طُوبَى لِذلِكَ العَبْدِ الَّذي، مَتَى جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ، يَجِدُهُ فَاعِلاً هكذَ/Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives

طُوبَى لِذلِكَ العَبْدِ الَّذي، مَتَى جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ، يَجِدُهُ فَاعِلاً هكذَ
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا12/42حتى48/:”قَالَ الرَّبُّ يِسُوع: «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. أَمَّا إِذَا قَالَ ذلِكَ العَبْدُ في قَلْبِهِ: سَيَتَأَخَّرُ سَيِّدِي في مَجِيئِهِ، وَبَدأَ يَضْرِبُ الغِلْمَانَ وَالجَوَارِي، يَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَر، يَجِيءُ سَيِّدُ ذلِكَ العَبْدِ في يَوْمٍ لا يَنْتَظِرُهُ، وَفي سَاعَةٍ لا يَعْرِفُها، فَيَفْصِلُهُ، وَيَجْعلُ نَصِيبَهُ مَعَ الكَافِرين. فَذلِكَ العَبْدُ الَّذي عَرَفَ مَشِيئَةَ سَيِّدِهِ، وَمَا أَعَدَّ شَيْئًا، وَلا عَمِلَ بِمَشيئَةِ سَيِّدِهِ، يُضْرَبُ ضَرْبًا كَثِيرًا. أَمَّا العَبْدُ الَّذي مَا عَرَفَ مَشِيئَةَ سَيِّدِهِ، وَعَمِلَ مَا يَسْتَوجِبُ الضَّرْب، فَيُضْرَبُ ضَرْبًا قَلِيلاً. وَمَنْ أُعْطِيَ كَثيرًا يُطْلَبُ مِنْهُ الكَثِير، وَمَنِ ٱئْتُمِنَ عَلَى الكَثِيرِ يُطالَبُ بِأَكْثَر.”

فقَالَ أَغْرِيبَا لِفَسْتُس: «أَوَدُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَ أَنَا أَيْضًا هذَا ٱلرَّجُل». قَالَ فَسْتُس: «غَدًا تَسْمَعُهُ
سفر أعمال الرسل 25/13/14/22/27/:”يا إِخوَتِي : جَاءَ ٱلمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَا وَبِرْنِيقَةُ إِلى قَيْصَرِيَّة، لِيُسَلِّمَا عَلى فَسْتُس. وَمَكَثَا هُنَاكَ أَيَّامًا عَديدَة، فَعَرَضَ فَسْتُسُ عَلى ٱلمَلِكِ قَضِيَّةَ بُولُسَ قَائِلاً: «هُنَا رَجُلٌ تَرَكَهُ فِيلِكْسُ أَسيرًا. فقَالَ أَغْرِيبَا لِفَسْتُس: «أَوَدُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَ أَنَا أَيْضًا هذَا ٱلرَّجُل». قَالَ فَسْتُس: «غَدًا تَسْمَعُهُ». وَفي ٱلغَدِ جَاءَ أَغْريبَا وَبِرْنِيقَةُ بأُبَّهَةٍ عَظِيمَة، ودَخَلا قَاعَةَ ٱلمَحْكَمَة، يُرَافِقُهُما قُوَّادُ ٱلأُلُوفِ وأَعْيَانُ ٱلمَدينَة. وَأَمَرَ فَسْتُس، فَأُحْضِرَ بُولُس. فقَالَ فَسْتُس: «أَيُّهَا ٱلمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَا، ويَا جَمِيعَ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلحَاضِرينَ هُنَا مَعَنَا، أَنْتُم تَرَوْنَ هذَا ٱلرَّجُلَ ٱلَّذِي سَعَى بِهِ إِليَّ جُمْهُورُ ٱليَهُودِ كُلُّهُ في أُورَشَليمَ وههُنا، وهُم يَصْرُخُون: لا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَبْقَى حَيًّا! أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَجِدْ أَنَّهُ فَعَلَ شَيْئًا يَسْتَوجِبُ ٱلمَوْت. وَلكِنَّهُ رَفَعَ دَعْوَاهُ إِلى قَيْصَر، فقَرَّرْتُ أَنْ أُرْسِلَهُ إِلَيْه. وبِمَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لي شَيءٌ أَكِيدٌ أَكْتُبُهُ إِلى جَلالَتِهِ، فقَدْ أَحْضَرْتُهُ أَمَامَكُم، وخُصُوصًا أَمَامَكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَا، حَتَّى يَكُونَ لي، بَعْدَ ٱسْتِجْوَابِكَ لَهُ، شَيءٌ أَكْتُبُهُ، لأَنِّي أَرَى مِنَ ٱلجَهْلِ أَنْ أُرْسِلَ أَسِيرًا إِلى قَيْصَر، ولا أُبَيِّنَ مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ شَكَاوَى!».

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.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 12/42-48/:”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. But if that slave says to himself, “My master is delayed in coming”, and if he begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and put him with the unfaithful. That slave who knew what his master wanted, but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted, will receive a severe beating. But one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.”

Agrippa said to Festus, ‘I would like to hear the man myself.’ ‘Tomorrow’, he said, ‘you will hear him
Acts of the Apostles 25/13-14/22-27/”After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. Since they were staying there for several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, ‘There is a man here who was left in prison by Felix. Agrippa said to Festus, ‘I would like to hear the man myself.’ ‘Tomorrow’, he said, ‘you will hear him.’So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then Festus gave the order and Paul was brought in. And Festus said, ‘King Agrippa and all here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish community petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. But I found that he had done nothing deserving death; and when he appealed to his Imperial Majesty, I decided to send him. But I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write for it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner without indicating the charges against him.”