لوْ عَرَفَ رَبُّ البَيْتِ في أَيِّ سَاعَةٍ يَأْتِي السَّارِق، لَمَا تَرَكَ بَيْتَهُ يُنقَب/If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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 لوْ عَرَفَ رَبُّ البَيْتِ في أَيِّ سَاعَةٍ يَأْتِي السَّارِق، لَمَا تَرَكَ بَيْتَهُ يُنقَب. فَكُونُوا أَنْتُم أَيْضًا مُسْتَعِدِّين، لأَنَّ ٱبْنَ الإِنْسَانِ يَجِيءُ في سَاعَةٍ لا تَخَالُونَه
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا12/من35حتى44/:”قالَ الرَبُّ يَسوعُ: «لِتَكُنْ أَوْسَاطُكُم مَشْدُودَة، وَسُرْجُكُم مُوقَدَة. وَكُونُوا مِثْلَ أُنَاسٍ يَنْتَظِرُونَ سَيِّدَهُم مَتَى يَعُودُ مِنَ العُرْس، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ وَقَرَع، فَتَحُوا لَهُ حَالاً. طُوبَى لأُولئِكَ العَبِيدِ الَّذينَ، مَتَى جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُم، يَجِدُهُم مُتَيَقِّظِين. أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّهُ يَشُدُّ وَسْطَهُ، وَيُجْلِسُهُم لِلطَّعَام، وَيَدُورُ يَخْدُمُهُم. وَإِنْ جَاءَ في الهَجْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ أَوِ الثَّالِثَة، وَوَجَدَهُم هكذَا، فَطُوبَى لَهُم! وٱعْلَمُوا هذَا: إِنَّهُ لَوْ عَرَفَ رَبُّ البَيْتِ في أَيِّ سَاعَةٍ يَأْتِي السَّارِق، لَمَا تَرَكَ بَيْتَهُ يُنقَب. فَكُونُوا أَنْتُم أَيْضًا مُسْتَعِدِّين، لأَنَّ ٱبْنَ الإِنْسَانِ يَجِيءُ في سَاعَةٍ لا تَخَالُونَها!». فَقَالَ بُطرُس: «يَا رَبّ، أَلَنَا تَقُولُ هذَا المَثَل، أَمْ لِلْجَمِيع؟». فَقَالَ الرَّبّ: «مَنْ تُرَاهُ ٱلوَكِيلُ ٱلأَمِينُ ٱلحَكِيمُ الَّذي يُقِيمُهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى خَدَمِهِ لِيُعْطِيَهُم حِصَّتَهُم مِنَ الطَّعَامِ في حِينِهَا؟ طُوبَى لِذلِكَ العَبْدِ الَّذي، مَتَى جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ، يَجِدُهُ فَاعِلاً هكذَا! حَقًّا أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مُقْتَنَياتِهِ”.

If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 12/35-44:”‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. ‘But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.’ Peter said, ‘Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone? ’And the Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions.”

يا إخوَتِي، إِنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَظْهَرَنَا نَحْنُ الرُّسُلَ أَدْنَى النَّاس، كأَنَّنَا مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْنَا بِالمَوت، لأَنَّنَا صِرْنَا مَشْهَدًا لِلعَالَمِ والمَلائِكَةِ والبَشَر
رسالة القدّيس بولس الأولى إلى أهل قورنتس04/من09حتى16/:”يا إخوَتِي، إِنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَظْهَرَنَا نَحْنُ الرُّسُلَ أَدْنَى النَّاس، كأَنَّنَا مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْنَا بِالمَوت، لأَنَّنَا صِرْنَا مَشْهَدًا لِلعَالَمِ والمَلائِكَةِ والبَشَر. نَحْنُ حَمْقَى مِنْ أَجْلِ المَسِيح، وأَنْتُم عُقَلاءُ في المَسِيح! نَحْنُ ضُعَفَاء، وأَنْتُم أَقْوِيَاء! أَنْتُم مُكَرَّمُون، وَنَحْنُ مُهَانُون!ولا نَزَالُ حَتَّى هذَهِ السَّاعَةِ نَجُوعُ ، ونَعْطَشُ، ونُعَرَّى، ونُلْطَمُ، ونُشَرَّدُ، ونَتْعَبُ عَامِلِينَ بِأَيْدِينَا! وحَتَّى الآنَ نُشْتَمُ فَنُبَارِك، نُضْطَهَدُ فَنَحْتَمِل، يُفْتَرَى عَلَيْنَا فَنُعَزِّي! لَقَدْ صِرْنَا مِثْلَ أَقْذَارِ العَالَم، وَنِفَايَةِ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِين! لَسْتُ أَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكُم بِذَلِكَ لأُخْجِلَكُم، بَلْ لأَنْصَحَكُم كأَوْلادِي الأَحِبَّاء! ولَو كَانَ لَكُم عَشَرَاتُ الآلافِ مِنَ المُرَبِّينَ في المَسِيح، فَلَيْسَ لَكُم آبَاءٌ كَثِيرُون، لأَنِّي أَنَا ولَدْتُكُم بِبِشَارَةِ الإِنْجِيلِ في المَسِيحِ يَسُوع. أُنَاشِدُكُم إِذًا أَنْ تَقْتَدُوا بي.”

I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to mortals.
First Letter to the Corinthians 04/09-16:”For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to mortals. We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honour, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless, and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day. I am not writing this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. I appeal to you, then, be imitators of me.”