< 2 Corinthians 3 >

1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some [others], epistles of commendation to you, or [letters] of commendation from you.
تُرَى، هَلْ نَبْتَدِئُ نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟ أَمْ تُرَانَا نَحْتَاجُ كَبَعْضِهِمْ إِلَى رَسَائِلَ تَوْصِيَةٍ نَحْمِلُهَا إِلَيْكُمْ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ؟١
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men:
فَأَنْتُمُ الرِّسَالَةُ الَّتِي تُوصِي بِنَا، وَقَدْ كُتِبَتْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، حَيْثُ يَسْتَطِيعُ جَمِيعُ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَعْرِفُوهَا وَيَقْرَأُوهَا.٢
3 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.
وَهكَذَا يَتَبَيَّنُ أَنَّكُمْ رِسَالَةٌ مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ خَدَمْنَاهَا نَحْنُ، وَقَدْ كُتِبَتْ لَا بِحِبْرٍ بَلْ بِرُوحِ اللهِ الْحَيِّ، وَلا فِي أَلْوَاحٍ حَجَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ فِي أَلْوَاحِ الْقَلْبِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ.٣
4 And such trust we have through Christ toward God.
وَهذِهِ هِيَ ثِقَتُنَا الْعَظِيمَةُ مِنْ جِهَةِ اللهِ بِالْمَسِيحِ:٤
5 Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] from God;
لَيْسَ أَنَّنَا أَصْحَابُ كَفَاءَةٍ ذَاتِيَّةٍ لِنَدَّعِيَ شَيْئاً لأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ إِنَّ كَفَاءَتَنَا مِنَ اللهِ،٥
6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
الَّذِي جَعَلَنَا أَصْحَابَ كَفَاءَةٍ لِنَكُونَ خُدَّاماً لِعَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ قَائِمٍ لَا عَلَى الْحَرْفِ بَلْ عَلَى الرُّوحِ. فَالْحَرْفُ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْمَوْتِ؛ أَمَّا الرُّوحُ فَيُعْطِي الْحَيَاةَ.٦
7 But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away;
وَلكِنْ، مَادَامَتْ خِدْمَةُ الْمَوْتِ الَّتِي نُقِشَتْ حُرُوفُهَا فِي لَوْحِ حَجَرٍ، قَدِ ابْتَدَأَتْ بِمَجْدٍ، حَتَّى إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يُثَبِّتُوا أَنْظَارَهُمْ عَلَى وَجْهِ مُوسَى، بِسَبَبِ مَجْدِ وَجْهِهِ، ذَلِكَ الْمَجْدِ الزَّائِلِ،٧
8 How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?
أَفَلَيْسَ أَحْرَى أَنْ تَكُونَ خِدْمَةُ الرُّوحِ رَاسِخَةً فِي الْمَجْدِ؟٨
9 For if the ministration of condemnation [was] glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
فَبِمَا أَنَّ الْخِدْمَةَ الَّتِي أَدَّتْ إِلَى الدَّيْنُونَةِ كَانَتْ مَجِيدَةً، فَأَحْرَى كَثِيراً أَنْ تَفُوقَهَا فِي الْمَجْدِ الْخِدْمَةُ الَّتِي تُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْبِرِّ.٩
10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
حَتَّى إِنَّ مَا قَدْ مُجِّدَ سَابِقاً لَا يَكُونُ قَدْ مُجِّدَ عَلَى هَذَا النَّحْوِ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى الْمَجْدِ الْفَائِقِ.١٠
11 For if that which was done away [was] glorious, much more that which remaineth [is] glorious.
فَإِذَا كَانَ الزَّائِلُ قَدْ صَاحَبَهُ الْمَجْدُ، فَأَحْرَى كَثِيراً أَنْ يُصَاحِبَ الْمَجْدُ مَا هُوَ بَاقٍ دَائِماً.١١
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
فَإِذْ لَنَا هَذَا الرَّجَاءُ الْوَطِيدُ، نَعْمَلُ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْجُرْأَةِ.١٢
13 And not as Moses, [who] put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
وَلَسْنَا كَمُوسَى الَّذِي وَضَعَ حِجَاباً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ لِكَيْ لَا يُثَبِّتَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْظَارَهُمْ عَلَى نِهَايَةِ الزَّائِلِ.١٣
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day the same vail remaineth untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [vail] is done away in Christ.
وَلَكِنَّ أَذْهَانَهُمْ قَدْ أُعْمِيَتْ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْحِجَابَ مَازَالَ مُسْدَلاً حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ عِنْدَمَا يُقْرَأُ الْعَهْدُ الْقَدِيمُ، وَهُوَ لايُزَالُ إِلّا فِي الْمَسِيحِ١٤
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
غَيْرَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْحِجَابَ مَازَالَ حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ مَوْضُوعاً عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ عِنْدَمَا يُقْرَأُ كِتَابُ مُوسَى.١٥
16 Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا تَرْجِعُ قُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، يُنْزَعُ الْحِجَابُ.١٦
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.
فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الرُّوحُ، وَحَيْثُ يَكُونُ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ، فَهُنَاكَ الْحُرِّيَّةُ.١٧
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
وَنَحْنُ جَمِيعاً فِيمَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَجْدِ الرَّبِّ بِوُجُوهٍ كَالْمِرْآةِ لَا حِجَابَ عَلَيْهَا، نَتَجَلَّى مِنْ مَجْدٍ إِلَى مَجْدٍ لِنُشَابِهَ الصُّورَةَ الْوَاحِدَةَ عَيْنَهَا، وَذَلِكَ بِفِعْلِ الرَّبِّ الرُّوحِ.١٨

< 2 Corinthians 3 >