1 Corinthians 4 ~ ﻛﻮﺭﻧﺜﻮﺱ ﺍﻻﻭﻝ 4

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1 L et a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

انظُرُوا إلَينا كَخُدّامٍ لِلمَسِيحِ مُؤتَمَنِينَ عَلَى أسرارِ اللهِ.

2 I n this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

وَيُفتَرَضُ أنْ يَكُونَ المُؤتَمَنُونَ عَلَى مَسؤُولِيَّةٍ، جَدِيرِينَ بِالثِّقَةِ.

3 B ut to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

لَكِنِّي لا أهتَمُّ أدنَى اهتِمامٍ إنْ كُنتُمْ تَحكُمُونَ أنتُمْ أوْ أيَّةُ مَحكَمَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ عَلَيَّ، بَلْ إنِّي لا أحكُمُ عَلَى نَفسِي أيضاً.

4 F or I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.

فَضَمِيرِي مُرتاحٌ، وَلَكِنْ لَيسَ هَذا هُوَ ما يُبَرِّرَنِي، بَلِ الرَّبُّ هُوَ الَّذِي يَحكُمُ عَلَيَّ.

5 T herefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

فَلا تَحكُمُوا فِي أيَّةِ مَسألَةٍ قَبلَ الأوانِ، أيْ قَبلَ أنْ يَأتِيَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي سَيُنِيرُ الأشياءَ الَّتِي تَستُرُها الظُّلمَةُ، وَسَيَكشِفُ دَوافِعَ القُلُوبِ. فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَكُونُ المَدحُ لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنَ اللهِ نَفسِهِ.

6 N ow these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other.

أيُّها الإخوَةُ، لَقَدْ قُلْتُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ عَنْ أبُلُّوسَ وَعَنِّي لِفائِدَتِكُمْ، لِكَي تَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنْ مِثالِنا مَعنَى القَولِ: «لا تَتَجاوَزوا ما هُوَ مَكتُوبٌ.» فَلا تَنتَفِخُوا بِالكِبرِياءِ، مُتَحَيِّزِينَ وَمُتَحَزِّبِينَ أحَدُكُمْ ضِدَّ الآخَرِ.

7 F or who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

فَمَنْ ذا الَّذِي يَقُولُ إنَّكَ أفضَلُ مِنَ الآخَرِينَ؟ وَما الَّذِي تَملُكُهُ وَلَمْ يُعطَ لَكَ؟ وَمادامَ كُلُّ شَيءٍ تَملِكُهُ قَدْ أُعطِيَ لَكَ، فَلِماذا تَتَباهَى وَكَأنَّهُ لَمْ يُعطَ لَكَ؟

8 Y ou are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you.

أنتُمْ تَظُنُّونَ أنَّ لَدَيكُمُ الآنَ كُلَّ ما يَلزَمُكُمْ. تَظُنُّونَ أنَّكُمْ صِرتُمْ أغنِياءَ، وَأنَّكُمْ صِرتُمْ مُلُوكاً مِنْ دُونِنا. وَيا لَيتَكُمْ كُنتُمْ مُلُوكاً حَقّاً، لِكَي نَكُونَ مُلُوكاً مَعَكُمْ!

9 F or, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

لَكِنْ يَبدُو لِي أنَّ اللهَ يَضَعُنا نَحنُ الرُّسُلَ فِي آخِرِ الصَّفِّ، كَما يُوضَعُ المَحكُومُونَ بِالمَوْتِ، حَتَّى إنَّنا أصبَحنا فُرجَةً لِلعالَمِ كُلِّهِ، لِلنّاسِ وَالمَلائِكَةِ.

10 W e are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.

فَنَحنُ حَمقَى مِنْ أجلِ المَسِيحِ، أمّا أنتُمْ فَحُكَماءُ فِي المَسِيحِ! نَحنُ ضُعَفاءُ، أمّا أنتُمْ فَأقوِياءُ! نَحنُ مُحتَقَرُونَ، أمّا أنتُمْ فَمُكَرَّمُونَ!

11 T o this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless;

وَنَحنُ حَتَّى هَذِهِ اللَّحظَةِ نَجُوعُ وَنَعطَشُ وَنَعرَى، وَنُعامَلُ بِخُشُونَةٍ، وَلا نَجِدُ بَيتاً نَستَقِرُّ فِيهِ.

12 a nd we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

نَتعَبُ عامِلِينَ بِأيدِينا. يُعَيِّرُنا النّاسُ فَنُبارِكُهُمْ، وَيُسِيئُونَ إلَينا فَنَحتَمِلُهُمْ،

13 w hen we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

وَيَذِمُّونَنا فَنُجاوِبُهُمْ بِلُطفٍ. صِرنا نِفايَةَ العالَمِ، حُثالَةَ الأرْضِ حَتَّى هَذِهِ اللَّحظَةِ.

14 I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

وَأنا لا أقُولُ هَذا بِغَرَضِ تَخجِيلِكُمْ. بَلْ أقُولُ عَلَى سَبِيلِ النَّصِيحَةِ لَكُمْ، يا أبنائِي الأحِبّاءَ.

15 F or if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

فَحَتَّى لَوْ كانَ لَكُمْ آلافُ الأوصِياءِ فِي المَسِيحِ، فَلَيسَ لَكُمْ آباءٌ كَثِيرُونَ فِي الإيمانِ. فَقَدْ صِرتُ أباً لَكُمْ فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ بِواسِطَةِ البِشارَةِ.

16 T herefore I exhort you, be imitators of me.

فَأطلُبُ إلَيكُمْ أنْ تَتَمَثَّلُوا بِي.

17 F or this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

وَهَذا هُوَ ما دَعانِي إلَى إرسالِ تِيمُوثاوُسَ إلَيكُمْ، وَهُوَ ابنِي العَزِيزُ وَالوَفِيُّ فِي الرَّبِّ. وَهُوَ سَيُذَكِّرُكُمْ بِالمَبادِئِ الَّتِي أسِيرُ عَلَيها فِي حَياةِ الإيمانِ بِالمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. وَهِيَ المَبادِئُ الَّتِي أُعَلِّمُها لِكُلِّ الكَنائِسِ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ.

18 N ow some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

لَكِنَّ أُناساً مِنكُمْ قَدِ انتَفَخُوا بِالكِبرِياءِ ظانِّينَ أنِّي لَنْ آتِيَ إلَيكُمْ.

19 B ut I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant but their power.

غَيرَ أنِّي سَآتِي قَرِيباً إنْ شاءَ الرَّبُّ. وَعِندَئِذٍ سَأتَحَقَّقُ، لا مِنْ كَلامِ المُنتَفِخِينَ بِالكِبرِياءِ، بَلْ مِنْ قُوَّتِهِمُ المَزعُومَةِ.

20 F or the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.

فَمَلَكُوتُ اللهِ لَيسَ مَلَكُوتَ كَلامٍ بَلِيغٍ بَلْ قُوَّةٍ.

21 W hat do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

فَماذا تُرِيدُونَ؟ أتُرِيدُونَ أنْ آتِيكُمْ بِعَصا التَّأدِيبِ، أمْ بِالمَحَبَّةِ وَرُوحِ اللُّطفِ؟