¹ثم نعرفكم ايها الاخوة نعمة الله المعطاة في كنائس مكدونية.

¹Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia;

²انه في اختبار ضيقة شديدة فاض وفور فرحهم وفقرهم العميق لغنى سخائهم.

²how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.

³لانهم اعطوا حسب الطاقة انا اشهد وفوق الطاقة من تلقاء انفسهم

³For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

⁴ملتمسين منا بطلبة كثيرة ان نقبل النعمة وشركة الخدمة التي للقديسين.

⁴begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.

⁵وليس كما رجونا بل اعطوا انفسهم اولا للرب ولنا بمشيئة الله.

⁵This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

⁶حتى اننا طلبنا من تيطس انه كما سبق فابتدأ كذلك يتمم لكم هذه النعمة ايضا.

⁶So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.

⁷لكن كما تزدادون في كل شيء في الايمان والكلام والعلم وكل اجتهاد ومحبتكم لنا ليتكم تزدادون في هذه النعمة ايضا.

⁷But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace.

⁸لست اقول على سبيل الامر بل باجتهاد آخرين مختبرا اخلاص محبتكم ايضا.

⁸I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

⁹فانكم تعرفون نعمة ربنا يسوع المسيح انه من اجلكم افتقر وهو غني لكي تستغنوا انتم بفقره.

⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

¹⁰اعطي رأيا في هذا ايضا. لان هذا ينفعكم انتم الذين سبقتم فابتدأتم منذ العام الماضي ليس ان تفعلوا فقط بل ان تريدوا ايضا.

¹⁰I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

¹¹ولكن الآن تمموا العمل ايضا حتى انه كما ان النشاط للارادة كذلك يكون التتميم ايضا حسب مالكم.

¹¹But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

¹²لانه ان كان النشاط موجودا فهو مقبول على حسب ما للانسان لا على حسب ما ليس له.

¹²For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

¹³فانه ليس لكي يكون للآخرين راحة ولكم ضيق

¹³For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,

¹⁴بل بحسب المساواة. لكي تكون في هذا الوقت فضالتكم لاعوازهم كي تصير فضالتهم لاعوازكم حتى تحصل المساواة.

¹⁴but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.

¹⁵كما هو مكتوب الذي جمع كثيرا لم يفضل والذي جمع قليلا لم ينقص

¹⁵As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.” Exodus 16:8

¹⁶ولكن شكرا للّه الذي جعل هذا الاجتهاد عينه لاجلكم في قلب تيطس.

¹⁶But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

¹⁷لانه قبل الطلبة واذ كان اكثر اجتهادا مضى اليكم من تلقاء نفسه.

¹⁷For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.

¹⁸وارسلنا معه الاخ الذي مدحه في الانجيل في جميع الكنائس.

¹⁸We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the assemblies.

¹⁹وليس ذلك فقط بل هو منتخب ايضا من الكنائس رفيقا لنا في السفر مع هذه النعمة المخدومة منا لمجد ذات الرب الواحد ولنشاطكم.

¹⁹Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

²⁰متجنبين هذا ان يلومنا احد في جسامة هذه المخدومة منا.

²⁰We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.

²¹معتنين بامور حسنة ليس قدام الرب فقط بل قدام الناس ايضا.

²¹Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

²²وارسلنا معهما اخانا الذي اختبرنا مرارا في امور كثيرة انه مجتهد ولكنه الآن اشد اجتهادا كثيرا بالثقة الكثيرة بكم.

²²We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.

²³اما من جهة تيطس فهو شريك لي وعامل معي لاجلكم. واما اخوانا فهما رسولا الكنائس ومجد المسيح.

²³As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

²⁴فبينوا لهم وقدام الكنائس بينة محبتكم وافتخارنا من جهتكم

²⁴Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.