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١ 1 وَلَكِنِّي اُنَاشِدُكُمْ بِوَدَاعَةِ الْمَسِيحِ وَحِلْمِهِ، أَنَا بُولُسَ «الْمُتَواضِعَ» وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ، «وَالْجَرِيءَ» عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنَا غَائِبٌ عَنْكُمْ،

Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

٢ 2 رَاجِياً أَلّا تَضْطَرُّونِي لأَنْ أَكُونَ جَرِيئاً عِنْدَ حُضُورِي، فَأَلْجَأُ إِلَى الْحَزْمِ الَّذِي أَظُنُّ أَنِّي سَأَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَيْهِ فِي مُعَامَلَةِ مَنْ يَظُنُّونَ مِنْكُمْ أَنَّنَا نَسْلُكُ وَفْقاً لِلْجَسَدِ.

I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

٣ 3 فَمَعَ أَنَّنَا نَعِيشُ في الْجَسَدِ، فَإِنَّنَا لَا نُحَارِبُ وَفْقاً لِلْجَسَدِ.

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

٤ 4 فَإِنَّ الأَسْلِحَةَ الَّتِي نُحَارِبُ بِها لَيْسَتْ جَسَدِيَّةً، بَلْ قَادِرَةٌ بِاللهِ عَلَى هَدْمِ الْحُصُونِ: بِها نَهْدِمُ النَّظَرِيَّاتِ

The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

٥ 5 وَكُلَّ مَا يَعْلُو مُرْتَفِعاً لِمُقَاوَمَةِ مَعْرِفَةِ اللهِ، وَنَأْسِرُ كُلَّ فِكْرٍ إِلَى طَاعَةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

٦ 6 وَنَحْنُ عَلَى اسْتِعْدَادٍ لِمُعَاقَبَةِ كُلِّ عِصْيَانٍ، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَكُونَ طَاعَتُكُمْ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ.

And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.

٧ 7 أَتَحْكُمُونَ عَلَى الأُمُورِ بِحَسَبِ ظَوَاهِرِهَا؟ إِنْ كَانَتْ لأَحَدٍ ثِقَةٌ فِي نَفْسِهِ بِأَنَّهُ يَخُصُّ الْمَسِيحَ، فَلْيُفَكِّرْ أَيْضاً فِي نَفْسِهِ بِأَنَّهُ كَمَا يَخُصُّ هُوَ الْمَسِيحَ، كَذَلِكَ نَخُصُّهُ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً.

You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

٨ 8 فَإِنِّي، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَفْتَخِرُ وَلَوْ قَلِيلاً أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يَجِبُ، بِسُلْطَتِنَا الَّتِي أَعْطَانَا إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ لِبُنْيَانِكُمْ لَا لِهَدْمِكُمْ، لَنْ أُضْطَرَّ إِلَى الْخَجَلِ،

For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

٩ 9 حَتَّى لَا أَظْهَرَ كَأَنِّي أُخَوِّفُكُمْ بِالرَّسَائِلِ.

I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.

١٠ 10 فَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: «رَسَائِلُهُ شَدِيدَةُ اللَّهْجَةِ وَقَوِيَّةٌ؛ أَمَّا حُضُورُهُ الشَّخْصِيُّ فَضَعِيفٌ، وَكَلامُهُ مُحْتَقَرٌ».

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

١١ 11 فَلْيَتَنَبَّهْ مِثْلُ هَذَا إِلَى أَنَّنَا كَمَا نَكُونُ بِالْقَوْلِ فِي الرَّسَائِلِ وَنَحْنُ غَائِبُونَ، كَذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً بِالْفِعْلِ وَنَحْنُ حَاضِرُونَ.

Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

١٢ 12 فَإِنَّنَا لَا نَجْرُؤُ أَنْ نُصَنِّفَ أَنْفُسَنَا، أَوْ نُقَارِنَ أَنْفُسَنَا، بِمَادِحِي أَنْفُسِهِمِ الَّذِينَ بَيْنَكُمْ. فَلأَنَّ هؤُلاءِ يَقِيسُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَيُقَارِنُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، فَهُمْ لا يَفْهَمُونَ!

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

١٣ 13 أَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَلَنْ نَفْتَخِرَ بِمَا يَتَعَدَّى الْحَدَّ، بَلْ بِمَا يُوَافِقُ حُدُودَ الْقَانُونِ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ لَنَا اللهُ لِنَصِلَ بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْضاً.

We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

١٤ 14 فَإِنَّنَا لَسْنَا نَتَعَدَّى حُدُودَنَا وَكَأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَصِلْ إِلَيْكُمْ، إِذْ قَدْ وَصَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ فِعْلاً بإِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ؛

We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

١٥ 15 وَلَسْنَا نَفْتَخِرُ بِمَا يَتَعَدَّى الْحَدَّ فِي أَتْعَابِ غَيْرِنَا. وَإِنَّمَا نَرْجُو، إِذَا مَا نَمَا إِيمَانُكُمْ، أَنْ نَزْدَادَ تَقَدُّماً بَيْنَكُمْ وَفْقاً لِقَانُونِنَا،

Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,

١٦ 16 حَتَّى يَزْدَادَ تَبْشِيرُنَا بِالإِنْجِيلِ انْتِشَاراً إِلَى أَبْعَدَ مِنْ بِلادِكُمْ، لَا لِنَكُونَ مُفْتَخِرِينَ بِمَا تَمَّ إِنْجَازُهُ فِي قُانُونِ غَيْرِنَا.

so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

١٧ 17 وَإِنَّمَا «مَنِ افْتَخَرَ، فَلْيَفْتَخِرْ بِالرَّبِّ!»

Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

١٨ 18 فَلَيْسَ الْفَاضِلُ هُوَ مَنْ يَمْدَحُ نَفْسَهُ، بَلْ مَنْ يَمْدَحُهُ الرَّبُّ.

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.