2 Corinthians 2

وَلَكِنِّي قَرَّرْتُ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ مَجِيئِي إِلَيْكُمْ سَبَباً لإِحْزَانِكُمْ.

For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved?

فَإِنْ أَحْزَنْتُكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا يُفَرِّحُنِي إِلّا الَّذِي أَحْزَنْتُهُ؟

I wrote as I did, so that when I came I would not be distressed by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy.

لِهَذَا أَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ مَا أَكْتُبُهُ هُنَا، حَتَّى عِنْدَمَا أَجِيءُ لَا يَأْتِينِي الْحُزْنُ مِنَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَنِي مِنْهُ الْفَرَحُ. وَلِي ثِقَةٌ بِجَمِيعِكُمْ أَنَّ فَرَحِي هُوَ فَرَحُكُمْ جَمِيعاً.

For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

Forgiveness for the Offender

فَإِنَّ مَا كَتَبْتُهُ إِلَيْكُمْ سَابِقاً كَانَ نَابِعاً مِنْ ضِيقٍ شَدِيدٍ وَاكْتِئَابٍ فِي الْقَلْبِ، وَمَصْحُوباً بِدُمُوعٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَمَا كَانَ قَصْدِي أَنْ أُحْزِنَكُمْ، بَلْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الْمَحَبَّةَ الْفَيَّاضَةَ الَّتِي عِنْدِي مِنْ نَحْوِكُمْ.

مسامحة المذنب

If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely.

وَإذَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ قَدْ سَبَّبَ الْحُزْنَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُسَبِّبِ الْحُزْنَ لِي شَخْصِيًّا، بَلْ لِجَمِيعِكُمْ إِلَى حَدٍّ مَا، هَذَا لِكَيْ لَا أُبَالِغَ!

The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient.

وَالآنَ، يَكْفِي ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ الْمُذْنِبَ الْقِصَاصُ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَهُ بِهِ أَكْثَرُكُمْ.

Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

وَعَلَى نَقِيضِ ذَلِكَ، فَأَحْرَى بِكُمُ الآنَ أَنْ تُسَامِحُوهُ وَتُشَجِّعُوهُ، وَإلَّا فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ يُبْتَلَعُ فِي غَمْرَةِ الْحُزْنِ الشَّدِيدِ.

I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.

لِذَلِكَ أُنَاشِدُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَكِّدُوا لَهُ مَحَبَّتَكُمْ.

Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

وَقَدْ كَانَ مَا كَتَبْتُهُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِهَدَفِ اخْتِبَارِكُمْ أَيْضاً، لأَعْرِفَ مَدَى طَاعَتِكُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,

فَمَنْ تُسَامِحُونَهُ بِشَيْءٍ، أُسَامِحُهُ أَنَا أَيْضاً. وَإذَا كُنْتُ أَنَا أَيْضاً قَدْ سَامَحْتُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ بِشَيْءٍ، فَقَدْ سَامَحْتُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَسِيحِ،

in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Ministers of the New Covenant

مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَغِلَّنَا الشَّيْطَانُ لأَنَنَا لَا نَجْهَلُ نِيَّاتِهِ.

خدام العهد الجديد

Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,

وَلَمَّا وَصَلْتُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ تَرُوَاسَ لأَجْلِ إِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ، وَفَتَحَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ بَاباً لِلْخِدْمَةِ

I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

لَمْ تَسْتَرِحْ رُوحِي لأَنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ تِيطُسَ أَخِي. فَوَدَّعْتُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هُنَاكَ وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَى مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.

وَلكِنْ، شُكْراً لِلهِ الَّذِي يَقُودُنَا دَائِماً فِي مَوْكِبِ النَّصْرِ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، وَيَنْشُرُ بِنَا رَائِحَةَ مَعْرِفَتِهِ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ.

For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

فَإِنَّنَا رَائِحَةُ الْمَسِيحِ الطَّيِّبَةُ الْمُرْتَفِعَةُ إِلَى اللهِ، الْمُنْتَشِرَةُ عَلَى السَّوَاءِ عِنْدَ الَّذِينَ يَخْلُصُونَ وَعِنْدَ الَّذِينَ يَهْلِكُونَ:

To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?

هَؤُلاءِ يَشُمُّونَ فِيهَا رَائِحَةً مِنَ الْمَوْتِ وَإِلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَأُولئِكَ رَائِحَةً مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ وَإِلَى الْحَيَاةِ. وَمَنْ هُوَ صَاحِبُ الْكَفَاءَةِ لِتَأْدِيَةِ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟

Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.

فَإِنَّنَا لَا نُتَاجِرُ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ الْكَثِيرُونَ، وَإِنَّمَا بِإِخْلاصٍ وَمِنْ قِبَلِ اللهِ، وَأَمَامَ اللهِ، نَتَكَلَّمُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ.