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١ 1 فَمِنْ ثَمَّ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ نَسْأَلُكُمْ وَنَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، أَنَّكُمْ كَمَا تَسَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَّا كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا وَتُرْضُوا ٱللهَ، تَزْدَادُونَ أَكْثَرَ.

Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more.

٢ 2 لِأَنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَيَّةَ وَصَايَا أَعْطَيْنَاكُمْ بِٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ.

For you know what commandments we gave you by our Lord Jesus.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ إِرَادَةُ ٱللهِ: قَدَاسَتُكُمْ. أَنْ تَمْتَنِعُوا عَنِ ٱلزِّنَا،

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness;

٤ 4 أَنْ يَعْرِفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَقْتَنِيَ إِنَاءَهُ بِقَدَاسَةٍ وَكَرَامَةٍ،

That each one of you know how to keep his vessel in sanctification and in honor,

٥ 5 لَا فِي هَوَى شَهْوَةٍ كَٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ ٱللهَ،

not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles do, who know not God;

٦ 6 أَنْ لَا يَتَطَاوَلَ أَحَدٌ وَيَطْمَعَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ فِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ مُنْتَقِمٌ لِهَذِهِ كُلِّهَا كَمَا قُلْنَا لَكُمْ قَبْلًا وَشَهِدْنَا.

That no one take advantage of or injure his brother in this matter; because the Lord takes vengeance for all such things, as we also told you before, and fully testified:

٧ 7 لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ لَمْ يَدْعُنَا لِلنَّجَاسَةِ بَلْ فِي ٱلْقَدَاسَةِ.

for God has not called us for uncleanness, but for holiness.

٨ 8 إِذًا مَنْ يُرْذِلُ لَا يُرْذِلُ إِنْسَانًا، بَلِ ٱللهَ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَانَا أَيْضًا رُوحَهُ ٱلْقُدُّوسَ.

Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit.

٩ 9 وَأَمَّا ٱلْمَحَبَّةُ ٱلْأَخَوِيَّةُ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لَكُمْ أَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَيْكُمْ عَنْهَا، لِأَنَّكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ مُتَعَلِّمُونَ مِنَ ٱللهِ أَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا.

But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

١٠ 10 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي مَكِدُونِيَّةَ كُلِّهَا. وَإِنَّمَا أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ أَنْ تَزْدَادُوا أَكْثَرَ،

and indeed you do this to all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that you abound in love more and more,

١١ 11 وَأَنْ تَحْرِصُوا عَلَى أَنْ تَكُونُوا هَادِئِينَ، وَتُمَارِسُوا أُمُورَكُمُ ٱلْخَاصَّةَ، وَتَشْتَغِلُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ أَنْتُمْ كَمَا أَوْصَيْنَاكُمْ،

and that you earnestly endeavor to live quietly, and that you attend to your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

١٢ 12 لِكَيْ تَسْلُكُوا بِلِيَاقَةٍ عِنْدَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَارِجٍ، وَلَا تَكُونَ لَكُمْ حَاجَةٌ إِلَى أَحَدٍ.

in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing.

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ لَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَجْهَلُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلرَّاقِدِينَ، لِكَيْ لَا تَحْزَنُوا كَٱلْبَاقِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا رَجَاءَ لَهُمْ.

But concerning those who have fallen asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that you may not grieve, as others who have no hope.

١٤ 14 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنَّا نُؤْمِنُ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ مَاتَ وَقَامَ، فَكَذَلِكَ ٱلرَّاقِدُونَ بِيَسُوعَ، سَيُحْضِرُهُمُ ٱللهُ أَيْضًا مَعَهُ.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also should we believe that God will, through Jesus, bring with him those who sleep.

١٥ 15 فَإِنَّنَا نَقُولُ لَكُمْ هَذَا بِكَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ: إِنَّنَا نَحْنُ ٱلْأَحْيَاءَ ٱلْبَاقِينَ إِلَى مَجِيءِ ٱلرَّبِّ، لَا نَسْبِقُ ٱلرَّاقِدِينَ.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ نَفْسَهُ بِهُتَافٍ، بِصَوْتِ رَئِيسِ مَلَائِكَةٍ وَبُوقِ ٱللهِ، سَوْفَ يَنْزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَٱلْأَمْوَاتُ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ سَيَقُومُونَ أَوَّلًا.

for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall arise first;

١٧ 17 ثُمَّ نَحْنُ ٱلْأَحْيَاءَ ٱلْبَاقِينَ سَنُخْطَفُ جَمِيعًا مَعَهُمْ فِي ٱلسُّحُبِ لِمُلَاقَاةِ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ٱلْهَوَاءِ، وَهَكَذَا نَكُونُ كُلَّ حِينٍ مَعَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

then we, the living who remain, shall, together with them, be caught up in clouds into the air to meet the Lord, and so shall we be ever with the Lord.

١٨ 18 لِذَلِكَ عَزُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ.

So, then, comfort one another with these words.