Seconda lettera a Timoteo (מכתב שני לטימותי) 5

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וְעַתָּה עִמְדוּ־נָא בַחֵרוּת אֲשֶׁר שִׁחְרֵר אֹתָנוּ הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְאַל־תָּשׁוּבוּ לְהִלָּכֵד בְּעֹל הָעַבְדוּת	1 Christ set us free, so that we should remain free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be fastenedagain to the yoke of slavery.
2 הִנֵּה אֲנִי פוֹלוֹס אֹמֵר לָכֶם כִּי אִם־תִּמּוֹלוּ לֹא־יוֹעִיל לָכֶם הַמָּשִׁיחַ	2 I, Paul, give you my word that if you accept circumcision, Christ wil be of no benefit to you at al .
3 וּמֵעִיד אֲנִי עוֹד הַפַּעַם בְּכָל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִמּוֹל כִּי מְחֻיָּב הוּא לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־כָּל־הַתּוֹרָה	3 I give my assurance once again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is under obligation tokeep the whole Law;
4 נִגְזַרְתֶּם מִן־הַמָּשִׁיחַ אַתֶּם הַמִּצְטַדְּקִים בַּתּוֹרָה נְפַלְתֶּם מִן־הֶחָסֶד	4 once you seek to be reckoned as upright through the Law, then you have separated yourself fromChrist, you have fal en away from grace.
5 כִּי־אֲנַחְנוּ בָּרוּחַ נְיַחֵל מִתּוֹךְ הָאֱמוּנָה לְתִקְוַת הַצְּדָקָה	5 We are led by the Spirit to wait in the confident hope of saving justice through faith,
6 כִּי בַמָּשִׁיחַ אֵינֶנָּה נֶחֱשֶׁבֶת לֹא הַמִּילָה וְלֹא הָעָרְלָה כִּי אִם־הָאֱמוּנָה הַפֹּעֶלֶת בְּאַהֲבָה	6 since in Christ Jesus it is not being circumcised or being uncircumcised that can effect anything -- onlyfaith working through love.
7 הֵיטַבְתֶּם לָרוּץ מִי חָשַׂךְ אֶתְכֶם מִשְּׁמֹעַ אֶל־הָאֱמֶת	7 You began your race wel ; who came to obstruct you and stop you obeying the truth?
8 הַפִּתּוּי הַזֶּה אֵינֶנּוּ מֵאֵת הַקֹּרֵא אֶתְכֶם	8 It was certainly not any prompting from him who called you!
9 מְעַט שְׂאֹר מְחַמֵּץ הוּא אֶת־כָּל־הָעִסָּה	9 A pinch of yeast ferments the whole batch.
10 מֻבְטָח אֲנִי בָכֶם בָּאָדוֹן שֶׁלֹּא תִהְיֶה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמָּכֶם וְהָעֹכֵר אֶתְכֶם יִשָּׂא אֶת־עֲוֺנוֹ יִהְיֶה מִי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה	10 But I feel sure that, united in the Lord, you wil not be led astray, and that anyone who makes troublewith you will be condemned, no matter who he is.
11 וַאֲנִי אַחַי אִם־אַכְרִיז עוֹד הַמִּילָה עַל־מָה אֶהְיֶה נִרְדָּף הֲלֹא אָז מְבֻטָּל מִכְשׁוֹל הַצְּלָב	11 And I, brothers -- if I were stil preaching circumcision, why should I still be persecuted? For then theobstacle which is the cross would have no point any more.
12 מִי יִתֵּן וְיִכָּרְתוּ הַמַּדִּיחִים אֶתְכֶם	12 I could wish that those who are unsettling you would go further and mutilate themselves.
13 כִּי אַתֶּם אַחַי לַחֵרוּת נִקְרֵאתֶם וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא תִהְיֶה הַחֵרוּת תֹּאֲנָה לַבָּשָׂר אֶלָּא שֶׁתַּעַבְדוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ בְּאַהֲבָה	13 After al , brothers, you were called to be free; do not use your freedom as an opening for self-indulgence, but be servants to one another in love,
14 כִּי כָל־הַתּוֹרָה כְּלוּלָה בְּמִצְוָה אֶחָת וְהִיא וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ	14 since the whole of the Law is summarised in the one commandment: You must love your neighbour asyourself.
15 אֲבָל אִם־תְּנַשְּׁכוּ וְתֹאכְלוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו רְאוּ פֶּן־תְּכֻלּוּ אִישׁ עַל־יְדֵי רֵעֵהוּ	15 If you go snapping at one another and tearing one another to pieces, take care: you will be eaten up byone another.
16 וְהִנְנִי אֹמֵר הִתְהַלְּכוּ בָּרוּחַ וְלֹא תְמַלְאוּ אֶת־תַּאֲוֺת הַבָּשָׂר	16 Instead, I tel you, be guided by the Spirit, and you wil no longer yield to self-indulgence.
17 כִּי הַבָּשָׂר מִתְאַוֶּה הֶפֶךְ מִן־הָרוּחַ וְהָרוּחַ הֶפֶךְ מִן־הַבָּשָׂר וּשְׁנֵיהֶם מִתְקוֹמְמִים זֶה לָזֶה עַד־שֶׁלֹּא תוּכְלוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אֵת אֲשֶׁר תַּחְפֹּצוּ	17 The desires of self-indulgence are always in opposition to the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are inopposition to self-indulgence: they are opposites, one against the other; that is how you are prevented fromdoing the things that you want to.
18 וְאִם־תְּנֻהֲגוּ עַל־יְדֵי הָרוּחַ אָז אֵינְכֶם תַּחַת הַתּוֹרָה	18 But when you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
19 וּגְלוּיִם הֵם פָּעֳלֵי הַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר הֵם נִאוּף זְנוּת טֻמְאָה וְזִמָּה	19 When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: sexual vice, impurity, and sensuality,
20 עֲבוֹדַת אֱלִילִים וְכִשּׁוּף אֵיבוֹת וּמַצּוּת וְקִנְאָה וָרֹגֶז מְרִיבוֹת מַחֲלֹקוֹת וְכִתּוֹת	20 the worship of false gods and sorcery; antagonisms and rivalry, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels,disagreements,
21 צָרוּת עַיִן וּשְׁפִיכוּת דָּמִים וְשִׁכָּרוֹן וְזוֹלְלוּת וְדוֹמֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר עֲלֵיהֶן כְּמוֹ־שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי כְבָר כִּי־עֹשֵׂי אֵלֶּה לֹא יִנְחֲלוּ מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים	21 factions and malice, drunkenness, orgies and al such things. And about these, I tel you now as I havetold you in the past, that people who behave in these ways wil not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 וּפְרִי הָרוּחַ אַהֲבָה שִׂמְחָה וְשָׁלוֹם אֹרֶךְ רוּחַ וּנְדִיבוּת וְחֶסֶד וֶאֱמוּנָה	22 On the other hand the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness,
23 וַעֲנָוָה וּפְרִישׁוּת אֵין־תּוֹרָה לְנֶגֶד עֹשֵׂי אֵלֶּה	23 gentleness and self-control; no law can touch such things as these.
24 וַאֲשֶׁר הֵם לַמָּשִׁיחַ צָלְבוּ אֶת־בְּשָׂרָם עִם־כָּל־תְּשׁוּקֹתָיו וְתַאֲוֺתָיו	24 All who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified self with al its passions and its desires.
25 אִם־נִחְיֶה בָרוּחַ נִתְהַלְּכָה גַּם־בָּרוּחַ	25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let our behaviour be guided by the Spirit
26 וְלֹא נִרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵי כְבוֹד־שָׁוְא לְהַכְעִיס אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וּלְקַנֵּא אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ	26 and let us not be conceited or provocative and envious of one another.