Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

135 Praise Hashem. Halelu Shem Hashem; Halelu, O ye avadim of Hashem.

² Ye that stand ministering in the Beis Hashem, in the khatzerot Beis Eloheinu.

³ Praise Hashem; for Hashem is tov; sing praise unto Shmo; for it is na’im (lovely, pleasing).

⁴ For Hashem hath chosen Ya’akov unto Himself, and Yisroel for His segullah (peculiar treasure).

⁵ For I know that Hashem is gadol, and that Adoneinu is above kol elohim.

⁶ Whatsoever Hashem pleases, that He does in Shomayim, and in HaAretz, in HaYam, and kol tehomot.

⁷ He causeth the clouds to ascend at the end of HaAretz; He maketh lightning for the matar (rain); He bringeth the ruach out of His otzarot.

⁸ Who struck down the Bechorei Mitzrayim, both of adam and behemah.

⁹ Who sent otot and mofetim into the midst of thee, O Mitzrayim, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his avadim.

¹⁰ Who struck down Goyim rabbim, and slaughtered melachim atzumim (powerful kings);

¹¹ Sichon Melech HaEmori, and Og Melech HaBashan, and all the mamlechot Kena’an;

¹² And gave their land for a nachalah, an inheritance unto Yisroel Amo (His people).

¹³ Thy Shem, Hashem, endureth l’olam; and Thy remembrance, Hashem, l’dor vador.

¹⁴ For Hashem will vindicate His people; He will have compassion on His avadim.

¹⁵ The idols of the Goyim are kesef and zahav, the ma’aseh yedei adam.

¹⁶ They have mouths, but they speak not; einayim have they, but they see not;

¹⁷ They have oznayim, but they hear not; neither is there any ruach in their mouths.

¹⁸ They that oseihem (make them) will be like them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

¹⁹ Barakhu Hashem, O Bais Yisroel; barakhu Hashem, O Bais Aharon;

²⁰ Barakhu Hashem, O Bais HaLevi; ye that fear Hashem, barakhu Hashem.

²¹ Baruch Hashem out of Tziyon, which dwelleth at Yerushalayim. Praise Hashem.

14 Then came certain anashim of the zekenim of Yisroel unto me, and sat before me.

² And the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying,

³ Ben adam, these anashim have set up their gillulim (idols) in their lev, and put the michshol (stumbling block) of their avon before their face; should I be inquired of at all by them?

⁴ Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Every ish of Bais Yisroel that setteth up his gillulim in his lev, and putteth the michshol (stumbling block) of his avon before his face, and cometh to the navi; I Hashem will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his gillulim;

⁵ That I may seize Bais Yisroel in their lev, who have become estranged from me, all of them, for their gillulim (idols).

⁶ Therefore say unto Bais Yisroel, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Make teshuvah, and turn yourselves away from your gillulim (idols); and turn away your faces from all your to’avot (abominations).

⁷ For every one of Bais Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourneth in Yisroel, which separateth himself from Me, and setteth up his gillulim (idols) in his lev (heart), and putteth the michshol (stumbling block) of his avon (iniquity) before his face, and cometh to a navi (prophet) to inquire of him concerning Me; I Hashem will answer him by Myself;

⁸ And I will set My face against that ish, and will make him an ot (sign) and for meshalim (proverbs [i.e., make him a byword and an object lesson] and I will cut him off from the midst of My people; and ye shall know that I am Hashem.

⁹ And if the navi be induced to make a pronouncement, I Hashem have induced that navi, and I will stretch out My yad against him, and will make him shmad from the midst of My people Yisroel.

¹⁰ And they shall bear the punishment of their avon; the punishment of the navi shall be even as the punishment of him that inquireth of him;

¹¹ That Bais Yisroel may go no more astray from Me, neither be made tameh any more with all their peysha’im; but that they may be My people, and I may be to them Elohim, saith Adonoi Hashem.

3 Now Kefa and Yochanan were going up to the Beis Hamikdash at the hour of tefillah, the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon). [TEHILLIM 55:17]

² And a certain ish, an ish (pisei’ach from the womb of his em), was being carried and they were putting him bederech klal (usually) yom yom at the sha’ar of the Beis Hamikdash, the one being called the Sha’ar Hatiferet, in order to beg for tzedakah from the ones entering into the Beis Hamikdash.

³ When the ish pisei’ach (lame man) saw Kefa and Yochanan being about to enter into the Beis Hamikdash, he began begging them for tzedakah.

⁴ But Kefa, as did Yochanan, gazed at him, saying, "Look at us!"

⁵ And the ish pisei’ach was paying heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.

⁶ And Kefa said, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have I give to you. In ha-Shem of the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua of Natzeret, get up and walk!"

⁷ And having grasped him by the yad yamin, Kefa lifted him up, and immediately the man’s feet and ankles were strengthened.

⁸ And leaping up, he stood and was walking around, and he entered with them into the Beis Hamikdash, walking and leaping and shouting "Baruch Hashem!" [YESHAYAH 35:6]

⁹ And all the people saw him walking and shouting, "Baruch Hashem!"

¹⁰ And they recognized him, that he was the one sitting at the Sha’ar Hatiferet (Beautiful Gate) of the Beis Hamikdash begging for tzedakah; and they were mishpoyel (standing in awe) and amazement at what had happened to him.