February 28, 2014

קריאה

James 5: 9-12

5:9 אחים, do not complain against one another, כדי שלא תשפטו אותך. לְהַבִּיט, the judge stands before the door.

5:10 My brothers, consider the Prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of departing from evil, of labor, and of patience.

5:11 Consider that we beatify those who have endured. You have heard of the patient suffering of Job. And you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

5:12 But before all things, האחים שלי, do not choose to swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor in any other oath. But let your word ‘Yes’ be yes, and your word ‘No’ be no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

בְּשׂוֹרָה

סימן 10: 1-12

10:1 And rising up, he went from there into the area of Judea beyond the Jordan. ושוב, the crowd came together before him. And just as he was accustomed to do, again he taught them.

10:2 And approaching, the Pharisees questioned him, testing him: “Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife?”

10:3 But in response, אמר להם, “What did Moses instruct you?”

10:4 והם אמרו, “Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her.”

10:5 But Jesus responded by saying: “It was due to the hardness of your heart that he wrote that precept for you.

10:6 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

10:7 בגלל זה, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife.

10:8 And these two shall be one in flesh. וכך, they are now, not two, but one flesh.

10:9 לָכֵן, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”

10:10 ושוב, in the house, his disciples questioned him about the same thing.

10:11 וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם: “Whoever dismisses his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

10:12 And if a wife dismisses her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.”