First Corinthians
« Chapter 15 »
1
Brothers, let me remind you of the good news that I gave to you, which you received, and in which you stand.
أَيُّهَا الْإِخْوَةُ، دَعُونِي أُذَكِّرُكُمْ بِالْبُشْرَى الَّتِي بَشَّرْتُكُمْ بِهَا وَالَّتِي قَبِلْتُمُوهَا وَفِيهَا أَنْتُمْ قَائِمُونَ،
2
وَبِوَاسِطَتِهَا أَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ، إِنْ تَمَسَّكْتُمْ ثَابِتِينَ بِهَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ الَّتِي بَشَّرْتُكُمْ بِهَا، وَإِلَّا، فَقَدْ آمَنْتُمْ عَبَثًا.
3
I delivered to you the most important matter that I received: that Al-Masih died as a ransom for our sins, in confirmation of what Allah revealed in his kitab.
فَالْأَمْرُ الْأَهَمُّ الَّذِي اسْتَلَمْتُهُ أَنَا، قَدْ سَلَّمْتُهُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَهُوَ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ مَاتَ فِدًى لِذُنُوبِنَا مِصْدَاقًا لِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ،
4
Then he was buried and Allah resurrected him alive on the third day in confirmation of what Allah revealed in his kitab.
وَأَنَّهُ دُفِنَ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ اللهُ حَيًّا فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ مِصْدَاقًا لِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ،
5
Then he appeared to Peter, then to the twelve hawariyun.
وَأَنَّهُ ظَهَرَ لِصَخْرٍ ثُمَّ لِلْحَوَارِيِّينَ الِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ.
6
After that he appeared to more than five hundred believing brothers at one time. Most of them are still living, though some of them have passed away.
وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ظَهَرَ لِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ أَخٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي آنٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَمَا زَالَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ، مَعَ أَنَّ الْبَعْضَ مِنْهُمْ قَدْ تُوُفُّوا،
8
Finally, he appeared to me. I was like a child born at the wrong time.
وَأَخِيرًا، ظَهَرَ لِي أَنَا، وَكُنْتُ بِمَثَابَةِ طِفْلٍ وُلِدَ فِي غَيْرِ حِينِهِ.
9
I am only the least of the messengers. I don't deserve the name of "messenger" because I persecuted the jama'a of the people chosen by Allah.
فَمَا أَنَا إِلَّا الْأَدْنَى مِنْ بَيْنِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَلَا أَسْتَحِقُّ اسْمَ «مُرْسَلٍ»، لِأَنَّنِي اضْطَهَدْتُ جَمَاعَةَ مُصْطَفَيِ اللهِ،
10
But I became what I am by the grace of Allah, and his grace was not given to me in vain. I struggled more than everyone, not with my own effort, but by the power of the grace of Allah that accompanied me.
لَكِنَّنِي أَصْبَحْتُ بِفَضْلِ اللهِ مَا أَنَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فَضْلُهُ الْمَوْهُوبُ لِي عَبَثًا، إِذْ جَاهَدْتُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْجَمِيعِ، لَيْسَ بِجُهْدِي أَنَا، بَلْ بِقُدْرَةِ فَضْلِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَازَمَنِي،
11
So whether it was I or they, this is what we call people to, and this is what you believed in.
وَسَوَاءٌ أَكُنْتُ أَنَا أَمْ كَانَ الْآخَرُونَ، هَذَا مَا نُنَادِي بِهِ وَهَذَا مَا آمَنْتُمْ بِهِ.
12
If it has been announced that Al-Masih has been resurrected alive from among the dead, how can some of you claim that there is no resurrection or raising of the dead?
إِنْ كَانَ الْإِعْلَانُ تَمَّ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ قَدْ بُعِثَ حَيًّا مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَمْوَاتِ، فَكَيْفَ يَدَّعِي بَعْضُكُمْ أَنَّ لَا بَعْثَ وَلَا قِيَامَةَ لِلْأَمْوَاتِ؟
13
If the resurrection of the dead were not true, then Al-Masih would not have been resurrected alive.
لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْثُ الْأَمْوَاتِ حَقًّا، مَا كَانَ الْمَسِيحُ قَدْ بُعِثَ حَيًّا،
14
And if Al-Masih had not been resurrected alive, our announcement to you would have been in vain and your trust in him would have been in vain, too.
وَلَوْ لَمْ يُبْعَثِ الْمَسِيحُ حَيًّا، لَكَانَ إِعْلَانُنَا لَكُمْ عَبَثًا وَتَوَكُّلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ عَبَثًا أَيْضًا،
15
We would have been false witnesses about Allah, because we testified that he resurrected Al-Masih alive. If the resurrection of the dead were not true, he would not have resurrected him.
وَلَكُنَّا شُهَدَاءَ زُورٍ عَنِ اللهِ إِذْ شَهِدْنَا أَنَّهُ قَدْ بَعَثَ الْمَسِيحَ حَيًّا، فِي حِينٍ لَمْ يَبْعَثْهُ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْثُ الْمَوْتَى حَقًّا.
16
If the resurrection of the dead were not true, then Al-Masih would not have been resurrected.
فَلَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْثُ الْمَوْتَى حَقًّا، لَمَا بُعِثَ الْمَسِيحُ،
17
And if Al-Masih had not been resurrected, your trust in him would be worthless, and your sins would be unforgiven.
وَلَوْ لَمْ يُبْعَثِ الْمَسِيحُ، لَكَانَ تَوَكُّلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ بَاطِلًا، وَلَكَانَتْ ذُنُوبُكُمْ غَيْرَ مَغْفُورَةٍ،
18
Then the destiny of all who had passed away trusting would be destruction.
وَلَكَانَ مَصِيرُ جَمِيعِ مَنْ تُوُفُّوا مِنَ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْهِ الْهَلَاكَ.
19
If our hope in Al-Masih is for gains in the life of this world only, we more than all the children of Adam are the most worthy of people feeling sorry for us.
فَلَوْ كَانَ أَمَلُنَا بِالْمَسِيحِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَكَاسِبِ حَيَاةِ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا فَقَطْ، فَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ جَمِيعِ بَنِي آدَمَ بِأَنْ يُرْثَى لَنَا،
20
But the truth is that Al-Masih was resurrected alive. He became the first fruits of those who have passed away and have been resurrected alive.
لَكِنَّ الْحَقِيقَةَ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ قَدْ بُعِثَ حَيًّا، وَصَارَ بَاكُورَةَ الْمُتَوَفَّيْنَ الَّذِينَ سَيُبْعَثُونَ أَحْيَاءً.
21
If death happened through one man, then the resurrection of the dead will happen through one man.
وَإِذْ حَدَثَ الْمَوْتُ بِوَاسِطَةِ إِنْسَانٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَسَيَحْدُثُ بَعْثُ الْأَمْوَاتِ بِوَاسِطَةِ إِنْسَانٍ وَاحِدٍ،
22
As everyone by their belonging to Adam will die, so everyone who belongs to Al-Masih will be resurrected alive.
وَكَمَا أَنَّ الْجَمِيعَ بِانْتِمَائِهِمْ إِلَى آدَمَ سَيَمُوتُونَ، كَذَلِكَ الْجَمِيعُ سَيُبْعَثُونَ أَحْيَاءً بِانْتِمَائِهِمْ إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ.
23
But each one has his rank: Al-Masih is the first fruits of those who are resurrected, and after him, those who belong to him on the day of his coming.
لَكِنَّ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مَرْتَبَتَهُ: اَلْمَسِيحُ بَاكُورَةُ الْمُنْبَعِثِينَ، وَبَعْدَهُ الْمُنْتَمُونَ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمِ مَجِيئِهِ،
24
ثُمَّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ، سَيُسَلِّمُ الْمَسِيحُ الْمَلَكُوتَ إِلَى اللهِ الْمَلِكِ الرَّحْمَنِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ عَلَى كُلِّ حُكْمٍ وَسُلْطَةٍ وَقُوَّةٍ،
25
Al-Masih must reign until he puts all his enemies under his feet.
فَإِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ حَتَّى يَضَعَ جَمِيعَ أَعْدَائِهِ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ،
26
The final enemy he will destroy is death.
وَآخِرُ الْأَعْدَاءِ الَّذِي سَيُقْضَى عَلَيْهِ هُوَ الْمَوْتُ،
27
This confirms the saying of Allah: "Allah subjugated everything under his feet." But by saying that he subjugated everything to him, of course, this does not include Allah who subjugated everything to him.
مِصْدَاقًا لِقَوْلِ اللهِ: «قَدْ أَخْضَعَ اللهُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ.» لَكِنْ فِي قَوْلِهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَخْضَعَ لَهُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، يُسْتَثْنَى طَبْعًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ اللهُ الَّذِي أَخْضَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ لَهُ.
28
ثُمَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُخْضِعَ اللهُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ لَهُ، يُخْضِعُ الْأَمِيرُ الْحَبِيبُ ذَاتَهُ لِلهِ الَّذِي أَخْضَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ لَهُ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُ لِلهِ.
29
If the matter were not so, what are the people who are washed with the ghusl of faith on behalf of dead people doing? If the dead are not resurrected, why are those people washed for them?
وَلَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْأَمْرُ هَكَذَا، مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَغْتَسِلُونَ غُسْلَ الْإِيمَانِ نِيَابَةً عَنِ الْمَوْتَى؟ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْمَوْتَى يُبْعَثُونَ، لِمَاذَا يَغْتَسِلُونَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ؟
30
Why do we risk our lives all the time?
وَلِمَاذَا نُخَاطِرُ بِحَيَاتِنَا فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ؟
31
Brothers, I confirm to you by my boasting in you in Al-Masih, our mawla Isa, that I die daily!
أَيُّهَا الْإِخْوَةُ، أُؤَكِّدُ لَكُمْ بِافْتِخَارِي بِكُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ مَوْلَانَا عِيسَى أَنَّنِي أَمُوتُ يُومِيًّا!
32
Did I wrestle wild animals in Ephesus for human benefit? If the dead are not resurrected, let us eat and drink, because we will die tomorrow.
هَلْ صَارَعْتُ الْوُحُوشَ فِي أَفَاسَ لِمَنْفَعَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ؟ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْمَوْتَى يُبْعَثُونَ، فَلْنَأْكُلْ وَنَشْرَبْ لِأَنَّنَا غَدًا نَمُوتُ.
34
You must wake up and think. Do not sin, since some of you are jahil of everything about Allah. By this statement of mine, I have exposed your shame!
عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَصْحُوا وَتَتَعَقَّلُوا وَلَا تُذْنِبُوا إِذِ الْبَعْضُ مِنْكُمْ يَجْهَلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَنِ اللهِ. وَبِقَوْلِي هَذَا قَدْ كَشَفْتُ عَارَكُمْ!
35
One of you will ask: How does Allah resurrect the dead? In what body are they resurrected?
سَيَسْأَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ: كَيْفَ يَبْعَثُ اللهُ الْمَوْتَى؟ وَأَيَّ جِسْمٍ يُبْعَثُونَ بِهِ؟
36
Jahil person, the sown seed does not live if it does not die.
أَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُ، لَا يَحْيَا الْمَزْرُوعُ إِنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ،
37
What is sown is not like what sprouts. Rather, it is merely a grain of wheat or another grain.
وَمَا يُزْرَعُ لَيْسَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي يُنْبَتُ بَلْ مَحْضَ حَبَّةِ الْقَمْحِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ مِنَ الْحُبُوبِ.
38
Allah gives it a shape that he wills, since each kind of seed has its own shape.
وَاللهُ يُعْطِيهِ الشَّكْلَ الَّذِي يَشَاؤُهُ إِذْ لِكُلِّ صِنْفٍ مِنَ الْبُذُورِ شَكْلُهُ الْخَاصُّ.
39
Not all bodies are like each other, since there is a body of the children of Adam and another of animals. Birds have another body and fish have another body.
لَيْسَتْ كُلُّ الْأَجْسَادِ بَعْضُهَا مِثْلَ بَعْضٍ، إِذْ هُنَاكَ جَسَدٌ لِبَنِي آدَمَ وَجَسَدٌ آخَرُ لِلْحَيَوَانَاتِ وَلِلطُّيُورِ جَسَدٌ آخَرُ وَلِلسَّمَكِ جَسَدٌ آخَرُ.
40
There are heavenly bodies and bodies of this world. The brilliance of the heavenly body is different from that of the earthly body.
وَهُنَاكَ أَجْسَامٌ سَمَاوِيَّةٌ وَأَجْسَامٌ دُنْيَوِيَّةٌ، وَبَهَاءُ السَّمَاوِيَّةِ مُخْتَلِفٌ عَنِ الدُّنْيَوِيَّةِ،
41
The brilliance of the sun differs from the brilliance of the moon and the brilliance of the stars, and each star is different from the other starts in brilliance.
فَبَهَاءُ الشَّمْسِ يَخْتَلِفُ عَنْ بَهَاءِ الْقَمَرِ وَبَهَاءِ النُّجُومِ، حَتَّى يَكُونُ كُلُّ نَجْمٍ مُخْتَلِفًا عَنِ النُّجُومِ الْأُخْرَى مِنْ حَيْثُ الْبَهَاءُ.
42
The resurrection of the dead is the same: What was sown in corruption is resurrected without corruption.
وَكَذَلِكَ بَعْثُ الْأَمْوَاتِ: اَلْمَزْرُوعُ بِالْفَسَادِ يُبْعَثُ بِلَا فَسَادٍ،
43
What is sown without honor is resurrected in glory and brilliance. What is sown in weakness is resurrected in strength.
وَالْمَزْرُوعُ بِلَا كَرَامَةٍ يُبْعَثُ بِالْمَجْدِ وَالْبَهَاءِ، وَالْمَزْرُوعُ بِالضَّعْفِ يُبْعَثُ بِالْقُوَّةِ،
44
As a natural body it is sown, and as a spiritual body it is resurrected. As there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
يُزْرَعُ جِسْمًا طَبِيعِيًّا وَيُبْعَثُ جِسْمًا رُوحِيًّا. وَكَمَا يُوجَدُ الْجِسْمُ الطَّبِيعِيُّ يُوجَدُ أَيْضًا الْجِسْمُ الرُّوحِيُّ.
46
But the spiritual is not before the natural, but after it.
لَكِنَّ الرُّوحِيَّ لَمْ يَسْبِقِ الطَّبِيعِيَّ بَلْ أَتَى بَعْدَهُ.
49
As we children of Adam bear the image of the earthly Adam, let us who belong to him bear the image of the heavenly Isa.
وَكَمَا نَتَّسِمُ نَحْنُ بَنُو آدَمَ بِصُورَةِ آدَمَ الْأَرْضِيِّ، لِنَتَّسِمْ أَيْضًا نَحْنُ الْمُنْتَمُونَ إِلَيْهِ بِصُورَةِ عِيسَى السَّمَاوِيِّ.
50
Brothers, I confirm to you that flesh and blood will not have a portion in the kingdom of Allah, and the perishable will not inherit the everlasting home.
أَيُّهَا الْإِخْوَةُ، أُؤَكِّدُ لَكُمْ أَنَّ اللَّحْمَ وَالدَّمَ لَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمَا نَصِيبٌ فِي مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ، وَالْفَانِيَ لَنْ يَرِثَ دَارَ الْبَقَاءِ.
51
Listen to me! I will reveal a mystery to you: We will all pass away, but we will not all be changed,
اِسْمَعُوا لِي، سَأَكْشِفُ لَكُمْ سِرًّا: سَنُتَوَفَّى جَمِيعًا، لَكِنَّنَا لَنْ نَتَغَيَّرَ جَمِيعًا
52
suddenly, in the blink of an eye, when the final trumpet is blown. The trumpet will be blown, and then the dead will be resurrected alive and imperishable forever. But we will be changed.
فَجْأَةً وَفِي لَمْحَةِ بَصَرٍ، عِنْدَمَا يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ الْأَخِيرِ. إِذْ سَوْفَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ، وَحِينَئِذٍ يُبْعَثُ الْأَمْوَاتُ أَحْيَاءً خَالِدِينَ بِلَا فَنَاءٍ، أَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَسَنَتَغَيَّرُ.
53
This perishable body must wear imperishable clothing, and this human body must wear everlasting clothing.
فَيَجِبُ عَلَى هَذَا الْجَسَدِ الْفَانِي أَنْ يَلْبَسَ مَا لَا يَفْنَى، وَعَلَى هَذَا الْجَسَدِ الْبَشَرِيِّ أَنْ يَلْبَسَ الْخُلُودَ،
54
When the perishable wears the imperishable and the human wears the everlasting, what Allah revealed in his book will be fulfilled: "Death was swallowed in totality of victory."
فَعِنْدَمَا يَلْبَسُ الْفَانِي مَا لَا يَفْنَى وَيَلْبَسُ الْبَشَرِيُّ الْخُلُودَ، يَتَحَقَّقُ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ: «اُبْتُلِعَ الْمَوْتُ فِي تَمَامِ النَّصْرِ.»
55
And "Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?"
وَأَيْضًا: «أَيُّهَا الْمَوْتُ، أَيْنَ نَصْرُكَ؟ أَيُّهَا الْمَوْتُ، أَيْنَ لَدْغَتُكَ؟»
56
The sting of death is disobedience, and the strength of disobedience is the sharia.
وَلَدْغَةُ الْمَوْتِ هِيَ الْمَعْصِيَةُ، وَقُوَّةُ الْمَعْصِيَةِ هِيَ الشَّرِيعَةُ،
58
Beloved brothers, be firm and not shaken, always dedicated to the work of our mawla, knowing that your struggles for the sake of our mawla are not in vain.
فَإِذًا يَا إِخْوَتِي الْأَحِبَّاءَ، كُونُوا رَاسِخِينَ غَيْرَ مُتَزَعْزِعِينَ، مُتَفَانِينَ دَائِمًا فِي عَمَلِ مَوْلَانَا، عَالِمِينَ أَنَّ اجْتِهَادَكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ مَوْلَانَا لَيْس عَبَثًا.