Ephesians 5

1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

1 فَاقْتَدُوا إِذَنْ بِاللهِ كَأَوْلادٍ أَحِبَّاءَ،

2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

2 وَاسْلُكُوا فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ عَلَى مِثَالِ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي أَحَبَّنَا وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِنَا تَقْدِمَةً وَذَبِيحَةً لِلهِ طَيِّبَةَ الرَّائِحَةِ.

3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

3 أَمَّا الزِّنَى، وَكُلُّ نَجَاسَةٍ أَوْ شَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ، فَلا يُذْكَرْ بَيْنَكُمْ حَتَّى اسْمُهَا، كَمَا يَلِيقُ بِالْقِدِّيسِينَ.

4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

4 وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَذَاءَةُ وَالْكَلامُ السَّفِيهُ وَالْهَزْلُ، فَهِيَ غَيْرُ لائِقَةٍ. وَإِنَّمَا أَحْرَى بِكُمْ أَنْ تَلْهَجُوا بِالشُّكْرِ لِلهِ!

5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

5 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ هَذَا جَيِّداً: أَنَّ كُلَّ زَانٍ أَوْ نَجِسٍ أَوْ صَاحِبِ شَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ، مَا هُوَ إِلّا عَابِدُ أَصْنَامٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ فِي مَلَكُوتِ الْمَسِيحِ وَاللهِ.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

6 لَا يَخْدَعْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بِكَلامٍ بَاطِلٍ! فَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ يَحِلُّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الْعِصْيَانِ.

7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.

7 إِذَنْ، لَا تَكُونُوا شُرَكَاءَ لَهُمْ:

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

8 فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ فِي الْمَاضِي ظَلاماً، وَلَكِنَّكُمُ الآنَ نُورٌ فِي الرَّبِّ. فَاسْلُكُوا سُلُوكَ أَوْلادِ النُّورِ.

9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

9 فَإِنَّ ثَمَرَ النُّورِ يَكُونُ فِي كُلِّ صَلاحٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةٍ وَحَقٍّ.

10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

10 هَكَذَا تَخْتَبِرُونَ الأُمُورَ الَّتِي تُرْضِي الرَّبَّ.

11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

11 وَعَلَيْكُمْ أَلّا تَكْتَفُوا بِعَدَمِ الاشْتِرَاكِ فِي أَعْمَالِ الظَّلامِ الْعَقِيمَةِ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى أَنْ تَفْضَحُوهَا أَيْضاً.

12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

12 فَالأُمُورُ الَّتِي يَفْعَلُونَهَا سِرّاً، قَبِيحٌ حَتَّى ذِكْرُهَا.

13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

13 إِلّا أَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، إِذَا مَا فَضَحَ النُّورُ أَمْرَهُ، يَصِيرُ مَكْشُوفاً:

14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

14 لأَنَّ الَّذِي يَكْشِفُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ النُّورُ. لِذَلِكَ يُقَالُ: «اسْتَيْقِظْ أَيُّهَا النَّائِمُ، وَقُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، فَيُشْرِقَ عَلَيْكَ نُورُ الْمَسِيحِ!»

15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

15 فَانْتَبِهُوا تَمَاماً إِذَنْ كَيْفَ تَسْلُكُونَ بِتَدْقِيقٍ، لَا سُلُوكَ الْجُهَلاءِ بَلْ سُلُوكَ الْعُقَلاءِ،

16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

16 مُسْتَغِلِّينَ الْوَقْتَ أَحْسَنَ اسْتِغْلالٍ، لأَنَّ الأَيَّامَ شِرِّيرَةٌ.

17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

17 لِذَلِكَ لَا تَكُونُوا أَغْبِيَاءَ، بَلِ افْهَمُوا مَا هِيَ مَشِيئَةُ الرَّبِّ.

18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

18 لَا تَسْكَرُوا بِالْخَمْرِ، فَفِيهَا الْخَلاعَةُ، وَإِنَّمَا امْتَلِئُوا بِالرُّوحِ،

19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

19 مُحَدِّثِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِمَزَامِيرَ وَتَسَابِيحَ وَأَنَاشِيدَ رُوحِيَّةٍ، مُرَنِّمِينَ وَمُرَتِّلِينَ بِقُلُوبِكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ؛

20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

20 رَافِعِينَ الشُّكْرَ كُلَّ حِينٍ وَعَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِلهِ وَالآبِ، بِاسْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ؛

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

21 خَاضِعِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِي مَخَافَةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

22 أَيَّتُهَا الزَّوْجَاتُ، اخْضَعْنَ لأَزْوَاجِكُنَّ، كَمَا لِلرَّبِّ.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

23 فَإِنَّ الزَّوْجَ هُوَ رَأْسُ الزَّوْجَةِ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ أَيْضاً هُوَ رَأْسُ الْكَنِيسَةِ (جَسَدِهِ)، وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ مُخَلِّصُ الْجَسَدِ.

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

24 فَكَمَا أَنَّ الْكَنِيسَةَ قَدْ أُخْضِعَتْ لِلْمَسِيحِ، فَكَذلِكَ الزَّوْجَاتُ أَيْضاً لأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

25 أَيُّهَا الأَزْوَاجُ، أَحِبُّوا زَوْجَاتِكُمْ مِثْلَمَا أَحَبَّ الْمَسِيحُ الْكَنِيسَةَ وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِهَا،

26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

26 لِكَيْ يُقَدِّسَهَا مُطَهِّراً إِيَّاهَا بِغَسْلِ الْمَاءِ، بِالْكَلِمَةِ،

27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

27 حَتَّى يَزُفَّهَا إِلَى نَفْسِهِ كَنِيسَةً بَهِيَّةً لَا يَشُوبُهَا عَيْبٌ أَوْ تَجَعُّدٌ أَوْ أَيَّةُ نَقِيصَةٍ مُشَابِهَةٍ بَلْ تَكُونُ مُقَدَّسَةً خَالِيَةً مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ.

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

28 عَلَى هَذَا الْمِثَالِ يَجِبُ عَلَى الأَزْوَاجِ أَنْ يُحِبُّوا زَوْجَاتِهِمْ كَأَجْسَادِهِمْ. إِنَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ زَوْجَتَهُ، يُحِبُّ نَفْسَهُ.

29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

29 فَلا أَحَدَ يُبْغِضُ جَسَدَهُ الْبَتَّةَ، بَلْ يُغَذِّيهِ وَيَعْتَنِي بِهِ، كَمَا يُعَامِلُ الْمَسِيحُ أَيْضاً الْكَنِيسَةَ.

30 For we are members of His body.

30 فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَعْضَاءُ جَسَدِهِ.

31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

31 لِذَلِكَ يَسْتَقِلُّ الزَّوْجُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ، وَيَتَّحِدُ بِزَوْجَتِهِ، فَيَصِيرُ الاثْنَانِ جَسَداً وَاحِداً.

32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

32 هَذَا السِّرُّ عَظِيمٌ وَلَكِنَّنِي أُشِيرُ بِهِ إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ وَالْكَنِيسَةِ!

33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

33 إِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً، كُلٌّ بِمُفْرَدِهِ، لِيُحِبْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ زَوْجَتَهُ كَنَفْسِهِ. وَأَمَّا الزَّوْجَةُ، فَعَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَهَابَ زَوْجَهَا.