The Zohar · Lech Lecha
זוהר, לך לך כ״דZohar, Lech Lecha 24
Section 24 of 35 in Lech Lecha — 24 segments
Segment 1א׳
וּמַלְכִּי צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח וְאָמַר (תהילים ע״ו:ג׳) וַיְהִי בְּשָׁלֵם סֻכּוֹ וְגו'. תָּא חֲזֵי כַּד סָלִיק בִּרְעוּתָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמִבְרֵי עָלְמָא חַד שַׁלְהוֹבָא דְּבוּצִינָא דְּקַרְדִינוּתָא. וּנְשַׁף זִיקָא בְּזִיקָא חָשְׁכַאת וְאוֹקִידַת. וְאַפִּיק מִגּוֹ סִטְרֵי תְּהוֹמָא חַד טִיף וְחִבֵּר לוֹן כְּחַד וּבָרָא בְּהוּ עָלְמָא.
AND MELCHIZEDEK KING OF SALEM BROUGHT FORTH BREAD AND WINE. R. Simeon adduced here the text “In Salem also is his tabernacle” (Ps. 76, 3). He said: ‘When God decided to create the world, He first produced a flame of a scintillating lamp. He blew spark against spark, causing darkness and fire, and produced from the recesses of the abyss a certain drop which He joined with the flame, and from the two He created the world.
Segment 2ב׳
הַהוּא שַׁלְהוֹבָא סָלִיק וְאִתְעַטְּרָא בִּשְּׂמָאלָא, וְהַהוּא טִיף סָלִיק וְאִתְעַטַּר בְּיָמִינָא, סָלְקוּ חַד בְּחַד אִחְלָפוּ דּוּכְתֵּי דָּא לְסִטְרָא דָא וְדָא לְסִטְרָא דָא, דְּנָחִית סָלִיק וּדְסָלִיק נָחִית.
The flame ascended and encircled itself with the Left, and the drop ascended and encircled itself with the Right. They then crossed and changed places, going up and down alternately until they were closely interlocked,
Segment 3ג׳
אִתְקַטְּרוּ דָּא בְּדָא, נָפִיק מִבֵּינַיְיהוּ רוּחַ שְׁלִים. כְּדֵין אִנּוּן תְּרֵין סִטְרִין אִתְעֲבִידוּ חַד וְאִתְיְיהִיב בֵּינַיְיהוּ וְאִתְעַטְּרוּ חַד בְּחַד. כְּדֵין אִשְׁתְּכַח שְׁלָם לְעֵילָא וּשְׁלָם לְתַתָּא, וְדַרְגָּא אִתְקַיָּים.
and there issued from between them a full wind. Then those two sides were made one, and the wind was set between them and they were entwined with one another, and so there was harmony above and harmony below; the grade was firmly established,
Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria
English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)