2 Corinthians 3

1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

1 تُرَى، هَلْ نَبْتَدِئُ نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟ أَمْ تُرَانَا نَحْتَاجُ كَبَعْضِهِمْ إِلَى رَسَائِلَ تَوْصِيَةٍ نَحْمِلُهَا إِلَيْكُمْ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ؟

2 You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

2 فَأَنْتُمُ الرِّسَالَةُ الَّتِي تُوصِي بِنَا، وَقَدْ كُتِبَتْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، حَيْثُ يَسْتَطِيعُ جَمِيعُ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَعْرِفُوهَا وَيَقْرَأُوهَا.

3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

3 وَهكَذَا يَتَبَيَّنُ أَنَّكُمْ رِسَالَةٌ مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ خَدَمْنَاهَا نَحْنُ، وَقَدْ كُتِبَتْ لَا بِحِبْرٍ بَلْ بِرُوحِ اللهِ الْحَيِّ، وَلا فِي أَلْوَاحٍ حَجَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ فِي أَلْوَاحِ الْقَلْبِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ.

4 Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.

4 وَهذِهِ هِيَ ثِقَتُنَا الْعَظِيمَةُ مِنْ جِهَةِ اللهِ بِالْمَسِيحِ:

5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

5 لَيْسَ أَنَّنَا أَصْحَابُ كَفَاءَةٍ ذَاتِيَّةٍ لِنَدَّعِيَ شَيْئاً لأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ إِنَّ كَفَاءَتَنَا مِنَ اللهِ،

6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

6 الَّذِي جَعَلَنَا أَصْحَابَ كَفَاءَةٍ لِنَكُونَ خُدَّاماً لِعَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ قَائِمٍ لَا عَلَى الْحَرْفِ بَلْ عَلَى الرُّوحِ. فَالْحَرْفُ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْمَوْتِ؛ أَمَّا الرُّوحُ فَيُعْطِي الْحَيَاةَ.

7 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

7 وَلكِنْ، مَادَامَتْ خِدْمَةُ الْمَوْتِ الَّتِي نُقِشَتْ حُرُوفُهَا فِي لَوْحِ حَجَرٍ، قَدِ ابْتَدَأَتْ بِمَجْدٍ، حَتَّى إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يُثَبِّتُوا أَنْظَارَهُمْ عَلَى وَجْهِ مُوسَى، بِسَبَبِ مَجْدِ وَجْهِهِ، ذَلِكَ الْمَجْدِ الزَّائِلِ،

8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

8 أَفَلَيْسَ أَحْرَى أَنْ تَكُونَ خِدْمَةُ الرُّوحِ رَاسِخَةً فِي الْمَجْدِ؟

9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

9 فَبِمَا أَنَّ الْخِدْمَةَ الَّتِي أَدَّتْ إِلَى الدَّيْنُونَةِ كَانَتْ مَجِيدَةً، فَأَحْرَى كَثِيراً أَنْ تَفُوقَهَا فِي الْمَجْدِ الْخِدْمَةُ الَّتِي تُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْبِرِّ.

10 Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.

10 حَتَّى إِنَّ مَا قَدْ مُجِّدَ سَابِقاً لَا يَكُونُ قَدْ مُجِّدَ عَلَى هَذَا النَّحْوِ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى الْمَجْدِ الْفَائِقِ.

11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!

11 فَإِذَا كَانَ الزَّائِلُ قَدْ صَاحَبَهُ الْمَجْدُ، فَأَحْرَى كَثِيراً أَنْ يُصَاحِبَ الْمَجْدُ مَا هُوَ بَاقٍ دَائِماً.

12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

12 فَإِذْ لَنَا هَذَا الرَّجَاءُ الْوَطِيدُ، نَعْمَلُ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْجُرْأَةِ.

13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

13 وَلَسْنَا كَمُوسَى الَّذِي وَضَعَ حِجَاباً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ لِكَيْ لَا يُثَبِّتَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْظَارَهُمْ عَلَى نِهَايَةِ الزَّائِلِ.

14 But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

14 وَلَكِنَّ أَذْهَانَهُمْ قَدْ أُعْمِيَتْ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْحِجَابَ مَازَالَ مُسْدَلاً حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ عِنْدَمَا يُقْرَأُ الْعَهْدُ الْقَدِيمُ، وَهُوَ لايُزَالُ إِلّا فِي الْمَسِيحِ

15 And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

15 غَيْرَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْحِجَابَ مَازَالَ حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ مَوْضُوعاً عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ عِنْدَمَا يُقْرَأُ كِتَابُ مُوسَى.

16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

16 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا تَرْجِعُ قُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، يُنْزَعُ الْحِجَابُ.

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

17 فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الرُّوحُ، وَحَيْثُ يَكُونُ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ، فَهُنَاكَ الْحُرِّيَّةُ.

18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

18 وَنَحْنُ جَمِيعاً فِيمَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَجْدِ الرَّبِّ بِوُجُوهٍ كَالْمِرْآةِ لَا حِجَابَ عَلَيْهَا، نَتَجَلَّى مِنْ مَجْدٍ إِلَى مَجْدٍ لِنُشَابِهَ الصُّورَةَ الْوَاحِدَةَ عَيْنَهَا، وَذَلِكَ بِفِعْلِ الرَّبِّ الرُّوحِ.