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١ 1 مِنْ بُولُسَ، رَسُولِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ بِمَشِيئَةِ اللهِ، وَمِنَ الأَخِ تِيمُوثَاوُسَ، إِلَى كَنِيسَةِ اللهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ كُورِنْثُوسَ، وَإِلَى جَمِيعِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ أَخَائِيَةَ كُلِّهَا.

Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy, to the church of God that is in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

٢ 2 لِتَكُنْ لَكُمُ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا وَمِنَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ!

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.

٣ 3 تَبَارَكَ اللهُ، أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، أَبُو الْمَرَاحِمِ وَإِلَهُ كُلِّ تَعْزِيَةٍ،

All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement,

٤ 4 هُوَ الَّذِي يُشَجِّعُنَا فِي كُلِّ ضِيقَةٍ نَمُرُّ بِها، حَتَّى نَسْتَطِيعَ أَنْ نُشَجِّعَ الَّذِينَ يَمُرُّونَ بِأَيَّةِ ضِيقَةٍ، بِالتَّشْجِيعِ الَّذِي بِهِ يُشَجِّعُنَا اللهُ.

who encourages us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in whatever affliction, by means of the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God.

٥ 5 فَكَمَا تَفِيضُ عَلَيْنَا آلامُ الْمَسِيحِ، يَفِيضُ عَلَيْنَا أَيْضاً التَّشْجِيعُ بِالْمَسِيحِ.

Because just as the sufferings of the Christ flow over into us, so also our encouraging overflows, through Christ.

٦ 6 فَإِنْ كُنَّا فِي ضِيقَةٍ، فَذَلِكَ لأَجْلِ تَشْجِيعِكُمْ وَخَلاصِكُمْ؛ وَإِنْ كُنَّا مُتَشَجِّعِينَ، فَذَلِكَ لأَجْلِ تَشْجِيعِكُمْ، مِمَّا يَعْمَلُ فِيكُمْ عَلَى احْتِمَالِ نَفْسِ الآلامِ الَّتِي نَتَأَلَّمُ بِها نَحْنُ أَيْضاً.

Now then, if we are afflicted, it is for the sake of your encouragement and deliverance, that are effective for enduring the same sufferings that we also are suffering

٧ 7 وَإِنَّ رَجَاءَنَا مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ هُوَ رَجَاءٌ وَطِيدٌ، إِذْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمْ كَمَا تَشْتَرِكُونَ مَعَنَا فِي احْتِمَالِ الآلامِ، سَتَشْتَرِكُونَ أَيْضاً فِي نَوَالِ التَّشْجِيعِ.

(yes, our hope concerning you is steadfast); if we are encouraged, it also is for the sake of your encouragement and deliverance, since we know that you will share in the encouragement just as you do in the sufferings.

٨ 8 فَيَا أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، نُرِيدُ أَنْ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْرُ الضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي مَرَرْنَا بِها فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ أَسِيَّا. فَقَدْ كَانَتْ وَطْأَتُهَا عَلَيْنَا شَدِيدَةً جِدّاً وَفَوْقَ طَاقَتِنَا، حَتَّى يَئِسْنَا مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ نَفْسِهَا.

And so, brothers, we do not want you to be in ignorance concerning the affliction that came upon us in Asia: we were under extreme pressure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

٩ 9 وَلَكِنَّنَا شَعَرْنَا، فِي قَرَارَةِ أَنْفُسِنَا، أَنَّهُ مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْنَا بِالْمَوْتِ، حَتَّى نَكُونَ مُتَّكِلِينَ لَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا بَلْ عَلَى اللهِ الَّذِي يُقِيمُ الأَمْوَاتَ؛

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, so that we not place confidence in ourselves, but in the God who raises the dead;

١٠ 10 وَقَدْ أَنْقَذَنَا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَوْتِ الشَّنِيعِ، وَمَازَالَ يُنْقِذُنَا حَتَّى الآنَ، وَلَنَا مِلْءُ الثِّقَةِ بِأَنَّهُ حَقّاً سَيُنْقِذُنَا فِيمَا بَعْدُ؛

He did deliver us from that deadly peril, and still delivers; in whom we trust that He will keep on delivering,

١١ 11 عَلَى أَنْ تُسَاعِدُونَا أَنْتُمْ بِالصَّلاةِ لأَجْلِنَا؛ حَتَّى إِنَّ مَا يُوهَبُ لَنَا اسْتِجَابَةً لِصَلاةِ الْكَثِيرِينَ، يَدْفَعُ الْكَثِيرِينَ إِلَى الشُّكْرِ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا.

you also adding your cooperation in prayer, on our behalf; that thanks may be given by many persons for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, on your behalf.

١٢ 12 فَإِنَّ فَخْرَنَا هُوَ هَذَا: شَهَادَةُ ضَمِيرِنَا بِأَنَّنَا، فِي قَدَاسَةِ اللهِ وَإِخْلاصِهِ، قَدْ سَلَكْنَا فِي الْعَالَمِ، وَبِخَاصَّةٍ تُجَاهَكُمْ؛ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ بِحِكْمَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ بِنِعْمَةِ اللهِ.

Now this is our boast: the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world with openness and godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

١٣ 13 فَإِنَّنَا لَا نَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ سِوَى مَا تَقْرَأُونَهُ وَتَفْهَمُونَهُ. وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَفْهَمُوا الْفَهْمَ كُلَّهُ،

For we do not write you any other things than what you can read and understand; and I do hope that you will keep on understanding to the end

١٤ 14 كَمَا قَدْ فَهِمْتُمُونَا فَهْماً جُزْئِيًّا، أَنَّنَا سَنَكُونُ فَخْراً لَكُمْ، مِثْلَمَا أَنْتُمْ فَخْرٌ لَنَا، فِي يَوْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ.

(as indeed some of you have acknowledged) that we are your boast, just as you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

١٥ 15 فَبِهذِهِ الْقَنَاعَةِ، كُنْتُ قَدْ نَوَيْتُ سَابِقاً أَنْ أَجِيءَ إِلَيْكُمْ، لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ فَرَحٌ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى،

It was in this confidence that I was planning to come by you first,

١٦ 16 وَأَنْ أَمُرَّ بِكُمْ فِي طَرِيقِي إِلَى مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَيْضاً فِي عَوْدَتِي مِنْهَا، وَبَعْدَئِذٍ تُسَهِّلُونَ لِي سَبِيلَ السَّفَرِ إِلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ.

and by you to proceed into Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia (that you might benefit twice), and then to be sent by you on my way to Judea.

١٧ 17 فَهَلْ تَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي بِاعْتِمَادِي لِهذِهِ الْخُطَّةِ تَصَرَّفْتُ بِخِفَّةٍ، أَوْ أَنِّي أَتَّخِذُ قَرَارَاتِي وَفْقاً لِمَنْطِقِ الْبَشَرِ، لِيَكُونَ فِي كَلامِي نَعَمْ نَعَمْ وَلا لَا فِي آنٍ وَاحِدٍ؟

Now then, when I was deciding this, I was not acting frivolously, was I? Or the things I decide, do I decide according to the flesh, so that with me there would be both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?

١٨ 18 صَادِقٌ هُوَ اللهُ، وَيَشْهَدُ أَنَّ كَلامَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ لَيْسَ نَعَمْ وَلا مَعاً!

As God is faithful, our word to you was not “Yes” and “No”,

١٩ 19 فَإِنَّ ابْنَ اللهِ، الْمَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ، الَّذِي بَشَّرْنَا بِهِ فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ، أَنَا وَسِلْوَانُسُ وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ، لَمْ يَكُنْ نَعَمْ وَلا مَعاً، وَإِنَّمَا فِيهِ نَعَمْ.

because the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No”. In fact, with Him it has always been “Yes”,

٢٠ 20 فَمَهْمَا كَانَتْ وُعُودُ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ «النَّعَمْ» لَهَا كُلِّهَا، وَفِيهِ الآمِينُ بِنَا لأَجْلِ مَجْدِ اللهِ.

because all the promises of God in Him are “Yes”; indeed, in Him they are “Amen”, that there be glory to God through us.

٢١ 21 وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِي يُرَسِّخُنَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، وَالَّذِي قَدْ مَسَحَنَا، إِنَّمَا هُوَ اللهُ،

Now He who establishes us together with you into Christ, and who anointed us, is God,

٢٢ 22 وَهُوَ أَيْضاً قَدْ وَضَعَ خَتْمَهُ عَلَيْنَا، وَوَهَبَنَا الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ عُرْبُوناً فِي قُلُوبِنَا.

who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

٢٣ 23 غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَدْعُو اللهَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَى نَفْسِي بِأَنِّي إِشْفَاقاً عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ آتِ إِلَى كُورِنْثُوسَ.

For my part, I call on God as witness, upon my soul, that it was to spare you that I have not yet returned to Corinth.

٢٤ 24 وَهَذَا لَا يَعْنِي أَنَّنَا نَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى إِيمَانِكُمْ، بَلْ إِنَّنَا مُعَاوِنُونَ لَكُمْ نَعْمَلُ لأَجْلِ فَرَحِكُمْ. فَبِالإِيمَانِ أَنْتُمْ ثَابِتُونَ.

(Not that we have control over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for it is by faith that you stand firm.)