طُوبَى لِذلِكَ العَبْدِ الَّذي يَجِيءُ سَيِّدُهُ فَيَجِدُهُ فَاعِلاً هكَذَا! أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّهُ يُقِيْمُهُ عَلى جَمِيعِ مُمْتَلَكَاتِهِ
إنجيل القدّيس متّى24/من45حتى51/:”قالَ الربُّ يَسوع: «مَنْ هُوَ العَبْدُ الأَمِينُ الحَكِيْمُ الَّذي أَقَامَهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلى أَهْلِ بَيتِهِ، لِيُعْطِيَهُمُ الطَّعَامَ في حِينِهِ؟ طُوبَى لِذلِكَ العَبْدِ الَّذي يَجِيءُ سَيِّدُهُ فَيَجِدُهُ فَاعِلاً هكَذَا! أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّهُ يُقِيْمُهُ عَلى جَمِيعِ مُمْتَلَكَاتِهِ. ولكِنْ إِنْ قَالَ ذلِكَ العَبْدُ الشِّرِّيرُ في قَلْبِهِ: سَيَتَأَخَّرُ سَيِّدِي! وبَدَأَ يَضْرِبُ رِفَاقَهُ، ويَأْكُلُ ويَشْرَبُ مَعَ السِّكِّيرِين، يَجِيءُ سَيِّدُ ذلِكَ العَبْدِ في يَومٍ لا يَنْتَظِرُهُ، وفي سَاعَةٍ لا يَعْرِفُهَا، فَيَفْصِلُهُ، ويَجْعَلُ نَصِيبَهُ مَعَ المُرَائِين. هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ البُكَاءُ وصَرِيفُ الأَسْنَان”.
أَمَّا الأَزْمِنَةُ والأَوقَات، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَة، فلا حَاجَةَ بِكُم أَنْ يُكْتَبَ إِلَيْكُم في شَأْنِهَا؛ لأَنَّكُم تَعْلَمُونَ جَيِّدًا أَنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ يأْتي كَالسَّارِقِ لَيْلاً
رسالة القدّيس بولس الأولى إلى أهل تسالونيقي05/ من01حتى11/:”يا إخوَتِي، أَمَّا الأَزْمِنَةُ والأَوقَات، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَة، فلا حَاجَةَ بِكُم أَنْ يُكْتَبَ إِلَيْكُم في شَأْنِهَا؛ لأَنَّكُم تَعْلَمُونَ جَيِّدًا أَنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ يأْتي كَالسَّارِقِ لَيْلاً. فحِينَ يَقُولُون: سَلامٌ وأَمْنٌ! حِينَئِذٍ يَدْهَمُهُمُ الهَلاكُ دَهْمَ الْمَخَاضِ لِلحُبْلى، ولا يُفْلِتُون. أَمَّا أَنْتُم، أَيُّها الإِخْوَة، فَلَسْتُم في ظُلْمَةٍ لِيُفَاجِئَكُم ذلِكَ اليَومُ كالسَّارِق. فأَنْتُم كُلُّكُم أَبْنَاءُ النُّور، وأَبْنَاءُ النَّهَار؛ ولَسْنَا أَبْنَاءَ اللَّيلِ ولا أَبْنَاءَ الظُّلْمَة. إِذًا فلا نَنَمْ كَسَائِر النَّاس، بَلْ لِنَسْهَرْ وَنَصْحُ؛ لأَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَنَامُونَ فَفي اللَّيلِ يَنَامُون، والَّذِينَ يَسْكَرُونَ فَفي اللَّيلِ يَسْكَرُون.أَمَّا نَحْنُ أَبْنَاءَ النَّهَار، فَلْنَصْحُ لابِسِينَ دِرْعَ الإِيْمَانِ والمَحَبَّة، ووَاضِعِينَ خُوذَةَ رَجَاءِ الخَلاص. فإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْنَا لِلغَضَب، بَلْ لإِحْرَازِ الخَلاصِ بَرَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيح، الَّذي مَاتَ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، لِنَحْيَا مَعَهُ سَاهِرِينَ كُنَّا أَمْ نِائِمِين. فَلِذلِكَ شَجِّعُوا بَعضُكُم بَعْضًا، وَلْيَبْنِ الوَاحِدُ الآخَر، كَمَا أَنْتُم فَاعِلُون.”
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 Matthew 24/45-51/:”‘Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves 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 wicked slave says to himself, “My master is delayed”, and he begins to beat his fellow-slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards, 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. He will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
First Letter to the Thessalonians 05/01-11/:”Concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. When they say, ‘There is peace and security’, then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labour pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.”