Lettera di Giuda - (מכתב יהודה) 5

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 כִּי כָּל־כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל הַלָּקוּחַ מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי־אָדָם מֻפְקָד הוּא בַּעֲבוּר בְּנֵי אָדָם בְּעִנְיְנֵי אֱלֹהִים לְהַקְרִיב מִנְחָה וָזֶבַח עַל־הַחֲטָאִים	1 For every high priest taken from among men, is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2 וְהוּא יָכוֹל לַחְמֹל עַל־הַשֹּׁגְגִים וְהַתֹּעִים בִּהְיוֹתוֹ גַם־הוּא יְדוּעַ חֹלִי	2 Who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err: because he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3 אֲשֶׁר־עַל־כֵּן חַיָּב לְהַקְרִיב עַל־הַחֲטָאִים גַּם בְּעַד־הָעָם גַּם בְּעַד־נַפְשׁוֹ	3 And therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4 וְאֶת־הַגְּדֻלָּה הַזֹּאת לֹא־יִקַּח אִישׁ לְעַצְמוֹ רַק הַקָּרוּא לָהּ מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים כְּמוֹ אַהֲרֹן	4 Neither doth any man take the honour to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.
5 כֵּן גַּם־הַמָּשִׁיחַ לֹא־כִבֵּד אֶת־עַצְמוֹ לִהְיוֹת כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל כִּי אִם־הָאֹמֵר אֵלָיו בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ	5 So Christ also did not glorify himself, that he might be made a high priest: but he that said unto him: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
6 כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר גַּם־בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר אַתָּה כֹהֵן לְעוֹלָם עַל־דִּבְרָתִי מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק	6 As he saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.
7 אֲשֶׁר בִּימֵי הֱיוֹתוֹ בַבָּשָׂר הִקְרִיב תְּפִלּוֹת וְתַחֲנוּנִים בִּצְעָקָה גְדוֹלָה וּבִדְמָעוֹת לִפְנֵי מִי־שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְהוֹשִׁיעוֹ מִמָּוֶת וַיֵּעָתֶר־לוֹ מִפְּנֵי יִרְאָתוֹ	7 Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.
8 וְאַף כִּי־הָיָה הַבֵּן לָמַד מֵעֻנּוֹתוֹ לִשְׁמוֹעַ	8 And whereas indeed he was the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things which he suffered:
9 וְאַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר הֻשְׁלַם הָיָה מַמְצִיא תְּשׁוּעַת עוֹלָמִים לְכָל־שֹׁמְעָיו	9 And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation.
10 וְהָאֱלֹהִים קָרָא־לוֹ כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל עַל־דִּבְרָתִי מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק	10 Called by God a high priest according to the order of Melchisedech.
11 עַל־זֹאת יֶשׁ־לָנוּ לְדַבֵּר הַרְבֵּה וְקָשׁוֹת לְבַאֵר לָכֶם בְּמִלִּין יַעַן כִּי־כָבְדוּ אָזְנֵיכֶם	11 Of whom we have much to say, and hard to be intelligibly uttered: because you are become weak to hear.
12 כִּי תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר הָיָה רָאוּי לָכֶם לְפִי־אֹרֶךְ הַזְּמָן לִהְיוֹת מְלַמְּדִים עַתָּה מִן־הַצֹּרֶךְ לָשׁוּב וּלְלַמֵּד אֶתְכֶם עִקְּרֵי רֵאשִׁית דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים וְנִצְרַכְתֶּם לְחָלָב וְלֹא לְמַאֲכָל בָּרִיא	12 For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 כִּי כֹל אֲשֶׁר מַאֲכָלוֹ חָלָב אֵינֶנּוּ מֵבִין בִּדְבַר־צֶדֶק כִּי־עוֹדֶנּוּ עוֹלֵל	13 For every one that is a partaker of milk, is unskillful in the word of justice: for he is a little child.
14 אַךְ לַשְּׁלֵמִים הַמַּאֲכָל הַבָּרִיא אֲשֶׁר עַל־פִּי הַהַרְגֵל יֵשׁ לָהֶם חוּשִׁים מְנֻסִּים לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין־טוֹב לָרָע	14 But strong meat is for the perfect; for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil.