1 A nd you, when you were dead (slain) by trespasses and sins

لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أمواتاً بِسَبَبِ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَخَطاياكُمْ

2 I n which at one time you walked. You were following the course and fashion of this world, following the prince of the power of the air. the spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience.

الَّتِي سَلَكْتُمْ فِيها فِي الماضِي حينَ كُنتُمْ تَتَّبِعُونَ طُرُقَ العالَمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، وَرَئِيسَ القُوّاتِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ فِي الهَواءِ، الرُّوحَ الَّذِي يَعمَلُ الآنَ فِي الَّذِينَ لا يُرِيدُونَ أنْ يُطِيعُوا اللهَ.

3 A mong these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh, obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind. We were then by nature children of wrath and heirs of indignation, like the rest of mankind.

فَفِي الماضِي، لَمْ تَكُنْ حَياتُنا مُختَلِفَةً عَنْ حَياتِهِمْ. إذْ كُنّا نُشبِعُ شَهَواتِ طَبِيعَتِنا الجَسَدِيَّةِ، تابِعِينَ رَغَباتِ طَبِيعَتِنا وَأذهانِنا. وَكُنّا نَستَحِقُّ عِقابَ اللهِ كَالآخَرِينَ.

4 B ut God—so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,

لَكِنَّ اللهَ الغَنِيَّ فِي رَحمَتِهِ، وَبِدافِعٍ مِنْ مَحَبَّتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ الَّتِي أحَبَّنا بِها،

5 E ven when we were dead (slain) by shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved ( delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation).

وَبَينَما كُنّا أمواتاً بِسَبَبِ خَطايانا، أعطانا اللهُ حَياةً مَعَ المَسِيحِ. فَبِالنِّعمَةِ أنتُمْ مُخَلَّصُونَ.

6 A nd He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together '> joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

ثُمَّ أقامَنا مَعَ المَسِيحِ، وَأجلَسَنا مَعَهُ فِي العالَمِ السَّماوِيِّ، لِأنَّنا فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

7 H e did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus.

وَذَلِكَ لِكَي يُظهَرَ فِي كُلِّ العُصُورِ القادِمَةِ غِنَى نِعمَتِهِ الَّذِي لا مَثِيلَ لَهُ، النِّعمَةِ الَّتِي عَبَّرَ عَنها فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

8 F or it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved ( delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through faith. And this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God;

فَبِالنِّعمَةِ أنتُمْ مُخَلَّصُونَ، لِأنَّكُمْ آمَنتُمْ، وَهَذا كُلُّهُ لا يَعتَمِدُ عَلَيكُمْ، بَلْ هُوَ عَطيَّةٌ مِنَ اللهِ.

9 N ot because of works, lest any man should boast.

لَيسَ مُقابِلَ الأعمالِ لِئَلّا يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَجالٌ لِلافتِخارِ.

10 F or we are God’s handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us, that we should walk in them.

فَنَحنُ عَمَلُ يَدَيّ اللهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَنا فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ لِلسُّلوكِ في أعمالٍ صالِحَةٍ أعَدَّها لَنا مُقَدَّماً. واحِدٌ فِي المَسِيح

11 T herefore, remember that at one time you were Gentiles (heathens) in the flesh, called Uncircumcision by those who called themselves Circumcision, '> mere mark] in the flesh made by human hands.

فَاذكُرُوا أنَّكُمْ وُلِدْتُمْ مِنْ أصلٍ غَيرِ يَهُودِيٍّ، فَكانَ اليَهُودُ المَدعُوُّونَ «أهلَ الخِتانِ،» وَهُوَ خِتانٌ مَصنُوعٌ بِاليَدِ فِي الجَسَدِ، يُسَمُّونَكُمْ: «الَّلامَختُونِينَ!»

12 t hat you were at that time separated (living apart) from Christ, utterly estranged and outlawed from the rights of Israel as a nation, and strangers with no share in the sacred compacts of the promise. And you had no hope (no promise); you were in the world without God.

اذكُرُوا أنَّكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ لَمْ تَكُونُوا لِلمَسِيحِ. كُنتُمْ غَيرَ مَعدُودِينَ مِنْ شَعبِ اللهِ، بَلْ كُنتُمْ غُرَباءَ عَنِ العُهُودِ الَّتِي تَتَضْمَّنُ وَعدَ اللهِ. عِشتُمْ فِي هَذا العالَمِ مِنْ دُونِ رَجاءٍ وَمِنْ دُونِ اللهِ.

13 B ut now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away, through (by, in) the blood of Christ have been brought near.

أنتُمُ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ بَعِيدِينَ عَنِ اللهِ فِيما مَضَى، صِرتُمُ الآنَ فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، قَرِيبِينَ بِدَمِهِ.

14 F or He is our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both one, and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us,

فَهُوَ سَلامُنا، الَّذِي وَحَّدَ اليَهُودَ وَغَيرَ اليَهُودِ، بَعدَ أنْ هَدَمَ بِجَسَدِهِ الحاجِزَ الفاصِلَ بَينَهُما،

15 B y abolishing in His flesh the enmity the Law with its decrees and ordinances; that He from the two might create in Himself one new man, so making peace.

وَهوَ حاجِزُ العَداوَة. مُبْطِلاً الشَّرِيعَةَ بِقَوانِينِها وَأنظِمَتِها، لِكَي يُحَقِّقَ سَلاماً فَيَخلِقَ فِي نَفسِهِ شَعباً واحِداً جَدِيداً مِنَ الطَرَفينِ،

16 A nd to reconcile to God both in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end.

وَيُصالِحُهُما فِي جَسَدٍ واحِدٍ، وَيُصالِحُهُما مَعَ اللهِ بِالصَّلِيبِ الَّذي قَتَلَ بِهِ العَداوَةَ.

17 A nd He came and preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

فَجاءَ وَبَشَّرَكُمْ بِبِشارَةِ السَّلامِ، أنتُمُ البَعِيدِينَ عَنِ اللهِ وَأُولَئِكَ القَرِيبِينَ.

18 F or it is through Him that we both now have an introduction (access) by one Spirit to the Father.

فَفِي المَسِيحِ نَقدِرُ كِلانا أنْ نَقتَرِبَ مِنَ الآبِ بِالرُّوحِ الواحِدِ.

19 T herefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God’s own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God’s household.

فَلَمْ تَعُودُوا غُرَباءَ وَبَعِيدِينَ، بَلْ أنتُمْ مُواطِنُونَ مَعَ شَعبِ اللهِ فِي مَلَكُوتِهِ وَأعضاءِ عائِلَتِهِ.

20 Y ou are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone.

وَأنتُمْ بِناءٌ مَبنِيٌّ عَلَى أساسِ الرُّسُلِ وَالأنبِياءِ. أمّا حَجَرُ الزّاوِيَةِ فَهُوَ المَسِيحُ يَسُوعَ نَفسُهُ.

21 I n Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord.

وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَجعَلُ البِناءَ مُتَماسِكاً مَعاً، لِيَرتَفِعَ وَيُصبِحَ هَيكَلاً مُقَدَّساً لِلرَّبِّ.

22 I n Him you yourselves also are being built up with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit.

وَفِي المَسِيحِ، أنتُمْ مَبنِيُّونَ مَعَ الآخَرِينَ مَسْكَناً يَسكُنُ فِيهِ اللهُ بِالرُّوحِ.