OrthJBC - Luke - 12

12:1  Meanwhile, when the multitudes by the thousands assembled, to the point of trampling one another, Rebbe, Melech, HaMoshiach said this in a yechidus first to his talmidim, "Be shomer regarding the Se'or of the Perushim, which is their tzeviut (hypocrisy).

12:2  "And nothing that men hide in a "cover up" is concealed which will not be revealed, and nothing held in secret which will not be laid bare.

12:3  "So then, what things you said in the choshech, will be heard in the ohr; and what you whispered in the ear in the secret chadarim (rooms) will be shouted from the roof tops.

12:4  "I say to you, my chaverim, do not have pachad of the killers of the guf (body), who after that have nothing more they can do.

12:5  "But I will show you Someone of whom you should have yir'ah; fear the one who after killing the body has the samchut to throw into Gehinnom. Ken, I say to you, have yir'ah of this One.

12:6  "Are not chamesh sparrows sold for two assarion? And not even one of them has been overlooked in the eynayim of Hashem.

12:7  "But even the hairs of your rosh have all been counted. Never fear. You are of more worth than many sparrows.

12:8  "And I say to you, whoever will declare publicly the Ani Ma'amin of me [as Moshiach] before bnei Adam, the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach, Daniel 7:13-14] will make hoda'ah (acknowledgement) of him before the malachim of Hashem.

12:9  "But the one having made hakhchashah (denial) of me [as the Ben HaAdam Moshiach, Daniel 7:13-14] before bnei Adam will be denied before the malachim of Hashem.

12:10  "And everyone who will say a dvar against the Ben HaAdam (Moshiach, Daniel 7:13-14), he will be given selicha. But the one having committed Chillul Hashem gidduf (blasphemy) against the Ruach Hakodesh will not be given selicha." WHEN THEY BRING YOU BEFORE BATEI MISHPAT (COURTS OF LAW)

12:11  "And when they bring you in before the shuls and the rulers and the manhigim, do not have a lev rogez (anxious heart) about what you should speak in your own defense, or about your legal brief.

12:12  "For the Ruach Hakodesh will be your rabbi teaching you in the same hour what it is necessary to say." [Shemot 4:12] COVETOUSNESS AND THE MASHAL OF THE RICH MAN (ON THE FOLLY OF GASHMIUS [MATERIALISM])

12:13  And some one out of the multitude said to him, "Rabbi, speak to my ach to share with me the yerushah (inheritance).

12:14  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, "Ben Adam, who appointed me a shofet or an arbitrator over you?"

12:15  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "Take care and be shomer against all chamdanut, because the Chayyei HaAdam does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." [Iyov 20:20; 31:24; Tehillim 62:10]

12:16  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach spoke a mashal to them saying, "An aza (certain kind of) ish ashir (rich man) had land that produced a good crop.

12:17  "And he was thinking to himself saying, `What should I do? Because I do not have a place where I will store my crops.'

12:18  "And he said, `This I will do, I will tear down my asim (barns) and I will build larger asim. And there I will gather all my grain and my produce.

12:19  `And I will say to my neshamah, "Neshamah, you have an ample store of goods for many years to come. Take your ease, LE'EKHOL, V'LISHTOT, V'LISHMO'ACH ("to eat, to drink, and to be merry" (Kohelet 8:15)

12:20  "But Hashem said to him, `Goilem! Halailah hazeh your nashamah is required of you. Now to whom will be given what you prepared?' [Yirmeyah 17:11; Iyov 27:8; Tehillim 39:6; 49:10]

12:21  "Such is the one hoarding up for himself and not being osher toward Hashem." THE RAVENS AND LILIES (LK 12:22-34)

12:22  And Rebbe, Melech, HaMoshiach said to his talmidim, "Therefore, I say to you: do not have a LEV ROGEZ (Devarim 28:65), for your Chayyim, about your okhel or your guf (body), what you might put on.

12:23  "For the neshamah is more than okhel and the guf (body) more than kaftan and gartel. [Bereshis 47:18; Tehillim 16:9-10; Iyov 19:25-27; Yeshayah 53:11]

12:24  "Consider the ravens! They do not sow nor reap, they have no storeroom or asam (barn), yet Hashem feeds them. Of how much more worth are you than the OF HASHOMAYIM [Iyov 38:41; Tehillim 147:9]

12:25  "And can any of you by means of a LEV ROGEZ add one cubit to your span of Chayyim?

12:26  "If then you are not able to do even a small thing, why have a LEV ROGEZ about the rest?

12:27  "Consider the lilies! How they grow! A lily does not labor nor spin. But I say to you, not even Shlomo HaMelech in all his kavod was arrayed like one of these. [Melachim Alef 10:4-7]

12:28  "And if Hashem so enrobes the grass of the field, which is here hayom and thrown into the aish makhar (tomorrow), how much more will Hashem enrobe you, you ones of little emunah.

12:29  "And don't keep striving after okhel (food) and skikuy (drink), and don't have a lev rogez.

12:30  "For all these things the Goyim of the Olam Hazeh strive after, but your Av [sh'baShomayim] has da'as that you need these things.

12:31  "But seek the Malchut Hashem, and these things will be added to you.

12:32  "Do not have pachad, Eder Katan (Little Flock), because it is the ratzon, the chefetz of your Av [shba'Shomayim] to give you the Malchut.

12:33  "Sell your possesions and give tzedakah. Make for yourselves the baitel (wallet) that don't wear out, an inexhaustlble otzar in Shomayim, where no ganav comes near nor moth destroys.

12:34  "For where your otzar is, there also will be your lev." REFERENCE TO THE BIAS HAMOSHIACH

12:35  "Tighten your gartels for action and have your menorahs lit.

12:36  "And you should be like bnei Adam who expectantly khakeh le'bo'o shel (await the arrival of) their Adon when he returns from the Chassuna, in order that, when he comes and knocks, ofen ort (immediately) they may open the delet for him.

12:37  "Ashrey are those avadim (servants), whom, having come, the Adon will find keeping shomer. Omein, I say to you, that he will fasten his gartel, and have those avadim sit down to tish, and he will come and serve them.

12:38  "And if in the second and if in the third watch he comes and finds it thus, ashrey are those.

12:39  "But have da'as of this, that if the Ba'al Bayit had had da'as in what hour the ganav comes, he would not have allowed his bais to be broken into.

12:40  "So you be shomer, for the Ben HaAdam (Moshiach, Daniel 7:13-14) comes in a hour you do not think."

12:41  And Kefa said, "Adoneinu, are you speaking this mashal for us or for all?"

12:42  And HaAdon said, "Who then is the sochen hane'eman and navon (faithful and wise steward) whom HaAdon will appoint over his avadim to give them their food allowance at the proper time?

12:43  "Ashrey is that eved, whom, having come, his Adon will find doing thus.

12:44  "Omein, I say to you, that he will appoint him over all that he has.

12:45  "But if that eved says in his lev, `Adoni delays to come to me,' and he begins to beat ha'avadim and hashefakhot, and to gluttonize and get down in his schnapps,

12:46  "HaAdon of that eved will come on a day which he does not expect and at an hour of which he does not have da'as, and will cut him in pieces and assign him the Apikoros' portion with the unbelievers.

12:47  "That eved, who had da'as of the ratzon of his Adon and did not get prepared or do according to his ratzon, will be beaten with klap (blow) not a few. [Devarim 25:2]

12:48  "But the one not having had da'as, but having done things worthy of a klap, will receive but a few. But to everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him, and to whom was entrusted much, even more achraius (accountability) will be required." [Vayikra 5:17; Bamidbar 15:27-30] REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH'S DESIRE FOR HIS TEVILAH OF MAVET TO BE COMPLETED (LK 12:49-59) AND THE DIVISION BETWEEN THOSE WITH HITKHADESHUT AND THOSE WITHOUT HITKHADESHUT

12:49  "I came to throw Aish on the earth, and how I wish it was already kindled!

12:50  "And I have a tevilah I have to be submerged with, and how I am distressed until it is completed.

12:51  "Do you think that I came to bring Shalom on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather machaloket (division),

12:52  "For there will be from now chamesh in one bais having been divided, shalosha against shenayim and shenayim against shalosha,

12:53  "`AV will be divided against BEN and BEN against AV, EM (mother) against BAT and BAT against EM, KALLAH BACHAMOT (daughter-in-law against mother-in-law) and CHAMOT against KALLAH.'" [Michoh 7:6]

12:54  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying also to the multitudes, "When you see the anan rising over the ma'arav (west), ofen ort (immediately) you say `A geshem is coming,' and so it happens.

12:55  "And when there is a south wind blowing, you say `It will be kham (hot),' and it happens.

12:56  "Tzevu'im! You have da'as how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you do not have da'as of how to interpret HaZman HaZeh?

12:57  "And why also for yourselves do you not judge what is yashar (straight, right)?

12:58  "For as you go with your ish riv (opponent in a lawsuit) to appear before the magistrate, on the derech make an effort to settle with him, lest he drag you to the shofet, and the shofet will hand over you to the shoter, and the shoter will throw you into the beit hasohar.

12:59  "I say to you, by no means may you come out, until even the last peruta (small coin) you pay back."