Lettera di Giuda - (מכתב יהודה) 12

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 לָכֵן גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ אֲשֶׁר־עֲנַן עֵדִים רַב כָּזֶה סֹבֵב אֹתָנוּ נַשְׁלִיכָה מִמֶּנּוּ כָּל־טֹרַח וְהַחֵטְא הַמַּקִּיף עָלֵינוּ וְנָרוּצָה בַתּוֹחֶלֶת אֶת־הַמְּרוּצָה הָעֲרוּכָה לְפָנֵינוּ	1 With so many witnesses in a great cloud all around us, we too, then, should throw off everything thatweighs us down and the sin that clings so closely, and with perseverance keep running in the race which liesahead of us.
2 וְנַבִּיטָה אֶל־יֵשׁוּעַ רֹאשׁ הָאֱמוּנָה וּמַשְׁלִימָהּ אֲשֶׁר בְּעַד הַשִּׂמְחָה הַשְּׁמוּרָה לוֹ סָבַל אֶת־הַצְּלָב וַיִּבֶז הַחֶרְפָּה וַיֵּשֶׁב לִימִין כִּסֵּא הָאֱלֹהִים	2 Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection: for the sakeof the joy which lay ahead of him, he endured the cross, disregarding the shame of it, and has taken his seat atthe right of God's throne.
3 הִתְבּוֹנְנוּ אֵלָיו אֲשֶׁר־נָשָׂא כְּלִמַּת חַטָּאִים גְּדוֹלָה כָזֹאת לְמַעַן לֹא תִיעֲפוּ וְלֹא תִיגְעוּ בְּנַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם	3 Think of the way he persevered against such opposition from sinners and then you will not lose heartand come to grief.
4 עֲדַיִן לֹא עֲמַדְתֶּם עַד־לַדָּם בְּמִלְחַמְתְּכֶם עִם־הַחֵטְא	4 In the fight against sin, you have not yet had to keep fighting to the point of bloodshed.
5 וַתִּשְׁכְּחוּ דְּבַר הַנִּחוּמִים הַמְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיכֶם כְּמוֹ אֶל־בָּנִים לֵאמֹר מוּסַר יְהוָֹה בְּנִי אַל־תִּמְאָס וְאַל־תָּקֹץ בְּתוֹכַחְתּוֹ	5 Have you forgotten that encouraging text in which you are addressed as sons? My son, do not scorncorrection from the Lord, do not resent his training,
6 כִּי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר יֶאֱהַב יְהוָֹה יוֹכִיחַ יַכְאִב אֶת־בֵּן יִרְצֶה	6 for the Lord trains those he loves, and chastises every son he accepts.
7 אִם־סֹבְלִים אַתֶּם מוּסָר דְּעוּ כִּי־כְאָב עִם־בָּנָיו כֵּן מִתְנַהֵג אֱלֹהִים עִמָּכֶם כִּי אַיֵּה הַבֵּן אֲשֶׁר אָבִיו לֹא יְיַסְּרֶנּוּ	7 Perseverance is part of your training; God is treating you as his sons. Has there ever been any sonwhose father did not train him?
8 אַךְ אִם־תִּהְיוּ בְאֵין־מוּסָר אֲשֶׁר הָיָה מְנָת כֻּלָּם אָז מַמְזֵרִים אַתֶּם וְלֹא בָנִים	8 If you were not getting this training, as all of you are, then you would be not sons but bastards.
9 וְעוֹד אִם־אֲבוֹת בְּשָׂרֵנוּ הָיוּ מְיַסְּרִים אֹתָנוּ וַנִּירָא מֵהֶם אַף כִּי־נִכָּנַע לִפְנֵי אֲבִי הָרוּחוֹת וְנִחְיֶה	9 Besides, we have all had our human fathers who punished us, and we respected them for it; al themore readily ought we to submit to the Father of spirits, and so earn life.
10 כִּי הֵמָּה יִסְּרוּנוּ כַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיהֶם לְיָמִים מְעַטִּים אֲבָל זֶה לְהוֹעִיל לְמַעַן יִהְיֶה־לָּנוּ חֵלֶק בִּקְדֻשָּׁתוֹ	10 Our human fathers were training us for a short life and according to their own lights; but he does it al for our own good, so that we may share his own holiness.
11 וְכָל־מוּסָר בְּעֵת עָבְרוֹ עָלֵינוּ אֵינֶנּוּ שִׂמְחָה בְעֵינֵינוּ כִּי אִם־יָגוֹן אוּלָם בְּאַחֲרִיתוֹ יִתֵּן פְּרִי שָׁלוֹם לִצְדָקָה לַמְלֻמָּדִים בּוֹ	11 Of course, any discipline is at the time a matter for grief, not joy; but later, in those who haveundergone it, it bears fruit in peace and uprightness.
12 עַל־כֵּן חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כּשְׁלוֹת	12 So steady al weary hands and trembling knees
13 וּמַעְגַּל רַגְלֵיכֶם פַּלֵּסוּ לְמַעַן לֹא־תִטֶּה הַצֹּלֵעָה מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ כִּי אִם־תֵּרָפֵא	13 and make your crooked paths straight; then the injured limb wil not be maimed, it wil get betterinstead.
14 רִדְפוּ אֶת־הַשָּׁלוֹם עִם־כָּל־אָדָם וְאֵת הַקְּדֻשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר בִּלְעָדֶיהָ לֹא־יִרְאֶה אִישׁ אֶת־הָאָדוֹן	14 Seek peace with al people, and the holiness without which no one can ever see the Lord.
15 וְהִזָּהֲרוּ פֶּן־יֵשׁ בָּכֶם אִישׁ מִתְאַחֵר מֵחֶסֶד אֱלֹהִים פֶּן־יוֹגִיעֲכֶם שֹׁרֶשׁ פֹּרֶה לַעֲנָה וְיִטַּמְּאוּ בוֹ רַבִּים	15 Be careful that no one is deprived of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness should begin togrow and make trouble; this can poison a large number.
16 פֶּן־יִמָּצֵא בָכֶם זֹנֶה אוֹ חָלָל כְּעֵשָׂו אֲשֶׁר בְּנָזִיד אֶחָד מָכַר אֶת־בְּכוֹרָתוֹ	16 And be careful that there is no immoral person, or anyone worldly minded like Esau, who sold hisbirthright for one single meal.
17 הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי־גַם נִמְאַס אַחֲרֵי כֵן כַּאֲשֶׁר רָצָה לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הַבְּרָכָה כִּי לֹא־מָצָא מָקוֹם לִתְשׁוּבָה אַף כִּי־בִקֵּשׁ אוֹתָהּ בִּדְמָעוֹת	17 As you know, when he wanted to obtain the blessing afterwards, he was rejected and, though hepleaded for it with tears, he could find no way of reversing the decision.
18 כִּי לֹא־בָאתֶם אֶל־הַר נִמְשָׁשׁ וּבֹעֵר בָּאֵשׁ וְלֹא אֶל־עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל וּסְעָרָה	18 What you have come to is nothing known to the senses: not a blazing fire, or gloom or totaldarkness, or a storm;
19 וְלֹא לְקוֹל שׁוֹפָר וּלְקוֹל הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שֹׁמְעָיו בִּקְשׁוּ שֶׁלֹּא יוֹסִיף לְדַבֵּר עִמָּהֶם עוֹד	19 or trumpet-blast or the sound of a voice speaking which made everyone that heard it beg that nomore should be said to them.
20 כִּי לֹא־יָכְלוּ לָשֵׂאת אֵת אֲשֶׁר צֻוּוּ וְאִם־בְּהֵמָה תִּגַּע בָּהָר סָקֹל תִּסָּקֵל אוֹ־יָרֹה תִיָּרֶה בַּחִצִּים	20 They could not bear the order that was given: If even a beast touches the mountain, it must bestoned.
21 וְהַמַּרְאֶה הָיָה נוֹרָא עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר משֶׁה יָגֹרְתִּי וְחָרָדְתִּי	21 The whole scene was so terrible that Moses said, 'I am afraid and trembling.'
22 כִּי אִם־בָּאתֶם אֶל־הַר צִיּוֹן וְאֶל־עִיר אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁבַּשָּׁמָיִם	22 But what you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalemwhere the mil ions of angels have gathered for the festival,
23 וְאֶל־עֲצֶרֶת רִבְבוֹת הַמַּלְאָכִים וַעֲדַת הַבְּכוֹרִים הַכְּתוּבִים בָּשָּׁמָיִם וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים שֹׁפֵט הַכֹּל וְאֶל־רוּחוֹת הַצַּדִּיקִים הַנִּשְׁלָמִים	23 with the whole Church of first-born sons, enrolled as citizens of heaven. You have come to Godhimself, the supreme Judge, and to the spirits of the upright who have been made perfect;
24 וְאֶל־יֵשׁוּעַ מֵלִיץ הַבְּרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה וְאֶל־דַּם הַהַזָּאָה הַמֵּיטִיב דַּבֵּר מִדַּם־הָבֶל	24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to purifying blood which pleads more insistentlythan Abel's.
25 לָכֵן רְאוּ פֶּן־תְּמָאֲנוּ לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶל־הַמְדַבֵּר כִּי הֵן לֹא נִמְלְטוּ הַמֵּאֲנִים לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶל־הַמְדַבֵּר עִמָּהֶם בָּאָרֶץ אַף כִּי־אֲנַחְנוּ אִם־נְמָאֵן לִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹל הַמְדַבֵּר מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם	25 Make sure that you never refuse to listen when he speaks. If the people who on earth refused tolisten to a warning could not escape their punishment, how shal we possibly escape if we turn away from avoice that warns us from heaven?
26 אֲשֶׁר קוֹלוֹ הִרְעִישׁ אָז אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְעַתָּה זֶה הִבְטִיחַ לֵאמֹר עוֹד אַחַת וַאֲנִי מַרְעִישׁ לֹא לְבַד אֶת־הָאָרֶץ כִּי־גַם אֶת־הַשָּׁמָיִם	26 That time his voice made the earth shake, but now he has given us this promise: I am going to shakethe earth once more and not only the earth but heaven as wel .
27 וְזוּ עוֹד אַחַת שֶׁאָמַר מַשְׁמִיעַ חֲלִיפַת הַנִּרְעָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הֵם עֲשֹוּיִם לְמַעַן יַעֲמֹד אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ נִרְעָשׁ	27 The words once more indicate the removal of what is shaken, since these are created things, so thatwhat is not shaken remains.
28 לָכֵן אֲנַחְנוּ הַמְקַבְּלִים מַלְכוּת אֲשֶׁר לֹא תִמּוֹט נָבֹאָה־נָּא בְתוֹדָה וְנַעֲבֹד בָּהּ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים לְרָצוֹן לוֹ בִּצְנִיעוּת וּבְיִרְאָה	28 We have been given possession of an unshakeable kingdom. Let us therefore be grateful and useour gratitude to worship God in the way that pleases him, in reverence and fear.
29 כִּי אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא	29 For our God is a consuming fire.