1 Thessalonians 2

1 You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.

1 فَإِنَّكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ قُدُومَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَاطِلاً.

2 As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.

2 فَمَعَ أَنَّنَا كُنَّا قَدْ قَاسَيْنَا الأَلَمَ وَالإِهَانَةَ فِي مَدِينَةِ فِيلِبِّي، كَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ، فَقَدْ تَجَرَّأْنَا فِي إِلَهِنَا أَنْ نُكَلِّمَكُمْ بِإِنْجِيلِ اللهِ مُجَاهِدِينَ فِي وَجْهِ الْمُعَارَضَةِ الشَّدِيدَةِ.

3 For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

3 فَمَا كَانَ وَعْظُنَا صَادِراً عَنْ ضَلالٍ وَلا عَنْ نَجَاسَةٍ، وَلا خَالَطَهُ مَكْرٌ،

4 Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

4 بَلْ إِنَّنَا نَتَكَلَّمُ كَمَنْ تَبَيَّنَ مِنِ اخْتِبَارِ اللهِ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَهْلٌ لأَنْ يُؤْتَمَنُوا عَلَى الإِنْجِيلِ، لِنُرْضِيَ لَا النَّاسَ بَلِ اللهَ الَّذِي يَخْتَبِرُ قُلُوبَنَا.

5 As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

5 وَكَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَيْضاً، فَإِنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْتَعْمِلْ مَعَكُمْ قَطُّ كَلامَ التَّمَلُّقِ، وَلا اتَّخَذْنَا ذَرِيعَةً لِلطَّمَعِ إِنَّمَا اللهُ شَاهِدٌ

6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

6 وَلا سَعَيْنَا لِنَوَالِ مَجْدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ، لَا مِنْكُمْ وَلا مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ،

7 On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

7 مَعَ أَنَّ لَنَا الْحَقَّ فِي أَنْ نَفْرِضَ أَنْفُسَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِاعْتِبَارِنَا رُسُلاً لِلْمَسِيحِ. وَلَكِنَّنَا كُنَّا مُتَرَفِّقِينَ بِكُمْ كَأُمٍّ مُرْضِعٍ تَحْنُو عَلَى أَوْلادِهَا.

8 We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.

8 وَإِذْ كَانَ حُنُوُّنَا عَلَيْكُمْ شَدِيداً، ارْتَضَيْنَا أَنْ نُقَدِّمَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَا إِنْجِيلَ اللهِ فَقَطْ بَلْ أَنْفُسَنَا أَيْضاً، لأَنَّكُمْ صِرْتُمْ مَحْبُوبِينَ لَدَيْنَا.

9 Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

9 فَأَنْتُمْ تَذْكُرُونَ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، جَهْدَنَا وَكَدَّنَا، إِذْ بَشَّرْنَاكُمْ بِإِنْجِيلِ اللهِ وَنَحْنُ نَشْتَغِلُ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً لِكَيْ لَا نَكُونَ عِبْئاً ثَقِيلاً عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ.

10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

10 فَأَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ، وَيَشْهَدُ اللهُ، كَيْفَ تَصَرَّفْنَا بَيْنَكُمْ، أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، بِطَهَارَةٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةٍ وَبَرَاءَةٍ مِنَ اللَّوْمِ،

11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

11 كَمَا أَنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ عَامَلْنَاكُمْ مُعَامَلَةَ الأَبِ لأَوْلادِهِ، فَكُنَّا نَعِظُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ وَنُشَجِّعُكُمْ

12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

12 وَنُحَرِّضُكُمْ أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا سُلُوكاً يَلِيقُ بِاللهِ، ذَاكَ الَّذِي يَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِهِ وَمَجْدِهِ.

13 And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

13 وَلِذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً نَرْفَعُ الشُّكْرَ لِلهِ بِلا تَوَقُّفٍ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمَّا تَلَقَّيْتُمْ مِنَّا كَلِمَةَ الْبِشَارَةِ مِنَ اللهِ، قَبِلْتُمُوهَا لَا كَأَنَّهَا كَلِمَةُ بَشَرٍ، بَلْ كَمَا هِيَ فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ: بِاعْتِبَارِهَا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ الْعَامِلَةَ أَيْضاً فِيكُمْ أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

14 فَإِنَّكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، قَدْ صِرْتُمْ عَلَى مِثَالِ كَنَائِسِ اللهِ الَّتِي فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّة الَّتِي هِيَ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. فَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً قَاسَيْتُمْ عَلَى أَيْدِي بَنِي جِنْسِكُمْ مَا قَاسَوْهُ هُمْ عَلَى أَيْدِي الْيَهُودِ

15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

15 الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا الرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ وَاضْطَهَدُونَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً، وَهُمْ لَا يُرْضُونَ اللهَ وَيُعَادُونَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً،

16 hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

16 إِذْ يَمْنَعُونَنَا مِنْ تَبْشِيرِ الأُمَمِ لِيَخْلُصُوا، وَبِذَلِكَ يَسْتَكْمِلُونَ خَطَايَاهُمْ كُلَّ حِينٍ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغَضَبَ قَدْ حَلَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى الْغَايَةِ.

17 Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

17 أَمَّا نَحْنُ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، فَإِذْ قَدْ افْتَرَقْنَا عَنْكُمْ لِمُدَّةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ، بِالْوَجْهِ لَا بِالْقَلْبِ، بَذَلْنَا جَهْداً أَوْفَرَ جِدّاً لِرُؤْيَةِ وُجُوهِكُمْ وَنَحْنُ فِي غَايَةِ الشَّوْقِ إِلَيْكُمْ.

18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

18 وَلِهَذَا عَزَمْنَا أَنْ نَأْتِيَ إِلَيْكُمْ، عَلَى الأَخَصِّ أَنَا بُولُسَ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، فَعَاقَنَا الشَّيْطَانُ.

19 After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

19 فَمَا هُوَ رَجَاؤُنَا أَوْ فَرَحُنَا أَوْ إِكْلِيلُ افْتِخَارِنَا أَمَامَ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ عِنْدَ عَوْدَتِهِ؟ أَلَيْسَ أَنْتُمْ؟ بَلَى،

20 You are indeed our glory and our joy.

20 لأَنَّكُمْ فَخْرُنَا وَفَرَحُنَا.