Seconda lettera ai Corinzi (2 كورنثوس) 12

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 انه لا يوافقني ان افتخر. فاني آتي الى مناظر الرب واعلاناته.	1 If it is necessary (though certainly not expedient) to glory, then I will next tell of visions and revelations from the Lord.
2 اعرف انسانا في المسيح قبل اربع عشرة سنة أفي الجسد لست اعلم ام خارج الجسد لست اعلم. الله يعلم. اختطف هذا الى السماء الثالثة.	2 I know a man in Christ, who, more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows), was enraptured to the third heaven.
3 واعرف هذا الانسان أفي الجسد ام خارج الجسد لست اعلم. الله يعلم.	3 And I know a certain man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows),
4 انه اختطف الى الفردوس وسمع كلمات لا ينطق بها ولا يسوغ لانسان ان يتكلم بها.	4 who was enraptured into Paradise. And he heard words of mystery, which it is not permitted for man to speak.
5 من جهة هذا افتخر. ولكن من جهة نفسي لا افتخر الا بضعفاتي.	5 On behalf of someone like this, I will glory. But on behalf of myself, I will not glory about anything, except my infirmities.
6 فاني ان اردت ان افتخر لا اكون غبيا لاني اقول الحق. ولكني اتحاشى لئلا يظن احد من جهتي فوق ما يراني او يسمع مني.	6 For even though I am willing to glory, I will not be foolish. But I will speak the truth. Yet I will do so sparingly, lest anyone may consider me to be anything more than what he sees in me, or anything more than what he hears from me.
7 ولئلا ارتفع بفرط الاعلانات اعطيت شوكة في الجسد ملاك الشيطان ليلطمني لئلا ارتفع.	7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should extol me, there was given to me a prodding in my flesh: an angel of Satan, who struck me repeatedly.
8 من جهة هذا تضرعت الى الرب ثلاث مرات ان يفارقني.	8 Because of this, three times I petitioned the Lord that it might be taken away from me.
9 فقال لي تكفيك نعمتي لان قوتي في الضعف تكمل. فبكل سرور افتخر بالحري في ضعفاتي لكي تحل علي قوة المسيح.	9 And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.
10 لذلك اسر بالضعفات والشتائم والضرورات والاضطهادات والضيقات لاجل المسيح. لاني حينما انا ضعيف فحينئذ انا قوي	10 Because of this, I am pleased in my infirmity: in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am powerful.
11 قد صرت غبيا وانا افتخر. انتم الزمتموني لانه كان ينبغي ان امدح منكم اذ لم انقص شيئا عن فائقي الرسل وان كنت لست شيئا.	11 I have become foolish; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I have been nothing less than those who claim to be above the measure of Apostles, even though I am nothing.
12 ان علامات الرسول صنعت بينكم في كل صبر بآيات وعجائب وقوات.	12 And the seal of my Apostleship has been set over you, with all patience, with signs and wonders and miracles.
13 لانه ما هو الذي نقصتم عن سائر الكنائس الا اني انا لم اثقل عليكم. سامحوني بهذا الظلم.	13 For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury.
14 هوذا المرة الثالثة انا مستعد ان آتي اليكم ولا اثقل عليكم. لاني لست اطلب ما هو لكم بل اياكم. لانه لا ينبغي ان الاولاد يذخرون للوالدين بل الوالدون للاولاد.	14 Behold, this is the third time I have prepared to come to you, and yet I will not be a burden to you. For I am seeking not the things that are yours, but you yourselves. And neither should the children store up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 واما انا فبكل سرور انفق وانفق لاجل انفسكم وان كنت كلما احبكم اكثر أحب اقل.	15 And so, very willingly, I will spend and exhaust myself for the sake of your souls, loving you more, while being loved less.
16 فيلكن. انا لم اثقل عليكم لكن اذ كنت محتالا اخذتكم بمكر.	16 And so be it. I have not burdened you, but instead, being astute, I obtained you by guile.
17 هل طمعت فيكم باحد من الذين ارسلتهم اليكم.	17 And yet, did I defraud you by means of any of those whom I sent to you?
18 طلبت الى تيطس وارسلت معه الاخ. هل طمع فيكم تيطس. أما سلكنا بذات الروح الواحد. أما بذات الخطوات الواحدة	18 I asked for Titus, and I sent a brother with him. Did Titus defraud you? Did we not walk with the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?
19 أتظنون ايضا اننا نحتج لكم. امام الله في المسيح نتكلم. ولكن الكل ايها الاحباء لاجل بنيانكم.	19 Have you ever thought that we should explain ourselves to you? We speak in the sight of God, in Christ. But all things, most beloved, are for your edification.
20 لاني اخاف اذا جئت ان لا اجدكم كما اريد وأوجد منكم كما لا تريدون. ان توجد خصومات ومحاسدات وسخطات وتحزبات ومذمات ونميمات وتكبرات وتشويشات.	20 Yet I fear, lest perhaps, when I have arrived, I might not find you such as I would want, and I might be found by you, such as you would not want. For perhaps there may be among you: contention, envy, animosity, dissension, detraction, whispering, self-exaltation, and rebellion.
21 ان يذلني الهي عندكم اذا جئت ايضا وانوح على كثيرين من الذين اخطأوا من قبل ولم يتوبوا عن النجاسة والزنى والعهارة التي فعلوها	21 If so, then, when I have arrived, God may again humble me among you. And so, I mourn for the many who sinned beforehand, and did not repent, over the lust and fornication and homosexuality, which they have committed.