1 D oes any of you dare, when he has a matter of complaint against another, to go to law before unrighteous men instead of before the saints (the people of God)?

حِينَ يَكُونُ بَينَ أحَدِكُمْ وَبَينَ أخِيهِ نِزاعٌ، كَيفَ يَجرُؤُ عَلَى مُقاضاتِهِ أمامَ غِيرِ المُؤمِنِينَ؟ لِماذا لا يَرفَعُ الأمرَ إلَى شَعبِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ؟

2 D o you not know that the saints (the believers) will judge and govern the world? And if the world is to be judged and ruled by you, are you unworthy and incompetent to try of the smallest courts of justice?

أمْ أنَّكُمْ لا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّ شَعبَ اللهِ المُقَدَّسَ سَيَحكُمُ عَلَى العالَمِ؟ وَما دُمتُمْ سَتَحكُمُونَ عَلَى العالَمِ، أفَلَستُمْ مُؤَهَّلِينَ لِلحُكمِ فِي مَسائِلَ بَسِيطَةٍ؟

3 D o you not know also that we are to judge the angels and pronounce opinion between right and wrong ? How much more then matters pertaining to this world and of this life only!

ألا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّنا سَنَحكُمُ عَلَى مَلائِكَةٍ؟ فَبِالأولَى إذاً أنْ نَحكُمَ فِي أُمُورِ هَذِهِ الحَياةِ!

4 I f then you do have such cases of everyday life to decide, why do you appoint those who of the church count for least and are without standing?

فَإنْ كانَتْ لَدَيكُمْ قَضايا يَومِيَّةٌ، لِماذا تَحتَكِمُونَ إلَى قُضاةٍ لَيْسوا مِنَ الكَنِيسَةِ؟

5 I say this to move you to shame. Can it be that there really is not one man among you who is wise and competent enough to decide between members of the brotherhood,

أقُولُ هَذا لِتَخجِيلِكُمْ: ألا يُوجَدُ بَينَكُمْ حَكِيمٌ قادِرٌ عَلَى حَلِّ الخِلافاتِ بَينَ إخْوَتِهِ؟

6 B ut brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers ?

لَكِنَّ الحالَ عِندَكُمْ هُوَ أنَّ الأخَ يُقاضِي أخاهُ أمامَ غَيرِ المُؤمِنِينَ!

7 W hy, the very fact of your having lawsuits with one another at all is a defect (a defeat, an evidence of positive moral loss for you). Why not rather let yourselves suffer wrong and be deprived of what is your due? Why not rather be cheated (defrauded and robbed)?

فَالدَّعاوَى القَضائِيَّةُ بَينَكُمْ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى خَسارَتِكُمْ! لِماذا لا تَحتَمِلُونَ الإساءَةَ وَالسَّلبَ بَدَلاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟

8 B ut yourselves who wrong and defraud, and that even your own brethren!

بَلْ إنَّكُمْ أنتُمُ الَّذِينَ تُسِيئُونَ إلَى إخْوَتِكُمْ وَتَسلِبُونَهُمْ!

9 D o you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality,

ألا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّ الأشرارَ لَنْ يَرِثُوا مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ؟ لا تَخدَعُوا أنفُسَكُمْ! فَلَنْ يَرِثَ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ المُنحَلُّونَ جِنسِيّاً وَعَبَدَةُ الأوثانِ وَالزُّناةُ وَالشّاذُّونَ: مُخَنَّثينَ وَلوطِيِّينَ،

10 N or cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.

وَلا السّارِقُونَ وَالفاسِقُونَ وَالسِّكِّيْرُونَ وَالمُفتَرُونَ وَالمُحتالُونَ.

11 A nd such some of you were. But you were washed clean (purified by a complete atonement for sin and made free from the guilt of sin), and you were consecrated (set apart, hallowed), and you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

وَهَكَذا كانَ بَعضٌ مِنكُمْ، لَكِنَّكُمْ تَغَسَّلْتُمْ وَتَقَدَّستُمْ وَتَبَرَّرْتُمْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّنا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ وَبِرُوحِ إلَهِنا. استَخدِمُوا أجسادَكُمْ لِمَجدِ الله

12 E verything is permissible (allowable and lawful) for me; but not all things are helpful (good for me to do, expedient and profitable when considered with other things). Everything is lawful for me, but I will not become the slave of anything or be brought under its power.

صَحِيحٌ أنَّنِي حُرٌّ فِي أنْ أفعَلَ أيَّ شَيءٍ، لَكِنْ لَيسَ كُلُّ شَيءٍ نافِعاً. وَصَحِيحٌ أنَّنِي حُرٌّ فِي أنْ أفعَلَ أيَّ شَيءٍ، لَكِنِّي لَنْ أسمَحَ لِشَيءٍ بِأنْ يَتَحَكَّمَ فِيَّ.

13 F ood for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will finally end both and bring them to nothing. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body '> to save, sanctify, and raise it again].

صَحِيحٌ أنَّ الطَّعامَ مَوجُودٌ مِنْ أجلِ المَعِدَةِ، وَالمَعِدَةُ مِنْ أجلِ الطَّعامِ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَقضِي عَلَيهِما مَعاً. وَهُوَ لَمْ يَخلِقْ أجسادَنا للزِّنَىْ، بَلْ لِخِدمَةِ الرَّبِّ. وَالرَّبُّ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسُدُّ احتِياجاتِ أجسادِنا.

14 A nd God both raised the Lord to life and will also raise us up by His power.

وَكَما أقامَ اللهُ جَسَدَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ مِنَ المَوتِ، سَيُقِيمُ أجسادَنا نَحنُ أيضاً بِقُوَّتِهِ.

15 D o you not see and know that your bodies are members (bodily parts) of Christ (the Messiah)? Am I therefore to take the parts of Christ and make parts of a prostitute? Never! Never!

ألا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّ أجسادَكُمْ هِيَ أعضاءٌ فِي جَسَدِ المَسِيحِ؟ فَهَلْ آخُذُ أعْضاءَ جَسَدِ المَسيحِ، وَأجعَلُها تَرتَبِطُ بامرَأةٍ ساقِطَةٍ؟ بِالطَّبعِ لا!

16 O r do you not know and realize that when a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? The two, it is written, shall become one flesh.

ألا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّ مَنْ يَتَّحِدُ بامرَأةٍ ساقِطَةٍ يَصِيرُ واحِداً مَعَها فِي الجَسَدِ؟ إذْ يَقُولُ الكِتابُ: «سَيَصِيرُ الاثنانِ جَسَداً واحِداً.»

17 B ut the person who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him.

لَكِنْ مَنْ يَتَّحِدُ بِالرَّبِّ يَكُونُ واحِداً مَعَهُ فِي الرُّوحِ.

18 S hun immorality and all sexual looseness. Any other sin which a man commits is one outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

فَتَجَنَّبُوا الزِّنَىْ. فَكُلُّ خَطِيَّةٍ أُخْرَى يُمكِنُ أنْ يَرتَكِبَها المُؤمِنُ هِيَ خارِجُ جَسَدِهِ، أمّا الزّاني فَيُخطِئُ ضِدَّ جَسَدِهِ هُوَ.

19 D o you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received from God? You are not your own,

أمْ أنَّكُمْ لا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّ أجسادَكُمْ هِيَ هَياكِلُ لِلرُّوحِ القُدُسِ السّاكِنِ فِيكُمْ، وَالَّذِي قَبِلتُمُوهُ مِنَ اللهِ. ألا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّكُمْ لا تَخُصُّونَ أنفُسَكُمْ؟

20 Y ou were bought with a price '> preciousness and paid for, made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.

فَقَدِ اشتَراكُمُ اللهُ بِثَمَنٍ، فَمَجِّدُوا اللهَ باستِخدامِ أجسادِكُمْ.