٢ كورنثوس 5
| لِأَنَّنَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ إِنْ نُقِضَ بَيْتُ خَيْمَتِنَا ٱلْأَرْضِيُّ، فَلَنَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ بِنَاءٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ، بَيْتٌ غَيْرُ مَصْنُوعٍ بِيَدٍ، أَبَدِيٌّ. (aiōnios g166) | ١ 1 |
We know that [these bodies] we live in [here in this world are like] [MET] tents. [They are like temporary living/dwelling places]. [So we should not be concerned about what happens to our bodies]. We know that if we are killed {if [someone] kills us}, God will give us [permanent living places. Those permanent living places] [MET] will not be houses that people have made. They [will be new bodies in which we will live forever] in heaven. (aiōnios g166)
| فَإِنَّنَا فِي هَذِهِ أَيْضًا نَئِنُّ مُشْتَاقِينَ إِلَى أَنْ نَلْبَسَ فَوْقَهَا مَسْكَنَنَا ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ. | ٢ 2 |
[While we are here on earth, we suffer]. We often groan because we desire [to go] to heaven [where God] will give us our new [bodies] [MET].
| وَإِنْ كُنَّا لَابِسِينَ لَا نُوجَدُ عُرَاةً. | ٣ 3 |
When [God gives us(inc) our new bodies] [MET], our [spirits will have] [LIT, MET] bodies to live in [that will last forever].
| فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلْخَيْمَةِ نَئِنُّ مُثْقَلِينَ، إِذْ لَسْنَا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَخْلَعَهَا بَلْ أَنْ نَلْبَسَ فَوْقَهَا، لِكَيْ يُبْتَلَعَ ٱلْمَائِتُ مِنَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ. | ٤ 4 |
[It is true that] while we are still living in these bodies [MET] [that do not last forever], we often groan [DOU] [because we desire to be free from them]. We are not longing to be without a body. Instead, [we groan because] we desire to receive our new bodies [MET] in heaven. We long for this to happen so that these bodies that are going to die some day will suddenly be changed [into bodies] that will live [forever].
| وَلَكِنَّ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَنَا لِهَذَا عَيْنِهِ هُوَ ٱللهُ، ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَانَا أَيْضًا عَرْبُونَ ٱلرُّوحِ. | ٥ 5 |
It is God himself who has prepared us to [receive] these [new bodies]. He is also the one who has guaranteed/assured us [(inc)] that this will happen. He has guaranteed it by sending his Spirit [to live inside us now].
| فَإِذًا نَحْنُ وَاثِقُونَ كُلَّ حِينٍ وَعَالِمُونَ أَنَّنَا وَنَحْنُ مُسْتَوْطِنُونَ فِي ٱلْجَسَدِ، فَنَحْنُ مُتَغَرِّبُونَ عَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٦ 6 |
So, [because God’s Spirit lives in us], we are always confident [that God will give us new bodies]. We know that as long as we have bodies here on [earth], we are not yet [living together] with the Lord [Jesus in heaven].
| لِأَنَّنَا بِٱلْإِيمَانِ نَسْلُكُ لَا بِٱلْعِيَانِ. | ٧ 7 |
While we [(exc)] live [here, we] do not have our [new bodies, but we are] trusting [that God will give them to us].
| فَنَثِقُ وَنُسَرُّ بِٱلْأَوْلَى أَنْ نَتَغَرَّبَ عَنِ ٱلْجَسَدِ وَنَسْتَوْطِنَ عِنْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٨ 8 |
[As I said], we [(exc)] are confident [that he will give us new bodies]. We [(exc)] would much prefer to leave these bodies [which we have now], and be with the Lord [Jesus in our] home in [heaven].
| لِذَلِكَ نَحْتَرِصُ أَيْضًا -مُسْتَوْطِنِينَ كُنَّا أَوْ مُتَغَرِّبِينَ- أَنْ نَكُونَ مَرْضِيِّينَ عِنْدَهُ. | ٩ 9 |
Because of all that, we always want to please [Jesus in everything that we do]. Whether we [(exc)] are [still living] here [in these] bodies or whether we have [left] them and are living in our home [in heaven], we want to please him.
| لِأَنَّهُ لَابُدَّ أَنَّنَا جَمِيعًا نُظْهَرُ أَمَامَ كُرْسِيِّ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، لِيَنَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَا كَانَ بِٱلْجَسَدِ بِحَسَبِ مَا صَنَعَ، خَيْرًا كَانَ أَمْ شَرًّا. | ١٠ 10 |
[And we need to try hard to do that] because each one of us [believers] must stand before Christ [to be] judged [by him] {[when he will] judge [his people]}. [At that time] he will [reward each one of] us according to what we have done [while we lived in this world] in these bodies. [He will reward us according to] whether we have done good things or whether we have done evil things.
| فَإِذْ نَحْنُ عَالِمُونَ مَخَافَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ نُقْنِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ. وَأَمَّا ٱللهُ فَقَدْ صِرْنَا ظَاهِرِينَ لَهُ، وَأَرْجُو أَنَّنَا قَدْ صِرْنَا ظَاهِرِينَ فِي ضَمَائِرِكُمْ أَيْضًا. | ١١ 11 |
It makes me fearful [to think that some day I will stand before the Lord for him to judge me]. So I [do everything that I can to] convince people [that they should believe] (OR, [that I teach] sincerely) [God’s message]. God knows very well [how I conduct my life and what I teach], and I really believe that you know it, too.
| لِأَنَّنَا لَسْنَا نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا أَيْضًا لَدَيْكُمْ، بَلْ نُعْطِيكُمْ فُرْصَةً لِلِٱفْتِخَارِ مِنْ جِهَتِنَا، لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ جَوَابٌ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِٱلْوَجْهِ لَا بِٱلْقَلْبِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Once again [I say, as I write this], I am not just [trying to] make you think well/highly of me, [as some people will probably say that I am]. Instead, I am [telling you in this letter why you have] good reason [to tell those who criticize me] that you think highly of me. [I am telling you this] so that you will know what to say to those [teachers of false doctrine among you]. They are proud [of what they have done], instead of [making sure that] they [are right with God and being pleased with that].
| لِأَنَّنَا إِنْ صِرْنَا مُخْتَلِّينَ فَلِلهِ، أَوْ كُنَّا عَاقِلِينَ فَلَكُمْ. | ١٣ 13 |
[Some of them say that after God has enabled me to see visions], I [talk like] a crazy person. If [that is so, I want you to realize that I talk that way in order to please] God. On the other hand, if [you think that] I [speak and act] wisely, [that is good. I want you to know that I do] speak and act wisely in order to [help] you.
| لِأَنَّ مَحَبَّةَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ تَحْصُرُنَا. إِذْ نَحْنُ نَحْسِبُ هَذَا: أَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ وَاحِدٌ قَدْ مَاتَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، فَٱلْجَمِيعُ إِذًا مَاتُوا. | ١٤ 14 |
[I speak and act the way I do] because the love that Christ [has for people] influences me [in everything that I say and do]. When Christ died, [he suffered the punishment] for [the sins of] all people. So, we should all [think of ourselves as having] died with him, [being as unresponsive to sinful desires as] [MET] a corpse is.
| وَهُوَ مَاتَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ كَيْ يَعِيشَ ٱلْأَحْيَاءُ فِيمَا بَعْدُ لَا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، بَلْ لِلَّذِي مَاتَ لِأَجْلِهِمْ وَقَامَ. | ١٥ 15 |
When [Christ] died for the everyone, he died in order that [we believers who are alive now] should not conduct our lives in a way that will just [please ourselves]. Instead, [we should conduct our lives in a way that will please] Christ, [because] he is the one who died for us and was brought back to life {whom [God] raised} again.
| إِذًا نَحْنُ مِنَ ٱلْآنَ لَا نَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ. وَإِنْ كُنَّا قَدْ عَرَفْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ، لَكِنِ ٱلْآنَ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ بَعْدُ. | ١٦ 16 |
So, [because I realize how much Christ loves everyone], I no longer think about people in the way that those who do not believe [in Christ] think about [them]. Before I [was a believer], I thought about Christ in the way that other non-believers did. But I do not think of him that way any more.
| إِذًا إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ فَهُوَ خَلِيقَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ: ٱلْأَشْيَاءُ ٱلْعَتِيقَةُ قَدْ مَضَتْ، هُوَذَا ٱلْكُلُّ قَدْ صَارَ جَدِيدًا. | ١٧ 17 |
The fact is that God makes every one [of us] who [trusts] in Christ to be completely different [than we were before]. Our old [way of conducting our lives] is gone. We now have a [completely] new way of [conducting our lives].
| وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْكُلَّ مِنَ ٱللهِ، ٱلَّذِي صَالَحَنَا لِنَفْسِهِ بِيَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، وَأَعْطَانَا خِدْمَةَ ٱلْمُصَالَحَةِ، | ١٨ 18 |
This [complete change in our lives] is all something that God [does]. It is God who made it possible for us to have a peaceful relationship with him. [He was able to do that] because of what Christ [did for us]. Now God [has sent] me, and those [who work] with me, to tell [people that they] can have a peaceful relationship with him.
| أَيْ إِنَّ ٱللهَ كَانَ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ مُصَالِحًا ٱلْعَالَمَ لِنَفْسِهِ، غَيْرَ حَاسِبٍ لَهُمْ خَطَايَاهُمْ، وَوَاضِعًا فِينَا كَلِمَةَ ٱلْمُصَالَحَةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
That is, [he sent us(exc) to tell them that] when Christ [died], God was [making it possible for everyone] [MTY] in the world to have a peaceful relationship with him. He no longer keeps a record of the sinful things that [we believers] have done. The message that [God] has given to us [to tell people is how we can have a] peaceful relationship with him.
| إِذًا نَسْعَى كَسُفَرَاءَ عَنِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، كَأَنَّ ٱللهَ يَعِظُ بِنَا. نَطْلُبُ عَنِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ: تَصَالَحُوا مَعَ ٱللهِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
So, it is I and my companions who are Christ’s representatives [in this world. When we tell people the message about Christ], it is God himself who is pleading with them by means of what we [say]. So, as true representatives of Christ, we plead with you: [Believe God’s true message about Christ in order that you may] be reconciled to {have a peaceful relationship with} him.
| لِأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَعْرِفْ خَطِيَّةً، خَطِيَّةً لِأَجْلِنَا، لِنَصِيرَ نَحْنُ بِرَّ ٱللهِ فِيهِ. | ٢١ 21 |
[You must believe that even though] Jesus never sinned, God [punished him for all the] sinful things [that people do, just] as [if Jesus had done those sinful things himself]. And because of our close relationship with Christ, God has erased the record of our sins/declared us no longer guilty for our sins.
