Second Corinthians
« Chapter 5 »
1
We know that when our worldly bodies are destroyed, and they are only a tent, we will have a heavenly building formed by Allah, not by human hands.
نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ عِنْدَمَا يَتَهَدَّمُ جَسَدُنَا الدُّنْيَوِيُّ، وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا خَيْمَةٌ، فَسَيَكُونُ لَنَا بِنَاءٌ سَمَاوِيٌّ خَالِدٌ صَوَّرَهُ اللهُ لَا أَيْدِي الْبَشَرِ.
2
So we groan from extreme longing for the time that this heavenly dwelling would contain us.
وَلِهَذَا نَئِنُّ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الِاشْتِيَاقِ إِلَى الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي يَحْتَوِينَا فِيهِ هَذَا الْمَسْكَنُ السَّمَاوِيُّ،
3
Then we will be clothed and cover our nakedness.
وَحِينَئِذٍ نُصْبِحُ لَابِسِينَ وَنَسْتُرُ عَوْرَتَنَا،
4
We groan from the burden as long as we are in the tent of this body, not desiring to take it off, but rather desiring to be clothed with life that will swallow mortality.
إِنَّنَا نَئِنُّ مِنَ الْعِبْءِ مَا دُمْنَا فِي خَيْمَةِ هَذَا الْجَسَدِ، لَيْسَ رَغْبَةً فِي أَنْ نَطْرَحَهُ، بَلْ رَغْبَةً فِي ارْتِدَاءِ الْحَيَاةِ الَّتِي تَبْلَعُ الْفَنَاءَ.
5
Allah is the one who has prepared us for this very destiny, and he gave us his Ruh as a down payment for that.
فَإِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي هَيَّأَنَا لِهَذَا الْمَصِيرِ نَفْسِهِ، وَوَهَبَنَا رُوحَهُ عُرْبُونًا لِذَلِكَ.
6
We are always certain that as long as we are residing in our bodies, we are living away from the presence of our mawla.
فَنَحْنُ مُوقِنُونَ عَلَى الدَّوَامِ أَنَّنَا مَا دُمْنَا مُقِيمِينَ فِي أَجْسَادِنَا فَنَحْنُ مُغْتَرِبُونَ عَنْ حُضُورِ مَوْلَانَا،
7
So we walk by trust, not by what we see.
لِذَلِكَ نَسْلُكُ بِتَوَكُّلِنَا لَا بِالَّذِي نَرَاهُ.
9
We strive to please him, whether we are in or out of the house of this body.
اِبْتِغَاءً مَرْضَاتَهُ، سَوَاءٌ أَكُنَّا فِي بَيْتِ هَذَا الْجَسَدِ أَمْ خَارِجَهُ.
10
We must all appear before the seat of judgment of Al-Masih. Everyone will be rewarded for the deeds he has earned while he was residing in his body, whether good or worthless.
إِذْ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَمْثُلَ جَمِيعًا أَمَامَ كُرْسِيِّ قَضَاءِ الْمَسِيحِ، حَتَّى يُجَازَى كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَا كَسَبَهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِ عِنْدَمَا كَانَ مُقِيمًا فِي جَسَدِهِ، أَكَانَ خَيْرًا أَمْ بَاطِلًا.
11
وَإِذْ نَعْرِفُ مَعْنَى مَخَافَةِ اللهِ، نُحَاوِلُ إِقْنَاعَ النَّاسِ. إِنَّ اللهَ عَلِيمٌ بِأَمْرِنَا، وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ عَالِمِينَ أَيْضًا بِأَمْرِنَا فِي ضَمَائِرِكُمْ.
12
We do not commend ourselves again, but we give you a reason to boast in us before those who boast in externals and not in what the heart conceals.
إِنّنَا لَا نَمْدَحُ أَنْفُسَنَا مَرَّةً أُخْرَى، بَلْ نُعْطِيكُمْ سَبَبًا لِتَفْتَخِرُوا فِينَا أَمَامَ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِالْمَظَاهِرِ لَا بِمَا يُضْمِرُ الْقَلْبُ.
13
If we have lost our sanity, it is for the sake of Allah. If we are sensible, it is for your benefit.
إِنْ فَقَدْنَا صَوَابَنَا، فَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَإِنْ كُنَّا عَاقِلِينَ، فَلِصَالِحِكُمْ،
14
For the love of Al-Masih compels us, since we are sure that one has died as a ransom for everyone, so everyone has died.
لِأَنَّ مَحَبَّةَ الْمَسِيحِ تُجْبِرُنَا، إِذْ نَحْنُ عَلَى يَقِينٍ أَنَّ وَاحِدًا قَدْ مَاتَ فِدًى لِلْجَمِيعِ، فَمَاتَ بِهِ الْجَمِيعُ،
15
He died as a ransom for all, so that the living would not live any more for themselves, but for the one who died as a ransom for them and was resurrected alive.
وَقَدْ مَاتَ فِدًى لِلْجَمِيعِ حَتَّى لَا يَعِيشَ الْأَحْيَاءُ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ بَعْدُ، بَلْ لِمَنْ مَاتَ فِدًى لَهُمْ وَبُعِثَ حَيًّا.
16
So we no longer know anyone according to his human nature, even if we got to know Al-Masih in a human manner. But we no longer know him like that.
فَلَا نَعُودُ نَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا حَسَبَ طَبِيعَتِهِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ، بَلْ حَتَّى لَوْ كُنَّا قَدْ تَعَرَّفْنَا عَلَى الْمَسِيحِ بَشَرِيًّا، فَإِنَّنَا لَا نَعُودُ نَعْرِفُهُ كَذَلِكَ.
17
If anyone belongs to Al-Masih, Allah has recreated him. The old no longer exists and the new has begun.
فَإِنِ انْتَمَى أَحَدٌ إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ، فَقَدْ خَلَقَهُ اللهُ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ. زَالَ الْقَدِيمُ وَنَشَأَ الْجَدِيدُ.
18
All this is from Allah, who reconciled us with himself through Al-Masih and gave us the service of reconciliation.
وَكُلُّ هَذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ الَّذِي صَالَحَنَا مَعَ نَفْسِهِ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمَسِيحِ وَوَهَبَنَا خِدْمَةَ الْمُصَالَحَةِ،
19
That is, Allah was reconciling the universe with himself by Al-Masih. He was not punishing them for their sins. And he has delegated to us the message of reconciliation.
ذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ كَانَ بِالْمَسِيحِ يُصَالِحُ الْعَالَمِينَ مَعَ نَفْسِهِ، وَلَا يُحَاسِبُهُمْ عَلَى ذُنُوبِهِمْ، وَقَدْ وَكَلَ إِلَيْنَا رِسَالَةَ الْمُصَالَحَةِ،
20
So we are ambassadors of Al-Masih. It is as if Allah were urging you through us. We urge you in the name of Al-Masih to be reconciled with Allah.
فَنَحْنُ إِذًا سُفَرَاءُ الْمَسِيحِ، وَكَمَا لَوْ أَنَّ اللهَ يُنَاشِدُكُمْ بِوَاسِطَتِنَا، نَرْجُوكُمْ بِاسْمِ الْمَسِيحِ أَنْ تَتَصَالَحُوا مَعَ اللهِ.