< 2 Corinthians 7 >

1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
فَإِذْ نِلْنَا هَذِهِ الْوُعُودَ، أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، لِنُطَهِّرْ أَنْفُسَنَا مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يُدَنِّسُ الْجَسَدَ وَالرُّوحَ، وَنُكَمِّلِ الْقَدَاسَةَ فِي مَخَافَةِ اللهِ.١
2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
أَفْسِحُوا لَنَا مَكَاناً فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ: فَنَحْنُ لَمْ نُعَامِلْ أَحَداً مُعَامَلَةً ظَالِمَةً، وَلَمْ نُؤْذِ أَحَداً، وَلَمْ نَسْتَغِلَّ أَحَداً.٢
3 I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
لَا أَقُولُ هَذَا لأُدِينَكُمْ. فَإِنَّكُمْ، كَمَا قُلْتُ سَابِقاً، فِي قُلُوبِنَا، حَتَّى إِنَّنَا نَمُوتُ مَعَكُمْ أَوْ نَحْيَا مَعَكُمْ!٣
4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
كَبِيرَةٌ ثِقَتِي بِكُمْ، وَعَظِيمٌ افْتِخَارِي بِكُمْ. إِنِّي مُمْتَلِئٌ تَشْجِيعاً وَفَائِضٌ فَرَحاً فِي جَمِيعِ ضِيقَاتِنَا.٤
5 For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
فَإِنَّنَا لَمَّا وَصَلْنَا إِلَى مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ، لَمْ تَذُقْ أَجْسَادُنَا طَعْمَ الرَّاحَةِ، بَلْ وَاجَهَتْنَا الضِّيقَاتُ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ: إِذْ كَثُرَ حَوْلَنَا النِّزَاعُ، وَزَادَ فِي دَاخِلِنَا الْخَوْفُ.٥
6 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
إِلّا أَنَّ اللهَ، الَّذِي يُشَجِّعُ الْمَسْحُوقِينَ، أَمَدَّنَا بِالتَّشْجِيعِ بِمَجِيءِ تِيطُسَ إِلَيْنَا،٦
7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.
لا بِمَجِيئِهِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ بِالتَّشْجِيعِ الَّذِي لَقِيَهُ عِنْدَكُمْ. وَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا بِشَوْقِكُمْ، وَحُزْنِكُمْ، وَغَيْرَتِكُمْ عَلَيَّ، فَتَضَاعَفَ فَرَحِي.٧
8 For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.
فَإِذَا كُنْتُ قَدْ أَحْزَنْتُكُمْ بِرِسَالَتِي إِلَيْكُمْ، فَلَسْتُ نَادِماً عَلَى ذَلِكَ، مَعَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ قَدْ نَدِمْتُ، لأَنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ تِلْكَ الرِّسَالَةَ أَحْزَنَتْكُمْ وَلَوْ إِلَى حِينٍ.٨
9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
وَأَنَا الآنَ أَفْرَحُ، لَا لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ أُحْزِنْتُمْ، بَلْ لأَنَّ حُزْنَكُمْ أَدَّى بِكُمْ إِلَى التَّوْبَةِ. فَإِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أُحْزِنْتُمْ بِمَا يُوَافِقُ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ، حَتَّى لَا تَتَأَذَّوْا مِنَّا فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ.٩
10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
فَإِنَّ الْحُزْنَ الَّذِي يُوَافِقُ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ يُنْتِجُ تَوْبَةً تُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْخَلاصِ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ نَدَمٌ. وَأَمَّا حُزْنُ الْعَالَمِ فَيُنْتِجُ مَوْتاً.١٠
11 For look at this very thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way. What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what vindication. In everything you proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
فَانْظُرُوا، إِذَنْ، هَذَا الْحُزْنُ عَيْنُهُ الَّذِي يُوَافِقُ اللهَ، كَمْ أَنْتَجَ فِيكُمْ مِنَ الاجْتِهَادِ، بَلْ مِنَ الاعْتِذَارِ، بَلْ مِنَ الاسْتِنْكَارِ، بَلْ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ، بَلْ مِنَ التَّشَوُّقِ، بَلْ مِنَ الْغَيْرَةِ، بَلْ مِنَ الْعِقَابِ! وَقَدْ بَيَّنْتُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنَّكُمْ أَبْرِيَاءُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الأَمْرِ.١١
12 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
إِذَنْ، كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ مَا كَتَبْتُهُ سَابِقاً لَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمُذْنِبِ وَلا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمُذْنَبِ إِلَيْهِ، بَلْ لِكَيْ يَظْهَرَ لَكُمْ أَمَامَ اللهِ مَدَى حَمَاسَتِكُمْ لِطَاعَتِنَا.١٢
13 Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
لِهَذَا السَّبَبِ قَدْ تَعَزَّيْنَا. وَفَوْقَ تَعْزِيَتِنَا، فَرِحْنَا أَكْثَرَ جِدّاً لِفَرَحِ تِيطُسَ لأَنَّ رُوحَهُ انْتَعَشَتْ بِكُمْ جَمِيعاً.١٣
14 For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
فَإِذَا كُنْتُ قَدِ افْتَخَرْتُ لَهُ بِشَيْءٍ فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِكُمْ، فَإِنِّي لَمْ أُخْجَلْ؛ وَإِنَّمَا كَمَا كَلَّمْنَاكُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ بِالصِّدْقِ، كَذَلِكَ كَانَ افْتِخَارُنَا بِكُمْ لِتِيطُسَ صَادِقاً أَيْضاً.١٤
15 His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.
وَإِنَّ مَحَبَّتَهُ تَزْدَادُ نَحْوَكُمْ أَكْثَرَ جِدّاً عِنْدَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ طَاعَتَكُمْ جَمِيعاً وَكَيْفَ اسْتَقْبَلْتُمُوهُ بِخَوْفٍ وَارْتِعَادٍ.١٥
16 I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.
إِنِّي أَفْرَحُ بِكَوْنِي وَاثِقاً بِكُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.١٦

< 2 Corinthians 7 >