Matthew 13
1 That same day Jesus, [along with us] disciples, left the house [where he was teaching and went] to [Galilee lake]. He sat down there,
| באותו יום, בשעה מאוחרת יותר, עזב ישוע את הבית וירד אל החוף. |
2 and a very large crowd gathered around him to [listen to his teaching]. So, [in order that they would not jostle him] (OR, [to speak to the people better]), he got into a boat and sat down [to teach them]. The crowd stood on the shore [and was listening].
| תוך זמן קצר התאסף שם קהל כה רב, עד שישוע נאלץ להיכנס לסירה, ואילו כל העם נשאר על החוף. |
3 He was telling them many parables. [One of the parables] that he told them was this: “Listen! A man went out [to his field] to sow [some seeds].
| ישוע הרבה ללמד את העם במשלים, והנה אחד מהם:”איכר יצא לזרוע בשדה. |
4 As he was scattering [them over the soil], some [of the] seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds.
| כשפיזר את הזרעים נפלו אחדים מהם בצד הדרך, והציפורים באו ואכלו אותם. |
5 Other [seeds] fell on ground where there was not much soil [on top of the] rock. Those seeds sprouted very soon, [because the sun quickly warmed] the shallow soil.
| זרעים אחדים נפלו על אדמה סַלעִית, במקום שבו לא הייתה אדמה רבה. הנבטים צמחו במהירות באדמה הרדודה, |
6 But when [the young plants came up], they were scorched by the sun, and they withered because they did not have [deep] roots.
| אולם השמש הלוהטת צרבה אותם והם התייבשו ומתו, כי השורשים לא היו עמוקים. |
7 Other seeds fell on [ground that contained roots of] thorny [weeds]. The thorny weeds grew [together with the young plants], and [they] crowded out [the plants].
| זרעים אחדים נפלו בין הקוצים, ואלה חנקו את הצמחים הרכים. |
8 [But] other seeds fell on good soil, and [the plants grew and] produced [a lot of] grain. Some [plants produced] 100 times [as many seeds as were planted]. Some [plants produced] 60 times [as much]. Some [plants produced] 30 times [as much].
| אולם זרעים אחדים נפלו על אדמה טובה ופורייה, ונשאו פרי מבורך ורב פי שלושים, פי שישים ואפילו פי מאה. |
9 If you want to understand this [MTY], you should consider [carefully what I have just said].”
| מי שמסוגל לשמוע, שיקשיב!“ |
10 [We] disciples approached Jesus and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowd?”
| תלמידיו של ישוע באו אליו ושאלו:”מדוע אתה משתמש תמיד בדוגמאות קשות כל כך?“ |
11 He answered [us] saying, “God [EUP/MTY] is revealing to you what he did not reveal before, about [how he wants to] rule [over people’s lives]. But he has not revealed it to others.
| הסביר להם ישוע:”רק לכם מותר לדעת את סודות מלכות השמים; לאחרים לא ניתן לדעת אותם. |
12 Those who [think about what I say and] understand [it], God will enable them to understand more. But those who do not [think carefully about what I say] will forget even what they already know.
| כי מי שיש לו – יינתן לו עוד ויהיה לו שפע רב; ומי שאין – גם המעט שיש לו יילקח ממנו. |
13 That is why I use parables when I speak to people, because although they see [what I do], they do not perceive [what it means], and although they hear [what I say], they do not really understand [what it means].
| אני מדבר אל בני אדם במשלים מכיוון שכאשר מראים להם משהו הם לא רואים, וכאשר אומרים להם משהו הם לא שומעים וגם לא מבינים. |
14 What these people do completely fulfills what [God told] the prophet Isaiah [to say long ago to the people who did not] try to understand what he said, You will hear [what I say], but you will not understand it. You will keep seeing [what I do], but you will not understand [what it means] [DOU].
| כך התקיימה נבואתו של ישעיהו:’שמעו שמוע ואל תבינו, וראו ראו ואל תדעו. |
15 [God also said to Isaiah], These people have become unresponsive [MTY] [to what they see me do and to what they hear me say]. They listen unwillingly [MTY] [to what I say], and they do not pay attention to [MTY] [what I do]. If it were not so, they would perceive [MTY] [what I am doing], they would understand [MTY] [what I say to them], and they would turn [away from their sinful lives] and turn [to me], and I would save them [from being punished for their sins] [MET].
| כי השמן לב העם הזה ואזניו הכבד ועיניו השע, פן יראה בעיניו ובאזניו ישמע, ולבבו יבין ושב ורפא לו‘. |
16 But as for you, God is pleased with you because you [SYN] have seen [what I have done] and because you [SYN] understand [what I say] [DOU].
| ”אולם אשרי עיניכם כי הן רואות, ואשרי אוזניכם כי הן שומעות. |
17 Note this: Many prophets and righteous people [who lived long ago] longed to see what you are seeing [me do], but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but they did not hear [what you hear me say].” [DOU]
| הרבה נביאים וצדיקים השתוקקו לראות את מה שאתם רואים ולשמוע את מה שאתם שומעים, אך לא זכו. |
18 “[Since God wants] you [to understand what I am teaching you], listen as I [explain] the parable about the man who sowed [seeds in various kinds of soil].
| ”זהו פירוש המשל: |
19 The people who hear about how God rules over people’s lives and do not understand [what they have heard] are [like] the path where [some of] the seeds fell. [Satan], the Evil One, comes and causes these people to forget [MET] what they have heard [MET].
| השביל הקשה שעליו נפלו חלק מהזרעים מסמל את לבו של האדם השומע את הבשורה, אך אינו מבין אותה; ואז בא השטן וחוטף את מה שנזרע בלבו. |
20 [Some people are like the] shallow soil on top of rock. When they hear God’s message, they immediately accept it joyfully.
| האדמה הסלעית מסמלת את לבו של האדם השומע את הבשורה ומקבל אותה בשמחה. |
21 [But because it does not penetrate deeply into their inner beings, they believe it for only] a [short] time. [They are like the plants that] did not have [deep] roots. When they are treated badly and caused to suffer because they believe [God’s message], they soon stop believing [it].
| אולם לאמונתו אין עומק, והזרעים אינם מכים שורשים עמוקים. משום כך, ברגע של קושי ומבחן נעלמת התלהבותו והוא נובל. |
22 [Some people are like the soil that had the roots of] thorny [weeds] in it. They hear God’s message, but they desire to be rich, [so they] worry [only] about [MTY, PRS] material things. As a result, they [PRS] forget [God’s] message, and they do not do [IDM] the things that God wants them to do. (aiōn g165)
| האדמה המכוסה קוצים מסמלת את האדם ששמע את הבשורה, אולם דאגות החיים ורצונו להתעשר חונקים את דבר האלוהים, והוא הולך ומפחית בעבודת אלוהים. (aiōn g165) |
23 But [some people are like the] good soil where [some of the seeds] fell. [Just like the plants that grew in this soil] produced a lot of grain, [these people] hear my message and understand it. [Some of them] do many things [IDM] [that please God, some do] even more [things that please God, and some do] very many [things that please God].”
| האדמה הטובה מסמלת את לבו של אדם המקשיב לבשורה, מבין אותה ומביא פרי רב, פי מאה, פי שישים ופי שלושים ממה שנזרע בלבם.“ |
24 Jesus also told the crowd another parable, [by which he tried to explain that although] God [MTY/EUP] is a king, [he will not immediately judge and punish all the wicked people]. Jesus said, “[God] is like a landowner [who sent his servants] to sow good [wheat] seed in his field.
| ישוע סיפר להם משל נוסף:”מלכות השמים דומה לאיכר שזרע בשדה שלו זרעים טובים. |
25 While those servants were sleeping [and not watching the field], an enemy of the landowner came and scattered weed [seeds] in the midst of the wheat. Then he left.
| אולם לילה אחד, בזמן שהאיכר ישן, בא אויבו וזרע עשבי בר בין החיטה. |
26 After [the seeds] sprouted and the green plants [grew], the heads of grain began to form. But the weeds also grew.
| כשהחלה החיטה לנבוט, נבטו גם עשבי הבר. |
27 So the servants of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, you [RHQ] [gave us good seeds and those are the ones we] [RHQ] [planted] in your field. So where did the weeds come from?’
| ”משרתיו של האיכר באו אליו ואמרו:’אדוננו, השדה שבו זרעת זרעים משובחים מלא עשבים!‘ |
28 The landowner said to them, ‘[My] enemy did this.’ His servants said to him, ‘So, do you want us to pull up [the weeds and] put them in a pile?’
| ”’אחד מאויבי עשה זאת‘, אמר האיכר.”’האם אתה רוצה שנעקור את העשבים השוטים?‘שאלו המשרתים. |
29 He said [to them], ‘No, [do not do that, because] you might pull up [some of] the wheat at the same time.
| ”’לא‘, השיב האיכר.’אתם עלולים לעקור בטעות גם את החיטה. |
30 Let the wheat and the weeds grow together until harvest [time].’ At that time I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather the weeds, tie them into bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat [and put it] into my barns.’”
| הניחו להם לגדול יחד עד הקציר, ואז אומר לקוצרים לאסוף תחילה את העשבים השוטים ולשרוף אותם, ולאחר מכן לאסוף את החיטה ולהכניסה לאסם‘. “ |
31 Jesus also told this parable: “The [number of] (OR, [God’s influence in the lives of]) [people whose] lives God rules over [will continue to grow. It is very much] like mustard seeds grow after a man plants them in his field.
| ישוע סיפר להם עוד משל:”מלכות השמים דומה לגרגר זעיר של צמח החרדל אשר נזרע בשדה. למרות שגרגר זה קטן ביותר, הוא גדל להיות אחד הצמחים הגדולים ביותר, והציפורים יכולות לבנות להן קן בין ענפיו.“ |
32 Although mustard seeds are among the smallest of all the seeds [that people plant, here in Israel they become large plants. When the plants have fully grown, they are larger than the other garden plants. They become shrubs that are large enough for birds to build nests in their branches.”]
33 Jesus also told this parable: “[The way people who let] God [MTY/EUP] rule their lives [MET] [can influence the world] is like yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. [That small amount of yeast made] the whole batch of dough swell up.”
| ישוע נתן להם דוגמה נוספת:”אפשר להמשיל את מלכות השמים לאישה המתכוננת לאפות לחם. היא לוקחת את כמות הקמח הדרושה ושמה מעט שמרים, עד שהבצק כולו תופח.“ |
34 Jesus told the crowd parables [to teach them] all these things. When he spoke [HYP] to them, he habitually used such illustrations.
| את כל אלה דיבר ישוע אל הקהל במשלים; ובלי משל לא דיבר אליהם. |
35 By doing that, [he] fulfilled what [God told one of] the prophets to write [long ago]: I will speak [MTY] in parables; I will tell [parables to teach] what I have kept secret since I created the world.
| כך הוא קיים את הנבואה:”אפתחה במשל פי, אביעה חידות מני־קדם“. |
36 After Jesus dismissed the crowds, he went inside. Then [we] disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable about the weeds [that grew] in the [wheat] field.”
| לאחר מכן עזב ישוע את ההמון ונכנס הביתה. תלמידיו ביקשו ממנו שיסביר להם את משל העשבים בשדה החיטה. |
37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed represents [me], the one who came from heaven.
| ”בן־האדם הוא האיכר הזורע את הזרעים הטובים“, הסביר להם ישוע. |
38 The field represents this world [MTY], [where people live]. The seeds [that grew] well represent the people who let God rule their lives [MET]. The weeds represent the people who do what [the devil], the Evil One, [tells them to do].
| ”השדה מסמל את העולם, הזרעים מסמלים את בני מלכות האלוהים, והעשבים מסמלים את האנשים השייכים לשטן. |
39 The enemy who sowed the weed seeds represents the devil. The [time when the reapers will] harvest [the grain] represents the time when the world will end. The reapers represent the angels. (aiōn g165)
| האויב שזרע את עשבי־הבר בשדה החיטה הוא השטן, הקציר הוא סוף העולם והקוצרים הם המלאכים.“ (aiōn g165) |
40 The weeds are gathered and burned. {The reapers gather the weeds. Then they burn them.} That represents [the judging of people, which God will do] when the world will end. [It will be like this]: (aiōn g165)
| ”כשם שבמשל זה נאספו העשבים ונשרפו, כך יהיה גם בסוף העולם. (aiōn g165) |
41 I, the one who came from heaven, will send my angels, and they will gather [from everywhere the people] who cause others to quit believing in me [MET] and all those who disobey [God’s] commands.
| בן־האדם ישלח את מלאכיו, והם ידרשו מתוך המלכות את כל עושי הרע ואת כל אלה שמכשילים את האחרים, |
42 They will throw those people into the fires of [hell]. There those people will weep and grind their teeth [because of the great pain that they are suffering]. (questioned)
| וישליכו אותם לכבשן שישרוף אותם. שם הם יבכו ויחרקו שיניים |
43 [God’s] brightness will shine [on] the people who have lived as he wants them to. It will shine [on them as brightly] as the sun [shines]. It will shine on them in the place where [God], their Father, rules over them. If you want to understand this [MTY], you should think [carefully] about what I have just said.”
| ואילו הצדיקים יזרחו כשמש במלכות אביהם. מי שמסוגל לשמוע, שיקשיב! |
44 “[What people do who begin to allow] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like [what a certain man did to acquire a treasure]. A treasure was hidden in a field by someone {Someone hid a treasure in a field [and never dug it up again]}. When [another] man found it, he hid it [by burying it again in order that no one else would find it]. Being very happy [that he had found something very valuable, he went and] sold all his possessions [to obtain money to buy the field the treasure was in]. He then went and bought the field, [and so he was able to acquire that treasure].
| ”מלכות השמים דומה לאוצר שאיש גילה בתוך שדה. בהתלהבותו הרבה מכר האיש את כל אשר היה לו, כדי שיוכל לקנות את השדה עם האוצר שמצא בו.“ |
45 Also, what [people do who begin to allow] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like [what] a merchant [did who was] looking for good quality pearls [to buy].
| ”מלכות השמים דומה לפנינה נהדרת שמצא סוחר בעת שחיפש פנינים מובחרות. |
46 When he found one very costly pearl [that was for sale], he sold all his possessions [to acquire enough money to buy that pearl]. Then he [went and] bought it.
| כשגילה הסוחר את הפנינה היקרה, שהייתה ממש’מציאה‘, הלך ומכר את כל רכושו, כדי שיוכל לקנות אותה.“ |
47 What God [MTY/EUP] [will do to people who falsely say that they are letting him] rule their lives is like what certain [fishermen] did [with the fish they caught] in a lake, using a large net. They caught all classes [of fish, both useful and worthless fish].
| ”אפשר לתאר את מלכות השמים גם בסיפור על דייג שהשליך את רשתו לים, ונלכדו בה כל מיני דגים. |
48 When the net was full, the [fishermen] pulled it up onto the shore. Then they sat there and put the useful [fish] into buckets, and threw the worthless ones away.
| כשנמלאה הרשת, הדייג הוציא אותה אל החוף והחל למיין את הדגים: את הטובים שם בסלים, ואת האחרים השליך. |
49 [What they did in separating the good fish from the bad ones] is like [what will happen to people] when the world ends. The angels will come [to where God is judging people], and will separate the wicked [people] from the righteous [ones]. (aiōn g165)
| כך יהיה גם בסוף העולם: המלאכים יבואו ויפרידו בין הרשעים ובין הצדיקים. (aiōn g165) |
50 They will throw the wicked people into the fire [in hell]. And those wicked people will weep and gnash their teeth [because of the intense pain they are suffering].” (questioned)
| את הרשעים ישליכו המלאכים לאש – שם הם יבכו ויחרקו שיניים.“ |
51 [Then Jesus asked us], “Do you understand all these [parables I have told you]?” We said to him,
| ”האם אתם מבינים?“שאל אותם ישוע.”כן, “ענו התלמידים,”אנחנו מבינים.“ |
52 “Yes, [we understand them].” Then he said to us, “Because [you understand all these parables], [you will understand the following parable: You, along with] all others, will teach people what [you heard me say] about God ruling people’s lives. [You will add that to what you formerly learned. You will be] like a manager of a household who takes both new things and old things out of his storage room.”
| וישוע הוסיף:”תלמיד שלמד והבין את מלכות השמים דומה לאיש עשיר שמוציא מאוצרו דברים עתיקים וגם חדשים.“ |
53 When Jesus had finished [telling] these parables, he took [us] and left that [area].
| כשסיים ישוע לספר להם את המשלים האלה, המשיך בדרכו. |
54 We went to [Nazareth, his hometown. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day]) he began to teach the people in the Jewish worship house. The result was that the people there were astonished. But [some] said, “[This man is just an ordinary person like us. So] how is it that he knows so much and understands so much [RHQ]? And how is it that he is able to do [such] miracles [RHQ]?
| כשהגיע אל ביתו (בנצרת שבגליל) לימד את האנשים בבתי־הכנסת, והפליא את כולם בחכמתו ובניסים. |
55 (He is [just] the son of the carpenter!/Isn’t he [just] the son of the carpenter [that lived here]?) [RHQ] His mother is Mary, and his younger brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas [RHQ]!
| ”כיצד ייתכן הדבר?“תמהו האנשים.”הלא הוא בנו של הנגר, ואנחנו מכירים את מרים אמו ואת אחיו – יעקב, יוסף, שמעון ויהודה! |
56 (And his sisters [also live] here in our [town]./Do not his sisters [live] in our [town]?) [RHQ] So how is he able to do all these [miracles]?”
| גם את אחיותיו אנחנו מכירים – הרי כולן גרות כאן. כיצד הוא יכול להיות גדול כל כך?“ |
57 The people were unable to accept [that] he [was the Messiah. So] Jesus said to them, “[People] honor [me and other] prophets [everywhere else we go], but in [our] hometowns [we are] not [honored], and [even] our own families do not [honor us!]”
| והם רגזו מאוד על ישוע.”אין נביא בעירו!“אמר להם ישוע.”את הנביא מכבדים בכל מקום, מלבד בביתו ובקרב בני־עמו.“ |
58 Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe [that he was the Messiah].
| ומאחר שלא האמינו בו הוא חולל שם נסים מעטים בלבד. |
