٢ كورنثوس 3
| أَفَنَبْتَدِئُ نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا؟ أَمْ لَعَلَّنَا نَحْتَاجُ كَقَوْمٍ رَسَائِلَ تَوْصِيَةٍ إِلَيْكُمْ، أَوْ رَسَائِلَ تَوْصِيَةٍ مِنْكُمْ؟ | ١ 1 |
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or [commendatory] from you?
| أَنْتُمْ رِسَالَتُنَا، مَكْتُوبَةً فِي قُلُوبِنَا، مَعْرُوفَةً وَمَقْرُوءَةً مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلنَّاسِ. | ٢ 2 |
Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
| ظَاهِرِينَ أَنَّكُمْ رِسَالَةُ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، مَخْدُومَةً مِنَّا، مَكْتُوبَةً لَا بِحِبْرٍ بَلْ بِرُوحِ ٱللهِ ٱلْحَيِّ، لَا فِي أَلْوَاحٍ حَجَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ فِي أَلْوَاحِ قَلْبٍ لَحْمِيَّةٍ. | ٣ 3 |
being manifested to be Christ's epistle ministered by us, written, not with ink, but [the] Spirit of [the] living God; not on stone tables, but on fleshy tables of [the] heart.
| وَلَكِنْ لَنَا ثِقَةٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ لَدَى ٱللهِ. | ٤ 4 |
And such confidence have we through the Christ towards God:
| لَيْسَ أَنَّنَا كُفَاةٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِنَا أَنْ نَفْتَكِرَ شَيْئًا كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ أَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ كِفَايَتُنَا مِنَ ٱللهِ، | ٥ 5 |
not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] of God;
| ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَنَا كُفَاةً لِأَنْ نَكُونَ خُدَّامَ عَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ. لَا ٱلْحَرْفِ بَلِ ٱلرُّوحِ. لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَرْفَ يَقْتُلُ وَلَكِنَّ ٱلرُّوحَ يُحْيِي. | ٦ 6 |
who has also made us competent, [as] ministers of [the] new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.
| ثُمَّ إِنْ كَانَتْ خِدْمَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ، ٱلْمَنْقُوشَةُ بِأَحْرُفٍ فِي حِجَارَةٍ، قَدْ حَصَلَتْ فِي مَجْدٍ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَقْدِرْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى وَجْهِ مُوسَى لِسَبَبِ مَجْدِ وَجْهِهِ ٱلزَّائِلِ، | ٧ 7 |
(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, [a glory] which is annulled;
| فَكَيْفَ لَا تَكُونُ بِٱلْأَوْلَى خِدْمَةُ ٱلرُّوحِ فِي مَجْدٍ؟ | ٨ 8 |
how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
| لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَتْ خِدْمَةُ ٱلدَّيْنُونَةِ مَجْدًا، فَبِٱلْأَوْلَى كَثِيرًا تَزِيدُ خِدْمَةُ ٱلْبِرِّ فِي مَجْدٍ! | ٩ 9 |
For if the ministry of condemnation [be] glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.
| فَإِنَّ ٱلْمُمَجَّدَ أَيْضًا لَمْ يُمَجَّدْ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلْقَبِيلِ لِسَبَبِ ٱلْمَجْدِ ٱلْفَائِقِ. | ١٠ 10 |
For also that [which was] glorified is not glorified in this respect, on account of the surpassing glory.
| لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ ٱلزَّائِلُ فِي مَجْدٍ، فَبِٱلْأَوْلَى كَثِيرًا يَكُونُ ٱلدَّائِمُ فِي مَجْدٍ! | ١١ 11 |
For if that annulled [was introduced] with glory, much rather that which abides [subsists] in glory.
| فَإِذْ لَنَا رَجَاءٌ مِثْلُ هَذَا نَسْتَعْمِلُ مُجَاهَرَةً كَثِيرَةً. | ١٢ 12 |
Having therefore such hope, we use much boldness:
| وَلَيْسَ كَمَا كَانَ مُوسَى يَضَعُ بُرْقُعًا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ لِكَيْ لَا يَنْظُرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى نِهَايَةِ ٱلزَّائِلِ. | ١٣ 13 |
and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.
| بَلْ أُغْلِظَتْ أَذْهَانُهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُ حَتَّى ٱلْيَوْمِ ذَلِكَ ٱلْبُرْقُعُ نَفْسُهُ عِنْدَ قِرَاءَةِ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ بَاقٍ غَيْرُ مُنْكَشِفٍ، ٱلَّذِي يُبْطَلُ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.
| لَكِنْ حَتَّى ٱلْيَوْمِ، حِينَ يُقْرَأُ مُوسَى، ٱلْبُرْقُعُ مَوْضُوعٌ عَلَى قَلْبِهِمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
But unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart.
| وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ يُرْفَعُ ٱلْبُرْقُعُ. | ١٦ 16 |
But when it shall turn to [the] Lord, the veil is taken away.)
| وَأَمَّا ٱلرَّبُّ فَهُوَ ٱلرُّوحُ، وَحَيْثُ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ هُنَاكَ حُرِّيَّةٌ. | ١٧ 17 |
Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of [the] Lord [is, there is] liberty.
| وَنَحْنُ جَمِيعًا نَاظِرِينَ مَجْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ بِوَجْهٍ مَكْشُوفٍ، كَمَا في مِرْآةٍ، نَتَغَيَّرُ إِلَى تِلْكَ ٱلصُّورَةِ عَيْنِهَا، مِنْ مَجْدٍ إِلَى مَجْدٍ، كَمَا مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلرُّوحِ. | ١٨ 18 |
But we all, looking on the glory of the Lord, with unveiled face, are transformed according to the same image from glory to glory, even as by [the] Lord [the] Spirit.
