2 كورنثوس 11

١ 1 لَيْتَكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ مِنِّي بَعْضَ الْغَبَاوَةِ، بَلْ إِنَّكُمْ فِي الْوَاقِعِ تَحْتَمِلُونَنِي.

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.

٢ 2 فَإِنِّي أَغَارُ عَلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَةً مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ لأَنِّي خَطَبْتُكُمْ لِرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ، لأُقَدِّمَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ عَذْرَاءَ عَفِيفَةً.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

٣ 3 غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ تُضَلَّلَ عُقُولُكُمْ عَنِ الإِخْلاصِ وَالطَّهَارَةِ تُجَاهَ الْمَسِيحِ مِثْلَمَا أَغْوَتِ الْحَيَّةُ بِمَكْرِهَا حَوَّاءَ.

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

٤ 4 فَإِذَا كَانَ مَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ يُبَشِّرُ بِيَسُوعَ آخَرَ لَمْ نُبَشِّرْ بِهِ نَحْنُ أَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَنَالُونَ رُوحاً آخَرَ لَمْ تَنَالُوهُ، أَوْ تَقْبَلُونَ إِنْجِيلاً لَمْ تَقْبَلُوهُ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ ذَلِكَ بِكُلِّ سُرُورٍ.

For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.

٥ 5 فَإِنِّي أَعْتَبِرُ نَفْسِي غَيْرَ مُتَخَلِّفٍ فِي شَيْءٍ عَنْ أُولئِكَ الرُّسُلِ الْمُتَفَوِّقِينَ.

For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.

٦ 6 فَمَعَ أَنِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ كَلامَ الْعَامَّةِ غَيْرَ الْفَصِيحِ، فَلا تَنْقُصُنِي الْمَعْرِفَةُ. وَإِنَّمَا أَظْهَرْنَا لَكُمْ ذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَمَامَ الْجَمِيعِ.

But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.

٧ 7 أَيَكُونُ ذَنْبِي إِذَنْ، أَنِّي بَشَّرْتُكُمْ بِالإِنْجِيلِ دُونَ أُجْرَةٍ مِنْكُمْ، فَأَنْقَصْتُ قَدْرِي لِيَزْدَادَ قَدْرُكُمْ؟

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?

٨ 8 ظَلَمْتُ كَنَائِسَ أُخْرَى بِتَحْمِيلِهَا نَفَقَةَ خِدْمَتِكُمْ.

I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.

٩ 9 وَحِينَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَكُمْ وَاحْتَجْتُ، لَمْ أُثَقِّلْ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ. إِذْ سَدَّ حَاجَتِي الإِخْوَةُ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ. وَقَدْ حَفِظْتُ نَفْسِي، وَسَأَحْفَظُهَا أَيْضاً، مِنْ أَنْ أَكُونَ ثَقِيلاً عَلَيْكُمْ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ.

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

١٠ 10 وَمَادَامَ حَقُّ الْمَسِيحِ فِيَّ، لَنْ يُوقِفَ أَحَدٌ افْتِخَارِي هَذَا فِي بِلادِ أَخَائِيَةَ كُلِّهَا!

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

١١ 11 لِمَاذَا؟ أَلأَنِّي لَا أُحِبُّكُمْ؟ اللهُ يَعْلَمُ!

Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنْ، سَأَفْعَلُ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ الآنَ لأُسْقِطَ حُجَّةَ الَّذِينَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ حُجَّةً تُبَيِّنُ أَنَّهُمْ مِثْلُنَا فِي مَا يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِهِ.

But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity, that in which they boast, they may be recognized just like us.

١٣ 13 فَإِنَّ أَمْثَالَ هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ رُسُلٌ دَجَّالُونَ، عُمَّالٌ مَاكِرُونَ، يُظْهِرُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَظْهَرِ رُسُلِ الْمَسِيحِ.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

١٤ 14 وَلا عَجَبَ! فَالشَّيْطَانُ نَفْسُهُ يُظْهِرُ نَفْسَهُ بِمَظْهَرِ مَلاكِ نُورٍ.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

١٥ 15 فَلَيْسَ كَثِيراً إِذَنْ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ خُدَّامُهُ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِمَظْهَرِ خُدَّامِ الْبِرِّ. وَإِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهُمْ سَتَكُونُ عَلَى حَسَبِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

١٦ 16 أَقُولُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: لَا يَظُنَّ أَحَدٌ أَنِّي غَبِيٌّ وَإلَّا، فَاقْبَلُونِي وَلَوْ كَغَبِيٍّ، كَيْ أَفْتَخِرَ أَنَا أَيْضاً قَلِيلاً!

I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

١٧ 17 وَمَا أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ هُنَا، لَا أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ وَفْقاً لِلرَّبِّ، بَلْ كَأَنِّي فِي الْغَبَاوَةِ، وَلِي هذِهِ الثِّقَةُ الَّتِي تَدْفَعُنِي إِلَى الافْتِخَارِ:

That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

١٨ 18 بِمَا أَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِمَا يُوَافِقُ الْجَسَدَ، فَأَنَا أَيْضاً سَأَفْتَخِرُ.

Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.

١٩ 19 فَلأَنَّكُمْ عُقَلاءُ، تَحْتَمِلُونَ الأَغْبِيَاءَ بِسُرُورٍ!

For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.

٢٠ 20 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَحْتَمِلُونَ كُلَّ مَنْ يَسْتَعْبِدُكُمْ، وَيَفْتَرِسُكُمْ، وَيَسْتَغِلُّكُمْ، وَيَتَكَبَّرُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَيَلْطِمُكُمْ عَلَى وُجُوهِكُمْ.

For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.

٢١ 21 يَالَلْمَهَانَةِ! كَمْ كُنَّا ضُعَفَاءَ فِي مُعَامَلَتِنَا لَكُمْ! وَلَكِنْ، مَادُمْتُ أَتَكَلَّمُ فِي غَبَاوَةٍ، فَكُلُّ مَا يَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَيْهِ هَؤُلاءِ، أَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَيْهِ أَنَا أَيْضاً.

To my shame, I speak as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

٢٢ 22 فَإِنْ كَانُوا عِبْرَانِيِّينَ، فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ؛ أَوْ إِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ؛ أَوْ مِنْ نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ؛ فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ!

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.

٢٣ 23 وَإِنْ كَانُوا خُدَّامَ الْمَسِيحِ، أَتَكَلَّمُ كَأَنِّي فَقَدْتُ صَوَابِي، فَأَنَا مُتَفَوِّقٌ عَلَيْهِمْ: فِي الأَتْعَابِ أَوْفَرُ مِنْهُمْ جِدّاً، فِي الْجَلْدَاتِ فَوْقَ الْحَدِّ، فِي السُّجُونِ أَوْفَرُ جِدّاً، فِي التَّعَرُّضِ لِلْمَوْتِ أَكْثَرُ مِرَاراً.

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.

٢٤ 24 مِنَ الْيَهُودِ تَلَقَّيْتُ الْجَلْدَ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ، كُلَّ مَرَّةٍ أَرْبَعِينَ جَلْدَةً إِلّا وَاحِدَةً.

Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews.

٢٥ 25 ضُرِبْتُ بِالْعِصِيِّ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. رُجِمْتُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ مَرَّةً. تَحَطَّمَتْ بِيَ السَّفِينَةُ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. قَضَّيْتُ فِي عَرْضِ الْبَحْرِ يَوْماً بِنَهَارِهِ وَلَيْلِهِ.

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.

٢٦ 26 سَافَرْتُ أَسْفَاراً عَدِيدَةً؛ وَوَاجَهَتْنِي أَخْطَارُ السُّيُولِ الْجَارِفَةِ، وَأَخْطَارُ قُطَّاعِ الطُّرُقِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ مِنْ بَنِي جِنْسِي، وَأَخْطَارٌ مِنَ الْوَثَنَيِّينَ، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْمُدُنِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْبَرَارِي، وَأَخْطَارٌ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَأَخْطَارٌ بَيْنَ إِخْوَةٍ دَجَّالِينَ.

I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;

٢٧ 27 وَكَمْ عَانَيْتُ مِنَ التَّعَبِ وَالْكَدِّ وَالسَّهَرِ الطَّوِيلِ، وَالْجُوعِ وَالْعَطَشِ وَالصَّوْمِ الْكَثِيرِ، وَالْبَرْدِ وَالْعُرْيِ.

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

٢٨ 28 وَفَضْلاً عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَخَاطِرِ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ، يَزْدَادُ عَلَيَّ الضَّغْطُ يَوْماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، إِذْ أَحْمِلُ هَمَّ جَمِيعِ الْكَنَائِسِ.

Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.

٢٩ 29 أَهُنَالِكَ مَنْ يَضْعُفُ وَلا أَضْعُفُ أَنَا، وَمَنْ يَتَعَثَّرُ وَلا أَحْتَرِقُ أَنَا؟

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?

٣٠ 30 إِنْ كَانَ لابُدَّ مِنَ الافْتِخَارِ، فَإِنِّي سَأَفْتَخِرُ بِأُمُورِ ضَعْفِي.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.

٣١ 31 وَيَعْلَمُ اللهُ، أَبُو رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ، الْمُبَارَكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، أَنِّي لَسْتُ أَكْذِبُ: (aiōn g165)

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie. (aiōn g165)

٣٢ 32 فَإِنَّ الْحَاكِمَ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَارِثُ عَلَى وِلايَةِ دِمَشْقَ، شَدَّدَ الْحِرَاسَةَ عَلَى مَدِينَةِ دِمَشْقَ، رَغْبَةً فِي الْقَبْضِ عَلَيَّ،

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.

٣٣ 33 وَلَكِنِّي تَدَلَّيْتُ فِي سَلَّةٍ مِنْ نَافِذَةٍ فِي السُّورِ، فَنَجَوْتُ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.