OrthJBC - Romans - 15

15:1  We the strong ought to support the weaknesses of those without chizzuk (1:11-12), and not to please ourselves.

15:2  Let each of us please his re'a (neighbor) with a view to what is beneficial, for upbuilding.

15:3  For even Moshiach did not please himself; but, as it is written, V'CHERPOT CHORPECHA NAF'LU ALAI ("The reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on Me"--TEHILLIM 69:9[10].

15:4  For as much as was written beforehand was written for our lamed (learning), in order that through zitzfleisch and through the nechamah of the Kitvei Hakodesh we might hold fast tikvah (hope).

15:5  May the G-d of zitzfleisch and of nechamah give you to live in harmony among yourselves in accordance with Moshiach Yehoshua,

15:6  in order that with one mind and with one voice you might give kavod (glory) to Elohim Avi Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua. LIVE IN THE CHANINAH HASHEM (SHEMOT 33:19; 9:23; 11:31; 19:9)

15:7  Therefore, treat each other as orchim ratzuy, as Moshiach welcomed you, to the kavod of Hashem (glory of G-d).

15:8  For I declare that Moshiach has become Mesharet Bnei haMilah (Servant, Minister of the Circumcised) for the sake of the Emes Hashem (the truth of G-d), to confirm the havtachot (promises) given to the Avot (Patriarchs),

15:9  and in order that the Goyim might give praise to Hashem for His chaninah (mercy). As it is written, "AL KEN O'DECHA HASHEM BAGOYIM HASHEM UL'SHIMCHA AZAMER (" For this reason I will confess You among Goyim and sing praise to Your Name"--TEHILLIM 18:49[50].

15:10  Furthermore it says, HARNINU GOYIM AMMO ("Rejoice, Goyim with His people"--DEVARIM 32:43.

15:11  And again, HALELU ES HASHEM KOL GOYIM SHABBECHUHU KOL HAUMMIM ("Boruch Hashem, Praise the L-rd, all you Goyim, and let all the peoples praise Him"--TEHILLIM 117:1). IN THE TORAH OF MOSHIACH (THE BESURAS HAGEULAH) THE GOYIM WILL FIND TIKVAH (YESHAYAH 42:4)

15:12  And again Yeshayah says, "The SHORESH OF YISHAI (the Root of Jesse) shall come forth, even the one who arises to rule the GOYIM; in Him (the Gentiles, the nations) shall put their TIKVAH (hope)" [YESHAYAH 11:10; 42:4].

15:13  May the Elohei haTikvah (the G-d of hope) fill you with simcha and shalom in believing, that you may overflow in Tikvah (hope), in the ko'ach (power) of the Ruach Hakodesh. THERE IS THE SHERUT (BAIS HAMIKDASH PUBLIC SERVICE) OF THE KEHUNA (PRIESTHOOD) IN THE TEMPLE IN YERUSHALAYIM AND THERE IS THE AVODAS KODESH MINISTRY OF THOSE WHO PREACH THE BESURAS HAGEULAH; RAV SHA'UL REFERS TO HIS OWN KOHEN-LIKE MINISTRY TO THE NON-JEWS OF THE WORLD (YESHAYAH 66:20)

15:14  Achim b'Moshiach of mine, I myself too am convinced concerning you, that you yourselves too are full of yosher (rectitude), full of da'as, able also to admonish one another.

15:15  But I wrote to you rather bluntly in this iggeret (letter) in part as a way of reminding you, by virtue of the chesed (unmerited favor, gift of grace) given me from Hashem,

15:16  so that I might be a mesharet (minister, servant) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua for the Goyim, serving the Besuras HaGeulah of Hashem, administering with a Kohen's avodas kodesh the minchah offering to Hashem of the Goyim might be acceptable, mekudash b'Ruach Hakodesh (set apart as holy in the Holy Spirit).

15:17  Therefore I have this glorying in Moshiach Yehoshua in reference to what concerns G-d.

15:18  For I will not presume to say anything, except of what Moshiach has accomplished through me for the mishma'at (obedience) of the (nations, peoples), by word and deed,

15:19  by the ko'ach (power) of otot u'moftim (signs and wonders), by the power of the Ruach Hakodesh; so that from Yerushalayim in a sweep round to Illyricum (today's Yugoslavia and Albania) I have completed the Besuras HaGeulah of Hashem,

15:20  thus making it my sheifos (aspiration, hasagos) to preach the Besuras HaGeulah where Moshiach not been named, lest I build on another's foundation.

15:21  But, as it is written, "Those who had not been told about Him will see, and those who had not heard shall understand"-- YESHAYAH 52:15. RAV SHA'UL'S LONG-HELD DESIRE TO COME TO THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE NOW THAT HIS OTHER WORK IS FAHRTIK (COMPLETED)

15:22  For this reason I have also regularly been prevented from coming to you.

15:23  But now als (since) I no longer have scope in these regions and have had a longing to come to you for many years,

15:24  when I travel to Spain...For I hope to see you as I pass through and to be sent on my way there by you, once I have had the full pleasure of being with you for a time. THE KEHILLOT OF THE NON-JEWS IN GREECE OWE A DEBT TO THE JEWISH MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUES IN YERUSHALAYIM BECAUSE THE BESURAS HAGEULAH WENT FORTH FROM TZIYON AND IN THE MIDST OF GREAT SACRIFICE AND PERSECUTION; THE DEBT OF THE KEHILLOT OF THE WORLD FOR THE SAKE OF FUNDING MINISTRY TO JEWISH PEOPLE, SINCE RECEIVING A SHARE IN THE SPIRITUAL AFFAIRS OF MESSIANIC JEWS MEANS THAT SALVATION IN MOSHIACH IS A JEWISH AFFAIR FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND JEWISH MINISTRY SHOULD NOT BE CUT OUT OF THE BLESSING BY KEHILLOT THAT HAVE NO VISION FOR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY TO ISRAEL, BOTH IN THE LAND AND IN THE DIASPORA; TROUBLE AWAITS RAV SHA'UL WITH THE YEHUDIM WITHOUT EMUNAH IN YERUSHALAYIM

15:25  But now I am traveling to Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) in service to the kedoshim (saints in Jerusalem).

15:26  For the kehillot of Moshiach (Messianic congregations) in Macedonia and Achaia (Greece) chose to make some tzedakah (contribution) for the aniyim (poor) among the kedoshim in Yerushalayim.

15:27  For they chose to do so and are their debtors, for if the Goyim have received a share in their spiritual affairs,they ought to minister to them in material affairs.

15:28  When, therefore, I have completed this (collection journey ministry) and have sealed this p'ri (fruit) to them, I will go by way of you to Spain.

15:29  And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the Birkat haMoshiach. RAV SHA'UL KNOWS THAT SOME OF THE MA'AMINIM MESHICHI IN YERUSHALAYIM WHO ARE ZEALOUS FOR THE MITZVOT OF THE TORAH MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD HIS MINISTRY TO THE GOYIM AS MEANING THAT HE PERSONALLY DID NOT SHARE THEIR ZEAL, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. RAV SHA'UL PRAYS THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT HIS MINISTRY AND THAT HE WILL BE DELIVERED FROM THE UNBELIEVERS WHO WANT TO KILL HIM, SINCE THEY MISTAKENLY THINK HE HAS APOSTATIZED FROM JUDAISM (SEE ACTS CHAPTERS 20-21)

15:30  I appeal to you, Achim b'Moshiach, through Adoneinu Moshiach Yehoshua and through the ahavas haRuach Hakodesh, to contend with me in your tefillos (prayers) to Hashem on my behalf,

15:31  that I might be delivered from those without mishma'at in Yehudah and my ministry for Yerushalayim might be acceptable to the kedoshim

15:32  in order that I might come to you in simcha (joy) by the birtzon Hashem (the will of G-d) and be mutually refreshed by your hitchabrut (fellowship).

15:33  V'Elohei haShalom im kulechem. Omein. (May the G-d of peace be with you all. Amen.)