Lettera di Giuda - (מכתב יהודה) 12

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to 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 gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 הִתְבּוֹנְנוּ אֵלָיו אֲשֶׁר־נָשָׂא כְּלִמַּת חַטָּאִים גְּדוֹלָה כָזֹאת לְמַעַן לֹא תִיעֲפוּ וְלֹא תִיגְעוּ בְּנַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם	3 So then, meditate upon him who endured such adversity from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary, failing in your souls.
4 עֲדַיִן לֹא עֲמַדְתֶּם עַד־לַדָּם בְּמִלְחַמְתְּכֶם עִם־הַחֵטְא	4 For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin.
5 וַתִּשְׁכְּחוּ דְּבַר הַנִּחוּמִים הַמְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיכֶם כְּמוֹ אֶל־בָּנִים לֵאמֹר מוּסַר יְהוָֹה בְּנִי אַל־תִּמְאָס וְאַל־תָּקֹץ בְּתוֹכַחְתּוֹ	5 And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”
6 כִּי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר יֶאֱהַב יְהוָֹה יוֹכִיחַ יַכְאִב אֶת־בֵּן יִרְצֶה	6 For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges.
7 אִם־סֹבְלִים אַתֶּם מוּסָר דְּעוּ כִּי־כְאָב עִם־בָּנָיו כֵּן מִתְנַהֵג אֱלֹהִים עִמָּכֶם כִּי אַיֵּה הַבֵּן אֲשֶׁר אָבִיו לֹא יְיַסְּרֶנּוּ	7 Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?
8 אַךְ אִם־תִּהְיוּ בְאֵין־מוּסָר אֲשֶׁר הָיָה מְנָת כֻּלָּם אָז מַמְזֵרִים אַתֶּם וְלֹא בָנִים	8 But if you are without that discipline in which all have become sharers, then you are of adultery, and you are not sons.
9 וְעוֹד אִם־אֲבוֹת בְּשָׂרֵנוּ הָיוּ מְיַסְּרִים אֹתָנוּ וַנִּירָא מֵהֶם אַף כִּי־נִכָּנַע לִפְנֵי אֲבִי הָרוּחוֹת וְנִחְיֶה	9 Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live?
10 כִּי הֵמָּה יִסְּרוּנוּ כַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיהֶם לְיָמִים מְעַטִּים אֲבָל זֶה לְהוֹעִיל לְמַעַן יִהְיֶה־לָּנוּ חֵלֶק בִּקְדֻשָּׁתוֹ	10 And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification.
11 וְכָל־מוּסָר בְּעֵת עָבְרוֹ עָלֵינוּ אֵינֶנּוּ שִׂמְחָה בְעֵינֵינוּ כִּי אִם־יָגוֹן אוּלָם בְּאַחֲרִיתוֹ יִתֵּן פְּרִי שָׁלוֹם לִצְדָקָה לַמְלֻמָּדִים בּוֹ	11 Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it.
12 עַל־כֵּן חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כּשְׁלוֹת	12 Because of this, lift up your lazy hands and your lax knees,
13 וּמַעְגַּל רַגְלֵיכֶם פַּלֵּסוּ לְמַעַן לֹא־תִטֶּה הַצֹּלֵעָה מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ כִּי אִם־תֵּרָפֵא	13 and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed.
14 רִדְפוּ אֶת־הַשָּׁלוֹם עִם־כָּל־אָדָם וְאֵת הַקְּדֻשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר בִּלְעָדֶיהָ לֹא־יִרְאֶה אִישׁ אֶת־הָאָדוֹן	14 Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.
15 וְהִזָּהֲרוּ פֶּן־יֵשׁ בָּכֶם אִישׁ מִתְאַחֵר מֵחֶסֶד אֱלֹהִים פֶּן־יוֹגִיעֲכֶם שֹׁרֶשׁ פֹּרֶה לַעֲנָה וְיִטַּמְּאוּ בוֹ רַבִּים	15 Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,
16 פֶּן־יִמָּצֵא בָכֶם זֹנֶה אוֹ חָלָל כְּעֵשָׂו אֲשֶׁר בְּנָזִיד אֶחָד מָכַר אֶת־בְּכוֹרָתוֹ	16 lest any fornicator or worldly person be like Esau, who, for the sake of one meal, sold his birthright.
17 הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי־גַם נִמְאַס אַחֲרֵי כֵן כַּאֲשֶׁר רָצָה לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הַבְּרָכָה כִּי לֹא־מָצָא מָקוֹם לִתְשׁוּבָה אַף כִּי־בִקֵּשׁ אוֹתָהּ בִּדְמָעוֹת	17 For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.
18 כִּי לֹא־בָאתֶם אֶל־הַר נִמְשָׁשׁ וּבֹעֵר בָּאֵשׁ וְלֹא אֶל־עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל וּסְעָרָה	18 But you have not drawn near to a tangible mountain, or a burning fire, or a whirlwind, or a mist, or a storm,
19 וְלֹא לְקוֹל שׁוֹפָר וּלְקוֹל הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שֹׁמְעָיו בִּקְשׁוּ שֶׁלֹּא יוֹסִיף לְדַבֵּר עִמָּהֶם עוֹד	19 or the sound of a trumpet, or a voice of words. Those who had experienced these things excused themselves, lest the Word be spoken to them.
20 כִּי לֹא־יָכְלוּ לָשֵׂאת אֵת אֲשֶׁר צֻוּוּ וְאִם־בְּהֵמָה תִּגַּע בָּהָר סָקֹל תִּסָּקֵל אוֹ־יָרֹה תִיָּרֶה בַּחִצִּים	20 For they could not bear what was said, and so, if even a beast would have touched the mountain, it would have been stoned.
21 וְהַמַּרְאֶה הָיָה נוֹרָא עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר משֶׁה יָגֹרְתִּי וְחָרָדְתִּי	21 And what was seen was so terrible that even Moses said: “I am terrified, and so, I tremble.”
22 כִּי אִם־בָּאתֶם אֶל־הַר צִיּוֹן וְאֶל־עִיר אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁבַּשָּׁמָיִם	22 But you have drawn near to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of Angels,
23 וְאֶל־עֲצֶרֶת רִבְבוֹת הַמַּלְאָכִים וַעֲדַת הַבְּכוֹרִים הַכְּתוּבִים בָּשָּׁמָיִם וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים שֹׁפֵט הַכֹּל וְאֶל־רוּחוֹת הַצַּדִּיקִים הַנִּשְׁלָמִים	23 and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,
24 וְאֶל־יֵשׁוּעַ מֵלִיץ הַבְּרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה וְאֶל־דַּם הַהַזָּאָה הַמֵּיטִיב דַּבֵּר מִדַּם־הָבֶל	24 and to Jesus, the Mediator of the New Testament, and to a sprinkling of blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.
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 Be careful not to reject the One who is speaking. For if those who rejected him who was speaking upon the earth were not able to escape, so much more we who might turn away from the One who is speaking to 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 Then, his voice moved the earth. But now, he makes a promise, saying: “There is still one more time, and then I will move, not only the earth, but also heaven itself.”
27 וְזוּ עוֹד אַחַת שֶׁאָמַר מַשְׁמִיעַ חֲלִיפַת הַנִּרְעָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הֵם עֲשֹוּיִם לְמַעַן יַעֲמֹד אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ נִרְעָשׁ	27 And so, in saying, “There is still one more time,” he declares the transfer of the moveable things of creation, so that those things which are immoveable may remain.
28 לָכֵן אֲנַחְנוּ הַמְקַבְּלִים מַלְכוּת אֲשֶׁר לֹא תִמּוֹט נָבֹאָה־נָּא בְתוֹדָה וְנַעֲבֹד בָּהּ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים לְרָצוֹן לוֹ בִּצְנִיעוּת וּבְיִרְאָה	28 Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.
29 כִּי אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא	29 For our God is a consuming fire.