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| 1 لِتَخْضَعْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لِلسَّلاَطِينِ الْفَائِقَةِ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ سُلْطَانٌ إِلاَّ مِنَ اللهِ، وَالسَّلاَطِينُ الْكَائِنَةُ هِيَ مُرَتَّبَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ، | 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. |
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| 2 حَتَّى إِنَّ مَنْ يُقَاوِمُ السُّلْطَانَ يُقَاوِمُ تَرْتِيبَ اللهِ، وَالْمُقَاوِمُونَ سَيَأْخُذُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ دَيْنُونَةً. | 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. |
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| 3 فَإِنَّ الْحُكَّامَ لَيْسُوا خَوْفًا لِلأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَةِ بَلْ لِلشِّرِّيرَةِ. أَفَتُرِيدُ أَنْ لاَ تَخَافَ السُّلْطَانَ؟ افْعَلِ الصَّلاَحَ فَيَكُونَ لَكَ مَدْحٌ مِنْهُ، | 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: |
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| 4 لأَنَّهُ خَادِمُ اللهِ لِلصَّلاَحِ! وَلكِنْ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ الشَّرَّ فَخَفْ، لأَنَّهُ لاَ يَحْمِلُ السَّيْفَ عَبَثًا، إِذْ هُوَ خَادِمُ اللهِ، مُنْتَقِمٌ لِلْغَضَبِ مِنَ الَّذِي يَفْعَلُ الشَّرَّ. | 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. |
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| 5 لِذلِكَ يَلْزَمُ أَنْ يُخْضَعَ لَهُ، لَيْسَ بِسَبَبِ الْغَضَبِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ أَيْضًا بِسَبَبِ الضَّمِيرِ. | 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. |
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| 6 فَإِنَّكُمْ لأَجْلِ هذَا تُوفُونَ الْجِزْيَةَ أَيْضًا، إِذْ هُمْ خُدَّامُ اللهِ مُواظِبُونَ عَلَى ذلِكَ بِعَيْنِهِ. | 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. |
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| 7 فَأَعْطُوا الْجَمِيعَ حُقُوقَهُمُ: الْجِزْيَةَ لِمَنْ لَهُ الْجِزْيَةُ. الْجِبَايَةَ لِمَنْ لَهُ الْجِبَايَةُ. وَالْخَوْفَ لِمَنْ لَهُ الْخَوْفُ. وَالإِكْرَامَ لِمَنْ لَهُ الإِكْرَامُ. | 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. |
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المحبة الأخوية | |
| 8 لاَ تَكُونُوا مَدْيُونِينَ لأَحَدٍ بِشَيْءٍ إِلاَّ بِأَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا، لأَنَّ مَنْ أَحَبَّ غَيْرَهُ فَقَدْ أَكْمَلَ النَّامُوسَ. | 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. |
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| 9 لأَنَّ «لاَ تَزْنِ، لاَ تَقْتُلْ، لاَ تَسْرِقْ، لاَ تَشْهَدْ بِالزُّورِ، لاَ تَشْتَهِ»، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ وَصِيَّةً أُخْرَى، هِيَ مَجْمُوعَةٌ فِي هذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ:«أَنْ تُحِبَّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ». | 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. |
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| 10 اَلْمَحَبَّةُ لاَ تَصْنَعُ شَرًّا لِلْقَرِيبِ، فَالْمَحَبَّةُ هِيَ تَكْمِيلُ النَّامُوسِ. | 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
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| 11 هذَا وَإِنَّكُمْ عَارِفُونَ الْوَقْتَ، أَنَّهَا الآنَ سَاعَةٌ لِنَسْتَيْقِظَ مِنَ النَّوْمِ، فَإِنَّ خَلاَصَنَا الآنَ أَقْرَبُ مِمَّا كَانَ حِينَ آمَنَّا. | 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. |
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| 12 قَدْ تَنَاهَى اللَّيْلُ وَتَقَارَبَ النَّهَارُ، فَلْنَخْلَعْ أَعْمَالَ الظُّلْمَةِ وَنَلْبَسْ أَسْلِحَةَ النُّورِ. | 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. |
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| 13 لِنَسْلُكْ بِلِيَاقَةٍ كَمَا فِي النَّهَارِ: لاَ بِالْبَطَرِ وَالسُّكْرِ، لاَ بِالْمَضَاجعِ وَالْعَهَرِ، لاَ بِالْخِصَامِ وَالْحَسَدِ. | 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. |
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| 14 بَلِ الْبَسُوا الرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ، وَلاَ تَصْنَعُوا تَدْبِيرًا لِلْجَسَدِ لأَجْلِ الشَّهَوَاتِ. | 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. |
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