Lettera di Giuda - (מכתב יהודה) 3

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 לָכֵן אַחַי הַקְּדוֹשִׁים חֲבֵרִים לַקְּרִיאָה שֶׁל־מַעְלָה הַבִּיטוּ אֶל־הַשָּׁלִיחַ וְכֹהֵן הוֹדָיָתֵנוּ הַגָּדוֹל אֶל־הַמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	1 That is why al you who are holy brothers and share the same heavenly cal should turn your minds toJesus, the apostle and the high priest of our profession of faith.
2 אֲשֶׁר־הוּא נֶאֱמָן לְעֹשֵׂהוּ כְּמוֹ גַם־משֶׁה בְּכָל־בֵּיתוֹ	2 He was trustworthy to the one who appointed him, just like Moses, who remained trustworthy in all hishousehold;
3 כִּי־כָבוֹד גָּדוֹל מִמּשֶׁה נָחַל־זֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר בֹּנֵה הַבַּיִת חָשׁוּב יוֹתֵר מִן־הַבָּיִת	3 but he deserves a greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house is more honoured than thehouse itself.
4 כִּי כָל־בַּיִת יֶשׁ־לוֹ בֹנֶה אֲבָל בּוֹנֵה כֹל הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים	4 Every house is built by someone, of course; but God built everything that exists.
5 וְהֵן משֶׁה נֶאֱמָן בְּכָל־בֵּיתוֹ כְּעֶבֶד לְעֵדוּת הַדְּבָרִים הָעֲתִידִים לְהֵאָמֵר	5 It is true that Moses was trustworthy in the household of God, as a servant is, acting as witness to thethings which were yet to be revealed,
6 אֲבָל הַמָּשִׁיחַ הוּא הַבֵּן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וַאֲנַחְנוּ בֵיתוֹ אִם־נַחֲזִיק בַּבִּטָּחוֹן וּבִתְהִלַּת הַתִּקְוָה וְלֹא־נַרְפֶּנָּה עַד־הַקֵּץ	6 but Christ is trustworthy as a son is, over his household. And we are his household, as long as wefearlessly maintain the hope in which we glory.
7 לָכֵן כְּמַאֲמַר רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַיּוֹם אִם־בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ	7 That is why, as the Holy Spirit says: If only you would listen to him today!
8 אַל־תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָה כְּיוֹם מַסָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר	8 Do not harden your hearts, as at the rebel ion, as at the time of testing in the desert,
9 אֲשֶׁר נִסּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בְּחָנוּנִי גַּם־רָאוּ פָעֳלִי אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה	9 when your ancestors chal enged me, and put me to the test, and saw what I could do
10 לָכֵן אָקוּט בַּדּוֹר וָאֹמַר עַם תֹּעֵי לֵבָב הֵם וְהֵם לֹא־יָדְעוּ דְרָכָי	10 for forty years. That was why that generation sickened me and I said, 'Always fickle hearts, thatcannot grasp my ways!'
11 אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְאַפִּי אִם־יְבֹאוּן אֶל־מְנוּחָתִי	11 And then in my anger I swore that they would never enter my place of rest.
12 רְאוּ עַתָּה אֶחָי פֶּן־יֵשׁ בְּאֶחָד מִכֶּם לֶב־רַע וַחֲסַר אֱמוּנָה לָסוּר מֵאֱלֹהִים חַיִּים	12 Take care, brothers, that none of you ever has a wicked heart, so unbelieving as to turn away from theliving God.
13 אַךְ־הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ יוֹם יוֹם עַד־שֶׁיִּקָּרֵא הַיּוֹם לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יַקְשֶׁה אִישׁ מִכֶּם אֶת־לִבּוֹ בְּמַדּוּחֵי פָשַׁע	13 Every day, as long as this today lasts, keep encouraging one another so that none of you is hardenedby the lure of sin,
14 כִּי נִתְחַבַּרְנוּ לַמָּשִׁיחַ אִם־נַחֲזִיק בְּרֵאשִׁית הַבִּטְחָה וְלֹא נַרְפֶּנָּה עַד־הַקֵּץ	14 because we have been granted a share with Christ only if we keep the grasp of our first confidencefirm to the end.
15 כַּאֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמַר הַיּוֹם אִם־בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ אַל־תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָה	15 In this saying: If only you would listen to him today; do not harden your hearts, as at the Rebel ion,
16 מִי אֵפוֹא אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ וַיָּרִיבוּ הֲלֹא כָּל־יֹצְאֵי מִצְרַיִם בְּיַד־משֶׁה	16 who was it who listened and then rebelled? Surely al those whom Moses led out of Egypt.
17 וּבְמִי הִתְקוֹטֵט אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה הֲלֹא בַחַטָּאִים אֲשֶׁר נָפְלוּ פִגְרֵיהֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר	17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Surely with those who sinned and whose dead bodiesfel in the desert.
18 וּלְמִי נִשְׁבַּע לְבִלְתִּי־בֹא אֶל־מְנוּחָתוֹ אִם־לֹא לַסּוֹרְרִים	18 To whom did he swear they would never enter his place of rest? Surely those who would not believe.
19 וַאֲנַחְנוּ רֹאִים כִּי לֹא יָכְלוּ לָבוֹא עַל־אֲשֶׁר לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ	19 So we see that it was their refusal to believe which prevented them from entering.