Lettera a Filemone - מכתב לפילמון 3

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וּבְכֵן אַחַי שִׂמְחוּ בַאֲדֹנֵינוּ הֵן־לִכְתֹּב וְלִשְׁנוֹת כָּזֹאת אֲלֵיכֶם עָלַי אֵינֶנּוּ לָטֹרַח וְלָכֶם הוּא לְחִזּוּק	1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no burden for me but is a safeguard for you.
2 הִזָּהֲרוּ מִן־הַכְּלָבִים הִזָּהֲרוּ מִן־הַפֹּעֲלִים הָרָעִים הִזָּהֲרוּ מִן־הַחִתּוּךְ בַּבָּשָׂר	2 Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilation!
3 כִּי אֲנַחְנוּ בְּנֵי הַמִּילָה הָעֹבְדִים אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים בָּרוּחַ וּמִתְפָּאֲרִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ וְאֵינֶנּוּ בֹטְחִים בַּבָּשָׂר	3 For we are the circumcision, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh,
4 אַף כִּי־גַם־לִי יֵשׁ לִבְטֹחַ בַּבָּשָׂר וְאִם־יַחְשֹׁב אִישׁ שֶׁיּוּכַל לִבְטֹחַ בַּבָּשָׂר הִנֵּה אֲנִי יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ	4 although I myself have grounds for confidence even in the flesh.If anyone else thinks he can be confident in flesh, all the more can I.
5 אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי נִמּוֹל בֶּן־שְׁמוֹנַת יָמִים מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִשֵּׁבֶט בִּנְיָמִין עִבְרִי מִן הָעִבְרִים	5 Circumcised on the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrew parentage, in observance of the law a Pharisee,
6 לְפִי הַתּוֹרָה פָּרוּשׁ בְּקִנְאָתִי רֹדֵף אֶת־הָעֵדָה וּלְפִי צִדְקַת הַתּוֹרָה בְּלִי־שָׁמֶץ	6 in zeal I persecuted the church, in righteousness based on the law I was blameless.
7 אַךְ־הַיִּתְרֹנוֹת הָאֵלֶּה כֻּלָּן חָשַׁבְתִּי לִי לְחֶסְרֹנוֹת לְמַעַן הַמָּשִׁיחַ	7 (But) whatever gains I had, these I have come to consider a loss because of Christ.
8 וְגַם עוֹדֶנִּי חשֵׁב אֶת כֻּלָּן לְחֶסְרוֹן לְעֻמַּת מַעֲלַת יְדִיעַת יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֲדֹנִי אֲשֶׁר בַּעֲבוּרוֹ חִסַּרְתִּי אֶת־נַפְשִׁי מִכָּל־אֵלֶּה וָאֶחְשְׁבֵם לִסְחִי לְהַרְוִיחַ אֶת־הַמָּשִׁיחַ וּלְהִמָּצֵא בוֹ	8 More than that, I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 וְלֹא תִהְיֶה־לִּי צִדְקָתִי מִתּוֹךְ הַתּוֹרָה כִּי אִם־בֶּאֱמוּנַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ הַצְּדָקָה הַבָּאָה מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים בָּאֱמוּנָה	9 and be found in him, not having any righteousness of my own based on the law but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God, depending on faith
10 לָדַעַת אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־גְּבוּרַת תְּחִיָּתוֹ וְהִתְחַבְּרוּת עִנּוּיָיו וּלְהִדַּמּוֹת לְמוֹתוֹ	10 to know him and the power of his resurrection and (the) sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death,
11 לְהַגִּיעַ אִם־אוּכַל אֶל־תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים	11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
12 לֹא כְּאִלּוּ הִשַּׂגְתִּי כְּבָר אוֹ כְּאִלּוּ הָשְׁלַמְתִּי אֲבָל אֶרְדֹּף אוּלַי אַשִּׂיג כַּאֲשֶׁר גַּם־הִשִּׂיגַנִי הַמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	12 It is not that I have already taken hold of it or have already attained perfect maturity, but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it, since I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ (Jesus).
13 אַחַי אֵינֶנִּי חשֵׁב כִּי כְבָר הִשַּׂגְתִּי אַךְ־אַחַת דִּבַּרְתִּי כִּי־שֹׁכֵחַ אֲנִי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר מֵאַחֲרַי וְאֶשְׁתַּטֵּחַ אֶל־אֲשֶׁר לְפָנָי	13 Brothers, I for my part do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead,
14 וְאֶרְדֹּף אֶת־מַטְּרַת שְׂכַר הַנִּצָּחוֹן אֲשֶׁר הוּא בִּקְרִיאָה שֶׁל־מַעְלָה מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	14 I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus.
15 לָכֵן מִי שֶׁהוּא שָׁלֵם בָּנוּ כֵּן יַחֲשֹׁב וְאִם־תַּחְשְׁבוּ מַחֲשָׁבָה אַחֶרֶת גַּם־זֹאת יְגַלֶּה לָכֶם הָאֱלֹהִים	15 Let us, then, who are "perfectly mature" adopt this attitude. And if you have a different attitude, this too God will reveal to you.
16 רַק נִתְהַלְּכָה בַּאֲשֶׁר הִגַּעְנוּ עָדֶיהָ בְּמַעְגָּל אֶחָד וּבְלֵב אֶחָד	16 Only, with regard to what we have attained, continue on the same course.
17 אַחַי הֱיוּ חֲבֵרִים לַהֹלְכִים אַחֲרָי וְהַבִּיטוּ אֶל־הַמִּתְהַלְּכִים כֵּן כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ מוֹפֵת לָכֶם	17 Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us.
18 כִּי רַבִּים הַמִּתְהַלְּכִים אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶם אָמַרְתִּי לָכֶם פְּעָמִים הַרְבֵּה וְעַתָּה גַּם־בִּבְכִי אֲנִי אֹמֵר כִּי־הֵם אֹיְבֵי צְלָב הַמָּשִׁיחַ	18 For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרִיתָם הָאֲבַדּוֹן אֲשֶׁר כְּרֵסָם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וּכְבוֹדָם בְּבָשְׁתָּם וְקִרְבָּם הַבְלֵי חָלֶד	19 Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their "shame." Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
20 כִּי אֶזְרָחוּתֵנוּ בַּשָּׁמַיִם הִיא וּמִשָּׁם מְחַכִּים אֲנַחְנוּ לְמוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ אֲדֹנֵינוּ יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ	20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
21 אֲשֶׁר יַחֲלִיף אֶת־גּוּף שִׁפְלוּתֵנוּ לִהְיֹתוֹ דוֹמֶה לְגוּף כְּבוֹדוֹ כְּפִי־כֹחַ יְכָלְתּוֹ לִכְבּשׁ הַכֹּל תַּחְתָּיו	21 He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.