1 H owever, brethren, I could not talk to you as to spiritual, but as to nonspiritual, as to mere infants in Christ '> unable to talk yet!]

غَيرَ أنِّي، أيُّها الإخوَةُ، لَمْ أكُنْ قادِراً عَلَى أنْ أُخاطِبَكُمْ كَأُناسٍ رُوحِيِّينَ، بَلِ اضطَرَرْتُ إلَى أنْ أُخاطِبَكُمْ كَأُناسٍ دُنيَوِيِّينَ، كَأطفالٍ فِي المَسِيحِ.

2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not yet strong enough; but even yet you are not strong enough,

فَسَقَيتُكُمْ حَلِيباً، لا طَعاماً حَقِيقِيّاً. إذْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا قادِرِينَ بَعدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، بَلْ أنتُمْ غَيرُ قادِرِينَ عَلَيهِ الآنَ.

3 F or you are still of the flesh. For as long as envying and jealousy and wrangling and factions among you, are you not unspiritual and of the flesh, behaving yourselves after a human standard and like mere (unchanged) men?

لِأنَّكُمْ ما تَزالُونَ دُنيَوِيِّينَ. فَحِينَ يُوجَدُ حَسَدٌ وَنِزاعٌ بَينَكُمْ، أفَلا تَكُونُونَ دُنيَوِيِّينَ سالِكِينَ كَما يَسلُكُ أهلُ العالَمِ؟

4 F or when one says, I belong to Paul, and another, I belong to Apollos, are you not ordinary (unchanged) men?

فَحِينَ يَقُولُ أحَدُكُمْ: «أنا أتْبَعُ بُولُسَ،» وَيَقُولُ آخَرٌ: «أنا أتْبَعُ أبُلُّوسَ،» أفَلا تَكُونُونَ دُنيَوِيِّينَ؟

5 W hat then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministering servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord appointed to each his task:

فَمَنْ هُوَ أبُلُّوسُ، وَمَنْ هُوَ بُولُسُ؟ ما نَحنُ إلّا خادِمانِ آمَنتُمْ بِواسِطَتِهِما. عَمِلَ كُلٌّ مِنّا عَمَلَهُ كَما حَدَّدَهُ لَهُ الرَّبُّ.

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was making it grow and gave the increase.

فَزَرَعتُ أنا البِذرَةَ، وَأبُلُّوسُ سَقاها، لَكِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي نَمّاها.

7 S o neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but God Who makes it grow and become greater.

فَما لِزارِعِ البِذرَةِ أهَمِّيَّةٌ، وَلا لِساقِيها، بَلْ للهِ الَّذِي يُنَمِّي.

8 H e who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor.

لِلزّارِعِ وَالسّاقِي هَدَفٌ واحِدٌ. وَسَيَنالُ كُلٌّ مِنهُما مُكافَأتَهُ حَسَبَ ثَمَرِ عَمَلِهِ.

9 F or we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God’s garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, God’s building.

فَنَحنُ عامِلانِ وَشَرِيكانِ فِي خِدمَةِ اللهِ، وَأنتُمْ حَقلُ اللهِ وَبِناؤُهُ.

10 A ccording to the grace (the special endowment for my task) of God bestowed on me, like a skillful architect and master builder I laid foundation, and now another is building upon it. But let each be careful how he builds upon it,

وَكَبانٍ حَكِيمٍ، وَضَعتُ الأساسَ حَسَبَ المَوهِبَةِ الَّتِي أعطانِي إيّاها اللهُ. غَيرَ أنَّ هُناكَ أشخاصاً آخَرِينَ يَبنُونَ عَلَى هَذا الأساسِ. فَلْيَنتَبِهْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ كَيفَ يَبنِي عَلَيهِ.

11 F or no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

إذْ لا يَقدِرُ أحَدٌ أنْ يَضَعَ أساساً آخَرَ غَيرَ ذاكَ الَّذِي وُضِعَ أصلاً، أيْ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ.

12 B ut if anyone builds upon the Foundation, whether it be with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

فَإنْ كانَ أحَدٌ يَبنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ الأساسِ مُستَخدِماً ذَهَباً أوْ فِضَّةً أوْ حِجارَةً كَرِيمَةً أوْ خَشَباً أوْ تِبناً أوْ قَشّاً،

13 T he work of each will become known (shown for what it is); for the day will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done.

فَلا بُدَّ أنْ يَظهَرَ عَمَلُ كُلِّ واحِدٍ فِيما بَعْدُ، لِأنَّ يَومَ مَجِيءِ المَسِيحِ سَيُظهِرُهُ. فَسَيَظهَرُ ذَلِكَ اليَومُ بِالنّارِ، وَسَتُبَيِّنُ النّارُ قِيمَةَ عَمَلِ كُلِّ واحِدٍ.

14 I f the work which any person has built on this Foundation survives, he will get his reward.

فَإذا صَمَدَ ما بَناهُ الإنسانُ، يُكافَأُ.

15 B ut if any person’s work is burned up, he will suffer the loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

وَإذا احتَرَقَ عَمَلُهُ، يَخسَرُ. أمّا هُوَ نَفسُهُ فَسَيَخلُصُ، لَكِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ كَمَنْ هَرَبَ مِنْ نارٍ!

16 D o you not discern and understand that you are God’s temple (His sanctuary), and that God’s Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you '> collectively as a church and also individually]?

ألا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّكُمْ هَيكَلُ اللهِ، وَأنَّ رُوحَ اللهِ ساكِنٌ فِيكُمْ؟

17 I f anyone does hurt to God’s temple or corrupts it '> with false doctrines] or destroys it, God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that you '> the believing church and its individual believers] are.

فَإذا خَرَّبَ أحَدُهُمْ هَيكَلَ اللهِ، سَيُخَرِّبُهُ اللهُ، لِأنَّ هَيكَلَ اللهِ مُقَدَّسٌ، وَهُوَ أنتُمْ.

18 L et no person deceive himself. If anyone among you supposes that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

فَلا تَخدَعُوا أنفُسَكُمْ. إنْ كانَ بَينَكُمْ مَنْ يَظُنُّ أنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ حَسَبَ مَقايِيسِ هَذا العالَمِ، فَلْيَصِرْ ‹أحمَقَ› لِكَي يَكُونَ حَكِيماً حَقّاً!»

19 F or this world’s wisdom is foolishness (absurdity and stupidity) with God, for it is written, He lays hold of the wise in their craftiness;

فَحِكمَةُ هَذا العالَمِ حَماقَةٌ فِي نَظَرِ اللهِ. يَقُولُ الكِتابُ: «يَصطادُ اللهُ الحُكَماءَ بِذَكائِهِمْ.»

20 A nd again, The Lord knows the thoughts and reasonings of the wise and recognizes how futile they are.

وَيَقُولُ أيضاً: «الرَّبُّ يَعلَمُ أنَّ أفكارَ الحُكَماءِ باطِلَةٌ.»

21 S o let no one exult proudly concerning men, for all things are yours,

فَلا يَنبَغي أنْ يَتَباهَى أحَدٌ بِبَشَرٍ، لِأنَّ كُلَّ الأشياءِ هِيَ لَكُمْ:

22 W hether Paul or Apollos or Cephas (Peter), or the universe or life or death, or the immediate and threatening present or the future—all are yours,

بُولُسُ وَأبُلُّوسُ وَبُطرُسُ وَالعالَمُ وَالحَياةُ وَالمَوتُ، ما في الحاضِرِ وَما في المُستَقبَلِ. كُلُّ الأشياءِ هِيَ لَكُمْ.

23 A nd you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

وَأنتُمْ لِلمَسِيحِ، وَالمَسِيحُ للهِ.