٌ وَالأَصَمَّ وَلَهُ آذَانٌ "اِجْتَمِعُوا يَا كُلَّ الأُمَمِ مَعاً وَلْتَلْتَئِمِ الْقَبَائِلُ. مَنْ مِنْهُمْ يُخْبِرُ بِهَذَا وَيُعْلِمُنَا بِالأَوَّلِيَّاتِ؟ لِيُقَدِّمُوا شُهُودَهُمْ وَيَتَبَرَّرُوا. أَوْ لِيَسْمَعُوا فَيَقُولُوا: صِدْقٌ مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

From the book of Job

من أيوب الصديق

30:9-32:5

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*Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword. They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face. For he hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth. At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves. They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help. They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries. I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud. And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me. In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep. With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat. I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes. I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me. Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me. Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and thou hast mightily dashed me. I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth. But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save. I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor. I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out. My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me. I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd. I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches. My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat. My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep. Job, to defend himself from the unjust judgments of his friends, gives a sincere account of his own virtues. I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin. For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high? Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity? Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps? If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit: Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity. If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands: Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out. If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door: Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her. For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity. It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring. If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me: For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb? If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof: (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother's womb:) If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering: If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep: If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate: Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken. For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear. If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence: If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much. If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness: And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth: Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God. If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him. For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul. If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled? The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller. If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom. If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door. Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book, That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown? At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince. If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn: If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof: Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley. Eliu is angry with Job and his friends. He boasts of himself. So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he seemed just to himself. And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and was moved to indignation: now he was angry against Job, because he said he was just before God. And he was angry with his friends because they had not found a reasonable answer, but only had condemned Job. So Eliu waited while Job was speaking, because they were his elders that were speaking. But when he saw that the three were not able to answer, he was exceedingly angry. Glory be to The Holy Trinity.

أَمَّا الآنَ فَصِرْتُ أُغْنِيَتَهُمْ وَأَصْبَحْتُ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً! يَكْرَهُونَنِي. يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنِّي وَأَمَامَ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُمْسِكُوا عَنِ الْبَصْقِ لأَنَّهُ أَطْلَقَ الْعَنَانَ وَقَهَرَنِي فَنَزَعُوا الزِّمَامَ قُدَّامِي عَنِ الْيَمِينِ السَّفَلَةُ يَقُومُونَ يُزِيحُونَ رِجْلِي وَيُعِدُّونَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقَهُمْ لِلْبَوَارِ أَفْسَدُوا سُبُلِي. أَعَانُوا عَلَى سُقُوطِي. لاَ مُسَاعِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ يَأْتُونَ كَصَدْعٍ عَرِيضٍ. تَحْتَ الْهَدَّةِ يَتَدَحْرَجُونَ اِنْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيَّ أَهْوَالٌ. طَرَدَتْ كَالرِّيحِ نِعْمَتِي فَعَبَرَتْ كَالسَّحَابِ سَعَادَتِي فَالآنَ انْهَالَتْ نَفْسِي عَلَيَّ وَأَخَذَتْنِي أَيَّامُ الْمَذَلَّةِ اللَّيْلَ يَنْخَرُ عِظَامِي فِيَّ وَعَارِقِيَّ لاَ تَهْجَعُ بِكَثْرَةِ الشِّدَّةِ تَنَكَّرَ لِبْسِي. مِثْلَ جَيْبِ قَمِيصِي حَزَمَتْنِي قَدْ طَرَحَنِي فِي الْوَحْلِ فَأَشْبَهْتُ التُّرَابَ وَالرَّمَادَ إِلَيْكَ أَصْرُخُ فَمَا تَسْتَجِيبُ لِي. أَقُومُ فَمَا تَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ تَحَوَّلْتَ إِلَى جَافٍ مِنْ نَحْوِي. بِقُدْرَةِ يَدِكَ تَضْطَهِدُنِي حَمَلْتَنِي أَرْكَبْتَنِي الرِّيحَ وَذَوَّبْتَنِي تَشَوُّهاً لأَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ تُعِيدُنِي وَإِلَى بَيْتِ مِيعَادِ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَلَكِنْ فِي الْخَرَابِ أَلاَ يَمُدُّ يَداً؟ فِي الْبَلِيَّةِ أَلاَ يَسْتَغِيثُ عَلَيْهَا؟ أَلَمْ أَبْكِ لِمَنْ عَسَرَ يَوْمُهُ؟ أَلَمْ تَكْتَئِبْ نَفْسِي عَلَى الْمِسْكِينِ؟ حِينَمَا تَرَجَّيْتُ الْخَيْرَ جَاءَ الشَّرُّ وَانْتَظَرْتُ النُّورَ فَجَاءَ الدُّجَى أَمْعَائِي تَغْلِي وَلاَ تَكُفُّ. تَقَدَّمَتْنِي أَيَّامُ الْمَذَلَّةِ اِسْوَدَدْتُ لَكِنْ بِلاَ شَمْسٍ. قُمْتُ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ أَصْرُخُ صِرْتُ أَخاً لِلذِّئَابِ وَصَاحِباً لِلنَّعَامِ إِسْوَدَّ جِلْدِي عَلَيَّ وَعِظَامِي احْتَرَقَتْ مِنَ الْحُمَّى فِيَّ صَارَ عُودِي لِلنَّوْحِ وَمِزْمَارِي لِصَوْتِ الْبَاكِينَ عَهْداً قَطَعْتُ لِعَيْنَيَّ فَكَيْفَ أَتَطَلَّعُ فِي عَذْرَاءَ! وَمَا هِيَ قِسْمَةُ اللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ وَنَصِيبُ الْقَدِيرِ مِنَ الأَعَالِي؟ أَلَيْسَ الْبَوَارُ لِعَامِلِ الشَّرِّ وَالنُّكْرُ لِفَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ! أَلَيْسَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ طُرُقِي وَيُحْصِي جَمِيعَ خَطَوَاتِي إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ سَلَكْتُ مَعَ الْكَذِبِ أَوْ أَسْرَعَتْ رِجْلِي إِلَى الْغِشِّ، لِيَزِنِّي فِي مِيزَانِ الْحَقِّ، فَيَعْرِفَ اللهُ كَمَالِي. إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطَوَاتِي عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَذَهَبَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، أَوْ لَصِقَ عَيْبٌ بِكَفِّي، أَزْرَعْ وَغَيْرِي يَأْكُلْ، وَفُرُوعِي تُسْتَأْصَلْ. إِنْ غَوِيَ قَلْبِي عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ كَمَنْتُ عَلَى بَابِ قَرِيبِي، فَلْتَطْحَنِ امْرَأَتِي لآخَرَ، وَلْيَنْحَنِ عَلَيْهَا آخَرُونَ. لأَنَّ هذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ، وَهِيَ إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ. لأَنَّهَا نَارٌ تَأْكُلُ حَتَّى إِلَى الْهَلاَكِ، وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ كُلَّ مَحْصُولِي. إِنْ كُنْتُ رَفَضْتُ حَقَّ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي فِي دَعْوَاهُمَا عَلَيَّ، فَمَاذَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ حِينَ يَقُومُ اللهُ؟ وَإِذَا افْتَقَدَ، فَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُهُ؟ أَوَلَيْسَ صَانِعِي فِي الْبَطْنِ صَانِعَهُ، وَقَدْ صَوَّرَنَا وَاحِدٌ فِي الرَّحِمِ؟ إِنْ كُنْتُ مَنَعْتُ الْمَسَاكِينَ عَنْ مُرَادِهِمْ، أَوْ أَفْنَيْتُ عَيْنَيِ الأَرْمَلَةِ، أَوْ أَكَلْتُ لُقْمَتِي وَحْدِي فَمَا أَكَلَ مِنْهَا الْيَتِيمُ. بَلْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ كَبِرَ عِنْدِي كَأَبٍ، وَمِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي هَدَيْتُهَا. إِنْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ هَالِكًا لِعَدَمِ اللِّبْسِ أَوْ فَقِيرًا بِلاَ كِسْوَةٍ، إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَدْفَأَ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ هَزَزْتُ يَدِي عَلَى الْيَتِيمِ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ عَوْنِي فِي الْبَابِ، فَلْتَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا، لأَنَّ الْبَوَارَ مِنَ اللهِ رُعْبٌ عَلَيَّ، وَمِنْ جَلاَلِهِ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الذَّهَبَ عَمْدَتِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلإِبْرِيزِ: أَنْتَ مُتَّكَلِي. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ إِذْ كَثُرَتْ ثَرْوَتِي وَلأَنَّ يَدِي وَجَدَتْ كَثِيرًا. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى النُّورِ حِينَ ضَاءَ، أَوْ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ يَسِيرُ بِالْبَهَاءِ، وَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرًّا، وَلَثَمَ يَدِي فَمِي، فَهذَا أَيْضًا إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ، لأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ اللهَ مِنْ فَوْقُ. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِبَلِيَّةِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ سُوءٌ. بَلْ لَمْ أَدَعْ حَنَكِي يُخْطِئُ فِي طَلَبِ نَفْسِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَأْتِي بِأَحَدٍ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ؟ غَرِيبٌ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي الْخَارِجِ. فَتَحْتُ لِلْمُسَافِرِ أَبْوَابِي. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ كَالنَّاسِ ذَنْبِي لإِخْفَاءِ إِثْمِي فِي حِضْنِي. إِذْ رَهِبْتُ جُمْهُورًا غَفِيرًا، وَرَوَّعَتْنِي إِهَانَةُ الْعَشَائِرِ، فَكَفَفْتُ وَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنَ الْبَابِ. مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْمَعُنِي؟ هُوَذَا إِمْضَائِي. لِيُجِبْنِي الْقَدِيرُ. وَمَنْ لِي بِشَكْوَى كَتَبَهَا خَصْمِي، فَكُنْتُ أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي. كُنْتُ أُعْصِبُهَا تَاجًا لِي. كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ بِعَدَدِ خَطَوَاتِي وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَشَرِيفٍ. إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدْ صَرَخَتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلاَمُهَا جَمِيعًا. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلَّتَهَا بِلاَ فِضَّةٍ، أَوْ أَطْفَأْتُ أَنْفُسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، فَعِوَضَ الْحِنْطَةِ لِيَنْبُتْ شَوْكٌ، وَبَدَلَ الشَّعِيرِ زَوَانٌ. تَمَّتْ أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. فَكَفَّ هؤُلاَءِ الرِّجَالُ الثَّلاَثَةُ عَنْ مُجَاوَبَةِ أَيُّوبَ لِكَوْنِهِ بَارًّا فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ. فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ أَلِيهُوَ بْنِ بَرَخْئِيلَ الْبُوزِيِّ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ رَامٍ. عَلَى أَيُّوبَ حَمِيَ غَضَبُهُ لأنَّهُ حَسَبَ نَفْسَهُ أَبَرَّ مِنَ اللهِ. وَعَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ الثَّلاَثَةِ حَمِيَ غَضَبُهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَجِدُوا جَوَابًا وَاسْتَذْنَبُوا أَيُّوبَ. وَكَانَ أَلِيهُو قَدْ صَبَرَ عَلَى أَيُّوبَ بِالْكَلاَمِ، لأَنَّهُمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهُ أَيَّامًا. فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَلِيهُو أَنَّهُ لاَ جَوَابَ فِي أَفْوَاهِ الرِّجَالِ الثَّلاَثَةِ حَمِيَ غَضَبُهُ. مَجْدَاً لِلثَالُوث الأَقَدَسْ.

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

85:8,9

٨٥ : ٨، ٩

*There is none like to thee, O Lord, among the god; and there are no works like to thy works. All nations whom thou hast made shall come, and shall worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. Alleluia.

*كل الأمم الذين خلقتهم يأتون ويسجدون أمامك يارب. ويمجدون إسمك لانك أنت عظيم وصانع العجائب: هلليلوياه 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 وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْكَتَبَةِ وَسَمِعَهُمْ يَتَحَاوَرُونَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّهُ أَجَابَهُمْ حَسَناً سَأَلَهُ: "أَيَّةُ وَصِيَّةٍ هِيَ أَوَّلُ الْكُلِّ؟" فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: "إِنَّ أَوَّلَ كُلِّ الْوَصَايَا هِيَ: اسْمَعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا رَبٌّ وَاحِدٌ وَتُحِبُّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نَفْسِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ فِكْرِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ قُدْرَتِكَ. هَذِهِ هِيَ الْوَصِيَّةُ الأُولَى وَثَانِيَةٌ مِثْلُهَا هِيَ: تُحِبُّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ. لَيْسَ وَصِيَّةٌ أُخْرَى أَعْظَمَ مِنْ هَاتَيْنِ" فَقَالَ لَهُ الْكَاتِبُ: "جَيِّداً يَا مُعَلِّمُ. بِالْحَقِّ قُلْتَ لأَنَّهُ اللَّهُ وَاحِدٌ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ سِوَاهُ وَمَحَبَّتُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ الْقَلْبِ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الْفَهْمِ وَمِنْ كُلِّ النَّفْسِ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الْقُدْرَةِ وَمَحَبَّةُ الْقَرِيبِ كَالنَّفْسِ هِيَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالذَّبَائِحِ" فَلَمَّا رَآهُ يَسُوعُ أَنَّهُ أَجَابَ بِعَقْلٍ قَالَ لَهُ: "لَسْتَ بَعِيداً عَنْ مَلَكُوتِ اللَّهِ". وَلَمْ يَجْسُرْ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَهُ! وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.

The Pauline Epistle from Hebrews

البولس من عبرانيين

12:5-16

١٢ : ٥ − ١٦

*And you have forgotten the consolation, which speaketh to you, as unto children, saying: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord; neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him. For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth; and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not correct? But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are made partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons. Moreover we have had fathers of our flesh, for instructors, and we reverenced them: shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits, and live? And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification. Now all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield, to them that are exercised by it, the most peaceable fruit of justice. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may go out of the way; but rather be healed. Follow peace with all men, and holiness: without which no man shall see God. Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder, and by it many be defiled. Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright. The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.

وَقَدْ نَسِيتُمُ الْوَعْظَ الَّذِي يُخَاطِبُكُمْ كَبَنِينَ: "يَا ابْنِي لاَ تَحْتَقِرْ تَأْدِيبَ الرَّبِّ، وَلاَ تَخُرْ إِذَا وَبَّخَكَ لأَنَّ الَّذِي يُحِبُّهُ الرَّبُّ يُؤَدِّبُهُ، وَيَجْلِدُ كُلَّ ابْنٍ يَقْبَلُهُ" إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ التَّأْدِيبَ يُعَامِلُكُمُ اللهُ كَالْبَنِينَ. فَأَيُّ ابْنٍ لاَ يُؤَدِّبُهُ أَبُوهُ؟ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِلاَ تَأْدِيبٍ، قَدْ صَارَ الْجَمِيعُ شُرَكَاءَ فِيهِ، فَأَنْتُمْ نُغُولٌ لاَ بَنُونَ ثُمَّ قَدْ كَانَ لَنَا آبَاءُ أَجْسَادِنَا مُؤَدِّبِينَ، وَكُنَّا نَهَابُهُمْ. أَفَلاَ نَخْضَعُ بِالأَوْلَى جِدّاً لأَبِي الأَرْوَاحِ، فَنَحْيَا؟ لأَنَّ أُولَئِكَ أَدَّبُونَا أَيَّاماً قَلِيلَةً حَسَبَ اسْتِحْسَانِهِمْ، وَأَمَّا هَذَا فَلأَجْلِ الْمَنْفَعَةِ، لِكَيْ نَشْتَرِكَ فِي قَدَاسَتِهِ وَلَكِنَّ كُلَّ تَأْدِيبٍ فِي الْحَاضِرِ لاَ يُرَى أَنَّهُ لِلْفَرَحِ بَلْ لِلْحَزَنِ. وَأَمَّا أَخِيراً فَيُعْطِي الَّذِينَ يَتَدَرَّبُونَ بِهِ ثَمَرَ بِرٍّ لِلسَّلاَمِ لِذَلِكَ قَّوِمُوا الأَيَادِيَ الْمُسْتَرْخِيَةَ وَالرُّكَبَ الْمُخَلَّعَةَ، وَاصْنَعُوا لأَرْجُلِكُمْ مَسَالِكَ مُسْتَقِيمَةً، لِكَيْ لاَ يَعْتَسِفَ الأَعْرَجُ، بَلْ بِالْحَرِيِّ يُشْفَى اِتْبَعُوا السَّلاَمَ مَعَ الْجَمِيعِ، وَالْقَدَاسَةَ الَّتِي بِدُونِهَا لَنْ يَرَى أَحَدٌ الرَّبَّ مُلاَحِظِينَ لِئَلاَّ يَخِيبَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ نِعْمَةِ اللهِ. لِئَلاَّ يَطْلُعَ أَصْلُ مَرَارَةٍ وَيَصْنَعَ انْزِعَاجاً، فَيَتَنَجَّسَ بِهِ كَثِيرُونَ لِئَلاَّ يَكُونَ أَحَدٌ زَانِياً أَوْ مُسْتَبِيحاً كَعِيسُو، الَّذِي لأَجْلِ أَكْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ بَاعَ بَكُورِيَّتَهُ نعمةُ اللَّهِ الآبِ فَلْتَحِلَّ عَلَى أرواحِنا يا آبائي وإخْوَتي. آمين.

The Catholic Epistle from 1 Peter

الكاثوليكون من بطرس الأولى

4:15-5:5

٤ : ١٥ − ٥ : ٥

*But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a railer, or a coveter of other men's things. But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. For the time is, that judgment should begin at the house of God. And if first at us, what shall be the end of them that believe not the gospel of God? And if the just man shall scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God, commend their souls in good deeds to the faithful Creator. He exhorts both priests and laity to their respective duties and recommends to all humility and watchfulness. The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily: Neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory. In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another, for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace. 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.

فَلاَ يَتَأَلَّمْ أَحَدُكُمْ كَقَاتِلٍ، أَوْ سَارِقٍ، أَوْ فَاعِلِ شَرٍّ، أَوْ مُتَدَاخِلٍ فِي أُمُورِ غَيْرِهِ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ كَمَسِيحِيٍّ فَلاَ يَخْجَلْ، بَلْ يُمَجِّدُ اللهَ مِنْ هَذَا الْقَبِيلِ لأَنَّهُ الْوَقْتُ لاِبْتِدَاءِ الْقَضَاءِ مِنْ بَيْتِ اللهِ. فَإِنْ كَانَ أَوَّلاً مِنَّا، فَمَا هِيَ نِهَايَةُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُطِيعُونَ إِنْجِيلَ اللهِ؟ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْبَارُّ بِالْجَهْدِ يَخْلُصُ، فَالْفَاجِرُ وَالْخَاطِئُ أَيْنَ يَظْهَرَانِ؟ فَإِذاً، الَّذِينَ يَتَأَلَّمُونَ بِحَسَبِ مَشِيئَةِ اللهِ فَلْيَسْتَوْدِعُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ كَمَا لِخَالِقٍ أَمِينٍ فِي عَمَلِ الْخَيْرِ أَطْلُبُ إِلَى الشُّيُوخِ الَّذِينَ بَيْنَكُمْ، أَنَا الشَّيْخَ رَفِيقَهُمْ، وَالشَّاهِدَ لآلاَمِ الْمَسِيحِ، وَشَرِيكَ الْمَجْدِ الْعَتِيدِ أَنْ يُعْلَنَ، ارْعَوْا رَعِيَّةَ اللهِ الَّتِي بَيْنَكُمْ نُظَّاراً، لاَ عَنِ اضْطِرَارٍ بَلْ بِالاِخْتِيَارِ، وَلاَ لِرِبْحٍ قَبِيحٍ بَلْ بِنَشَاطٍ، وَلاَ كَمَنْ يَسُودُ عَلَى الأَنْصِبَةِ بَلْ صَائِرِينَ أَمْثِلَةً لِلرَّعِيَّةِ، وَمَتَى ظَهَرَ رَئِيسُ الرُّعَاةِ تَنَالُونَ إِكْلِيلَ الْمَجْدِ الَّذِي لاَ يَبْلَى كَذَلِكَ أَيُّهَا الأَحْدَاثُ اخْضَعُوا لِلشُّيُوخِ، وَكُونُوا جَمِيعاً خَاضِعِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ، وَتَسَرْبَلُوا بِالتَّوَاضُعِ، لأَنَّ اللهَ يُقَاوِمُ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ، وَأَمَّا الْمُتَوَاضِعُونَ فَيُعْطِيهِمْ نِعْمَةً 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

15:36-16:3

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*And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas: Let us return and visit our brethren in all the cities wherein we have preached the word of the Lord, to see how they do. And Barnabas would have taken with them John also, that was surnamed Mark; But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia, and not gone with them to the work) might not be received. And there arose a dissension, so that they departed one from another; and Barnabas indeed taking Mark, sailed to Cyprus. But Paul choosing Silas, departed, being delivered by the brethren to the grace of God. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches, commanding them to keep the precepts of the apostles and the ancients. Paul visits the churches. He is called to preach in Macedonia. He is scourged at Philippi. And he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman that believed; but his father was a Gentile. To this man the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium, gave a good testimony. Him Paul would have to go along with him: and taking him he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a Gentile. The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God. Amen.

ثُمَّ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ بُولُسُ لِبَرْنَابَا: "لِنَرْجِعْ وَنَفْتَقِدْ إِخْوَتَنَا فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ نَادَيْنَا فِيهَا بِكَلِمَةِ الرَّبِّ كَيْفَ هُمْ" فَأَشَارَ بَرْنَابَا أَنْ يَأْخُذَا مَعَهُمَا أَيْضاً يُوحَنَّا الَّذِي يُدْعَى مَرْقُسَ وَأَمَّا بُولُسُ فَكَانَ يَسْتَحْسِنُ أَنَّ الَّذِي فَارَقَهُمَا مِنْ بَمْفِيلِيَّةَ وَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ مَعَهُمَا لِلْعَمَلِ لاَ يَأْخُذَانِهِ مَعَهُمَا فَحَصَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا مُشَاجَرَةٌ حَتَّى فَارَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ. وَبَرْنَابَا أَخَذَ مَرْقُسَ وَسَافَرَ فِي الْبَحْرِ إِلَى قُبْرُسَ وَأَمَّا بُولُسُ فَاخْتَارَ سِيلاَ وَخَرَجَ مُسْتَوْدَعاً مِنَ الإِخْوَةِ إِلَى نِعْمَةِ اللهِ فَاجْتَازَ فِي سُورِيَّةَ وَكِيلِيكِيَّةَ يُشَدِّدُ الْكَنَائِسَ ثُمَّ وَصَلَ إِلَى دَرْبَةَ وَلِسْتِرَةَ وَإِذَا تِلْمِيذٌ كَانَ هُنَاكَ اسْمُهُ تِيمُوثَاوُسُ ابْنُ امْرَأَةٍ يَهُودِيَّةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ وَلَكِنَّ أَبَاهُ يُونَانِيٌّ وَكَانَ مَشْهُوداً لَهُ مِنَ الإِخْوَةِ الَّذِينَ فِي لِسْتِرَةَ وَإِيقُونِيَةَ فَأَرَادَ بُولُسُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ هَذَا مَعَهُ فَأَخَذَهُ وَخَتَنَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ فِي تِلْكَ الأَمَاكِنِ لأَنَّ الْجَمِيعَ كَانُوا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبَاهُ أَنَّهُ يُونَانِيٌّ لَمْ تَزَلْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ تَنْمُو وتَكْثُرُ وتَعْتَزُّ وتَثْبُتُ، في بِيعَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ. آمين.

A psalm of David

مزمور لداود

137:1

١٣٧ : ١

*I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth. Alleluia.

*أعترف لك من كل قلبي لانك استمعت كل كلمات فمي. أمام الملائكة أرتل لك وأسجد قدام هيكلك المقدس. هَلِّلُويَا.

The Gospel according to Saint John

الإنجيل من يوحنا

8:21-27

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*Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go, and you shall seek me, and you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come. The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go, you cannot come? And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in your sins. For if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin. They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you. Many things I have to speak and to judge of you. But he that sent me, is true: and the things I have heard of him, these same I speak in the world. And they understood not, that he called God his Father. Glory be to God forever.

قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ أَيْضاً: "أَنَا أَمْضِي وَسَتَطْلُبُونَنِي وَتَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطِيَّتِكُمْ. حَيْثُ أَمْضِي أَنَا لاَ تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا" فَقَالَ الْيَهُودُ: "أَلَعَلَّهُ يَقْتُلُ نَفْسَهُ حَتَّى يَقُولُ: حَيْثُ أَمْضِي أَنَا لاَ تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا؟" فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: " أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَسْفَلُ أَمَّا أَنَا فَمِنْ فَوْقُ. أَنْتُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَسْتُ مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ تَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ لأَنَّكُمْ إِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ تَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ" فَقَالُوا لَهُ: "مَنْ أَنْتَ؟" فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: "أَنَا مِنَ الْبَدْءِ مَا أُكَلِّمُكُمْ أَيْضاً بِهِ إِنَّ لِي أَشْيَاءَ كَثِيرَةً أَتَكَلَّمُ وَأَحْكُمُ بِهَا مِنْ نَحْوِكُمْ لَكِنَّ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي هُوَ حَقٌّ. وَأَنَا مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ فَهَذَا أَقُولُهُ لِلْعَالَمِ" وَلَمْ يَفْهَمُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ عَنِ الآبِ وَالْمَجْدُ لِلَّهِ دَائِماً.