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Lunedi, 13 maggio 2024 - Beata Vergine Maria di Fatima ( Letture di oggi)

Prima lettera a Timoteo (מכתב ראשון לטימותי) 10


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STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCHNEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וַאֲנִי פוֹלוֹס הִנְנִי מַזְהִיר אֶתְכֶם בְּעַנְוַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְחֶמְלָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר פָּנִים בְּפָנִים שָׁפֵל אֲנִי בְּתוֹכֲכֶם וּבְרָחֳקִי תַּקִּיף עִמָּכֶם1 Now I myself, Paul, urge you through the gentleness and clemency of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but brave toward you when absent,
2 וְאֶתְחַנְּנָה שֶׁלֹּא אֶצְטָרֵךְ בְּבֹאִי לִהְיוֹת תַּקִּיף בַּבִּטָּחוֹן הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר אֶחֱשֹׁב לְהִתְגַּבֶּר־בּוֹ נֶגֶד הָאֲנָשִׁים הַחשְׁבִים אֹתָנוּ כְּמִתְהַלְּכִים לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר2 I beg you that, when present, I may not have to be brave with that confidence with which I intend to act boldly against some who consider us as acting according to the flesh.
3 כִּי בְּלֶכְתֵּנוּ בַבָּשָׂר לֹא נִלָּחֵם לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר3 For, although we are in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh,
4 כִּי־כְלֵי מִלְחַמְתֵּנוּ אֵינָם שֶׁל־הַבָּשָׂר כִּי אִם־חֲזָקִים הֵם לֵאלֹהִים לַהֲרֹס מִבְצָרִים4 for the weapons of our battle are not of flesh but are enormously powerful, capable of destroying fortresses. We destroy arguments
5 בַּאֲשֶׁר הֹרְסִים אֲנַחְנוּ תַּחְבֻּלוֹת וְכָל־מָרוֹם הַמִּתְנַשֵּׂא נֶגֶד דַּעַת הָאֱלֹהִים וְשׁוֹבִים כָּל־מְזִמָּה לְמִשְׁמַעַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ5 and every pretension raising itself against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive in obedience to Christ,
6 וּנְכוֹנִים לִנְקֹם נְקָמָה מֵאֵת כָּל־מֶרִי אִם־תִּשְׁלַם מִשְׁמַעְתְּכֶם6 and we are ready to punish every disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
7 הֲתִשְׁפְּטוּ לְמַרְאֵה פָנִים אִישׁ כִּי יִבְטַח לִהְיוֹת לַמָּשִׁיחַ יָשׁוּב וְיָדִין בְּלִבּוֹ כִּי־כַאֲשֶׁר הוּא לַמָּשִׁיחַ כֵּן לַמָּשִׁיחַ גַּם־אֲנָחְנוּ7 Look at what confronts you. Whoever is confident of belonging to Christ should consider that as he belongs to Christ, so do we.
8 וְגַם כִּי־אֶתְהַלֵּל מְעַט יוֹתֵר עַל־דְּבַר הָרְשׁוּת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לָנוּ הָאָדוֹן לִבְנוֹתְכֶם וְלֹא לְשַׁחֶתְכֶם לֹא אֵבוֹשׁ8 And even if I should boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I shall not be put to shame.
9 לְמַעַן לֹא אֵרָאֶה כִּמְאַיֵּם אֶתְכֶם עַל־יְדֵי הָאִגְּרוֹת9 May I not seem as one frightening you through letters.
10 כְּאָמְרָם הֵן הָאִגְּרוֹת קָשׁוֹת הֵנָּה וַחֲזָקוֹת אֲבָל הַגּוּף בִּהְיוֹתוֹ לְנֶגְדֵּנוּ חָלוּשׁ הוּא וְנִיבוֹ נִבְזֶה10 For someone will say, "His letters are severe and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible."
11 יֵדַע־נָא הָאֹמֵר כָּזֹאת כִּי־כְמוֹ שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ בְדִבּוּר עַל־יְדֵי אִגְּרוֹת בִּהְיוֹתֵנוּ רְחוֹקִים כֵּן גַּם־בְּפֹעַל אֲנַחְנוּ בִּהְיוֹתֵנוּ קְרוֹבִים11 Such a person must understand that what we are in word through letters when absent, that we also are in action when present.
12 כִּי אַל־נָעֵז פָּנֵינוּ לִכְלֹל אֹתָנוּ עִם־הָאֲנָשִׁים הַמְשַׁבְּחִים נַפְשָׁם אוֹ לַעֲרֹךְ אֹתָנוּ לָאֵלֶּה אָכֵן נִבְעֲרוּ מִדַּעַת הַמֹּדְדִים אֶת־נַפְשָׁם בְּנַפְשָׁם וְעֹרְכִים אֶת־נַפְשָׁם לְנַפְשָׁם12 Not that we dare to class or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
13 וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נִתְגַּדֵּל לִבְלִי־מִדָּה כִּי אִם־כְּפִי מִדַּת הַגְּבוּל אֲשֶׁר חָלַק לָנוּ הָאֱלֹהִים לְחֹק לְהַגִּיעַ גַּם־עָדֵיכֶם13 But we will not boast beyond measure but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us, namely, to reach even to you.
14 כִּי לוּלֵא הִגַּעְנוּ עָדֵיכֶם לֹא נִשְׂתָּרֵעַ לְמַעְלָה מֵעֶרְכֵּנוּ הֲלֹא כְבָר קִדַּמְנוּ גַּם־אֶתְכֶם בִּבְשׂוֹרַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ14 For we are not overreaching ourselves, as though we did not reach you; we indeed first came to you with the gospel of Christ.
15 לֹא נִתְגַּדֵּל לִבְלִי־מִדָּה בִּיגִיעַת אֲחֵרִים אֲבָל יֶשׁ־לָנוּ הַתִּקְוָה כִּי־בִרְבוֹת אֱמוּנַתְכֶם נְכֻבַּד בָּכֶם כְּפִי גְבוּלֵנוּ עַד־לְמַעְלָה15 We are not boasting beyond measure, in other people's labors; yet our hope is that, as your faith increases, our influence among you may be greatly enlarged, within our proper limits,
16 כְּדֵי־לְבַשֵּׂר הַבְּשׂוֹרָה גַּם־לְהָלְאָה מִכֶּם וְלֹא לְהִתְהַלֵּל בְּמַה־שֶּׁמּוּכָן כְּבָר בִּגְבוּל אֲחֵרִים16 so that we may preach the gospel even beyond you, not boasting of work already done in another's sphere.
17 וְהַמִּתְהַלֵּל יִתְהַלֵּל בַּיהוֹה17 "Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord."
18 כִּי לֹא הַמְשַׁבֵּחַ נַפְשׁוֹ מְשֻׁבָּח הוּא כִּי אִם־אֲשֶׁר יְשַׁבְּחֶנּוּ יְהוָֹה18 For it is not the one who recommends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord recommends.