Presenting Jesus To The Temple
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 02/22-24/When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’),and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.’
فلَمَّا جَاءَ بَشَّرَكُم بِالسَّلامِ أَنْتُمُ البَعِيدِين، وبَشَّرَ بالسَّلامِ القَرِيبين
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل أفسس02/من11حتى22/يا إِخْوَتِي، تَذَكَّروُا، أَنْتُمُ الوَثَنِيِّينَ في الجَسَدِ سَابِقًا، أَلمَدعُوِّينَ أَهْلَ عَدَمِ الخِتَانَةِ عِنْدَ المَدعُوِّينَ أَهْلَ الخِتَانَة، بفِعْلِ اليَدِ في الجَسَد،تَذَكَّرُوا أَنَّكُم كُنْتُمْ في ذَلِكَ الوَقْتِ بِدُونِ مَسِيح، مُبْعَدِينَ عَنْ رَعِيَّةِ إِسْرَائِيل، وغُرَبَاءَ عنِ عُهُودِ الوَعْد، لا رَجَاءَ لَكُم في العَالَمِ ولا إِله؛ أَمَّا الآنَ فَفِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ كُنْتُم مِنْ قَبْلُ بَعِيدِين، صِرْتُم بِدَمِ المَسِيحِ قَرِيبِين.فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ سَلامُنَا، هُوَ جَعَلَ الٱثْنَيْنِ وَاحِدًا، وفي جَسَدِهِ نَقَضَ الجِدَارَ الفَاصِلَ بَيْنَهُمَا، أَي العَدَاوَة، وأَبْطَلَ شَريعَةَ الوَصَايَا بِمَا فِيهَا مِنْ فَرائِض، لِيَخْلُقَ ٱلٱثْنَينِ في شَخْصِهِ إِنْسَانًا وَاحِدًا جَدِيدًا، بإِحْلالِهِ السَّلامَ بَيْنَهُمَا، ويُصَالِحَهُمَا مَعَ الله، كِلَيْهِمَا في جَسَدٍ وَاحِد، بِالصَّليب، قَاتِلاً فيهِ العَدَاوَةَ بَيْنَهُمَا. فلَمَّا جَاءَ بَشَّرَكُم بِالسَّلامِ أَنْتُمُ البَعِيدِين، وبَشَّرَ بالسَّلامِ القَرِيبين،لأَنَّنَا بِهِ نِلْنَا نَحْنُ الاثْنَينِ في رُوحٍ وَاحِدٍ الوُصُولَ إِلى الآب.إِذًا فَلَسْتُم بَعْدُ غُرَبَاءَ ولا نُزَلاء، بَلْ أَنْتُم أَهْلُ مَدِينَةِ القِدِّيسِينَ وأَهْلُ بَيْتِ الله، بُنِيتُمْ على أَسَاسِ الرُّسُلِ والأَنْبِيَاء، والمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ نَفْسُهُ هُوَ حَجَرُ الزَّاوِيَة.فيهِ يَتَمَاسَكُ البِنَاءُ كُلُّه، فَيَرْتَفِعُ هَيْكَلاً مُقَدَّسًا في الرَّبّ،وفيهِ أَنْتُم أَيْضًا تُبْنَونَ معًا مَسْكِنًا للهِ في الرُّوح.
In Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the His blood
Letter to the Ephesians 2,11-22./Remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called ‘the uncircumcision’ by those who are called ‘the circumcision’ a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human handsremember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.
He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, so that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling-place for God.
