1 John 4

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، لَا تُصَدِّقُوا كُلَّ رُوحٍ، بَلِ امْتَحِنُوا الأَرْوَاحَ لِتَعْرِفُوا مَا إِذَا كَانَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ أَمْ لا، لأَنَّ عَدَداً كَبِيراً مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الدَّجَّالِينَ قَدِ انْتَشَرَ فِي الْعَالَمِ.

2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

2 وَهذِهِ هِيَ الطَّرِيقَةُ الَّتِي تَعْرِفُونَ بِها كَوْنَ الرُّوحِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ فِعْلاً: إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ الرُّوحُ يَعْتَرِفُ بِأَنَّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ فِي الْجَسَدِ، فَهُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ.

3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

3 وَإِنْ كَانَ يُنْكِرُ ذَلِكَ لَا يَكُونُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، بَلْ مِنْ عِنْدِ ضِدِّ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّهُ سَوْفَ يَأْتِي، وَهُوَ الآنَ مَوْجُودٌ فِي الْعَالَمِ.

4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

4 أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، أَنْتُمْ مِنَ اللهِ، وَقَدْ غَلَبْتُمُ الَّذِينَ يُقَاوِمُونَ الْمَسِيحَ: لأَنَّ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ السَّاكِنَ فِيكُمْ أَقْوَى مِنَ الرُّوحِ الشِّرِّيرِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ فِي الْعَالَمِ.

5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

5 هؤُلاءِ الْمُقَاوِمُونَ هُمْ مِنَ الْعَالَمِ، وَلِذَلِكَ يَسْتَمِدُّونَ كَلامَهُمْ مِنَ الْعَالَمِ، فَيُصْغِي أَهْلُ الْعَالَمِ إِلَيْهِمْ.

6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

6 أَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَإِنَّنَا مِنَ اللهِ، وَلِذلِكَ يُصْغِي إِلَيْنَا فَقَطْ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ اللهَ. أَمَّا الَّذِي لَيْسَ مِنَ اللهِ، فَلا يُصْغِي إِلَيْنَا. وَبِهَذَا، نُمَيِّزُ بَيْنَ رُوحِ الْحَقِّ وَرُوحِ الضَّلالِ.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

7 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، لِنُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً: لأَنَّ الْمَحَبَّةَ تَصْدُرُ مِنَ اللهِ. إِذَنْ، كُلُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ، يَكُونُ مَوْلُوداً مِنَ اللهِ وَيَعْرِفُ اللهَ.

8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

8 أَمَّا مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ، فَهُوَ لَمْ يَتَعَرَّفْ بِاللهِ قَطُّ لأَنَّ اللهَ مَحَبَّةٌ!

9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

9 وَقَدْ أَظْهَرَ اللهُ مَحَبَّتَهُ لَنَا إِذْ أَرْسَلَ ابْنَهُ الْوَحِيدَ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ لِكَيْ نَحْيَا بِهِ.

10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

10 وَفِي هَذَا نَرَى الْمَحَبَّةَ الْحَقِيقِيَّةَ، لَا مَحَبَّتَنَا نَحْنُ لِلهِ، بَلْ مَحَبَّتَهُ هُوَ لَنَا. فَبِدَافِعِ مَحَبَّتِهِ، أَرْسَلَ ابْنَهُ كَفَّارَةً لِخَطَايَانَا.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

11 وَمَادَامَ اللهُ قَدْ أَحَبَّنَا هَذِهِ الْمَحَبَّةَ الْعَظِيمَةَ، أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، فَعَلَيْنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً أَنْ نُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً.

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

12 إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَطُّ. وَلكِنْ، حِينَ نُحِبُّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً، نُبَيِّنُ أَنَّ اللهَ يَحْيَا فِي دَاخِلِنَا، وَأَنَّ مَحَبَّتَهُ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِي دَاخِلِنَا.

13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

13 وَمَا يُؤَكِّدُ لَنَا أَنَّنَا نَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَأَنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا هُوَ أَنَّهُ وَهَبَ لَنَا مِنْ رُوحِهِ.

14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

14 وَنَحْنُ أَنْفُسُنَا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الآبَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ الابْنَ مُخَلِّصاً لِلْعَالَمِ، لأَنَّنَا رَأَيْنَاهُ بِعُيُونِنَا.

15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

15 مَنْ يَعْتَرِفْ بِأَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ابْنُ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ، وَهُوَ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ،

16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

16 وَنَحْنُ أَنْفُسُنَا اخْتَبَرْنَا الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي خَصَّنَا اللهُ بِها، وَوَضَعْنَا ثِقَتَنَا فِيهَا. إِنَّ اللهَ مَحَبَّةٌ. وَمَنْ يَثْبُتْ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ.

17 In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

17 وَتَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِي دَاخِلِنَا حِينَ تُوَلِّدُ فِينَا ثِقَةً كَامِلَةً مِنْ جِهَةِ يَوْمِ الدَّيْنُونَةِ: لأَنَّهُ كَمَا الْمَسِيحُ، هكَذَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً فِي هَذَا الْعَالَمِ.

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

18 لَيْسَ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ أَيُّ خَوْفٍ. بَلِ الْمَحَبَّةُ الْكَامِلَةُ تَطْرُدُ الْخَوْفَ خَارِجاً. فَإِنَّ الْخَوْفَ يَكُونُ مِنَ الْعِقَابِ. وَالْخَائِفُ لَا تَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِيهِ.

19 We love because He first loved us.

19 وَنَحْنُ نُحِبُّ، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَحَبَّنَا أَوَّلاً.

20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

20 فَإِنْ قَالَ أَحَدٌ: «أَنَا أُحِبُّ اللهَ!» وَلكِنَّهُ يُبْغِضُ أَخاً لَهُ، فَهُوَ كَاذِبٌ، لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَا يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ الَّذِي يَرَاهُ، فَكَيْفَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُحِبَّ اللهَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَرَهُ قَطُّ؟

21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

21 فَهَذِهِ الْوَصِيَّةُ جَاءَتْنَا مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ نَفْسِهِ: مَنْ يُحِبُّ اللهَ، يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ!