أفَسُس 5

١ 1 فَاقْتَدُوا إِذَنْ بِاللهِ كَأَوْلاَدٍ أَحِبَّاءَ،

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

٢ 2 وَاسْلُكُوا فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ عَلَى مِثَالِ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي أَحَبَّنَا وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِنَا تَقْدِمَةً وَذَبِيحَةً لِلهِ طَيِّبَةَ الرَّائِحَةِ.

And walk in love, even as Messiah also loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

٣ 3 أَمَّا الزِّنَى، وَكُلُّ نَجَاسَةٍ أَوْ شَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ، فَلاَ يُذْكَرْ بَيْنَكُمْ حَتَّى اسْمُهَا، كَمَا يَلِيقُ بِالْقِدِّيسِينَ.

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes kadoshim;

٤ 4 وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَذَاءَةُ وَالْكَلاَمُ السَّفِيهُ وَالْهَزْلُ، فَهِيَ غَيْرُ لاَئِقَةٍ. وَإِنَّمَا أَحْرَى بِكُمْ أَنْ تَلْهَجُوا بِالشُّكْرِ لِلهِ!

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

٥ 5 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ هَذَا جَيِّداً: أَنَّ كُلَّ زَانٍ أَوْ نَجِسٍ أَوْ صَاحِبِ شَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ، مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ عَابِدُ أَصْنَامٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ فِي مَلَكُوتِ الْمَسِيحِ وَاللهِ.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, that is, an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Messiah and God.

٦ 6 لاَ يَخْدَعْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بِكَلاَمٍ بَاطِلٍ! فَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ يَحِلُّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الْعِصْيَانِ.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

٧ 7 إِذَنْ، لاَ تَكُونُوا شُرَكَاءَ لَهُمْ:

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

٨ 8 فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ فِي الْمَاضِي ظَلاَماً، وَلَكِنَّكُمُ الآنَ نُورٌ فِي الرَّبِّ. فَاسْلُكُوا سُلُوكَ أَوْلاَدِ النُّورِ.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

٩ 9 فَإِنَّ ثَمَرَ النُّورِ يَكُونُ فِي كُلِّ صَلاَحٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةٍ وَحَقٍّ.

for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

١٠ 10 هَكَذَا تَخْتَبِرُونَ الأُمُورَ الَّتِي تُرْضِي الرَّبَّ.

proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

١١ 11 وَعَلَيْكُمْ أَلاَّ تَكْتَفُوا بِعَدَمِ الاشْتِرَاكِ فِي أَعْمَالِ الظَّلاَمِ الْعَقِيمَةِ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى أَنْ تَفْضَحُوهَا أَيْضاً.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

١٢ 12 فَالأُمُورُ الَّتِي يَفْعَلُونَهَا سِرّاً، قَبِيحٌ حَتَّى ذِكْرُهَا.

For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

١٣ 13 إِلاَّ أَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، إِذَا مَا فَضَحَ النُّورُ أَمْرَهُ، يَصِيرُ مَكْشُوفاً:

But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

١٤ 14 لأَنَّ الَّذِي يَكْشِفُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ النُّورُ. لِذَلِكَ يُقَالُ: «اسْتَيْقِظْ أَيُّهَا النَّائِمُ، وَقُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، فَيُشْرِقَ عَلَيْكَ نُورُ الْمَسِيحِ!»

Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and rise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you."

١٥ 15 فَانْتَبِهُوا تَمَاماً إِذَنْ كَيْفَ تَسْلُكُونَ بِتَدْقِيقٍ، لاَ سُلُوكَ الْجُهَلاَءِ بَلْ سُلُوكَ الْعُقَلاَءِ،

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

١٦ 16 مُسْتَغِلِّينَ الْوَقْتَ أَحْسَنَ اسْتِغْلاَلٍ، لأَنَّ الأَيَّامَ شِرِّيرَةٌ.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

١٧ 17 لِذَلِكَ لاَ تَكُونُوا أَغْبِيَاءَ، بَلِ افْهَمُوا مَا هِيَ مَشِيئَةُ الرَّبِّ.

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

١٨ 18 لاَ تَسْكَرُوا بِالْخَمْرِ، فَفِيهَا الْخَلاَعَةُ، وَإِنَّمَا امْتَلِئُوا بِالرُّوحِ،

Do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled with the Ruach,

١٩ 19 مُحَدِّثِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِمَزَامِيرَ وَتَسَابِيحَ وَأَنَاشِيدَ رُوحِيَّةٍ، مُرَنِّمِينَ وَمُرَتِّلِينَ بِقُلُوبِكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ؛

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your heart to the Lord;

٢٠ 20 رَافِعِينَ الشُّكْرَ كُلَّ حِينٍ وَعَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِلهِ وَالآبِ، بِاسْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ؛

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to God the Father;

٢١ 21 خَاضِعِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِي مَخَافَةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Messiah.

٢٢ 22 أَيَّتُهَا الزَّوْجَاتُ، اخْضَعْنَ لأَزْوَاجِكُنَّ، كَمَا لِلرَّبِّ.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

٢٣ 23 فَإِنَّ الزَّوْجَ هُوَ رَأْسُ الزَّوْجَةِ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ أَيْضاً هُوَ رَأْسُ الْكَنِيسَةِ (جَسَدِهِ)، وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ مُخَلِّصُ الْجَسَدِ.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Messiah also is the head of the congregation, being himself the savior of the body.

٢٤ 24 فَكَمَا أَنَّ الْكَنِيسَةَ قَدْ أُخْضِعَتْ لِلْمَسِيحِ، فَكَذلِكَ الزَّوْجَاتُ أَيْضاً لأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

But as the congregation is subject to Messiah, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

٢٥ 25 أَيُّهَا الأَزْوَاجُ، أَحِبُّوا زَوْجَاتِكُمْ مِثْلَمَا أَحَبَّ الْمَسِيحُ الْكَنِيسَةَ وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِهَا،

Husbands, love your wives, even as Messiah also loved the congregation, and gave himself up for it;

٢٦ 26 لِكَيْ يُقَدِّسَهَا مُطَهِّراً إِيَّاهَا بِغَسْلِ الْمَاءِ، بِالْكَلِمَةِ،

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

٢٧ 27 حَتَّى يَزُفَّهَا إِلَى نَفْسِهِ كَنِيسَةً بَهِيَّةً لاَ يَشُوبُهَا عَيْبٌ أَوْ تَجَعُّدٌ أَوْ أَيَّةُ نَقِيصَةٍ مُشَابِهَةٍ بَلْ تَكُونُ مُقَدَّسَةً خَالِيَةً مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ.

that he might present the congregation to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

٢٨ 28 عَلَى هَذَا الْمِثَالِ يَجِبُ عَلَى الأَزْوَاجِ أَنْ يُحِبُّوا زَوْجَاتِهِمْ كَأَجْسَادِهِمْ. إِنَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ زَوْجَتَهُ، يُحِبُّ نَفْسَهُ.

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

٢٩ 29 فَلاَ أَحَدَ يُبْغِضُ جَسَدَهُ الْبَتَّةَ، بَلْ يُغَذِّيهِ وَيَعْتَنِي بِهِ، كَمَا يُعَامِلُ الْمَسِيحُ أَيْضاً الْكَنِيسَةَ.

For no one ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Messiah also does the congregation;

٣٠ 30 فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَعْضَاءُ جَسَدِهِ.

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

٣١ 31 لِذَلِكَ يَسْتَقِلُّ الزَّوْجُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ، وَيَتَّحِدُ بِزَوْجَتِهِ، فَيَصِيرُ الاثْنَانِ جَسَداً وَاحِداً.

"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

٣٢ 32 هَذَا السِّرُّ عَظِيمٌ وَلَكِنَّنِي أُشِيرُ بِهِ إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ وَالْكَنِيسَةِ!

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and of the congregation.

٣٣ 33 إِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً، كُلٌّ بِمُفْرَدِهِ، لِيُحِبْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ زَوْجَتَهُ كَنَفْسِهِ. وَأَمَّا الزَّوْجَةُ، فَعَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَهَابَ زَوْجَهَا.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.