مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتْبَعَنِي، فَلْيَكْفُرْ بِنَفْسِهِ ويَحْمِلْ صَلِيْبَهُ ويَتْبَعْنِي/If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me

مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتْبَعَنِي، فَلْيَكْفُرْ بِنَفْسِهِ ويَحْمِلْ صَلِيْبَهُ ويَتْبَعْنِي، لأَنَّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُهَا، ومَنْ فَقَدَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي يَجِدُهَا
إنجيل القدّيس متّى16/من24حتى28/”قَالَ الرَبُّ يَسُوعُ لِتَلامِيْذِهِ: «مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتْبَعَنِي، فَلْيَكْفُرْ بِنَفْسِهِ ويَحْمِلْ صَلِيْبَهُ ويَتْبَعْنِي، لأَنَّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُهَا، ومَنْ فَقَدَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي يَجِدُهَا. فَمَاذَا يَنْفَعُ الإِنْسَانَ لَوْ رَبِحَ العَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ ؟ أَو مَاذَا يُعْطِي الإِنْسَانُ بَدَلاً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ؟  فَإِنَّ ٱبْنَ الإِنْسَانِ سَوْفَ يَأْتِي في مَجْدِ أَبِيْه، مَعَ مَلائِكَتِهِ، وحينَئِذٍ يُجَازِي كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ أَعْمَالِهِ. أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّ بَعْضًا مِنَ القَائِمِينَ هُنَا لَنْ يَذُوقُوا المَوت، حَتَّى يَرَوا ٱبْنَ الإِنْسَانِ آتِيًا في مَلَكُوتِهِ».

If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 16/24-28: “Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? ‘For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

فَكَمَا تَفِيضُ عَلَيْنَا آلامُ المَسِيح، كَذلِكَ تَفِيضُ أَيْضًا بِالمَسِيحِ تَعْزِيَتُنَا
“رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى أهل قورنتس01/من03حتى07/”يا إخوَتِي، تَبَارَكَ ٱللهُ أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيح، أَبُو المَرَاحِمِ وإِلهُ كُلِّ تَعْزِيَة! هُوَ الَّذي يُعَزِّينَا في كُلِّ ضِيقِنَا، لِنَسْتَطِيعَ أَنْ نُعَزِّيَ الَّذِينَ هُم في كُلِّ ضِيق، بِالتَّعْزِيَةِ الَّتي يُعَزِّينَا ٱللهُ بِهَا. فَكَمَا تَفِيضُ عَلَيْنَا آلامُ المَسِيح، كَذلِكَ تَفِيضُ أَيْضًا بِالمَسِيحِ تَعْزِيَتُنَا. إِنْ كُنَّا نَتَضَايَقُ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَعْزِيَتِكُم وخَلاصِكُم؛ وإِنْ كُنَّا نَتَعَزَّى فَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَعْزِيَتِكُم، وهِيَ قَادِرَةٌ أَنْ تُعِينَكُم عَلى ٱحْتِمَالِ تِلْكَ الآلامِ عَيْنِهَا الَّتي نتَأَلَّمُهَا نَحْنُ. إِنَّ رَجَاءَنَا وَطِيدٌ مِنْ جِهَتِكُم، لِعِلْمِنَا أَنَّكُم كَمَا تُشَارِكُونَ في الآلام، كَذلِكَ تُشَارِكُونَ أَيْضًا في التَّعْزِيَة”.

Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.
Second Letter to the Corinthians 01/03-07: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ. If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering. Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.”