Seconda lettera ai Tessalonicesi (מכתב שני לסלוניקים) 6

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 הֲיֵשׁ בָּכֶם אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר בְּרִיבוֹ עִם־רֵעֵהוּ יָזִיד לְהָבִיא דְבַר־דִּינוֹ לִפְנֵי הָרְשָׁעִים וְלֹא לִפְנֵי הַקְּדשִׁים	1 How can any one of you with a case against another dare to bring it to the unjust for judgment instead of to the holy ones?
2 הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי הַקְּדשִׁים יָדִינוּ אֶת־הָעוֹלָם וְאִם־הָעוֹלָם יִדּוֹן עַל־יֶדְכֶם הַאֵינְכֶם רְאוּיִם לָדִין דִּינִים קְטַנִּים	2 Do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? If the world is to be judged by you, are you unqualified for the lowest law courts?
3 הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי נָדִין אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִים אַף כִּי־דִבְרֵי מָמוֹנוֹת	3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? Then why not everyday matters?
4 וְאַתֶּם כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ־לָכֶם דִּינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת מוֹשִׁיבִים אַתֶּם אֶת־הַנֶּחֱשָׁבִים לְאַיִן בַּקָּהָל לְשֹׁפְטֵיכֶם	4 If, therefore, you have courts for everyday matters, do you seat as judges people of no standing in the church?
5 לְבָשְׁתְּכֶם אֹמֵר אֲנִי אֶת־זֹאת הֲכִי אֵין בָּכֶם חָכָם אֶחָד שֶׁיּוּכַל לְהוֹכִיחַ בֵּין אִישׁ לְאָחִיו	5 I say this to shame you. Can it be that there is not one among you wise enough to be able to settle a case between brothers?
6 כִּי אָח רָב עִם־אָחִיו וְזֹאת לִפְנֵי לֹא־מַאֲמִינִים	6 But rather brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers?
7 הֵן בַּכֹּל יְרִידָה הִיא לָכֶם שֶׁתָּרִיבוּ זֶה עִם־זֶה לָמָּה לֹא תִבְחֲרוּ לִסְבֹּל הוֹנָאָה וְלָמָּה לֹא תִבְחֲרוּ לִהְיוֹת עֲשׁוּקִים	7 Now indeed (then) it is, in any case, a failure on your part that you have lawsuits against one another. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather let yourselves be cheated?
8 אֲבָל תּוֹנוּ וְתַעַשְׁקוּ אַף אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶם	8 Instead, you inflict injustice and cheat, and this to brothers.
9 הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי הָרְשָׁעִים לֹא יִירְשׁוּ אֶת־מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים אַל־תַּתְעוּ אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם לֹא הַזֹּנִים לֹא עֹבְדֵי אֱלִילִים לֹא הַמְנָאֲפִים וְלֹא הַקְּדֵשִׁים וְלֹא הַשֹּׁכְבִים אֶת־זָכָר	9 Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor sodomites
10 לֹא הַגַּנָּבִים וְלֹא־בֹצְעֵי בֶצַע לֹא הַסֹּבְאִים וְלֹא הַמְגַדְּפִים וְלֹא הַגַּזְלָנִים כָּל־אֵלֶּה לֹא יִירְשׁוּ אֶת־מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים	10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11 וְכָאֵלֶּה לְפָנִים הָיוּ מִקְצַתְכֶם אֲבָל רֻחַצְתֶּם אֲבָל קֻדַּשְׁתֶּם אֲבָל הָצְדַקְתֶּם בְּשֵׁם הָאָדוֹן יֵשׁוּעַ וּבְרוּחַ אֱלֹהֵינוּ	11 That is what some of you used to be; but now you have had yourselves washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
12 הַכֹּל הוּא בִרְשׁוּתִי אַךְ לֹא כָל־דָּבָר יוֹעִיל הַכֹּל הוּא בִרְשׁוּתִי אַךְ לֹא יְשַׁעְבְּדֵנִי דָּבָר	12 "Everything is lawful for me," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful for me," but I will not let myself be dominated by anything.
13 הַמַּאֲכָל לַבֶּטֶן וְהַבֶּטֶן לַמַּאֲכָל וְהָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־זֶה וְאֶת־זֶה יְכַלֶּה וְהַגּוּף אַל־יְהִי לַזְּנוּת כִּי אִם־לָאָדוֹן וְהָאָדוֹן לַגּוּף	13 "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food," but God will do away with both the one and the other. The body, however, is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body;
14 וְהָאֱלֹהִים הֵעִיר גַּם אֶת־אֲדֹנֵינוּ וְיָעִיר גַּם־אֶתְכֶם בִּגְבוּרָתוֹ	14 God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his power.
15 הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי גּוּפֹתֵיכֶם אֵבָרֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ הֵנָּה הֲכִי אֶקַּח אֶת־אֵבָרֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְאֶעֱשֶׂה אֹתָם לְאֵבָרֵי זוֹנָה חָלִילָה	15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take Christ's members and make them the members of a prostitute? Of course not!
16 אוֹ הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי הַדָּבֵק בַּזּוֹנָה גּוּף אֶחָד הוּא עִמָּהּ כִּי הַכָּתוּב אֹמֵר וְהָיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד	16 (Or) do you not know that anyone who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For "the two," it says, "will become one flesh."
17 אֲבָל הַדָּבֵק בָּאָדוֹן רוּחַ אֶחָד הוּא עִמּוֹ	17 But whoever is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
18 נוּסוּ מִן־הַזְּנוּת כָּל־חֵטְא אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה אוֹתוֹ הָאָדָם מִחוּץ לְגוּפוֹ הוּא וְהַזּוֹנֶה חֹטֵא בְּעֶצֶם גּוּפוֹ	18 Avoid immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the immoral person sins against his own body.
19 אוֹ הֲלֹא־יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי גוּפְכֶם הוּא הֵיכַל רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַשֹּׁכֵן בְּקִרְבְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר קִבַּלְתֶּם מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים וְכִי לֹא־לְעַצְמְכֶם אַתֶּם	19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
20 כִּי בִּמְחִיר נִקְנֵיתֶם עַל־כֵּן כַּבְּדוּ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים בְּגוּפְכֶם וּבְרוּחֲכֶם אֲשֶׁר לֵאלֹהִים הֵמָּה	20 For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body.