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١ 1 فَإِذْ نَحْنُ عَامِلُونَ مَعَهُ نَطْلُبُ أَنْ لَا تَقْبَلُوا نِعْمَةَ ٱللهِ بَاطِلًا.

As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

٢ 2 لِأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ: «فِي وَقْتٍ مَقْبُولٍ سَمِعْتُكَ، وَفِي يَوْمِ خَلَاصٍ أَعَنْتُكَ». هُوَذَا ٱلْآنَ وَقْتٌ مَقْبُولٌ. هُوَذَا ٱلْآنَ يَوْمُ خَلَاصٍ.

For he said. In an acceptable time have I heard thee, And in the day of salvation have I succored thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time! behold, now is the day of salvation!

٣ 3 وَلَسْنَا نَجْعَلُ عَثْرَةً فِي شَيْءٍ لِئَلَّا تُلَامَ ٱلْخِدْمَةُ.

I am giving no one a cause of stumbling in order that my ministry may not be discredited;

٤ 4 بَلْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ نُظْهِرُ أَنْفُسَنَا كَخُدَّامِ ٱللهِ، فِي صَبْرٍ كَثِيرٍ: فِي شَدَائِدَ، فِي ضَرُورَاتٍ، فِي ضِيقَاتٍ،

but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God’s minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses,

٥ 5 فِي ضَرَبَاتٍ، فِي سُجُونٍ، فِي ٱضْطِرَابَاتٍ، فِي أَتْعَابٍ، فِي أَسْهَارٍ، فِي أَصْوَامٍ،

by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;

٦ 6 فِي طَهَارَةٍ، فِي عِلْمٍ، فِي أَنَاةٍ، فِي لُطْفٍ، فِي ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ، فِي مَحَبَّةٍ بِلَا رِيَاءٍ،

with purity, understanding, patience, and kindness; by the Holy Spirit, by love sincere,

٧ 7 فِي كَلَامِ ٱلْحَقِّ، فِي قُوَّةِ ٱللهِ بِسِلَاحِ ٱلْبِرِّ لِلْيَمِينِ وَلِلْيَسَارِ.

by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,

٨ 8 بِمَجْدٍ وَهَوَانٍ، بِصِيتٍ رَدِيءٍ وَصِيتٍ حَسَنٍ. كَمُضِلِّينَ وَنَحْنُ صَادِقُونَ،

amid honor or dishonor, amid evil report and good report; as a deceiver and yet true;

٩ 9 كَمَجْهُولِينَ وَنَحْنُ مَعْرُوفُونَ، كَمَائِتِينَ وَهَا نَحْنُ نَحْيَا، كَمُؤَدَّبِينَ وَنَحْنُ غَيْرُ مَقْتُولِينَ،

as unknown and yet well known; as at death’s door, yet, strange to tell, I live on; as chastened, but not killed;

١٠ 10 كَحَزَانَى وَنَحْنُ دَائِمًا فَرِحُونَ، كَفُقَرَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُغْنِي كَثِيرِينَ، كَأَنْ لَا شَيْءَ لَنَا وَنَحْنُ نَمْلِكُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

١١ 11 فَمُنَا مَفْتُوحٌ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْكُورِنْثِيُّونَ. قَلْبُنَا مُتَّسِعٌ.

O Corinthians, I am unsealing my lips to you; my heart is wide open to you.

١٢ 12 لَسْتُمْ مُتَضَيِّقِينَ فِينَا بَلْ مُتَضَيِّقِينَ فِي أَحْشَائِكُمْ.

There is no narrowness in my love; but the narrowness is in your own.

١٣ 13 فَجَزَاءً لِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ كَمَا لِأَوْلَادِي: كُونُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا مُتَّسِعِينَ!

I pray you, therefore, in fair exchange (I speak as to my children), let your hearts also be wide open to me.

١٤ 14 لَا تَكُونُوا تَحْتَ نِيرٍ مَعَ غَيْرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ، لِأَنَّهُ أَيَّةُ خُلْطَةٍ لِلْبِرِّ وَٱلْإِثْمِ؟ وَأَيَّةُ شَرِكَةٍ لِلنُّورِ مَعَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ؟

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? what communion has light with darkness?

١٥ 15 وَأَيُّ ٱتِّفَاقٍ لِلْمَسِيحِ مَعَ بَلِيعَالَ؟ وَأَيُّ نَصِيبٍ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ مَعَ غَيْرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِ؟

What concord has Christ with Belial? What portion has a believer with an unbeliever?

١٦ 16 وَأَيَّةُ مُوَافَقَةٍ لِهَيْكَلِ ٱللهِ مَعَ ٱلْأَوْثَانِ؟ فَإِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ هَيْكَلُ ٱللهِ ٱلْحَيِّ، كَمَا قَالَ ٱللهُ: «إِنِّي سَأَسْكُنُ فِيهِمْ وَأَسِيرُ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَأَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهًا، وَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْبًا.

And what compact has God’s temple with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, as he has said. I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

١٧ 17 لِذَلِكَ ٱخْرُجُوا مِنْ وَسْطِهِمْ وَٱعْتَزِلُوا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. وَلَا تَمَسُّوا نَجِسًا فَأَقْبَلَكُمْ،

Therefore, Come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean;

١٨ 18 وَأَكُونَ لَكُمْ أَبًا، وَأَنْتُمْ تَكُونُونَ لِي بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، ٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ».

then I will receive you and will be to you a Father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.