1 B ut I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

لِهَذا قَرَّرتُ ألّا أزُورَكُمْ زِيارَةً أُخْرَى قَدْ تَأتي لَكُمُ بِالألَمِ.

2 F or if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?

فَإنْ سَبَّبتُ لَكُمُ الحُزنَ، فَمَنْ سَيُفرِحُنِي غَيرُكُمْ أنتُمُ الَّذِينَ أحزَنتُكُمْ أنا؟

3 A nd I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

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

4 F or out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

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

5 B ut if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

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

6 T his punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

أمّا مِنْ جِهَةِ ذَلِكَ الشَّخصِ الَّذيْ أخطأ، فَيَكفِيهِ العِقابُ الَّذِي أوقَعَتْهُ عَلَيهِ غالِبِيَّتُكُمْ.

7 s o that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

فَيَنبَغي الآنَ أنْ تُسامِحُوهُ وَتُشَجِّعُوهُ، لِئَلّا يَتَمَلَّكَهُ الحُزنُ الشَّدِيدُ.

8 T herefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

لِهَذا فَإنِّي أرجُوكُمْ أنْ تُؤَكِّدُوا لَهُ مَحَبَّتَكُمْ.

9 F or to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

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

10 N ow I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

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

11 t hat no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

لِنَفعَلْ ذَلِكَ لِئَلّا يَستَغِلَّنا إبلِيسُ، لِأنَّنا نَعرِفُ أفكارَهُ. انزِعاجُ بُولُسَ فِي تْرُواس

12 N ow when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

لَقَدْ جِئتُ إلَى تْرُواسَ لِأُعلِنَ بِشارَةَ المَسِيحِ. وَفَتَحَ لِي الرَّبُّ باباً هُناكَ.

13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

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

14 N ow thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

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

15 F or we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

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

16 t o the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

أمّا 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؟

17 F or we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

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