Seconda lettera a Timoteo (מכתב שני לטימותי) 1

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 פּוֹלוֹס הַשָּׁלִיחַ לֹא מִבְּנֵי אָדָם וְלֹא עַל־יְדֵי בֶן־אָדָם כִּי אִם־עַל־יְדֵי יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ וֵאלֹהִים הָאָב אֲשֶׁר הֱעִירוֹ מִן־הַמֵּתִים	1 From Paul, an apostle appointed not by human beings nor through any human being but by JesusChrist and God the Father who raised him from the dead,
2 וְכָל־הָאַחִים אֲשֶׁר עִמָּדִי אֶל־הַקְּהִלּוֹת אֲשֶׁר בְּגָלַטְיָא	2 and al the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia.
3 חֶסֶד לָכֶם וְשָׁלוֹם מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים אָבִינוּ וּמֵאֵת אֲדֹנֵינוּ יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ	3 Grace and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ
4 אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ בְּעַד חַטֹּאתֵינוּ לְחַלְּצֵנוּ מִן־הָעוֹלָם הָרָע הַזֶּה כִּרְצוֹן אֱלֹהֵינוּ אָבִינוּ	4 who gave himself for our sins to liberate us from this present wicked world, in accordance with the wil ofour God and Father,
5 אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ הַכָּבוֹד לְעוֹלְמֵי עוֹלָמִים אָמֵן	5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
6 תָּמֵהַּ אֲנִי כִּי־סַרְתֶּם מַהֵר מֵאַחֲרֵי הַקֹּרֵא אֶתְכֶם בְּחֶסֶד הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֶל־בְּשׂוֹרָה זָרָה	6 I am astonished that you are so promptly turning away from the one who cal ed you in the grace ofChrist and are going over to a different gospel-
7 וְהִיא אֵינֶנָּה אַחֶרֶת רַק שֶׁיֵּשׁ אֲנָשִׁים הָעֹכְרִים אֶתְכֶם וַחֲפֵצִים לַהֲפֹךְ אֶת־בְּשׂוֹרַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ	7 not that it is another gospel; except that there are trouble-makers among you who are seeking to pervertthe gospel of Christ.
8 אֲבָל גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ אוֹ־מַלְאָךְ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם אִם־יָבוֹא לְבַשֵּׂר אֶתְכֶם בְּשׂוֹרָה מִבַּלְעֲדֵי זֹאת אֲשֶׁר בִּשַּׂרְנוּ אֶתְכֶם חֵרֶם יִהְיֶה	8 But even if we ourselves or an angel from heaven preaches to you a gospel other than the one wepreached to you, let God's curse be on him.
9 כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ כְבָר כֵּן־אֹמַר עַתָּה עוֹד־הַפָּעַם אִישׁ כִּי־יְבַשֵּׂר אֶתְכֶם בְּשׂוֹרָה מִבַּלְעֲדֵי אֲשֶׁר קִבַּלְתֶּם חֵרֶם יִהְיֶה	9 I repeat again what we declared before: anyone who preaches to you a gospel other than the one youwere first given is to be under God's curse.
10 וְעַתָּה הֲמִתְרַצֶּה אָנֹכִי אֶל־בְּנֵי אָדָם אִם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים אוֹ הַמְבַקֵּשׁ אָנֹכִי לִמְצֹא־חֵן בְּעֵינֵי בְנֵי־אָדָם כִּי בְּמָצְאִי חֵן בְּעֵינֵי בְנֵי־אָדָם לֹא־אֶהְיֶה עוֹד עֶבֶד הַמָּשִׁיחַ	10 Whom am I trying to convince now, human beings or God? Am I trying to please human beings? If Iwere stil doing that I should not be a servant of Christ.
11 אֲבָל מוֹדִיעַ אֲנִי אֶתְכֶם אֶחָי כִּי הַבְּשׂוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשַּׂרְתִּי לֹא־לְפִי דֶרֶךְ־אָדָם הִיא	11 Now I want to make it quite clear to you, brothers, about the gospel that was preached by me, that itwas no human message.
12 כִּי גַם אָנֹכִי לֹא קִבַּלְתִּיהָ מֵאָדָם וְלֹא־לִמְּדוּנִי אֹתָהּ כִּי אִם־בְּחֶזְיוֹן יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ	12 It was not from any human being that I received it, and I was not taught it, but it came to me through arevelation of Jesus Christ.
13 כִּי הֲלֹא־שְׁמַעְתֶּם אֶת־דַּרְכִּי אֲשֶׁר הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי מִלְּפָנִים בֵּין הַיְּהוּדִים וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־רָדַפְתִּי עַל־יֶתֶר אֶת־עֲדַת אֱלֹהִים וְאִבַּדְתִּיהָ	13 You have surely heard how I lived in the past, within Judaism, and how there was simply no limit to the way I persecuted the Church of God in my attempts to destroy it;
14 וָאֱהִי הוֹלֵךְ וְחָזֵק בַּדָּת הַיְּהוּדִית עַל־רַבִּים מִבְּנֵי גִילִי בְּעַמִּי בְּקִנְאָתִי הַגְּדוֹלָה לְקַבְּלוֹת אֲבוֹתָי	14 and how, in Judaism, I outstripped most of my Jewish contemporaries in my limitless enthusiasm forthe traditions of my ancestors.
15 אַךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה רְצוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר הִבְדִּיל אֹתִי מֵרֶחֶם אִמִּי וַיִּקְרָאֵנִי בְּחַסְדּוֹ	15 But when God, who had set me apart from the time when I was in my mother's womb, cal ed methrough his grace and chose
16 לְגַלּוֹת בִּי אֶת־בְּנוֹ שֶׁאֲבַשְּׂרֶנּוּ בַּגּוֹיִם כְּרֶגַע לֹא נוֹעַצְתִּי עִם־בָּשָׂר וָדָם	16 to reveal his Son in me, so that I should preach him to the gentiles, I was in no hurry to confer with anyhuman being,
17 גַּם לֹא־עָלִיתִי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אֶל־אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ שְׁלִיחִים לְפָנָי כִּי אִם־הָלַכְתִּי לַעֲרָב וּמִשָּׁם שַׁבְתִּי אֶל־דַּמָּשֶׂק	17 or to go up to Jerusalem to see those who were already apostles before me. Instead, I went off toArabia, and later I came back to Damascus.
18 אַחֲרֵי־כֵן מִקֵּץ שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים עָלִיתִי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם לִרְאוֹת אֶת־כֵּיפָא וָאֵשֵׁב עִמּוֹ חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם	18 Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to meet Cephas. I stayed fifteen days with him
19 וְאַחֵר מִן־הַשְּׁלִיחִים לֹא־רָאִיתִי זוּלָתִי אֶת־יַעֲקֹב אֲחִי אֲדֹנֵינוּ	19 but did not set eyes on any of the rest of the apostles, only James, the Lord's brother.
20 וַאֲשֶׁר אֲנִי כֹתֵב אֲלֵיכֶם הִנֵּה נֶגֶד הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי לֹא אֲכַזֵּב	20 I swear before God that what I have written is the truth.
21 אַחֲרֵי־כֵן בָּאתִי אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת סוּרְיָא וְקִילִיקְיָא	21 After that I went to places in Syria and Cilicia;
22 אֲבָל קְהִלּוֹת יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּשִׁיחַ הֵנָּה לֹא יָדְעוּ אֶת־פָּנָי	22 and was stil unknown by sight to the churches of Judaea which are in Christ,
23 רַק־זֹאת בִּלְבַד שָׁמְעוּ כִּי־הָאִישׁ הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר הָיָה רֹדֵף אֹתָנוּ מֵאָז עַתָּה הוּא מְבַשֵּׂר אֶת־הָאֱמוּנָה אֲשֶׁר הֶאֱבִידָהּ מִלְּפָנִים	23 they simply kept hearing it said, 'The man once so eager to persecute us is now preaching the faiththat he used to try to destroy,'
24 וַיְהַלְלוּ בִי אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים	24 and they gave glory to God for me.