2 Corinthians 10

1 Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

1 وَلَكِنِّي اُنَاشِدُكُمْ بِوَدَاعَةِ الْمَسِيحِ وَحِلْمِهِ، أَنَا بُولُسَ «الْمُتَواضِعَ» وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ، «وَالْجَرِيءَ» عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنَا غَائِبٌ عَنْكُمْ،

2 I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

2 رَاجِياً أَلّا تَضْطَرُّونِي لأَنْ أَكُونَ جَرِيئاً عِنْدَ حُضُورِي، فَأَلْجَأُ إِلَى الْحَزْمِ الَّذِي أَظُنُّ أَنِّي سَأَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَيْهِ فِي مُعَامَلَةِ مَنْ يَظُنُّونَ مِنْكُمْ أَنَّنَا نَسْلُكُ وَفْقاً لِلْجَسَدِ.

3 For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

3 فَمَعَ أَنَّنَا نَعِيشُ في الْجَسَدِ، فَإِنَّنَا لَا نُحَارِبُ وَفْقاً لِلْجَسَدِ.

4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

4 فَإِنَّ الأَسْلِحَةَ الَّتِي نُحَارِبُ بِها لَيْسَتْ جَسَدِيَّةً، بَلْ قَادِرَةٌ بِاللهِ عَلَى هَدْمِ الْحُصُونِ: بِها نَهْدِمُ النَّظَرِيَّاتِ

5 We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

5 وَكُلَّ مَا يَعْلُو مُرْتَفِعاً لِمُقَاوَمَةِ مَعْرِفَةِ اللهِ، وَنَأْسِرُ كُلَّ فِكْرٍ إِلَى طَاعَةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.

6 وَنَحْنُ عَلَى اسْتِعْدَادٍ لِمُعَاقَبَةِ كُلِّ عِصْيَانٍ، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَكُونَ طَاعَتُكُمْ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ.

7 You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

7 أَتَحْكُمُونَ عَلَى الأُمُورِ بِحَسَبِ ظَوَاهِرِهَا؟ إِنْ كَانَتْ لأَحَدٍ ثِقَةٌ فِي نَفْسِهِ بِأَنَّهُ يَخُصُّ الْمَسِيحَ، فَلْيُفَكِّرْ أَيْضاً فِي نَفْسِهِ بِأَنَّهُ كَمَا يَخُصُّ هُوَ الْمَسِيحَ، كَذَلِكَ نَخُصُّهُ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً.

8 For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

8 فَإِنِّي، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَفْتَخِرُ وَلَوْ قَلِيلاً أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يَجِبُ، بِسُلْطَتِنَا الَّتِي أَعْطَانَا إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ لِبُنْيَانِكُمْ لَا لِهَدْمِكُمْ، لَنْ أُضْطَرَّ إِلَى الْخَجَلِ،

9 I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.

9 حَتَّى لَا أَظْهَرَ كَأَنِّي أُخَوِّفُكُمْ بِالرَّسَائِلِ.

10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

10 فَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: «رَسَائِلُهُ شَدِيدَةُ اللَّهْجَةِ وَقَوِيَّةٌ؛ أَمَّا حُضُورُهُ الشَّخْصِيُّ فَضَعِيفٌ، وَكَلامُهُ مُحْتَقَرٌ».

11 Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

11 فَلْيَتَنَبَّهْ مِثْلُ هَذَا إِلَى أَنَّنَا كَمَا نَكُونُ بِالْقَوْلِ فِي الرَّسَائِلِ وَنَحْنُ غَائِبُونَ، كَذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً بِالْفِعْلِ وَنَحْنُ حَاضِرُونَ.

12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

12 فَإِنَّنَا لَا نَجْرُؤُ أَنْ نُصَنِّفَ أَنْفُسَنَا، أَوْ نُقَارِنَ أَنْفُسَنَا، بِمَادِحِي أَنْفُسِهِمِ الَّذِينَ بَيْنَكُمْ. فَلأَنَّ هؤُلاءِ يَقِيسُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَيُقَارِنُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، فَهُمْ لا يَفْهَمُونَ!

13 We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

13 أَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَلَنْ نَفْتَخِرَ بِمَا يَتَعَدَّى الْحَدَّ، بَلْ بِمَا يُوَافِقُ حُدُودَ الْقَانُونِ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ لَنَا اللهُ لِنَصِلَ بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْضاً.

14 We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

14 فَإِنَّنَا لَسْنَا نَتَعَدَّى حُدُودَنَا وَكَأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَصِلْ إِلَيْكُمْ، إِذْ قَدْ وَصَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ فِعْلاً بإِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ؛

15 Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,

15 وَلَسْنَا نَفْتَخِرُ بِمَا يَتَعَدَّى الْحَدَّ فِي أَتْعَابِ غَيْرِنَا. وَإِنَّمَا نَرْجُو، إِذَا مَا نَمَا إِيمَانُكُمْ، أَنْ نَزْدَادَ تَقَدُّماً بَيْنَكُمْ وَفْقاً لِقَانُونِنَا،

16 so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

16 حَتَّى يَزْدَادَ تَبْشِيرُنَا بِالإِنْجِيلِ انْتِشَاراً إِلَى أَبْعَدَ مِنْ بِلادِكُمْ، لَا لِنَكُونَ مُفْتَخِرِينَ بِمَا تَمَّ إِنْجَازُهُ فِي قُانُونِ غَيْرِنَا.

17 Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

17 وَإِنَّمَا «مَنِ افْتَخَرَ، فَلْيَفْتَخِرْ بِالرَّبِّ!»

18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

18 فَلَيْسَ الْفَاضِلُ هُوَ مَنْ يَمْدَحُ نَفْسَهُ، بَلْ مَنْ يَمْدَحُهُ الرَّبُّ.