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 one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.

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 this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you 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 boasting 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 had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.

6 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ الَّذِي يُعَزِّي المُتَضايِقِينَ عَزّانا بِوُصُولِ تِيطُسَ.

Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, 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 with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still 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 letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.

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 you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you 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 produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces 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 same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated 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 to 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 revealed in 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. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has 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 boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke 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.

His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

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

I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.