Lettera ai Filippesi - מכתב לפיליפאים 1

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 בְּרֵאשִׁית הָיָה הַדָּבָר וְהַדָּבָר הָיָה אֵת הָאֱלֹהִים וֵאלֹהִים הָיָה הַדָּבָר	1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.
2 הוּא הָיָה בְרֵאשִׁית אֵצֶל הָאֱלֹהִים	2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 הַכֹּל נִהְיָה עַל־יָדוֹ וּמִבַּלְעָדָיו לֹא נִהְיָה כָּל־אֲשֶׁר נִהְיָה	3 All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.
4 בּוֹ הָיוּ חַיִּים וְהַחַיִּים הָיוּ אוֹר בְּנֵי הָאָדָם	4 Life was in Him, and Life was the light of men.
5 וְהָאוֹר בַּחשֶׁךְ זָרָח וְהַחשֶׁךְ לֹא הִשִּׂיגוֹ	5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
6 וַיְהִי אִישׁ שָׁלוּחַ מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים וּשְׁמוֹ יוֹחָנָן	6 There was a man sent by God, whose name was John.
7 הוּא בָא לְעֵדוּת לְהָעִיד עַל־הָאוֹר לְמַעַן יַאֲמִינוּ כֻלָּם עַל־יָדוֹ	7 He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.
8 הוּא לֹא־הָיָה הָאוֹר כִּי אִם־לְהָעִיד עַל־הָאוֹר	8 He was not the Light, but he was to offer testimony about the Light.
9 הָאוֹר הָאֲמִתִּי הַמֵּאִיר לְכָל־אָדָם הָיָה בָא אֶל־הָעוֹלָם	9 The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.
10 בָּעוֹלָם הָיָה וְעַל־יָדוֹ נִהְיָה הָעוֹלָם וְהָעוֹלָם לֹא הִכִּירוֹ	10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not recognize him.
11 הוּא בָא אֶל־אֲשֶׁר לוֹ וַאֲשֶׁר־הֵמָּה לוֹ לֹא קִבְּלֻהוּ	11 He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.
12 וְהַמְקַבְּלִים אֹתוֹ נָתַן־עֹז לָמוֹ לִהְיוֹת בָּנִים לֵאלֹהִים הַמַּאֲמִינִים בִּשְׁמוֹ	12 Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
13 אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִדָּם וְלֹא מֵחֵפֶץ הַבָּשָׂר אַף לֹא־מֵחֵפֶץ גָּבֶר כִּי אִם־מֵאֱלֹהִים נוֹלָדוּ	13 These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 וְהַדָּבָר נִהְיָה בָשָׂר וַיִּשְׁכֹּן בְּתוֹכֵנוּ וַנֶּחֱזֶה תִפְאַרְתּוֹ כְּתִפְאֶרֶת הַיָּחִיד הַנּוֹלָד מִן־הָאָב רַב־חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת	14 And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 וְיוֹחָנָן מֵעִיד עָלָיו וַיִּקְרָא לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה זֶה הוּא אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי עָלָיו הַבָּא אַחֲרַי הָיָה לְפָנָי כִּי קֹדֶם־לִי הָיָה	15 John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, saying: “This is the one about whom I said: ‘He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”
16 וּמִמְּלוֹאוֹ לָקַחְנוּ כֻלָּנוּ חֶסֶד עַל־חָסֶד	16 And from his fullness, we all have received, even grace for grace.
17 כִּי הַתּוֹרָה נִתְּנָה בְּיַד־משֶׁה וְהַחֶסֶד וְהָאֱמֶת בָּאוּ עַל־יְדֵי יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ	17 For the law was given though Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 אֵת הָאֱלֹהִים לֹא־רָאָה אִישׁ מֵעוֹלָם הַבֵּן הַיָּחִיד אֲשֶׁר בְּחֵיק הָאָב הוּא הוֹדִיעַ	18 No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.
19 וְזֹאת הִיא עֵדוּת יוֹחָנָן בִּשְׁלֹחַ הַיְּהוּדִים מִירוּשָׁלַיִם כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִּיִם לִשְׁאֹל אֹתוֹ מִי אָתָּה	19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him, so that they might ask him, “Who are you?”
20 וַיּוֹדֶה וְלֹא כִחֵשׁ וַיּוֹדֶה לֵאמֹר אֲנִי אֵינֶנִּי הַמָּשִׁיחַ	20 And he confessed it and did not deny it; and what he confessed was: “I am not the Christ.”
21 וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ אֹתוֹ מִי אֵפוֹא אָתָּה הַאַתָּה אֵלִיָּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵינֶנִּי הַאַתָּה הַנָּבִיא וַיַּעַן לֹא	21 And they questioned him: “Then what are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
22 וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו מִי־זֶה אָתָּה לְמַעַן נָשִׁיב לְשֹׁלְחֵינוּ דָּבָר מַה־תֹּאמַר עָלֶיךָ	22 Therefore, they said to him: “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
23 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲנִי קוֹל קוֹרֵא בַמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָֹה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְשַׁעְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא	23 He said, “I am a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 וְהַמְשֻׁלָּחִים הָיוּ מִן־הַפְּרוּשִׁים	24 And some of those who had been sent were from among the Pharisees.
25 וַיִּשְׁאָלֻהוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו מַדּוּעַ אֵפוֹא מַטְבִּיל אַתָּה אִם־אֵינְךָ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אוֹ אֵלִיָּה אוֹ הַנָּבִיא	25 And they questioned him and said to him, “Then why do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the Prophet?”
26 וַיַּעַן אֹתָם יוֹחָנָן וַיֹּאמַר אָנֹכִי מַטְבִּיל בַּמָּיִם וּבְתוֹכְכֶם עוֹמֵד אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדַעְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ	26 John answered them by saying: “I baptize with water. But in your midst stands one, whom you do not know.
27 הוּא הַבָּא אַחֲרַי אֲשֶׁר הָיָה לְפָנָי וַאֲנִי נְקַלֹּתִי מֵהַתִּיר שְׂרוֹךְ נְעָלָיו	27 The same is he who is to come after me, who has been placed ahead of me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen.”
28 זֹאת הָיְתָה בְּבֵית עֲבָרָה מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן מְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יוֹחָנָן מַטְבִּיל שָׁם	28 These things happened in Bethania, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיַּרְא יוֹחָנָן אֶת־יֵשׁוּעַ בָּא אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה שֵׂה הָאֱלֹהִים הַנֹּשֵׂא חַטַּאת הָעוֹלָם	29 On the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and so he said: “Behold, the Lamb of God. Behold, he who takes away the sin of the world.
30 זֶה הוּא אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי עָלָיו אַחֲרַי יָבֹא אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הָיָה לְפָנָי כִּי קֹדֶם־לִי הָיָה	30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me arrives a man, who has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’
31 וַאֲנִי לֹא יְדַעְתִּיו כִּי אִם־בַּעֲבוּר יִגָּלֶה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאתִי אֲנִי לִטְבֹּל בַּמָּיִם	31 And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel.”
32 וַיָּעַד יוֹחָנָן וַיֹּאמַר חָזִיתִי הָרוּחַ כִּדְמוּת יוֹנָה יֹרֶדֶת מִשָּׁמַיִם וַתָּנַח עָלָיו	32 And John offered testimony, saying: “For I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove; and he remained upon him.
33 וַאֲנִי לֹא יְדַעְתִּיו אוּלָם הַשֹּׁלֵחַ אֹתִי לִטְבֹּל בַּמַּיִם הוּא אָמַר אֵלַי אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תִּרְאֶה הָרוּחַ יֹרֶדֶת וְנָחָה עָלָיו הִנֵּה זֶה הוּא אֲשֶׁר יִטְבֹּל בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ	33 And I did not know him. But he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: ‘He over whom you will see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
34 וַאֲנִי רָאִיתִי וָאָעִידָה כִּי זֶה הוּא בֶּן־הָאֱלֹהִים	34 And I saw, and I gave testimony: that this one is the Son of God.”
35 וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיֹּסֶף יוֹחָנָן וַיַּעֲמֹד וּשְׁנַיִם מִתַּלְמִידָיו עִמּוֹ	35 The next day again, John was standing with two of his disciples.
36 וַיַּבֵּט אֶל־יֵשׁוּעַ וְהוּא מִתְהַלֵּךְ וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה שֵׂה הָאֱלֹהִים	36 And catching sight of Jesus walking, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”
37 וּשְׁנֵי תַלְמִידָיו שָׁמְעוּ אֶת־דְּבָרוֹ וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי יֵשׁוּעַ	37 And two disciples were listening to him speaking. And they followed Jesus.
38 וַיִּפֶן יֵשׁוּעַ אַחֲרָיו וַיַּרְא אֹתָם הֹלְכִים אַחֲרָיו וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מַה־תְּבַקֵּשׁוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו רַבִּי פֵּרוּשׁוֹ מוֹרִי אֵיפֹה תָלִין	38 Then Jesus, turning around and seeing them following him, said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi (which means in translation, Teacher), where do you live?”
39 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם בֹּאוּ וּרְאוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיִּרְאוּ אֶת־מְקוֹם מְלוֹנוֹ וַיֵּשְׁבוּ עִמּוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וְהָעֵת כַּשָּׁעָה הָעֲשִׂירִית	39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about the tenth hour.
40 וְאֶחָד מִן־הַשְּׁנַיִם אֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ מֵאֵת יוֹחָנָן וְהָלְכוּ אַחֲרָיו הוּא אַנְדְּרַי אֲחִי שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּטְרוֹס	40 And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard about him from John and had followed him.
41 הוּא פָּגַשׁ בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה אֵת שִׁמְעוֹן אָחִיו וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֶת־הַמָּשִׁיחַ מָצָאנוּ אֲשֶׁר תַּרְגּוּמוֹ כְּרִיסְטוֹס	41 First, he found his brother Simon, and he said to him, “We have found the Messiah,” (which is translated as the Christ).
42 וַיּוֹלִיכֵהוּ אֶל־יֵשׁוּעַ וַיְהִי כְּהַבִּיט אֵלָיו יֵשׁוּעַ וַיֹּאמַר שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן־יוֹנָה לְךָ יִקָּרֵא כֵיפָא אֲשֶׁר תַּרְגּוּמוֹ פֶּטְרוֹס	42 And he led him to Jesus. And Jesus, gazing at him, said: “You are Simon, son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas,” (which is translated as Peter).
43 וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיּוֹאֶל יֵשׁוּעַ לָצֵאת הַגָּלִילָה וַיִּמְצָא אֶת־פִילִפּוֹס וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לֵךְ אַחֲרָי	43 On the next day, he wanted to go into Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”
44 וּפִילִפּוֹס הָיָה מִבֵּית־צָיְדָה עִיר אַנְדְּרַי וּפֶטְרוֹס	44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 וַיִּפְגַּע פִילִפּוֹס אֶת־נְתַנְאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מָצָאנוּ אֹתוֹ אֲשֶׁר כָּתַב משֶׁה בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה וְהַנְּבִיאִים אֶת־יֵשׁוּעַ בֶּן־יוֹסֵף מִנְּצָרֶת	45 Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law and the Prophets: Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
46 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו נְתַנְאֵל הֲמִנְּצֶרֶת תֵּצֵא־לָנוּ טוֹבָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו פִילִפּוֹס בֹּא וּרְאֵה	46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good be from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47 וַיַּרְא יֵשׁוּעַ אֶת־נְתַנְאֵל בָּא לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר עָלָיו הִנֵּה בֶאֱמֶת בֶּן־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בּוֹ רְמִיָּה	47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said about him, “Behold, an Israelite in whom truly there is no deceit.”
48 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו נְתַנְאֵל מֵאַיִן יְדַעְתָּנִי וַיַּעַן יֵשׁוּעַ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ בְּטֶרֶם קָרָא לְךָ פִילִפּוֹס בִּהְיוֹתְךָ תַּחַת הַתְּאֵנָה אָנֹכִי רְאִיתִיךָ	48 Nathanael said to him, “From where do you know me?” Jesus responded and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49 וַיַּעַן נְתַנְאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו רַבִּי אַתָּה בֶן־אֱלֹהִים אַתָּה הוּא מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל	49 Nathanael answered him and said: “Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel.”
50 וַיַּעַן יֵשׁוּעַ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו עַל־אָמְרִי לְךָ כִּי־תַחַת הַתְּאֵנָה רְאִיתִיךָ הֶאֱמַנְתָּ הִנֵּה גְּדֹלוֹת מֵאֵלֶּה תִּרְאֶה	50 Jesus responded and said to him: “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, you believe. Greater things than these, you will see.”
51 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אָמֵן אָמֵן אֲנִי אֹמֵר לָכֶם מֵעַתָּה תִּרְאוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּחִים וּמַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים עֹלִים וְיֹרְדִים עַל בֶּן־הָאָדָם	51 And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the Angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man.”