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1فَإِذْ لَنَا هَذِهِ ٱلْمَوَاعِيدُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ لِنُطَهِّرْ ذَوَاتِنَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَنَسِ ٱلْجَسَدِ وَٱلرُّوحِ، مُكَمِّلِينَ ٱلْقَدَاسَةَ فِي خَوْفِ ٱللهِ. 2اِقْبَلُونَا. لَمْ نَظْلِمْ أَحَدًا. لَمْ نُفْسِدْ أَحَدًا. لَمْ نَطْمَعْ فِي أَحَدٍ. 3لَا أَقُولُ هَذَا لِأَجْلِ دَيْنُونَةٍ، لِأَنِّي قَدْ قُلْتُ سَابِقًا إِنَّكُمْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، لِنَمُوتَ مَعَكُمْ وَنَعِيشَ مَعَكُمْ. 4لِي ثِقَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ بِكُمْ. لِي ٱفْتِخَارٌ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ جِهَتِكُمْ. قَدِ ٱمْتَلَأْتُ تَعْزِيَةً وَٱزْدَدْتُ فَرَحًا جِدًّا فِي جَمِيعِ ضِيقَاتِنَا. 5لِأَنَّنَا لَمَّا أَتَيْنَا إِلَى مَكِدُونِيَّةَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِجَسَدِنَا شَيْءٌ مِنَ ٱلرَّاحَةِ بَلْ كُنَّا مُكْتَئِبِينَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ: مِنْ خَارِجٍ خُصُومَاتٌ، مِنْ دَاخِلٍ مَخَاوِفٌ. 6لَكِنَّ ٱللهَ ٱلَّذِي يُعَزِّي ٱلْمُتَّضِعِينَ عَزَّانَا بِمَجِيءِ تِيطُسَ. 7وَلَيْسَ بِمَجِيئِهِ فَقَطْ بَلْ أَيْضًا بِٱلتَّعْزِيَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَعَزَّى بِهَا بِسَبَبِكُمْ، وَهُوَ يُخْبِرُنَا بِشَوْقِكُمْ وَنَوْحِكُمْ وَغَيْرَتِكُمْ لِأَجْلِي، حَتَّى إِنِّي فَرِحْتُ أَكْثَرَ. 8لِأَنِّي وَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَحْزَنْتُكُمْ بِٱلرِّسَالَةِ لَسْتُ أَنْدَمُ، مَعَ أَنِّي نَدِمْتُ، فَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ تِلْكَ ٱلرِّسَالَةَ أَحْزَنَتْكُمْ وَلَوْ إِلَى سَاعَةٍ. 9اَلْآنَ أَنَا أَفْرَحُ، لَا لِأَنَّكُمْ حَزِنْتُمْ، بَلْ لِأَنَّكُمْ حَزِنْتُمْ لِلتَّوْبَةِ. لِأَنَّكُمْ حَزِنْتُمْ بِحَسَبِ مَشِيئَةِ ٱللهِ لِكَيْ لَا تَتَخَسَّرُوا مِنَّا فِي شَيْءٍ. 10لِأَنَّ ٱلْحُزْنَ ٱلَّذِي بِحَسَبِ مَشِيئَةِ ٱللهِ يُنْشِئُ تَوْبَةً لِخَلَاصٍ بِلَا نَدَامَةٍ، وَأَمَّا حُزْنُ ٱلْعَالَمِ فَيُنْشِئُ مَوْتًا. 11فَإِنَّهُ هُوَذَا حُزْنُكُمْ هَذَا عَيْنُهُ بِحَسَبِ مَشِيئَةِ ٱللهِ، كَمْ أَنْشَأَ فِيكُمْ: مِنَ ٱلِٱجْتِهَادِ، بَلْ مِنَ ٱلِٱحْتِجَاجِ، بَلْ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ، بَلْ مِنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ، بَلْ مِنَ ٱلشَّوْقِ، بَلْ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ، بَلْ مِنَ ٱلِٱنْتِقَامِ. فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَظْهَرْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَبْرِيَاءُ فِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ. 12إِذًا وَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ، فَلَيْسَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْمُذْنِبِ وَلَا لِأَجْلِ ٱلْمُذْنَبِ إِلَيْهِ، بَلْ لِكَيْ يَظْهَرَ لَكُمْ أَمَامَ ٱللهِ ٱجْتِهَادُنَا لِأَجْلِكُمْ. 13مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا قَدْ تَعَزَّيْنَا بِتَعْزِيَتِكُمْ. وَلَكِنْ فَرِحْنَا أَكْثَرَ جِدًّا بِسَبَبِ فَرَحِ تِيطُسَ، لِأَنَّ رُوحَهُ قَدِ ٱسْتَرَاحَتْ بِكُمْ جَمِيعًا. 14فَإِنِّي إِنْ كُنْتُ ٱفْتَخَرْتُ شَيْئًا لَدَيْهِ مِنْ جِهَتِكُمْ لَمْ أُخْجَلْ، بَلْ كَمَا كَلَّمْنَاكُمْ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بِٱلصِّدْقِ، كَذَلِكَ ٱفْتِخَارُنَا أَيْضًا لَدَى تِيطُسَ صَارَ صَادِقًا. 15وَأَحْشَاؤُهُ هِيَ نَحْوَكُمْ بِٱلزِّيَادَةِ، مُتَذَكِّرًا طَاعَةَ جَمِيعِكُمْ، كَيْفَ قَبِلْتُمُوهُ بِخَوْفٍ وَرِعْدَةٍ. 16أَنَا أَفْرَحُ إِذًا أَنِّي أَثِقُ بِكُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one. 3I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together. 4Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction. 5For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside. 6Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more. 8For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while. 9I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death. 11For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. 12So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God. 13Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. 14For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. 15His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him. 16I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.

1Dewijl wij dan deze beloften hebben, geliefden, laat ons onszelven reinigen van alle besmetting des vleses en des geestes, voleindigende de heiligmaking in de vreze Gods. 2Geeft ons plaats; wij hebben niemand verongelijkt, wij hebben niemand verdorven, wij hebben bij niemand ons voordeel gezocht. 3Ik zeg dit niet tot uw veroordeling; want ik heb te voren gezegd, dat gij in onze harten zijt, om samen te sterven en samen te leven. 4Ik heb vele vrijmoedigheid in het spreken tegen u, ik heb veel roems over u; ik ben vervuld met vertroosting; ik ben zeer overvloedig van blijdschap in al onze verdrukking. 5Want ook, als wij in Macedonie gekomen zijn, zo heeft ons vlees geen rust gehad; maar wij waren in alles verdrukt; van buiten was strijd, van binnen vrees. 6Doch God, Die de nederigen vertroost, heeft ons getroost door de komst van Titus. 7En niet alleen door zijn komst, maar ook door de vertroosting, met welke hij over u vertroost is geweest, als hij ons verhaalde uw verlangen, uw kermen, uw ijver voor mij; alzo dat ik te meer verblijd ben geweest. 8Want hoewel ik u in den zendbrief bedroefd heb, het berouwt mij niet, hoewel het mij berouwd heeft; want ik zie, dat dezelve zendbrief, hoewel voor een kleinen tijd, u bedroefd heeft. 9Nu verblijde ik mij, niet omdat gij bedroefd zijt geweest, maar omdat gij bedroefd zijt geweest tot bekering; want gij zijt bedroefd geweest naar God, zodat gij in geen ding schade van ons geleden hebt. 10Want de droefheid naar God werkt een onberouwelijke bekering tot zaligheid; maar de droefheid der wereld werkt den dood. 11Want ziet, ditzelfde dat gij naar God zijt bedroefd geworden, hoe grote naarstigheid heeft het in u gewrocht? Ja, verantwoording, ja, onlust, ja, vrees, ja, verlangen, ja, ijver, ja, wraak; in alles hebt gij uzelven bewezen rein te zijn in deze zaak. 12Hoewel ik dan aan u geschreven heb, dat is niet om diens wil, die onrecht gedaan had, noch om diens wil, die onrecht gedaan was; maar opdat onze vlijtigheid voor u bij u openbaar zou worden, in de tegenwoordigheid Gods. 13Daarom zijn wij vertroost geworden over uw vertroosting; en zijn nog overvloediger verblijd geworden over de blijdschap van Titus, omdat zijn geest van u allen verkwikt is geworden. 14Want indien ik iets bij hem over u geroemd heb, zo ben ik niet beschaamd geworden; maar gelijk wij alles met waarheid tot u gesproken hebben, alzo is ook onze roem, dien ik bij Titus geroemd heb, waarheid geworden. 15En zijn innerlijke bewegingen zijn te overvloediger jegens u, als hij uw aller gehoorzaamheid overdenkt, hoe gij hem met vreze en beven hebt ontvangen. 16Ik verblijde mij dan, dat ik in alles van u vertrouwen mag hebben.