2 Corinthians 4

1 Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

1 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ، إِذْ لَنَا هَذِهِ ٱلْخِدْمَةُ -كَمَا رُحِمْنَا- لَا نَفْشَلُ،

2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

2 بَلْ قَدْ رَفَضْنَا خَفَايَا ٱلْخِزْيِ، غَيْرَ سَالِكِينَ فِي مَكْرٍ، وَلَا غَاشِّينَ كَلِمَةَ ٱللهِ، بَلْ بِإِظْهَارِ ٱلْحَقِّ، مَادِحِينَ أَنْفُسَنَا لَدَى ضَمِيرِ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ.

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

3 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ إِنْجِيلُنَا مَكْتُومًا، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مَكْتُومٌ فِي ٱلْهَالِكِينَ،

4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

4 ٱلَّذِينَ فِيهِمْ إِلَهُ هَذَا ٱلدَّهْرِ قَدْ أَعْمَى أَذْهَانَ غَيْرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ، لِئَلَّا تُضِيءَ لَهُمْ إِنَارَةُ إِنْجِيلِ مَجْدِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ صُورَةُ ٱللهِ.

5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

5 فَإِنَّنَا لَسْنَا نَكْرِزُ بِأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبًّا، وَلَكِنْ بِأَنْفُسِنَا عَبِيدًا لَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ.

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

6 لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ: «أَنْ يُشْرِقَ نُورٌ مِنْ ظُلْمَةٍ»، هُوَ ٱلَّذِي أَشْرَقَ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، لِإِنَارَةِ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِ ٱللهِ فِي وَجْهِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

7 وَلَكِنْ لَنَا هَذَا ٱلْكَنْزُ فِي أَوَانٍ خَزَفِيَّةٍ، لِيَكُونَ فَضْلُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ لِلهِ لَا مِنَّا.

8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

8 مُكْتَئِبِينَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، لَكِنْ غَيْرَ مُتَضَايِقِينَ. مُتَحَيِّرِينَ، لَكِنْ غَيْرَ يَائِسِينَ.

9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

9 مُضْطَهَدِينَ، لَكِنْ غَيْرَ مَتْرُوكِينَ. مَطْرُوحِينَ، لَكِنْ غَيْرَ هَالِكِينَ.

10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

10 حَامِلِينَ فِي ٱلْجَسَدِ كُلَّ حِينٍ إِمَاتَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، لِكَيْ تُظْهَرَ حَيَاةُ يَسُوعَ أَيْضًا فِي جَسَدِنَا.

11 For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

11 لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ ٱلْأَحْيَاءَ نُسَلَّمُ دَائِمًا لِلْمَوْتِ مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ، لِكَيْ تَظْهَرَ حَيَاةُ يَسُوعَ أَيْضًا فِي جَسَدِنَا ٱلْمَائِتِ.

12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

12 إِذًا ٱلْمَوْتُ يَعْمَلُ فِينَا، وَلَكِنِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ فِيكُمْ.

13 And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,

13 فَإِذْ لَنَا رُوحُ ٱلْإِيمَانِ عَيْنُهُ، حَسَبَ ٱلْمَكْتُوبِ: «آمَنْتُ لِذَلِكَ تَكَلَّمْتُ»، نَحْنُ أَيْضًا نُؤْمِنُ وَلِذَلِكَ نَتَكَلَّمُ أَيْضًا.

14 knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.

14 عَالِمِينَ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَ ٱلرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ سَيُقِيمُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا بِيَسُوعَ، وَيُحْضِرُنَا مَعَكُمْ.

15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.

15 لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ هِيَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، لِكَيْ تَكُونَ ٱلنِّعْمَةُ وَهِيَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ بِٱلْأَكْثَرِينَ، تَزِيدُ ٱلشُّكْرَ لِمَجْدِ ٱللهِ.

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

16 لِذَلِكَ لَا نَفْشَلُ، بَلْ وَإِنْ كَانَ إِنْسَانُنَا ٱلْخَارِجُ يَفْنَى، فَٱلدَّاخِلُ يَتَجَدَّدُ يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا.

17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

17 لِأَنَّ خِفَّةَ ضِيقَتِنَا ٱلْوَقْتِيَّةَ تُنْشِئُ لَنَا أَكْثَرَ فَأَكْثَرَ ثِقَلَ مَجْدٍ أَبَدِيًّا.

18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

18 وَنَحْنُ غَيْرُ نَاظِرِينَ إِلَى ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ ٱلَّتِي تُرَى، بَلْ إِلَى ٱلَّتِي لَا تُرَى. لِأَنَّ ٱلَّتِي تُرَى وَقْتِيَّةٌ، وَأَمَّا ٱلَّتِي لَا تُرَى فَأَبَدِيَّةٌ.