2 Corinthians 8

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 And so we are making known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given in the churches of Macedonia.	1 ثم نعرفكم ايها الاخوة نعمة الله المعطاة في كنائس مكدونية.
2 For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness of their simplicity.	2 انه في اختبار ضيقة شديدة فاض وفور فرحهم وفقرهم العميق لغنى سخائهم.
3 And I bear witness to them, that they were willing to accept what was in accord with their ability, and even what was beyond their ability.	3 لانهم اعطوا حسب الطاقة انا اشهد وفوق الطاقة من تلقاء انفسهم
4 For they were begging us, with great exhortation, for the grace and the communication of the ministry that is with the saints.	4 ملتمسين منا بطلبة كثيرة ان نقبل النعمة وشركة الخدمة التي للقديسين.
5 And this is beyond what we had hoped, since they gave themselves, first of all to the Lord, and then also to us, through the will of God,	5 وليس كما رجونا بل اعطوا انفسهم اولا للرب ولنا بمشيئة الله.
6 so much so that we petitioned Titus, that in the same manner as he had begun, he would also complete in you this same grace.	6 حتى اننا طلبنا من تيطس انه كما سبق فابتدأ كذلك يتمم لكم هذه النعمة ايضا.
7 But, just as in all things you abound in faith and in word and in knowledge and in all solicitude, and even more so in your charity toward us, so also may you abound in this grace.	7 لكن كما تزدادون في كل شيء في الايمان والكلام والعلم وكل اجتهاد ومحبتكم لنا ليتكم تزدادون في هذه النعمة ايضا.
8 I am speaking, not commanding. But through the solicitude of others, I approve of the good character of your charity.	8 لست اقول على سبيل الامر بل باجتهاد آخرين مختبرا اخلاص محبتكم ايضا.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that through his poverty, you might become rich.	9 فانكم تعرفون نعمة ربنا يسوع المسيح انه من اجلكم افتقر وهو غني لكي تستغنوا انتم بفقره.
10 And about this, I give my counsel. For this is useful to those of you who, only a year earlier, had just begun to act, or even to be willing to act.	10 اعطي رأيا في هذا ايضا. لان هذا ينفعكم انتم الذين سبقتم فابتدأتم منذ العام الماضي ليس ان تفعلوا فقط بل ان تريدوا ايضا.
11 So, truly now, accomplish this in deed, so that, in the same manner as your willing mind is prompted, you may also act, out of that which you have.	11 ولكن الآن تمموا العمل ايضا حتى انه كما ان النشاط للارادة كذلك يكون التتميم ايضا حسب مالكم.
12 For when the will is prompted, it receives according to what that person has, not according to what that person does not have.	12 لانه ان كان النشاط موجودا فهو مقبول على حسب ما للانسان لا على حسب ما ليس له.
13 And it is not that others should be relieved, while you are troubled, but that there should be an equality.	13 فانه ليس لكي يكون للآخرين راحة ولكم ضيق
14 In this present time, let your abundance supply their need, so that their abundance may also supply your need, in order that there may be an equality, just as it was written:	14 بل بحسب المساواة. لكي تكون في هذا الوقت فضالتكم لاعوازهم كي تصير فضالتهم لاعوازكم حتى تحصل المساواة.
15 “He with more did not have too much; and he with less did not have too little.”	15 كما هو مكتوب الذي جمع كثيرا لم يفضل والذي جمع قليلا لم ينقص
16 But thanks be to God, who has granted to the heart of Titus, this same solicitude for you.	16 ولكن شكرا للّه الذي جعل هذا الاجتهاد عينه لاجلكم في قلب تيطس.
17 For certainly, he accepted the exhortation. But since he was more solicitous, he went to you of his own free will.	17 لانه قبل الطلبة واذ كان اكثر اجتهادا مضى اليكم من تلقاء نفسه.
18 And we have even sent with him a brother whose praise accompanies the Gospel throughout all the churches.	18 وارسلنا معه الاخ الذي مدحه في الانجيل في جميع الكنائس.
19 And not only that, but he was also chosen by the churches to be a companion for our sojourn in this grace, which is ministered by us with our determined will, to the glory of the Lord.	19 وليس ذلك فقط بل هو منتخب ايضا من الكنائس رفيقا لنا في السفر مع هذه النعمة المخدومة منا لمجد ذات الرب الواحد ولنشاطكم.
20 So let us avoid this, lest anyone disparage us over the abundance that is ministered by us.	20 متجنبين هذا ان يلومنا احد في جسامة هذه المخدومة منا.
21 For we provide for what is good, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of men.	21 معتنين بامور حسنة ليس قدام الرب فقط بل قدام الناس ايضا.
22 And we have also sent with them our brother, whom we have proven to be frequently solicitous in many matters. But now there is a greater solicitousness, which is greatly entrusted to you;	22 وارسلنا معهما اخانا الذي اختبرنا مرارا في امور كثيرة انه مجتهد ولكنه الآن اشد اجتهادا كثيرا بالثقة الكثيرة بكم.
23 and whether it concerns Titus, who is a companion to me and a helper to you, or whether it concerns our brothers, the Apostles of the churches, it is to the glory of Christ.	23 اما من جهة تيطس فهو شريك لي وعامل معي لاجلكم. واما اخوانا فهما رسولا الكنائس ومجد المسيح.
24 Therefore, in the sight of the churches, show them the proof of your charity and of our glorying about you.	24 فبينوا لهم وقدام الكنائس بينة محبتكم وافتخارنا من جهتكم