Seconda lettera ai Tessalonicesi (מכתב שני לסלוניקים) 4

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 כֵּן יַחֲשָׁב־אִישׁ אֹתָנוּ כִּמְשָׁרְתֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְסֹכְנֵי רָזֵי אֵל	1 Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God.
2 הִנֵּה סוֹף דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא יְבֻקַּשׁ מִן־הַסֹּכְנִים כִּי אִם־לְהִמָּצֵא נֶאֱמָנִים	2 Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be faithful.
3 וַאֲנִי נְקַלָּה הִיא בְּעֵינַי אִם נָדוֹן אֲנִי עַל־יְדֵיכֶם אוֹ עַל־יְדֵי יוֹם־דִּין שֶׁל־בְּנֵי אָדָם גַּם־אֲנִי אֶת־נַפְשִׁי לֹא אָדִין	3 But as for me, it is such a small thing to be judged by you, or by the age of mankind. And neither do I judge myself.
4 כִּי אֵינֶנִּי יוֹדֵעַ בְּנַפְשִׁי רָע וּבְכָל־זֹאת לֹא אֶצְדָּק כִּי הַדָּן אֹתִי הוּא יְהוָֹה	4 For I have nothing on my conscience. But I am not justified by this. For the Lord is the One who judges me.
5 עַל־כֵּן אַל־תִּשְׁפְּטוּ שָׁפוֹט לִפְנֵי הָעֵת עַד כִּי־יָבוֹא הָאָדוֹן אֲשֶׁר גַּם־יוֹצִיא לָאוֹר אֶת־תַּעֲלֻמוֹת הַחשֶׁךְ וִיגַלֶּה אֶת־עֲצַת הַלְּבָבוֹת וְאָז תִּהְיֶה תְהִלָּה לְכָל־אִישׁ מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים	5 And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.
6 וְאֶת־זֹאת אַחַי הֲסִבֹּתִי עַל־עַצְמִי וְעַל־אַפּוֹלוֹס בַּעֲבוּרְכֶם לְמַעַן תִּלְמְדוּ בָנוּ שֶׁלֹּא־יִתְחַכֵּם אִישׁ יוֹתֵר מִמַּה־שֶּׁכָּתוּב פֶּן־תִּתְגָּאוּ אִישׁ בְּשֵׁם אִישׁ לְנֶגֶד רֵעֵהוּ	6 And so, brothers, I have presented these things in myself and in Apollo, for your sakes, so that you may learn, through us, that no one should be inflated against one person and for another, not beyond what has been written.
7 כִּי מִי הִבְדִּיל אוֹתְךָ וּמֶה בְיָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִבַּלְתּוֹ וְאִם־קִבַּלְתּוֹ לָמָּה תִתְהַלֵּל כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִבֵּל	7 For what distinguishes you from another? And what do you have that you have not received? But if you have received it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?
8 הֵן כְּבָר שְׂבַעְתֶּם כְּבָר עֲשַׁרְתֶּם וּבִלְעָדֵינוּ מְלַכְתֶּם וְלוּ מְלַכְתֶּם לְמַעַן נִמְלֹךְ אִתְּכֶם גַּם־אֲנָחְנוּ	8 So, now you have been filled, and now you have been made wealthy, as if to reign without us? But I wish that you would reign, so that we, too, might reign with you!
9 כִּי אֶחֱשֹׁב שֶׁהָאֱלֹהִים הִצִּיג אֹתָנוּ הַשְּׁלִיחִים שִׁפְלֵי הַשְּׁפָלִים כִּבְנֵי־תְמוּתָה כִּי הָיִינוּ לְרַאֲוָה לָעוֹלָם גַּם־לַמַּלְאָכִים גַּם־לִבְנֵי אָדָם	9 For I think that God has presented us as the last Apostles, as those destined for death. For we have been made into a spectacle for the world, and for Angels, and for men.
10 אֲנַחְנוּ סְכָלִים לְמַעַן הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְאַתֶּם חֲכָמִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ אֲנַחְנוּ חַלָּשִׁים וְאַתֶּם גִּבּוֹרִים אַתֶּם נִכְבָּדִים וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִקְלִים	10 So we are fools because of Christ, but you are discerning in Christ? We are weak, but you are strong? You are noble, but we are ignoble?
11 וְעַד־הַשָּׁעָה הַזֹּאת הִנְנוּ רְעֵבִים גַּם־צְמֵאִים וַעֲרֻמִּים וּמֻכִּים בְּאֶגְרֹף וְאֵין מָנוֹחַ לָנוּ	11 Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.
12 וִיגֵעִים אֲנַחְנוּ בַּעֲמַל יָדֵינוּ קִלְלוּנוּ וּנְבָרֵךְ חֵרְפוּנוּ וְנִסְבֹּל	12 And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.
13 גִּדְּפוּ אֹתָנוּ וְנִתְחַנָּן וַנְּהִי כְּגֶלְלֵי הָעוֹלָם וְלִסְחִי לְכֻלָּם עַד־עָתָּה	13 We are cursed, and so we pray. We have become like the refuse of this world, like the reside of everything, even until now.
14 וְלֹא לְבַיֵּשׁ אֶתְכֶם אֲנִי כֹתֵב הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה כִּי אִם־מַזְהִיר אֶתְכֶם כְּבָנַי הָאֲהוּבִים	14 I am not writing these things in order to confound you, but in order to admonish you, as my dearest sons.
15 כִּי גַּם־אִם־הָיוּ לָכֶם רִבְבוֹת אֹמְנִים בַּמָּשִׁיחַ אֵין לָכֶם אָבוֹת רַבִּים כִּי אָנֹכִי הוֹלַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּיֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ עַל־יְדֵי הַבְּשׂוֹרָה	15 For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.
16 עַל־כֵּן אֲנִי מְבַקֵּשׁ מִכֶּם לָלֶכֶת בְּעִקְּבוֹתָי	16 Therefore, I beg you, be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.
17 וּבַעֲבוּר זֹאת שָׁלַחְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם אֶת־טִימוֹתִיּוֹס בְּנִי הָאָהוּב וְהַנֶּאֱמָן בָּאָדוֹן וְהוּא יַזְכִּיר לָכֶם אֶת־דְּרָכַי בַּמָּשִׁיחַ כַּאֲשֶׁר מְלַמֵּד אָנֹכִי בְּכָל־מָקוֹם בְּכָל־קְהִלָּה וּקְהִלָּה	17 For this reason, I have sent you Timothy, who is my dearest son, and who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere, in every church.
18 הֶן־יֵשׁ מִתְנַשְׂאִים כְּאִלּוּ לֹא־אָבוֹא אֲלֵיכֶם	18 Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you.
19 אֲבָל בּוֹא אָבוֹא אֲלֵיכֶם בִּזְמַן קָרוֹב אִם־יִרְצֶה הָאָדוֹן וְאֵדְעָה לֹא אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַמִּתְנַשְׂאִים כִּי אִם־אֶת־גְּבוּרָתָם	19 But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.
20 כִּי מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים אֵינֶנָּה בִּדְבַר שְׂפָתָיִם כִּי אִם־בַּגְּבוּרָה	20 For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in virtue.
21 וּמַה־תַּחְפֹּצוּ הֲבוֹא אָבוֹא אֲלֵיכֶם בַּשֵּׁבֶט אוֹ בְאַהֲבָה וּבְרוּחַ עֲנָוָה	21 What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?