2 Corinthians 3

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Must we begin again to commend ourselves? Or are we in need (as some are) of epistles of commendation for you, or from you?	1 أفنبتدئ نمدح انفسنا ام لعلنا نحتاج كقوم رسائل توصية اليكم او رسائل توصية منكم.
2 You are our Epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men.	2 انتم رسالتنا مكتوبة في قلوبنا معروفة ومقروءة من جميع الناس
3 It has been made manifest that you are the Epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written down, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on tablets of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.	3 ظاهرين انكم رسالة المسيح مخدومة منا مكتوبة لا بحبر بل بروح الله الحي . لا في الواح حجرية بل في الواح قلب لحمية
4 And we have such faith, through Christ, toward God.	4 ولكن لنا ثقة مثل هذه بالمسيح لدى الله.
5 It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, as if anything was from us. But our adequacy is from God.	5 ليس اننا كفاة من انفسنا ان نفتكر شيئا كانه من انفسنا بل كفايتنا من الله
6 And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.	6 الذي جعلنا كفاة لان نكون خدام عهد جديد. لا الحرف بل الروح. لان الحرف يقتل ولكن الروح يحيي.
7 But if the ministration of death, engraved with letters upon stones, was in glory, (so much so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze intently upon the face of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance) even though this ministration was ineffective,	7 ثم ان كانت خدمة الموت المنقوشة باحرف في حجارة قد حصلت في مجد حتى لم يقدر بنو اسرائيل ان ينظروا الى وجه موسى لسبب مجد وجهه الزائل
8 how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?	8 فكيف لا تكون بالأولى خدمة الروح في مجد.
9 For if the ministration of condemnation is with glory, so much more is the ministration of justice abundant in glory.	9 لانه ان كانت خدمة الدينونة مجدا فبالأولى كثيرا تزيد خدمة البر في مجد.
10 And neither was it glorified by means of an excellent glory, though it was made illustrious in its own way.	10 فان الممجد ايضا لم يمجد من هذا القبيل لسبب المجد الفائق.
11 For if even what was temporary has its glory, then what is lasting has an even greater glory.	11 لانه ان كان الزائل في مجد فبالأولى كثيرا يكون الدائم في مجد
12 Therefore, having such a hope, we act with much confidence,	12 فاذ لنا رجاء مثل هذا نستعمل مجاهرة كثيرة.
13 and not as Moses did, in placing a veil over his face, so that the sons of Israel would not gaze intently at his face. This was ineffective,	13 وليس كما كان موسى يضع برقعا على وجهه لكي لا ينظر بنو اسرائيل الى نهاية الزائل.
14 for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).	14 بل أغلظت اذهانهم لانه حتى اليوم ذلك البرقع نفسه عند قراءة العهد العتيق باق غير منكشف الذي يبطل في المسيح.
15 But even until today, when Moses is read, a veil is still set over their hearts.	15 لكن حتى اليوم حين يقرأ موسى البرقع موضوع على قلبهم.
16 But when they will have been converted to the Lord, then the veil shall be taken away.	16 ولكن عندما يرجع الى الرب يرفع البرقع.
17 Now the Spirit is Lord. And wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.	17 واما الرب فهو الروح وحيث روح الرب هناك حرية.
18 Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.	18 ونحن جميعا ناظرين مجد الرب بوجه مكشوف كما في مرآة نتغيّر الى تلك الصورة عينها من مجد الى مجد كما من الرب الروح