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

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification 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.

receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;

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

not to condemn you do I say, for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

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

great my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,

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

for also we, having come to Macedonia, no relaxation hath our flesh had, but on every side we are in tribulation, without fightings, within -- fears;

6 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ الَّذِي يُعَزِّي المُتَضايِقِينَ عَزّانا بِوُصُولِ تِيطُسَ.

but He who is comforting the cast-down -- God -- He did comfort us in the presence 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 only in his presence, but also in the comfort with which he was comforted over you, declaring to us your longing desire, your lamentation, your zeal for me, so that the more I did rejoice,

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.

because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent -- if even I did repent -- for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.

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 do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

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 the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work 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, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve 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.

If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --

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

because of this we have been comforted in your comfort, and more abundantly the more did we rejoice in the joy of Titus, that his spirit hath been refreshed from you all;

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

because if anything to him in your behalf I have boasted, I was not put to shame; but as all things in truth we did speak to you, so also our boasting before Titus became truth,

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

and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;

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

I rejoice, therefore, that in everything I have courage in you.