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١ 1 إِذَنْ، أَنَا السَّجِينَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الرَّبِّ، أُنَاشِدُكُمْ أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا سُلُوكاً يَلِيقُ بِالدَّعْوَةِ الَّتِي إِلَيْهَا دُعِيتُمْ،

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

٢ 2 بِكُلِّ تَوَاضُعٍ وَوَدَاعَةٍ وَطُولِ بَالٍ، مُحْتَمِلِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ،

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

٣ 3 مُجْتَهِدِينَ أَنْ تُحَافِظُوا عَلَى وَحْدَةِ الرُّوحِ بِرَابِطَةِ الْوِفَاقِ. فَإِنَّمَا هُنَاكَ جَسَدٌ وَاحِدٌ وَرُوحٌ وَاحِدٌ،

and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

٤ 4 مِثْلَمَا دُعِيتُمْ، جَمِيعُكُمْ، دَعْوَةً لَهَا رَجَاءٌ وَاحِدٌ.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

٥ 5 وَلَكُمْ رَبٌّ وَاحِدٌ، وَإِيمَانٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَمَعْمُودِيَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ،

one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

٦ 6 وَإِلَهٌ وَآبٌ وَاحِدٌ لِلْجَمِيعِ، وَهُوَ فَوْقَ الْجَمِيعِ وَبالْجَمِيعِ وَفِي الْجَمِيعِ.

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

٧ 7 عَلَى أَنَّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا قَدْ أُعْطِيَ نِعْمَةً تُوَافِقُ مِقْدَارَ مَا يَهَبُهُ الْمَسِيحُ.

Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

٨ 8 لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ الْوَحْيُ: «إِذْ صَعِدَ إِلَى الأَعَالِي، سَبَى أَسْرَى، وَوَهَبَ النَّاسَ مَوَاهِبَ!»

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

٩ 9 وَأَمَّا أَنَّهُ «صَعِدَ»، فَمَا مَعْنَى هَذَا سِوَى أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ نَزَلَ أَيْضاً إِلَى الأَقْسَامِ السُّفْلَى فِي الأَرْضِ؟

What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

١٠ 10 إِنَّ الَّذِي نَزَلَ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ الَّذِي صَعِدَ إِلَى مَا فَوْقَ جَمِيعِ السَّمَاوَاتِ لِكَيْ يَمْلأَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

١١ 11 وَهُوَ قَدْ وَهَبَ الْبَعْضَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا رُسُلاً، وَالْبَعْضَ أَنْبِيَاءَ، وَالْبَعْضَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَالْبَعْضَ رُعَاةً وَمُعَلِّمِينَ،

And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

١٢ 12 لِتَأْهِيلِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ مِنْ جِهَةِ عَمَلِ الْخِدْمَةِ، لِبُنْيَانِ جَسَدِ الْمَسِيحِ،

to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

١٣ 13 حَتَّى نَصِلَ جَمِيعاً إِلَى وَحْدَةِ الإِيمَانِ وَوَحْدَةِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ لابْنِ اللهِ، إِلَى إِنْسَانٍ تَامِّ الْبُلُوغِ، إِلَى مِقْدَارِ قَامَةِ مِلْءِ الْمَسِيحِ.

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

١٤ 14 وَذَلِكَ حَتَّى لَا نَكُونَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ أَطْفَالاً تَتَقَاذَفُنَا وَتَحْمِلُنَا كُلُّ رِيحِ تَعْلِيمٍ يَقُومُ عَلَى خِدَاعِ النَّاسِ وَالْمَكْرِ بِهِمْ لِجَرِّهِمْ إِلَى الضَّلالِ الْمُلَفَّقِ،

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

١٥ 15 بَلْ نَتَمَسَّكَ بِالْحَقِّ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ، فَنَنْمُوَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ نَحْوَ مَنْ هُوَ الرَّأْسُ، أَيِ الْمَسِيحِ.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

١٦ 16 فَمِنْهُ يَسْتَمِدُّ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ تَمَاسُكَهُ وَتَرَابُطَهُ بِمُسَانَدَةِ كُلِّ مَفْصِلٍ وَفْقاً لِمِقْدَارِ الْعَمَلِ الْمُخَصَّصِ لِكُلِّ جُزْءٍ، لِيُنْشِئَ نُمُوّاً يَؤُولُ إِلَى بُنْيَانِ الْجَسَدِ بُنْيَاناً ذَاتِيًّا فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ.

From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

١٧ 17 أَقُولُ هَذَا إِذَنْ، وَأَشْهَدُ فِي الرَّبِّ، رَاجِياً أَلّا تَسْلُكُوا فِيمَا بَعْدُ كَمَا يَسْلُكُ الأُمَمُ فِي عُقْمِ ذِهْنِهِمْ،

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

١٨ 18 لِكَوْنِهِمْ مُظْلِمِي الْبَصيِرَةِ وَمُتَغَرِّبِينَ عَنْ حَيَاةِ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ مَا فِيهِمْ مِنْ جَهْلٍ وَقَسَاوَةِ قَلْبٍ.

They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

١٩ 19 فَهؤُلاءِ، إِذْ طَرَحُوا جَانِباً كُلَّ إِحْسَاسٍ، اسْتَسْلَمُوا لِلإِبَاحِيَّةِ لِيَرْتَكِبُوا كُلَّ نَجَاسَةٍ بِشَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ لَا تَرْتَوِي.

Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، فَلَمْ تَتَعَلَّمُوا الْمَسِيحَ هكَذَا،

But this is not the way you came to know Christ.

٢١ 21 إِذَا كُنْتُمْ قَدْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ حَقّاً وَتَلَقَّيْتُمْ فِيهِ التَّعْلِيمَ الْمُوَافِقَ لِلْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِي يَسُوعَ!

Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

٢٢ 22 وَهَوَ أَنْ تَخْلَعُوا مَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِسِيرَتِكُمُ الْمَاضِيَةِ: الإِنْسَانَ الْعَتِيقَ يَفْسَدُ بِالشَّهْوَاتِ الْخَدَّاعَةِ؛

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

٢٣ 23 وَتَتَجَدَّدُوا فِي رُوحِ ذِهْنِكُمْ؛

to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

٢٤ 24 وَتَلْبَسُوا الإِنْسَانَ الْجَدِيدَ الْمَخْلُوقَ عَلَى مِثَالِ اللهِ فِي البِرِّ وَالْقَدَاسَةِ بِالْحَقِّ.

and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

٢٥ 25 لِذَلِكَ اخْلَعُوا عَنْكُمُ الْكَذِبَ، وَتَكَلَّمُوا بِالصِّدْقِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَعَ قَرِيبِهِ، لأَنَّنَا أَعْضَاءُ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

٢٦ 26 إِنْ غَضِبْتُمْ، فَلا تُخْطِئُوا؛ لَا تَدَعُوا الشَّمْسَ تَغِيبُ وَأَنْتُمْ غَاضِبُونَ،

“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

٢٧ 27 وَلا تُتِيحُوا فُرْصَةً لإِبْلِيسَ!

and do not give the devil a foothold.

٢٨ 28 وَمَنْ كَانَ سَارِقاً، فَلا يَسْرِقْ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى لِيَكِدَّ وَيَسْتَخْدِمْ يَدَيْهِ فِي عَمَلٍ شَرِيفٍ لِيَكُونَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُشَارِكُ فِيهِ الْمُحْتَاجِينَ.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

٢٩ 29 لَا تَخْرُجْ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ كَلِمَةٌ فَاسِدَةٌ، بَلِ الْكَلامُ الصَّالِحُ لِلْبُنْيَانِ الَّذِي تَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةُ، كَيْ يُعْطِيَ السَّامِعِينَ نِعْمَةً.

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

٣٠ 30 وَلا تُحْزِنُوا رُوحَ اللهِ، الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ الَّذِي بِهِ خُتِمْتُمْ لِيَوْمِ الْفِدَاءِ.

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

٣١ 31 انْزِعُوا عَنْكُمْ كُلَّ حِقْدٍ وَنَقْمَةٍ وَغَضَبٍ وَصَخَبٍ وَسُبَابٍ وَكَلَّ شَرٍّ.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

٣٢ 32 وَكُونُوا لُطَفَاءَ بَعْضُكُمْ نَحْوَ بَعْضٍ، شَفُوقِينَ، مُسَامِحِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً كَمَا سَامَحَكُمُ اللهُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ.

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.