1 Thessalonians 2

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

1 لِأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ تَعْلَمُونَ دُخُولَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَاطِلًا،

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 بَلْ بَعْدَ مَا تَأَلَّمْنَا قَبْلًا وَبُغِيَ عَلَيْنَا كَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ، فِي فِيلِبِّي، جَاهَرْنَا فِي إِلَهِنَا أَنْ نُكَلِّمَكُمْ بِإِنْجِيلِ ٱللهِ، فِي جِهَادٍ كَثِيرٍ.

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

3 لِأَنَّ وَعْظَنَا لَيْسَ عَنْ ضَلَالٍ، وَلَا عَنْ دَنَسٍ، وَلَا بِمَكْرٍ،

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 كَمَا ٱسْتُحْسِنَّا مِنَ ٱللهِ أَنْ نُؤْتَمَنَ عَلَى ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ، هَكَذَا نَتَكَلَّمُ، لَا كَأَنَّنَا نُرْضِي ٱلنَّاسَ بَلِ ٱللهَ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَبِرُ قُلُوبَنَا.

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

5 فَإِنَّنَا لَمْ نَكُنْ قَطُّ فِي كَلَامِ تَمَلُّقٍ كَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ، وَلَا فِي عِلَّةِ طَمَعٍ. ٱللهُ 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 وَلَا طَلَبْنَا مَجْدًا مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ، لَا مِنْكُمْ وَلَا مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ، مَعَ أَنَّنَا قَادِرُونَ أَنْ نَكُونَ فِي وَقَارٍ كَرُسُلِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

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

7 بَلْ كُنَّا مُتَرَفِّقِينَ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ كَمَا تُرَبِّي ٱلْمُرْضِعَةُ أَوْلَادَهَا،

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 هَكَذَا إِذْ كُنَّا حَانِّينَ إِلَيْكُمْ، كُنَّا نَرْضَى أَنْ نُعْطِيَكُمْ، لَا إِنْجِيلَ ٱللهِ فَقَطْ بَلْ أَنْفُسَنَا أَيْضًا، لِأَنَّكُمْ صِرْتُمْ مَحْبُوبِينَ إِلَيْنَا.

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 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَذْكُرُونَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ تَعَبَنَا وَكَدَّنَا، إِذْ كُنَّا نَكْرِزُ لَكُمْ بِإِنْجِيلِ ٱللهِ، وَنَحْنُ عَامِلُونَ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا كَيْ لَا نُثَقِّلَ 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 أَنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ، وَٱللهُ، كَيْفَ بِطَهَارَةٍ وَبِبِرٍّ وَبِلَا لَوْمٍ كُنَّا بَيْنَكُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

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

11 كَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ كُنَّا نَعِظُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ كَٱلْأَبِ لِأَوْلَادِهِ، 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 وَنُشْهِدُكُمْ لِكَيْ تَسْلُكُوا كَمَا يَحِقُّ لِلهِ ٱلَّذِي دَعَاكُمْ 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 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا نَشْكُرُ ٱللهَ بِلَا ٱنْقِطَاعٍ، لِأَنَّكُمْ إِذْ تَسَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَّا كَلِمَةَ خَبَرٍ مِنَ ٱللهِ، قَبِلْتُمُوهَا لَا كَكَلِمَةِ أُنَاسٍ، بَلْ كَمَا هِيَ بِٱلْحَقِيقَةِ كَكَلِمَةِ ٱللهِ، ٱلَّتِي تَعْمَلُ أَيْضًا فِيكُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

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 فَإِنِّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ صِرْتُمْ مُتَمَثِّلِينَ بِكَنَائِسِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ فِي ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ تَأَلَّمْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا مِنْ أَهْلِ عَشِيرَتِكُمْ تِلْكَ ٱلْآلَامَ عَيْنَهَا، كَمَا هُمْ أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ،

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 ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا ٱلرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ وَأَنْبِيَاءَهُمْ، وَٱضْطَهَدُونَا نَحْنُ. وَهُمْ غَيْرُ مُرْضِينَ لِلهِ وَأَضْدَادٌ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلنَّاسِ.

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 يَمْنَعُونَنَا عَنْ أَنْ نُكَلِّمَ ٱلْأُمَمَ لِكَيْ يَخْلُصُوا، حَتَّى يُتَمِّمُوا خَطَايَاهُمْ كُلَّ حِينٍ. وَلَكِنْ قَدْ أَدْرَكَهُمُ ٱلْغَضَبُ إِلَى ٱلنِّهَايَةِ.

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 وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، فَإِذْ قَدْ فَقَدْنَاكُمْ زَمَانَ سَاعَةٍ، بِٱلْوَجْهِ لَا بِٱلْقَلْبِ، ٱجْتَهَدْنَا أَكْثَرَ، بِٱشْتِهَاءٍ كَثِيرٍ، أَنْ نَرَى وُجُوهَكُمْ.

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

18 لِذَلِكَ أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَأْتِيَ إِلَيْكُمْ - أَنَا بُولُسَ - مَرَّةً وَمَرَّتَيْنِ. وَإِنَّمَا عَاقَنَا ٱلشَّيْطَانُ.

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 لِأَنْ مَنْ هُوَ رَجَاؤُنَا وَفَرَحُنَا وَإِكْلِيلُ ٱفْتِخَارِنَا؟ أَمْ لَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا أَمَامَ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ فِي مَجِيئِهِ؟

20 You are indeed our glory and our joy.

20 لِأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ مَجْدُنَا وَفَرَحُنَا.