1 A t one time you were dead because of your sins.

لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أمواتاً بِسَبَبِ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَخَطاياكُمْ

2 Y ou followed the sinful ways of the world and obeyed the leader of the power of darkness. He is the devil who is now working in the people who do not obey God.

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 t one time all of us lived to please our old selves. We gave in to what our bodies and minds wanted. We were sinful from birth like all other people and would suffer from the anger of God.

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 had so much loving-kindness. He loved us with such a great love.

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

5 E ven when we were dead because of our sins, He made us alive by what Christ did for us. You have been saved from the punishment of sin by His loving-favor.

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

6 G od raised us up from death when He raised up Christ Jesus. He has given us a place with Christ in the heavens.

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

7 H e did this to show us through all the time to come the great riches of His loving-favor. He has shown us His kindness through 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 His loving-favor you have been saved from the punishment of sin through faith. It is not by anything you have done. It is a gift of God.

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

9 I t is not given to you because you worked for it. If you could work for it, you would be proud.

لَيسَ مُقابِلَ الأعمالِ لِئَلّا يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَجالٌ لِلافتِخارِ.

10 W e are His work. He has made us to belong to Christ Jesus so we can work for Him. He planned that we should do this. Followers Now Become the Body of Christ

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

11 D o not forget that at one time you did not know God. The Jews, who had gone through the religious act of becoming a Jew by man’s hands, said you were people who do not know God.

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

12 Y ou were living without Christ then. The Jewish people who belonged to God had nothing to do with you. The promises He gave to them were not for you. You had nothing in this world to hope for. You were without God.

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 you belong to Christ Jesus. At one time you were far away from God. Now you have been brought close to Him. Christ did this for you when He gave His blood on the cross.

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

14 W e have peace because of Christ. He has made the Jews and those who are not Jews one people. He broke down the wall that divided them.

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

15 H e stopped the fighting between them by His death on the cross. He put an end to the Law. Then He made of the two people one new kind of people like Himself. In this way, He made peace.

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

16 H e brought both groups together to God. Christ finished the fighting between them by His death on the cross.

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

17 T hen Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to you who were far away from God. And He preached it to us who were near God.

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

18 N ow all of us can go to the Father through Christ by way of the one Holy Spirit.

فَفِي المَسِيحِ نَقدِرُ كِلانا أنْ نَقتَرِبَ مِنَ الآبِ بِالرُّوحِ الواحِدِ.

19 F rom now on you are not strangers and people who are not citizens. You are citizens together with those who belong to God. You belong in God’s family.

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

20 T his family is built on the teachings of the missionaries and the early preachers. Jesus Christ Himself is the cornerstone, which is the most important part of the building.

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

21 C hrist keeps this building together and it is growing into a holy building for the Lord.

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

22 Y ou are also being put together as a part of this building because God lives in you by His Spirit.

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