Lettera di Giuda - (מכתב יהודה) 10

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 כִּי הַתּוֹרָה בִּהְיוֹת בָּהּ צֵל הַטֹּבוֹת הָעֲתִידוֹת וְלֹא מַרְאֵה עֶצֶם הַדְּבָרִים אֵין בִּיכָלְתָּהּ לְהַשְׁלִים אֶת־הַקְּרֵבִים בַּקָּרְבָּנוֹת הָהֵם אֲשֶׁר יַקְרִיבוּ תָמִיד מִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה	1 For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things; by the selfsame sacrifices which they offer continually every year, can never make the comers thereunto perfect:
2 כִּי לוּלֵא זֹאת חָדְלוּ מֵהֲבִיאָם בַּאֲשֶׁר הַמַּקְרִיבִים בְּהִטָּהֲרָם פַּעַם אַחַת לֹא־הָיְתָה בָהֶם עוֹד רִגְשַׁת חֲטָאִים	2 For then they would have ceased to be offered: because the worshippers once cleansed should have no conscience of sin any longer:
3 אֲבָל יֶשׁ־שָׁם הַזְכָּרַת הַחֲטָאִים שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה	3 But in them there is made a commemoration of sins every year.
4 כִּי דַם־הַפָּרִים וְהַשְּׂעִירִים לֹא יוּכַל לְהָסִיר חֲטָאִים	4 For it is impossible that with the blood of oxen and goats sin should be taken away.
5 וּבַעֲבוּר זֹאת אֹמֵר בְּבוֹאוֹ לָעוֹלָם זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה לֹא חָפַצְתָּ גּוּף כּוֹנַנְתָּ לִּי	5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith: Sacrifice and oblation thou wouldest not: but a body thou hast fitted to me:
6 עוֹלָה וְחַטָּאָה לֹא שָׁאָלְתָּ	6 Holocausts for sin did not please thee.
7 אָז אָמַרְתִּי הִנֵּה־בָאתִי בִּמְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר כָּתוּב עָלַי לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנְךָ אֱלֹהָי	7 Then said I: Behold I come: in the head of the book it is written of me: that I should do thy will, O God.
8 אַחֲרֵי אָמְרוֹ לְמַעְלָה זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה עוֹלָה וְחַטָּאָה לֹא חָפַצְתָּ וְלֹא שָׁאָלְתָּ אֲשֶׁר יַקְרִיבוּ אֹתָם עַל־פִּי הַתּוֹרָה	8 In saying before, Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin thou wouldest not, neither are they pleasing to thee, which are offered according to the law.
9 אָז אָמַר הִנֵּה־בָאתִי לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנְךָ אֱלֹהָי מַעֲבִיר בָּזֶה אֶת־הָרִאשׁוֹנָה לְמַעַן הָקִים אֶת־הַשְּׁנִיָּה	9 Then said I: Behold, I come to do thy will, O God: he taketh away the first, that he may establish that which followeth.
10 וּבָרָצוֹן הַזֶּה מְקֻדָּשִׁים אֲנַחְנוּ עַל־יְדֵי הַקְרָבַת קָרְבַּן גּוּף יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ בְּפַעַם אֶחָת	10 In the which will, we are sanctified by the oblation of the body of Jesus Christ once.
11 וְכָל־כֹּהֵן עֹמֵד יוֹם יוֹם לְשָׁרֵת וּמוֹסִיף פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת לְהַקְרִיב אֹתָם הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יוּכְלוּ לְעוֹלָם לְהַעֲבִיר חֲטָאִים	11 And every priest indeed standeth daily ministering, and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12 אוּלָם זֶה אַחֲרֵי הַקְרִיבוֹ זֶבַח אֶחָד עַל־הַחֲטָאִים יָשַׁב עַד־עוֹלָם לִימִין הָאֱלֹהִים	12 But this man offering one sacrifice for sins, for ever sitteth on the right hand of God,
13 וְחַכֹּה יְחַכֶּה עַד כִּי־יוּשְׁתוּ אֹיְבָיו הֲדֹם לְרַגְלָיו	13 From henceforth expecting, until his enemies be made his footstool.
14 כִּי הוּא בְּקָרְבָּן אֶחָד הִשְׁלִים לָנֶצַח אֶת־הַמְקֻדָּשִׁים	14 For by one oblation he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 וְאַף־רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ מֵעִיד לָנוּ עַל־זֹאת כִּי אַחֲרֵי אָמְרוֹ	15 And the Holy Ghost also doth testify this to us. For after that he said:
16 זֹאת הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר אֶכְרֹת אִתָּם אַחֲרֵי הַיָּמִים הָהֵם אָמַר יְהוָֹה נָתַתִּי אֶת־תּוֹרָתִי בְּקִרְבָּם וְעַל־לִבָּם אֶכְתֳּבֶנָּה	16 And this is the testament which I will make unto them after those days, saith the Lord. I will give my laws in their hearts, and on their minds will I write them:
17 וְלַעֲוֺנָם וּלְחַטָּאתָם לֹא אֶזְכָּר־עוֹד	17 And their sins and iniquities I will remember no more.
18 וְהִנֵּה בַּאֲשֶׁר נִסְלְחוּ הַחֲטָאִים אֵין עוֹד קָרְבָּן עֲלֵיהֶם	18 Now where there is a remission of these, there is no more an oblation for sin.
19 וְעַתָּה אֶחָי בִּהְיוֹת לָנוּ בִּטְחוֹן דֶּרֶךְ הַקֹּדֶשׁ בְּדַם יֵשׁוּעַ	19 Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ;
20 דֶּרֶךְ חָדָשׁ וָחָי אֲשֶׁר חִדֵּשׁ לָנוּ בַּפָּרֹכֶת הִיא בְשָׂרוֹ	20 A new and living way which he hath dedicated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
21 וּבִהְיוֹת לָנוּ כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל עַל־בֵּית אֱלֹהִים	21 And a high priest over the house of God:
22 נִקְרְבָה־נָּא בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם וּבֶאֱמוּנָה תְמִימָה מְטֹהָרִים בְּהַזָּיַת לְבָבֵנוּ מֵרוּחַ רָעָה וּרְחוּצֵי בָשָׂר בְּמַיִם טְהוֹרִים	22 Let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with clean water.
23 נַחֲזִיקָה בְּהוֹדָיַת הַתִּקְוָה בַּל־נִמּוֹט כִּי־נֶאֱמָן הַמַּבְטִיחַ	23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering (for he is faithful that hath promised),
24 וְנִתְבּוֹנְנָה זֶה עַל־זֶה לְעוֹרֵר אֹתָנוּ לְאַהֲבָה וּלְמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים	24 And let us consider one another, to provoke unto charity and to good works:
25 וְאַל־נַעֲזֹב אֶת־כְּנֵסִיָּתֵנוּ כְּמִנְהַג קְצָת אֲנָשִׁים כִּי אִם־נוֹכִיחַ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו וּבְיוֹתֵר בִּרְאֹתְכֶם כִּי־קָרוֹב הַיּוֹם	25 Not forsaking our assembly, as some are accustomed; but comforting one another, and so much the more as you see the day approaching.
26 כִּי אִם־נֶחֱטָא בְזָדוֹן אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר קִבַּלְנוּ דַּעַת הָאֱמֶת לֹא־יִשָּׁאֵר עוֹד זֶבַח קָרְבָּן לְכַפֵּר עַל־הַחֵטְא	26 For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins,
27 כִּי אִם־בִּעוּתֵי הַדִּין הֶעָתִיד וְאֵשׁ קִנְאָה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכַל אֶת־הַצֹּרְרִים	27 But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries.
28 הֵן אִישׁ כִּי־יָפֵר תּוֹרַת משֶׁה מוֹת יָמוּת בְּלִי חֶמְלָה עַל־פִּי שְׁנַיִם עֵדִים אוֹ־שְׁלשָׁה	28 A man making void the law of Moses, dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 מַה־תַּחְשְׁבוּ כַּמָּה יִגְדַּל הָעֹנֶשׁ הָרָאוּי לָרֹמֵס בְּרַגְלוֹ אֶת־בֶּן־הָאֱלֹהִים וְחשֵׁב לְחֹל אֶת־דַּם הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר־הוּא מְקֻדָּשׁ בּוֹ וּמְחָרֵף אֶת־רוּחַ הֶחָסֶד	29 How much more, do you think he deserveth worse punishments, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath esteemed the blood of the testament unclean, by which he was sanctified, and hath offered an affront to the Spirit of grace?
30 כִּי־יָדַעְנוּ אֶת־הָאֹמֵר לִי נָקָם וְשִׁלֵּם אָמַר יְהוָֹה וְעוֹד כִּי־יָדִין יְהוָֹה עַמּוֹ	30 For we know him that hath said: Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will repay. And again: The Lord shall judge his people.
31 מַה־נּוֹרָא לִנְפֹּל בְּיַד אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים	31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 אֲבָל זִכְרוּ־נָא אֶת־הַיָּמִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים כִּי אָז אַחֲרֵי אֹרוּ עֵינֵיכֶם נְשָׂאתֶם כֹּבֶד עִנּוּיִם רַבִּים	32 But call to mind the former days, wherein, being illuminated, you endured a great fight of afflictions.
33 פַּעַם בִּהְיוֹתְכֶם לְרַאֲוָה בְּחֶרְפָּה וְתוּגָה פַּעַם בְּהִשְׁתַּתֵּף לַאֲשֶׁר־הִגִּיעַ אֲלֵיהֶם כָּזֹאת	33 And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations, were made a gazingstock; and on the other, became companions of them that were used in such sort.
34 כִּי הִצְטָעַרְתֶּם עַל־מוֹסֵרָי וּגְזֵלַת רְכוּשְׁכֶם סְבַלְתֶּם בְּשִׂמְחָה מִדַּעְתְּכֶם בְּנַפְשְׁכֶם שֶׁיֵּשׁ־לָכֶם בַּשָּׁמַיִם קִנְיָן טוֹב מִמֶּנּוּ וְקַיָּם לָעַד	34 For you both had compassion on them that were in bands, and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance.
35 לָכֵן אַל־תַּשְׁלִיכוּ אֶת־בִּטְחוֹנְכֶם כִּי יֶשׁ־לוֹ שָׂכָר רָב	35 Do not therefore lose your confidence, which hath a great reward.
36 כִּי צְרִיכִים אַתֶּם לְסַבְלָנוּת לְמַעַן תַּעֲשֹוּ רְצוֹן אֱלֹהִים וּנְשָׂאתֶם אֶת־הַהַבְטָחָה	36 For patience is necessary for you; that, doing the will of God, you may receive the promise.
37 כִּי עוֹד מְעַט־רָגַע וְהַבָּא יָבֹא לֹא יְאַחֵר	37 For yet a little and a very little while, and he that is to come, will come, and will not delay.
38 הַצַּדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֹ יִחְיֶה וְאִם־יִסֹּג אָחוֹר לֹא־רָצְתָה נַפְשִׁי בּוֹ	38 But my just man liveth by faith; but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please my soul.
39 אָמְנָם אֲנַחְנוּ אֵינֶנּוּ מִן־הַנְּסוֹגִים אָחוֹר לְאָבְדָם כִּי אִם־מִן־הַמַּאֲמִינִים לְהַצָּלַת הַנֶּפֶשׁ	39 But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.