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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §145

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 145 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و همچنين در انجيل لوقا مذکور است که روزی ديگر آن حضرت بر يکی از يهود گذشت که به مرض فلج مبتلا شده بود و بر سرير افتاده. چون آن حضرت را ديد به قرائن شناخت آن حضرت را و استغاثه نمود و آن حضرت فرمودند: "قُم عَن سَريرِکَ فإنَّکَ مَغفُورَةٌ خَطاياکَ." چند يهود که در آن مکان حضور داشتند اعتراض نمودند که " هَل يُمکِنُ لاَحَدٍ اَن يَغفِرَ الخَطايا إلّا اللّه." فَالتَفَتَ المَسيحُ إلَيهم وَقالَ: "اَيّما اَسهَلُ اَنْ اَقُولَ لَهُ قُمْ فَاحمِل سَريرَکَ اَم اَقُول لَه مَغْفُورَةٌ خَطاياکَ لِتَعْلَموا بِاَنَّ لابنِ الإنسان سُلطاناً عَلی الاَرضِ لِمَغْفِرَةِ الخَطايا" که ترجمه آن به فارسی اين است: چون آن حضرت به آن عاجز مسکين فرمودند که برخيز، بدرستی که معاصی تو آمرزيده شد، جمعی از يهود اعتراض نمودند که آيا جز پروردگار غالب قادر کسی قادر بر غفران عباد هست؟ آن حضرت ملتفت به ايشان شده فرمودند که آيا کدام اسهل است نزد شما از اينکه بگويم به اين عاجز فالج برخيز و بروو يا آنکه بگويم آمرزيده است گناهان تو، تا آنکه بدانيد که از برای پسر انسان سلطانی است در ارض برای آمرزش ذنوب مذنبان. اين است سلطنت حقيقی و اقتدار اوليای الهی.همه اين تفاصيل که مکرّر ذکر می شود از همه مقام و همه جا، مقصود اين است که بر تلويحات کلمات اصفيای الهی مطّلع شويد که شايد از بعضی عبارات قدم نلغزد و قلب مضطرب نشود.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

It is also recorded in the Gospel according to St. Luke, that on a certain day Jesus passed by a Jew who was sick of the palsy, and lay upon a couch. When the Jew saw Him, he recognized Him, and cried out for His help. Jesus said unto him: “Arise from thy bed; thy sins are forgiven thee.” Certain of the Jews, standing by, protested saying: “Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” And immediately He perceived their thoughts, Jesus answering said unto them: “Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, arise, and take up thy bed, and walk; or to say, thy sins are forgiven thee? that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins.” This is the real sovereignty, and such is the power of God’s chosen Ones! All these things which We have repeatedly mentioned, and the details which We have cited from divers sources, have no other purpose but to enable thee to grasp the meaning of the allusions in the utterances of the chosen Ones of God, lest certain of these utterances cause thy feet to falter and thy heart to be dismayed.

Translation Notes

يکی
ykí w-ḥ-d → “a”

literal: one; oneness

SE rendered روزی (rúzí), ديگر (dígr), حضرت (ḥḍrt), بر (br), يکی (ykí), از (iz), يهود (yhúd), گذشت (gdhsht), مرض (mrḍ), فلج (flj) as “on a certain day, other, Jesus, passed, a, by, Jew, of the, palsy”

one 80% anyone 10% certain 10%
گذشت
gdhsht gdhshtn

literal: pass; to pass; passed

SE rendered ديگر (dígr), حضرت (ḥḍrt), بر (br), يکی (ykí), از (iz), يهود (yhúd), گذشت (gdhsht), مرض (mrḍ), فلج (flj), مبتلا (mbtlá) as “other, Jesus, passed, a, by, Jew, of the, palsy”

have 21% past 14% ended 14% aside 7% renounced 7% before 7% passed 7% furthermore 7% beside 7% passing 7%
مرض

literal: disease; sick; diseases

SE rendered حضرت (ḥḍrt), بر (br), يکی (ykí), از (iz), يهود (yhúd), گذشت (gdhsht), مرض (mrḍ), فلج (flj), مبتلا (mbtlá), بر (br), سرير (srír) as “Jesus, lay, a, by, Jew, of the, palsy, a couch”

sickness 38% illness 13% malady 13% sick 13% disease 13% ills 13%
فلج

literal: paralysis; paralyzed

2 occurrences in corpus

مبتلا
mbtlá b-l-w

literal: affliction

SE rendered از (iz), يهود (yhúd), گذشت (gdhsht), مرض (mrḍ), فلج (flj), مبتلا (mbtlá), بر (br), سرير (srír) as “by, Jew, of the, palsy, lay, a couch”

افتاده
iftádh iftádn

literal: fall; fallen

SE rendered فلج (flj), مبتلا (mbtlá), بر (br), سرير (srír), افتاده (iftádh), چون (chún), حضرت (ḥḍrt), ديد (díd) as “palsy, lay, a couch, When, Him, saw”

fallen 33% have 33% lay 17% seized 17%
مکان
mkán m-k-n

literal: possibility; possible; possible things

SE rendered خَطاياکَ (khaṭáyák), چند (chnd), يهود (yhúd), مکان (mkán), حضور (ḥḍúr), داشتند (dáshtnd), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), نمودند (nmúdnd) as “thy sins, Certain, Jews, standing by, protested”

placeless 20% unto 20% habitation 20% earth 10% place 10% abode 10% homeless 10%
داشتند
dáshtnd dáshtn

literal: have; to have

SE rendered چند (chnd), يهود (yhúd), مکان (mkán), حضور (ḥḍúr), داشتند (dáshtnd), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), نمودند (nmúdnd) as “Certain, Jews, standing by, protested”

have 50% entertained 50%
اَيّما
ayymá h-s-t → “are”

literal: are; be; is

SE rendered المَسيحُ (al-masíḥ), إلَيهم (ʾilayhm), وَقالَ (waqál), اَيّما (ayymá), اَسهَلُ (ashal), اَقُولَ (aqúl) as “Jesus, unto them, answering said, easier, say to”

am 18% still 9% into 9% ye 9% source 9% existence 9% hath 9% destitute 9% have 9% neither 9%
لابنِ
lábn b-n-y

literal: son; sons

SE rendered خَطاياکَ (khaṭáyák), لِتَعْلَموا (litaʿlamúá), لابنِ (lábn), الإنسان (an-nsán), سُلطاناً (sulṭánáan), الاَرضِ (ar-rḍ) as “thy sins, that ye may know, Son of Man, power, earth”

son 93% scion 3% descendant 2% sons 1% daughter 1%
برخيز،
brkhíz، kh-y-z

literal: arise; arose; arisen

SE rendered عاجز (ʿájz), مسکين (mskín), فرمودند (frmúdnd), برخيز، (brkhíz،), بدرستی (bdrstí), معاصی (mʿáṣí), تو (tú) as “thy”

arisen 11% rise 11% nullified 11% arose 11% laid 11% rose 11% arising 11% will 11% disappear 11%
بدرستی
bdrstí r-s-t

literal: truth; truly; right

SE rendered بدرستی (bdrstí), معاصی (mʿáṣí), تو (tú), آمرزيده (ámrzídh) as “thy”

verily 65% truth 18% men 6% fruits 6% rectitude 6%
جمعی
jmʿí j-m-ʿ

literal: all; all, entire; group

SE rendered تو (tú), آمرزيده (ámrzídh), جمعی (jmʿí), از (iz), يهود (yhúd), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), نمودند (nmúdnd) as “thy, of, Jew, hath”

number 23% many 19% great 12% some 12% others 8% considerable 8% several 8% large 4% troop 4% certain 4%
پروردگار
prúrdgár prúrdgár

literal: lord; lord, nurturer; lord/nurturer

SE rendered يهود (yhúd), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), نمودند (nmúdnd), آيا (áyá), جز (jz), پروردگار (prúrdgár), غالب (ghálb), قادر (qádr), کسی (ksí), قادر (qádr), بر (br) as “Jew, hath, but, alone, upon”

lord 36% providence 18% almighty 9% who 9% creator 9% god 9% divine 9%
عباد
ʿbád ʿ-b-d

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

SE rendered غالب (ghálb), قادر (qádr), کسی (ksí), قادر (qádr), بر (br), غفران (ghfrán), عباد (ʿbád), هست؟ (hst؟), حضرت (ḥḍrt), ملتفت (mltft), ايشان (iyshán) as “alone, upon, are, perceived, their thoughts”

servants 35% men 28% people 19% unto 3% peoples 3% man 3% all 3% who 2% mankind 2% others 2%
بگويم
bgúym gftn

literal: say; to say

SE rendered نزد (nzd), از (iz), اينکه (iynkh), بگويم (bgúym), عاجز (ʿájz), فالج (fálj), برخيز (brkhíz), بروو (brúw) as “of, palsy, walk”

claim 40% say 40% how 20%
بروو
brúw r-w → “seized” Distinctive

literal: face; face, direction; go

This form usually rendered as “walk” (1 occurrences)

seized 33% walk 33% have 33%
گناهان
gnáhán gnáhán

literal: sins

SE rendered گناهان (gnáhán), تو، (tú،), آنکه (ánkh), بدانيد (bdáníd), از (iz), برای (bráy) as “thy, of, to”

1 occurrence in corpus

پسر
psr psr

literal: son; sons; children/sons

SE rendered تو، (tú،), آنکه (ánkh), بدانيد (bdáníd), از (iz), برای (bráy), پسر (psr), انسان (insán), سلطانی (slṭání), ارض (irḍ), برای (bráy) as “thy, of, to”

son 91% essence 4% offspring 4%
آمرزش
ámrzsh ámrzsh

literal: forgiveness

SE rendered ارض (irḍ), برای (bráy), آمرزش (ámrzsh), ذنوب (dhnúb), مذنبان (mdhnbán), سلطنت (slṭnt) as “to, forgive sins.”, sovereignty”

2 occurrences in corpus

همه
hmh h-m-h

literal: all; every/all

SE rendered تفاصيل (tfáṣíl), مکرّر (mkrrr), ذکر (dhkr), می (mí), از (iz), همه (hmh), مقام (mqám), همه (hmh), جا، (já،), مقصود (mqṣúd) as “details, repeatedly, mentioned, from, meaning, sources, purpose”

all 52% every 17% whole 9% each 4% besides 4% throughout 4% solely 4% one 4%
شويد
shúyd shdn

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered تلويحات (tlúyḥát), کلمات (klmát), اصفيای (iṣfíáy), الهی (al-hí), مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ), شويد (shúyd), شايد (sháyd), از (iz), بعضی (bʿḍí), عبارات (ʿbárát), قدم (qdm) as “allusions, utterances, chosen Ones, God, to grasp, lest, of, certain, feet”

thou 23% must 15% wash 8% souls 8% gather 8% can 8% could 8% wert 8% enable 8% will 8%
نلغزد
nlghzd l-gh-z → “waver” Distinctive

literal: abstruse; slip; slip, error

This form usually rendered as “falter” (1 occurrences)

waver 33% falter 33% abstruse 33%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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