1 A nd you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أمواتاً بِسَبَبِ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَخَطاياكُمْ

2 i n which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

الَّتِي سَلَكْتُمْ فِيها فِي الماضِي حينَ كُنتُمْ تَتَّبِعُونَ طُرُقَ العالَمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، وَرَئِيسَ القُوّاتِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ فِي الهَواءِ، الرُّوحَ الَّذِي يَعمَلُ الآنَ فِي الَّذِينَ لا يُرِيدُونَ أنْ يُطِيعُوا اللهَ.

3 A mong them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

فَفِي الماضِي، لَمْ تَكُنْ حَياتُنا مُختَلِفَةً عَنْ حَياتِهِمْ. إذْ كُنّا نُشبِعُ شَهَواتِ طَبِيعَتِنا الجَسَدِيَّةِ، تابِعِينَ رَغَباتِ طَبِيعَتِنا وَأذهانِنا. وَكُنّا نَستَحِقُّ عِقابَ اللهِ كَالآخَرِينَ.

4 B ut God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

لَكِنَّ اللهَ الغَنِيَّ فِي رَحمَتِهِ، وَبِدافِعٍ مِنْ مَحَبَّتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ الَّتِي أحَبَّنا بِها،

5 e ven when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ ( by grace you have been saved),

وَبَينَما كُنّا أمواتاً بِسَبَبِ خَطايانا، أعطانا اللهُ حَياةً مَعَ المَسِيحِ. فَبِالنِّعمَةِ أنتُمْ مُخَلَّصُونَ.

6 a nd raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

ثُمَّ أقامَنا مَعَ المَسِيحِ، وَأجلَسَنا مَعَهُ فِي العالَمِ السَّماوِيِّ، لِأنَّنا فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

7 s o that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

وَذَلِكَ لِكَي يُظهَرَ فِي كُلِّ العُصُورِ القادِمَةِ غِنَى نِعمَتِهِ الَّذِي لا مَثِيلَ لَهُ، النِّعمَةِ الَّتِي عَبَّرَ عَنها فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

8 F or by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

فَبِالنِّعمَةِ أنتُمْ مُخَلَّصُونَ، لِأنَّكُمْ آمَنتُمْ، وَهَذا كُلُّهُ لا يَعتَمِدُ عَلَيكُمْ، بَلْ هُوَ عَطيَّةٌ مِنَ اللهِ.

9 n ot as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

لَيسَ مُقابِلَ الأعمالِ لِئَلّا يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَجالٌ لِلافتِخارِ.

10 F or we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

فَنَحنُ عَمَلُ يَدَيّ اللهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَنا فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ لِلسُّلوكِ في أعمالٍ صالِحَةٍ أعَدَّها لَنا مُقَدَّماً. واحِدٌ فِي المَسِيح

11 T herefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “ Uncircumcision” by the so-called “ Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—

فَاذكُرُوا أنَّكُمْ وُلِدْتُمْ مِنْ أصلٍ غَيرِ يَهُودِيٍّ، فَكانَ اليَهُودُ المَدعُوُّونَ «أهلَ الخِتانِ،» وَهُوَ خِتانٌ مَصنُوعٌ بِاليَدِ فِي الجَسَدِ، يُسَمُّونَكُمْ: «الَّلامَختُونِينَ!»

12 r emember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

اذكُرُوا أنَّكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ لَمْ تَكُونُوا لِلمَسِيحِ. كُنتُمْ غَيرَ مَعدُودِينَ مِنْ شَعبِ اللهِ، بَلْ كُنتُمْ غُرَباءَ عَنِ العُهُودِ الَّتِي تَتَضْمَّنُ وَعدَ اللهِ. عِشتُمْ فِي هَذا العالَمِ مِنْ دُونِ رَجاءٍ وَمِنْ دُونِ اللهِ.

13 B ut now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

أنتُمُ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ بَعِيدِينَ عَنِ اللهِ فِيما مَضَى، صِرتُمُ الآنَ فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، قَرِيبِينَ بِدَمِهِ.

14 F or He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

فَهُوَ سَلامُنا، الَّذِي وَحَّدَ اليَهُودَ وَغَيرَ اليَهُودِ، بَعدَ أنْ هَدَمَ بِجَسَدِهِ الحاجِزَ الفاصِلَ بَينَهُما،

15 b y abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,

وَهوَ حاجِزُ العَداوَة. مُبْطِلاً الشَّرِيعَةَ بِقَوانِينِها وَأنظِمَتِها، لِكَي يُحَقِّقَ سَلاماً فَيَخلِقَ فِي نَفسِهِ شَعباً واحِداً جَدِيداً مِنَ الطَرَفينِ،

16 a nd might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

وَيُصالِحُهُما فِي جَسَدٍ واحِدٍ، وَيُصالِحُهُما مَعَ اللهِ بِالصَّلِيبِ الَّذي قَتَلَ بِهِ العَداوَةَ.

17 A nd He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

فَجاءَ وَبَشَّرَكُمْ بِبِشارَةِ السَّلامِ، أنتُمُ البَعِيدِينَ عَنِ اللهِ وَأُولَئِكَ القَرِيبِينَ.

18 f or through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

فَفِي المَسِيحِ نَقدِرُ كِلانا أنْ نَقتَرِبَ مِنَ الآبِ بِالرُّوحِ الواحِدِ.

19 S o then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,

فَلَمْ تَعُودُوا غُرَباءَ وَبَعِيدِينَ، بَلْ أنتُمْ مُواطِنُونَ مَعَ شَعبِ اللهِ فِي مَلَكُوتِهِ وَأعضاءِ عائِلَتِهِ.

20 h aving been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,

وَأنتُمْ بِناءٌ مَبنِيٌّ عَلَى أساسِ الرُّسُلِ وَالأنبِياءِ. أمّا حَجَرُ الزّاوِيَةِ فَهُوَ المَسِيحُ يَسُوعَ نَفسُهُ.

21 i n whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,

وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَجعَلُ البِناءَ مُتَماسِكاً مَعاً، لِيَرتَفِعَ وَيُصبِحَ هَيكَلاً مُقَدَّساً لِلرَّبِّ.

22 i n whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

وَفِي المَسِيحِ، أنتُمْ مَبنِيُّونَ مَعَ الآخَرِينَ مَسْكَناً يَسكُنُ فِيهِ اللهُ بِالرُّوحِ.