1 N ow, because of this, those who belong to Christ will not suffer the punishment of sin.

إذاً لا دَينُونَةَ الآنَ عَلَى مَنْ هُمْ فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

2 T he power of the Holy Spirit has made me free from the power of sin and death. This power is mine because I belong to Christ Jesus.

فَفِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، حَرَّرَتكَ شَريعَةُ الرُّوحِ المُحيِي مِنْ شَرِيعَةِ الخَطِيَّةِ الَّتِي تُؤَدِّي إلَى المَوتِ.

3 T he Law could not make me free from the power of sin and death. It was weak because it had to work with weak human beings. But God sent His own Son. He came to earth in a body of flesh which could be tempted to sin as we in our bodies can be. He gave Himself to take away sin. By doing that, He took away the power sin had over us.

فَقَدْ حَقَّقَ اللهُ ما عَجِزَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ عَنْ تَحقِيقِهِ. حَيْثُ إنَّ الطَّبِيعَةَ الجَسَدِيَّةَ جَعَلَتِ الشَّرِيعَةَ عاجِزَةً. وَهَكَذا أرسَلَ اللهُ ابنَهُ فِي جَسَدٍ كَجَسَدِنا، إلّا أنَّهُ لَمْ يُخطِئْ. فَكانَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ، وَأدانَ اللهُ الخَطِيَّةَ فِي جَسَدٍ بَشَرِيٍّ!

4 I n that way, Jesus did for us what the Law said had to be done. We do not do what our sinful old selves tell us to do anymore. Now we do what the Holy Spirit wants us to do.

هَكَذا تَتَحَقَّقُ مَطالِبُ الشَّرِيعَةِ العادِلَةُ فِينا نَحنُ الَّذِينَ نَسلُكُ حَسَبَ الرُّوحِ، لا حَسَبَ طَبِيعَتِنا الجَسَدِيَّةِ.

5 T hose who let their sinful old selves tell them what to do live under that power of their sinful old selves. But those who let the Holy Spirit tell them what to do are under His power.

فَالَّذِينَ يَعِيشُونَ حَسَبَ طَبِيعَتِهِمُ الجَسَدِيَّةِ، تَتَرَكَّزُ أفكارُهُمْ عَلَى رَغَباتِ تِلكَ الطَّبِيعَةِ. أمّا الَّذِينَ يَحيَونَ حَسَبَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ، فَتَتَرَكَّزُ أفكارُهُمْ عَلَى ما يَرغَبُ الرُّوحُ فِيهِ.

6 I f your sinful old self is the boss over your mind, it leads to death. But if the Holy Spirit is the boss over your mind, it leads to life and peace.

فَالتَّفكِيرُ الخاضِعُ لِلطَّبِيعَةِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ يُنتِجُ مَوتاً، أمّا التَّفكِيرُ الخاضِعُ لِلرُّوحِ فَيُنتِجُ حَياةً وَسَلاماً.

7 T he mind that thinks only of ways to please the sinful old self is fighting against God. It is not able to obey God’s Laws. It never can.

فَالتَّفكِيرُ الخاضِعُ لِلطَّبِيعَةِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ مُعادٍ للهِ، لِأنَّهُ لا يَخضَعُ لِشَرِيعَةِ اللهِ، بَلْ وَلا يُمكِنُهُ أنْ يَخضَعَ!

8 T hose who do what their sinful old selves want to do cannot please God.

كَما لا يُمكِنُ لِأُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَعِيشُونَ حَسَبَ طَبِيعَتِهِمُ الجَسَديَّةِ أنْ يُرضُوا اللهَ.

9 B ut you are not doing what your sinful old selves want you to do. You are doing what the Holy Spirit tells you to do, if you have God’s Spirit living in you. No one belongs to Christ if he does not have Christ’s Spirit in him.

أمّا أنتُمْ فَلَستُمْ خاضِعِينَ لِلطَّبِيعَةِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ، بَلْ لِلرُّوحِ، إنْ كانَ رُوحُ اللهِ ساكِناً فِيكُمْ. لَكِنْ إنْ كانَ أحَدٌ لَيسَ فيهِ رُوحُ المَسيحِ، فَهوَ لا يَنتَمي لِلمَسيحِ.

10 I f Christ is in you, your spirit lives because you are right with God, and yet your body is dead because of sin.

إنَّ أجسادَكُمْ مَيِّتَةٌ بِسَبَبِ الخَطِيَّةِ، لَكِنْ إنْ كانَ المَسيحُ فِيكُمْ، فَالرُّوحُ حَياةٌ لَكُمْ، لأنَّكُمْ قَدْ تَبَرَّرتُمْ.

11 T he Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead. If the same Holy Spirit lives in you, He will give life to your bodies in the same way.

وَإنْ كانَ رُوحُ الَّذِي أقامَ المَسيحَ مِنَ المَوتِ ساكِناً فيكُمْ، فَإنَّ الَّذِي أقامَهُ مِنَ المَوتِ سَيُعطِي أيضاً حَياةً لِأجسامِكُمُ الفانِيَةِ بِرُوحِهِ السّاكِنِ فِيكُمْ.

12 S o then, Christian brothers, we are not to do what our sinful old selves want us to do.

لِذَلِكَ فَإنَّنا لَسْنا مُلتَزِمُونَ، أيُّها الإخوَةُ، نَحوَ طَبِيعَتِنا الجَسَديَّةِ لِنَعِيشَ حَسَبَها.

13 I f you do what your sinful old selves want you to do, you will die in sin. But if, through the power of the Holy Spirit, you destroy those actions to which the body can be led, you will have life.

لِأنَّكُمْ إنْ عِشتُمْ حَسَبَ طَبِيعَتِكُمُ الجَسَديَّةِ، فَسَتَمُوتُونَ. لَكِنْ إذا أمَتُّمْ أعمالَ تِلكَ الطَّبِيعَةِ بِالرُّوحِ، فَسَتَحيَونَ.

14 A ll those who are led by the Holy Spirit are sons of God.

فَالَّذِينَ يَتبَعُونَ قِيادَةَ رُوحِ اللهِ هُمْ أبناءُ اللهِ.

15 Y ou should not act like people who are owned by someone. They are always afraid. Instead, the Holy Spirit makes us His sons, and we can call to Him, “My Father.”

لِأنَّ الرُّوحَ الَّذِي أخَذتُمُوهُ، لا يَجعَلُكُمْ عَبِيداً لِتَعُودُوا إلَى الخَوفِ بَلْ يَجعَلُكُمْ أبناءً للهِ. وَنَحنُ نَصرُخُ بِالرُّوحِ مُنادِينَ الآبَ: «يا بابا!»

16 F or the Holy Spirit speaks to us and tells our spirit that we are children of God.

وَالرُّوحُ نَفسُهُ يَشهَدُ مَعَ أرواحِنا أنَّنا أبناءُ اللهِ.

17 I f we are children of God, we will receive everything He has promised us. We will share with Christ all the things God has given to Him. But we must share His suffering if we are to share His shining-greatness.

وَبِما أنَّنا أبناءُ اللهِ، فَإنَّنا وَرَثَتُهُ أيضاً، وَنَحنُ شُرَكاءُ فِي الإرثِ مَعَ المَسِيحِ. فَإنْ كُنّا نُشارِكُهُ الألَمَ، فَسَنُشارِكُهُ المَجدَ أيضاً. مَجْدُ المُستَقبَل

18 I am sure that our suffering now cannot be compared to the shining-greatness that He is going to give us.

فَأنا أعتَبِرُ آلامَنا فِي هَذِهِ الحَياةِ لا شَيءَ بِالقِياسِ مَعَ مَجدِ المُستَقبَلِ الَّذِي سَيَكشِفُهُ اللهُ لَنا.

19 E verything that has been made in the world is waiting for the day when God will make His sons known.

فَإنَّ العالَمَ المَخلُوقَ يَنتَظِرُ باشتِياقٍ ذَلِكَ الوَقتَ الَّذِي فِيهِ سَيُعلِنُ اللهُ أبناءَهُ.

20 E verything that has been made in the world is weak. It is not that the world wanted it to be that way. God allowed it to be that way. Yet there is hope.

فَقَدْ أُخضِعَ هَذا العالَمُ المَخلُوقُ لِحالَةٍ فَقَدَ فيها قِيمَتَهُ! لا باختِيارِهِ، بَلْ بِمَشِيئَةِ اللهِ نَفسِهِ. لَكِنْ هُناكَ رَجاءٌ،

21 E verything that has been made in the world will be set free from the power that can destroy. These will become free just as the children of God become free.

وَهُوَ أنْ يَتَحَرَّرَ هَذا العالَمُ المَخلُوقُ أيضاً مِنْ عُبُودِيَّتِهِ لِلفَسادِ، وَيَتَمَتَّعَ بِالحُرِّيَّةِ المَجِيدَةِ الَّتيْ لِأبناءِ اللهِ.

22 W e know that everything on the earth cries out with pain the same as a woman giving birth to a child.

وَنَحنُ نَعلَمُ أنَّهُ حَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ، يَئِنُّ العالَمُ المَخلُوقُ كُلُّهُ مَعاً كامرَأةٍ فِي آلامِ الوِلادَةِ.

23 W e also cry inside ourselves, even we who have received the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the first of God’s gifts to us. We are waiting to become His complete sons when our bodies are made free.

وَلَيسَ العالَمُ المَخلُوقُ وَحدَهُ، بَلْ نَحنُ أيضاً نَئِنُّ فِي أعماقِنا، نَحنُ الَّذِينَ أخَذنا الرُّوحَ القُدُسَ كَأوَّلِ حَصادِ بَرَكاتِ اللهِ. وَنَحنُ أيضاً نَنتَظِرُ بِشَوقٍ أنْ يَتَبَنّانا اللهُ بِشَكلٍ كامِلٍ، حِينَ يُحَرِّرُ أجسامَنا.

24 W e were saved with this hope ahead of us. Now hope means we are waiting for something we do not have. How can a man hope for something he already has?

لَقَدْ خَلُصْنا، وَلِهَذا فَإنَّ قُلُوبَنا مَملُوءَةٌ بِهَذا الرَّجاءِ. وَلَوْ أمكَنَنا أنْ نَرَى ما نَرجُوهُ، فَإنَّ الرَجاءَ لا يَعودُ رَجاءً. فَلا يُمكِنُ لأحَدٍ أنْ يَرجُوَ ما يَملِكَهُ بِالفِعلِ.

25 B ut if we hope for something we do not yet see, we must learn how to wait for it.

وَلَكِنْ بِما أنَّنا نَرجُو ما لا نَملِكُهُ، فَإنَّنا نَتَشَوَّقُ إلَيهِ بِصَبْرٍ.

26 I n the same way, the Holy Spirit helps us where we are weak. We do not know how to pray or what we should pray for, but the Holy Spirit prays to God for us with sounds that cannot be put into words.

كَذَلِكَ يُعِينُنا الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ أيضاً فِي ضَعفِنا، فَنَحنُ لا نَعرِفُ كَيفَ نُصَلِّي كَما يَنبَغِي، لَكِنَّ الرُّوحَ نَفسَهُ يُصَلِّي مِنْ أجلِنا بِأنّاتٍ لا يُعَبَّرُ عَنها بِالكَلامِ.

27 G od knows the hearts of men. He knows what the Holy Spirit is thinking. The Holy Spirit prays for those who belong to Christ the way God wants Him to pray.

وَاللهُ الَّذِي يَفْحَصُ القُلُوبَ يَعرِفُ ما يَقُولُهُ الرُّوحُ، لِأنَّ الرُّوحَ يُصَلِّي مِنْ أجلِ المُؤمِنينَ المُقَدَّسِينَ بِما يُوافِقُ إرادَةَ اللهِ.

28 W e know that God makes all things work together for the good of those who love Him and are chosen to be a part of His plan.

وَنَحنُ نَعلَمُ أنَّ اللهَ يَجعَلُ كُلَّ الأشياءِ تَعمَلُ مَعاً لِخَيرِ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَهُ، المَدعُوِّينَ حَسَبَ إرادَتِهِ.

29 G od knew from the beginning who would put their trust in Him. So He chose them and made them to be like His Son. Christ was first and all those who belong to God are His brothers.

اختارَهُمُ اللهُ مُسبَقاً، وَقَدَّسَهُمْ لَهُ مُسبَقا، لِيَكُونُوا عَلَى صُورَةِ ابنِهِ، وَذَلِكَ لِيَكُونَ ابنُهُ بِكْراً بَينَ إخْوَةٍ كَثِيرِينَ.

30 H e called to Himself also those He chose. Those He called, He made right with Himself. Then He shared His shining-greatness with those He made right with Himself.

ثُمَّ دَعا الَّذِينَ قَدَّسَهُمْ، ثُمَّ بَرَّرَ الَّذِينَ دَعاهُمْ، ثُمَّ مَجَّدَ الَّذِينَ بَرَّرَهُمْ. مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوع

31 W hat can we say about all these things? Since God is for us, who can be against us?

فَماذا نَقُولُ فِي ضَوْءِ هَذا كُلِّهِ؟ إنْ كانَ اللهُ إلَى جانِبِنا، فَمَنْ يَصْمُدُ ضِدَّنا؟

32 G od did not keep His own Son for Himself but gave Him for us all. Then with His Son, will He not give us all things?

وَإنْ كانَ اللهُ لَمْ يَمنَعْ عَنّا ابنَهُ الوَحِيدَ، بَلْ أسلَمَهُ لِلمَوتِ مِنْ أجلِنا جَمِيعاً، أفَلا يَكُونُ مُستَعِدّاً لإعطائِنا كُلَّ شَيءٍ مَعَهُ؟

33 W ho can say anything against the people God has chosen? It is God Who says they are right with Himself.

مَنِ الَّذِي سَيَشْتَكي عَلَىْ الَّذِينَ اختارَهُمُ اللهُ؟ فَاللهُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُبَرِّئُهُمْ.

34 W ho then can say we are guilty? It was Christ Jesus Who died. He was raised from the dead. He is on the right side of God praying to Him for us.

وَمَنِ الَّذِي سَيُدِينُهُمْ؟ فَالمَسِيحُ يَسُوعَ هُوَ الَّذِي ماتَ وَقامَ، وَهُوَ أيضاً الَّذِي يَجلِسُ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللهِ يُحامِي عَنّا.

35 W ho can keep us away from the love of Christ? Can trouble or problems? Can suffering wrong from others or having no food? Can it be because of no clothes or because of danger or war?

فَمَنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَفصِلَنا عَنْ مَحَبَّةِ المَسِيحِ؟ أتَقدِرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الضِّيقاتُ، أمِ المَشَقّاتُ، أمْ الاضطِهاداتُ، أمِ الجُوعُ، أمِ العُريُ، أمِ الأخطارُ، أمِ المَوتُ بِالسَّيفِ؟

36 T he Holy Writings say, “Because of belonging to Jesus, we are in danger of being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep that are ready to be killed.”

فَكَما يَقُولُ الكِتابُ: «إنَّنا مِنْ أجلِكَ نُواجِهُ خَطَرَ المَوتِ طَوالَ النَّهارِ. وَنَحنُ مَحسُوبُونَ كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ.»

37 B ut we have power over all these things through Jesus Who loves us so much.

غَيرَ أنَّنا فِي كُلِّ هَذِهِ الشَّدائِدِ، مُنتَصِرُونَ انتِصاراً مَجِيداً جِدّاً مِنْ خِلالِ ذاكَ الَّذِي أحَبَّنا.

38 F or I know that nothing can keep us from the love of God. Death cannot! Life cannot! Angels cannot! Leaders cannot! Any other power cannot! Hard things now or in the future cannot!

فَأنا مُقتَنِعٌ بِأنَّهُ ما مِنْ شَيءٍ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَفصِلَنا عَنْ مَحَبَّةِ اللهِ الَّتِي فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّنا. فَلا مَوتَ وَلا حَياةَ، وَلا مَلائِكَةَ وَلا أرواحَ مُتَسَلِّطَةً، وَلا شَيءَ فِي الحاضِرِ، وَلا شَيءَ فِي المُستَقبَلِ، وَلا قُوَىً رُوحِيَّةً،

39 T he world above or the world below cannot! Any other living thing cannot keep us away from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.

وَلا شَيءَ مِمّا فَوقَنا، وَلا شَيءَ مِمّا تَحتَنا، وَلا أيَّ شَيءٍ آخَرَ مَخلُوقٍ يُمكِنُ أنْ يَفصِلَنا عَنْ مَحَبَّةِ اللهِ الَّتِي لَنا فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّنا.