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| 1 إِنَّهُ لاَ يُوافِقُنِي أَنْ أَفْتَخِرَ. فَإِنِّي آتِي إِلَى مَنَاظِرِ الرَّبِّ وَإِعْلاَنَاتِهِ. | 1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. |
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| 2 أَعْرِفُ إِنْسَانًا فِي الْمَسِيحِ قَبْلَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً. أَفِي الْجَسَدِ؟ لَسْتُ أَعْلَمُ، أَمْ خَارِجَ الْجَسَدِ؟ لَسْتُ أَعْلَمُ. اللهُ يَعْلَمُ. اخْتُطِفَ هذَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّالِثَةِ. | 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. |
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| 3 وَأَعْرِفُ هذَا الإِنْسَانَ: أَفِي الْجَسَدِ أَمْ خَارِجَ الْجَسَدِ؟ لَسْتُ أَعْلَمُ. اللهُ يَعْلَمُ. | 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) |
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| 4 أَنَّهُ اخْتُطِفَ إِلَى الْفِرْدَوْسِ، وَسَمِعَ كَلِمَاتٍ لاَ يُنْطَقُ بِهَا، وَلاَ يَسُوغُ لإِنْسَانٍ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِهَا. | 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. |
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| 5 مِنْ جِهَةِ هذَا أَفْتَخِرُ. وَلكِنْ مِنْ جِهَةِ نَفْسِي لاَ أَفْتَخِرُ إِلاَّ بِضَعَفَاتِي. | 5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. |
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| 6 فَإِنِّي إِنْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَفْتَخِرَ لاَ أَكُونُ غَبِيًّا، لأَنِّي أَقُولُ الْحَقَّ. وَلكِنِّي أَتَحَاشَى لِئَلاَّ يَظُنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْ جِهَتِي فَوْقَ مَا يَرَانِي أَوْ يَسْمَعُ مِنِّي. | 6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. |
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| 7 وَلِئَلاَّ أَرْتَفِعَ بِفَرْطِ الإِعْلاَنَاتِ، أُعْطِيتُ شَوْكَةً فِي الْجَسَدِ، مَلاَكَ الشَّيْطَانِ لِيَلْطِمَنِي، لِئَلاَّ أَرْتَفِعَ. | 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. |
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| 8 مِنْ جِهَةِ هذَا تَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَنْ يُفَارِقَنِي. | 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. |
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| 9 فَقَالَ لِي: «تَكْفِيكَ نِعْمَتِي، لأَنَّ قُوَّتِي فِي الضَّعْفِ تُكْمَلُ». فَبِكُلِّ سُرُورٍ أَفْتَخِرُ بِالْحَرِيِّ فِي ضَعَفَاتِي، لِكَيْ تَحِلَّ عَلَيَّ قُوَّةُ الْمَسِيحِ. | 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. |
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| 10 لِذلِكَ أُسَرُّ بِالضَّعَفَاتِ وَالشَّتَائِمِ وَالضَّرُورَاتِ وَالاضْطِهَادَاتِ وَالضِّيقَاتِ لأَجْلِ الْمَسِيحِ. لأَنِّي حِينَمَا أَنَا ضَعِيفٌ فَحِينَئِذٍ أَنَا قَوِيٌّ. | 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. |
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علامات الرسول | |
| 11 قَدْ صِرْتُ غَبِيًّا وَأَنَا أَفْتَخِرُ. أَنْتُمْ أَلْزَمْتُمُونِي! لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ أُمْدَحَ مِنْكُمْ، إِذْ لَمْ أَنْقُصْ شَيْئًا عَنْ فَائِقِي الرُّسُلِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَسْتُ شَيْئًا. | 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. |
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| 12 إِنَّ عَلاَمَاتِ الرَّسُولِ صُنِعَتْ بَيْنَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ صَبْرٍ، بِآيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ وَقُوَّاتٍ. | 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. |
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| 13 لأَنَّهُ مَا هُوَ الَّذِي نَقَصْتُمْ عَنْ سَائِرِ الْكَنَائِسِ، إِلاَّ أَنِّي أَنَا لَمْ أُثَقِّلْ عَلَيْكُمْ؟ سَامِحُونِي بِهذَا الظُّلْمِ! | 13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. |
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| 14 هُوَذَا الْمَرَّةُ الثَّالِثَةُ أَنَا مُسْتَعِدٌّ أَنْ آتِيَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَلاَ أُثَقِّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ. لأَنِّي لَسْتُ أَطْلُبُ مَا هُوَ لَكُمْ بَلْ إِيَّاكُمْ. لأَنَّهُ لاَ يَنْبَغِي أَنَّ الأَوْلاَدَ يَذْخَرُونَ لِلْوَالِدِينَ، بَلِ الْوَالِدُونَ لِلأَوْلاَدِ. | 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. |
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| 15 وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَبِكُلِّ سُرُورٍ أُنْفِقُ وَأُنْفَقُ لأَجْلِ أَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كُلَّمَا أُحِبُّكُمْ أَكْثَرَ أُحَبُّ أَقَلَّ! | 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. |
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| 16 فَلْيَكُنْ. أَنَا لَمْ أُثَقِّلْ عَلَيْكُمْ، لكِنْ إِذْ كُنْتُ مُحْتَالاً أَخَذْتُكُمْ بِمَكْرٍ! | 16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. |
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| 17 هَلْ طَمِعْتُ فِيكُمْ بِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلْتُهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ؟ | 17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? |
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| 18 طَلَبْتُ إِلَى تِيطُسَ وَأَرْسَلْتُ مَعَهُ الأَخَ. هَلْ طَمِعَ فِيكُمْ تِيطُسُ؟ أَمَا سَلَكْنَا بِذَاتِ الرُّوحِ الْوَاحِدِ؟ أَمَا بِذَاتِ الْخَطَوَاتِ الْوَاحِدَةِ؟ | 18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps? |
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| 19 أَتَظُنُّونَ أَيْضًا أَنَّنَا نَحْتَجُّ لَكُمْ؟ أَمَامَ اللهِ فِي الْمَسِيحِ نَتَكَلَّمُ. وَلكِنَّ الْكُلَّ أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ لأَجْلِ بُنْيَانِكُمْ. | 19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. |
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| 20 لأَنِّي أَخَافُ إِذَا جِئْتُ أَنْ لاَ أَجِدَكُمْ كَمَا أُرِيدُ، وَأُوجَدَ مِنْكُمْ كَمَا لاَ تُرِيدُونَ. أَنْ تُوجَدَ خُصُومَاتٌ وَمُحَاسَدَاتٌ وَسَخَطَاتٌ وَتَحَزُّبَاتٌ وَمَذَمَّاتٌ وَنَمِيمَاتٌ وَتَكَبُّرَاتٌ وَتَشْوِيشَاتٌ. | 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: |
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| 21 أَنْ يُذِلَّنِي إِلهِي عِنْدَكُمْ، إِذَا جِئْتُ أَيْضًا وَأَنُوحُ عَلَى كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَخْطَأُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَتُوبُوا عَنِ النَّجَاسَةِ وَالزِّنَا وَالْعَهَارَةِ الَّتِي فَعَلُوهَا. | 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. |
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