كورنثوس الثانية 3

الكتاب المقدس

أنتم رسالة المسيح

1 تُرَى، هَلْ نَبْتَدِئُ نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟ أَمْ تُرَانَا نَحْتَاجُ كَبَعْضِهِمْ إِلَى رَسَائِلَ تَوْصِيَةٍ نَحْمِلُهَا إِلَيْكُمْ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ؟ 

2 فَأَنْتُمُ الرِّسَالَةُ الَّتِي تُوصِي بِنَا، وَقَدْ كُتِبَتْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، حَيْثُ يَسْتَطِيعُ جَمِيعُ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَعْرِفُوهَا وَيَقْرَأُوهَا. 

3 وَهكَذَا يَتَبَيَّنُ أَنَّكُمْ رِسَالَةٌ مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ خَدَمْنَاهَا نَحْنُ، وَقَدْ كُتِبَتْ لَا بِحِبْرٍ بَلْ بِرُوحِ اللهِ الْحَيِّ، وَلا فِي أَلْوَاحٍ حَجَرِيَّةٍ بَلْ فِي أَلْوَاحِ الْقَلْبِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ. 

4 وَهذِهِ هِيَ ثِقَتُنَا الْعَظِيمَةُ مِنْ جِهَةِ اللهِ بِالْمَسِيحِ: 

5 لَيْسَ أَنَّنَا أَصْحَابُ كَفَاءَةٍ ذَاتِيَّةٍ لِنَدَّعِيَ شَيْئاً لأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ إِنَّ كَفَاءَتَنَا مِنَ اللهِ، 

6 الَّذِي جَعَلَنَا أَصْحَابَ كَفَاءَةٍ لِنَكُونَ خُدَّاماً لِعَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ قَائِمٍ لَا عَلَى الْحَرْفِ بَلْ عَلَى الرُّوحِ. فَالْحَرْفُ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْمَوْتِ؛ أَمَّا الرُّوحُ فَيُعْطِي الْحَيَاةَ. 

مجد العهد الجديد

7 وَلكِنْ، مَادَامَتْ خِدْمَةُ الْمَوْتِ الَّتِي نُقِشَتْ حُرُوفُهَا فِي لَوْحِ حَجَرٍ، قَدِ ابْتَدَأَتْ بِمَجْدٍ، حَتَّى إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يُثَبِّتُوا أَنْظَارَهُمْ عَلَى وَجْهِ مُوسَى، بِسَبَبِ مَجْدِ وَجْهِهِ، ذَلِكَ الْمَجْدِ الزَّائِلِ، 

8 أَفَلَيْسَ أَحْرَى أَنْ تَكُونَ خِدْمَةُ الرُّوحِ رَاسِخَةً فِي الْمَجْدِ؟ 

9 فَبِمَا أَنَّ الْخِدْمَةَ الَّتِي أَدَّتْ إِلَى الدَّيْنُونَةِ كَانَتْ مَجِيدَةً، فَأَحْرَى كَثِيراً أَنْ تَفُوقَهَا فِي الْمَجْدِ الْخِدْمَةُ الَّتِي تُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْبِرِّ. 

10 حَتَّى إِنَّ مَا قَدْ مُجِّدَ سَابِقاً لَا يَكُونُ قَدْ مُجِّدَ عَلَى هَذَا النَّحْوِ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى الْمَجْدِ الْفَائِقِ. 

11 فَإِذَا كَانَ الزَّائِلُ قَدْ صَاحَبَهُ الْمَجْدُ، فَأَحْرَى كَثِيراً أَنْ يُصَاحِبَ الْمَجْدُ مَا هُوَ بَاقٍ دَائِماً. 

12 فَإِذْ لَنَا هَذَا الرَّجَاءُ الْوَطِيدُ، نَعْمَلُ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْجُرْأَةِ. 

13 وَلَسْنَا كَمُوسَى الَّذِي وَضَعَ حِجَاباً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ لِكَيْ لَا يُثَبِّتَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْظَارَهُمْ عَلَى نِهَايَةِ الزَّائِلِ. 

14 وَلَكِنَّ أَذْهَانَهُمْ قَدْ أُعْمِيَتْ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْحِجَابَ مَازَالَ مُسْدَلاً حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ عِنْدَمَا يُقْرَأُ الْعَهْدُ الْقَدِيمُ، وَهُوَ لايُزَالُ إِلّا فِي الْمَسِيحِ 

15 غَيْرَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْحِجَابَ مَازَالَ حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ مَوْضُوعاً عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ عِنْدَمَا يُقْرَأُ كِتَابُ مُوسَى. 

16 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا تَرْجِعُ قُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، يُنْزَعُ الْحِجَابُ. 

17 فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الرُّوحُ، وَحَيْثُ يَكُونُ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ، فَهُنَاكَ الْحُرِّيَّةُ. 

18 وَنَحْنُ جَمِيعاً فِيمَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَجْدِ الرَّبِّ بِوُجُوهٍ كَالْمِرْآةِ لَا حِجَابَ عَلَيْهَا، نَتَجَلَّى مِنْ مَجْدٍ إِلَى مَجْدٍ لِنُشَابِهَ الصُّورَةَ الْوَاحِدَةَ عَيْنَهَا، وَذَلِكَ بِفِعْلِ الرَّبِّ الرُّوحِ. 

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كورنثوس الثانية 3

English Standard Version

Ministers of the New Covenant

1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? (أع 18:27; 1كو 16:3; 2كو 5:12; 2كو 10:12; 2كو 11:4; 2كو 12:11) 

2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. (1كو 9:2) 

3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. (خر 24:12; أم 3:3; أم 7:3; إر 17:1; إر 31:33; حز 11:19; حز 36:26; مت 16:16; عب 8:10) 

4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. (أف 3:12) 

5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, (1كو 15:10; أف 2:8) 

6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (إر 31:31; لو 22:20; يو 6:63; رو 2:27; رو 8:2; 1كو 11:25; 2كو 3:14; 2كو 4:1; 2كو 5:18; أف 3:7; كو 1:23; كو 1:25; 1تي 1:12; عب 8:8; عب 8:13; عب 9:15) 

7 Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, (خر 34:29; رو 4:15; 2كو 3:9; 2كو 3:13) 

8 will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 

9 For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. (2كو 3:7; 2كو 11:15; عب 12:18) 

10 Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. 

11 For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory. 

12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, (2كو 7:4; أف 6:19) 

13 not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. (2كو 3:7) 

14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. (مر 6:52; أع 13:15; أع 15:21; رو 11:25; 2كو 3:6; 2كو 4:4) 

15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 

16 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. (خر 34:34; إش 25:7; رو 11:23) 

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. (إش 61:1; يو 8:32; غل 4:6; غل 5:1; غل 5:13) 

18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (مز 84:7; يو 17:24; رو 8:29; 1كو 13:12; 1كو 15:49; 2كو 4:4; 2كو 4:6; 1تي 1:11) 

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