1 ف َماذا نَقُولُ؟ أنَبقَى فِي الخَطِيَّةِ لِكَي تَزدادَ نِعمَةُ اللهِ؟

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

2 ب ِالطَّبعِ لا! نَحنُ الَّذِينَ مُتنا بِالنِّسبَةِ لِلخَطِيَّةِ، كَيفَ نُواصِلُ العَيشَ فِيها؟

Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

3 أ مْ أنَّكُمْ لا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّنا نَحنُ الَّذِينَ تَعَمَّدنا مُتَّحِدينَ بِالمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، قَدْ تَعَمَّدنا لِنَشتَرِكَ مَعَهُ فِي مَوتِهِ؟

Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

4 ف َقَدْ دُفِنّا مَعَهُ مِنْ خِلالِ مَعمُودِيَّتِنا لِنَشتَرِكَ مَعَهُ فِي مَوتِهِ، حَتَّى كَما أُقِيمَ المَسِيحُ مِنَ المَوتِ بِقُوَّةِ الآبِ المَجِيدَةِ، نَسلُكُ نَحنُ أيضاً فِي حَياةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ.

Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 ف َبِما أنَّنا اتَّحَدْنا مَعَهُ فِي مَوتٍ يُشبِهُ مَوتَهُ، فَسَنَتَّحِدُ مَعَهُ أيضاً فِي قِيامَةٍ تُشبِهُ قِيامَتَهُ.

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

6 و َنَحنُ نَعلَمُ أنَّ ذاتَنا العَتِيقَةَ قَدْ صُلِبَتْ مَعَ المَسِيحِ لِكَي لا نَخضَعَ فِيما بَعْدُ لِذَواتِنا الأثِيمَةِ، فَلا نَعُودَ عَبِيداً لِلخَطِيَّةِ.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

7 ل ِأنَّ الَّذِي يَمُوتُ، يَتَحَرَّرُ مِنْ قُوَّةِ الخَطِيَّةِ.

For he who has died has been freed from sin.

8 و َبِما أنَّنا مُتنا مَعَ المَسِيحِ، فَإنَّنا نُؤمِنُ بِأنَّنا سَنَحيا أيضاً مَعَهُ.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

9 ف َنَحنُ نَعرِفُ أنَّ المَسِيحَ الَّذِي أُقِيمَ مِنَ المَوتِ، لا يَمُوتُ ثانِيَةً، وَلَنْ يَسُودَ عَلَيهِ المَوتُ ثانِيَةً.

knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.

10 ف َالمَوتُ الَّذِي اختَبَرَهُ المَسِيحُ، كانَ لِكَي يَهزِمَ الخَطِيَّةَ مَرَّةً واحِدَةً نِهائِيَّةً. أمّا الحَياةُ الَّتِي يَحياها، فَيَحياها للهِ.

For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

11 ف َاعتَبِرُوا أنتُمْ أنفُسَكُمْ أمواتاً بِالنِّسبَةِ لِلخَطِيَّةِ، وَلَكِنْ أحياءً بِالنِّسبَةِ للهِ فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

12 إ ذاً لا يَنبَغِي أنْ تَسمَحُوا لِلخَطِيَّةِ بِأنْ تَتَحَكَّمَ بِأجسامِكُمُ الفانِيَةِ، فَتَجعَلَكُمْ تُطِيعُونَ رَغَباتِها الشِّرِّيرَةِ.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

13 و َلا تُقَدِّمُوا أعضاءَ أجسامِكُمْ لِلخَطِيَّةِ كَأدَواتٍ فِي خِدمَةِ الإثمِ، بَلْ قَدِّمُوا أنفُسَكُمْ كَما يَلِيقُ بِمَنْ نالُوا حَياةً بَعدَ مَوتِهِمْ وَأُقِيمُوا مِنَ المَوتِ. وَقَدِّمُوا أعضاءَ أجسامِكُمْ للهِ كَأدَواتٍ لِلبِرِّ، وَفِي خِدمَةِ البِرِّ.

And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

14 و َلَنْ تَسُودَ الخَطِيَّةُ عَلَيكُمْ، لِأنَّكُمْ لا تَحيَونَ تَحتَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، بَلْ تَحتَ نِعمَةِ اللهِ. عَبِيدٌ لِلبِرّ

For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God

15 ف َماذا نَفعَلُ؟ أيَجوزُ لَنا أنْ نُخطِئَ لِأنَّنا لا نَحيا تَحتَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، بَلْ تَحتَ نِعمَةِ اللهِ؟ بِالطَّبعِ لا!

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!

16 أ لا تَعرِفُونَ أنَّكُمْ حِينَ تَضَعُونَ أنفُسَكُمْ تَحتَ تَصَرُّفِ شَخصٍ لِتُطِيعُوهُ، فَإنَّكُمْ تَكُونُونَ عَبِيداً لِمَنْ تُطِيعُونَ؟ فَالعُبُودِيَّةُ لِلخَطِيَّةِ تُؤَدِّي إلَى المَوتِ، وَالعُبُودِيَّةُ لِطاعَةِ اللهِ تُؤَدِّي إلَى البِرِّ.

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

17 ل َكِنْ شُكراً للهِ لِأنَّكُمْ، رُغمَ أنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ عَبِيداً لِلخَطِيَّةِ، أطَعتُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ القَلبِ التَّعلِيمَ الَّذِي سُلِّمَ إلَيكُمْ.

But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

18 ف َتَحَرَّرتُمْ مِنَ الخَطِيَّةِ، وَأصبَحتُمْ عَبِيداً لِلبِرِّ.

And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

19 أ نا أستَخدِمُ تَشبيهاتٍ بَشَريَّةً بِسَبَبِ ضَعفِكُمْ. لَقَدْ قَدَّمتُمْ فِيما مَضَى أعضاءَ أجسامِكُمْ لِلنَّجاسَةِ وَالإثمِ، فَكُنتُمْ عَبِيداً لَها. وَكانَ الإثمُ هُوَ الثَّمَرُ. فَالآنَ يَنبَغيْ أنْ تُقَدِّموا أعضاءَ أجسامِكُمْ لِحَياةِ البِرِّ، لِتَكُونُوا عَبِيداً لِلبِرِّ، وَتَكُونَ القَداسَةُ هِيَ الثَّمَرُ.

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.

20 ف َحِينَ كُنتُمْ عَبِيداً لِلخَطِيَّةِ، كُنتُمْ غَيرَ خاضِعِينَ لِلبِرِّ.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

21 ف َأيُّ نَوعٍ مِنَ الثَّمَرِ كانَ لَكُمْ آنَذاكَ؟ كانَ ثَمَراً تَخْجَلونَ مِنْهُ الآنَ، وَنَتيجَتُهُ النِّهائِيَّةُ هِيَ المَوتُ.

What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

22 أ مّا الآنَ وَقَدْ تَحَرَّرتُمْ مِنَ الخَطِيَّةِ وَصِرتُمْ عَبِيداً للهِ، فَلَكُمْ ثَمَرُ القَداسَةِ، وَالنَتيجَةُ هِيَ الحَياةُ الأبَدِيَّةُ.

But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

23 ل ِأنَّ الأجرَ الَّذِي يُدفَعُ مُقابِلَ الخَطِيَّةِ هُوَ المَوتُ، أمّا عَطِيَةُ اللهِ المَجّانِيَّةُ، فَهِيَ حَياةٌ أبَدِيَّةٌ فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّنا.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.