Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹⁸ Hoy unto you that desire the Yom Hashem! Why do ye seek it? The Yom Hashem is choshech, and not ohr.

¹⁹ As if a man did flee from an ari, and a dov met him; or went into the bais, and leaned his hand on the kir (wall), and a nachash bit him.

²⁰ Shall not the Yom Hashem be choshech, and not ohr? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

²¹ I hate, I despise your chagim (religious festivals), and I will not stand in your atzerot (solemn assemblies).

²² Though ye offer Me olot and your minchot, I will not accept them; neither will I regard your choice shelamim (peace offerings).

²³ Take thou away from Me the noise of thy shirim (songs); for I will not hear the melody of thy nevalim (harps).

²⁴ But let mishpat run down as mayim, and tzedakah as a never failing stream.

70 (For the one directing. Mizmor of Dovid. For the memorial portion of the minchah) Make haste, Elohim, to deliver me; make haste to help me, Hashem.

^2 (3) Let them have bushah and be confounded that seek my nefesh; let them be turned back, and be put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

^3 (4) Let them be turned back for a reward of their bushah that say, Aha, aha.

^4 (5) Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and have simcha in Thee; and let such as love Thy Yeshuah (salvation) say continually, Let Elohim be magnified.

^5 (6) But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, Elohim; Thou art my help and my deliverer. Hashem, make no delay.

¹³ We do not want you to lack da’as, Chaverim, concerning those who have "fallen asleep." The purpose is that you not have agmat nefesh (grief) like the rest, who do not have tikvah (hope).

¹⁴ For, if we have an Ani Ma’amin belief that Yehoshua had his histalkus and then stood up alive again in the Techiyas HaMoshiach from HaMesim, even so, Hashem will bring with him [Moshiach] those who have fallen asleep through Yehoshua.

¹⁵ For this we say to you by the Dvar Hashem, that we who are alive and have been left behind until the Bi’as (Coming, Parousia of) Moshiach Adoneinu, may in no way be kodem (preceding) those who have fallen asleep.

¹⁶ For Adoneinu Himself, at the signal, at the bat kol of the Sar HaMalachim (the Archangel), and at the shofar blast of Hashem, shall come down from Shomayim, and the Mesim in Moshiach shall stand up alive in the Techiyas HaMesim first.

¹⁷ Then [next in sequence], we who are alive and who have been left behind simultaneously with them shall be snatched up in the ananim (clouds) to meet Adoneinu in the air. And so always with Adoneinu we shall be.

¹⁸ Therefore, give chozek (strength) and speak divrei chizzuk (words of encouragement), comforting one another with these words.

25 Then the Malchut HaShomayim will be compared to ten alamot (young unmarried virgins), who, having taken their menorahs, went out to meet the Choson (Bridegroom).

² Now five of them were foolish and five were wise.

³ When the foolish took their menorahs, they neglected to take shemen (oil).

⁴ But the wise took shemen in containers with their menorahs.

⁵ Now the Choson, being delayed, here is what happened: all the alamot became drowsy and were sleeping.

⁶ And at chatsot halailah (midnight) there was a shout, Hinei! The Choson (Bridegroom)! Go out to meet him!

⁷ Then all the ten alamot awakened and they trimmed their menorahs.

⁸ But the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your shemen (oil), for our menorahs are going out.

⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there might not be enough for us and for you. Instead, you go to the ones selling and buy for yourselves.

¹⁰ And as they were going away to buy, the Bias of the Choson (Bridegroom) occurred! The ones prepared entered with him into the Chasunoh (Wedding) feast and the door was shut.

¹¹ And later, here comes also the other alamot, saying, Adoneinu, Adoneinu, open the door for us.

¹² But he, in reply, said, Omein, I say to you, I do not know you.

¹³ Be shomer, be on the alert, therefore, for you do not have daas of the Yom or the Shaah (hour, time).