2 Corinthians 4

Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

فَمَادَامَتْ لَنَا إِذَنْ هَذِهِ الْخِدْمَةُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ، فَلا تَخُورُ عَزِيمَتُنَا.

Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

وَلَكِنَّنَا قَدْ رَفَضْنَا الأَسَالِيبَ الْخَفِيَّةَ الْمُخْجِلَةَ، إِذْ لَا نَسْلُكُ فِي الْمَكْرِ، وَلا نُزَوِّرُ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ، بَلْ بِإِعْلانِنَا لِلْحَقِّ نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا لَدَى ضَمِيرِ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ، أَمَامَ اللهِ.

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ إِنْجِيلُنَا مَحْجُوباً، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مَحْجُوبٌ لَدَى الْهَالِكِينَ،

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

لَدَى غَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ أَعْمَى إِلَهُ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ أَذْهَانَهُمْ حَتَّى لَا يُضِيءَ لَهُمْ نُورُ الإِنْجِيلِ الْمُخْتَصِّ بِمَجْدِ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي هُوَ صُورَةُ اللهِ.

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

فَإِنَّنَا لَا نُبَشِّرُ بِأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبّاً، وَمَا نَحْنُ إِلّا عَبِيدٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ.

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”^[a] made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

فَإِنَّ اللهَ، الَّذِي أَمَرَ أَنْ يُشْرِقَ نُورٌ مِنَ الظَّلامِ، هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ النُّورَ يُشْرِقُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، لإِشْعَاعِ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِ اللهِ الْمُتَجَلِّي فِي وَجْهِ الْمَسِيحِ.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

وَلَكِنَّ هَذَا الْكَنْزَ نَحْمِلُهُ نَحْنُ فِي أَوْعِيَةٍ مِنْ فَخَّارٍ، لِيَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّ الْقُدْرَةَ الْفَائِقَةَ آتِيَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ لَا صَادِرَةٌ مِنَّا.

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

فَالصُّعُوبَاتُ تُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، وَلكِنْ لَا نَنْهَارُ. لَا نَجِدُ حَلاً مُنَاسِباً، وَلَكِنْ لَا نَيْأَسُ.

persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

يُطَارِدُنَا الاضْطِهَادُ، وَلَكِنْ لَا يَتَخَلَّى اللهُ عَنَّا. نُطْرَحُ أَرْضاً، وَلَكِنْ لَا نَمُوتُ.

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

وَحَيْثُمَا ذَهَبْنَا، نَحْمِلُ مَوْتَ يَسُوعَ دَائِماً فِي أَجْسَادِنَا لِتَظْهَرَ فِيهَا أَيْضاً حَيَاةُ يَسُوعَ.

For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

فَمَعَ أَنَّنَا مَازِلْنَا أَحْيَاءَ، فَإِنَّنَا نُسَلَّمُ دَائِماً إِلَى الْمَوْتِ مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ، لِتَظْهَرَ فِي أَجْسَادِنَا الْفَانِيَةِ حَيَاةُ يَسُوعَ أَيْضاً.

So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

وَهكَذَا، فَإِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَعَّالٌ فِينَا؛ وَالْحَيَاةَ فَعَّالَةٌ فِيكُمْ.

It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.”^[b] Since we have that same spirit of^[c] faith, we also believe and therefore speak,

وَبِمَا أَنَّ لَنَا رُوحَ الإِيمَانِ عَيْنِهِ، هَذَا الَّذِي كُتِبَ بِخُصُوصِهِ: «آمَنْتُ، لِذلِكَ تَكَلَّمْتُ»، فَنَحْنُ أَيْضاً نُؤْمِنُ، وَلِذَلِكَ نَتَكَلَّمُ،

because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.

وَنَحْنُ عَالِمُونَ أَنَّ الَّذِي أَقَامَ الرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ سَوْفَ يُقِيمُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً مَعَ يَسُوعَ، وَيُوقِفُنَا فِي حَضْرَتِهِ بِصُحْبَتِكُمْ.

All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

فَإِنَّ جَمِيعَ الأَشْيَاءِ نُقَاسِيهَا مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، حَتَّى إِذَا فَاضَتِ النِّعْمَةُ فِي الْكَثِيرِينَ، تَجْعَلُ الشُّكْرَ يَفِيضُ لأَجْلِ مَجْدِ اللهِ.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

لِهَذَا، لَا تَخُورُ عَزِيمَتُنَا! وَلَكِنْ، مَادَامَ الإِنْسَانُ الظَّاهِرُ فِينَا يَفْنَى، فَإِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ الْبَاطِنَ فِينَا يَتَجَدَّدُ يَوْماً فَيَوْماً.

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ مَا يُضَايِقُنَا الآنَ مِنْ صُعُوبَاتٍ بَسِيطَةٍ عَابِرَةٍ، يُنْتِجُ لَنَا بِمِقْدَارٍ لَا يُحَدُّ وَزْنَةً أَبَدِيَّةً مِنَ الْمَجْدِ،

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

إِذْ نَرْفَعُ أَنْظَارَنَا عَنِ الأُمُورِ الْمَنْظُورَةِ وَنُثَبِّتُهَا عَلَى الأُمُورِ غَيْرِ الْمَنْظُورَةِ. فَإِنَّ الأُمُورَ الْمَنْظُورَةَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ إِلَى حِينٍ؛ وَأَمَّا غَيْرُ الْمَنْظُورَةِ فَهِيَ أَبَدِيَّةٌ.