1 וַאֲנִי גָּמַרְתִּי בְלִבִּי לְבִלְתִּי שׁוּב־עוֹד אֲלֵיכֶם בְּעַצָּבֶת | 1 But I determined this with myself, not to come to you again in sorrow. |
2 כִּי אִם־אֲנִי אַעֲצִיבְכֶם מִי אֵפוֹא יְשַׂמְּחֵנִי בִּלְתִּי אִם־הַנֶּעְצָב עַל־יָדִי | 2 For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me? |
3 וְזֹאת כָּתַבְתִּי לָכֶם פֶּן־יִהְיֶה לִּי בְּבוֹאִי עֶצֶב מֵאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר הָיָה־לִי לִשְׂמֹחַ עֲלֵיהֶם וּבֹטֵחַ אֲנִי בְּכֻלְּכֶם כִּי שִׂמְחָתִי הִיא שִׂמְחַת כֻּלְּכֶם | 3 And I wrote this same to you; that I may not, when I come, have sorrow upon sorrow, from them of whom I ought to rejoice: having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. |
4 כִּי מֵרֹב צָרַת לִבִּי וּמְצוּקָה כָּתַבְתִּי לָכֶם וּבִדְמָעוֹת הַרְבֵּה וְלֹא לְהַעֲצִיבְכֶם רַק לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּ הָאַהֲבָה הַיְתֵרָה אֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם | 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you. |
5 וְאִם־יֵשׁ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱצִיב לֹא־אֹתִי הֶעֱצִיב אֶלָּא כֻלְּכֶם פֶּן־אַפְרִיז עַל־הַמִּדָּה הֶעֱצִיב לְמִקְצָת | 5 And if any one have caused grief, he hath not grieved me; but in part, that I may not burden you all. |
6 וְדַי לָאִישׁ כָּמֹהוּ הַתּוֹכֵחָה הַהִיא מֵאֵת הָרַבִּים | 6 To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by many: |
7 וְעַתָּה לְהֶפֶךְ תִּסְלְחוּ וּתְנַחֲמוּ כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִתְבַּלַּע הָאִישׁ בְּגֹדֶל הָעִצָּבוֹן | 7 So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. |
8 עַל־כֵּן אֲבַקְשָׁה מִכֶּם לִגְמֹל עָלָיו גְּמוּלַת אַהֲבָה | 8 Wherefore, I beseech you, that you would confirm your charity towards him. |
9 כִּי לְבַעֲבוּר זֹאת גַּם־כָּתַבְתִּי לְמַעַן אֵדַע אֶת־תֻּמַּתְכֶם אִם־בַּכֹּל תִּשְׁמָעוּן | 9 For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be obedient in all things. |
10 וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר תִּסְלְחוּ לוֹ אֶסְלַח־לוֹ גַּם־אָנִי כִּי גַם־אָנֹכִי אִם־סָלַחְתִּי דָבָר סָלַחְתִּי לוֹ לְמַעַנְכֶם בִּפְנֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ | 10 And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ. |
11 פֶּן־יוֹנֶה אֹתָנוּ הַשָּׂטָן כִּי לֹא־נֶעֶלְמוּ מֵאִתָּנוּ מְזִמּוֹתָיו | 11 That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices. |
12 וַאֲנִי בְּבֹאִי לִטְרוֹאַס עַל־דְּבַר בְּשׂוֹרַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ אַף כִּי־נִפְתַּח־לִי פֶתַח בַּאֲדֹנֵינוּ | 12 And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened unto me in the Lord, |
13 לֹא־הָיְתָה רְוָחָה לְרוּחִי עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מָצָאתִי שָׁם אֶת־טִיטוֹס אָחִי וַאֲנִי נִפְרַדְתִּי מֵהֶם וְיָצָאתִי לָלֶכֶת אֶל־מַקְדּוֹנְיָא | 13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia. |
14 אֲבָל תּוֹדוֹת לֵאלֹהִים הַנֹּתֵן לָנוּ בְכָל־עֵת נִצָּחוֹן בַּמָּשִׁיחַ וּמֵפִיץ עַל־יָדֵינוּ אֶת־רֵיחַ דַּעְתּוֹ בְּכָל־מָקוֹם | 14 Now thanks be to God, who always maketh us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us in every place. |
15 כִּי־רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֲנַחְנוּ לֵאלֹהִים גַּם בְּתוֹךְ הַנּוֹשָׁעִים וְגַם בְּתוֹךְ הָאֹבְדִים | 15 For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish. |
16 לָאֵלֶּה רֵיחַ מָוֶת לַמָּוֶת וְלָאֵלֶּה רֵיחַ חַיִּים לַחַיִּים וּמִי־זֶה רָאוּי לְכָךְ | 16 To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient? |
17 כִּי אֲנַחְנוּ אֵינֶנּוּ כְּמוֹ הָרַבִּים הָעֹשִׂים סְחוֹרָה בִּדְבַר הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי אִם־מִתּוֹךְ ישֶׁר לֵבָב וּמֵאֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים נְדַבֵּר בַּמָּשִׁיחַ | 17 For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak. |