Philippians 1

1 [I], Paul, and Timothy, [who is with me, are] men who serve Christ Jesus. I [am writing this letter] to all [of you who are] pastors and deacons in Philippi [city] and to the rest of God’s people [there who have a close relationship] with Christ Jesus.

١ مِنْ بُولُسَ وَتِيمُوثَاوُسَ، عَبْدَيِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، إِلَى جَمِيعِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مَدِينَةِ فِيلِبِّي، بِمَنْ فِيهِمْ مِنْ رُعَاةٍ وَمُدَبِّرِينَ.

2 [We both] (OR, [I]) [pray that] God, [who is] our Father, and Jesus Christ, [who is our] Lord, [will continue to] be kind to you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.

٢ لِتَكُنْ لَكُمُ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلاَمُ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ.

3 I thank my God whenever I think about you.

٣ إِنِّي أَشْكُرُ إِلَهِي كُلَّمَا تَذَكَّرْتُكُمْ،

4 Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.

٤ إِذْ أَتَضَرَّعُ بِفَرَحٍ لأَجْلِكُمْ جَمِيعاً كُلَّ حِينٍ فِي جَمِيعِ صَلَوَاتِي،

5 I [thank God and rejoice] because you have been [working] together with me in order to [make known] the good message about Christ. [You started doing that] when you first [MTY] [believed it, and you have continued doing it] until now.

٥ بِسَبَبِ مُسَاهَمَتِكُمْ فِي نَشْرِ الإِنْجِيلِ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ إِلَى الآنَ.

6 I am completely confident that [God], who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since [God] has begun to do in you what is good, he) will continue to do that until he finishes doing it on the day Christ Jesus [MTY] [returns].

٦ وَلِي ثِقَةٌ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ بِالذَّاتِ: أَنَّ الَّذِي بَدَأَ فِيكُمْ عَمَلاً صَالِحاً سَوْفَ يُتَمِّمُهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

7 During this time that I have been a prisoner [MTY] and during the times I was previously able to defend the good message about Christ and proved/confirmed [to others] that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work [that God] kindly gave [to me to do. So] indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear [IDM] to me.

٧ كَمَا أَنَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي هَذَا الشُّعُورُ تِجَاهَكُمْ جَمِيعاً، لأَنِّي أَحْتَفِظُ بِكُمْ فِي قَلْبِي، لِكَوْنِكُمْ جَمِيعاً شُرَكَاءَ لِي فِي النِّعْمَةِ، سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ فِي قُيُودِي أَمْ فِي الدِّفَاعِ عَنِ الإِنْجِيلِ وَتَثْبِيتِهِ.

8 God [can] verify that Christ Jesus causes me to [love and] long for all of you very much, [just like] Christ loves [you].

٨ فَإِنَّ اللهَ شَاهِدٌ لِي كَيْفَ أَحِنُّ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعاً بِعَوَاطِفِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

9 And what I pray [for you] is that [God will enable] you to truly know and learn how to love [one another] more and more in every situation.

٩ وَصَلاَتِي لأَجْلِكُمْ هِيَ هَذِهِ: أَنْ تَزْدَادَ مَحَبَّتُكُمْ أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ فِي تَمَامِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالإِدْرَاكِ،

10 [And I pray that he will enable] you to completely understand [how you should believe and act]. I [pray this] in order that you might be [spiritually] pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless [DOU]) on the day that Christ [returns] [MTY],

١٠ لِكَيْ تَسْتَحْسِنُوا الأُمُورَ الْمُمْتَازَةَ، حَتَّى تَكُونُوا طَاهِرِينَ وَخَالِينَ مِنَ الْعَثَرَاتِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْمَسِيحِ،

11 [and in order that] you might conduct your lives [IDM] completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ [enabling you to do so], in order that [people will] honor God and praise him (OR, [people will] praise God very much [DOU]).

١١ كَامِلِينَ فِي ثِمَارِ الْبِرِّ الآتِيَةِ بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، لِمَجْدِ اللهِ وَحَمْدِهِ.

12 My fellow believers, I want you to know that the [troubles] I have experienced [have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead], [these things that I have experienced] have enabled even more people to hear the good message [about Christ].

١٢ عَلَى أَنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَعْلَمُوا، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنَّ أَحْوَالِي قَدْ أَدَّتْ فِي الْوَاقِعِ إِلَى انْتِشَارِ الإِنْجِيلِ بِنَجَاحٍ،

13 [Specifically], all the military guards who are stationed [here in Rome] and many other [HYP] [people in this city] [HYP] now know that I am a prisoner [MTY] because I [proclaim the good news] about Christ.

١٣ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَارَ مَعْرُوفاً لَدَى الْحَرَسِ الإِمْبِرَاطُورِيِّ كُلِّهِ وَلَدَى الْبَاقِينَ جَمِيعاً أَنَّ قُيُودِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ لأَجْلِ الْمَسِيحِ؛

14 Also, most of the believers [here now] proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly [because] they trust the Lord [more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more] because [they have seen how the Lord has helped me] while I have been a prisoner [MTY] [here].

١٤ كَمَا أَنَّ أَكْثَرَ الإِخْوَةِ، وَقَدْ صَارُوا وَاثِقِينَ بِالرَّبِّ بِسَبَبِ قُيُودِي، يَجْرُؤُونَ عَلَى التَّبْشِيرِ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ دُونَ خَوْفٍ.

15 Some people proclaim [the message about Christ as I do] because they are happy [with my work]. They proclaim [the message about] Christ because they love [me and because] they know that [God] has placed me [here] to defend the message about Christ [CHI].

١٥ حَقّاً أَنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ يُبَشِّرُونَ بِالْمَسِيحِ عَنْ حَسَدٍ وَنِزَاعٍ؛ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُونَ فَعَنْ حُسْنِ نِيَّةٍ.

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١٦ فَهَؤُلاَءِ تَدْفَعُهُمُ الْمَحَبَّةُ، عَالِمِينَ أَنِّي قَدْ عُيِّنْتُ لِلدِّفَاعِ عَنِ الإِنْجِيلِ؛

17 Others proclaim [the message about] Christ because they envy [me] and oppose [me]. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They [wrongly] assume [that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result], I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY] [here].

١٧ وَأُولَئِكَ يَدْفَعُهُمُ التَّحَزُّبُ، فَيُنَادُونَ بِالْمَسِيحِ بِغَيْرِ إِخْلاَصٍ، ظَنّاً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يُثِيرُونَ عَلَيَّ الضِّيقَ إِضَافَةً إِلَى الْقُيُودِ.

18 But it does not matter whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have wrong motives, or whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that [the message about] Christ is being proclaimed {people are proclaiming [the message about] Christ}. And because of that I rejoice! Philippians 1:18b-26 Furthermore, I will continue to rejoice,

١٨ فَمَاذَا إِذَنْ؟ مَهْمَا يَكُنْ، وَفِي أَيِّ حَالٍ، فَإِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ يُنَادَى بِهِ، سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ بِذَرِيعَةٍ أَمْ بِحَقٍّ. وَبِهَذَا أَنَا أَفْرَحُ وَسَأَفْرَحُ بَعْدُ!

19 because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves [of what I have done] (OR, that [the Roman authorities] will set me free). [This will happen] as a result of your praying for me, and [as a result] of [God’s] Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me.

١٩ فَإِنَّنِي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ سَيُؤَدِّي إِلَى خَلاصٍ، بِفَضْلِ صَلاَتِكُمْ وَبِمَعُونَةِ رُوحِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ؛

20 I [know that this will happen] because I very confidently expect [DOU] that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always [have done], Christ will be greatly honored {I will continue now also to very boldly honor Christ} by means of all that I do [SYN, MTY], whether by [the way I] live or [by the way I] die.

٢٠ وَفْقاً لِمَا أَتَوَقَّعُهُ وَأَرْجُوهُ: أَنِّي لَنْ أَفْشَلَ فِي شَيْءٍ، بَلْ فِي كُلِّ جُرْأَةٍ وَكَمَا فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ فَكَذلِكَ الآنَ أَيْضاً، يَتَعَظَّمُ الْمَسِيحُ فِي جَسَدِي، سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ بِالْحَيَاةِ أَمْ بِالْمَوْتِ.

21 As for me, I live [in order to honor] Christ. But if I die, it will be better [for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him].

٢١ فَالْحَيَاةُ عِنْدِي هِيَ الْمَسِيحُ، وَالْمَوْتُ رِبْحٌ لِي.

22 On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve [Christ] effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose.

٢٢ وَلَكِنْ، إِنْ كَانَ لِي أَنْ أَحْيَا فِي الْجَسَدِ، فَحَيَاتِي تُهَيِّئُ لِي عَمَلاً مُثْمِراً. وَلَسْتُ أَدْرِي أَيَّ الاثْنَيْنِ أَخْتَارُ!

23 That is, I am not sure which of those two I [prefer]. I long to leave [this world] and [go to] be with Christ, because that will be very much better [for me].

٢٣ فَأَنَا تَحْتَ ضَغْطٍ مِنْ كِلَيْهِمَا: إِذْ إِنِّي رَاغِبٌ فِي أَنْ أَرْحَلَ وَأُقِيمَ مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ، وَهَذَا أَفْضَلُ بِكَثِيرٍ جِدّاً؛

24 Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive [than that I go to be with Christ because] you still need [me to help you].

٢٤ وَلَكِنَّ بَقَائِي فِي الْجَسَدِ أَشَدُّ ضَرُورَةً مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ.

25 Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain [alive] and that I will [go/come to] be with you all. [As a result], you will believe [in Christ] more firmly, and [as a result of that], you will rejoice.

٢٥ وَمَا دَامَتْ لِي ثِقَةٌ بِهَذَا، أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي سَأَبْقَى وَأُقِيمُ مَعَكُمْ جَمِيعاً، لأَجْلِ تَقَدُّمِكُمْ فِي الإِيمَانِ وَفَرَحِكُمْ فِيهِ،

26 [That is], you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus [bringing] me [to be with you again].

٢٦ لِيَزْدَادَ بِسَبَبِي افْتِخَارُكُمْ بِالْمَسِيحِ بِحُضُورِي بَيْنَكُمْ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

27 Most importantly, as fellow [believers in Christ], conduct yourselves just like [you learned you should do when you heard] the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether [I am away from you and] people tell me about you, [what I hear or see will make me happy]. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting [those who oppose the message about Christ] (OR, [oppose you]). I [will know] that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel [about Christ].

٢٧ إِنَّمَا عِيشُوا عِيشَةً تَلِيقُ بِإِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ، حَتَّى إِذَا جِئْتُ وَشَاهَدْتُكُمْ أَوْ بَقَيْتُ غَائِباً عَنْكُمْ، أَسْمَعُ أَخْبَارَكُمْ وَأَعْرِفُ أَنَّكُمْ ثَابِتُونَ فِي رُوحٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَبِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ تُجَاهِدُونَ مَعاً لأَجْلِ الإِيمَانِ الْمُعْلَنِ فِي الإِنْجِيلِ،

28 And I [will know] that you are not at all frightened by {afraid of} the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that [God] will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that [God] will save you eternally. It is God who is doing [all] this.

٢٨ غَيْرَ مُرْتَعِبِينَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُقَاوِمُونَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ فِي مُقَاوَمَتِهِمْ دَلِيلاً عَلَى هَلاَكِهِمْ هُمْ وَعَلَى خَلاَصِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ، وَذَلِكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ.

29 Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ, [he] has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ.

٢٩ فَقَدْ وُهِبَ لَكُمْ، لأَجْلِ الْمَسِيحِ، لاَ أَنْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ أَيْضاً أَنْ تَتَأَلَّمُوا لأَجْلِهِ،

30 [As a result], you are [having to] resist [those who oppose the good message], just like you saw that I [had to] resist [such people there in Philippi], and just like you hear that I [still have to resist such people here] now.

٣٠ مُجَاهِدِينَ الْجِهَادَ عَيْنَهُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فِيَّ وَالَّذِي تَسْمَعُونَ الآنَ أَنَّهُ فِيَّ.