Epheser 5 | الكتاب المقدس

1 فَاقْتَدُوا إِذَنْ بِاللهِ كَأَوْلادٍ أَحِبَّاءَ،

2 وَاسْلُكُوا فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ عَلَى مِثَالِ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي أَحَبَّنَا وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِنَا تَقْدِمَةً وَذَبِيحَةً لِلهِ طَيِّبَةَ الرَّائِحَةِ.

3 أَمَّا الزِّنَى، وَكُلُّ نَجَاسَةٍ أَوْ شَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ، فَلا يُذْكَرْ بَيْنَكُمْ حَتَّى اسْمُهَا، كَمَا يَلِيقُ بِالْقِدِّيسِينَ.

4 وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَذَاءَةُ وَالْكَلامُ السَّفِيهُ وَالْهَزْلُ، فَهِيَ غَيْرُ لائِقَةٍ. وَإِنَّمَا أَحْرَى بِكُمْ أَنْ تَلْهَجُوا بِالشُّكْرِ لِلهِ!

5 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ هَذَا جَيِّداً: أَنَّ كُلَّ زَانٍ أَوْ نَجِسٍ أَوْ صَاحِبِ شَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ، مَا هُوَ إِلّا عَابِدُ أَصْنَامٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ فِي مَلَكُوتِ الْمَسِيحِ وَاللهِ.

6 لَا يَخْدَعْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بِكَلامٍ بَاطِلٍ! فَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ يَحِلُّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الْعِصْيَانِ.

7 إِذَنْ، لَا تَكُونُوا شُرَكَاءَ لَهُمْ:

8 فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ فِي الْمَاضِي ظَلاماً، وَلَكِنَّكُمُ الآنَ نُورٌ فِي الرَّبِّ. فَاسْلُكُوا سُلُوكَ أَوْلادِ النُّورِ.

9 فَإِنَّ ثَمَرَ النُّورِ يَكُونُ فِي كُلِّ صَلاحٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةٍ وَحَقٍّ.

10 هَكَذَا تَخْتَبِرُونَ الأُمُورَ الَّتِي تُرْضِي الرَّبَّ.

11 وَعَلَيْكُمْ أَلّا تَكْتَفُوا بِعَدَمِ الاشْتِرَاكِ فِي أَعْمَالِ الظَّلامِ الْعَقِيمَةِ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى أَنْ تَفْضَحُوهَا أَيْضاً.

12 فَالأُمُورُ الَّتِي يَفْعَلُونَهَا سِرّاً، قَبِيحٌ حَتَّى ذِكْرُهَا.

13 إِلّا أَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، إِذَا مَا فَضَحَ النُّورُ أَمْرَهُ، يَصِيرُ مَكْشُوفاً:

14 لأَنَّ الَّذِي يَكْشِفُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ النُّورُ. لِذَلِكَ يُقَالُ: «اسْتَيْقِظْ أَيُّهَا النَّائِمُ، وَقُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، فَيُشْرِقَ عَلَيْكَ نُورُ الْمَسِيحِ!»

15 فَانْتَبِهُوا تَمَاماً إِذَنْ كَيْفَ تَسْلُكُونَ بِتَدْقِيقٍ، لَا سُلُوكَ الْجُهَلاءِ بَلْ سُلُوكَ الْعُقَلاءِ،

16 مُسْتَغِلِّينَ الْوَقْتَ أَحْسَنَ اسْتِغْلالٍ، لأَنَّ الأَيَّامَ شِرِّيرَةٌ.

17 لِذَلِكَ لَا تَكُونُوا أَغْبِيَاءَ، بَلِ افْهَمُوا مَا هِيَ مَشِيئَةُ الرَّبِّ.

18 لَا تَسْكَرُوا بِالْخَمْرِ، فَفِيهَا الْخَلاعَةُ، وَإِنَّمَا امْتَلِئُوا بِالرُّوحِ،

19 مُحَدِّثِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِمَزَامِيرَ وَتَسَابِيحَ وَأَنَاشِيدَ رُوحِيَّةٍ، مُرَنِّمِينَ وَمُرَتِّلِينَ بِقُلُوبِكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ؛

20 رَافِعِينَ الشُّكْرَ كُلَّ حِينٍ وَعَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِلهِ وَالآبِ، بِاسْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ؛

21 خَاضِعِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِي مَخَافَةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

وصايا للبيت المسيحي

22 أَيَّتُهَا الزَّوْجَاتُ، اخْضَعْنَ لأَزْوَاجِكُنَّ، كَمَا لِلرَّبِّ.

23 فَإِنَّ الزَّوْجَ هُوَ رَأْسُ الزَّوْجَةِ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ أَيْضاً هُوَ رَأْسُ الْكَنِيسَةِ (جَسَدِهِ)، وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ مُخَلِّصُ الْجَسَدِ.

24 فَكَمَا أَنَّ الْكَنِيسَةَ قَدْ أُخْضِعَتْ لِلْمَسِيحِ، فَكَذلِكَ الزَّوْجَاتُ أَيْضاً لأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

25 أَيُّهَا الأَزْوَاجُ، أَحِبُّوا زَوْجَاتِكُمْ مِثْلَمَا أَحَبَّ الْمَسِيحُ الْكَنِيسَةَ وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِهَا،

26 لِكَيْ يُقَدِّسَهَا مُطَهِّراً إِيَّاهَا بِغَسْلِ الْمَاءِ، بِالْكَلِمَةِ،

27 حَتَّى يَزُفَّهَا إِلَى نَفْسِهِ كَنِيسَةً بَهِيَّةً لَا يَشُوبُهَا عَيْبٌ أَوْ تَجَعُّدٌ أَوْ أَيَّةُ نَقِيصَةٍ مُشَابِهَةٍ بَلْ تَكُونُ مُقَدَّسَةً خَالِيَةً مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ.

28 عَلَى هَذَا الْمِثَالِ يَجِبُ عَلَى الأَزْوَاجِ أَنْ يُحِبُّوا زَوْجَاتِهِمْ كَأَجْسَادِهِمْ. إِنَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ زَوْجَتَهُ، يُحِبُّ نَفْسَهُ.

29 فَلا أَحَدَ يُبْغِضُ جَسَدَهُ الْبَتَّةَ، بَلْ يُغَذِّيهِ وَيَعْتَنِي بِهِ، كَمَا يُعَامِلُ الْمَسِيحُ أَيْضاً الْكَنِيسَةَ.

30 فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَعْضَاءُ جَسَدِهِ.

31 لِذَلِكَ يَسْتَقِلُّ الزَّوْجُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ، وَيَتَّحِدُ بِزَوْجَتِهِ، فَيَصِيرُ الاثْنَانِ جَسَداً وَاحِداً.

32 هَذَا السِّرُّ عَظِيمٌ وَلَكِنَّنِي أُشِيرُ بِهِ إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ وَالْكَنِيسَةِ!

33 إِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً، كُلٌّ بِمُفْرَدِهِ، لِيُحِبْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ زَوْجَتَهُ كَنَفْسِهِ. وَأَمَّا الزَّوْجَةُ، فَعَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَهَابَ زَوْجَهَا.

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New International Version

1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children

2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.

4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

5 For of this you can be sure: no immoral, impure or greedy person – such a person is an idolater – has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.*

6 Let no-one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

7 Therefore do not be partners with them.

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light

9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)

10 and find out what pleases the Lord.

11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible – and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

14 This is why it is said: ‘Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.’

15 Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise,

16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian households

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour.

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

26 to make her holy, cleansing* her by the washing with water through the word,

27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 After all, no-one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church –

30 for we are members of his body.

31 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’

32 This is a profound mystery – but I am talking about Christ and the church.

33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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