2 Corinthians 7

1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

1 فَإِذْ نِلْنَا هَذِهِ الْوُعُودَ، أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، لِنُطَهِّرْ أَنْفُسَنَا مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يُدَنِّسُ الْجَسَدَ وَالرُّوحَ، وَنُكَمِّلِ الْقَدَاسَةَ فِي مَخَافَةِ اللهِ.

2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

2 أَفْسِحُوا لَنَا مَكَاناً فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ: فَنَحْنُ لَمْ نُعَامِلْ أَحَداً مُعَامَلَةً ظَالِمَةً، وَلَمْ نُؤْذِ أَحَداً، وَلَمْ نَسْتَغِلَّ أَحَداً.

3 I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.

3 لَا أَقُولُ هَذَا لأُدِينَكُمْ. فَإِنَّكُمْ، كَمَا قُلْتُ سَابِقاً، فِي قُلُوبِنَا، حَتَّى إِنَّنَا نَمُوتُ مَعَكُمْ أَوْ نَحْيَا مَعَكُمْ!

4 Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

4 كَبِيرَةٌ ثِقَتِي بِكُمْ، وَعَظِيمٌ افْتِخَارِي بِكُمْ. إِنِّي مُمْتَلِئٌ تَشْجِيعاً وَفَائِضٌ فَرَحاً فِي جَمِيعِ ضِيقَاتِنَا.

5 For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

5 فَإِنَّنَا لَمَّا وَصَلْنَا إِلَى مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ، لَمْ تَذُقْ أَجْسَادُنَا طَعْمَ الرَّاحَةِ، بَلْ وَاجَهَتْنَا الضِّيقَاتُ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ: إِذْ كَثُرَ حَوْلَنَا النِّزَاعُ، وَزَادَ فِي دَاخِلِنَا الْخَوْفُ.

6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

6 إِلّا أَنَّ اللهَ، الَّذِي يُشَجِّعُ الْمَسْحُوقِينَ، أَمَدَّنَا بِالتَّشْجِيعِ بِمَجِيءِ تِيطُسَ إِلَيْنَا،

7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

7 لا بِمَجِيئِهِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ بِالتَّشْجِيعِ الَّذِي لَقِيَهُ عِنْدَكُمْ. وَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا بِشَوْقِكُمْ، وَحُزْنِكُمْ، وَغَيْرَتِكُمْ عَلَيَّ، فَتَضَاعَفَ فَرَحِي.

8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—

8 فَإِذَا كُنْتُ قَدْ أَحْزَنْتُكُمْ بِرِسَالَتِي إِلَيْكُمْ، فَلَسْتُ نَادِماً عَلَى ذَلِكَ، مَعَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ قَدْ نَدِمْتُ، لأَنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ تِلْكَ الرِّسَالَةَ أَحْزَنَتْكُمْ وَلَوْ إِلَى حِينٍ.

9 yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

9 وَأَنَا الآنَ أَفْرَحُ، لَا لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ أُحْزِنْتُمْ، بَلْ لأَنَّ حُزْنَكُمْ أَدَّى بِكُمْ إِلَى التَّوْبَةِ. فَإِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أُحْزِنْتُمْ بِمَا يُوَافِقُ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ، حَتَّى لَا تَتَأَذَّوْا مِنَّا فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ.

10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

10 فَإِنَّ الْحُزْنَ الَّذِي يُوَافِقُ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ يُنْتِجُ تَوْبَةً تُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْخَلاصِ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ نَدَمٌ. وَأَمَّا حُزْنُ الْعَالَمِ فَيُنْتِجُ مَوْتاً.

11 Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

11 فَانْظُرُوا، إِذَنْ، هَذَا الْحُزْنُ عَيْنُهُ الَّذِي يُوَافِقُ اللهَ، كَمْ أَنْتَجَ فِيكُمْ مِنَ الاجْتِهَادِ، بَلْ مِنَ الاعْتِذَارِ، بَلْ مِنَ الاسْتِنْكَارِ، بَلْ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ، بَلْ مِنَ التَّشَوُّقِ، بَلْ مِنَ الْغَيْرَةِ، بَلْ مِنَ الْعِقَابِ! وَقَدْ بَيَّنْتُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنَّكُمْ أَبْرِيَاءُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الأَمْرِ.

12 So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

12 إِذَنْ، كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ مَا كَتَبْتُهُ سَابِقاً لَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمُذْنِبِ وَلا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمُذْنَبِ إِلَيْهِ، بَلْ لِكَيْ يَظْهَرَ لَكُمْ أَمَامَ اللهِ مَدَى حَمَاسَتِكُمْ لِطَاعَتِنَا.

13 On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

13 لِهَذَا السَّبَبِ قَدْ تَعَزَّيْنَا. وَفَوْقَ تَعْزِيَتِنَا، فَرِحْنَا أَكْثَرَ جِدّاً لِفَرَحِ تِيطُسَ لأَنَّ رُوحَهُ انْتَعَشَتْ بِكُمْ جَمِيعاً.

14 Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

14 فَإِذَا كُنْتُ قَدِ افْتَخَرْتُ لَهُ بِشَيْءٍ فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِكُمْ، فَإِنِّي لَمْ أُخْجَلْ؛ وَإِنَّمَا كَمَا كَلَّمْنَاكُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ بِالصِّدْقِ، كَذَلِكَ كَانَ افْتِخَارُنَا بِكُمْ لِتِيطُسَ صَادِقاً أَيْضاً.

15 And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

15 وَإِنَّ مَحَبَّتَهُ تَزْدَادُ نَحْوَكُمْ أَكْثَرَ جِدّاً عِنْدَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ طَاعَتَكُمْ جَمِيعاً وَكَيْفَ اسْتَقْبَلْتُمُوهُ بِخَوْفٍ وَارْتِعَادٍ.

16 I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.

16 إِنِّي أَفْرَحُ بِكَوْنِي وَاثِقاً بِكُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.