فِيلِبِّي 3
| أَخِيرًا يَا إِخْوَتِي، ٱفْرَحُوا فِي ٱلرَّبِّ. كِتَابَةُ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ إِلَيْكُمْ لَيْسَتْ عَلَيَّ ثَقِيلَةً، وَأَمَّا لَكُمْ فَهِيَ مُؤَمِّنَةٌ. | ١ 1 |
[Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].
| اُنْظُرُوا ٱلْكِلَابَ. ٱنْظُرُوا فَعَلَةَ ٱلشَّرِّ. ٱنْظُرُوا ٱلْقَطْعَ. | ٢ 2 |
Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].
| لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ ٱلْخِتَانَ، ٱلَّذِينَ نَعْبُدُ ٱللهَ بِٱلرُّوحِ، وَنَفْتَخِرُ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، وَلَا نَتَّكِلُ عَلَى ٱلْجَسَدِ. | ٣ 3 |
[Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].
| مَعَ أَنَّ لِي أَنْ أَتَّكِلَ عَلَى ٱلْجَسَدِ أَيْضًا. إِنْ ظَنَّ وَاحِدٌ آخَرُ أَنْ يَتَّكِلَ عَلَى ٱلْجَسَدِ فَأَنَا بِٱلْأَوْلَى. | ٤ 4 |
[We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.
| مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْخِتَانِ مَخْتُونٌ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّامِنِ، مِنْ جِنْسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ، عِبْرَانِيٌّ مِنَ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ. مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ فَرِّيسِيٌّ. | ٥ 5 |
I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].
| مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ: مُضْطَهِدُ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ. مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْبِرِّ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلنَّامُوسِ: بِلَا لَوْمٍ. | ٦ 6 |
I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.
| لَكِنْ مَا كَانَ لِي رِبْحًا، فَهَذَا قَدْ حَسِبْتُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ خَسَارَةً. | ٧ 7 |
Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).
| بَلْ إِنِّي أَحْسِبُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَيْضًا خَسَارَةً مِنْ أَجْلِ فَضْلِ مَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّي، ٱلَّذِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ خَسِرْتُ كُلَّ ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ، وَأَنَا أَحْسِبُهَا نُفَايَةً لِكَيْ أَرْبَحَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ، | ٨ 8 |
More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],
| وَأُوجَدَ فِيهِ، وَلَيْسَ لِي بِرِّي ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ، بَلِ ٱلَّذِي بِإِيمَانِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، ٱلْبِرُّ ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱللهِ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ. | ٩ 9 |
and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].
| لِأَعْرِفَهُ، وَقُوَّةَ قِيَامَتِهِ، وَشَرِكَةَ آلَامِهِ، مُتَشَبِّهًا بِمَوْتِهِ، | ١٠ 10 |
I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,
| لَعَلِّي أَبْلُغُ إِلَى قِيَامَةِ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ. | ١١ 11 |
[because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
| لَيْسَ أَنِّي قَدْ نِلْتُ أَوْ صِرْتُ كَامِلًا، وَلَكِنِّي أَسْعَى لَعَلِّي أُدْرِكُ ٱلَّذِي لِأَجْلِهِ أَدْرَكَنِي أَيْضًا ٱلْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ. | ١٢ 12 |
I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].
| أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، أَنَا لَسْتُ أَحْسِبُ نَفْسِي أَنِّي قَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ. وَلَكِنِّي أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا وَاحِدًا: إِذْ أَنَا أَنْسَى مَا هُوَ وَرَاءُ وَأَمْتَدُّ إِلَى مَا هُوَ قُدَّامُ، | ١٣ 13 |
My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.
| أَسْعَى نَحْوَ ٱلْغَرَضِ لِأَجْلِ جَعَالَةِ دَعْوَةِ ٱللهِ ٱلْعُلْيَا فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. | ١٤ 14 |
Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].
| فَلْيَفْتَكِرْ هَذَا جَمِيعُ ٱلْكَامِلِينَ مِنَّا، وَإِنِ ٱفْتَكَرْتُمْ شَيْئًا بِخِلَافِهِ فَٱللهُ سَيُعْلِنُ لَكُمْ هَذَا أَيْضًا. | ١٥ 15 |
So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.
| وَأَمَّا مَا قَدْ أَدْرَكْنَاهُ، فَلْنَسْلُكْ بِحَسَبِ ذَلِكَ ٱلْقَانُونِ عَيْنِهِ، وَنَفْتَكِرْ ذَلِكَ عَيْنَهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
| كُونُوا مُتَمَثِّلِينَ بِي مَعًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، وَلَاحِظُوا ٱلَّذِينَ يَسِيرُونَ هَكَذَا كَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَكُمْ قُدْوَةٌ. | ١٧ 17 |
My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].
| لِأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يَسِيرُونَ مِمَّنْ كُنْتُ أَذْكُرُهُمْ لَكُمْ مِرَارًا، وَٱلْآنَ أَذْكُرُهُمْ أَيْضًا بَاكِيًا، وَهُمْ أَعْدَاءُ صَلِيبِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، | ١٨ 18 |
[Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].
| ٱلَّذِينَ نِهَايَتُهُمُ ٱلْهَلَاكُ، ٱلَّذِينَ إِلَهُهُمْ بَطْنُهُمْ وَمَجْدُهُمْ فِي خِزْيِهِمِ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَكِرُونَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِيَّاتِ. | ١٩ 19 |
[God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.
| فَإِنَّ سِيرَتَنَا نَحْنُ هِيَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، ٱلَّتِي مِنْهَا أَيْضًا نَنْتَظِرُ مُخَلِّصًا هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ، | ٢٠ 20 |
[But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
| ٱلَّذِي سَيُغَيِّرُ شَكْلَ جَسَدِ تَوَاضُعِنَا لِيَكُونَ عَلَى صُورَةِ جَسَدِ مَجْدِهِ، بِحَسَبِ عَمَلِ ٱسْتِطَاعَتِهِ أَنْ يُخْضِعَ لِنَفْسِهِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ. | ٢١ 21 |
By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.
