OrthJBC - Matthew - 26

26:1  And it came about when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach completed all these divrei torah, he said to his talmidim,

26:2  "You know, that after two days, there is Pesach, and the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (Ben HaAdam) is handed over to be pierced al Aitz (on the Tree)."

26:3  Then the Rashei Hakohanim and the Ziknei haAm (Elders of the People) were assembled in the courtyard of the residence of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest), the one being called Caiapha.

26:4  And they planned to arrest Yeshoshua by a trap and kill him.

26:5  But they were saying, "Not during the Chag (Feast), lest a riot break out among the am ha'aretz."

26:6  And, while Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was in Beit-Anyah in the bais of Shimon the leper,

26:7  an isha (woman) approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach with an alabaster flask of costly mishcha (ointment), and she poured it out on Moshiach's rosh, as he sat bimesibba (reclining at tish [table]).

26:8  And having seen this, Moshiach's talmidim were angry, saying, "For what is this waste?

26:9  For it would have been possible to sell this for a generous sum and give to the aniyim (poor ones)."

26:10  Aware of this, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "Why are you bringing about difficulty for the isha for the ma'aseh tov (good deed) she does to me."

26:11  For the aniyim you have with you always, but you do not always have me [Moshiach].

26:12  For this isha (woman) has poured this ointment on my guf (body) in order to prepare me for kevurah (burial).

26:13  Omein, I say to you, wherever this Besuras HaGeulah is preached b'chol HaOlam (in all the world), in her zechirah (remembrance) it will be spoken also what was done by her."

26:14  Then, one of the Shneym Asar (Twelve), Yehudah from K'riot, went to the Rashei Hakohanim

26:15  and said, `What are you willing to give me? And I will hand him over to you.' And they weighed out for him sheloshim shiklei kesef (thirty pieces of silver).

26:16  And from then on he was seeking an opportunity that he might hand Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach over.

26:17  But on the first day of Chag HaMatzot, Moshiach's talmidim approached him, saying, "Where do you wish we should prepare for you your Seder?"

26:18  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, "Go into the city to such-and-such person and say to him, `Our Rebbe says, my time is at hand. With you I am observing Pesach with my talmidim.`"

26:19  And the talmidim did as Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach commanded them, and they prepared the Seder. MOSHIACH'S FINAL HAMOTZI AND BERAKHAH OVER THE CUP OF BERACHA (BLESSING) AT MOSHIACH'S SEDER

26:20  When erev came, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was sitting bimesibba (reclining) at tish with the Shneym Asar Talmidim.

26:21  And as they were eating with their Rebbe, he said, "Omein, I say to you that one of you will be my betrayer." THE TIME OF CHESHBON HANEFESH OF THE SHLUCHIM AND THE BEDIKAS CHOMETZ OF DENIAL AND BETRAYAL

26:22  And much distressed, each one began to say to him, "Surely I am not the one, Adoni?"

26:23  But, in reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, "The one having dipped the hand into the bowl [SHEMOT 12:8] with me, this one is my betrayer."

26:24  "Indeed the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (Ben HaAdam) goes as it was written concerning him, but oy to that man through whom the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (Ben HaAdam) is betrayed. It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

26:25  And, in reply, Yehudah the betrayer of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, said, "Surely I am not the one, Rebbi?" Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to Yehudah, "You have said it."

26:26  And at the Seudah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having taken matzah, having made the ha-Motzi, he offered the betzi'at halechem (breaking of the bread), giving it to the talmidim, and said, "Take and eat, this is my basar." * THE FINAL KIDDUSH IN ZIKARON (REMEMBRANCE) OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH WHOSE TZAVA'AH (LAST WILL) IS THE BRIT CHADASHA KAPPARAH FOR OUR SELICHA (FORGIVENESS) AND DEVEKUS (COMMUNION WITH G-D)

26:27  And having taken the Kiddush Cup (Kos) and having made the beracha, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.

26:28  For this is my [Moshiach's] Dahm HaBrit HaChadasha, which is being shed LARABBIM (`for Many` YESHAYAH 53:11-12) for the selicha (forgiveness) of chatta'im (sins).

26:29  And I say to you, I will by no means drink from now on of this p'ri hagefen (fruit of the vine) until that Day when I drink it with you chadash (new) in the Malchut Avi (Kingdom of my Father)." MOSHIACH'S L'HITRAOT AND THE FINAL MIZMOR (HYMN), THE LAST TISH NIGGUN OF OUR REBBE MELECH HAMOSHIACH

26:30  And having sung the Hallel, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

26:31  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, "All of you will be offended at me [Moshiach] during this night, for it has been written, HACH ES HARO'EH UTEFUTSEN HATSON ("Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered" ZECHARYAH 13:7).

26:32  But after I undergo Techiyas HaMesim I will go ahead of you to the Galil." [Mt.28:7]

26:33  And, in reply, Kefa said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "If everyone will be offended at you, I never will be offended."

26:34  Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, "Omein, I say to you that balailah hazeh (during this night), before a tarnegol (cock) crows, you will make hakhchashah (denial) of me [as Moshiach] shalosh pa'amim (three times)."

26:35  Kefa says to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "Even if it is necessary for me to die with you, by no means will I deny you. "Likewise all the talmidim spoke also. THE FINAL TEMPTATION OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH; THE ADAM HECHADASH IN THE GAN HANISYONOS (GARDEN OF TEMPTATION) GAINS THE ESCHATOLOGICAL MESSIANIC NITZACHON (VICTORY)

26:36  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach comes with them to a place being called Gat-Sh'manim, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to the talmidim, "Sit here until I go over there and daven."

26:37  And having taken Kefa and the two sons of Zavdai, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach began to be sorrowful and distressed with agmat nefesh (grief).

26:38  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, "My nefesh is deadly grieved, even to the point of mavet (death). Remain here and stay awake with me."

26:39  And having gone forward a short distance, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach fell upon his face, davening and saying, "Avi, if it is possible, let this Kos * pass from me. But not as I will but as you will (Mt.6:10; 12:50)." MISHMAROT (WATCHMEN) FALL ASLEEP

26:40  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach comes to the talmidim and finds them sleeping, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to Kefa, "So were you not strong enough to be awake for one hour with me?

26:41  Stay awake and offer tefillos, lest you enter lidey nisayon (Mt.6:13). Indeed the ruach is willing but the basar is weak."

26:42  Again, for a second time, having left, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach davened, saying, "Avi, if it is not possible for this to pass by except I drink it, let ye'aseh r'tzonechah." [Mt.6:10]

26:43  And having come again, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach found the talmidim sleeping, for their eyes were too heavy to stay open.

26:44  And having left them again and having gone away, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was davening for the shlishit (third) time, saying the same words.

26:45  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach comes to the talmidim and says to them, "Sleep on now and take your rest. Hinei! The hour is at hand, and the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (Ben HaAdam) is being betrayed into the hands of chote'im (sinners).

26:46  Arise, and let us go. Hinei! My betrayer has drawn near."

26:47  And while Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was still speaking-- hinei!-- Yehudah, one of the Shneym Asar, came and with him came a great multitude with swords and clubs from the Rashei Hakohanim (Chief Priests) and the Ziknei haAm (the Elders of the People).

26:48  Now the betrayer had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever I may give the neshikah (kiss), he is the one. Chap (grab) him!"

26:49  And immediately, he approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and said, "Shalom, Rebbe." And he gave him the neshikah.

26:50  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, "Chaver, do what you came for." Then, having approached, they laid hands on Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and arrested him.

26:51  And--hinei!--one of the ones with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach stretched out his hand, drew his cherev (sword), and struck the servant of the Kohen Gadol, cutting off his ear.

26:52  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, "Return your sword into its place; for all who take the sword will die by the sword.

26:53  Or do you think that I am not able to call upon Avi, and He will provide me now more than Shneym Asar legions of malachim?

26:54  But how then may the Kitvei Hakodesh be fulfilled that say it must happen thus?"

26:55  At that moment, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to the multitudes, "Do you have the chutzpah (nerve) to come out, as against a revolutionary, with swords and clubs to arrest me? Daily in the Beis Hamikdash I was sitting giving my torah (teaching) and you did not arrest me.

26:56  But this all happened that the Kitvei Hakodesh of the Nevi'im might be fulfilled." Then the talmidim deserted Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and fled. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN, THE BEGINNING OF HIS TZA'AR (PAIN AND SUFFERING)

26:57  But the ones having arrested Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach led him away to Caiapha the Kohen Gadol, where the Sofrim and the Zekenim (Elders) were gathered together.

26:58  And Kefa was following Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach from far away. He followed him as far as the courtyard of the Kohen Gadol and, having gone inside it, Kefa was sitting down with the servants to see the outcome.

26:59  And the Rashei Hakohanim and the Sanhedrin all were seeking edut sheker (false testimony of false witnesses) against Yehoshua so that they might put him to death.

26:60  And they found none, though many with edut sheker came forward. At last, two came forward

26:61  and said, "This one said, `I am able to bring about a churban (destruction) of the Beis Hamikdash of Hashem and within shloshah yamim to build it.`

26:62  And having got up, the Kohen Gadol said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "Do you answer nothing? For what do these men give edut (testimony) against you?"

26:63  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was silent. And the Kohen Gadol said to him, "I adjure you by Hashem, Elohim Chayyim, to tell us if you are the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Ben HaElohim."

26:64  Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, "You said it. But I say to you, `From now on you will see the Ben HaAdam (Moshiach) sitting at the right hand of Gevurah (Power) and his Bias (Coming) will be with ANENEI HASHOMAYIM ("clouds of Heaven," DANIEL7:13-14).`"

26:65  Then the Kohen Gadol made the keriah (rending of his garments), saying, "He has committed Chillul Hashem. What further need do we have of edut? Hinei! Now you have heard the Chillul Hashem.

26:66  What does it seem to you?" And, in reply, they said, "He is deserving of the death penalty."

26:67  Then they spat into his face and they struck him and they slapped him,

26:68  saying, "Give us nevu'ah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. Who is the one who hit you?" KEFA MAKES HAKHCHASHAH (DENIAL) OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH

26:69  Now Kefa was sitting outside in the courtyard. And one maid approached Kefa, saying, "And you were with Yehoshua of the Galil!"

26:70  But Kefa denied it before everyone, saying, "I do not know what you are saying."

26:71  And having gone out to the gate, another saw Kefa and says to the bystanders, "There! This one was with Yehoshua of Natzeret!"

26:72  And again Kefa denied it with a shevu'ah (oath), "I do not know the man!"

26:73  And after a little while the bystanders came and said to Kefa, "Truly also you are one of them, for even your accent gives you away!"

26:74  Then Kefa began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a tarnegol (cock) crowed.

26:75  And Kefa remembered the word which Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach had said: "Before a tarnegol (cock) crows you will deny me shalosh pa'amim (three times)." And Kefa went out and wept bitterly.