Lettera ai Galati - האיגרת אל הגלטים 7

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ אֵלָיו הַפְּרוּשִׁים וּמִן־הַסּוֹפְרִים אֲשֶׁר בָּאוּ מִירוּשָׁלָיִם	1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round him,
2 וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹתָם מִתַּלְמִידָיו אֹכְלִים לֶחֶם בְּטֻמְאַת יְדֵיהֶם בְּלֹא נְטִילָה וַיּוֹכִיחוּ אֹתָם	2 and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washingthem.
3 כִּי הַפְּרוּשִׁים וְכָל־הַיְּהוּדִים לֹא יֹאכְלוּ בִּלְתִּי אִם־רָחֲצוּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַד־הַפֶּרֶק בִּזְהִירוּת בְּאָחֳזָם בְּקַבָּלַת הַזְּקֵנִים	3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, keep the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing theirarms as far as the elbow;
4 וְאֶת־אֲשֶׁר מִן־הַשּׁוּק אֵינָם אֹכְלִים בְּלֹא טְבִילָה וְעוֹד דְּבָרִים אֲחֵרִים רַבִּים אֲשֶׁר קִבְּלוּ לִשְׁמֹר כְּמוֹ טְבִילַת כֹּסוֹת וְכַדִּים וְיוֹרוֹת וּמִטּוֹת	4 and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. There arealso many other observances which have been handed down to them to keep, concerning the washing of cupsand pots and bronze dishes.
5 וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ אוֹתוֹ הַפְּרוּשִׁים וְהַסּוֹפְרִים מַדּוּעַ תַּלְמִידֶיךָ אֵינָם נֹהֲגִים עַל־פִּי קַבָּלַת הַזְּקֵנִים כִּי־אֹכְלִים לֶחֶם בְּלֹא נְטִילַת יָדָיִם	5 So the Pharisees and scribes asked him, 'Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the eldersbut eat their food with unclean hands?'
6 וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם הֵיטֵב נִבָּא יְשַׁעְיָהוּ עֲלֵיכֶם הַחֲנֵפִים כַּכָּתוּב הָעָם הַזֶּה בִּשְׂפָתָיו כִּבְּדוּנִי וְלִבּוֹ רִחַק מִמֶּנִּי	6 He answered, 'How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites in the passage of scripture: Thispeople honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.
7 וְתֹהוּ יִרְאָתָם אֹתִי מִצְוֺת אֲנָשִׁים מְלַמְּדִים	7 Their reverence of me is worthless; the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.
8 כִּי עֲזַבְתֶּם אֶת־מִצְוַת אֱלֹהִים לֶאֱחֹז בְּקַבָּלַת בְּנֵי־אָדָם טְבִילוֹת כַּדִּים וְכֹסוֹת וְכָאֵלֶּה רַבּוֹת אַתֶּם עֹשִׂים	8 You put aside the commandment of God to observe human traditions.'
9 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם מַה־יָּפֶה עֲשִׂיתֶם אֲשֶׁר בִּטַּלְתֶּם אֶת־מִצְוַת הָאֱלֹהִים כְּדֵי שֶׁתִּשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־קַבָּלַתְכֶם	9 And he said to them, 'How ingeniously you get round the commandment of God in order to preserveyour own tradition!
10 כִּי־משֶׁה אָמַר כַּבֵּד אֶת־אָבִיךָ וְאֶת־אִמֶּךָ וּמְקַלֵּל אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ מוֹת יוּמָת	10 For Moses said: Honour your father and your mother, and, Anyone who curses father or mother mustbe put to death.
11 וְאַתֶּם אֹמְרִים אִישׁ כִּי־יֹאמַר לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ קָרְבָּן פֵּרוּשׁוֹ מַתָּנָה לֵאלֹהִים כָּל־מַה־שֶּׁאַתָּה נֶהֱנֶה מִמֶּנִּי	11 But you say, "If a man says to his father or mother: Anything I have that I might have used to help youis Korban (that is, dedicated to God),"
12 וְלֹא תַנִּיחוּ לוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת עוֹד מְאוּמָה לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ	12 then he is forbidden from that moment to do anything for his father or mother.
13 וַתָּפֵרוּ אֶת־דְּבַר הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־יְדֵי קַבָּלַתְכֶם אֲשֶׁר קִבַּלְתֶּם וְהַרְבֵּה כָאֵלֶּה אַתֶּם עֹשִׂים	13 In this way you make God's word ineffective for the sake of your tradition which you have handeddown. And you do many other things like this.'
14 וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי כֻּלְּכֶם וְהָבִינוּ	14 He called the people to him again and said, 'Listen to me, al of you, and understand.
15 אֵין דָּבָר מִחוּץ לָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יוּכַל לְטַמֵּא אוֹתוֹ בְּבֹאוֹ אֶל־קִרְבּוֹ כִּי אִם־הַדְּבָרִים הַיּוֹצְאִים מִמֶּנּוּ הֵמָּה יְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־הָאָדָם	15 Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that comeout of someone that make that person unclean.
16 כָּל־אֲשֶׁר אָזְנַיִם לוֹ לִשְׁמֹעַ יִשְׁמָע	16 Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
17 וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁב הַבַּיְתָה מִן־הֶהָמוֹן וַיִּשְׁאָלֻהוּ תַלְמִידָיו עַל־דְּבַר הַמָּשָׁל	17 When he had gone into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about theparable.
18 וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם הַאַף אַתֶּם חַסְרֵי בִינָה הֲלֹא תַשְׂכִּילוּ כִּי כָל־הַבָּא אֶל־תּוֹךְ הָאָדָם מִחוּצָה לּוֹ לֹא יְטַמְּאֶנּוּ	18 He said to them, 'Even you -- don't you understand? Can't you see that nothing that goes intosomeone from outside can make that person unclean,
19 כִּי לֹא־יָבוֹא אֶל־לִבּוֹ כִּי אִם־אֶל־כְּרֵשׂוֹ וְיֵצֵא לְמוֹצָאוֹת לְהָבֵר כָּל־אֹכֶל	19 because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach and passes into the sewer?' (Thus hepronounced al foods clean.)
20 וַיֹּאמַר הַיֹּצֵא מִן־הָאָדָם הוּא מְטַמֵּא אֶת־הָאָדָם	20 And he went on, 'It is what comes out of someone that makes that person unclean.
21 כִּי מִתּוֹךְ לֵב הָאָדָם יֹצְאוֹת הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת הָרָעוֹת נָאֹף וְזָנֹה וְרָצוֹחַ	21 For it is from within, from the heart, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder,
22 וְגָנוֹב וְאַהֲבַת בֶּצַע וְרִשְׁעָה וּרְמִיָּה וְזוֹלְלוּת וְצָרוּת עַיִן וְגִדּוּף וְזָדוֹן וְסִכְלוּת	22 adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, fol y.
23 כָּל־הָרָעוֹת הָאֵלֶּה מִקֶּרֶב הָאָדָם הֵן יוֹצְאוֹת וּמְטַמְּאוֹת אֹתוֹ	23 Al these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.'
24 וַיָּקָם מִשָּׁם וַיֵּלֶךְ לוֹ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹת צוֹר וְצִידוֹן וּבְבוֹאוֹ הַבַּיְתָה לֹא אָבָה כִּי־יִוָּדַע לְאִישׁ וְלֹא יָכֹל לְהִסָּתֵר	24 He left that place and set out for the territory of Tyre. There he went into a house and did not wantanyone to know he was there; but he could not pass unrecognised.
25 כִּי אִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר רוּחַ טֻמְאָה נִכְנְסָה בְּבִתָּהּ הַקְּטַנָּה שָׁמְעָה אֶת־שָׁמְעוֹ וַתָּבֹא וַתִּפֹּל לְרַגְלָיו	25 At once a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and came and fel at hisfeet.
26 וְהָאִשָּׁה יְוָנִית וְאֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתָּהּ כְּנַעַן אֲשֶׁר לְסוּרְיָא וַתְּבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ לְגָרֵשׁ אֶת־הַשֵּׁד מִבִּתָּהּ	26 Now this woman was a gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician, and she begged him to drive the devil outof her daughter.
27 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ יֵשׁוּעַ הַנִּיחִי לִשְׂבֹּעַ בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה הַבָּנִים כִּי לֹא־טוֹב לָקַחַת לֶחֶם הַבָּנִים וּלְהַשְׁלִיכוֹ לִצְעִירֵי הַכְּלָבִים	27 And he said to her, 'The children should be fed first, because it is not fair to take the children's foodand throw it to little dogs.'
28 וַתַּעַן וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו כֵּן אֲדֹנִי אֲבָל גַּם־צְעִירֵי הַכְּלָבִים יֹאכְלוּ תַּחַת הַשֻּׁלְחָן מִפֵּרוּרֵי לֶחֶם הַבָּנִים	28 But she spoke up, 'Ah yes, sir,' she replied, 'but little dogs under the table eat the scraps from thechildren.'
29 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ בִּגְלַל דְּבָרֵךְ זֶה לְכִי־לָךְ יָצָא הַשֵּׁד מִבִּתֵּךְ	29 And he said to her, 'For saying this you may go home happy; the devil has gone out of your daughter.'
30 וַתָּבֹא אֶל־בֵּיתָהּ וַתִּמְצָא אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּה מֻשְׁכֶּבֶת עַל־הַמִּטָּה וְהַשֵּׁד יָצָא מִמֶּנָּה	30 So she went off home and found the child lying on the bed and the devil gone.
31 וַיָּשָׁב וַיֵּצֵא מִגְּבוּל צוֹר וְצִידוֹן וַיָּבֹא אֶל־יַם הַגָּלִיל בְּתוֹךְ גְּבוּל עֶשֶׂר הֶעָרִים	31 Returning from the territory of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon towards the Lake of Galilee, right throughthe Decapolis territory.
32 וַיָּבִיאוּ אֵלָיו אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הָיָה חֵרֵשׁ וְאִלֵּם וַיִּתְחַנְנוּ לוֹ לָשֹוּם עָלָיו אֶת־יָדוֹ	32 And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay hishand on him.
33 וַיִּקַּח אֹתוֹ לְבַדּוֹ מִקֶּרֶב הֶהָמוֹן וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־אֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו בְּאָזְנָיו וַיָּרָק וַיִּגַּע בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ	33 He took him aside to be by themselves, away from the crowd, put his fingers into the man's ears andtouched his tongue with spittle.
34 וַיַּבֵּט הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וַיֵּאָנַח וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אִפַּתַּח וּפֵרוּשׁוֹ הִפָּתֵחַ	34 Then looking up to heaven he sighed; and he said to him, 'Ephphatha,' that is, 'Be opened.'
35 וּבְרֶגַע נִפְתְּחוּ אָזְנָיו וַיֻּתַּר קֶשֶׁר לְשׁוֹנוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר בְּשָׂפָה בְרוּרָה	35 And his ears were opened, and at once the impediment of his tongue was loosened and he spokeclearly.
36 וַיַּזְהֵר אוֹתָם כִּי לֹא־יְסַפְּרוּ לְאִישׁ וְכַאֲשֶׁר יַזְהִירֵם כֵּן יַרְבּוּ לְהַכְרִיז	36 And Jesus ordered them to tel no one about it, but the more he insisted, the more widely theyproclaimed it.
37 וַיִּשְׁתּוֹמְמוּ עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶת־הַכֹּל עָשָׂה יָפֶה גַּם־הַחֵרְשִׁים הוּא עֹשֶׂה לְשֹׁמְעִים גַּם־הָאִלְּמִים לִמְדַבְּרִים	37 Their admiration was unbounded, and they said, 'Everything he does is good, he makes the deaf hearand the dumb speak.'