Prima lettera ai Tessalonicesi - (מכתב ראשון לסלוניקים) 3

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וְעַתָּה מַה־הוּא יִתְרוֹן הַיְּהוּדִי וּמַה־הִיא תּוֹעֶלֶת הַמִּילָה	1 So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision?
2 הַרְבֵּה מִכָּל־פָּנִים בָּרִאשׁוֹן כִּי־הָפְקְדוּ בְיָדָם דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים	2 Much in every way: First of all, certainly, because the eloquence of God was entrusted to them.
3 כִּי מַה־הוּא אִם־מִקְצָתָם לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ הַיְבַטֵּל חֶסְרוֹן אֱמוּנָתָם אֶת־אֱמוּנַת אֱלֹהִים	3 But what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief nullify the faith of God? Let it not be so!
4 חָלִילָה אֲבָל יְהִי הָאֵל הוּא הַנֶּאֱמָן וְכָל־הָאָדָם כֹּזֵב כַּכָּתוּב לְמַעַן־תִּצְדַּק בִּדְבָרֶךָ תִּזְכֶּה בְשָׁפְטֶךָ	4 For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: “Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.”
5 וְאִם־עַוְלָתֵנוּ תְּרוֹמֵם אֶת־צִדְקַת הָאֱלֹהִים מַה־נֹּאמַר הֲכִי יֶשׁ־עָוֶל בֵּאלֹהִים הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ לְפִי דֶרֶךְ בְּנֵי־אָדָם אָנֹכִי מְדַבֵּר	5 But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?
6 חָלִילָה שֶׁאִם־כֵּן אֵיךְ־יִשְׁפֹּט הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָעוֹלָם	6 (I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?
7 כִּי אִם־עַל־יְדֵי כְזָבִי תִּרְבֶּה וְתִפְרֹץ אֱמֶת אֱלֹהִים לִתְהִלָּתוֹ לָמָּה זֶּה אֲנִי אֶשָּׁפֵט עוֹד כְּחוֹטֵא	7 For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner?
8 וְלֹא נַעֲשֶׂה כִּדְבַר מְחָרֲפֵינוּ וּמִקְצָת מוֹצִיאֵי דִבָּה עָלֵינוּ לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה אֹמְרִים נַעֲשֶׂה הָרַע לְמַעַן יֵצֵא הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר דִּינָם יָבֹא עֲלֵיהֶם בְּצֶדֶק	8 And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just.
9 וְעַתָּה מַה־הוּא הֲיֶשׁ־לָנוּ מַעֲלָה יְתֵרָה לֹא בִמְאוּמָה כְּבָר הוֹכַחְנוּ כִּי גַם־הַיְּהוּדִים גַּם־הַיְּוָנִים כֻּלָּם הֵם תַּחַת הַחֵטְא	9 What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin,
10 כַּכָּתוּב אֵין צַדִּיק אֵין גַּם־אֶחָד	10 just as it was written: “There is no one who is just.
11 אֵין מַשְׂכִּיל אֵין־דֹּרֵשׁ אֶת־אֱלֹהִים	11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God.
12 הַכֹּל סָר יַחְדָּו נֶאֱלָחוּ אֵין עֹשֵׂה־טוֹב אֵין גַּם־אֶחָד	12 All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
13 קֶבֶר פָּתוּחַ גְּרוֹנָם לְשׁוֹנָם יַחֲלִיקוּן חֲמַת עַכְשׁוּב תַּחַת שְׂפָתֵימוֹ	13 Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.
14 אֲשֶׁר אָלָה פִּיהֶם מָלֵא וּמְרֹרוֹת	14 Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.
15 רַגְלֵיהֶם יְמַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּם	15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר בִּמְסִלֹּתָם	16 Grief and unhappiness are in their ways.
17 וְדֶרֶךְ שָׁלוֹם לֹא יָדָעוּ	17 And the way of peace they have not known.
18 אֵין־פַּחַד אֱלֹהִים לְנֶגֶד עֵינֵיהֶם	18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 וַאֲנַחְנוּ יָדַעְנוּ כִּי כָל־מַה־שֶּׁאָמְרָה הַתּוֹרָה מְדַבֶּרֶת אֶל־אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת הַתּוֹרָה לְמַעַן יִסָּכֵר כָּל־פֶּה וְהָיָה כָל־הָעוֹלָם מְחֻיָּב לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים	19 But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God.
20 יַעַן אֲשֶׁר מִמַּעֲשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה לֹא־יִצְדַּק לְפָנָיו כָּל־בָּשָׂר כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה דַּעַת הַחֵטְא	20 For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.
21 וְעַתָּה בִּבְלִי תוֹרָה צִדְקַת אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יָצָאָה אֲשֶׁר הֵעִידוּ עָלֶיהָ הַתּוֹרָה וְהַנְּבִיאִים	21 But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.
22 וְהִיא צִדְקַת אֱלֹהִים בֶּאֱמוּנַת יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֶל־כֹּל וְעַל־כֹּל אֲשֶׁר הֶאֱמִינוּ בוֹ כִּי אֵין הַבְדֵּל	22 And the justice of God, though the faith of Jesus Christ, is in all those and over all those who believe in him. For there is no distinction.
23 כִּי־כֻלָּם חָטָאוּ וְחַסְרֵי־כְבוֹד אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה	23 For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.
24 וְנִצְדְּקוּ חִנָּם בְּחַסְדּוֹ עַל־יְדֵי הַפְּדוּת אֲשֶׁר הָיְתָה בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	24 We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 אֲשֶׁר שָׂמוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים לְפָנֵינוּ לְכַפֹּרֶת עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה בְּדָמוֹ לְהַרְאוֹת אֶת־צִדְקָתוֹ אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר־הֶעֱבִיר אֶת־הַחֲטָאִים שֶׁנַּעֲשֹוּ לְפָנִים בְּעֵת חֶמְלַת אֱלֹהִים	25 whom God has offered as a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to reveal his justice for the remission of the former offenses,
26 לְהַרְאוֹת אֶת־צִדְקָתוֹ בָּעֵת הַזֹּאת לִהְיוֹתוֹ צַדִּיק וּמַצְדִּיק אֶת־בֶּן־אֱמוּנַת יֵשׁוּעַ	26 and by the forbearance of God, to reveal his justice in this time, so that he himself might be both the Just One and the Justifier of anyone who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.
27 וְעַתָּה אַיֵּה הַהִתְהַלְלוּת הֲלֹא נִשְׁבָּתָה וְעַל־יְדֵי תוֹרַת־מָה הַעַל־יְדֵי־תוֹרַת הַמַּעֲשִׂים לֹא כִּי עַל־יְדֵי תּוֹרַת הָאֱמוּנָה	27 So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith.
28 לָכֵן נַחֲשֹׁב כִּי בֶאֱמוּנָה יִצְדַּק הָאָדָם בִּבְלִי מַעֲשֵׂי תוֹרָה	28 For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.
29 אוֹ הַאֱלֹהִים רַק אֱלֹהֵי הַיְּהוּדִים הֲלֹא גַם אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם אָכֵן גַּם־אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם הוּא	29 Is God of the Jews only and not also of the Gentiles? On the contrary, of the Gentiles also.
30 כִּי אֶחָד הָאֱלֹהִים הַמַּצְדִּיק אֶת־הַמּוּלִים מִתּוֹךְ הָאֱמוּנָה וְאֶת־הָעֲרֵלִים עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה	30 For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.
31 וְעַתָּה הַמְבַטְּלִים אֲנַחְנוּ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה חָלִילָה אַךְ מְקַיְּמִים אֲנַחְנוּ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה	31 Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand.