2.Korinther 4 | الكتاب المقدس

كنوز في أوعية من الفخار

1 فَمَادَامَتْ لَنَا إِذَنْ هَذِهِ الْخِدْمَةُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ، فَلا تَخُورُ عَزِيمَتُنَا.

2 وَلَكِنَّنَا قَدْ رَفَضْنَا الأَسَالِيبَ الْخَفِيَّةَ الْمُخْجِلَةَ، إِذْ لَا نَسْلُكُ فِي الْمَكْرِ، وَلا نُزَوِّرُ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ، بَلْ بِإِعْلانِنَا لِلْحَقِّ نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا لَدَى ضَمِيرِ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ، أَمَامَ اللهِ.

3 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ إِنْجِيلُنَا مَحْجُوباً، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مَحْجُوبٌ لَدَى الْهَالِكِينَ،

4 لَدَى غَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ أَعْمَى إِلَهُ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ أَذْهَانَهُمْ حَتَّى لَا يُضِيءَ لَهُمْ نُورُ الإِنْجِيلِ الْمُخْتَصِّ بِمَجْدِ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي هُوَ صُورَةُ اللهِ.

5 فَإِنَّنَا لَا نُبَشِّرُ بِأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبّاً، وَمَا نَحْنُ إِلّا عَبِيدٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ.

6 فَإِنَّ اللهَ، الَّذِي أَمَرَ أَنْ يُشْرِقَ نُورٌ مِنَ الظَّلامِ، هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ النُّورَ يُشْرِقُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، لإِشْعَاعِ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِ اللهِ الْمُتَجَلِّي فِي وَجْهِ الْمَسِيحِ.

7 وَلَكِنَّ هَذَا الْكَنْزَ نَحْمِلُهُ نَحْنُ فِي أَوْعِيَةٍ مِنْ فَخَّارٍ، لِيَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّ الْقُدْرَةَ الْفَائِقَةَ آتِيَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ لَا صَادِرَةٌ مِنَّا.

8 فَالصُّعُوبَاتُ تُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، وَلكِنْ لَا نَنْهَارُ. لَا نَجِدُ حَلاً مُنَاسِباً، وَلَكِنْ لَا نَيْأَسُ.

9 يُطَارِدُنَا الاضْطِهَادُ، وَلَكِنْ لَا يَتَخَلَّى اللهُ عَنَّا. نُطْرَحُ أَرْضاً، وَلَكِنْ لَا نَمُوتُ.

10 وَحَيْثُمَا ذَهَبْنَا، نَحْمِلُ مَوْتَ يَسُوعَ دَائِماً فِي أَجْسَادِنَا لِتَظْهَرَ فِيهَا أَيْضاً حَيَاةُ يَسُوعَ.

11 فَمَعَ أَنَّنَا مَازِلْنَا أَحْيَاءَ، فَإِنَّنَا نُسَلَّمُ دَائِماً إِلَى الْمَوْتِ مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ، لِتَظْهَرَ فِي أَجْسَادِنَا الْفَانِيَةِ حَيَاةُ يَسُوعَ أَيْضاً.

12 وَهكَذَا، فَإِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَعَّالٌ فِينَا؛ وَالْحَيَاةَ فَعَّالَةٌ فِيكُمْ.

13 وَبِمَا أَنَّ لَنَا رُوحَ الإِيمَانِ عَيْنِهِ، هَذَا الَّذِي كُتِبَ بِخُصُوصِهِ: «آمَنْتُ، لِذلِكَ تَكَلَّمْتُ»، فَنَحْنُ أَيْضاً نُؤْمِنُ، وَلِذَلِكَ نَتَكَلَّمُ،

14 وَنَحْنُ عَالِمُونَ أَنَّ الَّذِي أَقَامَ الرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ سَوْفَ يُقِيمُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً مَعَ يَسُوعَ، وَيُوقِفُنَا فِي حَضْرَتِهِ بِصُحْبَتِكُمْ.

15 فَإِنَّ جَمِيعَ الأَشْيَاءِ نُقَاسِيهَا مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، حَتَّى إِذَا فَاضَتِ النِّعْمَةُ فِي الْكَثِيرِينَ، تَجْعَلُ الشُّكْرَ يَفِيضُ لأَجْلِ مَجْدِ اللهِ.

16 لِهَذَا، لَا تَخُورُ عَزِيمَتُنَا! وَلَكِنْ، مَادَامَ الإِنْسَانُ الظَّاهِرُ فِينَا يَفْنَى، فَإِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ الْبَاطِنَ فِينَا يَتَجَدَّدُ يَوْماً فَيَوْماً.

17 ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ مَا يُضَايِقُنَا الآنَ مِنْ صُعُوبَاتٍ بَسِيطَةٍ عَابِرَةٍ، يُنْتِجُ لَنَا بِمِقْدَارٍ لَا يُحَدُّ وَزْنَةً أَبَدِيَّةً مِنَ الْمَجْدِ،

18 إِذْ نَرْفَعُ أَنْظَارَنَا عَنِ الأُمُورِ الْمَنْظُورَةِ وَنُثَبِّتُهَا عَلَى الأُمُورِ غَيْرِ الْمَنْظُورَةِ. فَإِنَّ الأُمُورَ الْمَنْظُورَةَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ إِلَى حِينٍ؛ وَأَمَّا غَيْرُ الْمَنْظُورَةِ فَهِيَ أَبَدِيَّةٌ.

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English Standard Version

The Light of the Gospel

1 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God,* we do not lose heart.

2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice* cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants* for Jesus’ sake.

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Treasure in Jars of Clay

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;

9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.

13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,

14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self* is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

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