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وَبَعْدُ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، فَمِثْلَمَا تَلَقَّيْتُمْ مِنَّا كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا سُلُوكاً يُرْضِي اللهَ، وَكَمَا أَنْتُم فَاعِلُونَ، نَرْجُو مِنْكُمْ وَنُحَرِّضُكُمْ فِي الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ أَنْ تُضَاعِفُوا تَقَدُّمَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ. ١ 1
Finally then, brothers, we urge and exhort you in the Lord Jesus: as you received from us how you ought to behave and please God, do so even more
فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ الْوَصَايَا الَّتِي لَقَّنَّاكُمْ إِيَّاهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. ٢ 2
—you know what instructions we gave you through Sovereign Jesus.
فَإِنَّ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ هِيَ هذِهِ: قَدَاسَتُكُمْ. وَذَلِكَ بِأَنْ تَمْتَنِعُوا عَنِ الزِّنَى، ٣ 3
Now this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you stay away from fornication;
وَأَنْ يَعْرِفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ كَيْفَ يَحْفَظُ جَسَدَهُ فِي الطَّهَارَةِ وَالْكَرَامَةِ ٤ 4
that each of you know how to gain possession of his own ‘vessel’ in sanctification and honor,
غَيْرَ مُنْسَاقٍ لِلشَّهْوَةِ الْجَامِحَةِ كَالْوَثَنِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، ٥ 5
not in lustful passion (like the heathen who do not know God);
وَأَلَّا يَتَعَدَّى حُقُوقَ أَخِيهِ وَيُسِيءَ إِلَيْهِ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الْمُنْتَقِمُ لِجَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الإِسَاءَاتِ، كَمَا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ قَبْلاً وَشَهِدْنَا لَكُمْ بِحَقٍّ. ٦ 6
that no one trespass and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such behavior, as, indeed, we have already told you and warned you.
فَإِنَّ اللهَ دَعَانَا لَا إِلَى النَّجَاسَةِ بَلْ (إِلَى الْعَيْشِ) فِي الْقَدَاسَةِ. ٧ 7
Because God did not call us for uncleanness, but by holiness.
إِذَنْ، مَنِ اسْتَخَفَّ بِأَخِيهِ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، يَسْتَخِفُّ لَا بِإِنْسَانٍ بَلْ بِاللهِ، بِذَاكَ الَّذِي وَهَبَكُمْ فِعْلاً رُوحَهُ الْقُدُّوسَ. ٨ 8
So then, the rejecter is not rejecting man, but God, the very One who gave you His Holy Spirit.
أَمَّا الْمَحَبَّةُ الأَخَوِيَّةُ، فَلَسْتُمْ فِي حَاجَةٍ لأَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَيْكُمْ عَنْهَا، لأَنَّكُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ قَدْ تَعَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَ اللهِ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً، ٩ 9
Now about brotherly love you do not need to be written to, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
وَلأَنَّكُمْ أَيْضاً هكَذَا تُعَامِلُونَ جَمِيعَ الإِخْوَةِ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ كُلِّهَا. وَإِنَّمَا نُحَرِّضُكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنْ تُضَاعِفُوا ذَلِكَ أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ، ١٠ 10
because in fact you are doing so toward all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Still, we exhort you to do even more, brothers,
وَأَنْ تَسْعَوْا بِجِدٍّ إِلَى الْعَيْشِ بِهُدُوءٍ، مُهْتَمِّينَ بِمُمَارَسَةِ شُؤُونِكُمُ الْخَاصَّةِ، وَمُحَصِّلِينَ مَعِيشَتَكُمْ بِعَمَلِ أَيْدِيكُمْ، كَمَا أَوْصَيْنَاكُمْ. ١١ 11
to make it a point to be peaceable and to mind your own business, to work with your hands (as we instructed you),
عِنْدَئِذٍ تَكُونُ سِيرَتُكُمْ حَسَنَةَ السُّمْعَةِ تُجَاهَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ خَارِجِ الْكَنِيسَةِ، وَلا تَكُونُونَ فِي حَاجَةٍ إِلَى شَيْءٍ. ١٢ 12
so that outsiders may be well impressed by your life style, and that you may have no lack.
عَلَى أَنَّنَا نُرِيدُ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَلَّا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْرُ الرَّاقِدِينَ، حَتَّى لَا يُصِيبَكُمُ الْحُزْنُ كَغَيْرِكُمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ لَا رَجَاءَ لَهُمْ. ١٣ 13
Now then, brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who have ‘fallen asleep’, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
فَمَادُمْنَا نُؤْمِنُ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ مَاتَ ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَمَعَهُ كَذَلِكَ سَيُحْضِرُ اللهُ أَيْضاً الرَّاقِدِينَ بِيَسُوعَ. ١٤ 14
Because since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, just so will God bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
فَهَذَا نَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ: إِنَّنَا نَحْنُ الْبَاقِينَ أَحْيَاءَ إِلَى حِينِ عَوْدَةِ الرَّبِّ، لَنْ نَسْبِقَ الرَّاقِدِينَ. ١٥ 15
For this we say to you by a word of the Lord, that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will absolutely not precede those who have fallen asleep;
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ نَفْسَهُ سَيَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ حَالَمَا يُدَوِّي أَمْرٌ بِالتَّجَمُّعِ، وَيُنَادِي رَئِيسُ مَلائِكَةٍ، وَيُبَوَّقُ فِي بُوقٍ إِلهِيٍّ، عِنْدَئِذٍ يَقُومُ الأَمْوَاتُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ أَوَّلاً. ١٦ 16
because the Lord Himself—with a commanding shout, with the archangel's voice and with God's trumpet—will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first;
ثُمَّ إِنَّنَا، نَحْنُ الْبَاقِينَ أَحْيَاءَ، نُخْتَطَفُ جَمِيعاً فِي السُّحُبِ لِلاِجْتِمَاعِ بِالرَّبِّ فِي الْهَوَاءِ. وَهكَذَا نَبْقَى مَعَ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الدَّوَامِ. ١٧ 17
then we who are still alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in clouds to meet the Lord in the air. In precisely this way we will always be with the Lord.
لِذلِكَ عَزُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِهَذَا الْكَلام! ١٨ 18
So then, comfort one another with these words.

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