2 Corinthians 11

1 I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

1 لَيْتَكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ غَبَاوَتِي قَلِيلًا! بَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُحْتَمِلِيَّ.

2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

2 فَإِنِّي أَغَارُ عَلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَةَ ٱللهِ، لِأَنِّي خَطَبْتُكُمْ لِرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، لِأُقَدِّمَ عَذْرَاءَ عَفِيفَةً لِلْمَسِيحِ.

3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

3 وَلَكِنَّنِي أَخَافُ أَنَّهُ كَمَا خَدَعَتِ ٱلْحَيَّةُ حَوَّاءَ بِمَكْرِهَا، هَكَذَا تُفْسَدُ أَذْهَانُكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْبَسَاطَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

4 For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

4 فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ ٱلْآتِي يَكْرِزُ بِيَسُوعَ آخَرَ لَمْ نَكْرِزْ بِهِ، أَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَأْخُذُونَ رُوحًا آخَرَ لَمْ تَأْخُذُوهُ، أَوْ إِنْجِيلًا آخَرَ لَمْ تَقْبَلُوهُ، فَحَسَنًا كُنْتُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ!

5 I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

5 لِأَنِّي أَحْسِبُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْقُصْ شَيْئًا عَنْ فَائِقِي ٱلرُّسُلِ.

6 Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

6 وَإِنْ كُنْتُ عَامِّيًّا فِي ٱلْكَلَامِ، فَلَسْتُ فِي ٱلْعِلْمِ، بَلْ نَحْنُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ظَاهِرُونَ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ.

7 Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

7 أَمْ أَخْطَأْتُ خَطِيَّةً إِذْ أَذْلَلْتُ نَفْسِي كَيْ تَرْتَفِعُوا أَنْتُمْ، لِأَنِّي بَشَّرْتُكُمْ مَجَّانًا بِإِنْجِيلِ ٱللهِ؟

8 I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.

8 سَلَبْتُ كَنَائِسَ أُخْرَى آخِذًا أُجْرَةً لِأَجْلِ خِدْمَتِكُمْ، وَإِذْ كُنْتُ حَاضِرًا عِنْدَكُمْ وَٱحْتَجْتُ، لَمْ أُثَقِّلْ عَلَى أَحَدٍ.

9 And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

9 لِأَنَّ ٱحْتِيَاجِي سَدَّهُ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَتَوْا مِنْ مَكِدُونِيَّةَ. وَفِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَفِظْتُ نَفْسِي غَيْرَ ثَقِيلٍ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَسَأَحْفَظُهَا.

10 As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

10 حَقُّ ٱلْمَسِيحِ فِيَّ. إِنَّ هَذَا ٱلِٱفْتِخَارَ لَا يُسَدُّ عَنِّي فِي أَقَالِيمِ أَخَائِيَةَ.

11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

11 لِمَاذَا؟ أَلِأَنِّي لَا أُحِبُّكُمْ؟ ٱللهُ يَعْلَمُ.

12 But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.

12 وَلَكِنْ مَا أَفْعَلُهُ سَأَفْعَلُهُ لِأَقْطَعَ فُرْصَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ فُرْصَةً كَيْ يُوجَدُوا كَمَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا فِي مَا يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِهِ.

13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

13 لِأَنَّ مِثْلَ هَؤُلَاءِ هُمْ رُسُلٌ كَذَبَةٌ، فَعَلَةٌ مَاكِرُونَ، مُغَيِّرُونَ شَكْلَهُمْ إِلَى شِبْهِ رُسُلِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

14 وَلَا عَجَبَ. لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَانَ نَفْسَهُ يُغَيِّرُ شَكْلَهُ إِلَى شِبْهِ مَلَاكِ نُورٍ!

15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

15 فَلَيْسَ عَظِيمًا إِنْ كَانَ خُدَّامُهُ أَيْضًا يُغَيِّرُونَ شَكْلَهُمْ كَخُدَّامٍ لِلْبِرِّ. ٱلَّذِينَ نِهَايَتُهُمْ تَكُونُ حَسَبَ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

16 أَقُولُ أَيْضًا: لَا يَظُنَّ أَحَدٌ أَنِّي غَبِيٌّ. وَإِلَّا فَٱقْبَلُونِي وَلَوْ كَغَبِيٍّ، لِأَفْتَخِرَ أَنَا أَيْضًا قَلِيلًا.

17 In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

17 ٱلَّذِي أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ لَسْتُ أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ بِحَسَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ، بَلْ كَأَنَّهُ فِي غَبَاوَةٍ، فِي جَسَارَةِ ٱلِٱفْتِخَارِ هَذِهِ.

18 Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

18 بِمَا أَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ، أَفْتَخِرُ أَنَا أَيْضًا.

19 For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.

19 فَإِنَّكُمْ بِسُرُورٍ تَحْتَمِلُونَ ٱلْأَغْبِيَاءَ، إِذْ أَنْتُمْ عُقَلَاءُ!

20 In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

20 لِأَنَّكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَسْتَعْبِدُكُمْ! إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَأْكُلُكُمْ! إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَأْخُذُكُمْ! إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَرْتَفِعُ! إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَضْرِبُكُمْ عَلَى وُجُوهِكُمْ!

21 To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.

21 عَلَى سَبِيلِ ٱلْهَوَانِ أَقُولُ: كَيْفَ أَنَّنَا كُنَّا ضُعَفَاءَ! وَلَكِنَّ ٱلَّذِي يَجْتَرِئُ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ، أَقُولُ فِي غَبَاوَةٍ: أَنَا أَيْضًا أَجْتَرِئُ فِيهِ.

22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

22 أَهُمْ عِبْرَانِيُّونَ؟ فَأَنَا أَيْضًا. أَهُمْ إِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ؟ فَأَنَا أَيْضًا. أَهُمْ نَسْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ؟ فَأَنَا أَيْضًا.

23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

23 أَهُمْ خُدَّامُ ٱلْمَسِيحِ؟ أَقُولُ كَمُخْتَلِّ ٱلْعَقْلِ، فَأَنَا أَفْضَلُ: فِي ٱلْأَتْعَابِ أَكْثَرُ، فِي ٱلضَّرَبَاتِ أَوْفَرُ، فِي ٱلسُّجُونِ أَكْثَرُ، فِي ٱلْمِيتَاتِ مِرَارًا كَثِيرَةً.

24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

24 مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ قَبِلْتُ أَرْبَعِينَ جَلْدَةً إِلَّا وَاحِدَةً.

25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

25 ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ضُرِبْتُ بِٱلْعِصِيِّ، مَرَّةً رُجِمْتُ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ٱنْكَسَرَتْ بِيَ ٱلسَّفِينَةُ، لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا قَضَّيْتُ فِي ٱلْعُمْقِ.

26 In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

26 بِأَسْفَارٍ مِرَارًا كَثِيرَةً، بِأَخْطَارِ سُيُولٍ، بِأَخْطَارِ لُصُوصٍ، بِأَخْطَارٍ مِنْ جِنْسِي، بِأَخْطَارٍ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، بِأَخْطَارٍ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، بِأَخْطَارٍ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، بِأَخْطَارٍ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ، بِأَخْطَارٍ مِنْ إِخْوَةٍ كَذَبَةٍ.

27 in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

27 فِي تَعَبٍ وَكَدٍّ، فِي أَسْهَارٍ مِرَارًا كَثِيرَةً، فِي جُوعٍ وَعَطَشٍ، فِي أَصْوَامٍ مِرَارًا كَثِيرَةً، فِي بَرْدٍ وَعُرْيٍ.

28 Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

28 عَدَا مَا هُوَ دُونَ ذَلِكَ: ٱلتَّرَاكُمُ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، ٱلِٱهْتِمَامُ بِجَمِيعِ ٱلْكَنَائِسِ.

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?

29 مَنْ يَضْعُفُ وَأَنَا لَا أَضْعُفُ؟ مَنْ يَعْثُرُ وَأَنَا لَا أَلْتَهِبُ؟

30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

30 إِنْ كَانَ يَجِبُ ٱلِٱفْتِخَارُ، فَسَأَفْتَخِرُ بِأُمُورِ ضَعْفِي.

31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.

31 ٱللهُ أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مُبَارَكٌ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي لَسْتُ أَكْذِبُ.

32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

32 فِي دِمَشْقَ، وَالِي ٱلْحَارِثِ ٱلْمَلِكِ كَانَ يَحْرُسُ مَدِينَةَ ٱلدِّمَشْقِيِّينَ، يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُمْسِكَنِي،

33 But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

33 فَتَدَلَّيْتُ مِنْ طَاقَةٍ فِي زَنْبِيلٍ مِنَ ٱلسُّورِ، وَنَجَوْتُ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ.