أفَسُس 4

١ 1 فَأَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ، أَنَا ٱلْأَسِيرَ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ: أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا كَمَا يَحِقُّ لِلدَّعْوَةِ ٱلَّتِي دُعِيتُمْ بِهَا.

I summon you then, I the prisoner in the Lord, to live lives worthy of the calling to which you were called.

٢ 2 بِكُلِّ تَوَاضُعٍ وَوَدَاعَةٍ وَبِطُولِ أَنَاةٍ، مُحْتَمِلِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا فِي ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ.

With all humility and gentleness and long-suffering forbear with one another in love;

٣ 3 مُجْتَهِدِينَ أَنْ تَحْفَظُوا وَحْدَانِيَّةَ ٱلرُّوحِ بِرِبَاطِ ٱلسَّلَامِ.

and endeavor to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace.

٤ 4 جَسَدٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَرُوحٌ وَاحِدٌ، كَمَا دُعِيتُمْ أَيْضًا فِي رَجَاءِ دَعْوَتِكُمُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ.

There is one body and one spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling.

٥ 5 رَبٌّ وَاحِدٌ، إِيمَانٌ وَاحِدٌ، مَعْمُودِيَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ،

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

٦ 6 إِلَهٌ وَآبٌ وَاحِدٌ لِلْكُلِّ، ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلْكُلِّ وَبِٱلْكُلِّ وَفِي كُلِّكُمْ.

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

٧ 7 وَلَكِنْ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا أُعْطِيَتِ ٱلنِّعْمَةُ حَسَبَ قِيَاسِ هِبَةِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the munificence of Christ.

٨ 8 لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ: «إِذْ صَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلْعَلَاءِ سَبَى سَبْيًا وَأَعْطَى ٱلنَّاسَ عَطَايَا».

Thus it is said, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men.

٩ 9 وَأَمَّا أَنَّهُ «صَعِدَ»، فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا إِنَّهُ نَزَلَ أَيْضًا أَوَّلًا إِلَى أَقْسَامِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلسُّفْلَى.

Now surely this "he ascended" implies that he also descended into the lower part of the earth.

١٠ 10 اَلَّذِي نَزَلَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي صَعِدَ أَيْضًا فَوْقَ جَمِيعِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، لِكَيْ يَمْلَأَ ٱلْكُلَّ.

He who descended is he who ascended above the highest heaven, that he might fill the universe.

١١ 11 وَهُوَ أَعْطَى ٱلْبَعْضَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا رُسُلًا، وَٱلْبَعْضَ أَنْبِيَاءَ، وَٱلْبَعْضَ مُبَشِّرِينَ، وَٱلْبَعْضَ رُعَاةً وَمُعَلِّمِينَ،

It is he who made some men apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,

١٢ 12 لِأَجْلِ تَكْمِيلِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ لِعَمَلِ ٱلْخِدْمَةِ، لِبُنْيَانِ جَسَدِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ،

in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ -

١٣ 13 إِلَى أَنْ نَنْتَهِيَ جَمِيعُنَا إِلَى وَحْدَانِيَّةِ ٱلْإِيمَانِ وَمَعْرِفَةِ ٱبْنِ ٱللهِ. إِلَى إِنْسَانٍ كَامِلٍ. إِلَى قِيَاسِ قَامَةِ مِلْءِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

١٤ 14 كَيْ لَا نَكُونَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ أَطْفَالًا مُضْطَرِبِينَ وَمَحْمُولِينَ بِكُلِّ رِيحِ تَعْلِيمٍ، بِحِيلَةِ ٱلنَّاسِ، بِمَكْرٍ إِلَى مَكِيدَةِ ٱلضَّلَالِ.

So we shall no longer be children, tossed up and down, and blown about by every wind of teaching, tricked by the craft of men in the snares of misleading error;

١٥ 15 بَلْ صَادِقِينَ فِي ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ، نَنْمُو فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِلَى ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱلرَّأْسُ: ٱلْمَسِيحُ،

but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ.

١٦ 16 ٱلَّذِي مِنْهُ كُلُّ ٱلْجَسَدِ مُرَكَّبًا مَعًا، وَمُقْتَرِنًا بِمُؤَازَرَةِ كُلِّ مَفْصِلٍ، حَسَبَ عَمَلٍ، عَلَى قِيَاسِ كُلِّ جُزْءٍ، يُحَصِّلُ نُمُوَّ ٱلْجَسَدِ لِبُنْيَانِهِ فِي ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ.

From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.

١٧ 17 فَأَقُولُ هَذَا وَأَشْهَدُ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ: أَنْ لَا تَسْلُكُوا فِي مَا بَعْدُ كَمَا يَسْلُكُ سَائِرُ ٱلْأُمَمِ أَيْضًا بِبُطْلِ ذِهْنِهِمْ،

This then I tell you and implore you in the Master’s name, to pass your lives no longer as the Gentiles do in the perverseness of their minds;

١٨ 18 إِذْ هُمْ مُظْلِمُو ٱلْفِكْرِ، وَمُتَجَنِّبُونَ عَنْ حَيَاةِ ٱللهِ لِسَبَبِ ٱلْجَهْلِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِمْ بِسَبَبِ غِلَاظَةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ.

having their understanding darkened, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

١٩ 19 اَلَّذِينَ -إِذْ هُمْ قَدْ فَقَدُوا ٱلْحِسَّ- أَسْلَمُوا نُفُوسَهُمْ لِلدَّعَارَةِ لِيَعْمَلُوا كُلَّ نَجَاسَةٍ فِي ٱلطَّمَعِ.

These being past feeling have given themselves over to sensuality, in order to practise every form of impurity with greedy zest.

٢٠ 20 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَمْ تَتَعَلَّمُوا ٱلْمَسِيحَ هَكَذَا،

But you have not so learned Christ,

٢١ 21 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ وَعُلِّمْتُمْ فِيهِ كَمَا هُوَ حَقٌّ فِي يَسُوعَ،

if indeed you have listened to him, and in him been taught the truth as it is in Jesus.

٢٢ 22 أَنْ تَخْلَعُوا مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلتَّصَرُّفِ ٱلسَّابِقِ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلْعَتِيقَ ٱلْفَاسِدَ بِحَسَبِ شَهَوَاتِ ٱلْغُرُورِ،

You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;

٢٣ 23 وَتَتَجَدَّدُوا بِرُوحِ ذِهْنِكُمْ،

and to be made new in the spirit of your mind,

٢٤ 24 وَتَلْبَسُوا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلْجَدِيدَ ٱلْمَخْلُوقَ بِحَسَبِ ٱللهِ فِي ٱلْبِرِّ وَقَدَاسَةِ ٱلْحَقِّ.

and to put on the new self, created after God’s likeness, in the uprightness and holiness of the truth.

٢٥ 25 لِذَلِكَ ٱطْرَحُوا عَنْكُمُ ٱلْكَذِبَ، وَتَكَلَّمُوا بِٱلصِّدْقِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَعَ قَرِيبِهِ، لِأَنَّنَا بَعْضَنَا أَعْضَاءُ ٱلْبَعْضِ.

So then put away falseness and speak every man the truth to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

٢٦ 26 اِغْضَبُوا وَلَا تُخْطِئُوا. لَا تَغْرُبِ ٱلشَّمْسُ عَلَى غَيْظِكُمْ،

"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger.

٢٧ 27 وَلَا تُعْطُوا إِبْلِيسَ مَكَانًا.

Give the devil no place.

٢٨ 28 لَا يَسْرِقِ ٱلسَّارِقُ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، بَلْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ يَتْعَبُ عَامِلًا ٱلصَّالِحَ بِيَدَيْهِ، لِيَكُونَ لَهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ مَنْ لَهُ ٱحْتِيَاجٌ.

Let him who stole steal no more, but let him work, and in honest industry toil with his hands, so that he may have something to give to the needy.

٢٩ 29 لَا تَخْرُجْ كَلِمَةٌ رَدِيَّةٌ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ، بَلْ كُلُّ مَا كَانَ صَالِحًا لِلْبُنْيَانِ حَسَبَ ٱلْحَاجَةِ، كَيْ يُعْطِيَ نِعْمَةً لِلسَّامِعِينَ.

From your lips let no evil words come forth, but such as occasion warrants, such as are good for upbuilding and give a blessing to the hearers.

٣٠ 30 وَلَا تُحْزِنُوا رُوحَ ٱللهِ ٱلْقُدُّوسَ ٱلَّذِي بِهِ خُتِمْتُمْ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفِدَاءِ.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

٣١ 31 لِيُرْفَعْ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ كُلُّ مَرَارَةٍ وَسَخَطٍ وَغَضَبٍ وَصِيَاحٍ وَتَجْدِيفٍ مَعَ كُلِّ خُبْثٍ.

Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

٣٢ 32 وَكُونُوا لُطَفَاءَ بَعْضُكُمْ نَحْوَ بَعْضٍ، شَفُوقِينَ، مُتَسَامِحِينَ كَمَا سَامَحَكُمُ ٱللهُ أَيْضًا فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.