Prima lettera a Timoteo (מכתב ראשון לטימותי) 10

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַאֲנִי פוֹלוֹס הִנְנִי מַזְהִיר אֶתְכֶם בְּעַנְוַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְחֶמְלָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר פָּנִים בְּפָנִים שָׁפֵל אֲנִי בְּתוֹכֲכֶם וּבְרָחֳקִי תַּקִּיף עִמָּכֶם	1 I urge you by the gentleness and forbearance of Christ -- this is Paul now speaking personal y-I, theone who is so humble when he is facing you but ful of boldness at a distance.
2 וְאֶתְחַנְּנָה שֶׁלֹּא אֶצְטָרֵךְ בְּבֹאִי לִהְיוֹת תַּקִּיף בַּבִּטָּחוֹן הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר אֶחֱשֹׁב לְהִתְגַּבֶּר־בּוֹ נֶגֶד הָאֲנָשִׁים הַחשְׁבִים אֹתָנוּ כְּמִתְהַלְּכִים לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר	2 Yes, my appeal to you is that I should not have to be bold when I am actual y with you, or show thesame self-assurance as I reckon to use when I am chal enging those who reckon that we are guided by humanmotives.
3 כִּי בְּלֶכְתֵּנוּ בַבָּשָׂר לֹא נִלָּחֵם לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר	3 For although we are human, it is not by human methods that we do battle.
4 כִּי־כְלֵי מִלְחַמְתֵּנוּ אֵינָם שֶׁל־הַבָּשָׂר כִּי אִם־חֲזָקִים הֵם לֵאלֹהִים לַהֲרֹס מִבְצָרִים	4 The weapons with which we do battle are not those of human nature, but they have the power, inGod's cause, to demolish fortresses. It is ideas that we demolish,
5 בַּאֲשֶׁר הֹרְסִים אֲנַחְנוּ תַּחְבֻּלוֹת וְכָל־מָרוֹם הַמִּתְנַשֵּׂא נֶגֶד דַּעַת הָאֱלֹהִים וְשׁוֹבִים כָּל־מְזִמָּה לְמִשְׁמַעַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ	5 every presumptuous notion that is set up against the knowledge of God, and we bring every thoughtinto captivity and obedience to Christ;
6 וּנְכוֹנִים לִנְקֹם נְקָמָה מֵאֵת כָּל־מֶרִי אִם־תִּשְׁלַם מִשְׁמַעְתְּכֶם	6 once you have given your complete obedience, we are prepared to punish any disobedience.
7 הֲתִשְׁפְּטוּ לְמַרְאֵה פָנִים אִישׁ כִּי יִבְטַח לִהְיוֹת לַמָּשִׁיחַ יָשׁוּב וְיָדִין בְּלִבּוֹ כִּי־כַאֲשֶׁר הוּא לַמָּשִׁיחַ כֵּן לַמָּשִׁיחַ גַּם־אֲנָחְנוּ	7 Look at the evidence of your eyes. Anybody who is convinced that he belongs to Christ should go onto reflect that we belong to Christ no less than he does.
8 וְגַם כִּי־אֶתְהַלֵּל מְעַט יוֹתֵר עַל־דְּבַר הָרְשׁוּת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לָנוּ הָאָדוֹן לִבְנוֹתְכֶם וְלֹא לְשַׁחֶתְכֶם לֹא אֵבוֹשׁ	8 Maybe I have taken rather too much pride in our authority, but the Lord gave us that for building youup, not for knocking you down, and I am not going to be shamed
9 לְמַעַן לֹא אֵרָאֶה כִּמְאַיֵּם אֶתְכֶם עַל־יְדֵי הָאִגְּרוֹת	9 into letting you think that I can put fear into you only by letter.
10 כְּאָמְרָם הֵן הָאִגְּרוֹת קָשׁוֹת הֵנָּה וַחֲזָקוֹת אֲבָל הַגּוּף בִּהְיוֹתוֹ לְנֶגְדֵּנוּ חָלוּשׁ הוּא וְנִיבוֹ נִבְזֶה	10 Someone said, 'His letters are weighty enough, and ful of strength, but when you see him in person,he makes no impression and his powers of speaking are negligible.'
11 יֵדַע־נָא הָאֹמֵר כָּזֹאת כִּי־כְמוֹ שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ בְדִבּוּר עַל־יְדֵי אִגְּרוֹת בִּהְיוֹתֵנוּ רְחוֹקִים כֵּן גַּם־בְּפֹעַל אֲנַחְנוּ בִּהְיוֹתֵנוּ קְרוֹבִים	11 I should like that sort of person to take note that our deeds when we are present wil show the samequalities as our letters when we were at a distance.
12 כִּי אַל־נָעֵז פָּנֵינוּ לִכְלֹל אֹתָנוּ עִם־הָאֲנָשִׁים הַמְשַׁבְּחִים נַפְשָׁם אוֹ לַעֲרֹךְ אֹתָנוּ לָאֵלֶּה אָכֵן נִבְעֲרוּ מִדַּעַת הַמֹּדְדִים אֶת־נַפְשָׁם בְּנַפְשָׁם וְעֹרְכִים אֶת־נַפְשָׁם לְנַפְשָׁם	12 We are not venturing to rank ourselves, or even to compare ourselves with certain people whoprovide their own commendations. By measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves tothemselves, they only show their fol y.
13 וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נִתְגַּדֵּל לִבְלִי־מִדָּה כִּי אִם־כְּפִי מִדַּת הַגְּבוּל אֲשֶׁר חָלַק לָנוּ הָאֱלֹהִים לְחֹק לְהַגִּיעַ גַּם־עָדֵיכֶם	13 By contrast we do not intend to boast beyond measure, but wil measure ourselves by the standardwhich God laid down for us, namely that of having come al the way to you.
14 כִּי לוּלֵא הִגַּעְנוּ עָדֵיכֶם לֹא נִשְׂתָּרֵעַ לְמַעְלָה מֵעֶרְכֵּנוּ הֲלֹא כְבָר קִדַּמְנוּ גַּם־אֶתְכֶם בִּבְשׂוֹרַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ	14 We are not overreaching ourselves as we would be if we had not come all the way to you; in fact wewere the first to come as far as you with the good news of Christ.
15 לֹא נִתְגַּדֵּל לִבְלִי־מִדָּה בִּיגִיעַת אֲחֵרִים אֲבָל יֶשׁ־לָנוּ הַתִּקְוָה כִּי־בִרְבוֹת אֱמוּנַתְכֶם נְכֻבַּד בָּכֶם כְּפִי גְבוּלֵנוּ עַד־לְמַעְלָה	15 So we are not boasting beyond measure, about other men's work; in fact, we hope, as your faithincreases, to grow greater and greater by this standard of ours,
16 כְּדֵי־לְבַשֵּׂר הַבְּשׂוֹרָה גַּם־לְהָלְאָה מִכֶּם וְלֹא לְהִתְהַלֵּל בְּמַה־שֶּׁמּוּכָן כְּבָר בִּגְבוּל אֲחֵרִים	16 by preaching the gospel to regions beyond you, rather than boasting about work already done insomeone else's province.
17 וְהַמִּתְהַלֵּל יִתְהַלֵּל בַּיהוֹה	17 Let anyone who wants to boast, boast of the Lord.
18 כִּי לֹא הַמְשַׁבֵּחַ נַפְשׁוֹ מְשֻׁבָּח הוּא כִּי אִם־אֲשֶׁר יְשַׁבְּחֶנּוּ יְהוָֹה	18 For it is not through self-commendation that recognition is won, but through commendation.