كُلَّ مَنْ يَرْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ يُوَاضَع، وَمَنْ يُواضِعُ نَفْسَهُ يُرْفَع/All those who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be exalted

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كُلَّ مَنْ يَرْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ يُوَاضَع، وَمَنْ يُواضِعُ نَفْسَهُ يُرْفَع
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا18/من09حتى14/قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ هذَا المَثَلَ لأُنَاسٍ يَثِقُونَ في أَنْفُسِهِم أَنَّهُم أَبْرَار، وَيَحْتَقِرُونَ الآخَرين: «رَجُلانِ صَعِدَا إِلى الهَيْكَلِ لِيُصَلِّيَا، أَحَدُهُما فَرِّيسيٌّ وَالآخَرُ عَشَّار. فَوَقَفَ الفَرِّيسِيُّ يُصَلِّي في نَفْسِهِ وَيَقُول: أَللّهُمَّ، أَشْكُرُكَ لأَنِّي لَسْتُ كَبَاقِي النَّاسِ الطَّمَّاعِينَ الظَّالِمِينَ الزُّنَاة، وَلا كَهذَا العَشَّار. إِنِّي أَصُومُ مَرَّتَينِ في الأُسْبُوع، وَأُؤَدِّي العُشْرَ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا أَقْتَنِي. أَمَّا العَشَّارُ فَوَقَفَ بَعِيدًا وَهُوَ لا يُرِيدُ حَتَّى أَنْ يَرْفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ إِلى السَّمَاء، بَلْ كانَ يَقْرَعُ صَدْرَهُ قَائِلاً: أَللّهُمَّ، إِصْفَحْ عَنِّي أَنَا الخَاطِئ! أَقُولُ لَكُم إِنَّ هذَا نَزَلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ مُبَرَّرًا، أَمَّا ذاكَ فَلا! لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَرْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ يُوَاضَع، وَمَنْ يُواضِعُ نَفْسَهُ يُرْفَع.»

All those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted
Luke 18:9-14/To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

هذَا هُوَ مُوسَى ٱلَّذِي قَالَ لِبَنِي إِسْرائِيل: سَيُقِيمُ لَكُمُ ٱللهُ مِنْ بَينِ إِخْوَتِكُم نَبِيًّا مِثْلِي
سفر أعمال الرسل07/02/30/“يا اخوَتِي، قَالَ إِسْطِفَانُس: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلإِخْوَةُ وٱلآبَاء، ٱسْمَعُوا: إِنَّ إِلهَ ٱلمَجْدِ قَدْ تَرَاءَى لأَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيم، وهُوَ في بِلادِ مَا بَينَ ٱلنَّهْرَيْن، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْكُنَ فِي حَرَّان، ولَمَّا تَمَّتْ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَة، تَرَاءَى لَهُ مَلاكٌ في بَرِّيَّةِ جَبَلِ سِينَاء، في لَهَبِ عُلَّيقَةٍ مُشْتَعِلَة. فَلَمَّا رَأَى مُوسَى ذلِكَ، تَعَجَّبَ مِنَ ٱلرُّؤْيَا. ودَنَا لِيَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا فَأَتَاهُ صَوْتٌ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَقُول: أَنَا إِلهُ آبَائِكَ، إِلهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وإِسْحقَ ويَعْقُوب. فَٱرْتَعَدَ مُوسَى، ومَا عَادَ يَجْرُؤُ أَنْ يَنْظُر. فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبّ: إِخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ مِنْ رِجْلَيْك، لأَنَّ ٱلمَكَانَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ وَاقِفٌ فِيهِ هُوَ أَرْضٌ مُقَدَّسَة. إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ ٱلإِساءَةَ إِلى شَعْبِي في مِصْر، وسَمِعْتُ أَنِينَهُم، ونَزَلْتُ لأُنْقِذَهُم. فَهَلُمَّ ٱلآنَ أُرْسِلُكَ إِلى مِصْر. فَمُوسَى هذَا ٱلَّذِي أَنْكَرُوهُ قَائِلين: مَنْ أَقَامَكَ رَئِيسًا وقَاضِيًا؟ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ ٱللهُ رَئِيسًا وفَادِيًا، عَلى يَدِ ٱلمَلاكِ ٱلَّذِي تَرَاءَى لَهُ فِي ٱلعُلَّيْقَة. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُم بِمَا صَنَعَ مِنْ عَجَائِبَ وآيَاتٍ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْر، وفِي ٱلبَحْرِ ٱلأَحْمَر، وفِي ٱلبَرِّيَّةِ طِيلَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَة. هذَا هُوَ مُوسَى ٱلَّذِي قَالَ لِبَنِي إِسْرائِيل: سَيُقِيمُ لَكُمُ ٱللهُ مِنْ بَينِ إِخْوَتِكُم نَبِيًّا مِثْلِي”.

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God will raise up a prophet for you from your own people as he raised me up
Acts of the Apostles 07/02.30-37: “Stephen replied: ‘Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, ‘Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look, there came the voice of the Lord: “I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look. Then the Lord said to him, “Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. I have surely seen the mistreatment of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you to Egypt.” ‘It was this Moses whom they rejected when they said, “Who made you a ruler and a judge?” and whom God now sent as both ruler and liberator through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, “God will raise up a prophet for you from your own people as he raised me up.”