Wednesday, December 03, 2025 | |
Wednesday of the 11th WeekStrict Fast | |
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Daily Readings | |
| Epistle Reading St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:18-20; 2:8-15 | رسالة بولس الاولى الى تيموثاوس 1: 18-20 2: 8-15 |
Timothy, my son, this charge I commit to you in accordance with the prophetic utterances which pointed to you, that inspired by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith, among them Hymenaios and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire but by good deeds, as befits women who profess religion. Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty. | يَا وَلَدي تِيمُوثَاوُس، هَذِهِ الْوَصِيَّةُ أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ إِيَّاهَا حَسَبَ النُّبُوَّاتِ الَّتِي سَبَقَتْ عَلَيْكَ، لِكَيْ تُحَارِبَ فِيهَا الْمُحَارَبَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ، وَلَكَ إِيمَانٌ وَضَمِيرٌ صَالِحٌ، الَّذِي إِذْ رَفَضَهُ قَوْمٌ انْكَسَرَتْ بِهِمِ السَّفِينَةُ مِنْ جِهَةِ الإِيمَانِ أَيْضاً، الَّذِينَ مِنْهُمْ هِيمِينَايُسُ وَالإِسْكَنْدَرُ، اللَّذَانِ أَسْلَمْتُهُمَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ لِكَيْ يُؤَدَّبَا حَتَّى لاَ يُجَدِّفَا. أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الرِّجَالُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ رَافِعِينَ أَيَادِيَ طَاهِرَةً، بِدُونِ غَضَبٍ وَلاَ جِدَالٍ. وَكَذَلِكَ أَنَّ النِّسَاءَ يُزَيِّنَّ ذَوَاتِهِنَّ بِلِبَاسِ الْحِشْمَةِ مَعَ وَرَعٍ وَتَعَقُّلٍ، لاَ بِضَفَائِرَ أَوْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ لآلِئَ أَوْ مَلاَبِسَ كَثِيرَةِ الثَّمَنِ، بَلْ كَمَا يَلِيقُ بِنِسَاءٍ مُتَعَاهِدَاتٍ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ بِأَعْمَالٍ صَالِحَةٍ. لِتَتَعَلَّمِ الْمَرْأَةُ بِسُكُوتٍ فِي كُلِّ خُضُوعٍ. وَلَكِنْ لَسْتُ آذَنُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تُعَلِّمَ وَلاَ تَتَسَلَّطَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ فِي سُكُوتٍ، لأَنَّ آدَمَ جُبِلَ أَوَّلاً ثُمَّ حَوَّاءُ، وَآدَمُ لَمْ يُغْوَ لَكِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ أُغْوِيَتْ فَحَصَلَتْ فِي التَّعَدِّي، وَلَكِنَّهَا سَتَخْلُصُ بِوِلاَدَةِ الأَوْلاَدِ، إِنْ ثَبَتْنَ فِي الإِيمَانِ وَالْمَحَبَّةِ وَالْقَدَاسَةِ مَعَ التَّعَقُّلِ. |
| Gospel Reading Luke 20:1-8 | لوقا 20: 1-8 |
At that time, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him, "Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority." He answered them, "I also will ask you a question; now tell me, was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?" And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet." So they answered that they did not know whence it was. And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things." | 1 فِي ذلك الزمان كَانَ يسوع يُعَلِّمُ الشَّعْبَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ وَيُبَشِّرُ ، وَقَفَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْكَتَبَةُ مَعَ الشُّيُوخِ، 2وَكَلَّمُوُه قَائِيِنَ : ((قُلْ لَنَا : بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ أَوْ مَنْ هُوَ الَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ هَذَا السُّلْطَانَ؟)) 3فَأَجَابَ وَقَال لَهُمْ : ((وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَسْأَلُكُمْ كَلِمَةً وَاحِدَةً ، فَقُولُوا لِي: 4مَعْمُودِيَّةُ يُوحَنَّا : مِنَ السَّمَاءِ كَانَتْ أَمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ؟))فَتَآمَرُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: ((إِنْ قُلْنَا : مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ، يَقُولُفَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ؟ 6وَإِنْ قُلْنَا: مِنَ النَّاسِ ، فَجَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ يَرْجُمُونَنَا ، لأَنَّهُمْ وَاثِقُونَ بِأَنَّ يُوحَنَّا نَبِيٌّ)). 7فَأَجَابُوا أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ أَيْنَ. 8فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: ((وَلاَ أَنَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا)).
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