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Prima lettera a Timoteo (מכתב ראשון לטימותי) 11


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STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCHNEW JERUSALEM
1 אַחֲלַי תִּשְׂאוּ מְעַט אִוַּלְתִּי וְאַף־אָמְנָם תִּשָּׂאוּנִי1 I wish you would put up with a little foolishness from me -- not that you don't do this already.
2 כִּי מְקַנֵּא אֲנִי לָכֶם קִנְאַת אֱלֹהִים כִּי אֵרַשְׂתִּי אֶתְכֶם לְאִישׁ אֶחָד לְהַעֲמִיד אֶתְכֶם בְּתוּלָה טְהוֹרָה לִפְנֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ2 The jealousy that I feel for you is, you see, God's own jealousy: I gave you all in marriage to a singlehusband, a virgin pure for presentation to Christ.
3 אַךְ יָרֵא אָנֹכִי פֶּן כַּאֲשֶׁר הִשִּׁיא הַנָּחָשׁ בְּעָרְמָתוֹ אֶת־חַוָּה כֵּן תִּשְׂטֶינָה גַּם־מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם מִן־הַתְּמִימוּת אֲשֶׁר עִם־הַמָּשִׁיחַ3 But I am afraid that, just as the snake with his cunning seduced Eve, your minds may be led astrayfrom single-minded devotion to Christ.
4 כִּי אִם־יָבֹא הַבָּא וְהִגִּיד לָכֶם יֵשׁוּעַ אַחֵר אֲשֶׁר לֹא הִגַּדְנֻהוּ אוֹ אִם־תִּקְחוּ רוּחַ אַחֵר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־לְקַחְתֶּם אֹתוֹ אוֹ־בְשׂוֹרָה אַחֶרֶת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־קִבַּלְתֶּם אֹתָהּ כִּי עַתָּה הֵיטֵב תִּשָּׂאֻהוּ4 Because any chance comer has only to preach a Jesus other than the one we preached, or you haveonly to receive a spirit different from the one you received, or a gospel different from the one you accepted -- andyou put up with that only too wil ingly.
5 אוּלָם אֶחֱשֹׁב אֲשֶׁר־אֵינֶנִּי נֹפֵל בִּמְאוּמָה מֵהַשְּׁלִיחִים הַגְּדוֹלִים כָּל־כָּךְ5 Now, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to the super-apostles.
6 וְאַף אִם־בַּעַר אָנֹכִי בַּדִּבּוּר אֵינֶנִּי בַעַר בַּדָּעַת כִּי אִם־בַּכֹּל נִגְלִינוּ אֲלֵיכֶם בִּפְנֵי כָל־אָדָם6 Even if there is something lacking in my public speaking, this is not the case with my knowledge, aswe have openly shown to you at al times and before everyone.
7 אוֹ הֶחָטֹא חָטָאתִי בְּהַשְׁפִּילִי אֶת־עַצְמִי לְמַעַן הַגְבִּיהֲכֶם כִּי־בִשַּׂרְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּלֹא־מְחִיר אֶת־בְּשׂוֹרַת הָאֱלֹהִים7 Have I done wrong, then, humbling myself so that you might be raised up, by preaching the gospel ofGod to you for nothing?
8 קְהִלּוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת שַׁלּוֹתִי בְּקַחְתִּי מֵהֶן שָׂכָר לְמַעַן אֲשָׁרֶתְכֶם וּבִהְיוֹתִי עִמָּכֶם וָאֶחְסַר לֹא הֶלְאֵיתִי אָדָם8 I was robbing other churches, taking wages from them in order to work for you.
9 כִּי אֶת־מַחְסוֹרִי מִלְאוּ הָאַחִים בְּבֹאָם מִמַּקְדּוֹנְיָא וּבְכָל־דָּבָר נִשְׁמַרְתִּי מִהְיוֹת לָכֶם לְמַשָּׂא וְגַם אֶשָּׁמֵר9 When I was with you and needed money, I was no burden to anybody, for the brothers fromMacedonia brought me as much as I needed when they came; I have always been careful not to let myself be aburden to you in any way, and I shall continue to be so.
10 בַּאֲמִתּוֹ שֶׁל־הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֲשֶׁר־בִּי מֵעִיד אֲנִי בָּכֶם כִּי תְּהִלָּתִי זֹאת לֹא־תִּכָּלֵא מִמֶּנִּי בִּגְלִילוֹת אֲכַיָּא10 And as Christ's truth is in me, this boast of mine is not going to be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
11 עַל־מַה־זֶּה הַעַל אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנִּי אֹהֵב אֶתְכֶם הָאֱלֹהִים יוֹדֵעַ11 Why should it be? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do.
12 אֲבָל אֵת אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה אוֹסִיף לַעֲשׂוֹת לְבִלְתִּי תֵת־מָקוֹם לַמְבַקְשִׁים עֲלִילָה לְמַעַן בְּמַה־שֶּׁיִּתְהַלְלוּ בוֹ יִמָּצְאוּ דּוֹמִים לָנוּ12 I wil go on acting as I do at present, to cut the ground from under the feet of those who are lookingfor a chance to be proved my equals in grounds for boasting.
13 כִּי אֲנָשִׁים כָּאֵלֶּה שְׁלִיחֵי שֶׁקֶר הֵם פֹּעֲלֵי רְמִיָּה מִתְחַפְּשִׂים לִשְׁלִיחֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ13 These people are counterfeit apostles, dishonest workers disguising themselves as apostles ofChrist.
14 וְאֵינֶנּוּ פֶּלֶא הֲלֹא הַשָּׂטָן גַּם־הוּא מִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְמַלְאַךְ הָאוֹר14 There is nothing astonishing in this; even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
15 לָכֵן אֵין־זֶה דָּבָר גָּדוֹל אִם גַּם־מְשָׁרְתָיו יִתְחַפְּשֹוּ לִמְשָׁרְתֵי הַצֶּדֶק אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרִיתָם תִּהְיֶה לְפִי מַעַלְלֵיהֶם15 It is nothing extraordinary, then, when his servants disguise themselves as the servants ofuprightness. They wil come to the end appropriate to what they have done.
16 וְאָשׁוּב וְאֹמַר אַל־נָא יַחְשְׁבֵנִי אִישׁ לְסָכָל וְאִם־אַיִן אַף־כְּסָכָל קַבְּלוּנִי לְמַעַן אֶתְהַלֵּל מְעַט גַּם־אָנִי16 To repeat: let no one take me for a fool, but if you do, then treat me as a fool, so that I, too, can do alittle boasting.
17 אֵת אֲשֶׁר אֲדַבֵּר לֹא לְפִי דֶּרֶךְ הָאָדוֹן אָנֹכִי מְדַבֵּר כִּי אִם־כְּמוֹ בְסִכְלוּת אָעֹז וָאֶתְהַלָּל17 I shal not be fol owing the Lord's way in what I say now, but wil be speaking out of foolishness in theconviction that I have something to boast about.
18 רַבִּים מִתְהַלְלִים לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר לָכֵן אֶתְהַלֵּל אַף־אָנִי18 So many people boast on merely human grounds that I shal too.
19 כִּי־נֹשְׂאִים אַתֶּם בְּרָצוֹן אֶת־הַסְּכָלִים בִּהְיוֹתְכֶם חֲכָמִים19 I know how happy you are to put up with fools, being so wise yourselves;
20 הֲלֹא תִשְׂאוּ אִם־יַעֲבִיד אֶתְכֶם אִישׁ אִם־יְבַלַּע אִם־יִלְכֹּד אֶתְכֶם אִם־יִתְנַשֵּׂא אִם־יַכֶּה אֶתְכֶם עַל־פְּנֵיכֶם20 and how you wil still go on putting up with a man who enslaves you, eats up al you possess, keepsyou under his orders and sets himself above you, or even slaps you in the face.
21 לְחֶרְפָּתֵנוּ אָנֹכִי אֹמֵר זֹאת כְּאִלּוּ הָיִינוּ רָפִים אֲבָל בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר יִרְהַב אִישׁ לְהִתְהַלֵּל בְּסִכְלוּת אֹמַר זֹאת אֶרְהַב גַּם־אָנֹכִי21 I say it to your shame; perhaps we have been too weak. Whatever bold claims anyone makes -- nowI am talking as a fool -- I can make them too.
22 עִבְרִים הֵם כֵּן גַּם־אָנֹכִי יִשְׂרְאֵלִים הֵם כֵּן גַּם־אָנֹכִי זֶרַע אַבְרָהָם הֵם כֵּן גַּם־אָנֹכִי22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So amI.
23 מְשָׁרְתֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ הֵם כְּמִתְהוֹלֵל אֹמַר אָנֹכִי יוֹתֵר מֵהֶם יוֹתֵר בִּיגִיעוֹת יוֹתֵר לִמְאֹד בְּמַכּוֹת יוֹתֵר בְּמוֹסֵרוֹת וְרֹב פְּעָמִים בִּמְצוּקוֹת מָוֶת23 Are they servants of Christ? I speak in utter fol y -- I am too, and more than they are: I have donemore work, I have been in prison more, I have been flogged more severely, many times exposed to death.
24 חָמֵשׁ פְּעָמִים סָפַגְתִּי בִּידֵי הַיְּהוּדִים אַרְבָּעִים חָסֵר אֶחָת24 Five times I have been given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews;
25 שָׁלשׁ פְּעָמִים יֻסַּרְתִּי בַשּׁוֹטִים פַּעַם אַחַת סֻקַּלְתִּי וְשָׁלשׁ פְּעָמִים נִשְׁבְּרָה־לִּי הַסְּפִינָה וָאֱהִי בִּמְצוּלוֹת יָם לַיְלָה וָיוֹם25 three times I have been beaten with sticks; once I was stoned; three times I have been shipwrecked,and once I have been in the open sea for a night and a day;
26 בְּמַסָּעוֹת רַבִּים בְּסַכְּנוֹת נְהָרוֹת בְּסַכְּנוֹת שֹׁדְדִים בְּסַכָּנוֹת מִצַּד בְּנֵי־עַמִּי בְּסַכָּנוֹת מִצַּד הַגּוֹיִם סַכָּנוֹת בָּעִיר סַכָּנוֹת בַּמִּדְבָּר סַכָּנוֹת בַּיָּם סַכָּנוֹת בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵי שָׁקֶר26 continual y travelling, I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from brigands, in danger from myown people and in danger from the gentiles, in danger in the towns and in danger in the open country, in dangerat sea and in danger from people masquerading as brothers;
27 בְּעָמָל וּבִתְלָאָה בִּבְלִי־שֵׁנָה פְּעָמִים הַרְבֵּה בְּרָעָב וּבְצָמָא בְּצוֹמוֹת הַרְבֵּה בְּקֹר וּבְעֵירוֹם27 I have worked with unsparing energy, for many nights without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty,and often altogether without food or drink; I have been cold and lacked clothing.
28 מִלְּבַד שְׁאָר הַדְּבָרִים הַבָּאִים עָלַי יוֹם יוֹם וְהַדְּאָגָה לְכָל־הַקְּהִלּוֹת28 And, besides all the external things, there is, day in day out, the pressure on me of my anxiety for althe churches.
29 מִי יֶחֱלַשׁ וַאֲנִי לֹא אֶחֱלָשׁ מִי יִכָּשֵׁל וְלֹא יִבְעַר לִבִּי29 If anyone weakens, I am weakened as wel ; and when anyone is made to fal , I burn in agony myself.
30 אִם־יֵשׁ לְהִתְהַלֵּל אֶתְהַלֵּל בְּחֻלְשָׁתִי30 If I have to boast, I will boast of al the ways in which I am weak.
31 הָאֱלֹהִים אֲבִי יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֲדֹנֵינוּ הַמְבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלְמֵי עוֹלָמִים הוּא יֹדֵעַ כִּי לֹא אֲשַׁקֵּר31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus -- who is for ever to be blessed -- knows that I am not lying.
32 בְּדַמֶּשֶׂק שָׁמַר הַנִּצָּב שֶׁל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲרֵטַס אֶת־עִיר הַדַּמַּשְׂקִיִּים וַיְבַקֵּשׁ לְתָפְשֵׂנִי32 When I was in Damascus, the governor who was under King Aretas put guards round Damascus cityto catch me,
33 וּבְעַד הַחַלּוֹן הוֹרִידוּ אֹתִי בְּסַל מֵעַל הַחוֹמָה וַאִמָּלֵט מִיָּדָיו33 and I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and that was how I escaped from hishands.