2 بطرس 1

١ 1 مِنْ سِمْعَانَ بُطْرُسَ، عَبْدِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ وَرَسُولِهِ، إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُشَارِكُونَنَا فِي الإِيمَانِ الْوَاحِدِ الثَّمِينِ الَّذِي نَتَسَاوَى جَمِيعاً فِي الْحُصُولِ عَلَيْهِ بِبِرِّ إِلَهِنَا وَمُخَلِّصِنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ!

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

٢ 2 لِيَكُنْ لَكُمُ الْمَزِيدُ مِنَ النِّعْمَةِ وَالسَّلامِ بِفَضْلِ مَعْرِفَةِ اللهِ وَيَسُوعَ رَبِّنَا!

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

٣ 3 إِنَّ اللهَ، بِقُدْرَتِهِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ، قَدْ زَوَّدَنَا بِكُلِّ مَا نَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ الْمُتَّصِفَةِ بِالتَّقْوَى. ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ عَرَّفَنَا بِالْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي دَعَانَا إِلَى مَجْدِهِ وَفَضِيلَتِهِ،

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

٤ 4 اللَّذَيْنِ بِهِمَا أَعْطَانَا اللهُ بَرَكَاتِهِ الْعُظْمَى الثَّمِينَةَ الَّتِي كَانَ قَدْ وَعَدَ بِها. وَبِهَذَا صَارَ بِإِمْكَانِكُمْ أَنْ تَتَخَلَّصُوا مِنَ الْفَسَادِ الَّذِي تَنْشُرُهُ الشَّهْوَةُ فِي الْعَالَمِ، وَتَشْتَرِكُوا فِي الطَّبِيعَةِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

٥ 5 فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ، عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَبْذُلُوا كُلَّ اجْتِهَادٍ وَنَشَاطٍ فِي مُمَارَسَةِ إِيمَانِكُمْ حَتَّى يُؤَدِّيَ بِكُمْ إِلَى الْفَضِيلَةِ. وَأَقْرِنُوا الْفَضِيلَةَ بِالتَّقَدُّمِ فِي الْمَعْرِفَةِ،

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

٦ 6 وَالْمَعْرِفَةَ بِضَبْطِ النَّفْسِ، وَضَبْطَ النَّفْسِ بِالصَّبْرِ، وَالصَّبْرَ بِالتَّقْوَى،

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

٧ 7 وَالتَّقْوَى بِالْمَوَدَّةِ الأَخَوِيَّةِ، وَالْمَوَدَّةَ الأَخَوِيَّةَ بِالْمَحَبَّةِ.

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

٨ 8 فَحِينَ تَكُونُ هَذِهِ الصِّفَاتُ الطَّيِّبَةُ فِي دَاخِلِكُمْ، وَتَزْدَادُ بِوَفْرَةٍ، تَجْعَلُكُمْ مُجْتَهِدِينَ وَمُثْمِرِينَ فِي مَعْرِفَتِكُمْ لِرَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ.

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

٩ 9 أَمَّا الَّذِي لَا يَمْلِكُ هَذِهِ الصِّفَاتِ، فَهُوَ أَعْمَى رُوحِيًّا. إِنَّهُ قَصِيرُ الْبَصَرِ، قَدْ نَسِيَ أَنَّهُ تَطَهَّرَ مِنْ خَطَايَاهُ الْقَدِيمَةِ!

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

١٠ 10 فَأَحْرَى بِكُمْ إِذَنْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنْ تَجْتَهِدُوا لِتُثْبِتُوا عَمَلِيًّا أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ دَعَاكُمْ وَاخْتَارَكُمْ حَقّاً. فَإِنَّكُمْ، إِنْ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذَا، لَنْ تَسْقُطُوا أَبَداً!

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

١١ 11 وَهَكَذَا يَفْتَحُ اللهُ لَكُمُ الْبَابَ وَاسِعاً لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى الْمَلَكُوتِ الأَبَدِيِّ، مَلَكُوتِ رَبِّنَا وَمُخَلِّصِنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ. (aiōnios g166)

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)

١٢ 12 لِذَلِكَ أَنْوِي أَنْ أُذَكِّرَكُمْ دَائِماً بِهذِهِ الأُمُورِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَالِمِينَ بِها، وَرَاسِخِينَ فِي الْحَقِّ الَّذِي عِنْدَكُمْ.

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and be established in the present truth.

١٣ 13 فَمَادُمْتُ فِي خَيْمَةِ جِسْمِي هَذِهِ، أَرَى مِنْ وَاجِبِي أَنْ أُنَبِّهَكُمْ مُذَكِّراً.

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;

١٤ 14 فَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَن خَيْمَتِي سَتُطْوَى بَعْدَ وَقْتٍ قَصِيرٍ، كَمَا سَبَقَ أَنْ أَعْلَنَ لِي رَبُّنَا يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ.

Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

١٥ 15 وَلِهَذَا، أَجْتَهِدُ الآنَ فِي تَذْكِيرِكُمْ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ، حَتَّى تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ تَتَذَكَّرُوهَا دَائِماً بَعْدَ رَحِيلِي.

Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

١٦ 16 فَنَحْنُ، عِنْدَمَا أَخْبَرْنَاكُمْ بِقُدْرَةِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، وَبِعَوْدَتِهِ الْمَجِيدَةِ، لَمْ نَكُنْ نَنْقُلُ عَنْ أَسَاطِيرَ مُخْتَلَقَةٍ بِمَهَارَةٍ. وَإِنَّمَا، تَكَلَّمْنَا بِاعْتِبَارِنَا شُهُودَ عَيَانٍ لِعَظَمَةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

١٧ 17 فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ نَالَ مِنَ اللهِ الآبِ كَرَامَةً وَمَجْداً، إِذْ جَاءَهُ مِنَ الْمَجْدِ الْفَائِقِ صَوْتٌ يَقُولُ: «هَذَا هُوَ ابْنِي الْحَبِيبُ الَّذِي بِهِ سُرِرْتُ كُلَّ سُرُورٍ!»

For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

١٨ 18 وَنَحْنُ أَنْفُسُنَا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا هَذَا الصَّوْتَ الصَّادِرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ لَمَّا كُنَّا مَعَهُ عَلَى الْجَبَلِ الْمُقَدَّسِ.

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

١٩ 19 وَهَكَذَا، صَارَتِ الْكَلِمَةُ النَّبَوِيَّةُ أَكْثَرَ ثَبَاتاً عِنْدَنَا. فَحَسَناً تَفْعَلُونَ إِنِ انْتَبَهْتُمْ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ. إِذْ إِنَّهَا أَشْبَهُ بِمِصْبَاحٍ يُضِيءُ فِي مَكَانٍ مُظْلِمٍ، إِلَى أَنْ يَطَلَعَ النَّهَارُ وَيَظْهَرَ كَوْكَبُ الصُّبْحِ.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

٢٠ 20 وَلَكِنْ، قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ كُلَّ نُبُوءَةٍ وَارِدَةٍ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَا تُفَسَّرُ بِاجْتِهَادٍ خَاصٍّ.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

٢١ 21 إِذْ لَمْ تَأْتِ نُبُوءَةٌ قَطُّ بِإِرَادَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ، بَلْ تَكَلَّمَ بِالنُّبُوءاتِ جَمِيعاً رِجَالُ اللهِ الْقِدِّيسُونَ مَدْفُوعِينَ بِوَحْيِ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

The Transfiguration