1 أ يُّها الأحِبّاءُ، هَذِهِ الوُعُودُ لَنا. فَلنُطَهِّرْ نُفُوسَنا مِنْ كُلِّ ما يُلَوِّثُ الجَسَدَ وَالرُّوحَ، مُتَمِّمِينَ قَداسَتَنا إكراماً للهِ. فَرَحُ بُولُس

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 أ فسِحُوا مَكاناً لَنا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ، فَنَحنُ لَمْ نُسِئْ إلَى أحَدٍ مِنكُمْ. لَمْ نُفسِدْ أحَداً مِنكُمْ وَلَمْ نَستَغِلَّ أحَداً مِنكُمْ.

Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.

3 و َأنا لا أقُولُ هَذا إدانَةً لَكُمْ. فَقَدْ سَبَقَ أنْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ إنَّكُمْ فِي قُلُوبِنا، وَنَحنُ مُستَعِدُّونَ أنْ نَمُوتَ وَأنْ نَعِيشَ مَعَكُمْ.

I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

4 و َلِي ثِقَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ بِكُمْ. بَلْ أنا فَخُورٌ بِكُمْ. شَجَّعتُمُونِي كَثِيراً. لِهَذا أفرَحُ فَرَحاً كَبِيراً حَتَّى فِي أوقاتِ الضِّيقِ هَذِهِ.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

5 ف َحَتَّى لَمّا وَصَلنا إلَى مَكدُونِيَّةَ، لَمْ نَعرِفْ طَعمَ الرّاحَةِ. بَلْ تَضايَقنا مِنْ كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ، بِسَبَبِ صِراعاتٍ مِنَ الخارِجِ وَمَخاوِفَ مِنَ الَّدّاخِلِ.

For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

6 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ الَّذِي يُعَزِّي المُتَضايِقِينَ عَزّانا بِوُصُولِ تِيطُسَ.

Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

7 و َلَمْ يُعَزِّنا بِوُصُولِهِ فَحَسبُ، بَلْ أيضاً بِالتَّعزِيَةِ الَّتِي كُنتُمْ قَدْ عَزَّيتُمُوهُ بِها. وَقَدْ أخبَرَنا عَنْ شَوقِكُمْ إلَى رُؤيَتِنا، وَنَدَمِكُمْ عَلَى ما فَعَلْتُمْ، وَاهتِمامِكُمُ العَمِيقِ بِي، فَزادَنِي هَذا فَرَحاً.

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.

8 ف َرُغمَ أنِّي أحزَنتُكُمْ بِرِسالَتِي السّابِقَةِ، إلّا أنِّي غَيرُ حَزينٍ الآنَ عَلَى كِتابَتِها. مَعَ أنِّي حَزِنْتُ حِينَها، لِأنِّي أدرَكتُ أنَّ تِلكَ الرِّسالَةَ أحزَنَتكُمْ، وَلَو لِفَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ.

For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),

9 ل َكِنِّي الآنَ مَسرُورٌ، لا لِأنَّكُمْ حَزِنتُمْ، بَلْ لِأنَّ حُزنَكُمْ أدَّى بِكُمْ إلَى التَّوبَةِ. فَقَدْ حَزِنتُمْ كَما يُرِيدُ اللهُ، وَهَكَذا لَمْ نُؤذِكُمْ نَحنُ فِي شَيءٍ.

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.

10 ف َالحُزنُ بِحَسَبَ مَشيئَةِ اللهِ، يُؤَدِّي إلَى التَّوبَةِ. وَالتَّوبَةُ تَقُودُ إلَى الخَلاصِ الَّذِي لا نَدَمَ عَلَيهِ. أمّا الحُزنُ الَّذِي فِي العالَمِ، فَيُؤَدِّي إلَى المَوتِ.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

11 و َلِأنَّكُمْ حَزِنتُمْ بِحَسَبِ مَشيئةِ اللهِ، لاحِظُوا ما أنتَجَهُ فِيكُمْ: جَعَلَكُمْ جادِّينَ. جَعَلَكُمْ تُدافِعونَ عَنْ بَراءَتِكُمْ. جَعَلَكُمْ تَغضَبُونَ مِنَ الشَّخصِ المُذنِبِ. جَعَلَكُمْ تَخافُونَ. جَعَلَكُمْ تَشتاقُونَ إلَى رُؤيَتِنا. وَجَعَلَكُمْ غَيورينَ فِي مَسألَةِ مُعاقَبَةِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذي أخطأ. لَقَدْ أظهَرتُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ أنَّكُمْ بِلا لَومٍ فِي هَذِهِ المَسألَةِ.

For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

12 إ نْ كُنتُ قَدْ كَتَبتُ تِلكَ الرِّسالَةَ، فَإنِّي لَمْ أكتُبْها بِسَبَبِ الشَّخصِ الَّذي أخطأ، وَلا بِسَبَبِ الشَّخصِ الَّذِي أُسِيئَ إلَيهِ. إنَّما كَتَبتُها لِكَي أُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ، أمامَ اللهِ، مَدَى اهتِمامِكُمْ بِنا.

So although I wrote unto you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God.

13 و َهَذا هُوَ ما شَجَّعَنا. وَعَلاوَةً عَلَى هَذا التَّشجِيعِ، زادَنا تِيطُسُ فَرَحاً بِفَرَحِهِ، لِأنَّكُمْ جَمِيعاً أنعَشتُمْ رُوحَهُ.

Therefore we have been comforted: And in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all.

14 ف َلَمْ أخجَلْ بِسَبَبِ افتِخارِنا بِكُمْ أمامَهُ. بَلْ كَما صَدَقَ كُلُّ ما كَلَّمناكُمْ بِهِ، هَكَذا صَدَقَ أيضاً افتِخارُنا بِكُمْ أمامَ تِيطُسَ.

For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

15 و َكُلَّما تَذَكَّرَ تِيطُسُ لَهفَتَكُمْ جَمِيعاً لِلطّاعَةِ، وَتَرحِيبَكُمْ بِهِ باحتِرامٍ وَمَهابَةٍ، فاضَتْ عَواطِفُهُ نَحوَكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ أكبَرَ.

And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

16 و َإنَّهُ لَيَسُرُّنِي أنْ أستَطِيعَ أنْ أثِقَ بِكُمْ ثِقَةً كامِلَةً.

I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.