1 أ يُّها الإخوَةُ، إنْ أُمسِكَ شَخْصٌ فِي خَطِيَّةٍ، فَساعِدُوهُ أنتُمْ أيُّها الرُّوحِيُّونَ بِرُوحِ الوَداعَةِ. وَانتَبِهُوا لِأنفُسِكُمْ أنتُمْ أيضاً لِكَي لا تَقَعُوا فِي التَّجرُبَةِ.

Christian brothers, if a person is found doing some sin, you who are stronger Christians should lead that one back into the right way. Do not be proud as you do it. Watch yourself, because you may be tempted also.

2 ا حمِلُوا بَعضُكُمْ أثقالَ بَعْضٍ، وَهَكَذا تُطِيعُونَ شَرِيعَةَ المَسِيحِ.

Help each other in troubles and problems. This is the kind of law Christ asks us to obey.

3 أ مّا إنْ كانَ أحَدُكُمْ يَظُنُّ أنَّهُ أفْضَلُ، فَهوَ يَخدَعُ نَفسَهُ.

If anyone thinks he is important when he is nothing, he is fooling himself.

4 ف َلْيَفحَصْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ عَمَلَهُ الخاصَّ. حِينَئِذٍ سَيَفتَخِرُ بِإنجازِهِ هُوَ، دُونَ مُقارَنَتِهِ بِغَيرِهِ.

Everyone should look at himself and see how he does his own work. Then he can be happy in what he has done. He should not compare himself with his neighbor.

5 ل ِأنَّ كُلَّ واحِدٍ سَيَحمِلُ حِملَهُ الخاصَّ. لِنَصنَعِ الخَيرَ للجَمِيع

Everyone must do his own work.

6 ك ُلُّ مَنْ يَتَعَلَّمُ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ، فَلْيُشارِكْ مُعَلِّمَهُ فِي كُلِّ ما لَدَيهِ مِنْ أشياءٍ حَسَنَةٍ.

He who is taught God’s Word should share the good things he has with his teacher.

7 ل ا تَخدَعُوا أنفُسَكُمْ، فَلا يُمْكِنُ لأحَدٍ أنْ يَغِشَّ اللهَ. لِأنَّ ما يَزرَعُهُ الإنسانُ هُوَ ما سَيَحصُدُهُ.

Do not be fooled. You cannot fool God. A man will get back whatever he plants!

8 ف َالَّذِي يَزرَعُ لِرَغَباتِهِ الأنانِيَّةِ، سَيَحصُدُ فَساداً. أمّا الَّذِي يَزرَعُ لِلرُّوحِ، فَسَيَحصُدُ حَياةً أبَدِيَّةً مِنَ الرُّوحِ.

If a man does things to please his sinful old self, his soul will be lost. If a man does things to please the Holy Spirit, he will have life that lasts forever.

9 ف َعَلَينا أنْ لا نَتْعَبَ مِنْ عَمَلِ الخَيرِ، لِأنَّنا سَنَحصُدُ فِي الوَقْتِ المُناسِبِ، بِشَرْطِ أنْ لا نَستَسلِمَ.

Do not let yourselves get tired of doing good. If we do not give up, we will get what is coming to us at the right time.

10 إ ذاً فَلْنَصنَعِ الخَيرَ لِلجَمِيعِ ما دُمْنا نَمتَلِكُ الفُرصَةَ، وَلاسِيَّما تُجاهَ إخْوَتِنا فِي الإيمانِ. الخاتِمَةُ بِيَدِ بُولُس

Because of this, we should do good to everyone. For sure, we should do good to those who belong to Christ. The Christian’s Pride Should Be in the Cross

11 ا نظُرُوا إلَى هَذِهِ الحُرُوفِ الكَبِيرَةِ الَّتِي كَتَبْتُها إلَيكُمْ بِيَدِيْ:

See what big letters I make when I write to you with my own hand.

12 ك ُلُّ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدفَعُونَكُمْ إلَى أنْ تَختَتِنُوا، إنَّما يَفعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ إرضاءً لِلآخَرِينَ، مُتَجَنِّبِينَ الِاضطِهادَ المُرتَبِطَ بِصَلِيبِ المِسِيحِ.

Those men who say you must go through the religious act of becoming a Jew are doing it because they want to make a good show in front of the world. They do this so they will not have to suffer because of following the way of the cross of Christ.

13 ف َحَتَّى أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَتَنُوا أنفُسَهُمْ لا يَحفَظُونَ الشَّرِيعَةَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يُرِيدُونَكُمْ أنْ تَختَتِنُوا حَتَّى يَفتَخِرُوا بِخِتانِكُمْ.

Those who have gone through the religious act of becoming a Jew do not even keep the Law themselves. But they want you to go through that religious act so they can be proud that you are their followers.

14 و َأمّا أنا فَأرجُو أنْ لا أفتَخِرَ إلّا بِصَلِيبِ رَبِّنا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. فَفِيهِ صُلِبَ العالَمُ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِي، وَأنا صُلِبْتُ بِالنِّسبَةِ لِلعالَمِ.

I do not want to be proud of anything except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of the cross, the ways of this world are dead to me, and I am dead to them.

15 ف َلَيسَ الخِتانُ هُوَ ما يَهُمُّ وَلا عَدَمُ الخِتانِ، لَكِنْ ما يَهُمُّ هُوَ أنْ نَنتَمِيَ إلَى الخَلِيقَةِ الجَدِيدَةِ.

If a person does or does not go through the religious act of becoming a Jew, it is worth nothing. The important thing is to become a new person.

16 س َلامٌ وَرَحمَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ هَذا المَبدَأ، الَّذِينَ هُمْ شَعبُ اللهِ الحَقِيقِيُّ.

Those who follow this way will have God’s peace and loving-kindness. They are the people of God.

17 و َخِتاماً، أرجُو أنْ لا يُسَبِّبَ لِي أحَدٌ المَزِيدَ مِنَ المَشاكِلِ، لِأنِّي أحمِلُ جُرُوحَ يَسُوعَ فِي جَسَدِي.

Let no one make trouble for me from now on. For I have on my body the whip marks of one who has been a servant owned by Jesus.

18 أ يُّها الإخوَةُ، لِتَكُنْ نِعمَةُ رَبِّنا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ مَعَ أرواحِكُمْ. آمِين.

Christian brothers, may the loving-favor of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Let it be so.