وجَاءَ صَوْتٌ مِنَ الغَمَامَةِ يَقُول: هذَا هُوَ ٱبْنِي الحَبِيب، فلَهُ ٱسْمَعُوا/From the cloud there came a voice, This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him

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وظَهَرَتْ غمَامَةٌ تُظَلِّلُهُم، وجَاءَ صَوْتٌ مِنَ الغَمَامَةِ يَقُول: هذَا هُوَ ٱبْنِي الحَبِيب، فلَهُ ٱسْمَعُوا
إنجيل القدّيس مرقس09/من01حتى07/:”قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ: «أَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّ بَعْضًا مِنَ القَائِمِينَ هُنا لَنْ يَذُوقُوا المَوْت، حَتَّى يَرَوا مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ وقَدْ أَتَى بِقُوَّة». وبَعْدَ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ أَخَذَ يَسُوعُ بُطْرُسَ ويَعْقُوبَ ويُوحَنَّا، وصَعِدَ بِهِم وَحْدَهُم إِلى جَبَلٍ عالٍ عَلى ٱنْفِرَاد، وتَجَلَّى أَمَامَهُم. وصَارَتْ ثِيَابُهُ بَيْضَاءَ نَاصِعَة، حَتَّى لَيَعْجُزُ أَيُّ قَصَّارٍ عَلى الأَرْضِ أَنْ يُبَيِّضَ مِثْلَها. وتَرَاءَى لَهُم إِيلِيَّا مَعَ مُوسَى، وكَانَا يَتَكَلَّمَانِ مَعَ يَسُوع. فقَالَ بُطْرُسُ لِيَسُوع: «رَابِّي، حَسَنٌ لَنَا أَنْ نَكُونَ هُنَا! فَلْنَنْصِبْ ثلاثَ مَظَالّ، لَكَ واحِدَة، وَلِمُوسَى واحِدَة، ولإِيلِيَّا واحِدَة». ولَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْري مَا يَقُول، لأَنَّ الخَوْفَ ٱعْتَرَاهُم. وظَهَرَتْ غمَامَةٌ تُظَلِّلُهُم، وجَاءَ صَوْتٌ مِنَ الغَمَامَةِ يَقُول: «هذَا هُوَ ٱبْنِي الحَبِيب، فلَهُ ٱسْمَعُوا!».

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 09/01-07/:”And he said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.’Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!’

عِنْدَمَا يَرْجِعُونَ إِلى الرَّبّ، يُنْزَعُ البُرْقُعُ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِم. فإِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الرُّوح، وحَيْثُ يَكُونُ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ تَكُونُ الحُرِّيَّة
رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى أهل قورنتس03/من07حتى17/:”يا إِخوَتِي، إِذَا كَانَتْ خِدْمَةُ المَوْت، الَّتي نُقِشَتْ حُرُوفُهَا في أَلْوَاحٍ مِنْ حَجَر، قَدْ ظَهَرَتْ في المَجْد، حَتَّى إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلى وَجْهِ مُوسَى، بِسَبَبِ مَجْدِ وَجْهِهِ، معَ أَنَّهُ مَجْدٌ زَائِل، فَكَيْفَ لا تَكُونُ خِدْمَةُ الرُّوحِ أَكْثَرَ مَجْدًا؟ فإِذَا كَانَ لِخِدْمَةِ الدَّيْنُونَةِ مَجْدٌ، فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى تَفُوقُهَا خِدْمَةُ البِرِّ مَجْدًا؟ لأَنَّ مَا كَانَ ذَا مَجْدٍ في المَاضِي، زَالَ مَجْدُهُ، بِالقِيَاسِ إِلى هذَا المَجْدِ الفَائِق! فإِذَا كَانَ مِنْ مَجْدٍ لِمَا يَزُول، فأَيُّ مَجْدٍ يَكُونُ بِالأَحْرَى لِمَا يَدُوم؟ إِذًا، بِمَا أَنَّ لَنَا مِثْلَ هذَا الرَّجَاء، فَنَحْنُ نَتَصَرَّفُ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الجُرْأَة، ولَسْنَا كَمُوسَى الَّذي كَانَ يَضَعُ بُرْقُعًا عَلى وَجْهِهِ، لِئَلاَّ يَنْظُرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلى نِهَايَةِ مَجْدٍ يَزُول. ولكِنْ أُعْمِيَتْ بَصَائِرُهُم؛ فإِنَّ ذَلِكَ البُرْقُعَ نَفْسَهُ بَاقٍ إِلى هذَا اليَوْم، عِنْدَمَا يَقْرَأُونَ العَهْدَ القَدِيم؛ ولا يُكْشَفُ عَنْ بَصَائِرِهِم، لأَنَّهُ لا يَزُولُ إِلاَّ بِالمَسِيح! أَجَلْ، إِنَّ ذلِكَ البُرْقُعَ لا يَزَالُ حَتَّى اليَوْمِ مَوْضُوعًا عَلى قُلُوبِهِم، عِنْدَمَا يَقْرَأُونَ كِتَابَ مُوسَى. وَلكِنْ عِنْدَمَا يَرْجِعُونَ إِلى الرَّبّ، يُنْزَعُ البُرْقُعُ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِم. فإِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الرُّوح، وحَيْثُ يَكُونُ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ تَكُونُ الحُرِّيَّة.”

When one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom
Second Letter to the Corinthians 03/07-17/:”If the ministry of death, chiselled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’ face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside, how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, much more does the ministry of justification abound in glory! Indeed, what once had glory has lost its glory because of the greater glory; for if what was set aside came through glory, much more has the permanent come in glory! Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”