Prima lettera a Timoteo (מכתב ראשון לטימותי) 10

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַאֲנִי פוֹלוֹס הִנְנִי מַזְהִיר אֶתְכֶם בְּעַנְוַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְחֶמְלָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר פָּנִים בְּפָנִים שָׁפֵל אֲנִי בְּתוֹכֲכֶם וּבְרָחֳקִי תַּקִּיף עִמָּכֶם	1 But I myself, Paul, am begging you, through the meekness and modesty of Christ. I am certainly, by appearances, lowly among you, yet I have confidence in you, even while I am absent.
2 וְאֶתְחַנְּנָה שֶׁלֹּא אֶצְטָרֵךְ בְּבֹאִי לִהְיוֹת תַּקִּיף בַּבִּטָּחוֹן הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר אֶחֱשֹׁב לְהִתְגַּבֶּר־בּוֹ נֶגֶד הָאֲנָשִׁים הַחשְׁבִים אֹתָנוּ כְּמִתְהַלְּכִים לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר	2 So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.
3 כִּי בְּלֶכְתֵּנוּ בַבָּשָׂר לֹא נִלָּחֵם לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר	3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh.
4 כִּי־כְלֵי מִלְחַמְתֵּנוּ אֵינָם שֶׁל־הַבָּשָׂר כִּי אִם־חֲזָקִים הֵם לֵאלֹהִים לַהֲרֹס מִבְצָרִים	4 For the weapons of our battles are not carnal, yet still they are powerful with God, unto the destruction of fortifications: tearing down every counsel
5 בַּאֲשֶׁר הֹרְסִים אֲנַחְנוּ תַּחְבֻּלוֹת וְכָל־מָרוֹם הַמִּתְנַשֵּׂא נֶגֶד דַּעַת הָאֱלֹהִים וְשׁוֹבִים כָּל־מְזִמָּה לְמִשְׁמַעַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ	5 and height that extols itself contrary to the wisdom of God, and leading every intellect into the captivity of obedience to Christ,
6 וּנְכוֹנִים לִנְקֹם נְקָמָה מֵאֵת כָּל־מֶרִי אִם־תִּשְׁלַם מִשְׁמַעְתְּכֶם	6 and standing ready to repudiate every disobedience, when your own obedience has been fulfilled.
7 הֲתִשְׁפְּטוּ לְמַרְאֵה פָנִים אִישׁ כִּי יִבְטַח לִהְיוֹת לַמָּשִׁיחַ יָשׁוּב וְיָדִין בְּלִבּוֹ כִּי־כַאֲשֶׁר הוּא לַמָּשִׁיחַ כֵּן לַמָּשִׁיחַ גַּם־אֲנָחְנוּ	7 Consider the things that are in accord with appearances. If anyone trusts that by these things he belongs to Christ, let him reconsider this within himself. For just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.
8 וְגַם כִּי־אֶתְהַלֵּל מְעַט יוֹתֵר עַל־דְּבַר הָרְשׁוּת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לָנוּ הָאָדוֹן לִבְנוֹתְכֶם וְלֹא לְשַׁחֶתְכֶם לֹא אֵבוֹשׁ	8 And if I were even to glory somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord has given to us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.
9 לְמַעַן לֹא אֵרָאֶה כִּמְאַיֵּם אֶתְכֶם עַל־יְדֵי הָאִגְּרוֹת	9 But let it not be said that I am scaring you by means of epistles.
10 כְּאָמְרָם הֵן הָאִגְּרוֹת קָשׁוֹת הֵנָּה וַחֲזָקוֹת אֲבָל הַגּוּף בִּהְיוֹתוֹ לְנֶגְדֵּנוּ חָלוּשׁ הוּא וְנִיבוֹ נִבְזֶה	10 For they say: “His epistles, indeed, are weighty and strong. But his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible.”
11 יֵדַע־נָא הָאֹמֵר כָּזֹאת כִּי־כְמוֹ שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ בְדִבּוּר עַל־יְדֵי אִגְּרוֹת בִּהְיוֹתֵנוּ רְחוֹקִים כֵּן גַּם־בְּפֹעַל אֲנַחְנוּ בִּהְיוֹתֵנוּ קְרוֹבִים	11 Let someone like this realize that whatever we are in word through epistles, while absent: we are much the same in deed, while 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 לְנַפְשָׁם	12 For we would not dare to interpose or compare ourselves with certain ones who commend themselves. But we measure ourselves by ourselves, and we compare ourselves with ourselves.
13 וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נִתְגַּדֵּל לִבְלִי־מִדָּה כִּי אִם־כְּפִי מִדַּת הַגְּבוּל אֲשֶׁר חָלַק לָנוּ הָאֱלֹהִים לְחֹק לְהַגִּיעַ גַּם־עָדֵיכֶם	13 Thus, we will not glory beyond our measure, but rather according to the measure of the limit which God has measured out to us, a measure which extends even to you.
14 כִּי לוּלֵא הִגַּעְנוּ עָדֵיכֶם לֹא נִשְׂתָּרֵעַ לְמַעְלָה מֵעֶרְכֵּנוּ הֲלֹא כְבָר קִדַּמְנוּ גַּם־אֶתְכֶם בִּבְשׂוֹרַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ	14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we are not able to reach as far as you are able. For we have gone even as far as you have in the Gospel of Christ.
15 לֹא נִתְגַּדֵּל לִבְלִי־מִדָּה בִּיגִיעַת אֲחֵרִים אֲבָל יֶשׁ־לָנוּ הַתִּקְוָה כִּי־בִרְבוֹת אֱמוּנַתְכֶם נְכֻבַּד בָּכֶם כְּפִי גְבוּלֵנוּ עַד־לְמַעְלָה	15 We are not glorying immeasurably over the labors of others. Instead, we hold on to the hope of your growing faith, so as to be magnified in you, according to our own limits, but in abundance,
16 כְּדֵי־לְבַשֵּׂר הַבְּשׂוֹרָה גַּם־לְהָלְאָה מִכֶּם וְלֹא לְהִתְהַלֵּל בְּמַה־שֶּׁמּוּכָן כְּבָר בִּגְבוּל אֲחֵרִים	16 and even so as to evangelize in those places that are beyond you, not in order to glory in the measure of others, but rather in those things which have already been prepared.
17 וְהַמִּתְהַלֵּל יִתְהַלֵּל בַּיהוֹה	17 But whoever glories, let him glory in the Lord.
18 כִּי לֹא הַמְשַׁבֵּחַ נַפְשׁוֹ מְשֻׁבָּח הוּא כִּי אִם־אֲשֶׁר יְשַׁבְּחֶנּוּ יְהוָֹה	18 For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but rather he whom God commends.