Lettera a Tito - מכתב לטיטו 2

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 גַּם־אֶתְכֶם הַמֵּתִים לְפָנִים בְּפִשְׁעֵיכֶם וְחַטֹּאתֵיכֶם	1 You were dead in your transgressions and sins
2 אֲשֶׁר הִתְהַלַּכְתֶּם בָּהֶם לְפִי דּוֹר הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה כִּרְצוֹן שַׂר מֶמְשֶׁלֶת הָאֲוִיר וְהוּא הָרוּחַ הַפֹּעֵל כָּעֵת בִּבְנֵי הַמֶּרִי	2 in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.
3 וְגַם־אֲנַחְנוּ כֻלָּנוּ בְּתוֹכָם הָלַכְנוּ לְפָנִים בְּתַאֲוֺת הַבָּשָׂר לַעֲשׂוֹת חֶפְצֵי בְשָׂרֵנוּ וּמַחְשְׁבוֹתֵינוּ וַנְּהִי אַךְ־בְּנֵי רֹגֶז בְּטִבְעֵנוּ כִּשְׁאָר בְּנֵי אָדָם	3 All of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh, following the wishes of the flesh and the impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest.
4 אֲבָל־הָאֱלֹהִים הַמָּלֵא רַחֲמִים בְּרֹב אַהֲבָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר אָהַב אֹתָנוּ	4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us,
5 אַחֲרֵי הֱיוֹתֵנוּ מֵתִים בַּפְּשָׁעִים הֶחֱיָנוּ עִם־הַמָּשִׁיחַ בַּחֶסֶד נוֹשַׁעְתֶּם	5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 וַיְעִירֵנוּ אִתּוֹ אַף־הוֹשִׁיבָנוּ בַּמְּרוֹמִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	6 raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,
7 לְהַרְאוֹת בַּדֹּרוֹת הַבָּאִים אֶת־גְּדֻלַּת עשֶׁר חַסְדּוֹ בְּטוֹבָתוֹ עָלֵינוּ בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	7 that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
8 כִּי־בַחֶסֶד נוֹשַׁעְתֶּם עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה וְלֹא מִיֶּדְכֶם הָיְתָה זֹּאת כִּי־מַתַּת אֱלֹהִים הִיא	8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God;
9 לֹא מִתּוֹךְ הַמַּעֲשִׂים שֶׁלֹּא יִתְהַלֵּל אִישׁ	9 it is not from works, so no one may boast.
10 כִּי־פֹעַל אֱלֹהִים אֲנַחְנוּ נִבְרָאִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ לְמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים אֲשֶׁר הֵכִין הָאֱלֹהִים מִקֶּדֶם לְמַעַן נִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּהֶם	10 For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.
11 עַל־כֵּן זִכְרוּ כִּי־אַתֶּם הַגּוֹיִם בַּבָּשָׂר הַנִּקְרָאִים עֲרֵלִים בְּפִי הַנִּקְרָאִים בְּנֵי הַמִּילָה שֶׁהִיא מַעֲשֵׂה יָדַיִם בַּבָּשָׂר	11 Therefore, remember that at one time you, Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by those called the circumcision, which is done in the flesh by human hands,
12 כִּי־אַתֶּם בָּעֵת הַהִיא הֱיִיתֶם בְּלִי מָשִׁיחַ מוּזָרִים לַעֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנָכְרִים לִבְרִיתוֹת הַהַבְטָחָה בְּאֵין תִּקְוָה וּבְאֵין לָכֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּעוֹלָם	12 were at that time without Christ, alienated from the community of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.
13 וְעַתָּה בְּיֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אַתֶּם הָרְחוֹקִים מֵאָז הֱיִיתֶם קְרוֹבִים בְּדַם הַמָּשִׁיחַ	13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ.
14 כִּי הוּא שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הַשְּׁנַיִם לְאֶחָד וְהָרַס מְחִצַּת הַגָּדֵר	14 For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh,
15 בְּבַטְּלוֹ הָאֵיבָה בִּבְשָׂרוֹ אֶת־תּוֹרַת הַמִּצְוֺת בִּגְזֵרוֹתֵיהֶן לִבְרֹא בְנַפְשׁוֹ אֶת־הַשְּׁנַיִם לְאִישׁ־אֶחָד חָדָשׁ וַיַּעַשׂ שָׁלוֹם	15 abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims, that he might create in himself one new person in place of the two, thus establishing peace,
16 וַיְרַצֶּה אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּגוּף אֶחָד לֵאלֹהִים עַל־יְדֵי צְלִיבָתוֹ בַּהֲמִיתוֹ בְנַפְשׁוֹ אֶת־הָאֵיבָה	16 and might reconcile both with God, in one body, through the cross, putting that enmity to death by it.
17 וַיָּבֹא וַיְבַשֵּׂר שָׁלוֹם לָכֶם הָרְחוֹקִים וְהַקְּרוֹבִים	17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
18 כִּי עַל־יָדוֹ יֵשׁ לִשְׁנֵינוּ מָבוֹא בְּרוּחַ אֶחָד אֶל־אָבִינוּ	18 for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 לָכֵן אֵינְכֶם עוֹד גֵּרִים וְתוֹשָׁבִים כִּי אַתֶּם בְּנֵי־עִיר אַחַת עִם־הַקְּדשִׁים וּבְנֵי בֵּית אֱלֹהִים	19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God,
20 בְּנוּיִם עַל־יְסוֹד הַשְּׁלִיחִים וְהַנְּבִיאִים וְיֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ הוּא אֶבֶן הַפִּנָּה	20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
21 אֲשֶׁר חֻבַּר־בּוֹ יַחַד הַבִּנְיָן כֻּלּוֹ עֲדֵי יִגְבַּהּ לְהֵיכַל קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָֹה	21 Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;
22 וּבוֹ נִבְנִים גַּם־אַתֶּם לִהְיוֹת מִשְׁכַּן אֱלֹהִים בָּרוּחַ	22 in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.