2 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

1 مِنْ بُولُسَ، رَسُولِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ بِمَشِيئَةِ اللهِ، وَمِنَ الأَخِ تِيمُوثَاوُسَ، إِلَى كَنِيسَةِ اللهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ كُورِنْثُوسَ، وَإِلَى جَمِيعِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ أَخَائِيَةَ كُلِّهَا.

2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 لِتَكُنْ لَكُمُ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا وَمِنَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ!

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

3 تَبَارَكَ اللهُ، أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، أَبُو الْمَرَاحِمِ وَإِلَهُ كُلِّ تَعْزِيَةٍ،

4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

4 هُوَ الَّذِي يُشَجِّعُنَا فِي كُلِّ ضِيقَةٍ نَمُرُّ بِها، حَتَّى نَسْتَطِيعَ أَنْ نُشَجِّعَ الَّذِينَ يَمُرُّونَ بِأَيَّةِ ضِيقَةٍ، بِالتَّشْجِيعِ الَّذِي بِهِ يُشَجِّعُنَا اللهُ.

5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

5 فَكَمَا تَفِيضُ عَلَيْنَا آلامُ الْمَسِيحِ، يَفِيضُ عَلَيْنَا أَيْضاً التَّشْجِيعُ بِالْمَسِيحِ.

6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

6 فَإِنْ كُنَّا فِي ضِيقَةٍ، فَذَلِكَ لأَجْلِ تَشْجِيعِكُمْ وَخَلاصِكُمْ؛ وَإِنْ كُنَّا مُتَشَجِّعِينَ، فَذَلِكَ لأَجْلِ تَشْجِيعِكُمْ، مِمَّا يَعْمَلُ فِيكُمْ عَلَى احْتِمَالِ نَفْسِ الآلامِ الَّتِي نَتَأَلَّمُ بِها نَحْنُ أَيْضاً.

7 And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

7 وَإِنَّ رَجَاءَنَا مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ هُوَ رَجَاءٌ وَطِيدٌ، إِذْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمْ كَمَا تَشْتَرِكُونَ مَعَنَا فِي احْتِمَالِ الآلامِ، سَتَشْتَرِكُونَ أَيْضاً فِي نَوَالِ التَّشْجِيعِ.

8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

8 فَيَا أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، نُرِيدُ أَنْ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْرُ الضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي مَرَرْنَا بِها فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ أَسِيَّا. فَقَدْ كَانَتْ وَطْأَتُهَا عَلَيْنَا شَدِيدَةً جِدّاً وَفَوْقَ طَاقَتِنَا، حَتَّى يَئِسْنَا مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ نَفْسِهَا.

9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

9 وَلَكِنَّنَا شَعَرْنَا، فِي قَرَارَةِ أَنْفُسِنَا، أَنَّهُ مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْنَا بِالْمَوْتِ، حَتَّى نَكُونَ مُتَّكِلِينَ لَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا بَلْ عَلَى اللهِ الَّذِي يُقِيمُ الأَمْوَاتَ؛

10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

10 وَقَدْ أَنْقَذَنَا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَوْتِ الشَّنِيعِ، وَمَازَالَ يُنْقِذُنَا حَتَّى الآنَ، وَلَنَا مِلْءُ الثِّقَةِ بِأَنَّهُ حَقّاً سَيُنْقِذُنَا فِيمَا بَعْدُ؛

11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

11 عَلَى أَنْ تُسَاعِدُونَا أَنْتُمْ بِالصَّلاةِ لأَجْلِنَا؛ حَتَّى إِنَّ مَا يُوهَبُ لَنَا اسْتِجَابَةً لِصَلاةِ الْكَثِيرِينَ، يَدْفَعُ الْكَثِيرِينَ إِلَى الشُّكْرِ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا.

12 For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

12 فَإِنَّ فَخْرَنَا هُوَ هَذَا: شَهَادَةُ ضَمِيرِنَا بِأَنَّنَا، فِي قَدَاسَةِ اللهِ وَإِخْلاصِهِ، قَدْ سَلَكْنَا فِي الْعَالَمِ، وَبِخَاصَّةٍ تُجَاهَكُمْ؛ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ بِحِكْمَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ بِنِعْمَةِ اللهِ.

13 For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

13 فَإِنَّنَا لَا نَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ سِوَى مَا تَقْرَأُونَهُ وَتَفْهَمُونَهُ. وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَفْهَمُوا الْفَهْمَ كُلَّهُ،

14 as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

14 كَمَا قَدْ فَهِمْتُمُونَا فَهْماً جُزْئِيًّا، أَنَّنَا سَنَكُونُ فَخْراً لَكُمْ، مِثْلَمَا أَنْتُمْ فَخْرٌ لَنَا، فِي يَوْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ.

15 Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

15 فَبِهذِهِ الْقَنَاعَةِ، كُنْتُ قَدْ نَوَيْتُ سَابِقاً أَنْ أَجِيءَ إِلَيْكُمْ، لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ فَرَحٌ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى،

16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

16 وَأَنْ أَمُرَّ بِكُمْ فِي طَرِيقِي إِلَى مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَيْضاً فِي عَوْدَتِي مِنْهَا، وَبَعْدَئِذٍ تُسَهِّلُونَ لِي سَبِيلَ السَّفَرِ إِلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ.

17 When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?

17 فَهَلْ تَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي بِاعْتِمَادِي لِهذِهِ الْخُطَّةِ تَصَرَّفْتُ بِخِفَّةٍ، أَوْ أَنِّي أَتَّخِذُ قَرَارَاتِي وَفْقاً لِمَنْطِقِ الْبَشَرِ، لِيَكُونَ فِي كَلامِي نَعَمْ نَعَمْ وَلا لَا فِي آنٍ وَاحِدٍ؟

18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

18 صَادِقٌ هُوَ اللهُ، وَيَشْهَدُ أَنَّ كَلامَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ لَيْسَ نَعَمْ وَلا مَعاً!

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

19 فَإِنَّ ابْنَ اللهِ، الْمَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ، الَّذِي بَشَّرْنَا بِهِ فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ، أَنَا وَسِلْوَانُسُ وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ، لَمْ يَكُنْ نَعَمْ وَلا مَعاً، وَإِنَّمَا فِيهِ نَعَمْ.

20 For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

20 فَمَهْمَا كَانَتْ وُعُودُ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ «النَّعَمْ» لَهَا كُلِّهَا، وَفِيهِ الآمِينُ بِنَا لأَجْلِ مَجْدِ اللهِ.

21 Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

21 وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِي يُرَسِّخُنَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، وَالَّذِي قَدْ مَسَحَنَا، إِنَّمَا هُوَ اللهُ،

22 placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

22 وَهُوَ أَيْضاً قَدْ وَضَعَ خَتْمَهُ عَلَيْنَا، وَوَهَبَنَا الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ عُرْبُوناً فِي قُلُوبِنَا.

23 I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

23 غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَدْعُو اللهَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَى نَفْسِي بِأَنِّي إِشْفَاقاً عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ آتِ إِلَى كُورِنْثُوسَ.

24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

24 وَهَذَا لَا يَعْنِي أَنَّنَا نَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى إِيمَانِكُمْ، بَلْ إِنَّنَا مُعَاوِنُونَ لَكُمْ نَعْمَلُ لأَجْلِ فَرَحِكُمْ. فَبِالإِيمَانِ أَنْتُمْ ثَابِتُونَ.