1 Corinthians 1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

مِنْ بُولُسَ، رَسُولِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، الْمَدْعُوِّ بِمَشِيئَةِ اللهِ، وَمِنَ الأَخِ سُوسْتَانِيسَ،

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

إِلَى كَنِيسَةِ اللهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ كُورِنْثُوسَ، إِلَى الَّذِينَ تَقَدَّسُوا فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، الْمَدْعُوِّينَ، الْقِدِّيسِينَ؛ وَإِلَى جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ بِاسْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ رَبّاً لَهُمْ وَلَنَا.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving

لِتَكُنْ لَكُمُ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ!

شكر

I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.

إِنِّي أَشْكُرُ اللهَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ دَائِماً، وَعَلَى نِعْمَةِ اللهِ الْمَوْهُوبَةِ لَكُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—

فَبِهِ قَدْ صِرْتُمْ أَغْنِيَاءَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، فِي كُلِّ كَلامٍ، وَكُلِّ مَعْرِفَةٍ،

God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you.

بِمِقْدَارِ مَا تَرَسَّخَتْ فِيكُمْ شَهَادَةُ الْمَسِيحِ.

Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

حَتَّى إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَحْتَاجُونَ بَعْدُ إِلَى أَيَّةِ مَوْهِبَةٍ فِيمَا تَتَوَقَّعُونَ ظُهُورَ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ عَلَناً.

He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ سَيَحْفَظُكُمْ ثَابِتِينَ إِلَى النِّهَايَةِ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا بِلا عَيْبٍ فِي يَوْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ.

God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

A Church Divided Over Leaders

فَإِنَّ اللهَ أَمِينٌ، وَقَدْ دَعَاكُمْ إِلَى الشَّرِكَةِ مَعَ ابْنِهِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّنَا.

انقسامات في الكنيسة بشأن القادة

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,^[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

عَلَى أَنَّنِي أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أُنَاشِدُكُمْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِجَمِيعِكُمْ صَوْتٌ وَاحِدٌ وَأَنْ لَا يَكُونَ بَيْنَكُمْ أَيُّ انْقِسَامٍ. وَإِنَّمَا كُونُوا جَمِيعاً مُوَحَّدِي الْفِكْرِ وَالرَّأْيِ.

My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكُمْ، يَا إِخْوَتِي، عَلَى لِسَانِ عَائِلَةِ خُلُوِي، أَنَّ بَيْنَكُمْ خِلافَاتٍ.

What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas^[b]”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

أَعْنِي أَنَّ وَاحِداً مِنْكُمْ يَقُولُ: «أَنَا مَعَ بُولُسَ» وَآخَرُ: «أَنَا مَعَ أَبُلُّوسَ»، وَآخَرُ: «أَنَا مَعَ بُطْرُسَ»، وَآخَرُ: «أَنَا مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ».

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?

فَهَلْ تَجَزَّأَ الْمَسِيحُ؟ أَمْ أَنَّ بُولُسَ صُلِبَ لأَجْلِكُمْ، أَوْ بِاسْمِ بُولُسَ تَعَمَّدْتُمْ؟

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

أَشْكُرُ اللهَ لأَنِّي لَمْ أُعَمِّدْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَداً غَيْرَ كِرِيسْبُسَ وَغَايُوسَ،

so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.

حَتَّى لَا يَقُولَ أَحَدٌ إِنَّكُمْ بِاسْمِي تَعَمَّدْتُمْ.

(Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.)

وَمَعَ أَنِّي عَمَّدْتُ أَيْضاً عَائِلَةَ اسْتِفَانَاسَ، فَلا أَذْكُرُ أَنِّي عَمَّدْتُ أَحَداً غَيْرَهُمْ.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom

فَإِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي لَا لأُعَمِّدَ، بَلْ لأُبَشِّرَ بِالإِنْجِيلِ، غَيْرَ مُعْتَمِدٍ عَلَى حِكْمَةِ الْكَلامِ، لِئَلّا يَصِيرَ صَلِيبُ الْمَسِيحِ كَأَنَّهُ بِلا نَفْعٍ.

صليب المسيح، حكمة الله وقدرته

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

لأَنَّ الْبِشَارَةَ بِالصَّلِيبِ جَهَالَةٌ عِنْدَ الْهَالِكِينَ؛ وَأَمَّا عِنْدَنَا، نَحْنُ الْمُخَلَّصِينَ، فَهِيَ قُدْرَةُ اللهِ.

For it is written:

فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «سَأُبِيدُ حِكْمَةَ الْحُكَمَاءِ وَأُزِيلُ فَهْمَ الْفُهَمَاءِ!»

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

إِذَنْ، أَيْنَ الْحَكِيمُ؟ وَأَيْنَ الْبَاحِثُ؟ وَأَيْنَ الْمُجَادِلُ فِي هَذَا الزَّمَانِ؟ أَلَمْ يُظْهِرِ اللهُ حِكْمَةَ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ جَهَالَةً؟

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

فَبِمَا أَنَّ الْعَالَمَ، فِي حِكْمَةِ اللهِ، لَمْ يَعْرِفِ اللهَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْحِكْمَةِ، فَقَدْ سُرَّ اللهُ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ بِجَهَالَةِ الْبِشَارَةِ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ.

Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,

إِذْ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ يَطْلُبُونَ آيَاتٍ، وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ يَبْحَثُونَ عَنِ الْحِكْمَةِ.

but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

وَلكِنَّنَا نَحْنُ نُبَشِّرُ بِالْمَسِيحِ مَصْلُوباً، مِمَّا يُشَكِّلُ عَائِقاً عِنْدَ الْيَهُودِ وَجَهَالَةً عِنْدَ الأُمَمِ؛

but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

وَأَمَّا عِنْدَ الْمَدْعُوِّينَ، سَوَاءٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ أَوِ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ، فَإِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ هُوَ قُدْرَةُ اللهِ وَحِكْمَةُ اللهِ.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ «جَهَالَةَ» اللهِ أَحْكَمُ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ، وَ«ضَعْفَ» اللهِ أَقْوَى مِنَ الْبَشَرِ.

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.

فَاتَّخِذُوا الْعِبْرَةَ مِنْ دَعْوَتِكُمْ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ: فَلَيْسَ بَيْنَكُمْ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْحُكَمَاءِ حِكْمَةً بَشَرِيَّةً، وَلا كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْمُقْتَدِرِينَ، وَلا كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ النُّبَلاءِ.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

بَلْ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدِ اخْتَارَ مَا هُوَ جَاهِلٌ فِي الْعَالَمِ لِيُخْجِلَ الْحُكَمَاءَ. وَقَدِ اخْتَارَ اللهُ مَا هُوَ ضَعِيفٌ فِي الْعَالَمِ لِيُخْجِلَ الْمُقْتَدِرِينَ.

God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,

وَقَدِ اخْتَارَ اللهُ مَا كَانَ فِي الْعَالَمِ وَضِيعاً وَمُحْتَقَراً وَعَدِيمَ الشَّأْنِ، لِيُزِيلَ مَالَهُ شَأْنٌ،

so that no one may boast before him.

حَتَّى لَا يَفْتَخِرَ أَيُّ بَشَرٍ أَمَامَ اللهِ.

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

وَبِفَضْلِ اللهِ صَارَ لَكُمْ مَقَامٌ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ الَّذِي جُعِلَ لَنَا حِكْمَةً مِنَ اللهِ وَبِرّاً وَقَدَاسَةً وَفِدَاءً،

Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”^[d]

حَتَّى إِنَّ مَنِ افْتَخَرَ، فَلْيَفْتَخِرْ بِالرَّبِّ، كَمَا قَالَ الْكِتَابُ.