Matthew 8
1 When Jesus went down from the hillside, large crowds followed him.
| כשירד ישוע מהגבעה הלך אחריו קהל גדול. |
2 [After he left the crowds], a man who had [the skin disease called] leprosy unexpectedly came and knelt before him. He said [to Jesus], “Lord/Sir, [please heal me, because I know] you are able to heal me if you are willing to.”
| אדם חולה בצרעת בא לקראתו, נפל על ברכיו והתחנן:”אדוני, אם רק תרצה, תוכל לרפא אותי.“ |
3 Then Jesus, [disregarding the religious law that forbade people to come close to lepers], stretched out his hand and touched the man. He said [to him], “I am willing to [heal you], and I heal you [now]!” Immediately the man was healed from his leprosy {he was no longer a leper}.
| ישוע נגע באיש ואמר:”ודאי שאני רוצה. הירפא!“ומיד נעלמה הצרעת. |
4 Then Jesus said to him, “Go and show yourself to a [nearby] priest [so that he can examine you and verify that you no longer have leprosy]. [Then], after he tells [the local people], they will know [that you no longer have leprosy], [and you will be able to associate with them again]. Make sure that [now] you do not report [about my healing you] to anyone [other than the priest]. Then go [to the Temple in Jerusalem and give the priest] the offering that Moses commanded [that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer] as a sacrifice to God.”
| ”אל תספר על כך לאיש“, אמר לו ישוע.”לך מיד אל הכהן והראה לו שנרפאת. אל תשכח לקחת איתך קורבן טהרה, כפי שציווה משה על בני־ישראל, כדי שכולם יראו שנרפאת!“ |
5 When Jesus went to Capernaum [city], a [Roman] officer who commanded 100 soldiers came to him. He begged Jesus [to help him].
| כשהגיע ישוע לכפר־נחום, בא אליו קצין רומאי והתחנן לפניו שירפא את משרתו הצעיר, השוכב משותק על מיטתו וסובל כאבים נוראיים. |
6 He said [to him], “Sir, my servant is lying [in bed] at home and is paralyzed, and he has severe pain.”
7 Jesus said [to him], “I will go [to your house] and heal him.”
| ”כן“, השיב ישוע.”אבוא לרפא אותו.“ |
8 But the officer said [to him], “Lord/Sir, [do not bother to go. I am a non-Jew], so I am not worthy for you, [a Jew], to come into my house [MTY] [and associate with me]. Instead, [just] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will be healed.
| ”אדוני“אמר הקצין,”אני לא ראוי שתבוא אל ביתי, וגם אין צורך בכך. רק צווה שמשרתי יירפא, והוא יירפא. |
9 I [believe this] because, as for me, I am a man under the authority of others, and I also have soldiers under my authority. When I say to one of them ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. [And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority].”
| כיצד אני יכול להיות בטוח בכך? הרי אני איש צבא ורגיל לקבל פקודות מהממונים עלי, ואף לתת פקודות לחיילים תחת פיקודי. אם אני אומר לחייל אחד:’לך‘, הוא הולך. אם אני אומר לחייל אחר’בוא‘, הוא בא. ואם אני אומר למשרתי:’עשה עבודה זאת או אחרת‘, הוא עושה אותה.“ |
10 When Jesus heard this, he marveled. He said to the crowd that was walking with him, “Listen to this: I have never before found anyone who has as firm a faith [in me as this non-Jewish man has]. Not even in Israel, [where I would expect people to believe in me], have I found anyone who has the kind of faith in me that he has!
| דברי הקצין הפליאו את ישוע. הוא פנה אל הקהל ואמר:”בכל ישראל לא ראיתי אמונה גדולה כזאת! |
11 I tell you truly that many [other non-Jewish people] who [will believe in me like this Roman officer] will come from [distant countries, including] those [far] to the east and far to the west [SYN], and they will sit down to eat with [MTY] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in heaven, where God rules.
| אני אומר לכם שגויים רבים, כמו הקצין הזה, יבואו מכל העולם וישבו במלכות השמים יחד עם אברהם, יצחק ויעקב. |
12 But [the Jews] [IDM] [who should have allowed] God to rule over them will be sent to [hell, where there is] total darkness. And as a result, they will weep [because of their suffering] and will grind their teeth [because they will have severe pain] [MTY].” (questioned)
| ורבים – שלמענם הוכנה המלכות – יגורשו לחושך, למקום של בכי וייסורים.“ |
13 Then Jesus said to the officer, “Go [home]. What you believed [would happen], [that I would heal your servant from a distance], will happen.” [Then the officer went home and found out that] his servant became well at the exact time [that Jesus told him that he would heal him].
| לאחר מכן אמר ישוע לקצין הרומאי:”לך עתה לביתך; הדבר שהאמנת בו נעשה!“ובאותה שעה נרפא המשרת. |
14 When Jesus [and some of his disciples] went to the home of Peter, Jesus saw Peter’s mother-in-law. She was lying on a bed because she had a fever.
| כשבא ישוע לביתו של שמעון, ראה את חמותו של שמעון שוכבת במיטתה וקודחת מחום. |
15 He touched her hand, and as a result, [immediately] she no longer had a fever [PRS]. Then she got up and served them [some food].
| ישוע נגע בידה, ומיד ירד החום. היא קמה ממיטתה והכינה להם אוכל. |
16 That evening [when] ([the Sabbath/the Jewish rest day]) [ended and restrictions about traveling ended], many people who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled} [and people who were sick] [MTY] [were] brought to Jesus. He caused the demons to leave just by speaking to them, and he healed all the people who were sick.
| באותו ערב הובאו אל ישוע מספר אנשים אחוזי־שדים. במילה אחת מפיו של ישוע ברחו כל השדים, והחולים נרפאו. |
17 By doing this he fulfilled the words that had been said by the prophet Isaiah {that the prophet Isaiah had said} [about the Messiah]: “He healed people who had sicknesses and he cured them of their diseases.” [DOU]
| מעשה זה הגשים את נבואת ישעיהו:”חלינו הוא נשא ומכאובינו סבלם.“ |
18 Jesus saw the crowd around him, but [he needed to rest]. So he told [his disciples to take him by boat] to the other side [of the lake].
| כשראה ישוע את הקהל הרב שהתאסף סביבו, הורה לתלמידיו להתכונן לעבור לצד השני של הכינרת. |
19 [As they were walking toward the boat], a man who taught the [Jewish] laws came to him and said, “Teacher, I will go with you wherever you go.”
| באותו זמן ניגש אליו איש דת אחד ואמר:”רבי, לכל מקום שתלך, אלך אחריך!“ |
20 [In order that the man might know what he could expect if he went with him], Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes [in the ground in which to live], and birds have nests, but [even though I] am the one who came from heaven, I do not have a home where I can sleep [MTY].”
| אולם ישוע ענה לו:”השועלים מתגוררים במחילות האדמה, ולציפורים יש קנים. אולם לבן־האדם אין מקום להניח את ראשו.“ |
21 Another man who was one of Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Sir/Lord, permit me first to go [home. After] my father [dies I will] bury him, [and then I will come with you].”
| תלמיד אחר אמר לישוע:”אדוני, הרשה לי קודם לקבור את אבי ואחר כך אלך אחריך.“ |
22 But Jesus said to him, “Come with me [now]. [God considers that people who do not have eternal life are] dead [MET]. Let those people [do the work of] burying people who die.”
| אולם ישוע ענה לו:”לך אחרי עכשיו! והנח למתים (מבחינה רוחנית) לדאוג למתים שלהם.“ |
23 Then Jesus got into the boat. The disciples also got [in, and] they [started sailing close to the shoreline around Lake Galilee].
| לאחר מכן נכנסו ישוע ותלמידיו לסירה והחלו לשוט אל הצד השני של הכינרת. |
24 Suddenly strong winds blew on the lake, and very high waves were splashing into the boat and filling it. But Jesus was sleeping.
| לפתע התחוללה סערה נוראה, והגלים הגבוהים הציפו את הסירה. ואילו ישוע ישן. |
25 They went and woke him up, and said [to him], “Sir/Lord, rescue [us!] We are about to drown!”
| התלמידים ניגשו אל ישוע והעירו אותו בבהלה:”אדוננו, הצל אותנו! אנחנו טובעים!“ |
26 He said [to them], “(You should not be terrified!/Why are you terrified?) [RHQ] I [am disappointed that in spite of all you have seen me do], (you do not believe very much [that I can rescue you./] you not believe [that I can rescue you]?) [RHQ]” Then he got up and rebuked the wind and told the waves to calm down. And [the wind stopped blowing and the lake] became calm.
| אולם ישוע ענה:”חסרי־אמונה שכמוכם! מדוע אתם פוחדים כל־כך?“הוא קם ונזף ברוח, ופקד על הים להירגע. מיד פסקה הסערה; הרוח שקטה והים נרגע. |
27 [As a result], they were amazed, and they said [to one another], “This man is certainly an [extraordinary] person [RHQ]! [All things are under his control!] Even the winds and the waves obey him [PRS]!”
| התלמידים הנדהמים שאלו זה את זה:”מיהו האיש הזה שאפילו הרוח והים נשמעים לו?“ |
28 When they came to the [east] side [of the lake], they arrived in the region where the Gadarenes [lived]. [Jesus got out of the boat and began walking on the road. Then] two men who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled} came out of the burial caves [where they were living]. Because they were extremely violent [and attacked people], no one dared to travel on the road [near where they were living].
| בהגיעם אל ארץ הגדריים, באו לקראתם שני אנשים אחוזי־שדים. השניים התגוררו בבית־הקברות והיו מסוכנים כל כך, עד שאיש לא העז לעבור באזור ההוא. |
29 Suddenly they shouted [to Jesus], “You are the Son of God! [Because] you have nothing in common with us [IDM, RHQ], [leave us alone] Have you come here [RHQ] to torture us before the time [MTY] [God has appointed to punish us]?”
| השניים צעקו אל ישוע:”מה אתה רוצה מאתנו, בן־האלוהים? אסור לך עדיין לייסר אותנו!“ |
30 There was a large herd of pigs not far away, digging for food with their noses.
| במרחק מה משם רעה עדר חזירים, |
31 So the demons begged Jesus, saying, “You are going to cast us out of the men, so send us into the herd of pigs!”
| והשדים ביקשו:”אם אתה מגרש אותנו, שלח אותנו לפחות אל תוך החזירים האלה.“ |
32 Jesus said [to them], “[If that is what you want], go!” So the demons left [the men] and entered the pigs. Suddenly the whole herd [of pigs] rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
| ישוע הסכים, וציווה עליהם:”הסתלקו!“השדים יצאו מהאנשים ונכנסו בחזירים, ואלה דהרו מיד במדרון ההר ישר אל תוך הים, וטבעו. |
33 The men who were tending the pigs [became afraid and] ran into the town and reported everything [that had happened], including what had happened to the two men who had been controlled by demons {whom demons had controlled}.
| הרועים ברחו אל העיר הקרובה וסיפרו על מה שקרה, |
34 Then [it seemed as if] all [the people] [HYP] [who lived in] that town [MTY] went to meet Jesus. When they saw him [and the two men who had been controlled by the demons], they begged Jesus to leave their region [because they thought that he would destroy more things than just the pigs] (OR, [because they realized he must be very powerful]).
| וכל אנשי העיר יצאו מיד לראות את ישוע, וביקשו ממנו לעזוב את האזור ולא להטריד אותם. |
