1 Corinthians 3

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.

عَلَى أَنِّي، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَكُمْ بِاعْتِبَارِكُمْ رُوحِيِّينَ، بَلْ بِاعْتِبَارِكُمْ جَسَدِيِّينَ وَأَطْفَالاً فِي الْمَسِيحِ.

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.

قَدْ أَطْعَمْتُكُمْ لَبَناً لَا الطَّعَامَ الْقَوِيَّ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا قَادِرِينَ عَلَيْهِ، بَلْ إِنَّكُمْ حَتَّى الآنَ غَيْرُ قَادِرِينَ.

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

فَإِنَّكُمْ مَازِلْتُمْ جَسَدِيِّينَ. فَمَادَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ حَسَدٌ وَخِصَامٌ (وَانْقِسَامٌ)، أَفَلا تَكُونُونَ جَسَدِيِّينَ وَتَسْلُكُونَ وَفْقاً لِلْبَشَرِ؟

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?

وَمَادَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَقُولُ: «أَنَا مَعَ بُولُسَ»، وَآخَرُ: «أَنَا مَعَ أَبُلُّوسَ»، أَفَلا تَكُونُونَ جَسَدِيِّينَ؟

What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.

فَمَنْ هُوَ بُولُسُ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ أَبُلُّوسُ؟ إِنَّهُمَا فَقَطْ خَادِمَانِ آمَنْتُمْ عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمَا، كَمَا أَنْعَمَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى كُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا.

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

أَنَا غَرَسْتُ وَأَبُلُّوسُ سَقَى؛ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ أَنْمَى.

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

فَلَيْسَ الْغَارِسُ شَيْئاً وَلا السَّاقِي، بَلِ اللهُ الَّذِي يُعْطِي النُّمُوَّ.

The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.

فَالْغَارِسُ وَالسَّاقِي سَوَاءٌ. إِلّا أَنَّ كُلًّا مِنْهُمَا سَيَنَالُ أُجْرَتَهُ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى تَعَبِهِ.

For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ جَمِيعاً عَامِلُونَ مَعاً عِنْدَ اللهِ، وَأَنْتُمْ حَقْلُ اللهِ وَبِنَاءُ اللهِ.

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.

وَبِحَسَبِ نِعْمَةِ اللهِ الْمَوْهُوبَةِ لِي، وَضَعْتُ الأَسَاسَ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ الْبَنَّاءُ الْمَاهِرُ، وَغَيْرِي يَبْنِي عَلَيْهِ. وَلَكِنْ، لِيَنْتَبِهْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ كَيْفَ يَبْنِي عَلَيْهِ.

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

فَلَيْسَ مُمْكِناً أَنْ يَضَعَ أَحَدٌ أَسَاساً آخَرَ بِالإِضَافَةِ إِلَى الأَسَاسِ الْمَوْضُوعِ، وَهُوَ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ.

If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,

فَإِنْ بَنَى أَحَدٌ عَلَى هَذَا الأَسَاسِ ذَهَباً وَفِضَّةً وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً، أَوْ خَشَباً وَعُشْباً وَقَشّاً،

their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.

فَعَمَلُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ سَيَنْكَشِفُ عَلَناً إِذْ يُظْهِرُهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي سَيُعْلَنُ فِي نَارٍ، وَسَوْفَ تَمْتَحِنُ النَّارُ قِيمَةَ عَمَلِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ.

If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.

فَمَنْ بَقِيَ عَمَلُهُ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ عَلَى الأَسَاسِ، يَنَالُ أَجْراً.

If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.

وَمَنِ احْتَرَقَ عَمَلُهُ، يَخْسَرُ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ هُوَ سَيَخْلُصُ؛ وَلكِنْ كَمَنْ يَمُرُّ فِي النَّارِ.

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

أَلا تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّكُمْ هَيْكَلُ اللهِ وَأَنَّ رُوحَ اللهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيكُمْ؟

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

فَإِنْ دَمَّرَ أَحَدٌ هَيْكَلَ اللهِ، يُدَمِّرُهُ اللهُ، لأَنَّ هَيْكَلَ اللهِ مُقَدَّسٌ، وَهُوَ أَنْتُمْ.

Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.

حَذَارِ أَنْ يَخْدَعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ نَفْسَهُ! إِنْ ظَنَّ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَكُمْ نَفْسَهُ حَكِيماً بِمَقَايِيسِ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ، فَلْيَصِرْ «جَاهِلاً» لِيَصِيرَ حَكِيماً حَقّاً.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”^[a];

فَإِنَّ حِكْمَةَ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ هِيَ جَهَالَةٌ فِي نَظَرِ اللهِ. فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «إِنَّهُ يُمْسِكُ الْحُكَمَاءَ بِمَكْرِهِمْ»

and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”^[b]

وَأَيْضاً: «الرَّبُّ يَعْلَمُ أَفْكَارَ الْحُكَمَاءِ وَيَعْرِفُ أَنَّهَا بَاطِلَةٌ!»

So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours,

إِذَنْ، لَا يَفْتَخِرْ أَحَدٌ بِالْبَشَرِ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ لَكُمْ،

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas^[c] or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,

أَبُولُسُ أَمْ أَبُلُّوسُ أَمْ بُطْرُسُ أَمِ الْعَالَمُ أَمِ الْحَيَاةُ أَمِ الْمَوْتُ أَمِ الْحَاضِرُ أَمِ الْمُسْتَقْبَلُ: هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ كُلُّهَا لَكُمْ،

and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

وَأَنْتُمْ لِلْمَسِيحِ، وَالْمَسِيحُ لِلهِ.