٢ كورنثوس 2

١ 1 وَلَكِنِّي جَزَمْتُ بِهَذَا فِي نَفْسِي أَنْ لَا آتِيَ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْضًا فِي حُزْنٍ.

I decided that I would not visit you again in grief;

٢ 2 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أُحْزِنُكُمْ أَنَا، فَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُفَرِّحُنِي إِلَّا ٱلَّذِي أَحْزَنْتُهُ؟

for if I cause you grief, who is there to cause me joy except those whom I have grieved?

٣ 3 وَكَتَبْتُ لَكُمْ هَذَا عَيْنَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا جِئْتُ لَا يَكُونُ لِي حُزْنٌ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ أَفْرَحَ بِهِمْ، وَاثِقًا بِجَمِيعِكُمْ أَنَّ فَرَحِي هُوَ فَرَحُ جَمِيعِكُمْ.

And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.

٤ 4 لِأَنِّي مِنْ حُزْنٍ كَثِيرٍ وَكَآبَةِ قَلْبٍ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِدُمُوعٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، لَا لِكَيْ تَحْزَنُوا، بَلْ لِكَيْ تَعْرِفُوا ٱلْمَحَبَّةَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدِي وَلَا سِيَّمَا مِنْ نَحْوِكُمْ.

For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, through many tears; not to pain you, but to convince you of my love, my abundant love for you.

٥ 5 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ قَدْ أَحْزَنَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُحْزِنِّي، بَلْ أَحْزَنَ جَمِيعَكُمْ بَعْضَ ٱلْحُزْنِ لِكَيْ لَا أُثَقِّلَ.

As to him who has been, and now is, causing pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but all of you - at least some of you (not to overstate the case).

٦ 6 مِثْلُ هَذَا يَكْفِيهِ هَذَا ٱلْقِصَاصُ ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلْأَكْثَرِينَ،

Sufficient for the offender is the punishment imposed by the majority;

٧ 7 حَتَّى تَكُونُوا - بِٱلْعَكْسِ - تُسَامِحُونَهُ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ وَتُعَزُّونَهُ، لِئَلَّا يُبْتَلَعَ مِثْلُ هَذَا مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ ٱلْمُفْرِطِ.

so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.

٨ 8 لِذَلِكَ أَطْلُبُ أَنْ تُمَكِّنُوا لَهُ ٱلْمَحَبَّةَ.

So I beg you to reinstate him in your love.

٩ 9 لِأَنِّي لِهَذَا كَتَبْتُ لِكَيْ أَعْرِفَ تَزْكِيَتَكُمْ: هَلْ أَنْتُمْ طَائِعُونَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ؟

For this very purpose also I wrote you (before), that I might test you, to see if you were obedient in every respect.

١٠ 10 وَٱلَّذِي تُسَامِحُونَهُ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَنَا أَيْضًا. لِأَنِّي أَنَا مَا سَامَحْتُ بِهِ - إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ سَامَحْتُ بِشَيْءٍ - فَمِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ بِحَضْرَةِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ،

If you forgive the man, I forgive him, too; for whatever I have forgiven has been forgiven in the presence of Christ,

١١ 11 لِئَلَّا يَطْمَعَ فِينَا ٱلشَّيْطَانُ، لِأَنَّنَا لَا نَجْهَلُ أَفْكَارَهُ.

for your sakes, that I may not be overreached by Satan, for I am not ignorant of his devices.

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا جِئْتُ إِلَى تَرُوَاسَ، لِأَجْلِ إِنْجِيلِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، وَٱنْفَتَحَ لِي بَابٌ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ،

Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened to me in the Lord,

١٣ 13 لَمْ تَكُنْ لِي رَاحَةٌ فِي رُوحِي، لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ تِيطُسَ أَخِي. لَكِنْ وَدَّعْتُهُمْ فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَى مَكِدُونِيَّةَ.

I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my brother. So I bade them good-bye and started off for Macedonia.

١٤ 14 وَلَكِنْ شُكْرًا لِلهِ ٱلَّذِي يَقُودُنَا فِي مَوْكِبِ نُصْرَتِهِ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ كُلَّ حِينٍ، وَيُظْهِرُ بِنَا رَائِحَةَ مَعْرِفَتِهِ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ.

But thanks be to God, who in every place is leading me in the train of Christ’s triumph, and is making manifest through me the knowledge of him, an odor of incense everywhere.

١٥ 15 لِأَنَّنَا رَائِحَةُ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ٱلذَّكِيَّةُ لِلهِ، فِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْلُصُونَ وَفِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَهْلِكُونَ.

I am Christ’s fragrance upwafted unto God, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing;

١٦ 16 لِهَؤُلَاءِ رَائِحَةُ مَوْتٍ لِمَوْتٍ، وَلِأُولَئِكَ رَائِحَةُ حَيَاةٍ لِحَيَاةٍ. وَمَنْ هُوَ كُفْوءٌ لِهَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ؟

to these latter an odor of death to death, to the former, of life to life. For such service as this, who is sufficient?

١٧ 17 لِأَنَّنَا لَسْنَا كَٱلْكَثِيرِينَ غَاشِّينَ كَلِمَةَ ٱللهِ، لَكِنْ كَمَا مِنْ إِخْلَاصٍ، بَلْ كَمَا مِنَ ٱللهِ نَتَكَلَّمُ أَمَامَ ٱللهِ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

I am; for I am not like most, trafficking in the word of God, but rather from a sincere heart, like a man of God, I speak in Christ, in the very presence of God.