Seconda lettera a Timoteo (מכתב שני לטימותי) 3

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 אֲהָהּ גָּלָטִים חַסְרֵי דָעַת מִי הִתְעָה אֶתְכֶם בִּכְשָׁפָיו מִשְּׁמֹעַ אֶל־הָאֱמֶת אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר צֻיַּר בְּתוֹכְכֶם יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ הַצָּלוּב לְנֶגֶד עֵינֵיכֶם	1 You stupid people in Galatia! After you have had a clear picture of Jesus Christ crucified, right in front ofyour eyes, who has put a spell on you?
2 זֹאת לְבַד חָפַצְתִּי לִלְמֹד מִכֶּם הַאִם מִמַּעֲשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה קִבַּלְתֶּם אֶת־הָרוּחַ אוֹ מִשְּׁמוּעַת הָאֱמוּנָה	2 There is only one thing I should like you to tel me: How was it that you received the Spirit -- was it bythe practice of the Law, or by believing in the message you heard?
3 הַאַתֶּם סְכָלִים כָּל־כָּךְ אֲשֶׁר הַחִלּוֹתֶם בָּרוּחַ וְעַתָּה תְכַלּוּ בַבָּשָׂר	3 Having begun in the Spirit, can you be so stupid as to end in the flesh?
4 הֲכָזֹאת סְבַלְתֶּם לָרִיק אִם־אָמְנָם אַךְ־לָרִיק	4 Can al the favours you have received have had no effect at al -- if there real y has been no effect?
5 הִנֵּה הַמֵּפִיק לָכֶם אֶת־הָרוּחַ וּפֹעֵל בָּכֶם גְּבוּרוֹת הֲכִי מִמַּעֲשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה הוּא עֹשֶׂה אֵלֶּה אוֹ מִשְּׁמוּעַת הָאֱמוּנָה	5 Would you say, then, that he who so lavishly sends the Spirit to you, and causes the miracles amongyou, is doing this through your practice of the Law or because you believed the message you heard?
6 כַּאֲשֶׁר הֶאֱמִין אַבְרָהָם בֵּאלֹהִים וַתֵּחָשֵׁב לוֹ לִצְדָקָה	6 Abraham, you remember, put his faith in God, and this was reckoned to him as uprightness.
7 דְּעוּ אֵפוֹא כִּי־בְנֵי הָאֱמוּנָה בְּנֵי אַבְרָהָם הֵמָּה	7 Be sure, then, that it is people of faith who are the children of Abraham.
8 וְהַמִּקְרָא בִּרְאֹתוֹ מֵרֹאשׁ כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים יַצְדִּיק אֶת־הַגּוֹיִם מִתּוֹךְ הָאֱמוּנָה קִדֵּם לְבַשֵּׂר אֶת־אַבְרָהָם לֵאמֹר וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם	8 And it was because scripture foresaw that God would give saving justice to the gentiles through faith,that it announced the future gospel to Abraham in the words: Al nations wil be blessed in you.
9 עַל־כֵּן בְּנֵי הָאֱמוּנָה יִתְבָּרְכוּ עִם־אַבְרָהָם הַמַּאֲמִין	9 So it is people of faith who receive the same blessing as Abraham, the man of faith.
10 כִּי בְנֵי מַעֲשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה תַּחַת הַקְּלָלָה הֵמָּה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר אָרוּר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָקִים אֶת־כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הַכְּתוּבִים בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה לַעֲשׂוֹת אוֹתָם	10 On the other hand, all those who depend on the works of the Law are under a curse, since scripturesays: Accursed be he who does not make what is written in the book of the Law effective, by putting it intopractice.
11 וְגָלוּי הוּא כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה לֹא־יִצְדַּק הָאָדָם לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי־צַדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֹ יִחְיֶה	11 Now it is obvious that nobody is reckoned as upright in God's sight by the Law, since the upright willlive through faith;
12 וְהַתּוֹרָה אֵינֶנָּה מִן־הָאֱמוּנָה כִּי אִם־אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם	12 and the Law is based not on faith but on the principle, whoever complies with it will find life in it.
13 הַמָּשִׁיחַ פָּדָנוּ מִקִּלְלַת הַתּוֹרָה בִּהְיוֹתוֹ לִקְלָלָה בַּעֲדֵנוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר קִלְלַת אֱלֹהִים תָּלוּי	13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by being cursed for our sake since scripture says:Anyone hanged is accursed,
14 לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר תָּבֹא בִּרְכַּת אַבְרָהָם בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ עַל־הַגּוֹיִם לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר נִשָּׂא אֶת־הַבְטָחַת הָרוּחַ עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה	14 so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the gentiles in Christ Jesus, and so that we mightreceive the promised Spirit through faith.
15 אַחַי לְפִי דֶרֶךְ־אָדָם אֲדַבֵּר אֲפִלּוּ בְּרִית שֶׁל־בֶּן־אָדָם אִם־מְקֻיֶּמֶת הִיא לֹא יְפֵרֶנָּה אִישׁ גַּם לֹא־יוֹסִיף עָלֶיהָ דָּבָר	15 To put it in human terms, my brothers: even when a will is only a human one, once it has been ratifiednobody can cancel it or add more provisions to it.
16 וְהִנֵּה לְאַבְרָהָם נֶאֶמְרוּ הַהַבְטָחוֹת וּלְזַרְעוֹ וְלֹא־אָמַר וְלִזְרָעֶיךָ כְּאִלּוּ לָרַבִּים אֶלָּא כְּאִלּוּ לְיָחִיד וּלְזַרְעֲךָ וְהוּא הַמָּשִׁיחַ	16 Now the promises were addressed to Abraham and to his progeny. The words were not and to hisprogenies in the plural, but in the singular; and to your progeny, which means Christ.
17 וְזֹאת אֲנִי אֹמֵר כִּי בְּרִית אֲשֶׁר קִיְּמָהּ הָאֱלֹהִים מֵאָז לִימוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ לֹא תוּכַל הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר בָּאָה אַחֲרֵי אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וּשְׁלשִׁים שָׁנָה לְהָפֵר אוֹתָהּ וּלְבַטֵּל אֶת־הַהַבְטָחָה	17 What I am saying is this: once a wil had been long ago ratified by God, the Law, coming four hundredand thirty years later, could not abolish it and so nul ify its promise.
18 כִּי אִם־תָּבוֹא הַנַּחֲלָה מִתּוֹךְ הַתּוֹרָה לֹא־תָבוֹא עוֹד מִתּוֹךְ הַהַבְטָחָה אֲבָל אֶת־אַבְרָהָם חָנַן הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־יְדֵי הַבְטָחָה	18 You see, if the inheritance comes by the Law, it no longer comes through a promise; but it was by apromise that God made his gift to Abraham.
19 אִם־כֵּן־הַתּוֹרָה מַה־הִיא מִפְּנֵי הַפְּשָׁעִים נוֹסָפָה עַד כִּי־יָבוֹא הַזֶּרַע אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ הַהַבְטָחָה וַתּוּשַׂם הַתּוֹרָה עַל־יְדֵי הַמַּלְאָכִים וּבְיַד מֵלִיץ	19 Then what is the purpose of the Law? It was added to deal with crimes until the 'progeny' to whom thepromise had been made should come; and it was promulgated through angels, by the agency of an intermediary.
20 וְהַמֵּלִיץ לֹא שֶׁל־אֶחָד הוּא אַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים הוּא אֶחָד	20 Now there can be an intermediary only between two parties, yet God is one.
21 וְעַתָּה הֲכִי הַתּוֹרָה סֹתֶרֶת אֶת־הַבְטָחוֹת הָאֱלֹהִים חָלִילָה כִּי אִלּוּ נִתְּנָה תוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר בְּכֹחָהּ לְהַחֲיוֹת אָז בֶּאֱמֶת הָיְתָה הַצְּדָקָה עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה	21 Is the Law contrary, then, to God's promises? Out of the question! If the Law that was given had beencapable of giving life, then certainly saving justice would have come from the Law.
22 אֲבָל הַכָּתוּב סָגַר אֶת־הַכֹּל בְּיַד הַחֵטְא לְמַעַן תִּנָּתֵן הַהַבְטָחָה אֶל־הַמַּאֲמִינִים בֶּאֱמוּנַת יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ	22 As it is, scripture makes no exception when it says that sin is master everywhere; so the promise canbe given only by faith in Jesus Christ to those who have this faith.
23 לִפְנֵי בוֹא הָאֱמוּנָה הָיִינוּ סְגוּרִים וְנִשְׁמָרִים תַּחַת הַתּוֹרָה אֱלֵי הָאֱמוּנָה הָעֲתִידָה לְהִגָּלוֹת	23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the Law, locked up to wait for the faith whichwould eventual y be revealed to us.
24 וּבְכֵן הַתּוֹרָה הָיְתָה אֹמֶנֶת אוֹתָנוּ אֶל־הַמָּשִׁיחַ לְמַעַן נִצְדַּק עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה	24 So the Law was serving as a slave to look after us, to lead us to Christ, so that we could be justified byfaith.
25 אֲבָל עַתָּה אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר בָּאָה הָאֱמוּנָה אֵין אֲנַחְנוּ עוֹד תַּחַת יַד הָאֹמֵן	25 But now that faith has come we are no longer under a slave looking after us;
26 כִּי־כֻלְּכֶם בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים אַתֶּם עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	26 for al of you are the children of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus,
27 כִּי כֻלְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר נִטְבַּלְתֶּם לַמָּשִׁיחַ לְבַשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הַמָּשִׁיחַ	27 since every one of you that has been baptised has been clothed in Christ.
28 וְאֵין עוֹד לֹא יְהוּדִי וְלֹא יְוָנִי לֹא עֶבֶד וְלֹא בֶן־חוֹרִין לֹא זָכָר וְלֹא נְקֵבָה כִּי אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם אֶחָד בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	28 There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither slave nor freeman, there can be neithermale nor female -- for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 וְאִם־אַתֶּם לַמָּשִׁיחַ הִנְּכֶם זֶרַע אַבְרָהָם וְנֹחֲלִים כְּפִי הַהַבְטָחָה	29 And simply by being Christ's, you are that progeny of Abraham, the heirs named in the promise.