Prima lettera ai Corinzi (1 كورنثوس) 7

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 واما من جهة الامور التي كتبتم لي عنها فحسن للرجل ان لا يمسّ امرأة.	1 Now for the questions about which you wrote. Yes, 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 yet to avoid 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 must give to his wife what she has a right to expect, and so too the wife to her husband.
4 ليس للمرأة تسلط على جسدها بل للرجل. وكذلك الرجل ايضا ليس له تسلط على جسده بل للمرأة.	4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and in the same way, thehusband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
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 You must not deprive each other, except by mutual consent for a limited time, to leave yourselves freefor prayer, and to come together again afterwards; otherwise Satan may take advantage of any lack of self-control to put you to the test.
6 ولكن اقول هذا على سبيل الاذن لا على سبيل الامر.	6 I am telling you this as a concession, not an order.
7 لاني اريد ان يكون جميع الناس كما انا. لكن كل واحد له موهبته الخاصة من الله. الواحد هكذا والآخر هكذا	7 I should stil like everyone to be as I am myself; but everyone has his own gift from God, one this kindand the next something different.
8 ولكن اقول لغير المتزوجين وللارامل انه حسن لهم اذا لبثوا كما انا.	8 To the unmarried and to widows I say: it is good for them to stay as they are, like me.
9 ولكن ان لم يضبطوا انفسهم فليتزوجوا. لان التزوج اصلح من التحرق.	9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry, since it is better to be married than to be burntup.
10 واما المتزوجون فاوصيهم لا انا بل الرب ان لا تفارق المرأة رجلها.	10 To the married I give this ruling, and this is not mine but the Lord's: a wife must not be separated fromher husband-
11 وان فارقته فلتلبث غير متزوجة او لتصالح رجلها. ولا يترك الرجل امرأته.	11 or if she has already left him, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband -- anda husband must 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 For other cases these instructions are my own, not the Lord's. If one of the brothers has a wife who isnot a believer, and she is wil ing to stay with him, he should not divorce her;
13 والمرأة التي لها رجل غير مؤمن وهو يرتضي ان يسكن معها فلا تتركه.	13 and if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is wil ing to stay with her, she should notdivorce her husband.
14 لان الرجل غير المؤمن مقدس في المرأة والمرأة غير المؤمنة مقدسة في الرجل. وإلا فاولادكم نجسون. واما الآن فهم مقدسون.	14 You see, the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctifiedthrough the brother. If this were not so, 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 But if the unbeliever chooses to leave, then let the separation take place: in these circumstances, thebrother or sister is no longer tied. But God has called you to live in peace:
16 لانه كيف تعلمين ايتها المرأة هل تخلّصين الرجل. او كيف تعلم ايها الرجل هل تخلّص المرأة.	16 as a wife, how can you tel whether you are to be the salvation of your husband; as a husband, howcan you tell whether you are to be the salvation of your wife?
17 غير انه كما قسم الله لكل واحد كما دعا الرب كل واحد هكذا ليسلك وهكذا انا آمر في جميع الكنائس.	17 Anyway let everyone continue in the part which the Lord has al otted to him, as he was when Godcal ed him. This is the rule that I give to al the churches.
18 دعي احد وهو مختون فلا يصر اغلف. دعي احد في الغرلة فلا يختتن.	18 If a man who is cal ed has already been circumcised, then he must stay circumcised; when anuncircumcised man is cal ed, he may not be circumcised.
19 ليس الختان شيئا وليست الغرلة شيئا بل حفظ وصايا الله.	19 To be circumcised is of no importance, and to be uncircumcised is of no importance; what is importantis the keeping of God's commandments.
20 الدعوة التي دعي فيها كل واحد فليلبث فيها.	20 Everyone should stay in whatever state he was in when he was called.
21 دعيت وانت عبد فلا يهمك. بل وان استطعت ان تصير حرا فاستعملها بالحري.	21 So, if when you were cal ed, you were a slave, do not think it matters -- even if you have a chance offreedom, you should prefer to make full use of your condition as a slave.
22 لان من دعي في الرب وهو عبد فهو عتيق الرب. كذلك ايضا الحرّ المدعو هو عبد للمسيح.	22 You see, anyone who was cal ed in the Lord while a slave, is a freeman of the Lord; and in the sameway, anyone who was free when called, is a slave of Christ.
23 قد اشتريتم بثمن فلا تصيروا عبيدا للناس.	23 You have been bought at a price; do not be slaves now to any human being.
24 ما دعي كل واحد فيه ايها الاخوة فليلبث في ذلك مع الله	24 Each one of you, brothers, is to stay before God in the state in which you were cal ed.
25 واما العذارى فليس عندي امر من الرب فيهنّ ولكنني اعطي رأيا كمن رحمه الرب ان يكون امينا.	25 About people remaining virgin, I have no directions from the Lord, but I give my own opinion as aperson who has been granted the Lord's mercy to be faithful.
26 فاظن ان هذا حسن لسبب الضيق الحاضر انه حسن للانسان ان يكون هكذا.	26 Well then, because of the stress which is weighing upon us, the right thing seems to be this: it is goodfor people to stay as they are.
27 انت مرتبط بامرأة فلا تطلب الانفصال. انت منفصل عن امرأة فلا تطلب امرأة.	27 If you are joined to a wife, do not seek to be released; if you are freed of a wife, 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 However, if you do get married, that is not a sin, and it is not sinful for a virgin to enter upon marriage.But such people will have the hardships consequent on human nature, and I would like you to be without that.
29 فاقول هذا ايها الاخوة الوقت منذ الآن مقصّر لكي يكون الذين لهم نساء كأن ليس لهم.	29 What I mean, brothers, is that the time has become limited, and from now on, those who havespouses should live as though they had none;
30 والذين يبكون كأنهم لا يبكون والذين يفرحون كأنهم لا يفرحون والذين يشترون كأنهم لا يملكون.	30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning; those who enjoy life as though they did notenjoy it; those who have been buying property as though they had no possessions;
31 والذين يستعملون هذا العالم كانهم لا يستعملونه. لان هيئة هذا العالم تزول.	31 and those who are involved with the world as though they were people not engrossed in it. Becausethis world as we know it is passing away.
32 فاريد ان تكونوا بلا هم. غير المتزوج يهتم في ما للرب كيف يرضي الرب.	32 I should like you to have your minds free from al worry. The unmarried man gives his mind to theLord's affairs and to how he can please the Lord;
33 واما المتزوج فيهتم في ما للعالم كيف يرضي امرأته.	33 but the man who is married gives his mind to the affairs of this world and to how he can please hiswife, and he is divided in mind.
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 So, too, the unmarried woman, and the virgin, gives her mind to the Lord's affairs and to being holy inbody and spirit; but the married woman gives her mind to the affairs of this world and to how she can please herhusband.
35 هذا اقوله لخيركم ليس لكي ألقي عليكم وهقا بل لاجل اللياقة والمثابرة للرب من دون ارتباك.	35 I am saying this only to help you, not to put a bridle on you, but so that everything is as it should be,and you are able to give your undivided attention to the Lord.
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 someone with strong passions thinks that he is behaving badly towards his fiance'e and that thingsshould take their due course, he should fol ow his desires. There is no sin in it; they should marry.
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 But if he stands firm in his resolution, without any compulsion but with ful control of his own wil , anddecides to let her remain as his fiance'e, then he is acting wel .
38 اذا من زوج فحسنا يفعل ومن لا يزوج يفعل احسن.	38 In other words, he who marries his fiance'e is doing wel , and he who does not, better still.
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 tied as long as her husband is alive. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry anybodyshe likes, only it must be in the Lord.
40 ولكنها اكثر غبطة ان لبثت هكذا بحسب رأيي. واظن اني انا ايضا عندي روح الله	40 She would be happier if she stayed as she is, to my way of thinking -- and I believe that I too have theSpirit of God.