Gravidez e maternidade
Gravidez e maternidade são bênçãos celebradas na Bíblia. Deus forma cada criança no ventre, cuida da mãe e da família, e abençoa a geração dos justos.
Filhos são herança do Senhor
Deus abençoa a fertilidade e o crescimento das famílias. Cada criança é obra de suas mãos, conhecida e amada antes mesmo de nascer.
Baruch shalt thou be more than kol ha’amim; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
And the Bnei Yisroel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was filled with them.
His zera shall be gibbor ba’aretz;
the dor (generation) of the Yesharim (upright ones) shall be blessed.
For Thou hast possessed my inmost being;
Thou didst interweave me in the beten immi.
I will praise Thee;
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
marvellous are Thy ma’asim; and that my nefesh knoweth very well.
My atzamim (bones, frame) were not hid from Thee,
when I was made beseter (in secret),
and skillfully wrought in the depths of the Eretz.
Thine eyes did see my golem (embryo),
yet being unformed;
and in Thy Sefer (Book) all the yamim (days) ordained for me were written down,
when as yet there were none of them.
Hinei, banim are nachalat Hashem;
and the p’ri habeten is a zachar (reward).
Shall I bring to the moment of birth,
and not cause to bring delivery? saith Hashem.
Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?
saith thy G-d.
Força e cuidado na gravidez
Deus dá forças à mulher grávida e a sustenta em cada etapa. Sua graça é suficiente e seu poder se aperfeiçoa na fraqueza.
I can do all things in the One giving me ko’ach.
And HaAdon said to me, "My Chesed is ad kahn (sufficient for the purpose, enough) for you, for My ko’ach (power) is perfected in weakness." With lev samei’ach therefore will I boast in my weaknesses that the gevurah of Moshiach might be a shelter over me.
In Thee, Hashem, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
deliver me in Thy tzedakah.
Hear my cry, Elohim;
attend unto my tefillah.
He shall feed His Eder like a Ro’eh;
He shall gather the tela’im (lambs) with His zero’a,
and carry them in His kheyk,
and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Pay heed unto Me, O Bais Ya’akov,
and kol She’erit Bais Yisroel,
who are borne by Me from birth,
who are carried from the rechem (womb);
And even to your ziknah (old age) I am He;
and even to gray hair will I carry you;
I have made, and I will carry;
even I will carry, and will deliver you.
A bênção da maternidade
A Bíblia honra a maternidade como ministério sagrado. As mães são instrumentos de Deus para formar vidas e transmitir a fé.
But womankind will be saved through her childbearing if nashim remain in emunah and ahavah and kedushah with tznius.
Her banim rise up, and call her blessed;
her ba’al (husband) also, and he praiseth her.
And HaAdam knew Chavah (Eve) his isha; and she conceived, and bore Kayin (Cain), and said, Kaniti (I have acquired) ish with Hashem.
And Hashem visited Sarah as He had said, and Hashem did unto Sarah just as He had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bore Avraham ben in his old age, at the mo’ed (set time) of which Elohim had given promise unto him.
And Yitzchak davened to Hashem on behalf of his isha, because she was barren; and Hashem was entreated of him, and Rivkah his isha conceived.
And it came to pass in due time, after Channah had conceived, that she bore a ben, and called his name Shmuel (Heard of G-d) saying, Because from Hashem I have asked for him.
Proteção divina
Deus protege a mãe e o bebê, guardando-os de todo mal. Ele acompanha cada momento com ternura e fidelidade.
He that dwelleth in the seter Elyon (covering, hiding place of the Most High)
shall abide under the tzel Shaddai (shadow of the Almighty).
I will say of Hashem, He is my refuge and my fortress;
Elohai (my G-d); in Him will I trust.
Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah;
He shall preserve thy nefesh.
Hashem shall be shomer over thy going out and thy coming in
from this time forth, and even v’ad olam.
Before I formed thee in the beten
I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the rechem
I set thee apart as kodesh,
and I ordained thee a navi unto the Goyim.
If men fight, and hurt an isha harah (pregnant woman), so that she gives birth prematurely but not with any injury; he shall be surely punished, according as the ba’al haisha will assess a fine upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any ason (harm, fatality) follow, then thou shalt take nefesh for nefesh,
Can an isha forget her nursing baby,
that she should not have rachamim on her ben beten?
Indeed, they may forget,
yet I will not forget thee.
Esperança e promessa
A maternidade é caminho de esperança. Como Sara, Ana e Isabel, as mães encontram na fé a força para aguardar as promessas de Deus.
By Emunah also Sarah, herself barren, received the ability to found a posterity, and she did so even beyond the normal age, als (since) she considered ne’eman (faithful) the One having given the Havtachah (promise);
And ashrey is the one having had emunah that there will be a fulfillment to the things having been spoken to Miryam by Hashem.
And Miryam said, My soul doth magnify Hashem. ALATZ LIBI BA’HASHEM (My heart rejoices in Hashem) and my neshamah exalts in Hashem Yishi (G-d my Savior, Moshi’a), For HASHEM VISHAFAL YIREH looked upon the humble state of His shifcha (bond maid), for from now on KOL HADOROT ISHRUNI (all generations will call me happy), For Shaddai (the Almighty) did gedolot for me and Kadosh is Shmo,
He settleth the akeret (barren woman) in her bais
to be a happy em of banim.
Praise ye Hashem.
And I will bless her, and give thee ben also of her; yes, will bless her, and she shall give rise to Goyim; melechim of peoples shall be from her.
Thy isha shall be as a fruitful gefen
inside thine bais;
thy banim like olive shoots
around thy shulchan.