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Makkos 24b · Gemara · Transliteration · Translation
24b:1
בָּאֵשׁ,Boeish
by fire,
וְלֹאVelo
<<and shall we not
נִבְכֶּה?!Nivke
<<weep?!
אָמַרOmar
<<He said
לָהֶן:Lohen
<<to them:
לְכָךְLechoch
<<for that reason
אֲנִיAni
<<I
מְצַחֵק,Metzacheik
<<am laughing:
וּמָהVmo
<<if
לְעוֹבְרֵיLeoverei
<<for those who transgress
רְצוֹנוֹRetzono
<<His will
כָּךְ,Koch
<<it is so,
לְעוֹשֵׂיLeosei
<<for those who do
רְצוֹנוֹRetzono
<<His will,
עַלAl
אַחַתAchas
כַּמָּהKammo
וְכַמָּה.Vechammo
<<how much more so!
24b:2
שׁוּבShuv
Again,
פַּעַםPa'am
אַחַתAchas
<<once
הָיוּHoyu
<<they were
עוֹלִיןOlin
<<going up
לִירוּשָׁלַיִם,Lirusholayim
<<to Jerusalem.
כֵּיוָןKeivon
<<When
שֶׁהִגִּיעוּShehiggiu
<<they reached
לְהַרLehar
הַצּוֹפִיםHatzofim
<<Mount Scopus,
קָרְעוּKoru
<<they tore
בִּגְדֵיהֶם,Bigdeihem
<<their garments.
כֵּיוָןKeivon
<<When
שֶׁהִגִּיעוּShehiggiu
<<they reached
לְהַרLehar
הַבַּיִתHabbayis
<<the Temple Mount,
רָאוּRou
<<they saw
שׁוּעָלShu'ol
<<a fox
שֶׁיָּצָאSheyyotzo
<<that came out
מִבֵּיתMibbeis
<<from the chamber of
קׇדְשֵׁיKodshei
הַקֳּדָשִׁים,Hakkodoshim
<<the Holy of Holies.
הִתְחִילוּHischilu
<<They began,
הֵןHein
<<they,
בּוֹכִיןBochin
<<weeping,
וְרַבִּיVerabbi
עֲקִיבָאAkivo
<<and Rabbi Akiva
מְצַחֵק.Metzacheik
<<was laughing.
אָמְרוּOmru
<<They said
לוֹ:Lo
<<to him:
מִפְּנֵיMippenei
מָהMo
<<why
אַתָּהAtto
<<are you
מְצַחֵק?Metzacheik
<<laughing?
אָמַרOmar
<<He said
לָהֶם:Lohem
<<to them:
מִפְּנֵיMippenei
מָהMo
<<why
אַתֶּםAttem
<<are you
בּוֹכִים?Bochim
<<weeping?
אָמְרוּOmru
<<They said
לוֹ:Lo
<<to him:
מָקוֹםMokom
<<a place
שֶׁכָּתוּבShekkosuv
<<of which it is written
בּוֹBo
<<concerning it:
״וְהַזָּרVehazzor
<<‘and the stranger
הַקָּרֵבHakkoreiv
<<who approaches
יוּמָת״,Yumos
<<shall be put to death’,
וְעַכְשָׁיוVe'achshoyv
<<and now
שׁוּעָלִיםShu'olim
<<foxes
הִלְּכוּHillechu
<<walk
בּוֹ,Bo
<<in it —
וְלֹאVelo
<<and shall we not
נִבְכֶּה?!Nivke
<<weep?!
24b:3
אָמַרOmar
He said
לָהֶן:Lohen
<<to them:
לְכָךְLechoch
<<for that reason
אֲנִיAni
<<I
מְצַחֵק,Metzacheik
<<am laughing,
דִּכְתִיב:Dichsiv
<<as it is written:
״וְאָעִידָהVeo'ido
<<‘and I will take to witness
לִּיLi
<<for Me
עֵדִיםEidim
<<witnesses
נֶאֱמָנִיםNeemonim
<<faithful:
אֵתEis
<<—
אוּרִיָּהUriyyo
<<Uriyah
הַכֹּהֵןHakkohein
<<the kohen,
וְאֶתVees
<<and
זְכַרְיָהZecharyo
<<Zecharyah
בֶּןBen
<<son of
יְבֶרֶכְיָהוּ״Yeverechyohu
<<Yevarechyahu.’
וְכִיVechi
<<Now
מָהMo
<<what
עִנְיַןInyan
<<has the matter of
אוּרִיָּהUriyyo
<<Uriyah
אֵצֶלEitzel
<<to do with
זְכַרְיָה?Zecharyo
<<Zecharyah?
אוּרִיָּהUriyyo
<<Uriyah
בְּמִקְדָּשׁBemikdosh
<<was in the Temple
רִאשׁוֹן,Rishon
<<First,
וּזְכַרְיָהVzcharyo
<<and Zecharyah
בְּמִקְדָּשׁBemikdosh
<<in the Temple
שֵׁנִי!Sheini
<<Second!
אֶלָּא:Ello
<<Rather,
תָּלָהTolo
<<made dependent
הַכָּתוּבHakkosuv
<<the verse
נְבוּאָתוֹNevuoso
<<the prophecy
שֶׁלShel
<<of
זְכַרְיָהZecharyo
<<Zecharyah
בִּנְבוּאָתוֹBinvuoso
<<on the prophecy
שֶׁלShel
<<of
אוּרִיָּה.Uriyyo
<<Uriyah.
24b:4
בְּאוּרִיָּהBeuriyyo
Of Uriyah
כְּתִיבKesiv
<<it is written:
״לָכֵןLochein
<<‘therefore
בִּגְלַלְכֶםBiglalchem
<<because of you
צִיּוֹןTzion
<<Zion
שָׂדֶהSode
<<as a field
תֵחָרֵשׁ״,Seichoreish
<<shall be plowed’;
בִּזְכַרְיָהBizcharyo
<<of Zecharyah
כְּתִיבKesiv
<<it is written:
״עוֹדOd
<<‘again
יֵשְׁבוּYeishevu
<<shall sit
זְקֵנִיםZekeinim
<<old men
וּזְקֵנוֹתVzkeinos
<<and old women
בִּרְחֹבוֹתBirchovos
<<in the squares of
יְרוּשָׁלִָם״.Yerusholim
<<Jerusalem.’
עַדAd
<<As long as
שֶׁלֹּאShello
<<had not
נִתְקַיְּימָהNiskayyeymo
<<been fulfilled
נְבוּאָתוֹNevuoso
<<the prophecy
שֶׁלShel
<<of
אוּרִיָּהUriyyo
<<Uriyah,
הָיִיתִיHoyisi
<<I was
מִתְיָירֵאMisyoyrei
<<afraid
שֶׁלֹּאShello
<<that would not
תִּתְקַיֵּיםTiskayyeim
<<be fulfilled
נְבוּאָתוֹNevuoso
<<the prophecy
שֶׁלShel
<<of
זְכַרְיָה,Zecharyo
<<Zecharyah;
עַכְשָׁיוAchshoyv
<<now
שֶׁנִּתְקַיְּימָהShenniskayyeymo
<<that has been fulfilled
נְבוּאָתוֹNevuoso
<<the prophecy
שֶׁלShel
<<of
אוּרִיָּהUriyyo
<<Uriyah,
בְּיָדוּעַBeyodua
<<it is certain
שֶׁנְּבוּאָתוֹShennevuoso
<<that the prophecy
שֶׁלShel
<<of
זְכַרְיָהZecharyo
<<Zecharyah
מִתְקַיֶּימֶת.Miskayyemes
<<will be fulfilled.
בַּלָּשׁוֹןBalloshon
<<In language
הַזֶּהHazze
<<this
אָמְרוּOmru
<<they said
לוֹ:Lo
<<to him:
עֲקִיבָאAkivo
<<Akiva,
נִיחַמְתָּנוּ,Nichamtonu
<<you have comforted us;
עֲקִיבָאAkivo
<<Akiva,
נִיחַמְתָּנוּ.Nichamtonu
<<you have comforted us.
24b:5
הֲדַרַןHadaran
עֲלָךְAloch
We shall return to you,
אֵלּוּEillu
הֵןHein
הַלּוֹקִיןHallokin
<<‘These are the ones flogged’
וּסְלִיקָאVsliko
לַהּLah
<<and completed is
מַסֶּכֶתMasseches
מַכּוֹתMakkos
<<Masechta Makkos.