Seconda lettera ai Corinzi (מכתב שני לקורינתים) 23

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 אָז יְדַבֵּר יֵשׁוּעַ אֶל־הֲמוֹן הָעָם וְאֶל־תַּלְמִידָיו לֵאמֹר	1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds, and to his disciples,
2 עַל־כִּסֵּא משֶׁה יָשְׁבוּ הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים	2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in the chair of Moses.
3 לָכֵן כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְרוּ לָכֶם תִּשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אַךְ כְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם לֹא תַעֲשֹוּ כִּי אֹמְרִים הֵם וְאֵינָם עֹשִׂים	3 Therefore, all things whatsoever that they shall say to you, observe and do. Yet truly, do not choose to act according to their works. For they say, but they do not do.
4 כִּי אֹסְרִים מַשְׂאֹת כְּבֵדִים וְעֹמְסִים עַל־שְׁכֶם הָאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא יֹאבוּ לַהֲנִיעָם אַף בְּאֶצְבָּעָם	4 For they bind up heavy and unbearable burdens, and they impose them on men’s shoulders. But they are not willing to move them with even a finger of their own.
5 וְעֹשִׂים אֶת־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם לְהֵרָאוֹת בָּהֶם לִבְנֵי אָדָם כִּי מַרְחִיבִים אֶת־תְּפִלֵּיהֶם וּמַגְדִּילִים אֶת־צִיצִיּוֹתֵיהֶם	5 Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.
6 וְאֹהֲבִים אֶת־הֲסִבַּת הָרֹאשׁ בַּסְּעוּדוֹת וְאֶת־מוֹשְׁבֵי הָרֹאשׁ בְּבָתֵּי הַכְּנֵסִיּוֹת	6 And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
7 וְאֶת־שְׁאֵלוֹת שְׁלוֹמָם בַּשְּׁוָקִים וְאֶת־אֲשֶׁר יִקְרְאוּ לָהֶם בְּנֵי הָאָדָם רַבִּי רַבִּי	7 and greetings in the marketplace, and to be called Master by men.
8 אוּלָם אַתֶּם אַל־תִּקָּרְאוּ רַבִּי כִּי אֶחָד הוּא רַבְּכֶם הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְאַתֶּם אַחִים כֻּלְכֶם	8 But you must not be called Master. For One is your Master, and you are all brothers.
9 וְאַל־תִּקְרְאוּ אָב לְאִישׁ מִכֶּם עַל־הָאֲדָמָה כִּי אֶחָד הוּא אֲבִיכֶם אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמָיִם	9 And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.
10 גַּם אַל־תִּקָּרְאוּ מַנְהִיגִים כִּי אֶחָד הוּא מַנְהִיגְכֶם הַמָּשִׁיחַ	10 Neither should you be called teachers. For One is your Teacher, the Christ.
11 וְהַגָּדוֹל בָּכֶם יְהִי לָכֶם לִמְשָׁרֵת	11 Whoever is greater among you shall be your minister.
12 כָּל־הַמְּרוֹמֵם אֶת־עַצְמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵל וְהַמַּשְׁפִּיל אֶת־עַצְמוֹ יְרוֹמָם	12 But whoever has exalted himself, shall be humbled. And whoever has humbled himself, shall be exalted.
13 אַךְ־אוֹי לָכֶם הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים הַחֲנֵפִים כִּי סֹגְרִים אַתֶּם לִפְנֵי הָאָדָם אֵת מַלְכוּת הַשָּׁמָיִם הֵן אַתֶּם לֹא־תָבֹאוּ בָהּ וְאֵת הַבָּאִים לֹא תַנִּיחוּ לָבוֹא	13 So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter.
14 אוֹי לָכֶם הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים הַחֲנֵפִים כִּי־בֹלְעִים אַתֶּם אֶת־בָּתֵּי הָאַלְמָנוֹת וּמַאֲרִיכִים בִּתְפִלָּה לְמַרְאֵה עָיִן תַּחַת זֹאת מִשְׁפָּט עַל־יֶתֶר תִּקָּחוּ	14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you consume the houses of widows, praying long prayers. Because of this, you shall receive the greater judgment.
15 אוֹי לָכֶם הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים הַחֲנֵפִים כִּי־סוֹבְבִים אַתֶּם בַּיָּם וּבַיַּבָּשָׁה לְמַעַן גַּיֵּר גֵּר אֶחָד וְכִי יִתְגַּיַּר תַּעֲשֹוּ אוֹתוֹ לְבֶן־גֵּיהִנֹּם כִּפְלַיִם יוֹתֵר מִכֶּם	15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and by land, in order to make one convert. And when he has been converted, you make him twice the son of Hell that you are yourselves.
16 אוֹי לָכֶם מְנַהֲלִים עִוְרִים הָאֹמְרִים הַנִּשְׁבָּע בַּהֵיכָל אֵין־זֹאת מְאוּמָה וְהַנִּשְׁבָּע בִּזְהַב הַהֵיכָל יֶאְשָׁם	16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gold of the temple is obligated.’
17 אַתֶּם הַכְּסִילִים וְהַעִוְרִים כִּי מַה־הוּא הַגָּדוֹל אִם־הַזָּהָב אוֹ הַהֵיכָל הַמְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת־הַזָּהָב	17 You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
18 וַאֲמַרְתֶּם הַנִּשְׁבָּע בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ אֵין מְאוּמָה וְהַנִּשְׁבָּע בַּקָּרְבָּן אֲשֶׁר־עָלָיו יֶאְשָׁם	18 And you say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gift that is on the altar is obligated.’
19 אַתֶּם הַכְּסִילִים וְהַעִוְרִים כִּי מַה־הוּא הַגָּדוֹל אִם־הַקָּרְבָּן אוֹ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַמְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת־הַקָּרְבָּן	19 How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
20 לָכֵן הַנִּשְׁבָּע בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ נִשְׁבַּע בּוֹ וּבְכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָלָיו	20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.
21 וְהַנִּשְׁבָּע בַּהֵיכָל נִשְׁבַּע בּוֹ וּבַשּׁוֹכֵן בְּתוֹכוֹ	21 And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.
22 וְהַנִּשְׁבָּע בַּשָּׁמָיִם נִשְׁבַּע בְּכִסֵּא אֱלֹהִים וּבַיּשֵׁב עָלָיו	22 And whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
23 אוֹי לָכֶם הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים הַחֲנֵפִים כִּי מְעַשְּׂרִים אַתֶּם אֶת־הַמִּנְתָּא וְאֶת־הַשֶּׁבֶת וְאֶת־הַכַּמֹּן וַתַּנִּיחוּ אֵת הַחֲמוּרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה אֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּט וְאֶת־הַחֶסֶד וְאֶת־הָאֱמוּנָה וְהָיָה לָכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת אֵלֶּה וְלֹא לְהַנִּיחַ גַּם־אֶת־אֵלֶּה	23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you collect tithes on mint and dill and cumin, but you have abandoned the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, while not omitting the others.
24 מְנַהֲלִים עִוְרִים הַמְסַנְנִים אֵת הַיַּתּוּשׁ וּבֹלְעִים אֵת הַגָּמָל	24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat, while swallowing a camel!
25 אוֹי לָכֶם הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים הַחֲנֵפִים כִּי מְטַהֲרִים אַתֶּם פְּנֵי־הַכּוֹס וְהַקְּעָרָה מִחוּץ וְתוֹכָן מָלֵא גָּזֵל וּפְרִיצוּת	25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you clean what is outside the cup and the dish, but on the inside you are full of avarice and impurity.
26 פָּרוּשׁ עִוֵּר טַהֵר בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה אֶת־תּוֹךְ הַכּוֹס לְמַעַן תִּטָּהֵר גַּם־מִחוּץ	26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, and then what is outside becomes clean.
27 אוֹי לָכֶם הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים הַחֲנֵפִים כִּי־דֹמִים אַתֶּם לַקְּבָרִים הַמְסֻיָּדִים הַנִּרְאִים נָאִים מִחוּץ וְתוֹכָם מָלֵא עַצְמוֹת מֵתִים וְכָל־טֻמְאָה	27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed sepulchers, which outwardly appear brilliant to men, yet truly, inside, they are filled with the bones of the dead and with all filth.
28 כָּכָה גַם־אַתֶּם מִחוּץ נִרְאִים כְּצַדִּיקִים אֶל־בְּנֵי אָדָם וְתוֹכֲכֶם מָלֵא חֲנֻפָּה וָאָוֶן	28 So also, you certainly appear to men outwardly to be just. But inwardly you are filled with hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 אוֹי לָכֶם הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים הַחֲנֵפִים כִּי בוֹנִים אַתֶּם אֶת־קִבְרֵי הַנְּבִיאִים וַתְּיַפּוּ אֶת־מַצְּבוֹת קִבְרוֹת הַצַּדִּיקִים	29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites, who build the sepulchers of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just.
30 וַאֲמַרְתֶּם אִם־הָיִינוּ בִּימֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לֹא־הָיְתָה יָדֵנוּ עִמָּהֶם לִשְׁפֹּךְ דַּם הַנְּבִיאִים	30 And then you say, ‘If we had been there in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined with them in the blood of the prophets.’
31 וּבְכֵן תָּעִידוּ עַל־נַפְשְׁכֶם כִּי־בָנִים אַתֶּם לְרוֹצְחֵי הַנְּבִיאִים	31 And so you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets.
32 אַף־אַתֶּם מַלְּאוּ סְאַת אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם	32 Complete, then, the measure of your fathers.
33 נְחָשִׁים אַתֶּם יַלְדֵי הַצִּפְעוֹנִים אֵיכָה תִמָּלְטוּ מִדִּין גֵּיהִנֹּם	33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape from the judgment of Hell?
34 לָכֵן הִנְנִי שֹׁלֵחַ לָכֶם נְבִיאִים וַחֲכָמִים וְסוֹפְרִים וּמֵהֶם תַּהַרְגוּ וְתִצְלְבוּ וּמֵהֶם תַּכּוּ בַשּׁוֹטִים בְּבָתֵּי כְּנֵסִיּוֹתֵיכֶם וְתִרְדְּפוּם מֵעִיר לְעִיר	34 For this reason, behold, I send to you prophets and wisemen, and scribes. And some of these you will put to death and crucify; and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
35 לְמַעַן יָבֹא עֲלֵיכֶם כָּל־דָּם נָקִי הַנִּשְׁפָּךְ בָּאָרֶץ מִדַּם־הֶבֶל הַצַּדִּיק עַד־דַּם זְכַרְיָה בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָע אֲשֶׁר רְצַחְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ בֵּין הַהֵיכָל וְלַמִּזְבֵּחַ	35 so that upon you may fall all the blood of the just, which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
36 אָמֵן אֹמֵר אֲנִי לָכֶם בֹּא יָבֹא כָּל־אֵלֶּה עַל־הַדּוֹר הַזֶּה	36 Amen I say to you, all these things shall fall upon this generation.
37 יְרוּשָׁלַיִם יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הַהֹרֶגֶת אֶת־הַנְּבִיאִים וְהַסֹּקֶלֶת אֵת הַשְּׁלוּחִים אֵלֶיהָ כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים רָצִיתִי לְקַבֵּץ אֶת־בָּנַיִךְ כְּתַּרְנְגֹלֶת הַמְקַבֶּצֶת אֶת־אֶפְרֹחֶיהָ תַּחַת כְּנָפֶיהָ וְלֹא אֲבִיתֶם	37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone those who have been sent to you. How often I have wanted to gather your children together, in the way that a hen gathers her young under her wings. But you were not willing!
38 הִנֵּה בֵיתְכֶם יֵעָזֵב לָכֶם שָׁמֵם	38 Behold, your house shall be abandoned to you, having been deserted.
39 כִּי אֲנִי אֹמֵר לָכֶם רָאֹה לֹא תִרְאוּנִי מֵעַתָּה עַד אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמְרוּ בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֹה	39 For I say to you, you shall not see me again, until you say: ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”