1 ف َما دامَ المَسِيحُ قَدْ تَألَّمَ بِجَسَدِهِ، تَسَلَّحُوا أَنتُمْ أيضاً بِهَذا الفِكْرِ. لِأنَّ مَنْ يَتَألَّمُ بِالجَسَدِ، يَتَوَقَّفُ عَنِ العَيشِ فِي الخَطِيَّةِ،

¶ Since the Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, be ye also armed with the same thought; for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

2 و َلا يَعُودُ يُكَرِّسُ بَقِيَّةَ حَياتِهِ الأرْضِيَّةِ لِلشَّهَواتِ البَشَرِيَّةِ، بَلْ لِتَنفِيذِ إرادَةِ اللهِ.

so that now the time that remains in the flesh, he might live, not unto the lusts of men, but unto the will of God.

3 ف َكَفاكُمْ ما قَضَيتُمْ مِنْ وَقْتٍ فِي الماضِي وَأنتُمْ تَفعَلُونَ ما يُريدُهُ غَيرُ المُؤْمِنِينَ، إذِ انغَمَسْتُمْ فِي كُلِّ أنواعِ الخَطايا الجِنسِيَّةِ وَالشَّهَواتِ وَالسُّكْرِ وَالخَلاعَةِ وَاللَهوِ المُنحَرِفِ وَعِبادَةِ الأصنامِ البَغِيضَةِ.

For it should suffice us that during the time past of our life we had done the will of the Gentiles, when we conversed in lasciviousness, lusts, drunkenness, gluttony, orgies, and abominable idolatries.

4 و َهُمْ يَستَغرِبُونَ الآنَ أنَّكُمْ لا تُجارُونَهُمْ فِي تَيّارِ انحِلالِهِمْ هَذا، فَيَفتَرُونَ عَلَيكُمْ.

¶ And it seems strange to those that speak evil of you, that ye do not run with them to the same unchecked dissolution;

5 ل َكِنَّ المَسِيحَ المُستَعِدَّ لإدانَةِ الأحياءِ وَالأمواتِ، سَيُحاسِبُهُمْ عِنْدَ مَجِيئِهِ.

the same shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.

6 ف َمِنَ الأمواتِ الآنَ مَنْ كانُوا قَدْ بُشِّروا سابِقاً، فَأدانَهُمُ النّاسُ أثناءَ حَياتِهِمْ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ كانَ يُريدُ أنْ تَكونَ لَهُمْ حَياةٌ بِالرٌّوحِ. وُكَلاءٌ صالِحون

Because for this cause was the gospel preached also to those that are dead, that they might be judged in flesh according to men, but live in spirit according to God.

7 ل َقَدِ اقتَرَبَ زَمَنُ نِهايَةِ كُلِّ شَيءٍ. فَكُونُوا مُتَعَقِّلِينَ وَاضْبُطُوا أنفُسَكُمْ، فَهَذا يُفِيدُكُمْ فِي صَلَواتِكُمْ.

¶ But the end of all things is at hand; be ye, therefore, temperate and watch unto prayer.

8 و َفَوقَ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، لِتَكُنْ مَحَبَّتُكُمْ بَعضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ثابِتَةً، لِأنَّ المَحَبَّةَ تَغفِرُ خَطايا كَثِيرَةً.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover a multitude of sins.

9 ا فتَحُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ بَعضُكُمْ لِبَعضٍ دُونَ تَذَمُّرٍ.

Lovingly be hospitable one to another without murmuring.

10 و َليَستَخدِمْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْكُمُ المَوهِبَةَ الَّتِي نالَها مِنَ اللهِ فِي خِدمَةِ الآخَرينَ، كَوُكَلاءَ صالِحِينَ عَلَى نِعمَةِ اللهِ بِأشكالِها المُتُنَوِّعَةِ.

Let each one according to the gift that he has received, administer it unto the others, as a good steward of the diverse graces of God.

11 م َنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ، فَليَتَكَلَّمْ بِكَلامِ اللهِ، وَمَنْ يَخدِمُ، فَلْيَخدِمْ بِالقُوَّةِ الَّتِي يُعطيها لَهُ اللهُ. وَهَكَذا يُعطَى المَجدُ فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ للهِ، بِيَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. لَهُ المَجدُ وَالقُوَّةُ إلَى أبَدِ الآبِدِينَ. آمِين. ألَمُ المُؤمِن

If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone ministers, let them do it according to the virtue which God gives, that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus, the Christ, unto whom is glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

12 ل ا تَستَغرِبُوا أيُّها الأحِبّاءُ، المِحَنَ الشَّدِيدَةَ الحاصِلَةَ بَينَكُمْ، وَالَّتي تَهدِفُ إلَى امتِحانِكُمْ. فَلا تَنظُرُوا إلَيها كَشَيءٍ غَرِيبٍ يَحدُثُ لَكُمْ،

¶ Beloved, think it not strange when you are tried by fire (which is done to prove you) as though some strange thing happened unto you,

13 ب َلِ افرَحُوا لِأنَّكُمْ تَشتَرِكُونَ الآنَ فِي آلامِ المَسِيحِ، لِكَي تَفيضوا فَرَحاً عِندَما يَظهَرُ مَجدُ المَسيحِ.

but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of the afflictions of the Christ, so that also in the revelation of his glory, ye may rejoice in triumph.

14 ف َهَنِيئاً لَكُمْ إنْ كُنْتُمْ تُهانُونَ مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِ المَسيحِ، لِأنَّ الرُّوحَ المَجِيدَ، رُوحَ اللهِ، يَحِلُّ عَلَيكُمْ.

If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you; certainly on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

15 ف َلا يَتَألَّمْ أحَدُكُمْ لأنَّهُ قاتِلٌ أوْ فاعِلُ شَرٍّ، أوْ حَتَّى مُتَدَخِّلٌ فِي ما لا يَعنِيهِ.

So let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as desirous of the things of others.

16 ل َكِنْ، إذا تَألَّمَ لِكَونِهِ مَسِيحِيّاً، فَلا مُوجِبَ لِخَجَلِهِ. بَلْ لِيُمَجِّدِ اللهَ لِأنَّهُ يَحمِلُ اسْمَ المَسِيحِ.

But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf.

17 ف َقَدْ حانَ وَقْتُ القَضاءِ الإلَهيِّ بَدءاً بِعائِلَةِ اللهِ. فِإنْ كانَ يَبدَأُ بِنا، فَكَيفَ سَتَكُونُ نِهايَةُ الَّذِينَ لا يُطيعونَ بِشارَةَ اللهِ؟

For it is time that the judgment begins from the house of God; and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of those that do not obey the gospel of God?

18 « فَإنْ كانَ الإنسانُ الصّالِحُ بِالكادِ يَخلُصُ، فَماذا سَيَحِلُّ بِالفاجِرِ وَالخاطِئِ؟»

And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, where shall the unfaithful and the sinner appear?

19 إ ذاً فَلْيَضَعِ الَّذِينَ يُعانُونَ بِحَسَبِ مَشِيئَةِ اللهِ حَياتَهُمْ وَديعَةً لَدَى خالِقِهِمُ الأمينِ، وَلْيُواصِلوا عَمَلَ الخَيرِ.

Therefore, let those that are afflicted according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls unto him as unto a faithful Creator, doing good.