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الكتاب المقدس

أمانة الله

1 إِذَنْ، مَا هُوَ فَضْلُ الْيَهُودِيِّ؟ بَلْ مَا هُوَ نَفْعُ الْخِتَانِ؟ 2 إِنَّهُ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْجِهَاتِ، وَأَهَمُّهَا فِعْلاً أَنَّ أَقْوَالَ اللهِ وُضِعَتْ أَمَانَةً بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ. 3 فَمَاذَا يَحْدُثُ؟ إِنْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ خَانُوا الأَمَانَةَ، فَهَلْ يُعَطِّلُ عَدَمُ أَمَانَتِهِمْ أَمَانَةَ اللهِ؟ 4 حَاشَا! وَإِنَّمَا، لِيَكُنِ اللهُ صَادِقاً وَكُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَاذِباً، كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «لِكَيْ تَتَبَرَّرَ يَا اللهُ فِي كَلامِكَ، وَتَسُودَ مَتَى حَكَمْتَ». 5 وَلَكِنْ، إِنْ كَانَ إِثْمُنَا يُبَيِّنُ بِرَّ اللهِ، فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ؟ أَيَكُونُ اللهُ ظَالِماً إِذَا أَنْزَلَ بِنَا الْغَضَبَ؟ أَتَكَلَّمُ هُنَا بِمَنْطِقِ الْبَشَرِ: 6 حَاشَا! وَإلَّا، فَكَيْفَ يَدِينُ اللهُ الْعَالَمَ؟ 7 وَلكِنْ، إِنْ كَانَ كَذِبِي يَجْعَلُ صِدْقَ اللهِ يَزْدَادُ لِمَجْدِهِ، فَلِمَاذَا أُدَانُ أَنَا بَعْدُ بِاعْتِبَارِي خَاطِئاً؟ 8 أَمَا يُفْتَرَى عَلَيْنَا كَمَا نُتَّهَمُ زُوراً وَيَزْعُمُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنَّنَا نَقُولُ: «لِنُمَارِسْ الشُّرُورَ لِكَيْ يَأْتِيَ الْخَيْرُ؟». هَؤُلاءِ دَيْنُونَتُهُمْ عَادِلَةٌ.

الجميع قد ضلوا

9 فَمَاذَا إِذَنْ؟ أَنَحْنُ الْيَهُودَ أَفْضَلُ؟ لا، عَلَى الإِطْلاقِ! فَإِنَّنَا، فِي مَا سَبَقَ، قَدِ اتَّهَمْنَا اليَهُودَ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ بِكَوْنِهِمْ جَمِيعاً تَحْتَ الْخَطِيئَةِ، 10 كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «لَيْسَ بَارٌّ، وَلا وَاحِدٌ. لَيْسَ مَنْ يُدْرِكُ. 11 لَيْسَ مَنْ يَبْحَثُ عَنِ اللهِ. 12 جَمِيعُ النَّاسِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا، وَصَارُوا كُلُّهُمْ بِلا نَفْعٍ. لَيْسَ مَنْ يُمَارِسُ الصَّلاحَ، لَا وَلا وَاحِدٌ. 13 حَنَاجِرُهُمْ قُبُورٌ مَفْتُوحَةٌ؛ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ أَدَوَاتٌ لِلْمَكْرِ؛ شِفَاهُهُمْ تُخْفِي سُمَّ الأَفَاعِي الْقَاتِلَةِ؛ 14 أَفْوَاهُهُمْ مَمْلُوءَةٌ لَعْنَةً وَمَرَارَةً، 15 أَقْدَامُهُمْ سَرِيعَةٌ إِلَى سَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ؛ 16 فِي طُرُقِهِمِ الْخَرَابُ وَالشَّقَاءُ؛ 17 أَمَّا طَرِيقُ السَّلامِ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُ؛ 18 وَمَخَافَةُ اللهِ لَيْسَتْ نُصْبَ عُيُونِهِمْ». 19 وَنَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا تَقُولُهُ الشَّرِيعَةُ إِنَّمَا تُخَاطِبُ بِهِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ تَحْتَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، لِكَيْ يُسَدَّ كُلُّ فَمٍ وَيَقَعَ الْعَالَمُ كُلُّهُ تَحْتَ دَيْنُونَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ. 20 فَإِنَّ أَحَداً مِنَ الْبَشَرِ لَا يَتَبَرَّرُ أَمَامَهُ بِالأَعْمَالِ الْمَطْلُوبَةِ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ. إِذْ إِنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ هِيَ لإِظْهَارِ الْخَطِيئَةِ.

التبرير بالإِيمان

21 أَمَّا الآنَ، فَقَدْ أُعْلِنَ الْبِرُّ الَّذِي يَمْنَحُهُ اللهُ، مُسْتَقِلاً عَنِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَمَشْهُوداً لَهُ مِنَ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ، 22 ذَلِكَ الْبِرُّ الَّذِي يَمْنَحُهُ اللهُ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ لِجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ. إِذْ لَا فَرْقَ، 23 لأَنَّ الْجَمِيعَ قَدْ أَخْطَأُوا وَهُمْ عَاجِزُونَ عَنْ بُلُوغِ مَا يُمَجِّدُ اللهَ. 24 فَهُمْ يُبَرَّرُونَ مَجَّاناً، بِنِعْمَتِهِ، بِالْفِدَاءِ بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ 25 الَّذِي قَدَّمَهُ اللهُ كَفَّارَةً، عَنْ طَرِيقِ الإِيمَانِ، وَذَلِكَ بِدَمِهِ. 26 لِيَظْهَرْ بِرُّ اللهِ إِذْ تَغَاضَى، بِإِمْهَالِهِ الإِلَهِيِّ، عَنِ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي حَدَثَتْ فِي الْمَاضِي، وَيَظْهَرَ أَيْضاً بِرُّهُ فِي الزَّمَنِ الْحَاضِرِ: فَيَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ بَارٌّ وَأَنَّهُ يُبَرِّرُ مَنْ لَهُ الإِيمَانُ بِيَسُوعَ. 27 إِذَنْ، أَيْنَ الاِفْتِخَارُ؟ إِنَّهُ قَدْ أُبْطِلَ! وَعَلَى أَيِّ أَسَاسٍ؟ أَعَلَى أَسَاسِ الأَعْمَالِ؟ لا، بَلْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ، 28 لأَنَّنَا قَدِ اسْتَنْتَجْنَا أَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ يَتَبَرَّرُ بِالإِيمَانِ، بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَطْلُوبَةِ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ. 29 أَوَ يَكُونُ اللهُ إِلَهَ الْيَهُودِ وَحْدَهُمْ؟ أَمَا هُوَ إِلهُ الأُمَمِ أَيْضاً؟ بَلَى، إِنَّهُ إِلَهُ الأُمَمِ أَيْضاً، 30 مَادَامَ اللهُ الْوَاحِدُ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيُبَرِّرُ أَهْلَ الْخِتَانِ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ، وَأَهْلَ عَدَمِ الْخِتَانِ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ. 31 إِذَنْ، هَلْ نَحْنُ نُبْطِلُ الشَّرِيعَةَ بِالإِيمَانِ؟ حَاشَا، بَلْ إِنَّنَا بِهِ نُثَبِّتُ الشَّرِيعَةَ.

New International Version

God’s faithfulness

1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: ‘So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.’ (مز 51:4) 5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7 Someone might argue, ‘If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?’ 8 Why not say – as some slanderously claim that we say – ‘Let us do evil that good may result’? Their condemnation is just!

No-one is righteous

9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written: ‘There is no-one righteous, not even one; 11 there is no-one who understands; there is no-one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no-one who does good, not even one.’ (جا 7:20) 13 ‘Their throats are open graves; their tongues practise deceit.’ ‘The poison of vipers is on their lips.’ (مز 5:9; مز 140:3) 14 ‘Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.’^[1] (مز 10:7) 15 ‘Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 ruin and misery mark their ways, 17 and the way of peace they do not know.’ (إش 59:7; إش 59:8) 18 ‘There is no fear of God before their eyes.’ (مز 36:1) 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no-one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

Righteousness through faith

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in^[2] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,^[3] through the shedding of his blood – to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished – (لا 16:15; لا 16:16) 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. 27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the ‘law’ that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.