1 John 3

1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

1 تَأَمَّلُوا مَا أَعْظَمَ الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي أَحَبَّنَا بِها الآبُ حَتَّى صِرْنَا نُدْعَى «أَوْلادَ اللهِ»، وَنَحْنُ أَوْلادُهُ حَقّاً. وَلَكِنْ، بِمَا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْعَالَمِ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، فَهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَنَا.

2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

2 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، نَحْنُ الآنَ أَوْلادُ اللهِ. وَلا نَعْلَمُ حَتَّى الآنَ مَاذَا سَنَكُونُ، لَكِنَّنَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ مَتَى أُظْهِرَ الْمَسِيحُ، سَنَكُونُ مِثْلَهُ، لأَنَّنَا سَنَرَاهُ عِنْدَئِذٍ كَمَا هُوَ!

3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

3 وَكُلُّ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ هَذَا الرَّجَاءُ بِالْمَسِيحِ، يُطَهِّرُ نَفْسَهُ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ طَاهِرٌ.

4 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

4 أَمَّا الَّذِي يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، فَهُوَ يُخَالِفُ نَامُوسَ اللهِ: لأَنَّ الْخَطِيئَةَ هِيَ مُخَالَفَةُ النَّامُوسِ.

5 But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

5 وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ جَاءَ إِلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ لِكَيْ يَحْمِلَ الْخَطَايَا، مَعْ كَوْنِهِ بِلا خَطِيئِةٍ.

6 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

6 فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ، لَا يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ. أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُمَارِسُونَ الْخَطِيئَةَ، فَهُمْ لَمْ يَرَوْهُ وَلَمْ يَتَعَرَّفُوا بِهِ قَطُّ.

7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

7 أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، لَا تَدَعُوا أَحَداً يُضَلِّلُكُمْ. تَأَكَّدُوا أَنَّ مَنْ يُمَارِسُ الصَّلاحَ، يُظْهِرُ أَنَّهُ بَارٌّ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ بَارٌّ.

8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

8 وَلكِنَّ مَنْ يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، يُظْهِرُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ، لأَنَّ إِبْلِيسَ يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ مُنْذُ الْبَدَايَةِ. وَقَدْ جَاءَ ابْنُ اللهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ لِكَيْ يُبْطِلَ أَعْمَالَ إِبْلِيسَ.

9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

9 فَكُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ مِنَ اللهِ، لَا يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، لأَنَّ طَبِيعَةَ اللهِ صَارَتْ ثَابِتَةً فِيهِ. بَلْ إِنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُمَارِسَ الْخَطِيئَةَ، لأَنَّهُ مَوْلُودٌ مِنَ اللهِ.

10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

10 إِذَنْ، هَذَا هُوَ الْمِقِيَاسُ الَّذِي نُمَيِّزُ بِهِ بَيْنَ أَوْلادِ اللهِ وَأَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ. مَنْ لَا يُمَارِسُ الصَّلاحَ، فَهُوَ لَيْسَ مِنَ اللهِ. وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ!

11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

11 فَالْوَصِيَّةُ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُمُوهَا مُنْذُ الْبَدَايَةِ، هِيَ أَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً،

12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

12 لَا أَنْ نَكُونَ مِثْلَ قَايِينَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ. فَقَايِينُ كَانَ مِنْ أَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ الشِّرِّيرِ. وَلِمَاذَا قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ؟ قَتَلَهُ لأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُ هُوَ كَانَتْ شِرِّيرَةً، أَمَّا أَعْمَالُ أَخِيهِ فَكَانَتْ صَالِحَةً.

13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

13 إِذَنْ، يَا إِخْوَتِي، لَا تَتَعَجَّبُوا إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْعَالَمِ يُبْغِضُونَكُمْ!

14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

14 إِنَّ مَحَبَّتَنَا لإِخْوَتِنَا تُبَيِّنُ لَنَا أَنَّنَا انْتَقَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ. فَالَّذِي لَا يُحِبُّ إِخْوَتَهُ، فَهُوَ بَاقٍ فِي الْمَوْتِ.

15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

15 وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ أَخاً لَهُ، فَهُوَ قَاتِلٌ. وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الْقَاتِلَ لَا تَكُونُ لَهُ حَيَاةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ ثَابِتَةٌ فِيهِ.

16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

16 وَمِقِيَاسُ الْمَحَبَّةِ هُوَ الْعَمَلُ الَّذِي قَامَ بِهِ الْمَسِيحُ إِذْ بَذَلَ حَيَاتَهُ لأَجْلِنَا. فَعَلَيْنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً أَنْ نَبْذُلَ حَيَاتَنَا لأَجْلِ إِخْوَتِنَا.

17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

17 وَأَمَّا الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ مَالاً يُمَكِّنُهُ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ فِي بُحْبُوحَةٍ، وَيُقَسِّي قَلْبَهُ عَلَى أَحَدِ الإِخْوَةِ الْمُحْتَاجِينَ، فَكَيْفَ تَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ مُتَأَصِّلَةً فِيهِ؟

18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

18 أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، لَا يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَحَبَّتُنَا مُجَرَّدَ ادِّعَاءَ بِالْكَلامِ وَاللِّسَانِ، بَلْ تَكُونَ مَحَبَّةً عَمَلِيَّةً حَقَّةً.

19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

19 عِنْدَئِذٍ نَتَأَكَّدُ أَنَّنَا نَتَصَرَّفُ بِحَسَبِ الْحَقِّ، وَتَطْمَئِنُّ نُفُوسُنَا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ،

20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

20 وَلَوْ لامَتْنَا قُلُوبُنَا؛ فَإِنَّ اللهَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا، وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

21 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، إِذَا كَانَتْ ضَمَائِرُنَا لَا تَلُومُنَا، فَلَنَا ثِقَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ مِنْ نَحْوِ اللهِ،

22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

22 وَمَهْمَا نَطْلُبْ مِنْهُ بِالصَّلاةِ، نَحْصُلْ عَلَيْهِ: لأَنَّنَا نُطِيعُ مَا يُوصِينَا بِهِ، وَنُمَارِسُ الأَعْمَالَ الَّتِي تُرْضِيهِ.

23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

23 وَأَمَّا وَصِيَّتُهُ فَهِيَ أَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِاسْمِ ابْنِهِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً كَمَا أَوْصَانَا.

24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

24 وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُطِيعُ وَصَايَا اللهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ. وَالَّذِي يُؤَكِّدُ لَنَا أَنَّ اللهَ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا، هُوَ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ الَّذِي وَهَبَهُ لَنَا.