1 م ِنْ بُولُسَ، رَسُولِ المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ حَسَبَ مَشِيئَةِ اللهِ، وَمِنْ أخِينا تِيمُوثاوُسَ، إلَى كَنِيسَةِ اللهِ فِي كُورِنثُوسَ، مَعَ كُلِّ شَعبِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ فِي مُقاطَعَةِ أخائِيَّةَ كُلِّها.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints who are throughout Achaia:

2 ل ِتَكُنْ لَكُمْ نِعمَةٌ وَسَلامٌ مِنَ اللهِ أبِينا وَمِنَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. بُولُسُ يَشْكُرُ الله

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 ت بارَكَ إلَهُ رَبِّنا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ وَأبَوهُ، أبُو المَراحِمِ، وَالإلَهُ الَّذِي هُوَ مَصدَرُ كُلِّ تَعزِيَةٍ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

4 ف َهُوَ يُعَزِّينا فِي كُلِّ ضِيقَةٍ نُواجِهُها، لِكَي نَتَمَكَّنَ نَحنُ مِنْ تَعزِيَةِ المُتَضايِقِينَ بِضِيقاتٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، بِالتَّعزِيَةِ نَفسِها الَّتِي يُعَزِّينا بِها اللهُ.

who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

5 ف َكَما نَشتَرِكُ فِي آلامِ المَسِيحِ الكَثِيرَةِ، كَذَلِكَ تَشتَرِكُونَ، في المَسِيحِ، بِتَعزِياتِنا الكَثِيرَةِ لَكُمْ.

For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

6 ف َإنْ كُنّا نُواجِهُ ضِيقاتٍ، فَذَلِكَ مِنْ أجلِ تَعزِيَتِكُمْ وَخَلاصِكُمْ. وَإنْ كُنّا نَتَعَزَّى، فَمِنْ أجلِ تَعزِيَتِكُمْ. فَتَعزِيَتُنا لَكُمْ تَقَوِّيكُمْ فِي الصَّبرِ عَلَى نَفسِ الآلامِ الَّتِي نَحتَمِلُها نَحنُ أيضاً.

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;

7 إ نَّ رَجاءَنا مِنْ أجلِكُمْ رَجاءٌ راسِخٌ، لِأنَّنا نَعلَمُ أنَّهُ كَما تَشتَرِكُونَ فِي آلامِنا، فَإنَّكُمْ تَشتَرِكُونَ أيضاً فِي تَعزِيَتِنا.

and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

8 أ يُّها الإخوَةُ، نُرِيدُ أنْ تَعرِفُوا بِالضِّيقَةِ الَّتِي مَرَرنا بِها فِي مُقاطَعَةِ أسِيّا، فَقَدْ كانَتْ ثَقِيلَةً جِدّاً عَلَينا وَفَوقَ طاقَتِنا، حَتَّى فَقَدنا كُلَّ أمَلٍ فِي البَقاءِ أحياءَ.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;

9 و َقَدْ شَعَرنا فِي قُلُوبِنا بِأنَّهُ مَحكُومٌ عَلَينا بِالمَوْتِ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَي نَتَعَلَّمَ ألّا نَتَّكِلَ عَلَى أنفُسِنا، بَلْ عَلَى اللهِ الَّذِي يُقِيمُ الأمواتَ إلَى الحَياةِ.

indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

10 ل َقَدْ أنقَذَنا اللهُ مِنْ خَطَرِ مَوتٍ شَدِيدٍ، وَسَيُواصِلُ إنقاذَنا. فَقَدْ وَضَعْنا رَجاءَنا فِيهِ بِأنَّهُ سَيُنقِذُنا دائِماً.

who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

11 ن َرجُو أنْ تَدعَمُونا بِصَلَواتِكُمْ مِنْ أجلِنا. حِينَئِذٍ سَيَكُونُ لِكَثِيرِينَ ما يَشكُرُونَ اللهَ عَلَيهِ مِنْ أجلِنا، بِسَبَبِ ما يُنعِمُ بِهِ اللهُ عَلَينا بِفَضلِ صَلَواتِ الكَثِيرِيْنَ.

you also joining in helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed on us through the prayers of many. Paul’s Integrity

12 ف َإنْ كانَ لَنا أنْ نَفخَرَ، فَإنَّنا نَفخَرُ بِأنَّ ضَمِيرَنا يَشهَدُ بِأنَّنا تَصَرَّفنا تُجاهَ كُلِّ النّاسِ، وَخاصَّةً أنتُمْ، بِبَساطَةٍ وَإخلاصٍ نِلناها مِنَ اللهِ. وَلَمْ نَتَصَرَّفْ بِحِكمَةٍ دُنيَوِيَّةٍ، بَلْ بِنِعمَةِ اللهِ.

For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

13 و َنَحنُ لا نَكتُبُ إلَيكُمْ إلّا ما تَستَطِيعُونَ أنْ تَقرَؤُوهُ وَأنْ تَفهَمُوهُ حَقّاً. وَأنا واثِقٌ أنَّكُمْ سَتَفهَمُونَنا حَقَّ الفَهمِ.

For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end;

14 ف َبِالقَلِيلِ الَّذِي تَعرِفُونَهُ عَنّا تُدرِكُونَ أنَّهُ يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَفخَرُوا بِنا، وَسَنَفتَخِرُ نَحنُ أيضاً بِكُمْ فِي يَومِ رَبِّنا يَسُوعَ.

just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

15 و َلِأنِّي واثِقٌ مِنْ هَذا، قَرَّرْتُ أنْ أزُورَكُمْ أوَّلاً، لِكَي تَكُونَ لَكُمْ فائِدَةٌ مُزدَوَجَةٌ.

In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing;

16 و َكُنتُ أُخَطِّطُ لِزِيارتِكُمْ فِي طَرِيقِي إلَى مَكدُونِيَّةَ، وَمَرَّةً أُخْرَى بَعدَ عَودَتِي مِنْ مَكدُونِيَّةَ لِكَي أُسافِرَ إلَى إقلِيمِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ بِمُساعَدَتِكُمْ.

that is, to pass your way into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be helped on my journey to Judea.

17 أ تَظُنُّونَ أنِّي كُنتُ سَطحِيّاً فِي تَخطِيطِي هَذا؟ أمْ تَظُنُّونَ أنَّنِي أُخَطِّطُ كَما يُخَطِّطُ العالَمُ، فَاختَلَطَتْ عِندِي «النَّعَمُ» بِ«اللّا»؟

Therefore, I was not vacillating when I intended to do this, was I? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, so that with me there will be yes, yes and no, no at the same time ?

18 ي َشهَدُ اللهُ الأمِينُ بِأنَّنا لا نَقُولُ لَكُمْ «نَعَمٌ» وَ«لا» فِي وَقتٍ واحِدٍ.

But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.

19 ف ابْنُ اللهِ يَسُوعُ المَسِيحُ، الَّذِي بَشَّرناكُمْ بِهِ أنا وَسِلوانِسُ وَتِيمُوثاوُسُ، لَمْ يَكُنْ «نَعَمْ» وَ«لا» مَعاً، بَلْ فِيهِ «نَعَمْ» حاسِمَةٌ.

For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—was not yes and no, but is yes in Him.

20 ف َمَهما كانَتْ كَثْرَةُ الوُعُودِ الَّتِي قَطَعَها اللهُ، فَهُوَ دائِماً «نَعَمْ» لَها كُلِّها. وَلِهَذا فَإنَّنا نَقُولُ: «آمِينْ» لِمَجدِ اللهِ.

For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.

21 إ نَّ الَّذِي يَضمَنُ انتِماءَنا وَإيّاكُمْ إلَى المَسِيحِ هُوَ اللهُ الَّذِي مَسَحَنا أيضاً.

Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

22 ف َهُوَ الَّذِي خَتَمَنا بِخَتمِ مُلكِيَّتِهِ، وَأعطانا الرُّوحَ القُدُسَ فِي قُلُوبِنا عُربُوناً لِما سَيأتِي.

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

23 ي َشهَدُ اللهُ عَلَى أنَّ عَدَمَ مَجِيئِي إلَى كُورِنْثُوسَ كانَ لِتَجنِيبِكُمْ قَسوَتِي عَلَيكُمْ.

But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

24 و َلا يَعنِي هَذا أنَّنا نُحاوِلُ التَّحَكُّمَ بِإيمانِكُمْ، فَأنتُمْ ثابِتُونَ فِي الإيمانِ، لَكِنَّنا نَعمَلُ مَعَكُمْ مِنْ أجلِ فَرَحِكُمْ.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm.