Prima lettera ai Tessalonicesi - (מכתב ראשון לסלוניקים) 6

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 אִם־כֵּן מַה־נֹּאמַר הֲנַעֲמֹד בַּחֵטְא לְמַעַן יִרְבֶּה הֶחָסֶד	1 What then shall we say? Shall we persist in sin that grace may abound? Of course not!
2 חָלִילָה לָּנוּ כִּי מַתְנוּ לַחֵטְא וְאֵיךְ נוֹסִיף לִחְיוֹת בּוֹ	2 How can we who died to sin yet live in it?
3 אוֹ הַאֵינְכֶם יֹדְעִים כִּי כֻלָּנוּ הַנִּטְבָּלִים לַמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ לְמוֹתוֹ נִטְבָּלְנוּ	3 Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4 לָכֵן נִקְבַּרְנוּ אִתּוֹ בַּטְּבִילָה לַמָּוֶת לְמַעַן כַּאֲשֶׁר נֵעוֹר הַמָּשִׁיחַ מִן־הַמֵּתִים בִּכְבוֹד הָאָב כֵּן נִתְהַלֵּךְ גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ בְּחַיִּים מְחֻדָּשִׁים	4 We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.
5 כִּי אִם־נִדְבַּקְנוּ בְּדִמְיוֹן מוֹתוֹ אָכֵן גַּם־נִהְיֶה דְבוּקִים לִתְחִיָּתוֹ	5 For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection.
6 בַּאֲשֶׁר יֹדְעִים אֲנַחְנוּ כִּי־נִצְלַב אִתּוֹ הָאָדָם הַיָּשָׁן אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ לְמַעַן תְּבֻטַּל גְּוִיַּת הַחֵטְא לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֹתֵנוּ עוֹד עֲבָדִים לַחֵטְא	6 We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin.
7 כִּי אֲשֶׁר מֵת הוּא נִקָּה מִן־הַחֵטְא	7 For a dead person has been absolved from sin.
8 וְהִנֵּה אִם־מַתְנוּ עִם־הַמָּשִׁיחַ נַאֲמִין כִּי גַם־נִחְיֶה עִמּוֹ	8 If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
9 בַּאֲשֶׁר יָדַעְנוּ כִּי הַמָּשִׁיחַ אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר נֵעוֹר מִן־הַמֵּתִים לֹא יָמוּת עוֹד וְהַמָּוֶת לֹא יִשְׁלֹט בּוֹ עוֹד	9 We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him.
10 כִּי אֲשֶׁר מֵת מֵת לַחֵטְא פַּעַם אֶחָת וַאֲשֶׁר חַי חַי הוּא לֵאלֹהִים	10 As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God.
11 וְכֵן גַּם־אַתֶּם חִשְׁבוּ אֶתְכֶם מֵתִים לַחֵטְא וְחַיִּים לֵאלֹהִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ אֲדֹנֵינוּ	11 Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as (being) dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.
12 אִם־כֵּן אֵפוֹא אַל־תִּמְלֹךְ הַחַטָּאת בְּגוּפְכֶם אֲשֶׁר יָמוּת לִנְטוֹת אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּתַאֲוֺתָיו	12 Therefore, sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
13 גַּם אַל־תָּכִינוּ אֶת־אֵבָרֵיכֶם לִהְיוֹת כְּלֵי־עָוֶל לַחֵטְא אַךְ תָּכִינוּ אֶת־נַפְשְׁכֶם לֵאלֹהִים כַּחַיִּים מֵעִם הַמֵּתִים וְאֵבָרֵיכֶם כְּלֵי צְדָקָה לֵאלֹהִים	13 And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness.
14 כִּי הַחֵטְא לֹא יוּכַל לִמְשֹׁל עוֹד בָּכֶם יַעַן אֵינְכֶם תַּחַת יַד־הַתּוֹרָה כִּי אִם־תַּחַת יַד־הֶחָסֶד	14 For sin is not to have any power over you, since you are not under the law but under grace.
15 וְעַתָּה מָה הֲנֶחֱטָא יַעַן אֵינֶנּוּ תַּחַת יַד־הַתּוֹרָה כִּי אִם־תַּחַת יַד־הֶחָסֶד חָלִילָה	15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Of course not!
16 הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי לַאֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ אֶת־נַפְשְׁכֶם לִהְיוֹת עֲבָדָיו לָסוּר לְמִשְׁמַעְתּוֹ הֵן עֲבָדִים אַתֶּם לַאֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ־לוֹ אִם־לַחֵטְא אֱלֵי־מָוֶת אִם־לַמִּשְׁמַעַת אֱלֵי־צְדָקָה	16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
17 אֲבָל תּוֹדֹת לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־הֱיִיתֶם עַבְדֵי הַחֵטְא וְאַחַר שְׁמַעְתֶּם בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶם אֶל־תְּכוּנַת הַלֶּקַח אֲשֶׁר נִמְסַרְתֶּם לוֹ	17 But thanks be to God that, although you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.
18 שֻׁחְרַרְתֶּם מִידֵי הַחֵטְא לָכֵן הִשְׁתַּעְבַּדְתֶּם לַצְּדָקָה	18 Freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.
19 כְּדֶרֶךְ בְּנֵי־אָדָם אֲנִי מְדַבֵּר מִפְּנֵי רִפְיוֹן בְּשַׂרְכֶם כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר לְפָנִים הֲכִינוֹתֶם אֶת־אֵבָרֵיכֶם לַעֲבוֹדַת הַטֻּמְאָה וְהָרֶשַׁע לְהַרְשִׁיעַ כֵּן עַתָּה הָכִינוּ אֶת־אֵבָרֵיכֶם לַעֲבוֹדַת הַצְּדָקָה לְהִתְקַדֵּשׁ	19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your nature. For just as you presented the parts of your bodies as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness for lawless ness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
20 כִּי־בְעֵת הֱיוֹתְכֶם עַבְדֵי הַחֵטְא חָפְשִׁים הֱיִיתֶם מִן־הַצְּדָקָה	20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness.
21 וּמָה אֵפוֹא הַפְּרִי שֶׁהָיָה לָכֶם אָז מִן־הַמַּעֲשִׂים אֲשֶׁר עַתָּה תֵבשׁוּ מֵהֶם כִּי אַחֲרִיתָם הַמָּוֶת	21 But what profit did you get then from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
22 אָכֵן עַתָּה בִּהְיוֹתְכֶם מְשֻׁחְרָרִים מִידֵי הַחֵטְא וּמְשֻׁעְבָּדִים לֵאלֹהִים יֵשׁ לָכֶם פֶּרְיְכֶם לִקְדֻשָּׁה וְאַחֲרִיתוֹ חַיֵּי עוֹלָם	22 But now that you have been freed from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit that you have leads to sanctification, and its end is eternal life.
23 כִּי־שְׂכַר הַחֵטְא הוּא הַמָּוֶת וּמַתְּנַת חֶסֶד אֱלֹהִים הִיא חַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ אֲדֹנֵינוּ	23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.