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١ 1 وَأَنْتُمْ كُنْتُمْ فِي السَّابِقِ أَمْوَاتاً بِذُنُوبِكُمْ وَخَطَايَاكُمْ،

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

٢ 2 الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ تَسْلُكُونَ فِيهَا حَسَبَ طُرُقِ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ، تَابِعِينَ رَئِيسَ قُوَّاتِ الْهَوَاءِ، ذَلِكَ الرُّوحَ الْعَامِلَ الآنَ فِي أَبْنَاءِ الْعِصْيَانِ، (aiōn g165)

in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. (aiōn g165)

٣ 3 الَّذِينَ بَيْنَهُمْ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً كُنَّا نَسْلُكُ سَابِقاً فِي شَهْوَاتِ جَسَدِنَا، عَامِلِينَ مَا يُرِيدُهُ الْجَسَدُ وَالأَفْكَارُ، وَكُنَّا بِالطَّبِيعَةِ أَوْلادَ الْغَضَبِ كَالآخَرِينَ أَيْضاً.

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

٤ 4 أَمَّا اللهُ، وَهُوَ غَنِيٌّ فِي الرَّحْمَةِ، فَبِسَبَبِ مَحَبَّتِهِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الَّتِي أَحَبَّنَا بِها،

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

٥ 5 وَإِذْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً أَمْوَاتاً بِالذُّنُوبِ، أَحْيَانَا مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ، إِنَّمَا بِالنِّعْمَةِ أَنْتُمْ مُخَلَّصُونَ،

made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

٦ 6 وَأَقَامَنَا مَعَهُ وَأَجْلَسَنَا مَعَهُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

٧ 7 وَذَلِكَ كَيْ يَعْرِضَ فِي الدُّهُورِ الْقَادِمَةِ غِنَى نِعْمَتِهِ الْفَائِقَ فِي لُطْفِهِ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. (aiōn g165)

in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

٨ 8 فَإِنَّكُمْ بِالنِّعْمَةِ مُخَلَّصُونَ، بِالإِيمَانِ، وَهَذَا لَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ. إِنَّهُ هِبَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ،

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

٩ 9 لَا عَلَى أَسَاسِ الأَعْمَالِ، حَتَّى لَا يَفْتَخِرَ أَحَدٌ.

not by works, so that no one can boast.

١٠ 10 فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ عَمَلُ اللهِ، وَقَدْ خَلَقَنَا فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ لأَعْمَالٍ صَالِحَةٍ أَعَدَّهَا سَلَفاً لِنَسْلُكَ فِيهَا.

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

١١ 11 لِذَلِكَ اذْكُرُوا، أَنْتُمُ الأُمَمَ فِي الْجَسَدِ سَابِقاً، يَا مَنْ تُسَمَّوْنَ أَهْلَ عَدَمِ الْخِتَانِ مِنْ قِبَلِ مَنْ يُسَمَّوْنَ أَهْلَ الْخِتَانِ الَّذِي يَجْرِي فِي الْجَسَدِ بِالْيَدِ،

Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

١٢ 12 أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ بِلا مَسِيحٍ، أَجَانِبَ عَنْ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَغُرَبَاءَ عَنِ الْعُهُودِ الْمَوْعُودَةِ، لَا رَجَاءَ لَكُمْ، وَمُنْكِرِينَ لِلهِ فِي الْعَالَمِ.

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

١٣ 13 أَمَّا الآنَ، فَفِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ بَعِيدِينَ قَدْ صِرْتُمْ قَرِيبِينَ بِدَمِ الْمَسِيحِ.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

١٤ 14 فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ سَلامُنَا، ذَاكَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ وَاحِداً وَهَدَمَ حَائِطَ الْحَاجِزِ الْفَاصِلَ بَيْنَهُمَا،

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

١٥ 15 أَيِ الْعِدَاءَ: إِذْ أَبْطَلَ بِجَسَدِهِ شَرِيعَةَ الْوَصَايَا ذَاتَ الْفَرَائِضِ، لِكَيْ يُكَوِّنَ مِنَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ إِنْسَاناً وَاحِداً جَدِيداً، إِذْ أَحَلَّ السَّلامَ بَيْنَهُمَا،

by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

١٦ 16 وَلِكَيْ يُصَالِحَهُمَا مَعاً فِي جَسَدٍ وَاحِدٍ مَعَ اللهِ بِالصَّلِيبِ الَّذِي بِهِ قَتَلَ الْعِدَاءَ.

and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

١٧ 17 ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَبَشَّرَكُمْ بِالسَّلامِ أَنْتُمُ الْبَعِيدِينَ، (كَمَا بَشَّرَ بِالسَّلامِ) أُولئِكَ الْقَرِيبِينَ.

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

١٨ 18 فَبِهِ لَنَا كِلَيْنَا اقْتِرَابٌ إِلَى الآبِ بِرُوحٍ وَاحِدٍ.

For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

١٩ 19 إِذَنْ، لَسْتُمْ غُرَبَاءَ وَأَجَانِبَ بَعْدَ الآنَ، بَلْ أَنْتُمْ رَعِيَّةٌ مَعْ الْقِدِّيسِينَ وَأَعْضَاءٌ فِي عَائِلَةِ اللهِ،

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

٢٠ 20 وَقَدْ بُنِيتُمْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الرُّسُلِ وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَالْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ نَفْسُهُ هُوَ حَجَرُ الزَّاوِيَةِ الأَسَاسُ،

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

٢١ 21 الَّذِي فِيهِ يَتَنَاسَقُ الْبِنَاءُ كُلُّهُ فَيَرْتَفِعُ لِيَصِيرَ هَيْكَلاً مُقَدَّساً فِي الرَّبِّ.

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

٢٢ 22 وَفِيهِ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً قَدْ بُنِيتُمْ مَعاً فَصِرْتُمْ مَسْكَناً لِلهِ بِوُجُودِ الرُّوحِ.

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.