1 ل ِهَذا قَرَّرتُ ألّا أزُورَكُمْ زِيارَةً أُخْرَى قَدْ تَأتي لَكُمُ بِالألَمِ.

But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

2 ف َإنْ سَبَّبتُ لَكُمُ الحُزنَ، فَمَنْ سَيُفرِحُنِي غَيرُكُمْ أنتُمُ الَّذِينَ أحزَنتُكُمْ أنا؟

For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?

3 و َلَقَدْ كَتَبتُ إلَيكُمْ ما كَتَبتُهُ، لِئَلّا يُحزِنَنِي أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَنبَغِي أنْ يُفرِحُونِي. فَأنا واثِقٌ أنَّكُمْ تُسَرُّونَ بِسُرُورِي.

This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.

4 ل َقَدْ كَتَبتُ إلَيكُمْ بِقَلبٍ مَلِيءٍ بِالِانزِعاجِ وَالعَذابِ، وَبِدُمُوعٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، لا لِكَي أُحزِنَكُمْ، بَلْ لِتَعرِفُوا عِظَمَ مَحَبَّتِي لَكُمْ. سامِحُوا الَّذِي أخطأ

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

5 ل َكِنْ إنْ أحزَنَنِي أحَدٌ، فَإنَّهُ لَمْ يُحزِنِّي وَحدِي، بَلْ لا بُدَّ أنَّهُ أحزَنَكُمْ جَمِيعاً بَعضَ الشَّيءِ، لِئَلّا أُبالِغَ.

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree— in order not to say too much—to all of you.

6 أ مّا مِنْ جِهَةِ ذَلِكَ الشَّخصِ الَّذيْ أخطأ، فَيَكفِيهِ العِقابُ الَّذِي أوقَعَتْهُ عَلَيهِ غالِبِيَّتُكُمْ.

Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority,

7 ف َيَنبَغي الآنَ أنْ تُسامِحُوهُ وَتُشَجِّعُوهُ، لِئَلّا يَتَمَلَّكَهُ الحُزنُ الشَّدِيدُ.

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

8 ل ِهَذا فَإنِّي أرجُوكُمْ أنْ تُؤَكِّدُوا لَهُ مَحَبَّتَكُمْ.

Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

9 و َهَذا هُوَ ما دَفَعَنِي إلَى الكِتابَةِ إلَيكُمْ: لِكَي أرَى إنْ كُنتُمْ سَتَصمُدُونَ أمامَ الِامتِحانِ، وَإنْ كُنتُمْ مُطِيعِينَ لِي فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ.

For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.

10 ف َإنْ سامَحتُمْ أحَداً بِشَيءٍ، فَإنِّي أُسامِحُهُ أنا أيضاً. وَإنْ كُنتُ قَدْ سامَحتُ بِشَيءٍ مَهما كانَ، فَقَدْ سامَحتُ بِهِ مِنْ أجلِكُمْ. وَالمَسِيحُ شاهِدٌ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

11 ل ِنَفعَلْ ذَلِكَ لِئَلّا يَستَغِلَّنا إبلِيسُ، لِأنَّنا نَعرِفُ أفكارَهُ. انزِعاجُ بُولُسَ فِي تْرُواس

so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

12 ل َقَدْ جِئتُ إلَى تْرُواسَ لِأُعلِنَ بِشارَةَ المَسِيحِ. وَفَتَحَ لِي الرَّبُّ باباً هُناكَ.

Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord,

13 إ لّا أنَّنِي لَمْ أجِدْ راحَةً لِأنِّي لَمْ أجِدْ أخِي تِيطُسَ هُناكَ. فَوَدَّعتُهُمْ وَاتَّجَهتُ إلَى مَكدُونِيَّةَ. الِانتِصارُ في المَسِيح

I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.

14 ل َكِنْ شُكراً للهِ الَّذِي يَقُودُنا فِي مَوكِبِ انتِصارِهِ بِالمَسِيحِ. فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَنشُرُ شَذَى مَعرِفَتِهِ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ بِواسِطَتِنا.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.

15 ف َنَحنُ بَخُورُ المَسِيحِ العَطِرُ المُقَدَّمُ للهِ. وَيَنتَشِرُ هَذا الشَّذَى بَينَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي طَرِيقِ الخَلاصِ، وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي طَرِيقِ الهَلاكِ.

For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

16 أ مّا للَذينَ فِي طَرِيقِ الهَلاكِ فَهُوَ رائِحَةٌ نَتِنَةٌ، المَوتُ مَصدَرُها وَالمَوتُ مَصيرُها. وَأمّا لِلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي طَرِيقِ الخَلاصِ، فَهُوَ شَذَىً مَصدَرُهُ الحَياةُ وَيُؤَدِّي إلَى الحَياةِ. فَمَنْ هُوَ المُؤَهَّلُ لِمِثلِ هَذِهِ المَهَمَّةِ؟

to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

17 ف َلَسنا باعَةً مُتَجَوِّلِينَ نُتاجِرُ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ مِنْ أجلِ رِبحٍ خَسِيسٍ، كَما يَفعَلُ كَثِيرُونَ. بَلْ نَتَكَلَّمُ الصِّدقَ فِي المَسِيحِ أمامَ اللهِ كَرِجالٍ مُرسَلِينَ مِنهُ.

For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.