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الكتاب المقدس

قيامة المسيح

1 عَلَى أَنِّي أُذَكِّرُكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ بِالإِنْجِيلِ الَّذِي بَشَّرْتُكُمْ بِهِ، وَقَبِلْتُمُوهُ وَمَازِلْتُمْ قَائِمِينَ فِيهِ، 2 وَبِهِ أَيْضاً أَنْتُمْ مُخَلَّصُونَ، إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَتَمَسَّكُونَ بِالْكَلِمَةِ الَّتِي بَشَّرْتُكُمْ بِها، إِلّا إِذَا كُنْتُمْ قَدْ آمَنْتُمْ عَبَثاً. 3 فَالْوَاقِعُ أَنِّي سَلَّمْتُكُمْ، فِي أَوَّلِ الأَمْرِ، مَا كُنْتُ قَدْ تَسَلَّمْتُهُ، وَهُوَ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ مَاتَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَطَايَانَا وَفْقاً لِمَا فِي الْكُتُبِ، 4 وَأَنَّهُ دُفِنَ، وَأَنَّهُ قَامَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ وَفْقاً لِمَا فِي الْكُتُبِ، 5 وَأَنَّهُ ظَهَرَ لِبُطْرُسَ، ثُمَّ لِلاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. 6 وَبَعْدَ ذلِكَ ظَهَرَ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ خَمْسِ مِئَةِ أَخٍ مَعاً مَازَالَ مُعْظَمُهُمْ حَيًّا، فِي حِينِ رَقَدَ الآخَرُونَ. 7 ثُمَّ ظَهَرَ لِيَعْقُوبَ، وَبَعْدَ ذلِكَ لِلرُّسُلِ جَمِيعاً. 8 وَآخِرَ الْجَمِيعِ، ظَهَرَ لِي أَنَا أَيْضاً، وَكَأَنِّي طِفْلٌ وُلِدَ فِي غَيْرِ أَوَانِهِ! 9 فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَصْغَرُ الرُّسُلِ شَأْناً، وَلَسْتُ أَهْلاً لأَنْ أُدْعَى رَسُولاً لأَنِّي اضْطَهَدْتُ كَنِيسَةَ اللهِ. 10 وَلكِنْ، بِنِعْمَةِ اللهِ صِرْتُ عَلَى مَا أَنَا عَلَيْهِ الآنَ، وَنِعْمَتُهُ الْمَوْهُوبَةُ لِي لَمْ تَكُنْ عَبَثاً، إِذْ عَمِلْتُ جَاهِداً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ الآخَرِينَ جَمِيعاً. إِلّا أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَنَا الْعَامِلَ، بَلْ نِعْمَةُ اللهِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ مَعِي. 11 وَسَوَاءٌ أَكُنْتُ أَنَا أَمْ كَانُوا هُمْ، فَهكَذَا نُبَشِّرُ، وَهكَذَا آمَنْتُمْ.

قيامة الأموات

12 وَالآنَ، مَادَامَ يُبَشَّرُ بِأَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ قَامَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، فَكَيْفَ يَقُولُ بَعْضُكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَا قِيَامَةَ لِلأَمْوَاتِ؟ 13 فَإِنْ كَانَتْ قِيَامَةُ الأَمْوَاتِ غَيْرَ مَوْجُودَةٍ، فَمَعْنَى ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ لَمْ يَقُمْ أَيْضاً! 14 وَلَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْمَسِيحُ قَدْ قَامَ، لَكَانَ تَبْشِيرُنَا عَبَثاً وَإِيمَانُكُمْ عَبَثاً، 15 وَلَكَانَ تَبَيَّنَ عِنْدَئِذٍ أَنَّنَا شُهُودُ زُورٍ عَلَى اللهِ، إِذْ إِنَّنَا شَهِدْنَا عَلَى اللهِ أَنَّهُ أَقَامَ الْمَسِيحَ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يُقِمْهُ لَوْ صَحَّ أَنَّ الأَمْوَاتَ لَا يُقَامُونَ. 16 إِذَنْ، لَوْ كَانَ الأَمْوَاتُ لَا يُقَامُونَ، لَكَانَ الْمَسِيحُ لَمْ يَقُمْ أَيْضاً. 17 وَلَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْمَسِيحُ قَدْ قَامَ، لَكَانَ إِيمَانُكُمْ عَبَثاً، وَلَكُنْتُمْ بَعْدُ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ، 18 وَلَكَانَ الَّذِينَ رَقَدُوا فِي الْمَسِيحِ قَدْ هَلَكُوا! 19 وَلَوْ كَانَ رَجَاؤُنَا فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَقْتَصِرُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةِ، لَكُنَّا أَشْقَى النَّاسِ جَمِيعاً! 20 أَمَّا الآنَ فَالْمَسِيحُ قَدْ قَامَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ بِكْراً لِلرَّاقِدِينَ. 21 فَبِمَا أَنَّ الْمَوْتَ كَانَ بِإِنْسَانٍ، فَإِنَّ قِيَامَةَ الأَمْوَاتِ أَيْضاً تَكُونُ بِإِنْسَانٍ. 22 فَإِنَّهُ، كَمَا يَمُوتُ الْجَمِيعُ فِي آدَمَ، فَكَذَلِكَ سَيَحْيَى الْجَمِيعُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، 23 عَلَى أَنَّ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ رُتْبَتَهُ: فَأَوَّلاً الْمَسِيحُ بِصِفَتِهِ الْبِكْرَ؛ وَبَعْدَهُ خَاصَّتُهُ لَدَى رُجُوعِهِ، 24 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الآخِرَةُ حِينَ يُسَلِّمُ الْمَسِيحُ الْمُلْكَ لِلهِ الآبِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أَبَادَ كُلَّ رَئَاسَةٍ وَكُلَّ سُلْطَةٍ وَكُلَّ قُوَّةٍ. 25 فَإِنَّهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَمْلِكَ «إِلَى أَنْ يَضَعَ جَمِيعَ الأَعْدَاءِ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ». 26 وَآخِرُ عَدُوٍّ يُبَادُ هُوَ الْمَوْتُ، 27 ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ قَدْ «أَخْضَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ». وَلَكِنْ، فِي قَوْلِهِ إِنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ أُخْضِعَ، فَمِنَ الْوَاضِحِ أَنَّهُ يَسْتَثْنِي اللهَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَاضِعاً لِلابْنِ. 28 وَعِنْدَمَا يَتِمُّ إِخْضَاعُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ لِلابْنِ، فَإِنَّ الابْنَ نَفْسَهُ سَيَخْضَعُ لِلَّذِي أَخْضَعَ لَهُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، لِكَيْ يَكُونَ اللهُ هُوَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ! 29 وَالآنَ، إِنْ صَحَّ أَنَّ الأَمْوَاتَ لَا يَقُومُونَ أَبَداً، فَمَا مَعْنَى مَا يَفْعَلُهُ الَّذِينَ يَعْتَمِدُونَ بَدَلَ الَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ؟ لِمَاذَا إِذَنْ يَعْتَمِدُونَ بَدَلاً مِنْهُمْ؟ 30 وَلِمَاذَا نُعَرِّضُ نَحْنُ أَنْفُسَنَا لِلْخَطَرِ كُلَّ سَاعَةٍ؟ 31 فَبِحَسَبِ افْتِخَارِي بِكُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّنَا، أَشْهَدُ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ أَنِّي أَمُوتُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ! 32 وَلَوْ كُنْتُ بِمَنْطِقِ الْبَشَرِ قَدْ تَعَرَّضْتُ لِلْمَوْتِ فِي أَفَسُسَ بَيْنَ مَخَالِبِ الْوُحُوشِ، فَأَيُّ نَفْعٍ يَعُودُ عَلَيَّ إِنْ كَانَ الَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ لَا يَقُومُونَ؟ وَلِمَ لَا«نَأْكُلُ وَنَشْرَبُ، لأَنَّنَا غَداً نَمُوتُ؟» 33 لَا تَنْقَادُوا إِلَى الضَّلالِ: إِنَّ الْمُعَاشَرَاتِ الرَّدِيئَةَ تُفْسِدُ الأَخْلاقَ الْجَيِّدَةَ! 34 عُودُوا إِلَى الصَّوَابِ كَمَا يَجِبُ وَلا تُخْطِئُوا، فَإِنَّ بَعْضاً مِنْكُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ اللهَ تَمَاماً أَقُولُ هَذَا لِكَيْ تَخْجَلُوا!

جسد القيامة

35 وَلَكِنَّ أَحَداً قَدْ يَقُولُ: «كَيْفَ يُقَامُ الأَمْوَاتُ؟ وَبِأَيِّ جِسْمٍ يَعُودُونَ؟» 36 يَا غَافِلُ! إِنَّ مَا تَزْرَعُهُ لَا يَحْيَا إِلّا بَعْدَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ. 37 وَمَا تَزْرَعُهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ الْجِسْمَ الَّذِي سَيَطْلُعُ بَلْ مُجَرَّدُ حَبَّةٍ مِنَ الْحِنْطَةِ مَثَلاً أَوْ غَيْرِهَا مِنَ البُزُورِ. 38 ثُمَّ يُعْطِيهَا اللهُ الْجِسْمَ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ، كَمَا يُعْطِي كُلَّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الْبُزُورِ جِسْمَهُ الْخَاصَّ. 39 وَلَيْسَ لِلأَجْسَادِ كُلِّهَا شَكْلٌ وَاحِدٌ بَلْ لِلنَّاسِ جَسَدٌ وَلِلْحَيَوَانَاتِ جَسَدٌ آخَرُ وَلِلسَّمَكِ آخَرُ وَلِلطَّيْرِ آخَرُ. 40 ثُمَّ إِنَّ هُنَاكَ أَجْسَاماً سَمَاوِيَّةً وَأَجْسَاماً أَرْضِيَّةً. وَلَكِنَّ الأَجْسَامَ السَّمَاوِيَّةَ لَهَا بَهَاءٌ، وَالأَرْضِيَّةَ لَهَا بَهَاءٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ. 41 فَالشَّمْسُ لَهَا بَهَاءٌ، وَالْقَمَرُ لَهُ بَهَاءٌ آخَرُ، وَالنُّجُومُ لَهَا بَهَاءٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ نَجْمٍ يَخْتَلِفُ عَنِ الآخَرِ بِبَهَائِهِ. 42 وَهَكَذَا الْحَالُ فِي قِيَامَةِ الأَمْوَاتِ: يُزْرَعُ الْجَسَدُ مُنْحَلًّا، وَيُقَامُ غَيْرَ مُنْحَلٍّ، 43 يُزْرَعُ مُهَاناً، وَيُقَامُ مَجِيداً، يُزْرَعُ ضَعِيفاً، وَيُقَامُ قَوِيًّا، 44 يُزْرَعُ جِسْماً مَادِّيًّا، وَيُقَامُ جِسْماً رُوحِيًّا. فَبِمَا أَنَّ هُنَاكَ جِسْماً مَادِّيًّا، فَهُنَاكَ أَيْضاً جِسْمٌ رُوحِيٌّ. 45 فَهكَذَا أَيْضاً قَدْ كُتِبَ: «صَارَ الإِنْسَانُ الأَوَّلُ، آدَمُ، نَفْساً حَيَّةً» وَأَمَّا آدَمُ الأَخِيرُ فَهُوَ روحٌ بَاعِثٌ لِلْحَيَاةِ. 46 عَلَى أَنَّ الرُّوحِيَّ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَوَّلاً، بَلْ جَاءَ الْمَادِّيُّ أَوَّلاً ثُمَّ الرُّوحِيُّ: 47 الإِنْسَانُ الأَوَّلُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَقَدْ صُنِعَ مِنَ التُّرَابِ؛ أَمَّا الإِنْسَانُ الثَّانِي فَهُوَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ. 48 فَعَلَى مِثَالِ الْمَصْنُوعِ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، سَيَكُونُ الْمَصْنُوعُونَ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَعَلَى مِثَالِ السَّمَاوِيِّ سَيَكُونُ السَّمَاوِيُّونَ. 49 وَمِثْلَمَا حَمَلْنَا صُورَةَ الْمَصْنُوعِ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، سَنَحْمِلُ أَيْضاً صُورَةَ السَّمَاوِيِّ. 50 ثُمَّ إِنِّي، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أُؤَكِّدُ لَكُمْ أَنَّ الأَجْسَامَ ذَاتَ اللَّحْمِ وَالدَّمِ لَا يُمْكِنُهَا أَنْ تَرِثَ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ، كَمَا لَا يُمْكِنُ لِلْمُنْحَلِّ أَنْ يَرِثَ غَيْرَ الْمُنْحَلِّ. 51 وَهَا أَنَا أَكْشِفُ لَكُمْ سِرّاً: إِنَّنَا لَنْ نَرْقُدَ جَمِيعاً، وَلَكِنَّنَا سَنَتَغَيَّرُ جَمِيعاً، 52 فِي لَحْظَةٍ، بَلْ فِي طَرْفَةِ عَيْنٍ عِنْدَمَا يُنْفَخُ فِي الْبُوقِ الأَخِيرِ. فَإِنَّهُ سَوْفَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الْبُوقِ، فَيَقُومُ الأَمْوَاتُ بِلا انْحِلالٍ. وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَسَنَتَغَيَّرُ. 53 فَلابُدَّ لِهَذَا الْجِسْمِ الْقَابِلِ لِلانْحِلالِ أَنْ يَلْبَسَ عَدَمَ انْحِلالٍ، وَلِهَذَا الْفَانِي أَنْ يَلْبَسَ خُلُوداً. 54 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يَلْبَسَ هَذَا الْمُنْحَلُّ عَدَمَ انْحِلالٍ، وَهَذَا الْفَانِي خُلُوداً، تَتِمُّ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَدْ كُتِبَتْ: «ابْتُلِعَ الْمَوْتُ فِي النَّصْرِ!» 55 فَأَيْنَ، يَا مَوْتُ، شَوْكَتُكَ؟ وَأَيْنَ، يَا مَوْتُ نَصْرُكَ؟ 56 وَشَوْكَةُ الْمَوْتِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ الْخَطِيئَةُ، وَقُوَّةُ الْخَطِيئَةِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ الشَّرِيعَةُ. 57 وَلَكِنِ الشُّكْرُ لِلهِ الَّذِي يَمْنَحُنَا النَّصْرَ بِرَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ! 58 إِذَنْ، يَا إِخْوَتِي الأَحِبَّاءَ، كُونُوا رَاسِخِينَ غَيْرَ مُتَزَحْزِحِينَ، كَثِيرِي الاجْتِهَادِ فِي عَمَلِ الرَّبِّ دَائِماً، عَالِمِينَ أَنَّ جَهْدَكُمْ فِي الرَّبِّ لَيْسَ عَبَثاً!

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The resurrection of Christ

1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance^[1]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas,^[2] and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born. 9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The resurrection of the dead

12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he ‘has put everything under his feet’. Now when it says that ‘everything’ has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. (مز 8:6) 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all. 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptised for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptised for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? 31 I face death every day – yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’ (إش 22:13) 33 Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’^[3] 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God – I say this to your shame.

The resurrection body

35 But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?’ 36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same: people have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendour of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendour of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendour, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendour. 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: ‘The first man Adam became a living being’; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. (تك 2:7) 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we^[4] bear the image of the heavenly man. 50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’ (إش 25:8) 55 ‘Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’ (هو 13:14) 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.