< מתיו 14 >
| בעת ההיא שמע הורדוס שר רבע המדינה את שמע ישוע׃ | 1 |
During that time Herod [Antipas], the ruler, heard reports about Jesus [performing miracles].
| ויאמר אל נעריו זה הוא יוחנן המטביל והוא קם מן המתים על כן הגבורות פעלות בו׃ | 2 |
He said to his servants: “That must be John the Baptizer. He must have risen from the dead, and that is why he has power to perform miracles.”
| כי הורדוס תפש את יוחנן ויאסרהו וישימהו בבית הסהר בגלל הורודיה אשת פילפוס אחיו׃ | 3 |
The reason [Herod thought that was this: Herod had married] Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, [while Philip was still living. So] John had been saying to him, “[What] you [did by] marrying [your brother’s wife while your brother is still alive is against God’s] law!” Then, to [please] Herodias, Herod [told his soldiers] to arrest John. They bound him with chains and put him in prison.
| כי יוחנן אמר אליו לא נכון היתה לך לאשה׃ | 4 |
| ויבקש המיתו אך ירא את ההמון כי לנביא חשבו אתו׃ | 5 |
Herod wanted to have John executed, but he was afraid that the people [who had accepted what John taught would riot if he did that], because they believed that John was a prophet.
| ויהי ביום הלדת הורדוס ותרקד בת הורודיה בתוכם ותיטב בעיני הורדוס׃ | 6 |
But when Herod [gave a party to celebrate] his birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced for [his guests]. This pleased Herod.
| וישבע לה ויאמר מה תשאל נפשך ואתן לך׃ | 7 |
So he promised to give her whatever she asked, and he asked God to punish him if he did not do what he had promised.
| ואמה שמה את הדברים בפיה ותשאל לאמר תנה לי פה בקערה את ראש יוחנן המטביל׃ | 8 |
[So Herodias’ daughter went and asked her mother what to ask for]. Her mother told her to ask for John the Baptizer’s head. [So] her daughter [went back and] said [to Herod]: “[Cut off] the head of John the Baptizer and [please] bring it here on a platter [so that my mother can know for sure that he is dead!]”
| ויעצב המלך אך בעבור השבועה והמסבים עמו צוה לתת לה׃ | 9 |
The king was distressed because he now knew he should not have made that promise to her. [But] because he had made an oath [in front of] his guests [when he made that promise], and [he did not want] them [to think that he would not do what he had promised], he commanded that [the girl] be given [what she requested].
| וישלח וישא את ראש יוחנן מעליו בבית הסהר׃ | 10 |
He sent [the executioner to go to] the prison and to cut off John’s head.
| ויביאו את ראשו בקערה ויתנו לנערה ותביאהו אל אמה׃ | 11 |
[The executioner did that, and] put John’s head on a platter and gave it to the girl. Then the girl took it to her mother.
| ויגשו תלמידיו וישאו את גויתו ויקברוה וילכו ויגידו לישוע׃ | 12 |
John’s disciples then went [to the prison], took John’s body and buried it, and they reported to Jesus [what had happened].
| ויהי כשמעו את זאת ויסר משם באניה אל מקום חרבה לבדד וישמעו המון העם וילכו אחריו ברגליהם מן הערים׃ | 13 |
After Jesus heard that, he took [just us disciples] with him and we went by boat [on Galilee Lake to an uninhabited place]. Matthew 14:13-21 After the crowds heard [that we had gone to an uninhabited place], they [left their towns and] followed Jesus, walking along the shore.
| ויצא ישוע וירא המון עם רב ויהמו מעיו עליהם וירפא את החלשים אשר בהם׃ | 14 |
When Jesus came [to the shore], he saw a large crowd of people [who had gathered there, waiting for him]. He felt sorry for them, and he healed those [among them who were] sick.
| ויהי לפנות ערב ויגשו אליו תלמידיו ויאמרו המקום חרב וגם נטה היום שלחה את המון העם וילכו אל הכפרים לקנות להם אכל׃ | 15 |
When it was [nearly] evening, we disciples came to him and said, “This is a place where nobody lives, and it is very late. Dismiss the crowds so that they can go into the [nearby] towns. [Have them do that so that they can] buy food for themselves.”
| ויאמר אליהם אינם צריכים ללכת תנו אתם להם לאכל׃ | 16 |
But Jesus said to us, “They do not need to leave [to get food. Instead], you [yourselves] give them something to eat!”
| ויאמרו אליו אין לנו פה כי אם חמשת ככרות לחם ושני דגים׃ | 17 |
We said to him, “But we have only five loaves of bread and two [cooked] fish here!”
He said [to us], “Bring them to me!”
| ויצו את העם לשבת על הדשא ויקח את חמשת ככרות הלחם ואת שני הדגים וישא עיניו השמימה ויברך ויפרס ויתן את הלחם לתלמידים והתלמידים נתנו לעם׃ | 19 |
He told the people [who had gathered there] to sit on the grass. Then he took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven, thanked [God for them], and broke [them into pieces]. Then he gave them to us disciples, and we distributed them to the crowd.
| ויאכלו כלם וישבעו וישאו מן הפתותים הנותרים שנים עשר סלים מלאים׃ | 20 |
All [the people in the crowd] ate until they had enough to eat. Then we [disciples] gathered the pieces that were left over, [and we] filled twelve baskets with them.
| והאכלים היו כחמשת אלפי איש מלבד הנשים והטף׃ | 21 |
Those who ate were about 5,000 men. [We did] not [count the] women and children!
| ויאץ ישוע בתלמידיו לרדת באניה לעבר לפניה אל עבר הים עד אשר ישלח את העם׃ | 22 |
Right after that happened, Jesus told us disciples to get in the boat and to go ahead of him further around [the lake] while he dismissed the crowds.
| ואחרי שלחו את העם עלה ההרה בדד להתפלל ויהי ערב והוא לבדו שמה׃ | 23 |
After he dismissed them, he went up into the hills to pray by himself. When it was evening, he was [still] there alone.
| והאניה הלכה בתוך הים ותטרף מן הגלים כי הרוח לנגדה׃ | 24 |
[By this time] we were already many hundred meters from the shore. The boat was being severely tossed around by the waves {The waves were severely tossing the boat} because the wind was [blowing] against [it].
| ויהי באשמרת הרביעית ויבא אליהם ישוע מתהלך על פני הים׃ | 25 |
[Then Jesus came down from the hills to the lake]. Some time between three and six o’clock in the morning he walked on the water toward our [boat].
| והתלמידים בראתם אותו מתהלך על פני הים נבהלו לאמר מראה רוח הוא ויצעקו מפחד׃ | 26 |
When we disciples saw someone walking on the water, we thought that [we must be seeing] a ghost. We were terrified, and we screamed out because we were afraid.
| וידבר ישוע פתאם אליהם חזקו כי אני הוא אל תיראו׃ | 27 |
Immediately Jesus said to us, “Cheer up! It is I. Do not be afraid!”
| ויען פטרוס ויאמר אליו אם אתה הוא אדני צוה נא כי אבא אליך על המים׃ | 28 |
Peter said to him, “Lord, if it is you, tell me to walk on the water to you!”
| ויאמר בוא וירד פטרוס מן האניה ויתהלך על המים לבוא אל ישוע׃ | 29 |
Then Jesus said, “Come!” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.
| ויהי כראתו את הרוח כי חזקה היא ויירא ויחל לטבע ויצעק לאמר אדני הושיעני׃ | 30 |
But when Peter looked at the [tossing waves which] the strong wind [caused], he became afraid. He began to sink, and cried out, “Lord, save me!”
| וימהר ישוע לשלח את ידו ויחזק בו ויאמר אליו קטן האמונה למה לחק לבך׃ | 31 |
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and grabbed him. He said to Peter, “You only trust a little bit [in my power] (Why did you doubt [that I could keep you from sinking]?/You should not have doubted [that I could keep you from sinking]!) [RHQ]”
| הם עלו אל האניה והרוח שככה׃ | 32 |
Then Jesus and Peter got in the boat, and the wind [immediately] stopped blowing.
| ואנשי האניה נגשו וישתחוו לו לאמר באמת בן אלהים אתה׃ | 33 |
All [of us disciples] who were in the boat worshipped Jesus and said, “Truly you are the (Son of/man two is also) God!”
| ויעברו את הים ויבאו ארצה גניסר׃ | 34 |
When we had gone further around [the lake in the boat], we came ashore at Gennesaret [town].
| ויכירו אתו אנשי המקום ההוא וישלחו אל כל סביבותיהם ויביאו אליו את כל החולים׃ | 35 |
The men of that area recognized Jesus. So they sent [people to inform those who lived] in that whole surrounding region [MTY] [that Jesus was in their area]. [So the people] brought to Jesus all the sick people [who lived in that region].
| ויבקשו ממנו כי יגעו רק בציצת בגדו וכל הנגעים נושעו׃ | 36 |
[The sick people] kept begging him to allow them to touch [him or] just to touch the edge of his robe [so that they would be healed]. And all who touched [him or his robe] were healed {he healed all who touched [him or his clothing]}.
