٢ كورنثوس 3
| أَفَنَبْتَدِئُ نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا؟ أَمْ لَعَلَّنَا نَحْتَاجُ كَقَوْمٍ رَسَائِلَ تَوْصِيَةٍ إِلَيْكُمْ، أَوْ رَسَائِلَ تَوْصِيَةٍ مِنْكُمْ؟ | ١ 1 |
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?
| أَنْتُمْ رِسَالَتُنَا، مَكْتُوبَةً فِي قُلُوبِنَا، مَعْرُوفَةً وَمَقْرُوءَةً مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ٢ 2 |
Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;
| ظَاهِرِينَ أَنَّكُمْ رِسَالَةُ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، مَخْدُومَةً مِنَّا، مَكْتُوبَةً لَا بِحِبْرٍ بَلْ بِرُوحِ ٱللهِ ٱلْحَيِّ، لَا فِي أَلْوَاحٍ حَجَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ فِي أَلْوَاحِ قَلْبٍ لَحْمِيَّةٍ. | ٣ 3 |
being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables [that are] hearts of flesh.
| وَلَكِنْ لَنَا ثِقَةٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ لَدَى ٱللهِ. | ٤ 4 |
And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:
| لَيْسَ أَنَّنَا كُفَاةٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِنَا أَنْ نَفْتَكِرَ شَيْئًا كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ أَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ كِفَايَتُنَا مِنَ ٱللهِ، | ٥ 5 |
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
| ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَنَا كُفَاةً لِأَنْ نَكُونَ خُدَّامَ عَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ. لَا ٱلْحَرْفِ بَلِ ٱلرُّوحِ. لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَرْفَ يَقْتُلُ وَلَكِنَّ ٱلرُّوحَ يُحْيِي. | ٦ 6 |
who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
| ثُمَّ إِنْ كَانَتْ خِدْمَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ، ٱلْمَنْقُوشَةُ بِأَحْرُفٍ فِي حِجَارَةٍ، قَدْ حَصَلَتْ فِي مَجْدٍ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَقْدِرْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى وَجْهِ مُوسَى لِسَبَبِ مَجْدِ وَجْهِهِ ٱلزَّائِلِ، | ٧ 7 |
But if the ministration of death, written, [and] engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which [glory] was passing away:
| فَكَيْفَ لَا تَكُونُ بِٱلْأَوْلَى خِدْمَةُ ٱلرُّوحِ فِي مَجْدٍ؟ | ٨ 8 |
how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?
| لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَتْ خِدْمَةُ ٱلدَّيْنُونَةِ مَجْدًا، فَبِٱلْأَوْلَى كَثِيرًا تَزِيدُ خِدْمَةُ ٱلْبِرِّ فِي مَجْدٍ! | ٩ 9 |
For if the ministration of condemnation is glory, much rather doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
| فَإِنَّ ٱلْمُمَجَّدَ أَيْضًا لَمْ يُمَجَّدْ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلْقَبِيلِ لِسَبَبِ ٱلْمَجْدِ ٱلْفَائِقِ. | ١٠ 10 |
For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth.
| لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ ٱلزَّائِلُ فِي مَجْدٍ، فَبِٱلْأَوْلَى كَثِيرًا يَكُونُ ٱلدَّائِمُ فِي مَجْدٍ! | ١١ 11 |
For if that which passeth away [was] with glory, much more that which remaineth [is] in glory.
| فَإِذْ لَنَا رَجَاءٌ مِثْلُ هَذَا نَسْتَعْمِلُ مُجَاهَرَةً كَثِيرَةً. | ١٢ 12 |
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
| وَلَيْسَ كَمَا كَانَ مُوسَى يَضَعُ بُرْقُعًا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ لِكَيْ لَا يَنْظُرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى نِهَايَةِ ٱلزَّائِلِ. | ١٣ 13 |
and [are] not as Moses, [who] put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:
| بَلْ أُغْلِظَتْ أَذْهَانُهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُ حَتَّى ٱلْيَوْمِ ذَلِكَ ٱلْبُرْقُعُ نَفْسُهُ عِنْدَ قِرَاءَةِ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ بَاقٍ غَيْرُ مُنْكَشِفٍ، ٱلَّذِي يُبْطَلُ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth unlifted; which [veil] is done away in Christ.
| لَكِنْ حَتَّى ٱلْيَوْمِ، حِينَ يُقْرَأُ مُوسَى، ٱلْبُرْقُعُ مَوْضُوعٌ عَلَى قَلْبِهِمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart.
| وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ يُرْفَعُ ٱلْبُرْقُعُ. | ١٦ 16 |
But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
| وَأَمَّا ٱلرَّبُّ فَهُوَ ٱلرُّوحُ، وَحَيْثُ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ هُنَاكَ حُرِّيَّةٌ. | ١٧ 17 |
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty.
| وَنَحْنُ جَمِيعًا نَاظِرِينَ مَجْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ بِوَجْهٍ مَكْشُوفٍ، كَمَا في مِرْآةٍ، نَتَغَيَّرُ إِلَى تِلْكَ ٱلصُّورَةِ عَيْنِهَا، مِنْ مَجْدٍ إِلَى مَجْدٍ، كَمَا مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلرُّوحِ. | ١٨ 18 |
But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
