Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁸ Remember ye not the rishonot (former things) neither consider kadmoniyyot (the things of old).

¹⁹ Hineni, I am doing a chadashah (new thing); now titzmach (it shall spring forth; Tzemach); shall ye not perceive it? I will even make a derech in the midbar, and neharot in the desert.

²⁰ The animal of the wild shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give mayim in the midbar, and neharot in the desert, to give drink to My People, My Bachir.

²¹ This people have I formed for Myself; they shall show forth My tehillah (praise).

²² But thou hast not called upon Me, O Ya’akov; but thou hast been weary of Me, O Yisroel.

²³ Thou hast not brought Me the seh (lamb) of thy olot; neither hast thou honored Me with thy zevakhim. I have not caused thee to serve with a minchah, nor wearied thee with levonah (incense, frankincense).

²⁴ Thou hast bought Me no fragrant calamus with kesef, neither hast thou filled Me with the chelev of thy zevakhim; but thou hast made Me to serve with thy chattot, thou hast wearied Me with thine avonot.

²⁵ I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy peysha’im for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy chattot.

41 (For the one directing, Mizmor of Dovid).

^2 (1) Blessed is he that considereth the helpless; Hashem will deliver him in time of ra’ah (evil, trouble).

^3 (2) Hashem will be shomer over him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed in ha’aretz; and Thou wilt not surrender him unto the desire of his enemies.

^4 (3) Hashem will support him upon the sickbed; in his illness, all his bedridden languishing Thou wilt change (i.e., toward recovery).

^5 (4) I said, Hashem, channeni (be gracious unto me); heal my nefesh; for I have sinned against Thee.

^6 (5) Mine enemies speak rah (evil) of me: When will he die, and shmo (his name) perish?

^7 (6) And if one cometh to see me, he speaketh falsely; his lev gathereth wickedness to itself; when he goeth lachutz (outside, around) he telleth it.

^8 (7) All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

^9 (8) A thing of beliya’al (a wicked fate, i.e., a terminal illness), say they, cleaveth fast unto him, that when he lieth he shall rise up no more.

^10 (9) Yea, mine own ish shalom (familiar friend, close friend), in whom I trusted, which did eat of my lechem, hath lifted up his heel (i.e., deceitfully showed enmity) against me [see Yn 13:18].

^11 (10) But Thou, O Hashem, channeni (be gracious, merciful unto me), and raise me up, that I may repay them.

^12 (11) By this I know that Thou favorest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

^13 (12) And as for me, Thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before Thy face l’olam (forever).

^14 (13) Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel m’haolam v’ad haolam. Omein and Omein.

¹⁸ Al emunat Hashem (in the faithfulness of G-d), our dvar to you has not been "Ken" and "Lo."

¹⁹ For the Ben HaElohim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, the One having been proclaimed among you by us, by Sila and Timotiyos and me [Ac 18:5], was not a "Ken and Lo"; but in Him it has always been "Ken."

²⁰ For in Moshiach every one of Hashem’s havtachot (promises) is a "Ken." For this reason it is b’Shem Moshiach that we say the "Omein" to the kavod of Hashem [1C 14:16; Rv 3:14].

²¹ But it is Hashem who establishes us with you in Moshiach and has given us the mishchah (anointing 1Y 2:27),

²² Having put his chotam [seal of ownership BERESHIS 38:18; YECHEZKEL 9:4; Ep 1:13; 4:30; Rv 7:4] on us and having given the eravon (pledge) of the Ruach Hakodesh in our levavot. (hearts Ro 8:16; 2C 5:5; Ep 1:14). [BERESHIS 38:18; YECHEZKEL 9:4; CHAGGAI 2:23]

2 And having entered again into Kfar-Nachum after [many] yamim, it was heard that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is at home.

² And many were gathered together so that there was no longer any room at the delet, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking the dvar Hashem to them.

³ And they come bringing to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach a paralytic being carried along by arba’a anashim (four men).

⁴ And not being able to bring [the paralytic] to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach on account of the multitude, they removed the roof where Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was, and having made an opening, they lowered the mat upon which the paralytic was lying.

⁵ And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having seen the emunah of them, says to the paralytic, Beni, your averos are granted selicha.

⁶ And there were some of the Sofrim (Scribes) sitting there and thinking about these things in their levavot (hearts),

⁷ Why is this one speaking thus? He is guilty of Chillul Hashem gidduf (Desecration of the Name, blasphemy). Who is able to grant selicha (forgiveness) to averos (sins) except Hashem? [YESHAYAH 43:25]

⁸ And, ofen ort (immediately), having had daas in his ruach that in this way they were thinking, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Why are you considering such things in your levavot?

⁹ Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, Your averos are granted selicha, or to say, Stand and pick up your mat and walk?

¹⁰ But in order that you may have daas that the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach, DANIEL 7:13-14] has samchut (authority) on haaretz to grant that averos receive selicha, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to the paralytic

¹¹ To you I say, Stand, pick up your mat, and go to your bais.

¹² And the man arose, and, ofen ort (immediately), in front of everyone, taking the mat, he went outside. So everyone was astonished and gave kavod to Hashem saying, Never have we seen anything like this!