2.Korinther 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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New International Version

1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

4 Such confidence we have through Christ before God.

5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant – not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

The greater glory of the new covenant

7 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was,

8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

9 If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!

10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory.

11 And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away.

14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate* the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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