< 1 John 3 >

1 Look at how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
تَأَمَّلُوا مَا أَعْظَمَ الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي أَحَبَّنَا بِها الآبُ حَتَّى صِرْنَا نُدْعَى «أَوْلادَ اللهِ»، وَنَحْنُ أَوْلادُهُ حَقّاً. وَلَكِنْ، بِمَا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْعَالَمِ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، فَهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَنَا.١
2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، نَحْنُ الآنَ أَوْلادُ اللهِ. وَلا نَعْلَمُ حَتَّى الآنَ مَاذَا سَنَكُونُ، لَكِنَّنَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ مَتَى أُظْهِرَ الْمَسِيحُ، سَنَكُونُ مِثْلَهُ، لأَنَّنَا سَنَرَاهُ عِنْدَئِذٍ كَمَا هُوَ!٢
3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
وَكُلُّ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ هَذَا الرَّجَاءُ بِالْمَسِيحِ، يُطَهِّرُ نَفْسَهُ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ طَاهِرٌ.٣
4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
أَمَّا الَّذِي يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، فَهُوَ يُخَالِفُ نَامُوسَ اللهِ: لأَنَّ الْخَطِيئَةَ هِيَ مُخَالَفَةُ النَّامُوسِ.٤
5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him is no sin.
وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ جَاءَ إِلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ لِكَيْ يَحْمِلَ الْخَطَايَا، مَعْ كَوْنِهِ بِلا خَطِيئِةٍ.٥
6 Whoever remains in him does not sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ، لَا يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ. أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُمَارِسُونَ الْخَطِيئَةَ، فَهُمْ لَمْ يَرَوْهُ وَلَمْ يَتَعَرَّفُوا بِهِ قَطُّ.٦
7 Children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، لَا تَدَعُوا أَحَداً يُضَلِّلُكُمْ. تَأَكَّدُوا أَنَّ مَنْ يُمَارِسُ الصَّلاحَ، يُظْهِرُ أَنَّهُ بَارٌّ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ بَارٌّ.٧
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
وَلكِنَّ مَنْ يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، يُظْهِرُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ، لأَنَّ إِبْلِيسَ يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ مُنْذُ الْبَدَايَةِ. وَقَدْ جَاءَ ابْنُ اللهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ لِكَيْ يُبْطِلَ أَعْمَالَ إِبْلِيسَ.٨
9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
فَكُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ مِنَ اللهِ، لَا يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، لأَنَّ طَبِيعَةَ اللهِ صَارَتْ ثَابِتَةً فِيهِ. بَلْ إِنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُمَارِسَ الْخَطِيئَةَ، لأَنَّهُ مَوْلُودٌ مِنَ اللهِ.٩
10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who does not love his brother.
إِذَنْ، هَذَا هُوَ الْمِقِيَاسُ الَّذِي نُمَيِّزُ بِهِ بَيْنَ أَوْلادِ اللهِ وَأَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ. مَنْ لَا يُمَارِسُ الصَّلاحَ، فَهُوَ لَيْسَ مِنَ اللهِ. وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ!١٠
11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
فَالْوَصِيَّةُ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُمُوهَا مُنْذُ الْبَدَايَةِ، هِيَ أَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً،١١
12 unlike Qayen, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
لَا أَنْ نَكُونَ مِثْلَ قَايِينَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ. فَقَايِينُ كَانَ مِنْ أَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ الشِّرِّيرِ. وَلِمَاذَا قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ؟ قَتَلَهُ لأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُ هُوَ كَانَتْ شِرِّيرَةً، أَمَّا أَعْمَالُ أَخِيهِ فَكَانَتْ صَالِحَةً.١٢
13 Therefore do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
إِذَنْ، يَا إِخْوَتِي، لَا تَتَعَجَّبُوا إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْعَالَمِ يُبْغِضُونَكُمْ!١٣
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love remains in death.
إِنَّ مَحَبَّتَنَا لإِخْوَتِنَا تُبَيِّنُ لَنَا أَنَّنَا انْتَقَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ. فَالَّذِي لَا يُحِبُّ إِخْوَتَهُ، فَهُوَ بَاقٍ فِي الْمَوْتِ.١٤
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him. (aiōnios g166)
وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ أَخاً لَهُ، فَهُوَ قَاتِلٌ. وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الْقَاتِلَ لَا تَكُونُ لَهُ حَيَاةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ ثَابِتَةٌ فِيهِ. (aiōnios g166)١٥
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
وَمِقِيَاسُ الْمَحَبَّةِ هُوَ الْعَمَلُ الَّذِي قَامَ بِهِ الْمَسِيحُ إِذْ بَذَلَ حَيَاتَهُ لأَجْلِنَا. فَعَلَيْنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً أَنْ نَبْذُلَ حَيَاتَنَا لأَجْلِ إِخْوَتِنَا.١٦
17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
وَأَمَّا الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ مَالاً يُمَكِّنُهُ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ فِي بُحْبُوحَةٍ، وَيُقَسِّي قَلْبَهُ عَلَى أَحَدِ الإِخْوَةِ الْمُحْتَاجِينَ، فَكَيْفَ تَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ مُتَأَصِّلَةً فِيهِ؟١٧
18 Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، لَا يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَحَبَّتُنَا مُجَرَّدَ ادِّعَاءَ بِالْكَلامِ وَاللِّسَانِ، بَلْ تَكُونَ مَحَبَّةً عَمَلِيَّةً حَقَّةً.١٨
19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him,
عِنْدَئِذٍ نَتَأَكَّدُ أَنَّنَا نَتَصَرَّفُ بِحَسَبِ الْحَقِّ، وَتَطْمَئِنُّ نُفُوسُنَا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ،١٩
20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
وَلَوْ لامَتْنَا قُلُوبُنَا؛ فَإِنَّ اللهَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا، وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ.٢٠
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، إِذَا كَانَتْ ضَمَائِرُنَا لَا تَلُومُنَا، فَلَنَا ثِقَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ مِنْ نَحْوِ اللهِ،٢١
22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
وَمَهْمَا نَطْلُبْ مِنْهُ بِالصَّلاةِ، نَحْصُلْ عَلَيْهِ: لأَنَّنَا نُطِيعُ مَا يُوصِينَا بِهِ، وَنُمَارِسُ الأَعْمَالَ الَّتِي تُرْضِيهِ.٢٢
23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Yeshua Meshikha, and love one another, even as he commanded us.
وَأَمَّا وَصِيَّتُهُ فَهِيَ أَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِاسْمِ ابْنِهِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً كَمَا أَوْصَانَا.٢٣
24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Rukha which he gave us.
وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُطِيعُ وَصَايَا اللهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ. وَالَّذِي يُؤَكِّدُ لَنَا أَنَّ اللهَ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا، هُوَ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ الَّذِي وَهَبَهُ لَنَا.٢٤

< 1 John 3 >