Lettera ai Filippesi - מכתב לפיליפאים 15

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 אָנֹכִי הַגֶּפֶן הָאֲמִתִּית וְאָבִי הוּא הַכֹּרֵם	1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
2 כָּל־שָׂרִיג בִּי אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ עֹשֶׂה־פְּרִי יְסִירֶנּוּ וַאֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה פְרִי יְטַהֲרֶנּוּ לְהַרְבּוֹת אֶת־פִּרְיוֹ	2 He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
3 אַתֶּם כָּעֵת מְטֹהָרִים בַּעֲבוּר דְּבָרִי אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם	3 You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
4 עִמְדוּ־בִי וַאֲנִי בָכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר הַשָּׂרִיג בַּל־יַעֲשֶׂה פְרִי מֵאֵלָיו אִם־לֹא יַעֲמֹד בַּגֶּפֶן כֵּן גַּם־אַתֶּם אִם־לֹא תַעַמְדוּ בִּי	4 Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
5 אָנֹכִי הוּא הַגֶּפֶן וְאַתֶּם הַשָּׂרִגִים הָעֹמֵד בִּי וַאֲנִי בוֹ הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה־פְּרִי לָרֹב כִּי בִלְעָדַי לֹא תוּכְלוּן עֲשֹוֹת מְאוּמָה	5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
6 אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַעֲמֹד בִּי יֻשְׁלַךְ כַּשָּׂרִיג הַחוּצָה וְיִיבָשׁ וְיִלְקְטוּם וְיַשְׁלִיכוּם אֶל־תּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ וְהָיָה לְבָעֵר	6 Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
7 וְהָיָה אִם־תַּעַמְדוּ בִי וּדְבָרַי יִהְיוּ בָכֶם כְּכָל־חֶפְצְכֶם תִּשְׁאֲלוּ וְיֵעָשֶׂה לָכֶם	7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
8 בְּזֹאת נִכְבַּד אָבִי בַּעֲשׂוֹתְכֶם פְּרִי לָרֹב וִהְיִיתֶם לִי לְתַלְמִידִים	8 By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.
9 כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲהֵבַנִי אָבִי אָהַבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם גַּם־אָנִי וְאַתֶּם עִמְדוּ בְאַהֲבָתִי	9 As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.
10 אִם־תִּשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־מִצְוֹתַי תַּעַמְדוּ בְּאַהֲבָתִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַרְתִּי גַם־אֲנִי אֶת־מִצְוֹת אָבִי וְעָמַדְתִּי בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ	10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.
11 אֶת־אֵלֶּה דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם בַּעֲבוּר תִּהְיֶה שִׂמְחָתִי בָּכֶם וְתִמָּלֵא שִׂמְחַתְכֶם	11 "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
12 הִנֵּה־זֹאת מִצְוָתִי כִּי תֶאֱהָבוּן אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲהַבְתִּיכֶם	12 This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
13 אֵין לְאִישׁ אַהֲבָה יְתֵרָה מִתִּתּוֹ אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ בְּעַד יְדִידָיו	13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
14 וְאַתֶּם יְדִידַי אַתֶּם אִם־תַּעֲשֹוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם	14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15 לֹא־אֶקְרָא לָכֶם עוֹד עֲבָדִים כִּי הָעֶבֶד אֵינֶנּוּ יֹדֵעַ אֶת־אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֲדֹנָיו כִּי אִם־אָמַרְתִּי יְדִידַי אַתֶּם כִּי כָל־אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת אָבִי הוֹדַעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם	15 I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
16 לֹא אַתֶּם בְּחַרְתֶּם בִּי כִּי אִם־אָנֹכִי בָּחַרְתִּי בָכֶם וְהִפְקַדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם לָלֶכֶת וְלַעֲשֹוֹת פֶּרִי וּפֶרְיְכֶם יָקוּם וְהָיָה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁאֲלוּ מֵאָבִי בִּשְׁמִי יִתֵּן לָכֶם	16 It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
17 אֶת־אֵלֶּה אֲנִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם לְמַעַן תֱּאֱהָבוּן אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו	17 This I command you: love one another.
18 אִם־הָעוֹלָם שׂנֵא אֶתְכֶם דְּעוּ כִּי אֹתִי שָׂנֵא רִאשׁוֹנָה	18 "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
19 אִלּוּ מִן־הָעוֹלָם הֱיִיתֶם כִּי־אָז אָהַב הָעוֹלָם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְיַעַן כִּי־אֵינְכֶם מִן־הָעוֹלָם כִּי אִם־בָּחַרְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מִתּוֹךְ הָעוֹלָם לָכֵן הָעוֹלָם יִשְׂנָא אֶתְכֶם	19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.
20 זִכְרוּ אֶת־דְּבָרִי אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם הָעֶבֶד אֵינֶנּוּ גָדוֹל מֵאֲדֹנָיו אִם־רָדְפוּ אֹתִי גַּם־אֶתְכֶם יִרְדֹּפוּ אִם־שָׁמְרוּ אֶת־דְּבָרִי גַּם אֶת־דְּבַרְכֶם יִשְׁמֹרוּ	20 Remember the word I spoke to you, 'No slave is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
21 אֲבָל כָּל־זֹאת יַעֲשֹוּ לָכֶם בַּעֲבוּר שְׁמִי כִּי לֹא־יָדְעוּ אֶת־שֹׁלְחִי	21 And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
22 לוּלֵא בָאתִי וְדִבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶם לֹא־הָיָה בָהֶם חֵטְא וְעַתָּה לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְהִתְנַצֵּל עַל־חַטֹּאתָם	22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin.
23 הַשּׂנֵא אֹתִי יִשְׂנָא גַּם־אֶת־אָבִי	23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father.
24 לוּלֵא עָשִׂיתִי בְתוֹכָם אֶת־הַמַּעֲשִׂים אֲשֶׁר־אִישׁ זוּלָתִי לֹא עָשָׂה לֹא־הָיָה בָהֶם חֵטְא וְעַתָּה רָאוּ וַיִּשְׂנְאוּ גַּם־אֹתִי גַּם־אֶת־אָבִי	24 If I had not done works among them that no one else ever did, they would not have sin; but as it is, they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 אַךְ לְמַלֹּאת דְּבַר־הַכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרָתָם שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם שְׂנֵאוּנִי	25 But in order that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, 'They hated me without cause.'
26 וּבְבוֹא הַפְּרַקְלִיט אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁלָחֶנּוּ לָכֶם מֵאֵת אָבִי רוּחַ הָאֱמֶת הַיּוֹצֵא מֵאֵת אָבִי הוּא יָעִיד עָלָי	26 "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.
27 וְגַם־אַתֶּם תָּעִידוּ כִּי מֵרֹאשׁ הֱיִיתֶם עִמָּדִי	27 And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.