Prima lettera ai Corinzi (1 كورنثوس) 7

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 واما من جهة الامور التي كتبتم لي عنها فحسن للرجل ان لا يمسّ امرأة.	1 Now in regard to the matters about which you wrote: "It is a good thing for a man not to touch a woman,"
2 ولكن لسبب الزنى ليكن لكل واحد امرأته وليكن لكل واحدة رجلها.	2 but because of cases of immorality every man should have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.
3 ليوف الرجل المرأة حقها الواجب وكذلك المرأة ايضا الرجل.	3 The husband should fulfill his duty toward his wife, and likewise the wife toward her husband.
4 ليس للمرأة تسلط على جسدها بل للرجل. وكذلك الرجل ايضا ليس له تسلط على جسده بل للمرأة.	4 A wife does not have authority over her own body, but rather her husband, and similarly a husband does not have authority over his own body, but rather his wife.
5 لا يسلب احدكم الآخر الا ان يكون على موافقة الى حين لكي تتفرغوا للصوم والصلاة ثم تجتمعوا ايضا معا لكي لا يجربكم الشيطان لسبب عدم نزاهتكم.	5 Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, to be free for prayer, but then return to one another, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
6 ولكن اقول هذا على سبيل الاذن لا على سبيل الامر.	6 This I say by way of concession, however, not as a command.
7 لاني اريد ان يكون جميع الناس كما انا. لكن كل واحد له موهبته الخاصة من الله. الواحد هكذا والآخر هكذا	7 Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am, but each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
8 ولكن اقول لغير المتزوجين وللارامل انه حسن لهم اذا لبثوا كما انا.	8 Now to the unmarried and to widows, I say: it is a good thing for them to remain as they are, as I do,
9 ولكن ان لم يضبطوا انفسهم فليتزوجوا. لان التزوج اصلح من التحرق.	9 but if they cannot exercise self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be on fire.
10 واما المتزوجون فاوصيهم لا انا بل الرب ان لا تفارق المرأة رجلها.	10 To the married, however, I give this instruction (not I, but the Lord): a wife should not separate from her husband
11 وان فارقته فلتلبث غير متزوجة او لتصالح رجلها. ولا يترك الرجل امرأته.	11 --and if she does separate she must either remain single or become reconciled to her husband--and a husband should not divorce his wife.
12 واما الباقون فاقول لهم انا لا الرب ان كان اخ له امرأة غير مؤمنة وهي ترتضي ان تسكن معه فلا يتركها.	12 To the rest I say (not the Lord): if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she is willing to go on living with him, he should not divorce her;
13 والمرأة التي لها رجل غير مؤمن وهو يرتضي ان يسكن معها فلا تتركه.	13 and if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he is willing to go on living with her, she should not divorce her husband.
14 لان الرجل غير المؤمن مقدس في المرأة والمرأة غير المؤمنة مقدسة في الرجل. وإلا فاولادكم نجسون. واما الآن فهم مقدسون.	14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through the brother. Otherwise your children would be unclean, whereas in fact they are holy.
15 ولكن ان فارق غير المؤمن فليفارق. ليس الاخ او الاخت مستعبدا في مثل هذه الاحوال. ولكن الله قد دعانا في السلام.	15 If the unbeliever separates, however, let him separate. The brother or sister is not bound in such cases; God has called you to peace.
16 لانه كيف تعلمين ايتها المرأة هل تخلّصين الرجل. او كيف تعلم ايها الرجل هل تخلّص المرأة.	16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband; or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 غير انه كما قسم الله لكل واحد كما دعا الرب كل واحد هكذا ليسلك وهكذا انا آمر في جميع الكنائس.	17 Only, everyone should live as the Lord has assigned, just as God called each one. I give this order in all the churches.
18 دعي احد وهو مختون فلا يصر اغلف. دعي احد في الغرلة فلا يختتن.	18 Was someone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was an uncircumcised person called? He should not be circumcised.
19 ليس الختان شيئا وليست الغرلة شيئا بل حفظ وصايا الله.	19 Circumcision means nothing, and uncircumcision means nothing; what matters is keeping God's commandments.
20 الدعوة التي دعي فيها كل واحد فليلبث فيها.	20 Everyone should remain in the state in which he was called.
21 دعيت وانت عبد فلا يهمك. بل وان استطعت ان تصير حرا فاستعملها بالحري.	21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not be concerned but, even if you can gain your freedom, make the most of it.
22 لان من دعي في الرب وهو عبد فهو عتيق الرب. كذلك ايضا الحرّ المدعو هو عبد للمسيح.	22 For the slave called in the Lord is a freed person in the Lord, just as the free person who has been called is a slave of Christ.
23 قد اشتريتم بثمن فلا تصيروا عبيدا للناس.	23 You have been purchased at a price. Do not become slaves to human beings.
24 ما دعي كل واحد فيه ايها الاخوة فليلبث في ذلك مع الله	24 Brothers, everyone should continue before God in the state in which he was called.
25 واما العذارى فليس عندي امر من الرب فيهنّ ولكنني اعطي رأيا كمن رحمه الرب ان يكون امينا.	25 Now in regard to virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
26 فاظن ان هذا حسن لسبب الضيق الحاضر انه حسن للانسان ان يكون هكذا.	26 So this is what I think best because of the present distress: that it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is.
27 انت مرتبط بامرأة فلا تطلب الانفصال. انت منفصل عن امرأة فلا تطلب امرأة.	27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a separation. Are you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife.
28 لكنك وان تزوجت لم تخطئ. وان تزوجت العذراء لم تخطئ. ولكن مثل هؤلاء يكون لهم ضيق في الجسد. واما انا فاني اشفق عليكم.	28 If you marry, however, you do not sin, nor does an unmarried woman sin if she marries; but such people will experience affliction in their earthly life, and I would like to spare you that.
29 فاقول هذا ايها الاخوة الوقت منذ الآن مقصّر لكي يكون الذين لهم نساء كأن ليس لهم.	29 I tell you, brothers, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act as not having them,
30 والذين يبكون كأنهم لا يبكون والذين يفرحون كأنهم لا يفرحون والذين يشترون كأنهم لا يملكون.	30 those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying as not owning,
31 والذين يستعملون هذا العالم كانهم لا يستعملونه. لان هيئة هذا العالم تزول.	31 those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away.
32 فاريد ان تكونوا بلا هم. غير المتزوج يهتم في ما للرب كيف يرضي الرب.	32 I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
33 واما المتزوج فيهتم في ما للعالم كيف يرضي امرأته.	33 But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
34 ان بين الزوجة والعذراء فرقا. غير المتزوجة تهتم في ما للرب لتكون مقدسة جسدا وروحا. واما المتزوجة فتهتم في ما للعالم كيف ترضي رجلها	34 and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in both body and spirit. A married woman, on the other hand, is anxious about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
35 هذا اقوله لخيركم ليس لكي ألقي عليكم وهقا بل لاجل اللياقة والمثابرة للرب من دون ارتباك.	35 I am telling you this for your own benefit, not to impose a restraint upon you, but for the sake of propriety and adherence to the Lord without distraction.
36 ولكن ان كان احد يظن انه يعمل بدون لياقة نحو عذرائه اذا تجاوزت الوقت وهكذا لزم ان يصير فليفعل ما يريد. انه لا يخطئ. فليتزوجا.	36 If anyone thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, and if a critical moment has come and so it has to be, let him do as he wishes. He is committing no sin; let them get married.
37 واما من اقام راسخا في قلبه وليس له اضطرار بل له سلطان على ارادته وقد عزم على هذا في قلبه ان يحفظ عذراءه فحسنا يفعل.	37 The one who stands firm in his resolve, however, who is not under compulsion but has power over his own will, and has made up his mind to keep his virgin, will be doing well.
38 اذا من زوج فحسنا يفعل ومن لا يزوج يفعل احسن.	38 So then, the one who marries his virgin does well; the one who does not marry her will do better.
39 المرأة مرتبطة بالناموس ما دام رجلها حيّا. ولكن ان مات رجلها فهي حرّة لكي تتزوج بمن تريد في الرب فقط.	39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whomever she wishes, provided that it be in the Lord.
40 ولكنها اكثر غبطة ان لبثت هكذا بحسب رأيي. واظن اني انا ايضا عندي روح الله	40 She is more blessed, though, in my opinion, if she remains as she is, and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.