١ كورنثوس 4

١ 1 هَكَذَا فَلْيَحْسِبْنَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ كَخُدَّامِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، وَوُكَلَاءِ سَرَائِرِ ٱللهِ،

So a person should consider us as Meshikha's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.

٢ 2 ثُمَّ يُسْأَلُ فِي ٱلْوُكَلَاءِ لِكَيْ يُوجَدَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ أَمِينًا.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

٣ 3 وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَأَقَلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدِي أَنْ يُحْكَمَ فِيَّ مِنْكُمْ، أَوْ مِنْ يَوْمِ بَشَرٍ. بَلْ لَسْتُ أَحْكُمُ فِي نَفْسِي أَيْضًا.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I do not judge my own self.

٤ 4 فَإِنِّي لَسْتُ أَشْعُرُ بِشَيْءٍ فِي ذَاتِي. لَكِنَّنِي لَسْتُ بِذَلِكَ مُبَرَّرًا. وَلَكِنَّ ٱلَّذِي يَحْكُمُ فِيَّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ.

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

٥ 5 إِذًا لَا تَحْكُمُوا فِي شَيْءٍ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ، حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي سَيُنِيرُ خَفَايَا ٱلظَّلَامِ وَيُظْهِرُ آرَاءَ ٱلْقُلُوبِ. وَحِينَئِذٍ يَكُونُ ٱلْمَدْحُ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ ٱللهِ.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one will get his praise from God.

٦ 6 فَهَذَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ حَوَّلْتُهُ تَشْبِيهًا إِلَى نَفْسِي وَإِلَى أَبُلُّوسَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، لِكَيْ تَتَعَلَّمُوا فِينَا: «أَنْ لَا تَفْتَكِرُوا فَوْقَ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ»، كَيْ لَا يَنْتَفِخَ أَحَدٌ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْوَاحِدِ عَلَى ٱلْآخَرِ.

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to go beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

٧ 7 لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يُمَيِّزُكَ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ لَكَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْهُ؟ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ أَخَذْتَ، فَلِمَاذَا تَفْتَخِرُ كَأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْ؟

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

٨ 8 إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ شَبِعْتُمْ! قَدِ ٱسْتَغْنَيْتُمْ! مَلَكْتُمْ بِدُونِنَا! وَلَيْتَكُمْ مَلَكْتُمْ لِنَمْلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا مَعَكُمْ!

You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

٩ 9 فَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ ٱللهَ أَبْرَزَنَا نَحْنُ ٱلرُّسُلَ آخِرِينَ، كَأَنَّنَا مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْنَا بِٱلْمَوْتِ. لِأَنَّنَا صِرْنَا مَنْظَرًا لِلْعَالَمِ، لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ.

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and people.

١٠ 10 نَحْنُ جُهَّالٌ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَحُكَمَاءُ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ! نَحْنُ ضُعَفَاءُ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَأَقْوِيَاءُ! أَنْتُمْ مُكَرَّمُونَ، وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَبِلَا كَرَامَةٍ!

We are fools for Meshikha's sake, but you are wise in Meshikha. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

١١ 11 إِلَى هَذِهِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ نَجُوعُ وَنَعْطَشُ وَنَعْرَى وَنُلْكَمُ وَلَيْسَ لَنَا إِقَامَةٌ،

Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

١٢ 12 وَنَتْعَبُ عَامِلِينَ بِأَيْدِينَا. نُشْتَمُ فَنُبَارِكُ. نُضْطَهَدُ فَنَحْتَمِلُ.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

١٣ 13 يُفْتَرَى عَلَيْنَا فَنَعِظُ. صِرْنَا كَأَقْذَارِ ٱلْعَالَمِ وَوَسَخِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِلَى ٱلْآنَ.

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

١٤ 14 لَيْسَ لِكَيْ أُخَجِّلَكُمْ أَكْتُبُ بِهَذَا، بَلْ كَأَوْلَادِي ٱلْأَحِبَّاءِ أُنْذِرُكُمْ.

I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

١٥ 15 لِأَنَّهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ رَبَوَاتٌ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْشِدِينَ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ، لَكِنْ لَيْسَ آبَاءٌ كَثِيرُونَ. لِأَنِّي أَنَا وَلَدْتُكُمْ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ بِٱلْإِنْجِيلِ.

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Meshikha, yet not many fathers. For in Meshikha Yeshua, I became your father through the Good News.

١٦ 16 فَأَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَكُونُوا مُتَمَثِّلِينَ بِي.

I appeal to you therefore, be imitators of me.

١٧ 17 لِذَلِكَ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ تِيمُوثَاوُسَ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱبْنِي ٱلْحَبِيبُ وَٱلْأَمِينُ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ، ٱلَّذِي يُذَكِّرُكُمْ بِطُرُقِي فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ كَمَا أُعَلِّمُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ، فِي كُلِّ كَنِيسَةٍ.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Meshikha, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

١٨ 18 فَٱنْتَفَخَ قَوْمٌ كَأَنِّي لَسْتُ آتِيًا إِلَيْكُمْ.

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

١٩ 19 وَلَكِنِّي سَآتِي إِلَيْكُمْ سَرِيعًا إِنْ شَاءَ ٱلرَّبُّ، فَسَأَعْرِفُ لَيْسَ كَلَامَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱنْتَفَخُوا بَلْ قُوَّتَهُمْ.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّ مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ لَيْسَ بِكَلَامٍ، بَلْ بِقُوَّةٍ.

For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

٢١ 21 مَاذَا تُرِيدُونَ؟ أَبِعَصًا آتِي إِلَيْكُمْ أَمْ بِٱلْمَحَبَّةِ وَرُوحِ ٱلْوَدَاعَةِ؟

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?