١ يوحنَّا 3

١ 1 اُنْظُرُوا أَيَّةَ مَحَبَّةٍ أَعْطَانَا ٱلْآبُ حَتَّى نُدْعَى أَوْلَادَ ٱللهِ! مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا لَا يَعْرِفُنَا ٱلْعَالَمُ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ.

See how great a sincere love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! Because the world didn’t know Him, it doesn’t know us.

٢ 2 أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ، ٱلْآنَ نَحْنُ أَوْلَادُ ٱللهِ، وَلَمْ يُظْهَرْ بَعْدُ مَاذَا سَنَكُونُ. وَلَكِنْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ إِذَا أُظْهِرَ نَكُونُ مِثْلَهُ، لِأَنَّنَا سَنَرَاهُ كَمَا هُوَ.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when He appears we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

٣ 3 وَكُلُّ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ هَذَا ٱلرَّجَاءُ بِهِ، يُطَهِّرُ نَفْسَهُ كَمَا هُوَ طَاهِرٌ.

Everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

٤ 4 كُلُّ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْخَطِيَّةَ يَفْعَلُ ٱلتَّعَدِّيَ أَيْضًا. وَٱلْخَطِيَّةُ هِيَ ٱلتَّعَدِّي.

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

٥ 5 وَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ذَاكَ أُظْهِرَ لِكَيْ يَرْفَعَ خَطَايَانَا، وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ خَطِيَّةٌ.

You know that He appeared to take away sins. There is no sin in Him.

٦ 6 كُلُّ مَنْ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ لَا يُخْطِئُ. كُلُّ مَنْ يُخْطِئُ لَمْ يُبْصِرْهُ وَلَا عَرَفَهُ.

No one who lives in Him sins. No one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.

٧ 7 أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَوْلَادُ، لَا يُضِلَّكُمْ أَحَدٌ: مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَهُوَ بَارٌّ، كَمَا أَنَّ ذَاكَ بَارٌّ.

Little children, don’t let anybody deceive you. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

٨ 8 مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْخَطِيَّةَ فَهُوَ مِنْ إِبْلِيسَ، لِأَنَّ إِبْلِيسَ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ يُخْطِئُ. لِأَجْلِ هَذَا أُظْهِرَ ٱبْنُ ٱللهِ لِكَيْ يَنْقُضَ أَعْمَالَ إِبْلِيسَ.

The one who practices sin is the Devil’s, because the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the Devil.

٩ 9 كُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ مَوْلُودٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ لَا يَفْعَلُ خَطِيَّةً، لِأَنَّ زَرْعَهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ، وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ لِأَنَّهُ مَوْلُودٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ.

No one who is born of God practices sin, because God’s seed lives in him. He can’t continue to sin, because he is born of God.

١٠ 10 بِهَذَا أَوْلَادُ ٱللهِ ظَاهِرُونَ وَأَوْلَادُ إِبْلِيسَ: كُلُّ مَنْ لَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱللهِ، وَكَذَا مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ.

By this the children of God and the children of the Devil are obvious: anyone who doesn’t practice righteousness is not God’s, and neither is anyone who doesn’t sincerely love his brother or sister.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْخَبَرُ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ: أَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا.

For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should sincerely love one another.

١٢ 12 لَيْسَ كَمَا كَانَ قَايِينُ مِنَ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ وَذَبَحَ أَخَاهُ. وَلِمَاذَا ذَبَحَهُ؟ لِأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُ كَانَتْ شِرِّيرَةً، وَأَعْمَالَ أَخِيهِ بَارَّةٌ.

Don’t be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

١٣ 13 لَا تَتَعَجَّبُوا يَا إِخْوَتِي إِنْ كَانَ ٱلْعَالَمُ يُبْغِضُكُمْ.

Don’t be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

١٤ 14 نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّنَا قَدِ ٱنْتَقَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ إِلَى ٱلْحَيَاةِ، لِأَنَّنَا نُحِبُّ ٱلْإِخْوَةَ. مَنْ لَا يُحِبَّ أَخَاهُ يَبْقَ فِي ٱلْمَوْتِ.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we sincerely love our brothers and sisters. Whoever doesn’t sincerely love lives in death.

١٥ 15 كُلُّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ أَخَاهُ فَهُوَ قَاتِلُ نَفْسٍ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ كُلَّ قَاتِلِ نَفْسٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ حَيَاةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ ثَابِتَةٌ فِيهِ. (aiōnios g166)

Whoever hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life living in him. (aiōnios g166)

١٦ 16 بِهَذَا قَدْ عَرَفْنَا ٱلْمَحَبَّةَ: أَنَّ ذَاكَ وَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَجْلِنَا، فَنَحْنُ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ نُفُوسَنَا لِأَجْلِ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ.

By this we know God’s sincere love, because He laid down His life for us. So we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

١٧ 17 وَأَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَعِيشَةُ ٱلْعَالَمِ، وَنَظَرَ أَخَاهُ مُحْتَاجًا، وَأَغْلَقَ أَحْشَاءَهُ عَنْهُ، فَكَيْفَ تَثْبُتُ مَحَبَّةُ ٱللهِ فِيهِ؟

If someone has this world’s goods, and sees a brother in need, and closes up his heart of compassion from him, how does God’s sincere love live in him?

١٨ 18 يَا أَوْلَادِي، لَا نُحِبَّ بِٱلْكَلَامِ وَلَا بِٱللِّسَانِ، بَلْ بِٱلْعَمَلِ وَٱلْحَقِّ!

My little children, let’s not sincerely love just in words or in language, but in deed and in truth.

١٩ 19 وَبِهَذَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَنُسَكِّنُ قُلُوبَنَا قُدَّامَهُ.

This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will assure our hearts before Him

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ لَامَتْنَا قُلُوبُنَا فَٱللهُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا، وَيَعْلَمُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

٢١ 21 أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ، إِنْ لَمْ تَلُمْنَا قُلُوبُنَا، فَلَنَا ثِقَةٌ مِنْ نَحْوِ ٱللهِ.

Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence before God;

٢٢ 22 وَمَهْمَا سَأَلْنَا نَنَالُ مِنْهُ، لِأَنَّنَا نَحْفَظُ وَصَايَاهُ، وَنَعْمَلُ ٱلْأَعْمَالَ ٱلْمَرْضِيَّةَ أَمَامَهُ.

and we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do the things that please Him.

٢٣ 23 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ وَصِيَّتُهُ: أَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِٱسْمِ ٱبْنِهِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، وَنُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا كَمَا أَعْطَانَا وَصِيَّةً.

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and that we sincerely love one another, just as He commanded us.

٢٤ 24 وَمَنْ يَحْفَظْ وَصَايَاهُ يَثْبُتْ فِيهِ وَهُوَ فِيهِ. وَبِهَذَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا: مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَانَا.

Whoever keeps His commandments lives in Him, and He lives in that person. This is how we know that He lives in us: by the Spirit He has given us.