Lettera ai Filippesi - מכתב לפיליפאים 3

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיְהִי אִישׁ אֶחָד בְּתוֹךְ הַפְּרוּשִׁים וּשְׁמוֹ נַקְדִּימוֹן שַׂר לַיְּהוּדִים	1 Now there was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 וַיָּבֹא אֶל־יֵשׁוּעַ לַיְלָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו רַבִּי יָדַעְנוּ כִּי אַתָּה מוֹרֶה מֵאֵת אֱלֹהִים בָּאתָ כִּי לֹא־יוּכַל אִישׁ לַעֲשׂוֹת הָאֹתוֹת אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹשֶׂה בִּלְתִּי אִם־הָאֱלֹהִים עִמּוֹ	2 He went to Jesus at night, and he said to him: “Rabbi, we know that you have arrived as a teacher from God. For no one would be able to accomplish these signs, which you accomplish, unless God were with him.”
3 וַיַּעַן יֵשׁוּעַ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אָמֵן אָמֵן אֲנִי אֹמֵר לָךְ אִם־לֹא יִוָּלֵד אִישׁ מִלְמַעְלָה לֹא־יוּכַל לִרְאוֹת מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים	3 Jesus responded and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”
4 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו נַקְדִּימוֹן אֵיךְ יִוָּלֵד אָדָם וְהוּא זָקֵן הֲכִי שׁוֹב יָשׁוּב אֶל־בֶּטֶן אִמּוֹ וְיִוָּלֵד	4 Nicodemus said to him: “How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be reborn?”
5 וַיַּעַן יֵשׁוּעַ אָמֵן אָמֵן אֲנִי אֹמֵר לָךְ אִם־לֹא יִוָּלֵד אִישׁ מִן־הַמַּיִם וְהָרוּחַ לֹא־יוּכַל לָבוֹא אֶל־מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים	5 Jesus responded: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
6 הַנּוֹלָד מִן־הַבָּשָׂר בָּשָׂר הוּא וְהַנּוֹלָד מִן־הָרוּחַ רוּחַ הוּא	6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 אַל־תִּתְמַהּ עַל־אָמְרִי לָךְ כִּי עֲלֵיכֶם לְהִוָּלֵד מִלְמָעְלָה	7 You should not be amazed that I said to you: You must be born anew.
8 הָרוּחַ בַּאֲשֶׁר יַחְפֹּץ שָׁם הוּא נשֵׁב וְאַתָּה תִּשְׁמַע אֶת־קוֹלוֹ אַךְ לֹא תֵדַע מֵאַיִן בָּא וְאָנָה הוּא הוֹלֵךְ כֵּן כָּל־הַנּוֹלָד מִן־הָרוּחַ	8 The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit.”
9 וַיַּעַן נַקְדִּימוֹן וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֵיכָה תִהְיֶה כָּזֹאת	9 Nicodemus responded and said to him, “How are these things able to be accomplished?”
10 וַיַּעַן יֵשׁוּעַ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו רַבָּן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתָּה וְזֹאת לֹא יָדָעְתָּ	10 Jesus responded and said to him: “You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things?
11 אָמֵן אָמֵן אֲנִי אֹמֵר לָךְ כִּי אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יָדַעְנוּ נְדַבֵּר וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־רָאִינוּ נָעִיד וְאַתֶּם לֹא תְקַבְּלוּ עֵדוּתֵנוּ	11 Amen, amen, I say to you, that we speak about what we know, and we testify about what we have seen. But you do not accept our testimony.
12 אִם־אָמַרְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם דִּבְרֵי הָאָרֶץ וְאֵינְכֶם מַאֲמִינִים אֵיךְ תַּאֲמִינוּ בְּאָמְרִי אֲלֵיכֶם דִּבְרֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם	12 If I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you have not believed, then how will you believe, if I will speak to you about heavenly things?
13 וְאִישׁ לֹא־עָלָה הַשָּׁמַיְמָה בִּלְתִּי אִם־אֲשֶׁר יָרַד מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם בֶּן־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר הוּא בַּשָּׁמָיִם	13 And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
14 וְכַאֲשֶׁר הִגְבִּיהַּ משֶׁה אֶת־הַנָּחָשׁ בַּמִּדְבָּר כֵּן צָרִיךְ בֶּן־הָאָדָם לְהִנָּשֵׂא	14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up,
15 לְמַעַן לֹא יֹאבַד כָּל־הַמַּאֲמִין בּוֹ כִּי אִם־יִחְיֶה חַיֵּי עוֹלָמִים	15 so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
16 כִּי־כָכָה אָהַב הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָעוֹלָם עַד־אֲשֶׁר נָתַן אֶת־בְּנוֹ אֶת־יְחִידוֹ הַנּוֹלָד מִמֶּנוּ לְמַעַן לֹא־יֹאבַד כָּל־הַמַּאֲמִין בּוֹ כִּי אִם־יִחְיֶה חַיֵּי עוֹלָמִים	16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
17 כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים לֹא־שָׁלַח אֶת־בְּנוֹ אֶל־הָעוֹלָם לָדִין אֶת־הָעוֹלָם כִּי אִם־לְמַעַן יִוָּשַׁע בּוֹ הָעוֹלָם	17 For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
18 הַמַּאֲמִין בּוֹ לֹא יִדּוֹן וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־יַאֲמִין בּוֹ כְּבָר נָדוֹן כִּי לֹא־הֶאֱמִין בְּשֵׁם הַבֵּן הַיָּחִיד הַנּוֹלָד לֵאלֹהִים	18 Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
19 וְזֶה הוּא הַדִּין כִּי הָאוֹר בָּא אֶל־הָעוֹלָם וּבְנֵי הָאָדָם אָהֲבוּ הַחשֶׁךְ מִן־הָאוֹר כִּי רָעִים מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם	19 And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.
20 כִּי כָל־פֹּעֵל עַוְלָה יִשְׂנָא אֶת־הָאוֹר וְלֹא יָבֹא לָאוֹר פֶּן יִוָּכְחוּ־מַעֲשָׂיו	20 For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected.
21 אֲבָל עֹשֵׂה הָאֱמֶת יָבֹא לָאוֹר לְמַעַן יִגָּלוּ מַעֲשָׂיו כִּי נַעֲשֹוּ בֵּאלֹהִים	21 But whoever acts in truth goes toward the Light, so that his works may be manifested, because they have been accomplished in God.”
22 וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיָּבֹא יֵשׁוּעַ וְתַלְמִידָיו אֶל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וַיָּגָר־שָׁם עִמָּהֶם וַיִּטְבֹּל	22 After these things, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea. And he was living there with them and baptizing.
23 וְגַם יוֹחָנָן הָיָה טֹבֵל בְּעֵינוֹן קָרוֹב לְשָׁלֵם כִּי־שָׁמָּה מַיִם לָרֹב וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיִּטָּבֵלוּ	23 Now John was also baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water in that place. And they were arriving and being baptized.
24 כִּי עוֹד לֹא־נִתַּן יוֹחָנָן אֶל־בֵּית הַסֹּהַר	24 For John had not yet been cast into prison.
25 וַיְהִי־רִיב בֵּין תַּלְמִידֵי יוֹחָנָן וּבֵין הַיְּהוּדִים עַל־דְּבַר הַטָּהֳרָה	25 Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification.
26 וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יוֹחָנָן וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו רַבִּי הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִמְּךָ בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַאֲשֶׁר הַעִידֹתָ עָלָיו הִנּוֹ טֹבֵל וְכֻלָּם בָּאִים אֵלָיו	26 And they went to John and said to him: “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you offered testimony: behold, he is baptizing and everyone is going to him.”
27 וַיַּעַן יוֹחָנָן לֹא־יוּכַל אִישׁ לָקַחַת דָּבָר בִּלְתִּי אִם־נִתַּן־לוֹ מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם	27 John responded and said: “A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 וְאַתֶּם עֵדַי כִּי אָמַרְתִּי אָנֹכִי אֵינֶנִּי הַמָּשִׁיחַ רַק־שָׁלוּחַ אֲנִי לְפָנָיו	28 You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but that I have been sent before him.
29 אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ הַכַּלָּה הוּא הֶחָתָן וְרֵעַ הֶחָתָן הָעֹמֵד וְשֹׁמֵעַ אֹתוֹ שָׂמוֹחַ יִשְׂמַח לְקוֹל הֶחָתָן הִנֵּה שִׂמְחָתִי זֹאת עַתָּה שְׁלֵמָה	29 He who holds the bride is the groom. But the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to Him, rejoices joyfully at the voice of the groom. And so, this, my joy, has been fulfilled.
30 הוּא יִגְדַּל הָלוֹךְ וְגָדֵל וַאֲנִי אֶחְסַר הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר	30 He must increase, while I must decrease.
31 הַבָּא מִמַּעַל נַעֲלֶה עַל־כֹּל וַאֲשֶׁר מֵאֶרֶץ מֵאֶרֶץ הוּא וּמֵאֶרֶץ יְדַבֵּר הַבָּא מִשָּׁמַיִם נַעֲלֶה עַל־כֹּל	31 He who comes from above, is above everything. He who is from below, is of the earth, and he speaks about the earth. He who comes from heaven is above everything.
32 וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר רָאָה וְשָׁמַע אֶת־זֹאת יָעִיד וְאֵין מְקַבֵּל עֵדוּתוֹ	32 And what he has seen and heard, about this he testifies. And no one accepts his testimony.
33 וַאֲשֶׁר קִבֵּל עֵדוּתוֹ חָתוֹם חָתַם כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים אֱמֶת	33 Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 כִּי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ אֱלֹהִים דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים יְדַבֵּר כִּי־לֹא בַמִּדָּה נֹתֵן אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרוּחַ	34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure.
35 הָאָב אֹהֵב אֶת־בְּנוֹ וְאֶת־כֹּל נָתַן בְּיָדוֹ	35 The Father loves the Son, and he has given everything into his hand.
36 כָּל־הַמַּאֲמִין בַּבֵּן יֶשׁ־לוֹ חַיֵּי עוֹלָמִים וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא יַאֲמִין בַּבֵּן לֹא יִרְאֶה חַיִּים כִּי אִם־חֲרוֹן אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁכֹּן עָלָיו	36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him.”