1 Corinthians 3

1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

1 عَلَى أَنِّي، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَكُمْ بِاعْتِبَارِكُمْ رُوحِيِّينَ، بَلْ بِاعْتِبَارِكُمْ جَسَدِيِّينَ وَأَطْفَالاً فِي الْمَسِيحِ.

2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

2 قَدْ أَطْعَمْتُكُمْ لَبَناً لَا الطَّعَامَ الْقَوِيَّ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا قَادِرِينَ عَلَيْهِ، بَلْ إِنَّكُمْ حَتَّى الآنَ غَيْرُ قَادِرِينَ.

3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

3 فَإِنَّكُمْ مَازِلْتُمْ جَسَدِيِّينَ. فَمَادَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ حَسَدٌ وَخِصَامٌ (وَانْقِسَامٌ)، أَفَلا تَكُونُونَ جَسَدِيِّينَ وَتَسْلُكُونَ وَفْقاً لِلْبَشَرِ؟

4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

4 وَمَادَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَقُولُ: «أَنَا مَعَ بُولُسَ»، وَآخَرُ: «أَنَا مَعَ أَبُلُّوسَ»، أَفَلا تَكُونُونَ جَسَدِيِّينَ؟

5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

5 فَمَنْ هُوَ بُولُسُ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ أَبُلُّوسُ؟ إِنَّهُمَا فَقَطْ خَادِمَانِ آمَنْتُمْ عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمَا، كَمَا أَنْعَمَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى كُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا.

6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

6 أَنَا غَرَسْتُ وَأَبُلُّوسُ سَقَى؛ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ أَنْمَى.

7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

7 فَلَيْسَ الْغَارِسُ شَيْئاً وَلا السَّاقِي، بَلِ اللهُ الَّذِي يُعْطِي النُّمُوَّ.

8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

8 فَالْغَارِسُ وَالسَّاقِي سَوَاءٌ. إِلّا أَنَّ كُلًّا مِنْهُمَا سَيَنَالُ أُجْرَتَهُ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى تَعَبِهِ.

9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

9 فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ جَمِيعاً عَامِلُونَ مَعاً عِنْدَ اللهِ، وَأَنْتُمْ حَقْلُ اللهِ وَبِنَاءُ اللهِ.

10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

10 وَبِحَسَبِ نِعْمَةِ اللهِ الْمَوْهُوبَةِ لِي، وَضَعْتُ الأَسَاسَ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ الْبَنَّاءُ الْمَاهِرُ، وَغَيْرِي يَبْنِي عَلَيْهِ. وَلَكِنْ، لِيَنْتَبِهْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ كَيْفَ يَبْنِي عَلَيْهِ.

11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

11 فَلَيْسَ مُمْكِناً أَنْ يَضَعَ أَحَدٌ أَسَاساً آخَرَ بِالإِضَافَةِ إِلَى الأَسَاسِ الْمَوْضُوعِ، وَهُوَ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ.

12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

12 فَإِنْ بَنَى أَحَدٌ عَلَى هَذَا الأَسَاسِ ذَهَباً وَفِضَّةً وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً، أَوْ خَشَباً وَعُشْباً وَقَشّاً،

13 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.

13 فَعَمَلُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ سَيَنْكَشِفُ عَلَناً إِذْ يُظْهِرُهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي سَيُعْلَنُ فِي نَارٍ، وَسَوْفَ تَمْتَحِنُ النَّارُ قِيمَةَ عَمَلِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ.

14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

14 فَمَنْ بَقِيَ عَمَلُهُ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ عَلَى الأَسَاسِ، يَنَالُ أَجْراً.

15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.

15 وَمَنِ احْتَرَقَ عَمَلُهُ، يَخْسَرُ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ هُوَ سَيَخْلُصُ؛ وَلكِنْ كَمَنْ يَمُرُّ فِي النَّارِ.

16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

16 أَلا تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّكُمْ هَيْكَلُ اللهِ وَأَنَّ رُوحَ اللهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيكُمْ؟

17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

17 فَإِنْ دَمَّرَ أَحَدٌ هَيْكَلَ اللهِ، يُدَمِّرُهُ اللهُ، لأَنَّ هَيْكَلَ اللهِ مُقَدَّسٌ، وَهُوَ أَنْتُمْ.

18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

18 حَذَارِ أَنْ يَخْدَعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ نَفْسَهُ! إِنْ ظَنَّ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَكُمْ نَفْسَهُ حَكِيماً بِمَقَايِيسِ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ، فَلْيَصِرْ «جَاهِلاً» لِيَصِيرَ حَكِيماً حَقّاً.

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

19 فَإِنَّ حِكْمَةَ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ هِيَ جَهَالَةٌ فِي نَظَرِ اللهِ. فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «إِنَّهُ يُمْسِكُ الْحُكَمَاءَ بِمَكْرِهِمْ»

20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

20 وَأَيْضاً: «الرَّبُّ يَعْلَمُ أَفْكَارَ الْحُكَمَاءِ وَيَعْرِفُ أَنَّهَا بَاطِلَةٌ!»

21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

21 إِذَنْ، لَا يَفْتَخِرْ أَحَدٌ بِالْبَشَرِ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ لَكُمْ،

22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,

22 أَبُولُسُ أَمْ أَبُلُّوسُ أَمْ بُطْرُسُ أَمِ الْعَالَمُ أَمِ الْحَيَاةُ أَمِ الْمَوْتُ أَمِ الْحَاضِرُ أَمِ الْمُسْتَقْبَلُ: هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ كُلُّهَا لَكُمْ،

23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

23 وَأَنْتُمْ لِلْمَسِيحِ، وَالْمَسِيحُ لِلهِ.