1 Corinthians 4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.	1 כֵּן יַחֲשָׁב־אִישׁ אֹתָנוּ כִּמְשָׁרְתֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְסֹכְנֵי רָזֵי אֵל
2 Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.	2 הִנֵּה סוֹף דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא יְבֻקַּשׁ מִן־הַסֹּכְנִים כִּי אִם־לְהִמָּצֵא נֶאֱמָנִים
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself.	3 וַאֲנִי נְקַלָּה הִיא בְּעֵינַי אִם נָדוֹן אֲנִי עַל־יְדֵיכֶם אוֹ עַל־יְדֵי יוֹם־דִּין שֶׁל־בְּנֵי אָדָם גַּם־אֲנִי אֶת־נַפְשִׁי לֹא אָדִין
4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.	4 כִּי אֵינֶנִּי יוֹדֵעַ בְּנַפְשִׁי רָע וּבְכָל־זֹאת לֹא אֶצְדָּק כִּי הַדָּן אֹתִי הוּא יְהוָֹה
5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.	5 עַל־כֵּן אַל־תִּשְׁפְּטוּ שָׁפוֹט לִפְנֵי הָעֵת עַד כִּי־יָבוֹא הָאָדוֹן אֲשֶׁר גַּם־יוֹצִיא לָאוֹר אֶת־תַּעֲלֻמוֹת הַחשֶׁךְ וִיגַלֶּה אֶת־עֲצַת הַלְּבָבוֹת וְאָז תִּהְיֶה תְהִלָּה לְכָל־אִישׁ מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים
6 I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.	6 וְאֶת־זֹאת אַחַי הֲסִבֹּתִי עַל־עַצְמִי וְעַל־אַפּוֹלוֹס בַּעֲבוּרְכֶם לְמַעַן תִּלְמְדוּ בָנוּ שֶׁלֹּא־יִתְחַכֵּם אִישׁ יוֹתֵר מִמַּה־שֶּׁכָּתוּב פֶּן־תִּתְגָּאוּ אִישׁ בְּשֵׁם אִישׁ לְנֶגֶד רֵעֵהוּ
7 For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?	7 כִּי מִי הִבְדִּיל אוֹתְךָ וּמֶה בְיָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִבַּלְתּוֹ וְאִם־קִבַּלְתּוֹ לָמָּה תִתְהַלֵּל כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִבֵּל
8 Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!	8 הֵן כְּבָר שְׂבַעְתֶּם כְּבָר עֲשַׁרְתֶּם וּבִלְעָדֵינוּ מְלַכְתֶּם וְלוּ מְלַכְתֶּם לְמַעַן נִמְלֹךְ אִתְּכֶם גַּם־אֲנָחְנוּ
9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men.	9 כִּי אֶחֱשֹׁב שֶׁהָאֱלֹהִים הִצִּיג אֹתָנוּ הַשְּׁלִיחִים שִׁפְלֵי הַשְּׁפָלִים כִּבְנֵי־תְמוּתָה כִּי הָיִינוּ לְרַאֲוָה לָעוֹלָם גַּם־לַמַּלְאָכִים גַּם־לִבְנֵי אָדָם
10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.	10 אֲנַחְנוּ סְכָלִים לְמַעַן הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְאַתֶּם חֲכָמִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ אֲנַחְנוּ חַלָּשִׁים וְאַתֶּם גִּבּוֹרִים אַתֶּם נִכְבָּדִים וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִקְלִים
11 To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless,	11 וְעַד־הַשָּׁעָה הַזֹּאת הִנְנוּ רְעֵבִים גַּם־צְמֵאִים וַעֲרֻמִּים וּמֻכִּים בְּאֶגְרֹף וְאֵין מָנוֹחַ לָנוּ
12 and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;	12 וִיגֵעִים אֲנַחְנוּ בַּעֲמַל יָדֵינוּ קִלְלוּנוּ וּנְבָרֵךְ חֵרְפוּנוּ וְנִסְבֹּל
13 when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all things.	13 גִּדְּפוּ אֹתָנוּ וְנִתְחַנָּן וַנְּהִי כְּגֶלְלֵי הָעוֹלָם וְלִסְחִי לְכֻלָּם עַד־עָתָּה
14 I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.	14 וְלֹא לְבַיֵּשׁ אֶתְכֶם אֲנִי כֹתֵב הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה כִּי אִם־מַזְהִיר אֶתְכֶם כְּבָנַי הָאֲהוּבִים
15 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.	15 כִּי גַּם־אִם־הָיוּ לָכֶם רִבְבוֹת אֹמְנִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ אֵין לָכֶם אָבוֹת רַבִּים כִּי אָנֹכִי הוֹלַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּיֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ עַל־יְדֵי הַבְּשׂוֹרָה
16 I urge you, then, be imitators of me.	16 עַל־כֵּן אֲנִי מְבַקֵּשׁ מִכֶּם לָלֶכֶת בְּעִקְּבוֹתָי
17 Therefore I sent to you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.	17 וּבַעֲבוּר זֹאת שָׁלַחְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם אֶת־טִימוֹתִיּוֹס בְּנִי הָאָהוּב וְהַנֶּאֱמָן בָּאָדוֹן וְהוּא יַזְכִּיר לָכֶם אֶת־דְּרָכַי בַּמָּשִׁיחַ כַּאֲשֶׁר מְלַמֵּד אָנֹכִי בְּכָל־מָקוֹם בְּכָל־קְהִלָּה וּקְהִלָּה
18 Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.	18 הֶן־יֵשׁ מִתְנַשְׂאִים כְּאִלּוּ לֹא־אָבוֹא אֲלֵיכֶם
19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.	19 אֲבָל בּוֹא אָבוֹא אֲלֵיכֶם בִּזְמַן קָרוֹב אִם־יִרְצֶה הָאָדוֹן וְאֵדְעָה לֹא אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַמִּתְנַשְׂאִים כִּי אִם־אֶת־גְּבוּרָתָם
20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.	20 כִּי מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים אֵינֶנָּה בִּדְבַר שְׂפָתָיִם כִּי אִם־בַּגְּבוּרָה
21 What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?	21 וּמַה־תַּחְפֹּצוּ הֲבוֹא אָבוֹא אֲלֵיכֶם בַּשֵּׁבֶט אוֹ בְאַהֲבָה וּבְרוּחַ עֲנָוָה