Ephesians 4

1 As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

1 فَأَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ، أَنَا ٱلْأَسِيرَ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ: أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا كَمَا يَحِقُّ لِلدَّعْوَةِ ٱلَّتِي دُعِيتُمْ بِهَا.

2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

2 بِكُلِّ تَوَاضُعٍ وَوَدَاعَةٍ وَبِطُولِ أَنَاةٍ، مُحْتَمِلِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا فِي ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ.

3 and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

3 مُجْتَهِدِينَ أَنْ تَحْفَظُوا وَحْدَانِيَّةَ ٱلرُّوحِ بِرِبَاطِ ٱلسَّلَامِ.

4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

4 جَسَدٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَرُوحٌ وَاحِدٌ، كَمَا دُعِيتُمْ أَيْضًا فِي رَجَاءِ دَعْوَتِكُمُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ.

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

5 رَبٌّ وَاحِدٌ، إِيمَانٌ وَاحِدٌ، مَعْمُودِيَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ،

6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

6 إِلَهٌ وَآبٌ وَاحِدٌ لِلْكُلِّ، ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلْكُلِّ وَبِٱلْكُلِّ وَفِي كُلِّكُمْ.

7 Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

7 وَلَكِنْ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا أُعْطِيَتِ ٱلنِّعْمَةُ حَسَبَ قِيَاسِ هِبَةِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

8 This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

8 لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ: «إِذْ صَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلْعَلَاءِ سَبَى سَبْيًا وَأَعْطَى ٱلنَّاسَ عَطَايَا».

9 What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

9 وَأَمَّا أَنَّهُ «صَعِدَ»، فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا إِنَّهُ نَزَلَ أَيْضًا أَوَّلًا إِلَى أَقْسَامِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلسُّفْلَى.

10 He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

10 اَلَّذِي نَزَلَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي صَعِدَ أَيْضًا فَوْقَ جَمِيعِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، لِكَيْ يَمْلَأَ ٱلْكُلَّ.

11 And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

11 وَهُوَ أَعْطَى ٱلْبَعْضَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا رُسُلًا، وَٱلْبَعْضَ أَنْبِيَاءَ، وَٱلْبَعْضَ مُبَشِّرِينَ، وَٱلْبَعْضَ رُعَاةً وَمُعَلِّمِينَ،

12 to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

12 لِأَجْلِ تَكْمِيلِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ لِعَمَلِ ٱلْخِدْمَةِ، لِبُنْيَانِ جَسَدِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ،

13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

13 إِلَى أَنْ نَنْتَهِيَ جَمِيعُنَا إِلَى وَحْدَانِيَّةِ ٱلْإِيمَانِ وَمَعْرِفَةِ ٱبْنِ ٱللهِ. إِلَى إِنْسَانٍ كَامِلٍ. إِلَى قِيَاسِ قَامَةِ مِلْءِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

14 كَيْ لَا نَكُونَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ أَطْفَالًا مُضْطَرِبِينَ وَمَحْمُولِينَ بِكُلِّ رِيحِ تَعْلِيمٍ، بِحِيلَةِ ٱلنَّاسِ، بِمَكْرٍ إِلَى مَكِيدَةِ ٱلضَّلَالِ.

15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

15 بَلْ صَادِقِينَ فِي ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ، نَنْمُو فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِلَى ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱلرَّأْسُ: ٱلْمَسِيحُ،

16 From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

16 ٱلَّذِي مِنْهُ كُلُّ ٱلْجَسَدِ مُرَكَّبًا مَعًا، وَمُقْتَرِنًا بِمُؤَازَرَةِ كُلِّ مَفْصِلٍ، حَسَبَ عَمَلٍ، عَلَى قِيَاسِ كُلِّ جُزْءٍ، يُحَصِّلُ نُمُوَّ ٱلْجَسَدِ لِبُنْيَانِهِ فِي ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ.

17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

17 فَأَقُولُ هَذَا وَأَشْهَدُ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ: أَنْ لَا تَسْلُكُوا فِي مَا بَعْدُ كَمَا يَسْلُكُ سَائِرُ ٱلْأُمَمِ أَيْضًا بِبُطْلِ ذِهْنِهِمْ،

18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

18 إِذْ هُمْ مُظْلِمُو ٱلْفِكْرِ، وَمُتَجَنِّبُونَ عَنْ حَيَاةِ ٱللهِ لِسَبَبِ ٱلْجَهْلِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِمْ بِسَبَبِ غِلَاظَةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ.

19 Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

19 اَلَّذِينَ -إِذْ هُمْ قَدْ فَقَدُوا ٱلْحِسَّ- أَسْلَمُوا نُفُوسَهُمْ لِلدَّعَارَةِ لِيَعْمَلُوا كُلَّ نَجَاسَةٍ فِي ٱلطَّمَعِ.

20 But this is not the way you came to know Christ.

20 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَمْ تَتَعَلَّمُوا ٱلْمَسِيحَ هَكَذَا،

21 Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

21 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ وَعُلِّمْتُمْ فِيهِ كَمَا هُوَ حَقٌّ فِي يَسُوعَ،

22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

22 أَنْ تَخْلَعُوا مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلتَّصَرُّفِ ٱلسَّابِقِ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلْعَتِيقَ ٱلْفَاسِدَ بِحَسَبِ شَهَوَاتِ ٱلْغُرُورِ،

23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

23 وَتَتَجَدَّدُوا بِرُوحِ ذِهْنِكُمْ،

24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

24 وَتَلْبَسُوا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلْجَدِيدَ ٱلْمَخْلُوقَ بِحَسَبِ ٱللهِ فِي ٱلْبِرِّ وَقَدَاسَةِ ٱلْحَقِّ.

25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

25 لِذَلِكَ ٱطْرَحُوا عَنْكُمُ ٱلْكَذِبَ، وَتَكَلَّمُوا بِٱلصِّدْقِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَعَ قَرِيبِهِ، لِأَنَّنَا بَعْضَنَا أَعْضَاءُ ٱلْبَعْضِ.

26 “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

26 اِغْضَبُوا وَلَا تُخْطِئُوا. لَا تَغْرُبِ ٱلشَّمْسُ عَلَى غَيْظِكُمْ،

27 and do not give the devil a foothold.

27 وَلَا تُعْطُوا إِبْلِيسَ مَكَانًا.

28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

28 لَا يَسْرِقِ ٱلسَّارِقُ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، بَلْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ يَتْعَبُ عَامِلًا ٱلصَّالِحَ بِيَدَيْهِ، لِيَكُونَ لَهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ مَنْ لَهُ ٱحْتِيَاجٌ.

29 Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

29 لَا تَخْرُجْ كَلِمَةٌ رَدِيَّةٌ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ، بَلْ كُلُّ مَا كَانَ صَالِحًا لِلْبُنْيَانِ حَسَبَ ٱلْحَاجَةِ، كَيْ يُعْطِيَ نِعْمَةً لِلسَّامِعِينَ.

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

30 وَلَا تُحْزِنُوا رُوحَ ٱللهِ ٱلْقُدُّوسَ ٱلَّذِي بِهِ خُتِمْتُمْ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفِدَاءِ.

31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

31 لِيُرْفَعْ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ كُلُّ مَرَارَةٍ وَسَخَطٍ وَغَضَبٍ وَصِيَاحٍ وَتَجْدِيفٍ مَعَ كُلِّ خُبْثٍ.

32 Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

32 وَكُونُوا لُطَفَاءَ بَعْضُكُمْ نَحْوَ بَعْضٍ، شَفُوقِينَ، مُتَسَامِحِينَ كَمَا سَامَحَكُمُ ٱللهُ أَيْضًا فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ.