Orthodox Jewish Bible

Mattityahu 25:22-39 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

22. And having come forward, the one having received two talents, said, You bestowed upon me two talents. Hinei! Two more talents I gained.

23. His Adon said to him, Shkoyach (well done), eved tov vneeman! A few things you were faithful over, over many things I will ordain you. Enter into the simcha of your Adon.

24. And also the one who had received one talent stepped forward. He said, Adoni, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from that which you did not scatter seed.

25. And having been afraid and having gone away, I hid your talent by burying it in the ground. Here, see, you have that which belongs to you.

26. And, in reply, his Adon said to him, You farbissener (mean) eved rah vatzel (wicked and lazy slave), so you had daas that I reap where I did not sow and I gather from which I did not scatter seed?

27. Then why was it not necessary for you to deposit my gelt with the bankers, and having returned, I would have received back that which was mine with interest?

28. Take, therefore, from him the talent and give it to the one having the ten talents.

29. For to every one having, it will be given and he will have abundance; but from the one not having, even what he has will be taken from him.

30. And as for the useless slave, throw him into the outer choshech, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

31. And when the Ben Adam (Daniel 7:13) comes, in his kavod and all his malachim with him, then he will sit upon his Kissei Kavod (Glorious Throne).

32. And there will be assembled all the Goyim, and he will separate them from each other as the Roeh (the Shepherd) separates the Kevasim (Sheep) from the Izzim (Goats).

33. And he will put the Kevasim on the right of him, but the Izzim on his left.

34. Then he will say to the ones on his right, Come! Baruchei Avi (Blessed of my Father), receive the bechorah (inheritance), the Malchut prepared for you from before Hivvased HaOlam (the establishing of the world).

35. For I hungered and you gave me something to eat. I thirsted and you gave drink to me. I was a sojourner, and you extended hachnosas orchim (hospitality) to me.

36. I was naked and you gave me malbish arumim (clothing the naked). I was ill; with bikkur cholim (visiting the sick) you ministered to me. I was in the beit hasohar (prison); you came to me.

37. Then the tzaddikim will answer him, [Moshiach] Adoneinu, when did we see you hungering and we fed you, or thirsting and we gave you drink?

38. And when did we see you a sojourner and we extended hachnosas orchim (hospitality) to you, or naked and we clothed you?

39. And when did we see you ill or in the beit hasohar and we came to you?