Lettera agli Efesini - מכתב לאפסים 11

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיְהִי הוּא מִתְפַּלֵּל בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֶחָד מִתַּלְמִידָיו אַחֲרֵי כַלּוֹתוֹ אֲדֹנִי לַמְּדֵנוּ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל כַּאֲשֶׁר לִמֵּד גַּם־יוֹחָנָן אֶת־תַּלְמִידָיו	1 And it happened that, while he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
2 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם כִּי תִתְפַּלְלוּ אִמְרוּ אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם יִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֶךָ תָּבוֹא מַלְכוּתֶךָ יֵעָשֶׂה רְצוֹנְךָ כְּמוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם כֵּן בָּאָרֶץ	2 And he said to them: “When you are praying, say: Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.
3 אֶת־לֶחֶם חֻקֵּנוּ תֶּן־לָנוּ יוֹם יוֹם	3 Give us this day our daily bread.
4 וּסְלַח לָנוּ אֶת־חוֹבֹתֵינוּ כִּי סֹלְחִים גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ לְכֹל הַחַיָּב לָנוּ וְאַל־תְּבִיאֵנוּ לִידֵי נִסָּיוֹן כִּי אִם־הַצִּילֵנוּ מִן־הָרָע	4 And forgive us our sins, since we also forgive all who are indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”
5 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מִי בָכֶם אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ אֹהֵב וְהָלַךְ וּבָא אֵלָיו בַּחֲצוֹת הַלַּיְלָה וְאָמַר אֵלָיו יְדִידִי הַלְוֵנִי שְׁלשֶׁת כִּכְּרוֹת־לָחֶם	5 And he said to them: “Which of you will have a friend and will go to him in the middle of the night, and will say to him: ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 כִּי־אֹהֲבִי בָּא אֵלַי מִן־הַדָּרֶךְ וְאֵין־לִי דָבָר לָשֹוּם לְפָנָיו	6 because a friend of mine has arrived from a journey to me, and I do not have anything to set before him.’
7 וְהוּא מִלִּפְנִים יַעֲנֶה וְיֹאמַר אַל־תּוֹגִיעֵנִי כִּי־כְבָר נִסְגְּרָה הַדֶּלֶת וִילָדַי שׁוֹכְבִים עִמָּדִי בַּמִּטָּה לֹא־אוּכַל לָקוּם וְלָתֶת לָךְ	7 And from within, he would answer by saying: ‘Do not disturb me. The door is closed now, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give it to you.’
8 אֲנִי אֹמֵר לָכֶם גַּם כִּי לֹא־יָקוּם לָתֶת־לוֹ עַל־הֱיוֹתוֹ אֹהֲבוֹ יָקוּם בַּעֲבוּר עַזּוּת פָּנָיו וְיִתֶּן־לוֹ כְּכָל־צָרְכּוֹ	8 Yet if he will persevere in knocking, I tell you that, even though he would not get up and give it to him because he is a friend, yet due to his continued insistence, he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
9 וְגַם־אֲנִי אֹמֵר לָכֶם שַׁאֲלוּ וְיִנָּתֵן לָכֶם דִּרְשׁוּ וְתִמְצָאוּ דִּפְקוּ וְיִפָּתַח לָכֶם	9 And so I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
10 כִּי כָּל־הַשֹּׁאֵל יְקַבֵּל וְהַדֹּרֵשׁ יִמְצָא וְלַדֹּפֵק יִפָּתֵחַ	10 For everyone who asks, receives. And whoever seeks, finds. And whoever knocks, it shall be opened to him.
11 וּמִי בָכֶם הָאָב אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁאַל מִמֶּנּוּ בְּנוֹ לֶחֶם וְנָתַן־לוֹ אָבֶן וְאִם־דָּג הֲיִתֶּן־לוֹ נָחָשׁ תַּחַת הַדָּג	11 So then, who among you, if he asks his father for bread, he would give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he would give him a serpent, instead of a fish?
12 אוֹ כִּי־יִשְׁאָלֶנּוּ בֵיצָה הֲיִתֶּן־לוֹ עַקְרָב	12 Or if he will ask for an egg, he would offer to him a scorpion?
13 הֵן־אַתֶּם הָרָעִים יוֹדְעִים לָתֵת מַתָּנוֹת טֹבוֹת לִבְנֵיכֶם אַף־כִּי הָאָב מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִתֵּן אֶת־רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ לַשֹּׁאֲלִים מֵאִתּוֹ	13 Therefore, if you, being evil, know how to give good things to your sons, how much more will your Father give, from heaven, a spirit of goodness to those who ask him?”
14 וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וַיְגָרֶשׁ שֵׁד וְהוּא אִלֵּם וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי צֵאת הַשֵּׁד וַיְדַבֵּר הָאִלֵּם וַיִּתְמְהוּ הָעָם	14 And he was casting out a demon, and the man was mute. But when he had cast out the demon, the mute man spoke, and so the crowds were amazed.
15 וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ בְּבַעַל זְבוּב שַׂר הַשֵּׁדִים הוּא מְגָרֵשׁ אֶת־הַשֵּׁדִים	15 But some of them said, “It is by Beelzebub, the leader of demons, that he casts out demons.”
16 וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר נִסּוּהוּ וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אוֹת מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם	16 And others, testing him, required a sign from heaven of him.
17 וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת־מַחְשְׁבוֹתָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם כָּל־מַמְלָכָה הַנֶּחֱלָקָה עַל־עַצְמָהּ תֵּחָרֵב וּבַיִת יִפֹּל עַל־בָּיִת	17 But when he perceived their thoughts, he said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself will become desolate, and house will fall upon house.
18 וְגַם־הַשָּׂטָן אִם־נֶחֱלַק עַל־עַצְמוֹ אֵיכָכָה תִכּוֹן מַמְלַכְתּוֹ כִּי אֲמַרְתֶּם שֶׁבְּבַעַל זְבוּב מְגָרֵשׁ אֲנִי אֶת־הַשֵּׁדִים	18 So then, if Satan is also divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebub that I cast out demons.
19 וְאִם־אֲנִי מְגָרֵשׁ אֶת־הַשֵּׁדִים בְּבַעַל זְבוּב בְּנֵיכֶם בְּמִי הֵם מְגָרְשִׁים אֹתָם עַל־כֵּן הֵמָּה יִהְיוּ שֹׁפְטֵיכֶם	19 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your own sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.
20 וְאִם־בְּאֶצְבַּע אֱלֹהִים מְגָרֵשׁ אֲנִי אֶת־הַשֵּׁדִים הִנֵּה הִגִּיעָה אֲלֵיכֶם מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים	20 Moreover, if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then certainly the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
21 בִּהְיוֹת הַגִּבּוֹר שֹׁמֵר אֶת־חֲצֵרוֹ וְהוּא מְזֻיָּן וְהָיָה רְכוּשׁוֹ שָׁלוֹם	21 When a strong armed man guards his entrance, the things that he possesses are at peace.
22 וְאִם־יָבוֹא עָלָיו חָזָק מִמֶּנּוּ וּתְקָפוֹ יִשָּׂא מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת־נִשְׁקוֹ אֲשֶׁר בָּטַח־בּוֹ וְאֶת־מַלְקֹחוֹ יְחַלֵּק	22 But if a stronger one, overwhelming him, has defeated him, he will take away all his weapons, in which he trusted, and he will distribute his spoils.
23 כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ אִתִּי הוּא נֶגְדִּי וַאֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ מְאַסֵּף אִתִּי הוּא מְפַזֵּר	23 Whoever is not with me, is against me. And whoever does not gather with me, scatters.
24 הָרוּחַ הַטְּמֵאָה אַחֲרֵי צֵאתָהּ מִן־הָאָדָם תְּשׁוֹטֵט בִּמְקֹמוֹת צִיָּה לְבַקֶּשׁ־לָהּ מְנוּחָה וְלֹא תִמְצָא אָז תֹּאמַר אָשׁוּבָה־נָּא אֶל־בֵּיתִי אֲשֶׁר יָצָאתִי מִשָּם	24 When an unclean spirit has departed from a man, he walks through waterless places, seeking rest. And not finding any, he says: ‘I will return to my house, from which I departed.’
25 וּבְבוֹאָהּ תִּמְצָא אֹתוֹ מְטֻאטָא וּמְהֻדָּר	25 And when he has arrived, he finds it swept clean and decorated.
26 וְאַחַר תֵּלֵךְ וְלָקְחָה שֶׁבַע רוּחוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת רָעוֹת מִמֶּנָּה וּבָאוּ וְשָׁכְנוּ שָׁם וְהָיְתָה אַחֲרִית הָאָדָם הַהוּא רָעָה מֵרֵאשִׁיתוֹ	26 Then he goes, and he takes in seven other spirits with him, more wicked than himself, and they enter and live there. And so, the end of that man is made worse the beginning.”
27 וַיְהִי כְּדַבְּרוֹ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְאִשָּׁה אַחַת מִן־הָעָם נָשְׂאָה אֶת־קוֹלָהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אַשְׁרֵי הַבֶּטֶן אֲשֶׁר נְשָׂאַתְךָ וְהַשָּׁדַיִם אֲשֶׁר יָנָקְתָּ	27 And it happened that, when he was saying these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you.”
28 וְהוּא אָמָר וְאַף כִּי־אַשְׁרֵי הַשֹּׁמְעִים וְהַשֹּׁמְרִים אֵת דְּבַר הָאֱלֹהִים	28 Then he said, “Yes, but moreover: blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”
29 וַיִּקָּבְצוּ עַם־רָב וַיָּחֶל לְדַבֵּר הַדּוֹר הַזֶּה דּוֹר רָע הוּא אוֹת הוּא מְבַקֵּשׁ וְאוֹת לֹא יִנָּתֶן־לוֹ בִּלְתִּי אִם־אוֹת יוֹנָה הַנָּבִיא	29 Then, as the crowds were quickly gathering, he began to say: “This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign. But no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
30 כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה יוֹנָה לְאַנְשֵׁי נִינְוֵה לְאוֹת כֵּן יִהְיֶה גַם־בֶּן־הָאָדָם לַדּוֹר הַזֶּה	30 For just as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be to this generation.
31 מַלְכַּת תֵּימָן תָּקוּם בַּמִּשְׁפָּט עִם־אַנְשֵׁי הַדּוֹר הַזֶּה וְהִרְשִׁיעָה אוֹתָם כִּי בָאָה מִקְצוֹת הָאָרֶץ לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת־חָכְמַת שְׁלֹמֹה וְהִנֵּה יֶשׁ־פֹּה גָּדוֹל מִשְּׁלֹמֹה	31 The queen of the South will rise up, at the judgment, with the men of this generation, and she will condemn them. For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, more than Solomon is here.
32 אַנְשֵׁי נִינְוֵה יָקוּמוּ בַמִּשְׁפָּט עִם־הַדּוֹר הַזֶּה וְהִרְשִׁיעֻהוּ כִּי הֵם שָׁבוּ בִּקְרִיאַת יוֹנָה וְהִנֵּה יֶשׁ־פֹּה גָּדוֹל מִיּוֹנָה	32 The men of Nineveh will rise up, at the judgment, with this generation, and they will condemn it. For at the preaching of Jonah, they repented. And behold, more than Jonah is here.
33 אֵין מַדְלִיק־נֵר אֲשֶׁר יְשִׂימֵהוּ בַסֵּתֶר אוֹ־תַחַת הָאֵיפָה כִּי אִם־עַל הַמְּנוֹרָה לְמַעַן יִרְאוּ בָּאֵי הַבַּיִת אֶת־אוֹרוֹ	33 No one lights a candle and places it in hiding, nor under a bushel basket, but upon a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
34 נֵר הַגּוּף הוּא הָעָיִן לָכֵן בִּהְיוֹת עֵינְךָ תְּמִימָה גַּם כָּל־גּוּפְךָ יֵאוֹר וּבִהְיוֹתָהּ רָעָה וְחָשַׁךְ גַּם־גּוּפֶךָ	34 Your eye is the light of your body. If your eye is wholesome, your entire body will be filled with light. But if it is wicked, then even your body will be darkened.
35 עַל־כֵּן הִשָּׁמֵר־לָךְ פֶּן־יֶחְשַׁךְ הָאוֹר אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבֶּךָ	35 Therefore, take care, lest the light that is within you become darkness.
36 וְהִנֵּה אִם־גּוּפְךָ כֻּלּוֹ אוֹר וְאֵין בּוֹ כָּל־דְּבַר־חשֶׁךְ אָז יֵאוֹר כֻּלּוֹ וְהָיָה כְּהָאִיר לְךָ הַנֵּר בִּבְרַק נָגְהוֹ	36 So then, if your entire body becomes filled with light, not having any part in darkness, then it will be entirely light, and, like a shining lamp, it will illuminate you.”
37 וַיְהִי בְדַבְּרוֹ וַיְבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ פָּרוּשׁ אֶחָד לֶאֱכֹל אִתּוֹ לָחֶם וַיָּבֹא הַבַּיְתָה וַיַּסֵּב	37 And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him to eat with him. And going inside, he sat down to eat.
38 וַיִּתְמַהּ הַפָּרוּשׁ בִּרְאֹתוֹ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָטַל יָדָיו בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה לִפְנֵי הַסְּעוּדָה	38 But the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself: “Why might it be that he has not washed before eating?”
39 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָאָדוֹן כָּעֵת אַתֶּם הַפְּרוּשִׁים מְטַהֲרִים אֶת־הַכּוֹס וְהַקְּעָרָה מִחוּץ וְהַפְּנִימִי אֲשֶׁר בָּכֶם הוּא מָלֵא גָּזֵל וָרָשַׁע	39 And the Lord said to him: “You Pharisees today clean what is outside the cup and the plate, but what is inside of you is full of plunder and iniquity.
40 הַכְּסִילִים הֲלֹא עֹשֵׂה הַחִיצוֹן גַּם־עָשָׂה אֶת־הַפְּנִימִי	40 Fools! Did not he who made what is outside, indeed also make what is inside?
41 אֲבָל־תְּנוּ לִצְדָקָה אֵת אֲשֶׁר־בָּם וְהִנֵּה הַכֹּל טָהוֹר לָכֶם	41 Yet truly, give what is above as alms, and behold, all things are clean for you.
42 אַךְ־אוֹי לָכֶם הַפְּרוּשִׁים כִּי תְעַשְּׂרוּ אֶת־הַמִּנְתָּא וְאֶת־הַפֵּיגַם וְאֵת כָּל־הַיָּרָק וְתַעַבְרוּ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּט וְאֵת אַהֲבַת אֱלֹהִים וְהָיָה לָכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־אֵלֶּה וְלֹא לְהַנִּיחַ גַּם אֶת־אֵלֶּה	42 But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you ignore judgment and the charity of God. But these things you ought to have done, without omitting the others.
43 אוֹי לָכֶם הַפְּרוּשִׁים כִּי תְאֵהֲבוּ אֶת־מוֹשַׁב הָרֹאשׁ בְּבָתֵּי הַכְּנֵסִיּוֹת וְאֶת־שֶׁאֱלוֹת שְׁלוֹמְכֶם בַּשְּׁוָקִים	43 Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the first seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the marketplace.
44 אוֹי לָכֶם הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים הַחֲנֵפִים כִּי אַתֶּם כַּקְּבָרִים הַנִּסְתָּרִים וּבְנֵי הָאָדָם מִתְהַלְּכִים עֲלֵיהֶם וְלֹא יָדָעוּ	44 Woe to you! For you are like graves that are not noticeable, so that men walk over them without realizing it.”
45 וַיַּעַן אֶחָד מִבַּעֲלֵי הַתּוֹרָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו רַבִּי בִּדְבָרֶיךָ אֵלֶּה תְּחָרֵף גַּם־אֹתָנוּ	45 Then one of the experts in the law, in response, said to him, “Teacher, in saying these things, you bring an insult against us as well.”
46 וַיֹּאמֶר אוֹי גַּם־לָכֶם בַּעֲלֵי הַתּוֹרָה כִּי עֹמְסִים אַתֶּם עַל־בְּנֵי הָאָדָם מַשָּׂאוֹת כְּבֵדִים מִסְּבֹל וְאַתֶּם בְּעַצְמְכֶם אֵינְכֶם נֹגְעִים בַּמַּשָּׂאוֹת גַּם־בְּאַחַת מֵאֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶם	46 So he said: “And woe to you experts in the law! For you weigh men down with burdens which they are not able to bear, but you yourselves do not touch the weight with even one of your fingers.
47 אוֹי לָכֶם כִּי בוֹנִים אַתֶּם אֶת־קִבְרוֹת הַנְּבִיאִים וַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶם הָרְגוּ אוֹתָם	47 Woe to you, who build the tombs of the prophets, while it is your fathers who killed them!
48 וְכֵן אַתֶּם מְעִידִים וְרוֹצִים בְּמַעֲשֵׂי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם כִּי הֵמָּה הָרְגוּ אוֹתָם וְאַתֶּם בּוֹנִים אֶת־קִבְרֵיהֶם	48 Clearly, you are testifying that you consent to the actions of your fathers, because even though they killed them, you build their sepulchers.
49 בַּעֲבוּר זֹאת גַּם־אָמְרָה חָכְמַת הָאֱלֹהִים אֶשְׁלַח אֲלֵיהֶם נְבִיאִים וּשְׁלִיחִים וּמֵהֶם יַהַרְגוּ וְיִרְדֹּפוּ	49 Because of this also, the wisdom of God said: I will send to them Prophets and Apostles, and some of these they will kill or persecute,
50 לְמַעַן יִדָּרֵשׁ מִן־הַדּוֹר הַזֶּה דַּם כָּל־הַנְּבִיאִים אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁפַּךְ לְמִן־הִוָּסֵד הָאָרֶץ	50 so that the blood of all the Prophets, which has been shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation:
51 מִדַּם־הֶבֶל עַד־דַּם זְכַרְיָהוּ אֲשֶׁר נֶהֱרַג בֵּין הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְלַבָּיִת הֵן אֹמֵר אֲנִי לָכֶם דָּרוֹשׁ יִדָּרֵשׁ מִן־הַדּוֹר הַזֶּה	51 from the blood of Abel, even to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. So I say to you: it will be required of this generation!
52 אוֹי לָכֶם בַּעֲלֵי הַתּוֹרָה כִּי־הֲסִירֹתֶם אֶת־מַפְתֵּחַ הַדָּעַת אַתֶּם לֹא־בָאתֶם וְאֶת־הַבָּאִים מְנַעְתֶּם	52 Woe to you, experts in the law! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves do not enter, and those who were entering, you would have prohibited.”
53 וַיְהִי כְּדַבְּרוֹ לָהֶם אֶת־אֵלֶּה וַיָּחֵלּוּ הַסּוֹפְרִים וְהַפְּרוּשִׁים לִשְׂטֹם אוֹתוֹ מְאֹד וּלְהַקְשׁוֹת לוֹ בִּדְבָרִים רַבִּים	53 Then, while he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the experts in the law began to insist strongly that he restrain his mouth about many things.
54 וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ לוֹ וַיְבַקְשׁוּ לְצוֹדֵד דָּבָר מִפִּיהוּ לְמַעַן יִמְצְאוּ עָלָיו שִׂטְנָה	54 And waiting to ambush him, they sought something from his mouth that they might seize upon, in order to accuse him.