Seconda lettera a Timoteo (מכתב שני לטימותי) 4

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַאֲנִי אֹמֵר הַיּוֹרֵשׁ כָּל־עֵת הֱיוֹתוֹ קָטֹן אֵין־הַבְדֵּל בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין הָעָבֶד אַף אִם־הוּא אֲדוֹן הַכֹּל	1 But I say that, during the time an heir is a child, he is no different from a servant, even though he is the owner of everything.
2 אֶלָּא הוּא תַּחַת יַד אֹמְנִים וּפְקִידֵי הַבָּיִת עַד לַזְּמַן הַמְיֻעָד לוֹ מֵאֵת אָבִיו	2 For he is under tutors and caretakers, until the time which was predetermined by the father.
3 כָּכָה גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ בְּעוֹד הֱיוֹתֵנוּ קְטַנִּים הָיִינוּ מְשֻׁעְבָּדִים לִיסֹדוֹת הָעוֹלָם	3 So also we, when we were children, were subservient to the influences of the world.
4 וּבִמְלֹאת הָעֵת שָׁלַח הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּנוֹ אֲשֶׁר נוֹלַד מֵאִשָּׁה וְנִתַּן תַּחַת יַד־הַתּוֹרָה	4 But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,
5 לִפְדוֹת אֵת אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ תַּחַת יַד־הַתּוֹרָה לְמַעַן נְקַבֵּל אֶת־מִשְׁפַּט הַבָּנִים	5 so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 וְיַעַן כִּי־בָנִים אַתֶּם שָׁלַח הָאֱלֹהִים בִּלְבַבְכֶם אֶת־רוּחַ בְּנוֹ הַקּוֹרֵא אַבָּא אָבִינוּ	6 Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: “Abba, Father.”
7 לָכֵן אֵינְךָ עוֹד עֶבֶד כִּי אִם־בֵּן וְאִם־בֵּן אַתָּה הִנְּךָ גַּם־יוֹרֵשׁ הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־יְדֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ	7 And so now he is not a servant, but a son. But if he is a son, then he is also an heir, through God.
8 הֵן לְפָנִים בְּאֵין־דַּעַת אֱלֹהִים הֱיִיתֶם עֹבְדִים אֵת אֲשֶׁר בְּעַצְמוּתָם אֵינָם אֱלֹהִים	8 But then, certainly, while ignorant of God, you served those who, by nature, are not gods.
9 וְעַתָּה אַחֲרֵי יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים וְיוֹתֵר אַחֲרֵי שֶׁנּוֹדַעְתֶּם לֵאלֹהִים אֵיךְ תָּשׁוּבוּ אֶל־הַיְסֹדוֹת הָרָפִים וְהַדַּלִּים הָהֵם אֲשֶׁר תִּרְצוּ לְהִכָּנֵעַ לָהֶם מֵחָדָשׁ	9 But now, since you have known God, or rather, since you have been known by God: how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences, which you desire to serve anew?
10 יָמִים אַתֶּם שֹׁמְרִים וָחֳדָשִׁים וּמוֹעֲדִים וְשָׁנִים	10 You serve the days, and months, and times, and years.
11 מִתְיָרֵא אֲנִי פֶּן־לָרִיק עָמַלְתִּי בָכֶם	11 I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you.
12 הֱיוּ־נָא כָמוֹנִי כִּי גַם־אָנִי כְּמוֹכֶם מִתְחַנֵּן אֲנִי לָכֶם אֶחָי לֹא־הֲרֵעֹתֶם לִי מְאוּמָה	12 Brothers, I beg you. Be as I am. For I, too, am like you. You have not injured me at all.
13 אַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֲשֶׁר בְּחֻלְשַׁת בְּשָׂרִי בִּשַּׂרְתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־הַבְּשׂוֹרָה לָרִאשׁוֹנָה	13 But you know that, in the weakness of the flesh, I have preached the Gospel to you for a long time, and that your trials are in my flesh.
14 וְאַתֶּם לֹא בְּזִיתֶם אֶת־נִסְיוֹנִי אֲשֶׁר־נֻסֵּיתִי בִבְשָׂרִי וְלֹא גְעַלְתֶּם אֹתוֹ כִּי אִם־קִבַּלְתֶּם אֹתִי כְּמַלְאַךְ אֱלֹהִים כַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	14 You did not despise or reject me. But instead, you accepted me like an Angel of God, even like Christ Jesus.
15 וְעַתָּה אַיֵּה אָשְׁרְכֶם כִּי מֵעִיד אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר אִם־יְכָלְתֶּם הֱיִיתֶם עֹקְרִים אֶת־עֵינֵיכֶם לְתִתָּן לִי	15 Therefore, where is your happiness? For I offer to you testimony that, if it could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes and would have given them to me.
16 וְעַתָּה הֲנִהְיֵיתִי לָכֶם לְאֹיֵב בְּדַבְּרִי אֱמֶת אֲלֵיכֶם	16 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 הֵם אֵינָם מְקַנְּאִים לָכֶם לְטוֹבָה כִּי חֶפְצָם לְהַפְרִיד אֶתְכֶם מֵעָלֵינוּ לְמַעַן תִּהְיוּ מְקַנְּאִים לָהֶם	17 They are not imitating you well. And they are willing to exclude you, so that you might imitate them.
18 אֲבָל טוֹב לְקַנֵּא תָּמִיד לְטוֹבָה וְלֹא לְבַד בִּהְיוֹתִי אֶצְלְכֶם	18 But be imitators of what is good, always in a good way, and not only when I am present with you.
19 בָּנַי אֲשֶׁר־שׁוּב יֹאחֲזוּנִי חֶבְלֵי לֵדָה עֲלֵיכֶם עַד כִּי־יוּצַר בָּכֶם הַמָּשִׁיחַ	19 My little sons, I am giving birth to you again, until Christ is formed in you.
20 אָמְנָם חָפַצְתִּי לִהְיוֹת עַתָּה אֶצְלְכֶם לְשַׁנּוֹת אֶת־קוֹל דְּבָרִי כִּי נָבוֹךְ אֲנִי בָּכֶם	20 And I would willingly be present with you, even now. But I would alter my voice: for I am ashamed of you.
21 אִמְרוּ לִי אַתֶּם הַחֲפֵצִים לִהְיוֹת מְשֻׁעְבָּדִים לַתּוֹרָה הֲלֹא שְׁמַעְתֶּם אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה	21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?
22 כִּי כָתוּב שֶׁהָיוּ לְאַבְרָהָם שְׁנֵי בָנִים הָאֶחָד מִן־הָאָמָה וְהַשֵּׁנִי מִן־הַחָפְשִׁיָּה	22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a servant woman, and one by a free woman.
23 וַאֲשֶׁר לָאָמָה הוּא נוֹלַד לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר וַאֲשֶׁר לַחָפְשִׁיָּה עַל־פִּי הַהַבְטָחָה	23 And he who was of the servant was born according to the flesh. But he who was of the free woman was born by the promise.
24 וְהַדְּבָרִים הֵם לְרָמֶז כִּי שְׁתֵּי הַבְּרִיתוֹת הֵנָּה הָאַחַת מִן־הַר סִינַי הַיּוֹלֶדֶת לְעַבְדוּת וְהִיא הָגָר	24 These things are said through an allegory. For these represent the two testaments. Certainly the one, on Mount Sinai, gives birth unto servitude, which is Hagar.
25 כִּי הָגָר הִיא הַר סִינַי בַּעֲרָב וְהוּא כְּנֶגֶד יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל־עַתָּה כִּי־הִיא בְעַבְדוּת עִם־בָּנֶיהָ	25 For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, which is related to the Jerusalem of the present time, and it serves with her sons.
26 אֲבָל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל־מַעְלָה הִיא חָפְשִׁיָּה וְהִיא אֵם כֻּלָּנוּ	26 But that Jerusalem which is above is free; the same is our mother.
27 כִּי כָתוּב רָנִּי עֲקָרָה לֹא יָלָדָה פִּצְחִי רִנָּה וְצַהֲלִי לֹא־חָלָה כִּי רַבִּים בְּנֵי־שׁוֹמֵמָה מִבְּנֵי בְעוּלָה	27 For it was written: “Rejoice, O barren one, though you do not conceive. Burst forth and cry out, though you do not give birth. For many are the children of the desolate, even more than of her who has a husband.”
28 וַאֲנַחְנוּ אֶחָי הִנְנוּ כְיִצְחָק בְּנֵי הַהַבְטָחָה	28 Now we, brothers, like Isaac, are sons of the promise.
29 וְכַאֲשֶׁר הַנּוֹלָד לְפִי־הַבָּשָׂר אָז הָיָה רֹדֵף אֶת־הַנּוֹלָד לְפִי הָרוּחַ כֵּן־הוּא גַּם־עָתָּה	29 But just as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
30 אֲבָל הַכָּתוּב מַה־הוּא אֹמֵר גָּרֵשׁ הָאָמָה וְאֶת־בְּנָהּ כִּי לֹא יִירַשׁ בֶּן־הָאָמָה עִם בֶּן־הַחָפְשִׁיָּה	30 And what does Scripture say? “Cast out the woman servant and her son. For the son of a servant women shall not be an heir with the son of a free woman.”
31 עַל־כֵּן אֶחָי לֹא־בְנֵי הָאָמָה אֲנַחְנוּ כִּי אִם־בְּנֵי הַחָפְשִׁיָּה	31 And so, brothers, we are not the sons of the servant woman, but rather of the free woman. And this is the freedom with which Christ has set us free.