1 C hristian brothers, I could not speak to you as to full-grown Christians. I spoke to you as men who have not obeyed the things you have been taught. I spoke to you as if you were baby Christians.

غَيرَ أنِّي، أيُّها الإخوَةُ، لَمْ أكُنْ قادِراً عَلَى أنْ أُخاطِبَكُمْ كَأُناسٍ رُوحِيِّينَ، بَلِ اضطَرَرْتُ إلَى أنْ أُخاطِبَكُمْ كَأُناسٍ دُنيَوِيِّينَ، كَأطفالٍ فِي المَسِيحِ.

2 M y teaching was as if I were giving you milk to drink. I could not give you meat because you were not ready for it. Even yet you are not able to have anything but milk.

فَسَقَيتُكُمْ حَلِيباً، لا طَعاماً حَقِيقِيّاً. إذْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا قادِرِينَ بَعدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، بَلْ أنتُمْ غَيرُ قادِرِينَ عَلَيهِ الآنَ.

3 Y ou still live as men who are not Christians. When you are jealous and fight with each other, you are still living in sin and acting like sinful men in the world.

لِأنَّكُمْ ما تَزالُونَ دُنيَوِيِّينَ. فَحِينَ يُوجَدُ حَسَدٌ وَنِزاعٌ بَينَكُمْ، أفَلا تَكُونُونَ دُنيَوِيِّينَ سالِكِينَ كَما يَسلُكُ أهلُ العالَمِ؟

4 W hen one says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I am a follower of Apollos,” does not this sound like the talk of baby Christians?

فَحِينَ يَقُولُ أحَدُكُمْ: «أنا أتْبَعُ بُولُسَ،» وَيَقُولُ آخَرٌ: «أنا أتْبَعُ أبُلُّوسَ،» أفَلا تَكُونُونَ دُنيَوِيِّينَ؟

5 W ho is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only servants owned by God. He gave us gifts to preach His Word. And because of that, you put your trust in Christ.

فَمَنْ هُوَ أبُلُّوسُ، وَمَنْ هُوَ بُولُسُ؟ ما نَحنُ إلّا خادِمانِ آمَنتُمْ بِواسِطَتِهِما. عَمِلَ كُلٌّ مِنّا عَمَلَهُ كَما حَدَّدَهُ لَهُ الرَّبُّ.

6 I planted the seed. Apollos watered it, but it was God Who kept it growing.

فَزَرَعتُ أنا البِذرَةَ، وَأبُلُّوسُ سَقاها، لَكِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي نَمّاها.

7 T his shows that the one who plants or the one who waters is not the important one. God is the important One. He makes it grow.

فَما لِزارِعِ البِذرَةِ أهَمِّيَّةٌ، وَلا لِساقِيها، بَلْ للهِ الَّذِي يُنَمِّي.

8 T he one who plants and the one who waters are alike. Each one will receive his own reward.

لِلزّارِعِ وَالسّاقِي هَدَفٌ واحِدٌ. وَسَيَنالُ كُلٌّ مِنهُما مُكافَأتَهُ حَسَبَ ثَمَرِ عَمَلِهِ.

9 F or we work together with God. You are God’s field. You are God’s building also.

فَنَحنُ عامِلانِ وَشَرِيكانِ فِي خِدمَةِ اللهِ، وَأنتُمْ حَقلُ اللهِ وَبِناؤُهُ.

10 T hrough God’s loving-favor to me, I laid the stones on which the building was to be built. I did it like one who knew what he was doing. Now another person is building on it. Each person who builds must be careful how he builds on it.

وَكَبانٍ حَكِيمٍ، وَضَعتُ الأساسَ حَسَبَ المَوهِبَةِ الَّتِي أعطانِي إيّاها اللهُ. غَيرَ أنَّ هُناكَ أشخاصاً آخَرِينَ يَبنُونَ عَلَى هَذا الأساسِ. فَلْيَنتَبِهْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ كَيفَ يَبنِي عَلَيهِ.

11 J esus Christ is the Stone on which other stones for the building must be laid. It can be only Christ.

إذْ لا يَقدِرُ أحَدٌ أنْ يَضَعَ أساساً آخَرَ غَيرَ ذاكَ الَّذِي وُضِعَ أصلاً، أيْ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ.

12 N ow if a man builds on the Stone with gold or silver or beautiful stones, or if he builds with wood or grass or straw,

فَإنْ كانَ أحَدٌ يَبنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ الأساسِ مُستَخدِماً ذَهَباً أوْ فِضَّةً أوْ حِجارَةً كَرِيمَةً أوْ خَشَباً أوْ تِبناً أوْ قَشّاً،

13 e ach man’s work will become known. There will be a day when it will be tested by fire. The fire will show what kind of work it is.

فَلا بُدَّ أنْ يَظهَرَ عَمَلُ كُلِّ واحِدٍ فِيما بَعْدُ، لِأنَّ يَومَ مَجِيءِ المَسِيحِ سَيُظهِرُهُ. فَسَيَظهَرُ ذَلِكَ اليَومُ بِالنّارِ، وَسَتُبَيِّنُ النّارُ قِيمَةَ عَمَلِ كُلِّ واحِدٍ.

14 I f a man builds on work that lasts, he will receive his reward.

فَإذا صَمَدَ ما بَناهُ الإنسانُ، يُكافَأُ.

15 I f his work is burned up, he will lose it. Yet he himself will be saved as if he were going through a fire.

وَإذا احتَرَقَ عَمَلُهُ، يَخسَرُ. أمّا هُوَ نَفسُهُ فَسَيَخلُصُ، لَكِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ كَمَنْ هَرَبَ مِنْ نارٍ!

16 D o you not know that you are a house of God and that the Holy Spirit lives in you?

ألا تَعلَمُونَ أنَّكُمْ هَيكَلُ اللهِ، وَأنَّ رُوحَ اللهِ ساكِنٌ فِيكُمْ؟

17 I f any man destroys the house of God, God will destroy him. God’s house is holy. You are the place where He lives.

فَإذا خَرَّبَ أحَدُهُمْ هَيكَلَ اللهِ، سَيُخَرِّبُهُ اللهُ، لِأنَّ هَيكَلَ اللهِ مُقَدَّسٌ، وَهُوَ أنتُمْ.

18 D o not fool yourself. If anyone thinks he knows a lot about the things of this world, he had better become a fool. Then he may become wise.

فَلا تَخدَعُوا أنفُسَكُمْ. إنْ كانَ بَينَكُمْ مَنْ يَظُنُّ أنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ حَسَبَ مَقايِيسِ هَذا العالَمِ، فَلْيَصِرْ ‹أحمَقَ› لِكَي يَكُونَ حَكِيماً حَقّاً!»

19 T he wisdom of this world is foolish to God. The Holy Writings say, “He is the One Who gets them in a trap when they use their own wisdom.”

فَحِكمَةُ هَذا العالَمِ حَماقَةٌ فِي نَظَرِ اللهِ. يَقُولُ الكِتابُ: «يَصطادُ اللهُ الحُكَماءَ بِذَكائِهِمْ.»

20 T hey also say, “The Lord knows how the wise man thinks. His thinking is worth nothing.”

وَيَقُولُ أيضاً: «الرَّبُّ يَعلَمُ أنَّ أفكارَ الحُكَماءِ باطِلَةٌ.»

21 A s a Christian, do not be proud of men and of what they can do. All things belong to you.

فَلا يَنبَغي أنْ يَتَباهَى أحَدٌ بِبَشَرٍ، لِأنَّ كُلَّ الأشياءِ هِيَ لَكُمْ:

22 P aul and Apollos and Peter belong to you. The world and life and death belong to you. Things now and things to come belong to you.

بُولُسُ وَأبُلُّوسُ وَبُطرُسُ وَالعالَمُ وَالحَياةُ وَالمَوتُ، ما في الحاضِرِ وَما في المُستَقبَلِ. كُلُّ الأشياءِ هِيَ لَكُمْ.

23 Y ou belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

وَأنتُمْ لِلمَسِيحِ، وَالمَسِيحُ للهِ.