1 Corinthians 14

1 Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

1 اسْعَوْا وَرَاءَ الْمَحَبَّةِ، وَتَشَوَّقُوا إِلَى الْمَوَاهِبِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى مَوْهِبَةِ التَّنَبُّؤِ.

2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

2 ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِلُغَةٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ يُخَاطِبُ لَا النَّاسَ بَلِ اللهَ. إِذْ لَا أَحَدَ يَفْهَمُهُ، وَلكِنَّهُ بِالرُّوحِ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِأَلْغَازٍ.

3 But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.

3 أَمَّا الَّذِي يَتَنَبَّأُ، فَهُوَ يُخَاطِبُ النَّاسَ بِكَلامِ الْبُنْيَانِ وَالتَّشْجِيعِ وَالتَّعْزِيَةِ.

4 The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

4 فَالَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِلُغَةٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ يَبْنِي نَفْسَهُ؛ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي يَتَنَبَّأُ، فَيَبْنِي الْكَنِيسَةَ.

5 I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

5 إِنِّي أَرْغَبُ فِي أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمُوا جَمِيعاً بِلُغَاتٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ، وَلَكِنْ بِالأَحْرَى أَنْ تَتَنَبَّأُوا. فَإِنَّ مَنْ يَتَنَبَّأُ أَفْضَلُ مِمَّنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِاللُّغَاتِ إِلّا إِذَا تَرْجَمَ (مَا يَقُولُهُ) لِتَنَالَ الْكَنِيسَةُ بُنْيَاناً.

6 Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

6 وَالآنَ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، افْرِضُوا أَنِّي جِئْتُكُمْ مُتَكَلِّماً بِلُغَاتٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ، فَأَيَّةَ مَنْفَعَةٍ تَنَالُونَ مِنِّي، إِلّا إِذَا كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِإِعْلانٍ أَوْ عِلْمٍ أَوْ نُبُوءَةٍ أَوْ تَعْلِيمٍ؟

7 Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?

7 فَحَتَّى الآلاتُ الْمُصَوِّتَةُ الَّتِي لَا حَيَاةَ فِيهَا، كَالْمِزْمَارِ وَالْقِيثَارَةِ، إِنْ كَانَتْ لَا تُعْطِي أَنْغَاماً مُمَيَّزَةً، فَكَيْفَ يَعْرِفُ السَّامِعُ أَيَّ لَحْنٍ يُؤَدِّيهِ الْمِزْمَارُ أَوِ الْقِيثَارَةُ؟

8 Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?

8 وَإِنْ كَانَ بُوقُ الْحَرْبِ أَيْضاً يُطْلِقُ صَوْتاً غَيْرَ وَاضِحٍ، فَمَنْ يَسْتَعِدُّ لِلْقِتَالِ؟

9 So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

9 فَهَذِهِ حَالُكُمْ أَيْضاً فِي التَّكَلُّمِ بِلُغَةٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَنْطِقُونَ بِكَلامٍ مُمَيَّزٍ، فَكَيْفَ يَفْهَمُ السَّامِعُونَ مَا تَقُولُونَ؟ فَإِنَّكُمْ تَكُونُونَ كَمَنْ يُخَاطِبُ الْهَوَاءَ!

10 Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

10 قَدْ يَكُونُ فِي الْعَالَمِ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ اللُّغَاتِ، وَلا تَقْتَصِرُ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهَا عَلَى أَصْوَاتٍ بِلا مَعْنىً.

11 If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

11 فَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَا أَفْهَمُ مَعْنَى الأَصْوَاتِ فِي لُغَةٍ مَا، أَكُونُ أَجْنَبِيًّا عِنْدَ النَّاطِقِ بِها، وَيَكُونُ هُوَ أَجْنَبِيًّا عِنْدِي!

12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.

12 وَهكَذَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً، إِذْ إِنَّكُمْ مُتَشَوِّقُونَ إِلَى الْمَوَاهِبِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ، اسْعَوْا فِي طَلَبِ الْمَزِيدِ مِنْهَا لأَجْلِ بُنْيَانِ الْكَنِيسَةِ.

13 Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

13 لِذلِكَ يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمُتَكَلِّمِ بِلُغَةٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ مِنَ اللهِ مَوْهِبَةَ التَّرْجَمَةِ.

14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

14 فَإِنِّي إِنْ صَلَّيْتُ بِلُغَةٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ، فَرُوحِي تُصَلِّي، وَلَكِنَّ عَقْلِي عَدِيمُ الثَّمَرِ.

15 What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

15 فَمَا الْعَمَلُ إِذَنْ؟ سَأُصَلِّي بِالرُّوحِ، وَلكِنْ سَأُصَلِّي بِالْعَقْلِ أَيْضاً. سَأُرَنِّمُ بِالرُّوحِ، وَلكِنْ سَأُرَنِّمُ بِالْعَقْلِ أَيْضاً.

16 Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

16 وَإلَّا، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَحْمَدُ اللهَ بِالرُّوحِ فَقَطْ، فَكَيْفَ يَسْتَطِيعُ قَلِيلُ الْخِبْرَةِ أَنْ يَقُولَ: «آمِينَ» لَدَى تَقْدِيمِكَ الشُّكْرَ مَادَامَ لَا يَفْهَمُ مَا تَقُولُ؟

17 You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.

17 طَبْعاً، أَنْتَ تُقَدِّمُ الشُّكْرَ بِطَرِيقَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّ غَيْرَكَ لَا يُبْنَى.

18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

18 أَشْكُرُ اللهَ لأَنِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ بِلُغَاتٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْكُمْ جَمِيعاً.

19 But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

19 وَلكِنْ، حَيْثُ أَكُونُ فِي الْكَنِيسَةِ، أُفَضِّلُ أَنْ أَقُولَ خَمْسَ كَلِمَاتٍ مَفْهُومَةٍ، لِكَيْ أُعَلِّمَ بِها الآخَرِينَ أَيْضاً، عَلَى أَنْ أَقُولَ عَشَرَةَ آلافِ كَلِمَةٍ بِلُغَةٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ.

20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

20 أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، لَا تَكُونُوا أَوْلاداً فِي التَّفْكِيرِ، بَلْ كُونُوا أَطْفَالاً فِي الشَّرِّ. وَأَمَّا فِي التَّفْكِيرِ، فَكُونُوا رَاشِدِينَ.

21 It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

21 فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ: «بِأُنَاسٍ ذَوِي لُغَاتٍ أُخْرَى، وَبِشِفَاهٍ غَرِيبَةٍ، سَأُكَلِّمُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ؛ وَلكِنْ، حَتَّى هكَذَا، لَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لِي، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».

22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

22 إِذَنِ التَّكَلُّمُ بِلُغَاتٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ هُوَ عَلامَةٌ لَا لأَجْلِ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ، بَلْ لأَجْلِ غَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. وَأَمَّا التَّنَبُّؤُ، فَلَيْسَ لِغَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، بَلْ لِلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ.

23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

23 فَإِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْكَنِيسَةُ كُلُّهَا مَعاً، وَأَخَذَ الْجَمِيعُ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَاتٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ بَعْضُ قَلِيلِي الْخِبْرَةِ أَوْ غَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَفَلا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّكُمْ مَجَانِينَ؟

24 But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,

24 وَلكِنْ، إِنْ كَانَ الْجَمِيعُ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ قَلِيلِي الْخِبْرَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَقْتَنِعُ مِنَ الْجَمِيعِ، وَيُحْكَمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْجَمِيعِ،

25 and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

25 وَإِذْ تَنْكَشِفُ خَبَايَا قَلْبِهِ، يَخِرُّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ سَاجِداً لِلهِ، مُعْتَرِفاً بِأَنَّ اللهَ فِيكُمْ حَقّاً.

26 What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.

26 فَمَا الْعَمَلُ إِذَنْ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ؟ كُلَّمَا تَجْتَمِعُونَ مَعاً، سَيَكُونُ لِكُلٍّ مِنْكُمْ مَزْمُورٌ، أَوْ تَعْلِيمٌ، أَوْ كَلامٌ بِلُغَةٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ، أَوْ إِعْلانٌ، أَوْ تَرْجَمَةٌ. فَلْيَتِمْ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِهَدَفِ الْبُنْيَانِ.

27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

27 فَإِذَا صَارَ تَكَلُّمٌ بِلُغَةٍ، فَلْيَتَكَلَّمِ اثْنَانِ، أَوْ ثَلاثَةٌ عَلَى الأَكْثَرِ، كُلٌّ فِي دَوْرِهِ،

28 But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

28 وَلْيُتَرْجِمْ أَحَدُكُمْ. فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ مُتَرْجِمٌ، فَعَلَى الْمُتَكَلِّمِ أَلّا يَقُولَ شَيْئاً أَمَامَ الْجَمَاعَةِ، بَلْ أَنْ يَتَحَدَّثَ سِرّاً مَعَ نَفْسِهِ وَمَعَ اللهِ.

29 Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

29 وَلْيَتَكَلَّمْ أَيْضاً اثْنَانِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٌ مِنَ الْمُتَنَبِّئِينَ وَلْيَحْكُمِ الآخَرُونَ.

30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.

30 وَإِنْ أُوحِيَ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْجَالِسِينَ، فَلْيَسْكُتِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ الأَوَّلُ.

31 For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

31 فَإِنَّكُمْ جَمِيعاً تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَتَنَبَّأُوا وَاحِداً فَوَاحِداً، حَتَّى يَتَعَلَّمَ الْجَمِيعُ وَيَتَشَجَّعَ الْجَمِيعُ.

32 The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.

32 وَلَكِنَّ مَوَاهِبَ النُّبُوءَةِ هِيَ خَاضِعَةٌ لأَصْحَابِهَا.

33 For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

33 فَلَيْسَ اللهُ إِلهَ فَوْضَى بَلْ إِلهُ سَلامٍ، كَمَا هِيَ الْحَالُ فِي كَنَائِسِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ كُلِّهَا،

34 Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

34 لِتَصْمُتْ النِّسَاءُ فِي الْكَنَائِسِ، فَلَيْسَ مَسْمُوحاً لَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمْنَ، بَلْ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَنْ يَكُنَّ خَاضِعَاتٍ، عَلَى حَدِّ ما تُوصِي بِهِ الشَّرِيعَةُ أَيْضاً.

35 If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.

35 وَلَكِنْ، إِذَا رَغِبْنَ فِي تَعَلُّمِ شَيْءٍ مَا، فَلْيَسْأَلْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ فِي الْبَيْتِ، لأَنَّهُ عَارٌ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ.

36 Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

36 أَمِنْ عِنْدِكُمُ انْطَلَقَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ، أَمْ إِلَيْكُمْ وَحْدَكُمْ وَصَلَتْ؟

37 If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

37 فَإِنِ اعْتَبَرَ أَحَدٌ نَفْسَهُ نَبِيًّا أَوْ صَاحِبَ مَوْهِبَةٍ رُوحِيَّةٍ، فَلْيُدْرِكْ أَنَّ مَا أَكْتُبُهُ إِلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا هُوَ وَصِيَّةُ الرَّبِّ.

38 But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.

38 وَإِنْ جَهِلَ أَحَدٌ هَذَا، فَسَيَبْقَى جَاهِلاً!

39 So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

39 إِذَنْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، تَشَوَّقُوا إِلَى التَّنَبُّوءِ، وَلا تَمْنَعُوا التَّكَلُّمَ بِلُغَاتٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ.

40 But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

40 وَإِنَّمَا، لِيَتِمَّ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِلِيَاقَةٍ وَتَرْتِيبٍ.