2 Corinthians 11
1 [But now, because my opponents are saying that Christ sent them to you as his representatives and that he did not send me], please be patient with me, too, [while I say a] few things [that may sound as if] [IRO] [I am praising myself, like] a foolish person [would do. You have been] ([putting up with/tolerating]) [those who teach what is false; ] now then, (put up with/tolerate) me [too].
| امیدوارم با این سخنان جاهلانه، شما را خسته نکرده باشم. خواهش می‌کنم تحمل کنید و بگذارید هر چه در دل دارم بگویم. |
2 I really do care about [what happens to] you, just as God cares about [what happens to you. Just like a father wants his daughter to be sexually pure when he presents her to the man she will marry] [MET], I [want you to belong] to Christ [alone and to no other]. I want to present you [to him] as people who remain faithful to him [only, and who have not believed the deceitful message of those who are teaching what is false].
| زیرا من غیرتی خدایی نسبت به شما دارم، و از این نگرانم که مبادا غیر از مسیح، به دیگری نیز دل ببندید. زیرا آرزوی من این است که شما مانند دوشیزه‌ای پاکدامن باشید که عشق و محبت خود را فقط برای کسی نگاه می‌دارد که با او ازدواج خواهد کرد. |
3 However, just like [Satan, when he] cunningly [appeared as a] snake, deceived Eve [and caused her to disobey the Lord God], I am concerned that [those teachers] will cause you to think wrongly so that you will no longer [be faithful to] Christ alone.
| اما می‌ترسم همان‌گونه که حوا فریب حیلۀ مار را خورد، فکر شما نیز از سرسپردگی صادقانه و خالصی که به مسیح دارید، منحرف شود. |
4 [I say that] because some people have come among you who are teaching [their own thoughts about] Jesus. They [are saying about him] things that are [entirely] different from what I taught you. [They are urging] you to receive a [powerful] spirit who [would come to live in you], but it is not the same [Spirit] that you received [from God when you believed in Christ]. They preach [what they call] a good message, and you accept [their message, even though it is not the same as the good message about Christ that you heard from me. And] you have gladly accepted them and their message!
| ترس من به این سبب است که شما خیلی ساده و زودباورید و هر کس هر چه بگوید، فوراً باور می‌کنید. حتی اگر عیسای دیگری را معرفی کنند، غیر از آنکه ما به شما معرفی کردیم، یا دربارهٔ روح دیگری سخن گویند، غیر از آن روح‌القدس که خدا به شما بخشیده، و یا راه دیگری برای نجات پیش پای شما قرار دهند، شما همه را باور می‌کنید. |
5 I consider that [LIT] none of those [men, even though they think of themselves as being] [IRO] extra-special apostles, are in any way greater than I am.
| اما فکر نمی‌کنم از این «رسولان بزرگ» چیزی کم داشته باشم. |
6 [I admit that] I am not an eloquent speaker, but I do know [God’s message]. I have made that clear to you by everything [that I have done among you and by everything that I have taught you].
| من حتی اگر سخنران خوبی نباشم، اما در شناخت حقایق روحانی چیزی کم ندارم، و شما نیز متوجهٔ این نکته شده‌اید، زیرا این امر را بارها ثابت کرده‌ام. |
7 [I refused to accept money] from you as pay for teaching you God’s message about Christ. (It is ridiculous for you to think that what I did was wrong!/Was that wrong?) [RHQ] [I know that by teaching you without pay], I made myself seem [IRO] unimportant to you. [But I did it] to honor you.
| آیا گناه کردم که پیام انجیل را بدون دریافت هیچ کمک مالی، به شما اعلام کردم و خود را حقیر ساختم تا شما سرافراز شوید؟ |
8 [Some people might say that it was as though] [IRO] I was robbing other congregations because I accepted money from them in order that I might work among you.
| من با پذیرفتن کمک مالی از کلیساهای دیگر، آنها را «غارت» کردم، تا بتوانم شما را خدمت کنم. |
9 Furthermore, when I was [there] with you and had no [money to buy the things that I needed], I did not cause any [of you] ([to have difficulties by my depending on you/by asking you for money/support]), because our [(inc)] fellow believers who came from [here in] Macedonia [province] brought enough [money for me to buy everything] that I needed. So I have not caused you any difficulty at all [by asking you for money], and I never will [ask you for money] [EUP].
| و در تمام مدتی که نزد شما بودم، از هدایای این کلیساها امرار معاش کردم تا بتوانم بدون گرفتن کمکی از شما، به شما خدمت کنم؛ و زمانی که این هدایا تمام شد و دیگر چیزی برای گذران زندگی نداشتم، باز دست کمک به سوی شما دراز نکردم، زیرا مسیحیان مقدونیه برایم هدیه آوردند. تا به حال از شما کمکی نخواسته‌ام و هرگز نیز نخواهم خواست. |
10 [And] as [sure as you know that] everything that Christ says is true, [you can be sure that what] I say [to you now is true. Wherever I go] there in Achaia [province], [I do not let you believers pay me for doing God’s work among you]. And no one will be able to prevent me from boasting [about that].
| به آن راستی مسیح که وجود مرا فرا گرفته، سوگند که هیچ‌کس در سرتاسر ایالت اَخائیه نخواهد توانست مانع شود که به این امر افتخار کنم. |
11 No one should wrongly [RHQ] think that it is because I do not love you that [I do not take pay from you]. God knows [that you truly/really are very dear to me].
| شاید فکر کنید که چرا؟ آیا به این دلیل که شما را دوست ندارم؟ نه! خدا می‌داند که چقدر شما را دوست دارم. |
12 There are [some men there among you] who would like to be able to say boastfully that they [work among you] just as I do. So, in order to make it impossible [IDM] [for them to say that], I have [refused to accept pay from you], and I will continue doing that.
| اما به این روش خود ادامه خواهم داد و کمکهای مالی شما را نخواهم پذیرفت، تا آنانی که ادعا می‌کنند که همانند ما خدا را خدمت می‌کنند، امکان چنین ادعایی را نداشته باشند. |
13 Those men are lying [when they say that they are] apostles. They work deceitfully. [Even though they say that they work for God, they are working only for themselves]. They try to make people think that Christ [sent them] as his apostles, [but they do not truly represent him].
| این قبیل افراد هرگز از جانب خدا فرستاده نشده‌اند. ایشان فریبکارانی هستند که از سادگی شما سوءاستفاده کرده، خود را رسولان مسیح معرفی کرده‌اند. |
14 I am not surprised [that they act like that], because Satan himself causes people to think [that he has come] as a shining messenger [from God].
| اما جای تعجب نیست. چون اگر شیطان می‌تواند خود را به صورت فرشتهٔ نور درآورد، |
15 So it should not surprise [you] if these men, who [really] serve [Satan, do good things in order] to make you think they [serve God]. Some day God will [punish them] according to what they deserve because of the [evil] things that they do.
| خدمتکارانش نیز می‌توانند خود را به شکل خدمتگزاران خدا درآورند. اما سرانجام، ایشان به سزای اعمال زشت خود خواهند رسید. |
16 I say again: I do not want any of you to think that my [boasting about myself] is like foolish [people] boast. But even if anyone [thinks that I am boasting about myself like a foolish person boasts, listen to] what I [have to say anyway, just like you listen to those false apostles]. They really [speak] foolishly! Listen to me while I also boast a little.
| بار دیگر خواهش می‌کنم که گمان نکنید سخنان من از روی نادانی است. حتی اگر اینچنین فکر می‌کنید، باز به سخنان منِ نادان توجه کنید و بگذارید من نیز مانند آنان، کمی خودستایی کنم. |
17 About the things that I am [going to tell you], boasting confidently [about myself, surely you know that they are not the kind of things] that the Lord [Jesus] would say. Instead, [I will speak] as a foolish [person would speak].
| البته خودستایی شایستهٔ خدمتگزار خداوند نیست؛ اما برای اینکه بتوانم خود را با آنانی که دائماً نزد شما از خود تعریف و تمجید می‌کنند، مقایسه نمایم، من نیز راه احمقانهٔ ایشان را در پیش می‌گیرم. |
18 Because many among you are boasting [about their own work], as unbelievers do, I will also boast [about myself and my work] [MTY, IRO].
19 [I am sure that you, who think that you are so wise, will accept what I say] because you gladly [accept the] false teachers and the foolish things [that they say].
| شما که خود را چنین دانا می‌پندارید، چگونه با اشتیاق به گفته‌های این نادانان گوش می‌دهید؟ ناراحت هم نیستید که شما را اسیر خود می‌کنند، هر چه دارید از چنگتان در می‌آورند، از سادگی شما سوءاستفاده می‌کنند و به صورتتان سیلی می‌زنند! |
20 When people [treat] you as if they were your bosses, you gladly submit [to them. You think that it is all right when others] force you to provide for their needs. You think that it is all right [when people] take control over you, when they boast about themselves, [or when they insult you by] slapping you in the face.
21 I agree that I was not bold enough to treat you in such ways. [Ha! Do you think that] [IRO] I should feel ashamed [because I did not do that?] So now, talking like a person who does not have any sense, I will boldly tell you [some things about myself, just like those false apostles tell you things about themselves].
| با شرمساری اعتراف می‌کنم که ما در مقایسه با این افراد، آنقدر نیرومند و جسور نبوده‌ایم که بتوانیم چنین رفتاری با شما داشته باشیم! اما بار دیگر از روی نادانی می‌گویم که آنان به هر چه ببالند، من نیز می‌توانم ببالم. |
22 Do [they tell you] that they are Hebrews [and can speak the Hebrew language?] Well, I can say the same thing [about myself]. Do they [tell you that they] belong [to God’s people], the nation of Israel? Well, I can say the same thing [about myself]. [Do they tell you that] they are descendants of [our great] ancestor Abraham? Well, he is my ancestor, too.
| آیا به این فخر می‌کنند که عبرانی هستند؟ من نیز هستم! می‌گویند اسرائیلی و قوم برگزیدهٔ خدا هستند؟ مگر من نیستم؟! می‌گویند که از نسل ابراهیم هستند؟ من نیز هستم! |
23 [Do they tell you how much] work they have done for Christ? Now I am talking like a crazy person talks [EUP]. Well, I work for Christ much more [than they do. I have been] in prison many more times [than they have. Many times I] have been beaten {[people] have beaten me} very severely [because I believe in and obey Christ]. Many times I almost died [because of serving Christ].
| به این می‌بالند که مسیح را خدمت می‌کنند؟ گرچه به این نحو سخن گفتن، دیوانگی است، اما من خیلی بیشتر از ایشان به او خدمت کرده‌ام. من متحمل زحمات زیادتری شده‌ام؛ بیش از آنان به زندان افتاده‌ام، بیشتر شلّاق خورده‌ام و دفعات بیشتری با مرگ روبرو شده‌ام. |
24 On five occasions Jewish [religious leaders] beat me 39 times with a whip.
| مقامات یهودی پنج بار مرا محکوم به سی و نه ضربه شلّاق کردند. |
25 On three occasions I was beaten {[Roman] officials beat me} with wooden sticks. On one occasion [a large crowd of people] threw stones at me [to kill me]. On three occasions the ship [that I was traveling on] was wrecked [and sank. On one of those occasions] I was [floating] in the water a night and a day [before I was rescued].
| سه بار مرا با چوب زدند. یک بار سنگسار شدم. سه بار در سفرهای دریایی، کشتی‌مان غرق شد. یک شبانه روز با امواج دریا دست به گریبان بودم. |
26 As I have often traveled to other places, [I have often risked losing my life. For example], sometimes I have been in danger [crossing] rivers. [I have been] in danger [traveling in places] where there were bandits. [At times I have been in] danger among people of my own nation, [the Jews], and [at other times I been in] danger among those who are not Jews. [I have been] in danger in cities, and I have been in dangerous situations in barren areas. I have been in dangerous situations [when I was traveling in ships]. [I have been in] danger among people who falsely [claim to be] fellow believers.
| به نقاط دور دست و خسته کننده سفر کرده‌ام؛ طغیان رودخانه‌ها، حملهٔ دزدان، آزار هموطنان یهودی و نیز آزار غیریهودیان همواره مرا تهدید کرده است. در شهرها با خطر هجوم جمعیت خشمگین، و در بیابان و دریا با خطر مرگ روبرو بوده‌ام. در کلیساها نیز خطر کسانی که به دروغ ادعای برادری دارند، مرا تهدید کرده است. |
27 I have worked very hard [DOU] [to earn] ([a living/what I need]), and often I did not sleep. At times I was hungry and thirsty, and at times I did not have enough time to eat. Sometimes I was cold [because] I did not have enough clothes [to wear].
| با خستگی و مشقت و بی‌خوابی خو گرفته‌ام. گرسنگی و تشنگی کشیده‌ام و چیزی برای خوردن نداشته‌ام. بارها سرمای زمستان را بدون لباس کافی گذرانده‌ام. |
28 In addition to all that, I am constantly and deeply concerned about all the congregations [that I have helped to begin].
| علاوه بر تمام اینها، باری دارم که روز و شب بر دوشم سنگینی می‌کند و آن احساس مسئولیتی است که برای تمام کلیساها دارم. |
29 [Every time that I hear about fellow believers] [RHQ] who are not strong [spiritually], I sympathize with them [and try to help them. Every time that I learn about a fellow believer] [RHQ] who causes [another believer] to do something wrong, that makes me very angry.
| کیست از اعضای کلیسا که ناتوان شود، و من نیز همان ناتوانی را احساس نکنم؟ کیست که در گناه گرفتار شود و من در درون خود نسوزم؟ |
30 Because [it seems that] it is necessary for me to [continue] boasting [about myself], I will boast about things that [caused some people to think of me] as being weak.
| اگر قرار باشد از خود تعریف و تمجید کنم، ترجیح می‌دهم از چیزهایی باشد که ضعف مرا نشان می‌دهند. |
31 God, who is the Father of our [(inc)] Lord Jesus, and who is the one [whom we should] praise forever, knows that I am not lying [about this]. (aiōn g165)
| خدا که پدر خداوند ما عیسی مسیح است و تا ابد شایستهٔ تمجید و ستایش می‌باشد، می‌داند که راست می‌گویم. (aiōn g165) |
32 [One time when I was] in Damascus [city], the governor whom King Aretas [had appointed] to rule [part of his area, told his soldiers] to guard [the gates of] the city so that they could seize me [if I tried to leave the city].
| زمانی که در دمشق بودم، فرماندار شهر که از «حارث» پادشاه دستور می‌گرفت، بر دروازه‌ها مأمور گمارده بود تا مرا دستگیر کنند. |
33 But [my friends] helped me to escape [by] putting me in a large basket and lowering me [to the ground by a rope] through an opening in the [city] wall. [That was really humiliating]!
| اما مرا در زنبیلی گذاشتند و با طناب از پنجره‌ای که بر دیوار شهر بود، پایین فرستادند و از چنگ او گریختم! |
