Trabalho
O trabalho é uma ordenança divina desde a criação. Deus colocou o homem no jardim para cultivar e guardar, revelando que o labor é parte do propósito humano e um meio de glorificá-lo.
Trabalho como vocação divina
Deus nos criou para trabalhar com propósito. O trabalho é expressão da imagem divina em nós e deve ser feito como para o Senhor.
Whatever you do, be po’alim (workers) who with their neshamah work facing Adoneinu and not Bnei Adam,
Whatever you do, be po’alim (workers) who with their neshamah work facing Adoneinu and not Bnei Adam, Having da’as that from Adoneinu you will receive the sachar of the nachalah (alloted inheritance). Serve Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
And whatever thing you do, whether in dvar or in ma’aseh, do all things b’Shem Adoneinu Yehoshua, giving todot to Elohim HaAv through him.
Render your avodas kodesh service with a lev tov as avadim unto Adoneinu and not unto Bnei Adam, Having da’as that whatever ma’aseh tov each one does, this he will receive back from Hashem, whether he is an eved or a Ben Chorin.
Whether, therefore, you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all things to the kavod (glory) of Hashem.
So then, Chaverim and Achim b’Moshiach of mine, be steadfast, immovable, abounding always in the avodas kodesh of Adoneinu, have da’as that your po’al (work) is not in vain in Hashem.
Let everything you do be done in ahavah (agape).
Diligência e recompensa
A mão diligente enriquece, mas a preguiça traz pobreza. A Bíblia valoriza o esforço honesto, dedicado e perseverante em toda obra.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a negligent palm,
but the yad of the diligent maketh wealth.
The yad of the kharutzim (diligent ones) shall rule,
but the remiyyah (deceitfully lazy man) shall be put to forced labor.
The yad of the kharutzim (diligent ones) shall rule,
but the remiyyah (deceitfully lazy man) shall be put to forced labor.
In all hard work there is profit,
but idle chatter of the sfatayim (lips) tendeth only to makhsor (poverty, want).
Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one);
consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise);
Which having no katzin (officer, leader)
or shoter (policeman) or moshel,
Prepareth her lechem in the kayitz (summer),
and gathereth her food in the katzir (harvest).
Ad mosai wilt thou lie down, O atzel (sluggard, lazy one)?
When wilt thou arise out of thy sheynah (sleep)?
Yet a little sheynot (sleep ), a little slumber,
a little folding of the yadayim to sleep;
So shall thy poverty come as a prowler,
and thy need as an ish mogen (man of armor).
He also that is slack in his work
is brother to him that is ba’al mashchit (master of destruction).
Love not sheynah (sleep), lest thou come to poverty;
open thine eynayim, and thou shalt have enough lechem.
Hon (wealth) gotten by dishonesty shall be diminished,
but he that gathereth incrementally shall have an increment.
The Birkat Hashem, it maketh wealthy,
and He addeth no sorrow with it.
Planejamento e excelência
A excelência no trabalho honra a Deus. Devemos nos dedicar com competência, entregar nossos planos ao Senhor e buscar o melhor em cada tarefa.
Commit thy ma’asim (works) unto Hashem,
and thy plans shall be established.
Commit thy ma’asim (works) unto Hashem,
and thy plans shall be established.
Seest thou an ish mahir (diligent, one who excells) in his work?
He shall stand before melachim;
he shall not stand before obscure men.
Do your best to shtel zich (apply yourself), to present yourself to Hashem as one approved, a po’el (workman) without bushah (shame), keeping on a derech yashar the Dvar HaEmes.
Do your best to shtel zich (apply yourself), to present yourself to Hashem as one approved, a po’el (workman) without bushah (shame), keeping on a derech yashar the Dvar HaEmes.
The entire Kitvei HaKodesh is Hashem-breathed and useful for hora’ah (teaching), for reproof, for correction, for training in tzedek, That the ish haElohim may be proficient, having been equipped for every one of the ma’asim tovim.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy koach; for there is no ma’aseh, nor cheshbon, nor da’as, nor chochmah in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Do all things without murmurings and madon, That you may be innocent and without michshol of blame, bnei haElohim TAMIM U’MUM (unblemished and unspotted) in the midst of a DOR IKKESH UFETALTOL (warped and crooked generation), among whom you shine as the ZOHAR in the Olam Hazeh,
O contentamento no trabalho
Deus nos dá a capacidade de desfrutar do nosso trabalho. Poder comer, beber e encontrar satisfação em nosso labor é um dom divino.
I have da’as that there is nothing better for adam, than that they have simchah and do tov while they live. And also that kol haAdam should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his amal. This is a gift of Elohim.
Also kol ha’adam to whom HaElohim hath given osher and possessions, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his chelek, and to rejoice in his amal; this is the gift of Elohim.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because HaElohim keeps him occupied with simchat libbo (gladness of his heart).
Two are better than one because they have a sachar tov for their amal.
There was a man all alone, and there was with him neither ben nor ach (brother); yet there was no ketz (end) to all his amal; neither was his ayin satisfied with osher (riches); neither saith he, For whom do I toil, and deprive my nefesh of tovah? This also is hevel, yea, it is an evil matter.
Again, I considered all amal, and every kishron hama’aseh (skillful achievement), that such is a simple derivative of kinat ish meirei’eihu (the envy of man of his neighbor). This also is hevel, a chasing after ruach.
A responsabilidade cristã
O cristão deve trabalhar com suas próprias mãos, viver dignamente e ser exemplo de dedicação. Quem não trabalha, não coma.
For even when we were with you, this we used to direct you: that if anyone will not be a po’el (worker), neither let him be an ochel (eater). For we hear that some among you are leading the life of a batlan (loafer), not being busy with a parnasah, but being busybodies with hitarevut (meddlesomeness). Now such persons we are directing and exhort in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu to work with quietness that they may eat their own lechem.
And have as your ambition to lead a quiet life of shalom bayis, and to mind your own business, and to have a parnasah, working with your own hands, according to the mitzvot (commandments) we gave you. The tachlis (purpose) is that the way you fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech (way of life) be conducted properly toward outsiders and that you might not be nitzrach (needy).
Let the one stealing no longer be a ganav, but rather let the ganav get a parnasah (livelihood) and toil with his own hands at something beneficial, that he may have something to share with the one who is nitzrach (needy).
And Hashem is able to cause to abound to you all Chen v’Chesed Hashem that in everything, always, having all sufficiency, you may abound to every mitzvah.
Therefore, there remains a Shabbos menuchah for the Am Hashem. For whoever has entered into the menuchah of Hashem has also rested from his ma’asim, just as Hashem rested from his.
And let the no’am (favor, delightfulness) of Adonoi Eloheinu be upon us;
and establish Thou the ma’aseh yadeinu upon us;
yes, the ma’aseh yadeinu establish Thou it.
Look to the OPH HASHOMAYIM (birds of heaven), for they do not sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, and your Av sh’ba’Shomayim feeds them. Are you yourselves not worth more than they?
And who is the one harming you if you have kana’ut (zeal) for HaTov (The Good)?
Omein, omein, I say to you, the one believing in me the pe’ulot which I do he will do, and gedolot than these will he do, because I am going to HaAv.
But I gufa (myself) do not account my existence in the Olam Hazeh of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the avodas kodesh sherut which I received from the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua to bear witness to the Besuras HaGeulah of the Chen v’Chesed Hashem.
Watch out for yourselves, lest you lose what we worked for, but may receive a sachar maleh (full reward).