1 Corinthians 10

1 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

1 فَإِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يَخْفَى عَلَيْكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الأُخْوَةُ أَنَّ آبَاءَنَا كَانُوا كُلُّهُمْ تَحْتَ السَّحَابَةِ، وَاجْتَازُوا كُلُّهُمْ فِي الْبَحْرِ،

2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

2 فَتَعَمَّدُوا كُلُّهُمْ أَتْبَاعاً لِمُوسَى، فِي السَّحَابَةِ وَفِي الْبَحْرِ،

3 They all ate the same spiritual food

3 وَأَكَلُوا كُلُّهُمْ طَعَاماً رُوحِيًّا وَاحِداً،

4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

4 وَشَرِبُوا كُلُّهُمْ شَرَاباً رُوحِيًّا وَاحِداً، إِذْ شَرِبُوا مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ رُوحِيَّةٍ تَبِعَتْهُمْ، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةُ هِيَ الْمَسِيحُ.

5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

5 وَمَعَ ذلِكَ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَرْتَضِ بِأَكْثَرِهِمْ إِذْ طُرِحُوا قَتْلَى فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

6 These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

6 وَإِنَّمَا حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ لِتَكُونَ مِثَالاً لَنَا، حَتَّى لَا نَشْتَهِيَ أُمُوراً شِرِّيرَةً كَمَا اشْتَهَى أُولئِكَ.

7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

7 فَلا تَكُونُوا عَابِدِينَ لِلأَصْنَامِ كَمَا كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ، كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «جَلَسَ الشَّعْبُ لِلأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ، ثُمَّ قَامُوا لِلرَّقْصِ وَاللَّهْوِ».

8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

8 وَلا نَرْتَكِبِ الزِّنَا كَمَا فَعَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ، فَسَقَطَ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ ثَلاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ أَلْفاً.

9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

9 وَلا نُجَرِّبْ الرَّبَّ كَمَا جَرَّبَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ، فَأَهْلَكَتْهُمُ الْحَيَّاتُ.

10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

10 وَلا تَتَذَمَّرُوا، كَمَا تَذَمَّرَ بَعْضُهُمْ، فَهَلَكُوا عَلَى يَدِ الْمَلاكِ الْمُهْلِكِ.

11 Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

11 فَهَذِهِ الأُمُورُ كُلُّهَا حَدَثَتْ لَهُمْ لِتَكُونَ مِثَالاً، وَقَدْ كُتِبَتْ إِنْذَاراً لَنَا، نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْنَا أَوَاخِرُ الأَزْمِنَةِ.

12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

12 فَمَنْ تَوَهَّمَ أَنَّهُ صَامِدٌ، فَلْيَحْذَرْ أَنْ يَسْقُطَ.

13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

13 لَمْ يُصِبْكُمْ مِنَ التَّجَارِبِ إِلّا مَا هُوَ بَشَرِيٌّ. وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ أَمِينٌ وَجَدِيرٌ بِالثِّقَةِ، فَلا يَدَعُكُمْ تُجَرَّبُونَ فَوْقَ مَا تُطِيقُونَ، بَلْ يُدَبِّرُ لَكُمْ مَعَ التَّجْرِبَةِ سَبِيلَ الْخُرُوجِ مِنْهَا لِتُطِيقُوا احْتِمَالَهَا.

14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

14 لِذَلِكَ، يَا أَحِبَّائِي، اهْرُبُوا مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الأَصْنَامِ.

15 I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

15 إِنِّي أُكَلِّمُكُمْ كَلامِي لأَذْكِيَاءَ: فَاحْكُمُوا أَنْتُمْ فِي مَا أَقُولُ.

16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

16 أَلَيْسَتْ كَأْسُ الْبَرَكَةِ الَّتِي نُبَارِكُهَا هِيَ شَرِكَةُ دَمِ الْمَسِيحِ؟ أَوَ لَيْسَ رَغِيفُ الْخُبْزِ الَّذِي نَكْسِرُهُ هُوَ الاشْتِرَاكُ فِي جَسَدِ الْمَسِيحِ؟

17 Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

17 فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ الْكَثِيرِينَ رَغِيفٌ وَاحِدٌ، أَيْ جَسَدٌ وَاحِدٌ، لأَنَّنَا جَمِيعاً نَشْتَرِكُ فِي الرَّغِيفِ الْوَاحِدِ.

18 Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

18 انْظُرُوا إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ بِاعْتِبَارِهِ بَشَراً: أَمَا يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ آكِلِي الذَّبَائِحِ اشْتِرَاكُهُمْ فِي الْمَذْبَحِ؟

19 Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

19 فَمَاذَا أَعْنِي إِذَنْ؟ هَلْ مَا ذُبِحَ لِلصَّنَمِ لَهُ قِيمَةٌ أَوْ أَنَّ الصَّنَمَ لَهُ قِيمَةٌ؟

20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

20 لا، بَلْ أَنَّ مَا يَذْبَحُهُ الْوَثَنِيُّونَ فَإِنَّمَا يَذْبَحُونَهُ لِلشَّيَاطِينِ وَلَيْسَ لِلهِ. وَإِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَكُونُوا مُشْتَرِكِينَ مَعَ الشَّيَاطِينِ.

21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

21 فَلا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ تَشْرَبُوا كَأْسَ الرَّبِّ وَكَأْسَ الشَّيَاطِينِ مَعاً، وَلا أَنْ تَشْتَرِكُوا فِي مَائِدَةِ الرَّبِّ وَمَائِدَةِ الشَّيَاطِينِ مَعاً،

22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

22 أَمْ نُحَاوِلُ إِثَارَةَ غَيْرَةَ الرَّبِّ؟ أَوَ نَحْنُ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ؟

23 “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

23 كُلُّ شَيْءٍ حَلالٌ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَنْفَعُ. كَلُّ شَيْءٍ حَلالٌ، وَلكِنْ لَيْسَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَبْنِي.

24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

24 فَلا يَسْعَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى مَصْلَحَةِ نَفْسِهِ، بَلْ إِلَى مَصْلَحَةِ غَيْرِهِ!

25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

25 فَكُلُّ مَا يُبَاعُ فِي السُّوقِ، لَكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ، دُونَمَا اسْتِفْهَامٍ لإِرْضَاءِ الضَّمِيرِ.

26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

26 فَإِنَّ الأَرْضَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهَا لِلرَّبِّ.

27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

27 أَمَّا إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَأَرَدْتُمْ أَنْ تُرَافِقُوهُ، فَكُلُوا مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يُقَدِّمُهُ لَكُمْ، دُونَمَا اسْتِفْهَامٍ لإِرْضَاءِ الضَّمِيرِ.

28 But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

28 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قَالَ لَكُمْ أَحَدٌ: «هَذِهِ ذَبِيحَةٌ مُقَدَّمَةٌ لإِلهٍ»، فَلا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهَا مُرَاعَاةً لِمَنْ أَخْبَرَكُمْ وَإِرْضَاءً لِلضَّمِيرِ.

29 the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

29 وَبِقَوْلِي «الضَّمِيرِ» لَا أَعْنِي ضَمِيرَكَ أَنْتَ بَلْ ضَمِيرَ الآخَرِ. وَلِمَاذَا يَتَحَكَّمُ ضَمِيرُ غَيْرِي بِحُرِّيَّتِي؟

30 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

30 وَمَادُمْتُ أَتَنَاوَلُ شَيْئاً وَأَشْكُرُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلِمَاذَا يُقَالُ فِيَّ سُوءٌ لأَجْلِ مَا أَشْكُرُ عَلَيْهِ؟

31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

31 فَإِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ أَوْ شَرِبْتُمْ أَوْ مَهْمَا فَعَلْتُمْ، فَافْعَلُوا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ لِتَمْجِيدِ اللهِ.

32 Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

32 لَا تَضَعُوا عَائِقاً يُسَبِّبُ السُّقُوطَ لأَحَدٍ، سَوَاءٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ أَمِ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ أَمْ كَنِيسَةِ اللهِ.

33 as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

33 فَهكَذَا أَنَا أَيْضاً أَسْعَى لإِرْضَاءِ الْجَمِيعِ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَلا أَهْتَمُّ بِمَصْلَحَتِي الْخَاصَّةِ، بَلْ بِمَصْلَحَةِ الْكَثِيرِينَ، لِكَيْ يَخْلُصُوا.