Seconda lettera a Timoteo (מכתב שני לטימותי) 4

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַאֲנִי אֹמֵר הַיּוֹרֵשׁ כָּל־עֵת הֱיוֹתוֹ קָטֹן אֵין־הַבְדֵּל בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין הָעָבֶד אַף אִם־הוּא אֲדוֹן הַכֹּל	1 What I am saying is this: an heir, during the time while he is stil under age, is no different from a slave,even though he is the owner of al the property;
2 אֶלָּא הוּא תַּחַת יַד אֹמְנִים וּפְקִידֵי הַבָּיִת עַד לַזְּמַן הַמְיֻעָד לוֹ מֵאֵת אָבִיו	2 he is under the control of guardians and administrators until the time fixed by his father.
3 כָּכָה גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ בְּעוֹד הֱיוֹתֵנוּ קְטַנִּים הָיִינוּ מְשֻׁעְבָּדִים לִיסֹדוֹת הָעוֹלָם	3 So too with us, as long as we were stil under age, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of thisworld;
4 וּבִמְלֹאת הָעֵת שָׁלַח הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּנוֹ אֲשֶׁר נוֹלַד מֵאִשָּׁה וְנִתַּן תַּחַת יַד־הַתּוֹרָה	4 but when the completion of the time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born a subject of theLaw,
5 לִפְדוֹת אֵת אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ תַּחַת יַד־הַתּוֹרָה לְמַעַן נְקַבֵּל אֶת־מִשְׁפַּט הַבָּנִים	5 to redeem the subjects of the Law, so that we could receive adoption as sons.
6 וְיַעַן כִּי־בָנִים אַתֶּם שָׁלַח הָאֱלֹהִים בִּלְבַבְכֶם אֶת־רוּחַ בְּנוֹ הַקּוֹרֵא אַבָּא אָבִינוּ	6 As you are sons, God has sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son crying, 'Abba, Father';
7 לָכֵן אֵינְךָ עוֹד עֶבֶד כִּי אִם־בֵּן וְאִם־בֵּן אַתָּה הִנְּךָ גַּם־יוֹרֵשׁ הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־יְדֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ	7 and so you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir, by God's own act.
8 הֵן לְפָנִים בְּאֵין־דַּעַת אֱלֹהִים הֱיִיתֶם עֹבְדִים אֵת אֲשֶׁר בְּעַצְמוּתָם אֵינָם אֱלֹהִים	8 But formerly when you did not know God, you were kept in slavery to things which are not really gods atal ,
9 וְעַתָּה אַחֲרֵי יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים וְיוֹתֵר אַחֲרֵי שֶׁנּוֹדַעְתֶּם לֵאלֹהִים אֵיךְ תָּשׁוּבוּ אֶל־הַיְסֹדוֹת הָרָפִים וְהַדַּלִּים הָהֵם אֲשֶׁר תִּרְצוּ לְהִכָּנֵעַ לָהֶם מֵחָדָשׁ	9 whereas now that you have come to recognise God -- or rather, be recognised by God -- how can younow turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt elements whose slaves you now want to be al overagain?
10 יָמִים אַתֶּם שֹׁמְרִים וָחֳדָשִׁים וּמוֹעֲדִים וְשָׁנִים	10 You are keeping special days, and months, and seasons and years-
11 מִתְיָרֵא אֲנִי פֶּן־לָרִיק עָמַלְתִּי בָכֶם	11 I am beginning to be afraid that I may, after al , have wasted my efforts on you.
12 הֱיוּ־נָא כָמוֹנִי כִּי גַם־אָנִי כְּמוֹכֶם מִתְחַנֵּן אֲנִי לָכֶם אֶחָי לֹא־הֲרֵעֹתֶם לִי מְאוּמָה	12 I urge you, brothers,-be like me, as I have become like you. You have never been unfair to me;
13 אַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֲשֶׁר בְּחֻלְשַׁת בְּשָׂרִי בִּשַּׂרְתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־הַבְּשׂוֹרָה לָרִאשׁוֹנָה	13 indeed you remember that it was an il ness that first gave me the opportunity to preach the gospel toyou,
14 וְאַתֶּם לֹא בְּזִיתֶם אֶת־נִסְיוֹנִי אֲשֶׁר־נֻסֵּיתִי בִבְשָׂרִי וְלֹא גְעַלְתֶּם אֹתוֹ כִּי אִם־קִבַּלְתֶּם אֹתִי כְּמַלְאַךְ אֱלֹהִים כַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ	14 but though my il ness was a trial to you, you did not show any distaste or revulsion; instead, youwelcomed me as a messenger of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
15 וְעַתָּה אַיֵּה אָשְׁרְכֶם כִּי מֵעִיד אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר אִם־יְכָלְתֶּם הֱיִיתֶם עֹקְרִים אֶת־עֵינֵיכֶם לְתִתָּן לִי	15 What has happened to the utter contentment you had then? For I can testify to you that you wouldhave plucked your eyes out, were that possible, and given them to me.
16 וְעַתָּה הֲנִהְיֵיתִי לָכֶם לְאֹיֵב בְּדַבְּרִי אֱמֶת אֲלֵיכֶם	16 Then have I turned into your enemy simply by being truthful with you?
17 הֵם אֵינָם מְקַנְּאִים לָכֶם לְטוֹבָה כִּי חֶפְצָם לְהַפְרִיד אֶתְכֶם מֵעָלֵינוּ לְמַעַן תִּהְיוּ מְקַנְּאִים לָהֶם	17 Their devotion to you has no praiseworthy motive; they simply want to cut you off from me, so that youmay centre your devotion on them.
18 אֲבָל טוֹב לְקַנֵּא תָּמִיד לְטוֹבָה וְלֹא לְבַד בִּהְיוֹתִי אֶצְלְכֶם	18 Devotion to a praiseworthy cause is praiseworthy at any time, not only when I am there with you.
19 בָּנַי אֲשֶׁר־שׁוּב יֹאחֲזוּנִי חֶבְלֵי לֵדָה עֲלֵיכֶם עַד כִּי־יוּצַר בָּכֶם הַמָּשִׁיחַ	19 My children, I am going through the pain of giving birth to you al over again, until Christ is formed inyou;
20 אָמְנָם חָפַצְתִּי לִהְיוֹת עַתָּה אֶצְלְכֶם לְשַׁנּוֹת אֶת־קוֹל דְּבָרִי כִּי נָבוֹךְ אֲנִי בָּכֶם	20 and how I wish I could be there with you at this moment and find the right way of talking to you: I amquite at a loss with you.
21 אִמְרוּ לִי אַתֶּם הַחֲפֵצִים לִהְיוֹת מְשֻׁעְבָּדִים לַתּוֹרָה הֲלֹא שְׁמַעְתֶּם אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה	21 Tell me then, you are so eager to be subject to the Law, have you listened to what the Law says?
22 כִּי כָתוּב שֶׁהָיוּ לְאַבְרָהָם שְׁנֵי בָנִים הָאֶחָד מִן־הָאָמָה וְהַשֵּׁנִי מִן־הַחָפְשִׁיָּה	22 Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave girl and one by the freewoman.
23 וַאֲשֶׁר לָאָמָה הוּא נוֹלַד לְפִי הַבָּשָׂר וַאֲשֶׁר לַחָפְשִׁיָּה עַל־פִּי הַהַבְטָחָה	23 The son of the slave girl came to be born in the way of human nature; but the son of the freewomancame to be born through a promise.
24 וְהַדְּבָרִים הֵם לְרָמֶז כִּי שְׁתֵּי הַבְּרִיתוֹת הֵנָּה הָאַחַת מִן־הַר סִינַי הַיּוֹלֶדֶת לְעַבְדוּת וְהִיא הָגָר	24 There is an al egory here: these women stand for the two covenants. The one given on Mount Sinai --that is Hagar, whose children are born into slavery;
25 כִּי הָגָר הִיא הַר סִינַי בַּעֲרָב וְהוּא כְּנֶגֶד יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל־עַתָּה כִּי־הִיא בְעַבְדוּת עִם־בָּנֶיהָ	25 now Sinai is a mountain in Arabia and represents Jerusalem in its present state, for she is in slaverytogether with her children.
26 אֲבָל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל־מַעְלָה הִיא חָפְשִׁיָּה וְהִיא אֵם כֻּלָּנוּ	26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and that is the one that is our mother;
27 כִּי כָתוּב רָנִּי עֲקָרָה לֹא יָלָדָה פִּצְחִי רִנָּה וְצַהֲלִי לֹא־חָלָה כִּי רַבִּים בְּנֵי־שׁוֹמֵמָה מִבְּנֵי בְעוּלָה	27 as scripture says: Shout for joy, you barren woman who has borne no children! Break into shouts ofjoy, you who were never in labour. For the sons of the forsaken one are more in number than the sons of thewedded wife.
28 וַאֲנַחְנוּ אֶחָי הִנְנוּ כְיִצְחָק בְּנֵי הַהַבְטָחָה	28 Now you, brothers, are like Isaac, children of the promise;
29 וְכַאֲשֶׁר הַנּוֹלָד לְפִי־הַבָּשָׂר אָז הָיָה רֹדֵף אֶת־הַנּוֹלָד לְפִי הָרוּחַ כֵּן־הוּא גַּם־עָתָּה	29 just as at that time, the child born in the way of human nature persecuted the child born through theSpirit, so now.
30 אֲבָל הַכָּתוּב מַה־הוּא אֹמֵר גָּרֵשׁ הָאָמָה וְאֶת־בְּנָהּ כִּי לֹא יִירַשׁ בֶּן־הָאָמָה עִם בֶּן־הַחָפְשִׁיָּה	30 But what is it that scripture says? Drive away that slave girl and her son; the slave girl's son is not toshare the inheritance with the son of the freewoman.
31 עַל־כֵּן אֶחָי לֹא־בְנֵי הָאָמָה אֲנַחְנוּ כִּי אִם־בְּנֵי הַחָפְשִׁיָּה	31 So, brothers, we are the children not of the slave girl but of the freewoman.