Philippians 3

1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

1 وَبَعْدُ، يَا إِخْوَتِي، افْرَحُوا فِي الرَّبِّ. لَا يُزْعِجُنِي أَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَيْكُمْ بِالأُمُورِ نَفْسِهَا، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَجْعَلُكُمْ فِي مَأْمَنٍ.

2 Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

2 خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ مِنَ «الْكِلابِ»، مِنَ عُمَّالِ الشَّرِ، مِنْ الَّذِينَ يَبْتُرُونَ الْجَسَدَ.

3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

3 فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَهْلُ الْخِتَانِ الْحَقِّ، لأَنَّنَا إِنَّمَا نَعْبُدُ بِرُوحِ اللهِ وَنَفْتَخِرُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، وَلا نَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى أُمُورِ الْجَسَدِ،

4 though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

4 مَعَ أَنَّ مِنْ حَقِّي أَنَا أَيْضاً أَنْ أَعْتَمِدَ عَلَيْهَا. فَإِنْ خَطَرَ عَلَى بَالِ أَحَدٍ أَنْ يَعْتَمِدَ عَلَى أُمُورِ الْجَسَدِ، فَأَنَا أَحَقُّ مِنْهُ:

5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

5 فَمِنْ جِهَةِ الْخِتَانِ، مَخْتُونٌ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ مِنْ عُمْرِي؛ وَأَنَا مِنْ جِنْسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ، عِبْرَانِيٌّ مِنَ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ؛ وَمِنْ جِهَةِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، أَنَا فَرِّيسِيٌّ؛

6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

6 وَمِنْ جِهَةِ الْحَمَاسَةِ، مُضْطَهِدٌ لِلْكَنِيسَةِ؛ وَمِنْ جِهَةِ الْبِرِّ الْمَطْلُوبِ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ، كُنْتُ بِلا لَوْمٍ.

7 But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

7 وَلَكِنْ، مَا كَانَ لِي مِنْ رِبْحٍ، فَقَدِ اعْتَبَرْتُهُ خَسَارَةً، مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمَسِيحِ.

8 More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

8 بَلْ إِنِّي أَعْتَبِرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَسَارَةً، مِنْ أَجْلِ امْتِيَازِ مَعْرِفَةِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّي؛ فَمِنْ أَجْلِهِ تَحَمَّلْتُ خَسَارَةَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَأَعْتَبِرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ نُفَايَةً، لِكَيْ أَرْبَحَ الْمَسِيحَ

9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

9 وَيَكُونَ لِي فِيهِ مَقَامٌ، إِذْ لَيْسَ لِي بِرِّي الذَّاتِيُّ الْقَائِمُ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، بَلِ الْبِرُّ الآتِي مِنَ الإِيمَانِ بِالْمَسِيحِ، الْبِرُّ الَّذِي مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ.

10 I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

10 وَغَايَتِي أَنْ أَعْرِفَ الْمَسِيحَ وَقُوَّةَ قِيَامَتِهِ وَالشَّرِكَةَ فِي آلامِهِ؛ وَالتَّشَبُّهَ بِهِ فِي مَوْتِهِ،

11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

11 عَلَى رَجَاءِ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ!

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

12 لَسْتُ أَدَّعِي أَنِّي قَدْ نِلْتُ الْجَائِزَةَ أَوْ بَلَغْتُ الكَمَالَ. وَلَكِنِّي مَاأَزَالُ أَسْعَى لِاقْتِنَائِهَا، كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ قَدِ اقْتَنَانِي.

13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

13 أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنَا لَا أَعْتَبِرُ نَفْسِي قَدِ نِلْتُ الْجَائِزَةَ، وَلَكِنِّي أَفْعَلُ أَمْراً وَاحِداً: أَنْسَى مَا هُوَ وَرَاءُ وَأَتَقَدَّمُ إِلَى مَا هُوَ أَمَامُ،

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

14 إِذْ أَسْعَى إِلَى الْهَدَفِ، لِنَوَالِ تِلْكَ الْجَائِزَةِ الَّتِي يَدْعُونَا اللهُ إِلَيْهَا دَعْوَةً عُلْيَا فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

15 All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.

15 جَمِيعُ الْبَالِغِينَ فِينَا، لِيَكُنْ فِيهِمْ هَذَا الْفِكْرُ. وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيكُمْ غَيْرُ هَذَا الْفِكْرِ، فَذَلِكَ أَيْضاً سَيَكْشِفُهُ لَكُمُ اللهُ.

16 Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

16 إِنَّمَا، لِنُواصِلِ السَّيْرَ مِنْ حَيْثُ قَدْ وَصَلْنَا، فِي الْمَنْهَجِ نَفْسِهِ.

17 Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

17 كُونُوا جَمِيعاً، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، مُقْتَدِينَ بِي؛ وَلاحِظُوا الَّذِينَ يَسْلُكُونَ بِحَسَبِ الْقُدْوَةِ الَّتِي تَرَوْنَهَا فِينَا.

18 For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

18 فَإِنَّ كَثِيرِينَ مِمَّنَ يَسْلُكُونَ بَيْنَكُمْ، وَقَدْ ذَكَرْتُهُمْ لَكُمْ مِرَاراً وَأَذْكُرُهُمُ الآنَ أَيْضاً بَاكِياً، إِنَّمَا هُمْ أَعْدَاءُ لِصَلِيبِ الْمَسِيحِ.

19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

19 الَّذِينَ مَصِيرُهُمُ الْهَلاكُ، وَإِلهُهُمْ بُطُونُهُمْ، وَفَخْرُهُمْ فِي خِزْيِهِمْ، وَفِكْرُهُمْ مُنْصَرِفٌ إِلَى الأُمُورِ الأَرْضِيَّةِ.

20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

20 أَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَإِنَّ وَطَنَنَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ الَّتِي مِنْهَا نَنْتَظِرُ عَوْدَةَ مُخَلِّصِنَا الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ،

21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

21 الَّذِي سَيُحَوِّلُ جَسَدَنَا الْوَضِيعَ إِلَى صُورَةٍ مُطَابِقَةٍ لِجَسَدِهِ الْمَجِيدِ، وَفْقاً لِعَمَلِ قُدْرَتِهِ عَلَى إِخْضَاعِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِنَفْسِهِ.