Bilingual reading

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you,

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,

and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

لِذٰلِكَ أَنا بولُس سَجينَ المَسيحِ يسوعَ في سَبيلِكم أَنتُمُ الوَثَنِيِّين…

إِذا كُنتُم قد سَمِعتُم بِالنِّعمةِ الَّتي وُهِبَت لي بِتَدْبيرٍ إِلٰهِيٍّ مِن أَجْلِكم

وكَيْفَ أُطلِعتُ عَلى السِّرِّ بِوَحْيٍ كَما كَتَبتُه إِلَيكم بإِيجازٍ مِن قَبْلُ

فَتَستَطيعونَ، إِذا ما قَرَأتُم ذٰلك، أَن تُدرِكوا تَفَهُّمي سِرَّ المسيح

هٰذا السِّرَّ الَّذي لم يُطْلَعْ علَيه بَنو البَشَرِ في القُرونِ الماضِية وكُشِفَ الآنَ في الرُّوحِ إِلى رُسُلِه وأَنبِيائِه القِدِّيسين

وهو أَنَّ الوَثَنِيِّينَ هم شُرَكاءُ في المِيراثِ والجَسَدِ والوَعْد في المسيحِ يسوع، ويَعودُ ذٰلِك إِلى البشارةِ

الَّتي صِرتُ لَها خادِمًا بِنِعمَةِ اللهِ الَّتي وَهَبَتها لي عِزَّتُه القَديرة

أَنا أَصغَرَ صِغارِ القِدِّيسينَ جَميعًا وُهِبَت لي هٰذه النِّعمة وهي أَن أُبَشِّرَ الوَثَنِيِّينَ بِما في المسيحِ مِن غِنًى لا يُسبَرُ غَورُه

وَأُبَيِّنَ كَيفَ حُقِّقَ ذٰلِك السِّرُّ الَّذي ظَلَّ مَكتومًا طَوالَ الدُّهورِ في اللهِ خالِقِ جَميعِ الأَشياء

فٱطَّلَعَ أَصحابُ الرِّئاسةِ والسُّلْطانِ في السَّمَوات، عن يَدِ الكَنيسَة، على حِكمَةِ اللهِ الكَثيرَةِ الوُجوه

وَفقًا لِتَدْبيرِه الأَزَلِيّ، ذٰلكَ الَّذي حَقَّقَه بِالمسيحِ يسوعَ رَبِّنا

وبِه نَجرُؤُ، إِذا آمنَّا بِه، على التَّقَرُّبِ إِلى اللهِ مُطمَئِنِّين

فأَسأَلُكم أَلَّا تَفتُرَ هِمَّتُكم مِنَ المِحَنِ الَّتي أُعانيها مِن أَجلِكُم، فإِنَّها مَجْدٌ لَكم

لِهٰذا أَجْثو على رُكبَتَيَّ لِلآب

فمِنه تَستَمِدُّ كُلُّ أُسرَةٍ ٱسمَها في السَّماءِ والأَرْض

وأَسأَلُه أَن يَهَبَ لَكم، على مِقدارِ سَعَةِ مَجْدِه، أَن تَشتَدُّوا بِروحِه، لِيَقْوى فيكُمُ الإِنسانُ الباطِن

وأَن يُقيمَ المسيحُ في قُلوبِكم بِالإِيمان، حتَّى إِذا ما تَأَصَّلْتُم في المَحبَّة وأُسِّستُم علَيها

أَمكَنَكم أَن تُدرِكوا مع جَميعِ القِدِّيسين ما هو العَرْضُ والطُّول والعُلُوُّ والعُمق

وتَعرِفوا مَحبَّةَ المسيحِ الَّتي تَفوقُ كُلَّ مَعرِفة، فتَمتَلِئوا بِكُلِّ ما في اللهِ مِن كَمال

ذاكَ الَّذي يَستَطيعُ، بِقُوَّتِه العامِلَةِ فينا، أَن يَبلُغَ ما يَفوقُ كثيرًا كُلَّ ما نَسأَلُه أَو نَتَصَوَّرُه

لَه المَجْدُ في الكَنيسةِ وفي المسيحِ يسوعَ على مَدى جَميعِ الأَجْيالِ والدُّهور. آمين