2 كورنثوس 10
| وَلَكِنِّي اُنَاشِدُكُمْ بِوَدَاعَةِ الْمَسِيحِ وَحِلْمِهِ، أَنَا بُولُسَ «الْمُتَواضِعَ» وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ، «وَالْجَرِيءَ» عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنَا غَائِبٌ عَنْكُمْ، | ١ 1 |
I, Paul, myself appeal to you, by the humility and gentleness of Christ. I am meek when I am in your presence, but I am bold toward you when I am away.
| 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. | ٢ 2 |
I beg of you that, when I am present with you, I will not need to be bold with self-confidence. But I think I will need to be bold when I oppose those who assume that we are living according to the flesh.
| فَمَعَ أَنَّنَا نَعِيشُ في الْجَسَدِ، فَإِنَّنَا لَا نُحَارِبُ وَفْقاً لِلْجَسَدِ. | ٣ 3 |
For even though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
| فَإِنَّ الأَسْلِحَةَ الَّتِي نُحَارِبُ بِها لَيْسَتْ جَسَدِيَّةً، بَلْ قَادِرَةٌ بِاللهِ عَلَى هَدْمِ الْحُصُونِ: بِها نَهْدِمُ النَّظَرِيَّاتِ | ٤ 4 |
For the weapons we fight with are not fleshly. Instead, they have divine power to destroy strongholds. They bring to nothing misleading arguments.
| وَكُلَّ مَا يَعْلُو مُرْتَفِعاً لِمُقَاوَمَةِ مَعْرِفَةِ اللهِ، وَنَأْسِرُ كُلَّ فِكْرٍ إِلَى طَاعَةِ الْمَسِيحِ. | ٥ 5 |
We also destroy every high thing that rises up against the knowledge of God. We take every thought captive into obedience to Christ.
| وَنَحْنُ عَلَى اسْتِعْدَادٍ لِمُعَاقَبَةِ كُلِّ عِصْيَانٍ، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَكُونَ طَاعَتُكُمْ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ. | ٦ 6 |
And we are getting ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
| 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. | ٧ 7 |
Look at what is clearly in front of you. If anyone is convinced that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
| فَإِنِّي، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَفْتَخِرُ وَلَوْ قَلِيلاً أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يَجِبُ، بِسُلْطَتِنَا الَّتِي أَعْطَانَا إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ لِبُنْيَانِكُمْ لَا لِهَدْمِكُمْ، لَنْ أُضْطَرَّ إِلَى الْخَجَلِ، | ٨ 8 |
For even if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave for us to build you up and not to destroy you, I will not be ashamed.
| حَتَّى لَا أَظْهَرَ كَأَنِّي أُخَوِّفُكُمْ بِالرَّسَائِلِ. | ٩ 9 |
I do not want it to appear that I am terrifying you by my letters.
| فَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: «رَسَائِلُهُ شَدِيدَةُ اللَّهْجَةِ وَقَوِيَّةٌ؛ أَمَّا حُضُورُهُ الشَّخْصِيُّ فَضَعِيفٌ، وَكَلامُهُ مُحْتَقَرٌ». | ١٠ 10 |
For some people say, “His letters are serious and powerful, but physically he is weak. His words are not worth listening to.”
| فَلْيَتَنَبَّهْ مِثْلُ هَذَا إِلَى أَنَّنَا كَمَا نَكُونُ بِالْقَوْلِ فِي الرَّسَائِلِ وَنَحْنُ غَائِبُونَ، كَذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً بِالْفِعْلِ وَنَحْنُ حَاضِرُونَ. | ١١ 11 |
Let such people be aware that what we are in the words of our letters when we are absent is what we will be in our actions when we are there.
| 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! | ١٢ 12 |
We do not go so far as to group ourselves or compare ourselves with those who praise themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with each other, they have no insight.
| أَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَلَنْ نَفْتَخِرَ بِمَا يَتَعَدَّى الْحَدَّ، بَلْ بِمَا يُوَافِقُ حُدُودَ الْقَانُونِ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ لَنَا اللهُ لِنَصِلَ بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْضاً. | ١٣ 13 |
We, however, will not boast beyond limits. Instead, we will do so only within the limits of what God has assigned to us, limits that reach as far as you.
| فَإِنَّنَا لَسْنَا نَتَعَدَّى حُدُودَنَا وَكَأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَصِلْ إِلَيْكُمْ، إِذْ قَدْ وَصَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ فِعْلاً بإِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ؛ | ١٤ 14 |
For we did not overextend ourselves when we reached you. We were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel of Christ.
| وَلَسْنَا نَفْتَخِرُ بِمَا يَتَعَدَّى الْحَدَّ فِي أَتْعَابِ غَيْرِنَا. وَإِنَّمَا نَرْجُو، إِذَا مَا نَمَا إِيمَانُكُمْ، أَنْ نَزْدَادَ تَقَدُّماً بَيْنَكُمْ وَفْقاً لِقَانُونِنَا، | ١٥ 15 |
We have not boasted beyond limits about the labors of others. Instead, we expect that as your faith continues to grow, our work among you will greatly expand.
| حَتَّى يَزْدَادَ تَبْشِيرُنَا بِالإِنْجِيلِ انْتِشَاراً إِلَى أَبْعَدَ مِنْ بِلادِكُمْ، لَا لِنَكُونَ مُفْتَخِرِينَ بِمَا تَمَّ إِنْجَازُهُ فِي قُانُونِ غَيْرِنَا. | ١٦ 16 |
We hope for this, so that we may preach the gospel even in regions beyond you. We will not boast about the work being done in another's area.
| وَإِنَّمَا «مَنِ افْتَخَرَ، فَلْيَفْتَخِرْ بِالرَّبِّ!» | ١٧ 17 |
“But let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
| فَلَيْسَ الْفَاضِلُ هُوَ مَنْ يَمْدَحُ نَفْسَهُ، بَلْ مَنْ يَمْدَحُهُ الرَّبُّ. | ١٨ 18 |
For it is not the one who recommends himself who is approved. Instead, it is the one whom the Lord recommends.
