זוהר, כי תשא ה׳Zohar, Ki Tisa 5

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח רִבִּי יוֹסֵי וְאָמַר, (ישעיהו מ״א:י״א) הֵן יֵבוֹשׁוּ וְיִכָּלְמוּ כֹּל הַנֶּחרִים בָּךְ וְגוֹ'. זַמִין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמֶעְבַּד לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, כָּל אִינּוּן טָבָאן, דְּקָאָמַר עַל יְדֵי נְבִיאֵי קְשׁוֹט, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל סָבְלוּ עֲלֵיהוֹן, כְּמָה בִּישִׁין בְּגָלְוּתְהוֹן. וְאִלְמָלֵא כָּל אִינּוּן טָבָאן דְּקָא מְחַכָּאן וְחָמָאן כְּתִיבִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, לָא הֲווֹ יַכְלִין לְמֵיקָם וּלְמִסְבַּל גָּלוּתָא.

R. Jose then began by quoting the following verse: “Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded” (Isa. 41, 11). Said he: ‘The Holy One, blessed be He, will in the time to come bring to pass all those good things which He promised Israel through the true prophets, and in the hope of which Israel was able to suffer so much in exile. For were it not for those glorious promises which they see written in the Scripture, and which they await so eagerly, they would have had no strength wherewith to withstand the rigours of exile;

Segment 2ב׳

אֲבָל אַזְלִין לְבֵי מִדְרָשׁוֹת, פַּתְחִין סִפְרִין, וְחָמָאן כָּל אִינּוּן טָבָאן, דְּקָא מְחַכָּן, וְחָמָאן כְּתִיבִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאַבְטַח לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָלַיְיהוּ, וּמִתְנַחֲמִין בְּגָלְוּתְהוֹן, וּשְׁאַר עַמִין מְחָרְפִין וּמְגַּדְפִין לוֹן, וְאַמְרֵי אָן הוּא אלָהֲכוֹן, אָן אִינּוּן טָבָאן דְּאַתּוּן אַמְרִין דִּזְמִינִין לְכוֹן, וְכִי כָּל עַמִּין דְּעָלְמָא יִכְסְפוּן מִנַּיְיכוּ.

but as it is, they repair to the houses of study, open the holy books, and read therein of all those good things which the Holy One has promised them, and are comforted in their exile. The other nations, however, mock and insult them, saying: “Where is your God? Where are all those good things which ye declare are promised to you and because of which all the nations of the world will be ashamed or confounded before you?”

Segment 3ג׳

הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (ישעיהו ס״ו:ה׳) שִׁמְעוּ דְּבַר יְיָ' הַחֲרֵדִים אֶל דְּבָרוֹ אָמְרוּ אֲחֵיכֶם שׂוֹנְאֵיכֶם וְגוֹ'. מַאי הַחֲרֵדִים אֶל דְּבָרוֹ, אִינּוּן דְּסַבְלוּ כַּמָה בִּישִׁין, כַּמָה שְׁמוּעוֹת שַׁמְעֵי, אִלֵּין עַל אִלֵּין, וְאִלֵּין בָּתַר אִלֵּין, וְחַרִידָן עֲלֵיהוֹן, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (ירמיהו ל׳:ה׳) כִּי וְגוֹ' קוֹל חֲרָדָה שָׁמָעְנוּ פַּחַד וְאֵין שָׁלוֹם וְגוֹ'. אִינּוּן חַרֵדִים תָּדִיר אֶל דְּבָרוֹ כַּד אִתְעָבִיד דִּינָא.

So it is written: “Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; your brethren that hate you, that cast you out as impure for my Name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified-that we may behold your joy!-they shall be ashamed” (Isa. 66, 5). “Ye that tremble at his word” are those who have endured much evil and many reproaches, one after another, as it is written, “We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear and not of peace” (Jer. 30, 5).