ﻛﻮﺭﻧﺜﻮﺱ ﺍﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ 9
Ketab El Hayat
9 فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ الضَّرُورِيِّ أَنْ أَكْتُبَ إِلَيْكُمْ فِي مَوْضُوعِ إِعَانَةِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ، 2 مَادُمْتُ أَعْرِفُ اسْتِعْدَادَكُمُ الَّذِي أَفْتَخِرُ بِهِ مِنْ جِهَتِكُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَقِدُونِيِّينَ فَأَقُولُ: إِنَّ مُقَاطَعَةَ أَخَائِيَةَ جَاهِزَةٌ لِلإِعَانَةِ مُنْذُ السَّنَةِ الْمَاضِيَةِ. وَحَمَاسَتُكُمْ كَانَتْ دَافِعاً لأَكْثَرِ الإِخْوَةِ. 3 وَلَكِنِّي أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمُ الإِخْوَةَ لِكَيْ لَا يَنْقَلِبَ افْتِخَارُنَا بِكُمْ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ افْتِخَاراً بَاطِلاً وَلِكَيْ تَكُونُوا جَاهِزِينَ كَمَا قُلْتُ؛ 4 لِئَلّا نُضْطَرَّ نَحْنُ، وَلا أَقُولُ أَنْتُمْ، إِلَى الْخَجَلِ بِهذِهِ الثِّقَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ إِذَا مَا رَافَقَنِي بَعْضُ الْمَقِدُونِيِّينَ وَوَجَدُوكُمْ غَيْرَ جَاهِزِينَ. 5 لِذَلِكَ رَأَيْتُ مِنَ اللّازِمِ أَنْ أَلْتَمِسَ مِنَ الإِخْوَةِ أَنْ يَسْبِقُونِي إِلَيْكُمْ، لِكَيْ يُعِدُّوا أَوَّلاً عَطِيَّتَكُمْ الَّتِي سَبَقَ الإِعْلانُ عَنْهَا، لِتَكُونَ جَاهِزَةً بِاعْتِبَارِهَا بَرَكَةً، لَا كَأَنَّهَا وَاجِبٌ ثَقِيلٌ!
تشجيع السخاء
6 فَمِنَ الْحَقِّ أَنَّ مَنْ يَزْرَعُ بِالتَّقْتِيرِ، يَحْصُدُ أَيْضاً بِالتَّقْتِيرِ، وَمَنْ يَزْرَعُ بِالْبَرَكَاتِ، يَحْصُدُ أَيْضاً بِالْبَرَكَاتِ. 7 فَلْيَتَبَرَّعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِمَا نَوَى فِي قَلْبِهِ، لَا بِأَسَفٍ وَلا عَنِ اضْطِرَارٍ، لأَنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ مَنْ يُعْطِي بِسُرُورٍ. 8 وَاللهُ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ كُلَّ نِعْمَةٍ تَفِيضُ عَلَيْكُمْ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ لَكُمُ اكْتِفَاءٌ كُلِّيٌّ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكُلِّ حِينٍ، فَتَفِيضُوا فِي كُلِّ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ؛ 9 وَفْقاً لِمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «وَزَّعَ بِسَخَاءٍ، أَعْطَى الْفُقَرَاءَ، بِرُّهُ يَدُومُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ!» 10 وَالَّذِي يُقَدِّمُ بِذَاراً لِلزَّارِعِ، وَخُبْزاً لِلأَكْلِ، سَيُقَدِّمُ لَكُمْ بِذَارَكُمْ وَيُكَثِّرُهُ وَيَزِيدُ أَثْمَارَ بِرِّكُمْ: 11 إِذْ تغْتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، لأَجْلِ كُلِّ سَخَاءٍ طَوْعِيٍّ يُنْتِجُ بِنَا شُكْراً للهِ، 12 ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ خِدْمَةَ اللهِ بِهذِهِ الإِعَانَةِ لَا تَسُدُّ حَاجَةَ الْقِدِّيسِينَ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ تَفِيضُ بِشُكْرٍ كَثِيرٍ لِلهِ. 13 فَإِنَّ الْقِدِّيسِينَ، إِذْ يَخْتَبِرُونَ هذِهِ الْخِدْمَةَ، يُمَجِّدُونَ اللهَ عَلَى طَاعَتِكُمْ فِي الشَّهَادَةِ لإِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ وَعَلَى السَّخَاءِ الطَّوْعِيِّ فِي مُشَارَكَتِكُمْ لَهُمْ وَلِلْجَمِيعِ. 14 كَمَا يَرْفَعُونَ الدُّعَاءَ لأَجْلِكُمْ، مُتَشَوِّقِينَ إِلَيْكُمْ، بِسَبَبِ نِعْمَةِ اللهِ الْفَائِقَةِ الَّتِي ظَهَرَتْ فِيكُمْ. 15 فَشُكْراً لِلهِ عَلَى عَطِيَّتِهِ الْمَجَّانِيَّةِ الَّتِي تَفُوقُ الْوَصْفَ!
2 Corinzi 9
La Bibbia della Gioia
9 Per quanto riguarda questi aiuti destinati ai fratelli cristiani di Gerusalemme, so benissimo che non cʼè nemmeno bisogno che ve ne accenni, 2 perché so che siete pronti nellʼaiutare. Infatti, mi sono vantato di voi con i fratelli della Macedonia, dicendo che voi dellʼAcaia eravate già pronti fin dallʼanno scorso a mandare il vostro aiuto; e il vostro entusiasmo ha spinto la maggior parte di loro a seguire il vostro esempio. 3 Comunque ho mandato questi fratelli a rassicurarsi che siete davvero pronti, e cioè che, come ho detto loro, avete già raccolto il denaro. Non vorrei che qualcuno mi dicesse che questa volta mi sono sbagliato a vantarmi di voi. 4 Sarebbe davvero una bella vergogna, sia per me che per voi, se qualcuno di questi Macedoni venisse con me e non vi trovasse ancora pronti, dopo tutto quello che ho raccontato sul vostro conto!
Date e Dio vi ricompenserà
5 Perciò ho chiesto a questi altri fratelli di venire da voi prima di me, e di preparare lʼofferta che avete promesso. Voglio che sia un dono sincero e non una cosa fatta per forza. 6 Ma ricordatevi: se date poco, avrete poco. Un contadino che semina soltanto pochi semi, avrà un piccolo raccolto; ma se semina molto, mieterà molto. 7 Ognuno dia ciò che ha deciso in cuor suo, ma non di malavoglia, né per forza, perché: «Dio ama chi dona serenamente». 8 E Dio è capace di contraccambiare, dandovi tutto ciò di cui avete bisogno e anche di più, in modo che non ce ne sia soltanto a sufficienza per far fronte ai vostri bisogni, ma in abbondanza da poterne dare con gioia anche agli altri. 9 Proprio come dicono le Scritture: «Lʼuomo che ama Dio dà generosamente ai poveri. Le sue buone azioni andranno a suo vantaggio per sempre».
10 Perché Dio, come dà al contadino i semi da seminare e, più tardi, buoni raccolti da mietere e mangiare, così darà anche a voi sempre più semi da seminare, e farà in modo che crescano così tanto che possiate donare sempre più i frutti del vostro raccolto.
11 Proprio così, Dio vi farà ricchi di tutto, in modo che possiate dare a tutti generosamente, e quando porteremo la vostra offerta a quelli che ne hanno bisogno, essi ringrazieranno e loderanno Dio per il vostro aiuto.
12 Allora lʼorganizzazione di questi aiuti darà due buoni risultati: primo, saranno aiutati quelli che sono poveri; secondo, costoro ringrazieranno di cuore il Signore. 13 Quelli che aiutate non saranno soltanto riconoscenti per il vostro dono generoso fatto a loro e agli altri, ma loderanno Dio per questa dimostrazione pratica della vostra ubbidienza al Vangelo di Cristo. 14 Ed essi pregheranno per voi con profondo fervore e sentimento per la meravigliosa grazia che Dio ha fatto loro per mezzo vostro.
15 Sia ringraziato Dio per suo Figlio, un dono troppo bello per essere descritto a parole.
2 Corinthians 9
King James Version
9 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
2 Corinthians 9
New International Version
9 There is no need(A) for me to write to you about this service(B) to the Lord’s people.(C) 2 For I know your eagerness to help,(D) and I have been boasting(E) about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year(F) you in Achaia(G) were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action. 3 But I am sending the brothers(H) in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.(I) 4 For if any Macedonians(J) come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident. 5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers(K) to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift,(L) not as one grudgingly given.(M)
Generosity Encouraged
6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(N) 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(O) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(P) for God loves a cheerful giver.(Q) 8 And God is able(R) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(S) you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written:
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food(V) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.(W) 11 You will be enriched(X) in every way so that you can be generous(Y) on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.(Z)
12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs(AA) of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.(AB) 13 Because of the service(AC) by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God(AD) for the obedience that accompanies your confession(AE) of the gospel of Christ,(AF) and for your generosity(AG) in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God(AH) for his indescribable gift!(AI)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 9:9 Psalm 112:9
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