2 كورنثوس 11

١ 1 لَيْتَكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ مِنِّي بَعْضَ الْغَبَاوَةِ، بَلْ إِنَّكُمْ فِي الْوَاقِعِ تَحْتَمِلُونَنِي.

I could wish that you would put up with a little of my foolishness, but indeed you already are.

٢ 2 فَإِنِّي أَغَارُ عَلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَةً مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ لأَنِّي خَطَبْتُكُمْ لِرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ، لأُقَدِّمَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ عَذْرَاءَ عَفِيفَةً.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, because I betrothed you to one man to present you to Christ as a pure virgin.

٣ 3 غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ تُضَلَّلَ عُقُولُكُمْ عَنِ الإِخْلاصِ وَالطَّهَارَةِ تُجَاهَ الْمَسِيحِ مِثْلَمَا أَغْوَتِ الْحَيَّةُ بِمَكْرِهَا حَوَّاءَ.

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve with his cunning, so your minds may be corrupted from the integrity that is in Christ.

٤ 4 فَإِذَا كَانَ مَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ يُبَشِّرُ بِيَسُوعَ آخَرَ لَمْ نُبَشِّرْ بِهِ نَحْنُ أَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَنَالُونَ رُوحاً آخَرَ لَمْ تَنَالُوهُ، أَوْ تَقْبَلُونَ إِنْجِيلاً لَمْ تَقْبَلُوهُ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ ذَلِكَ بِكُلِّ سُرُورٍ.

For if someone comes and preaches another ‘Jesus’ whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you easily put up with it.

٥ 5 فَإِنِّي أَعْتَبِرُ نَفْسِي غَيْرَ مُتَخَلِّفٍ فِي شَيْءٍ عَنْ أُولئِكَ الرُّسُلِ الْمُتَفَوِّقِينَ.

Now I consider that I am not at all inferior to the very best apostles.

٦ 6 فَمَعَ أَنِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ كَلامَ الْعَامَّةِ غَيْرَ الْفَصِيحِ، فَلا تَنْقُصُنِي الْمَعْرِفَةُ. وَإِنَّمَا أَظْهَرْنَا لَكُمْ ذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَمَامَ الْجَمِيعِ.

Though I may not be a trained speaker, I do have knowledge—but we have been fully manifested to you in all things.

٧ 7 أَيَكُونُ ذَنْبِي إِذَنْ، أَنِّي بَشَّرْتُكُمْ بِالإِنْجِيلِ دُونَ أُجْرَةٍ مِنْكُمْ، فَأَنْقَصْتُ قَدْرِي لِيَزْدَادَ قَدْرُكُمْ؟

Or did I commit a sin in humbling self so that you might be exalted, in that I proclaimed God's Gospel to you free of charge?

٨ 8 ظَلَمْتُ كَنَائِسَ أُخْرَى بِتَحْمِيلِهَا نَفَقَةَ خِدْمَتِكُمْ.

I ‘robbed’ other congregations, receiving support from them so as to serve you,

٩ 9 وَحِينَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَكُمْ وَاحْتَجْتُ، لَمْ أُثَقِّلْ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ. إِذْ سَدَّ حَاجَتِي الإِخْوَةُ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ. وَقَدْ حَفِظْتُ نَفْسِي، وَسَأَحْفَظُهَا أَيْضاً، مِنْ أَنْ أَكُونَ ثَقِيلاً عَلَيْكُمْ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ.

and when I was with you and in need, I did not burden anyone; because the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. Yes, I kept myself from being a burden to you in anything, and will keep on.

١٠ 10 وَمَادَامَ حَقُّ الْمَسِيحِ فِيَّ، لَنْ يُوقِفَ أَحَدٌ افْتِخَارِي هَذَا فِي بِلادِ أَخَائِيَةَ كُلِّهَا!

The truth of Christ is in me: this boasting will not be silenced in me in the regions of Achaia.

١١ 11 لِمَاذَا؟ أَلأَنِّي لَا أُحِبُّكُمْ؟ اللهُ يَعْلَمُ!

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنْ، سَأَفْعَلُ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ الآنَ لأُسْقِطَ حُجَّةَ الَّذِينَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ حُجَّةً تُبَيِّنُ أَنَّهُمْ مِثْلُنَا فِي مَا يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِهِ.

Further, I will keep on doing what I do in order to cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things of which they boast.

١٣ 13 فَإِنَّ أَمْثَالَ هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ رُسُلٌ دَجَّالُونَ، عُمَّالٌ مَاكِرُونَ، يُظْهِرُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَظْهَرِ رُسُلِ الْمَسِيحِ.

Such men are really false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into ‘apostles’ of Christ.

١٤ 14 وَلا عَجَبَ! فَالشَّيْطَانُ نَفْسُهُ يُظْهِرُ نَفْسَهُ بِمَظْهَرِ مَلاكِ نُورٍ.

And no wonder, because Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

١٥ 15 فَلَيْسَ كَثِيراً إِذَنْ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ خُدَّامُهُ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَظْهَرِ خُدَّامِ الْبِرِّ. وَإِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهُمْ سَتَكُونُ عَلَى حَسَبِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

So it is no great thing if his servants also masquerade as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

١٦ 16 أَقُولُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: لَا يَظُنَّ أَحَدٌ أَنِّي غَبِيٌّ وَإلَّا، فَاقْبَلُونِي وَلَوْ كَغَبِيٍّ، كَيْ أَفْتَخِرَ أَنَا أَيْضاً قَلِيلاً!

Again I say, let no one think me a fool. But should anyone do so, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little bit.

١٧ 17 وَمَا أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ هُنَا، لَا أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ وَفْقاً لِلرَّبِّ، بَلْ كَأَنِّي فِي الْغَبَاوَةِ، وَلِي هذِهِ الثِّقَةُ الَّتِي تَدْفَعُنِي إِلَى الافْتِخَارِ:

What I am going to say I do not say according to the Lord, but as though foolishly, in this confident boasting.

١٨ 18 بِمَا أَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِمَا يُوَافِقُ الْجَسَدَ، فَأَنَا أَيْضاً سَأَفْتَخِرُ.

Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I will too

١٩ 19 فَلأَنَّكُمْ عُقَلاءُ، تَحْتَمِلُونَ الأَغْبِيَاءَ بِسُرُورٍ!

(for you put up with fools gladly, being so wise yourselves!).

٢٠ 20 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ كُلَّ مَنْ يَسْتَعْبِدُكُمْ، وَيَفْتَرِسُكُمْ، وَيَسْتَغِلُّكُمْ، وَيَتَكَبَّرُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَيَلْطِمُكُمْ عَلَى وُجُوهِكُمْ.

In fact, you even put up with someone who enslaves you, who ‘devours’ you, who takes advantage, who exalts himself, who beats on your face!

٢١ 21 يَالَلْمَهَانَةِ! كَمْ كُنَّا ضُعَفَاءَ فِي مُعَامَلَتِنَا لَكُمْ! وَلَكِنْ، مَادُمْتُ أَتَكَلَّمُ فِي غَبَاوَةٍ، فَكُلُّ مَا يَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَيْهِ هَؤُلاءِ، أَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَيْهِ أَنَا أَيْضاً.

Is it disrespectful to say that we were ‘weak’? In whatever anyone is bold (I speak foolishly), I am bold also.

٢٢ 22 فَإِنْ كَانُوا عِبْرَانِيِّينَ، فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ؛ أَوْ إِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ؛ أَوْ مِنْ نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ؛ فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ!

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

٢٣ 23 وَإِنْ كَانُوا خُدَّامَ الْمَسِيحِ، أَتَكَلَّمُ كَأَنِّي فَقَدْتُ صَوَابِي، فَأَنَا مُتَفَوِّقٌ عَلَيْهِمْ: فِي الأَتْعَابِ أَوْفَرُ مِنْهُمْ جِدّاً، فِي الْجَلْدَاتِ فَوْقَ الْحَدِّ، فِي السُّجُونِ أَوْفَرُ جِدّاً، فِي التَّعَرُّضِ لِلْمَوْتِ أَكْثَرُ مِرَاراً.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I'm being irrational) I am more: in labors more abundantly, in beatings beyond count, in prison more frequently, in ‘deaths’ often—

٢٤ 24 مِنَ الْيَهُودِ تَلَقَّيْتُ الْجَلْدَ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ، كُلَّ مَرَّةٍ أَرْبَعِينَ جَلْدَةً إِلّا وَاحِدَةً.

five times from the Jews I received the ‘forty lashes minus one’;

٢٥ 25 ضُرِبْتُ بِالْعِصِيِّ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. رُجِمْتُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ مَرَّةً. تَحَطَّمَتْ بِيَ السَّفِينَةُ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. قَضَّيْتُ فِي عَرْضِ الْبَحْرِ يَوْماً بِنَهَارِهِ وَلَيْلِهِ.

three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked (I spent twenty-four hours in the open sea)—

٢٦ 26 سَافَرْتُ أَسْفَاراً عَدِيدَةً؛ وَوَاجَهَتْنِي أَخْطَارُ السُّيُولِ الْجَارِفَةِ، وَأَخْطَارُ قُطَّاعِ الطُّرُقِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ مِنْ بَنِي جِنْسِي، وَأَخْطَارٌ مِنَ الْوَثَنَيِّينَ، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْمُدُنِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْبَرَارِي، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ بَيْنَ إِخْوَةٍ دَجَّالِينَ.

in frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my countrymen, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in cities, in danger in wildernesses, in danger in the sea, in danger among false brothers;

٢٧ 27 وَكَمْ عَانَيْتُ مِنَ التَّعَبِ وَالْكَدِّ وَالسَّهَرِ الطَّوِيلِ، وَالْجُوعِ وَالْعَطَشِ وَالصَّوْمِ الْكَثِيرِ، وَالْبَرْدِ وَالْعُرْيِ.

in toil and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold and nakedness—

٢٨ 28 وَفَضْلاً عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَخَاطِرِ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ، يَزْدَادُ عَلَيَّ الضَّغْطُ يَوْماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، إِذْ أَحْمِلُ هَمَّ جَمِيعِ الْكَنَائِسِ.

quite apart from the other things, my daily disturbances, my concern for all the congregations.

٢٩ 29 أَهُنَالِكَ مَنْ يَضْعُفُ وَلا أَضْعُفُ أَنَا، وَمَنْ يَتَعَثَّرُ وَلا أَحْتَرِقُ أَنَا؟

Who is weak, and I do not feel it? Who is caused to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

٣٠ 30 إِنْ كَانَ لابُدَّ مِنَ الافْتِخَارِ، فَإِنِّي سَأَفْتَخِرُ بِأُمُورِ ضَعْفِي.

Well, if I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.

٣١ 31 وَيَعْلَمُ اللهُ، أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ، الْمُبَارَكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، أَنِّي لَسْتُ أَكْذِبُ: (aiōn g165)

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. (aiōn g165)

٣٢ 32 فَإِنَّ الْحَاكِمَ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَارِثُ عَلَى وِلايَةِ دِمَشْقَ، شَدَّدَ الْحِرَاسَةَ عَلَى مَدِينَةِ دِمَشْقَ، رَغْبَةً فِي الْقَبْضِ عَلَيَّ،

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes, wanting to arrest me;

٣٣ 33 وَلَكِنِّي تَدَلَّيْتُ فِي سَلَّةٍ مِنْ نَافِذَةٍ فِي السُّورِ، فَنَجَوْتُ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

but I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped from his hands.