1 ف َتَخَلَّصُوا مِنْ كُلِّ مَكْرٍ وَغِشٍّ وَنِفاقٍ وَحَسَدٍ وَمَذَمَّةٍ.

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

2 و َتُوقُوا كَالأطفالِ المَولودينَ حَدِيثاً إلَى الحَلِيبِ الرُّوحِيِّ النَّقِيِّ، لِكَي تَنمُوا وَتَخلُصُوا،

as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

3 ف َقَدْ ذُقْتُمْ أنَّ الرَّبَّ طَيِّبٌ.

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People

4 ي َسُوعُ المَسِيحُ هُوَ الحَجَرُ الحَيُّ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ أهلُ العالَمِ، لَكِنَّهُ ثَمِينٌ لَدَى اللهِ الَّذي اخْتارَهُ. فَإذْ تَقتَرِبونَ مِنْهُ،

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

5 ك ُونوا أنتُمْ أيضاً حِجارَةً حَيَّةً لِبِناءِ هَيكَلٍ رُوحِيٍّ، فَتَكونوا كَهَنَةً مُقَدَّسِينَ، تَخدِمونَ اللهَ بِتَقدِيمِ ذَبائِحَ رُوحِيَّةٍ مَقبُولَةٍ عِنْدَ اللهِ بِيَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ.

you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 إ ذْ يَقولُ الكِتابُ: «ها إنِّي أضَعُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرَ زاوِيَةٍ، حَجَراً ثَمِيناً وَمُخْتاراً. وَالَّذي يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَنْ يَخيبَ لَهُ رَجاءٌ.»

Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”

7 ف َهوَ حَجَرٌ كَريمٌ عِندَكُمْ أنتُمْ يا مَنْ تُؤمِنُونَ. أمّا للَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ، فَهُوَ … «الحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ البَنّاؤُونَ، الَّذِي صارَ حَجَرَ الأساسِ.»

Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,”

8 و َهوَ أيضاً: «حَجَرٌ يُعثِرُ النّاسَ، وَصَخرَةٌ تُسْقِطُهُمْ.» يَتَعثَّرُونَ لِأنَّهُمْ لا يُطِيعُونَ رِسالَةَ اللهِ، فَهَذا هُوَ المَصِيرُ الَّذِي أُعِدَّ لَهُمْ.

and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

9 أ مّا أنتُمْ فَشَعبٌ مُختارٌ، وَمَملَكَةُ كَهَنَةٍ، وَأُمَّةٌ مُقَدَّسَةٌ. أنتُمْ تَنتَمونَ إلَى اللهِ، لِكَي تُذِيعُوا صِفاتَهُ العَظيمَةَ. فَهُوَ الَّذِي دَعاكُمْ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ، إلَى نُورِهِ المُدهِشِ.

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

10 ذ اتَ يَومٍ، لَمْ تَكونوا شَعباً، أمّا الآنَ فَأنتُمْ شَعبُ اللهِ. لَمْ تَكونوا تَتَمَتَّعونَ بِأيَّةِ رَحمَةٍ، أمّا الآنَ فَأنتُمْ مَرْحومونَ. أعمالنا الصّالِحَةُ تُمَجِّدُ الله

who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. Living Before the World

11 أ يُّها الأحِبّاءُ، أنتُمْ غُرَباءُ تُقِيمُونَ فِي هَذا العالَمِ إقامَةً مُؤَقَّتَةً. لِهَذا أُناشِدُكُمْ أنْ تَتَجَنَّبُوا الشَّهَواتِ الشِّرِّيرَةَ الَّتِي تُحارِبُكُمْ،

Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

12 و َأنْ تَسلُكُوا بَينَ غَيرِ المُؤمِنينَ سُلوكاً حَسَناً. إنَّهُمْ يَتَّهِمونَكُمْ بِعَمَلِ الشَّرِّ، لَكِنْ عِنْدَما يُلاحِظُونَ أعمالَكُمُ الصّالِحَةَ، سَيُعطُونَ المَجْدَ للهِ فِي يَومِ مَجِيئِهِ. طاعَة السُلُطات

having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submission to Government

13 ا خضَعُوا لِكُلِّ سُلْطَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ إرضاءً للرَّبِّ.

Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,

14 ا خضَعُوا لِلمَلِكِ، الَّذِي هُوَ السُّلْطَةُ العُلْيا، وَلِلحُكّامِ الَّذِينَ يُرسِلُهُمْ لِمُعاقَبَةِ الأشرارِ، وَلِمَدْحِ فاعِلِي الخَيرِ.

or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.

15 ل ِأنَّ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ هِيَ أنْ تَفعَلُوا الخَيرَ، فَتُخرِسُوا الكَلامَ النّابِعَ مِنْ جَهلِ السُّخَفاءِ.

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—

16 ك ُونُوا أحراراً دُونَ أنْ تَستَخدِمُوا تِلْكَ الحُرِّيَّةَ غِطاءً لِلشَّرِّ، بَلْ عِيشُوا كَخُدّامٍ للهِ.

as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

17 أ ظهِرُوا احتِراماً لِجَمِيعِ النّاسِ. أحِبُّوا إخْوَتَكُمْ فِي المَسِيحِ. اتَّقُوا اللهَ، وَأكرِمُوا المَلِكَ. مِثالُ آلامِ المَسِيح

Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. Submission to Masters

18 أ يُّها العِبِيدُ، اخضَعُوا لِسادَتِكُمْ بِكُلِّ احتِرامٍ، لا لِلأخيارِ الَّذِينَ يُحسِنونَ مُعامَلَتِكُمْ فَحَسْبُ، بَلْ لِلقُساةِ أيضاً.

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.

19 ف َحِينَ تُساءُ مُعامَلَةُ إنسانٍ، وَيَحتَمِلُ ألَمَ الظُلْمِ مُتَفَكِّراً بِاللهِ، فَإنَّهُ يَستَحِقُّ المَدِيحَ.

For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

20 ل ِأنَّهُ أيُّ فَضلٍ لَكُمْ إنْ كُنْتُمْ تُعاقَبُونَ عَلَى عَمَلٍ سَيئٍ فَتَحْتَمِلُونَ؟

For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.

21 ف َهَذا ما دَعاكُمُ اللهُ إلَيهِ: أنْ تَقْتَدُوا بِالمَسِيحِ الَّذي تَألَّمَ مِنْ أجلِنا، فَتَرَكَ لَنا مِثالاً لِكَيْ نَتْبَعَهُ، فَهوَ:

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:

22 « لَمْ يَرتَكِبْ خَطِيَّةً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي فَمِهِ أيُّ كَذِبٍ.»

“Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

23 ك انَ يُهانُ، فَلا يَرُدُّ الإهانَةَ بِمِثلِها. وَكانَ يَتَألَّمُ، فَلا يَلجَأُ إلَى التَّهدِيدِ، بَلْ يُسَلِّمُ أمْرَهُ إلَى اللهِ الَّذِي يَحكُمُ بِعَدلٍ.

who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

24 ه ُوَ نَفسُهُ حَمَلَ خَطايانا فِي جَسَدِهِ عَلَى الخَشَبَةِ، لِكَي نَمُوتَ بِالنِّسبَةِ لِخَطايانا، وَنَحيا حَياةَ البِرِّ. فَبِجِراحِهِ شُفِيتُمْ.

who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

25 و َبَعدَ أنْ كُنتُمْ كَالخِرافِ التّائِهَةِ، عُدْتُمُ الآنَ إلَى راعِي حَياتِكُمْ وَالمُشْرِفِ عَلَيها.

For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.