The Zohar · Vayechi
זוהר, ויחי ס״גZohar, Vayechi 63
Section 63 of 86 in Vayechi — 6 segments
Segment 1א׳
אָמַר רִבִּי יִצְחָק, אִלְמָלֵא לָא אִזְדַּמָּן לָן אוֹרְחָא דָא אֶלָּא לְמִשְׁמַע מִלִּין אִלֵּין, דַּי לָן. אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, יָאוֹת הוּא לְהַאי יְנוּקָא דְּלָא יִנְדַע כָּל הַאי, וְאֲנָא מִסְתָּפִינָא עֲלֵיהּ. אִי יִתְקַיַּים בְּעַלְמָא בְּגִין הַאי. אָמַר רִבִּי יִצְחָק וְלָמָּה. אָמַר לֵיהּ, בְּגִין דְּהַאי רַבְיָא יָכִיל לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּאַתְרָא דְּלֵית רְשׁוּ לְבַר נָשׁ לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בֵּיהּ. וּמִסְתָּפִינָא עֲלוֹי, דְּעַד לָא יִמְטֵי לְפִרְקוֹי, יַשְׁגַּח וְיִסְתַּכַּל וְיַעַנְשׁוּן לֵיהּ.
Said R. Isaac: ‘Had we come on this journey only to hear these words, it would have been worth our while.’ R. Judah said: ‘This lad has no right to know so much, and I am afraid he will not live long.’ ‘Why?’ said R. Isaac. ‘Because’, he answered, ‘he is able to see into a place which man has no right to look upon, and I am afraid that before he reaches maturity he will actually look and be punished for it.’
Segment 2ב׳
שָׁמַע הַהוּא יְנוּקָא. אָמַר, לָא מִסְתָּפִינָא מֵעוֹנָשָׁא לְעָלְמִין, דְּהָא בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְּאִסְתַּלִּיק אַבָּא מֵעַלְמָא, בָּרִיךְ לִי וְצַלֵּי עָלַי. וִידַעְנָא דִזְכוּתָא דְּאַבָּא יָגִין עָלַי. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ, וּמַאן הוּא אֲבוּךְ. אָמַר, (נ"א ליתא רב יהודה) בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב הַמְנוּנָא סָבָא, נָטְלוּ לֵיהּ, וְאַרְכְּבוּהָ עַל כִּתְפַיְיהוּ תְּלַת מִילִין.
The lad heard them and said: ‘I have no fear of punishment, because when my father died he blessed me and prayed for me, and I know that the merit of my father will protect me.’ They said to him: ‘Who, then, is your father?’ ‘R. Judah, the son of Rab Hamnuna the Elder,’ he replied. They then took him up and carried him on their shoulders three miles,
Segment 3ג׳
קָרוּ עֲלֵיהּ, (שופטים י״ד:י״ד) מֵהָאוֹכֶל יָצָא מַאֲכָל וּמֵעַז יָצָא מָתוֹק וְגו'. אָמַר לוֹן הַהוּא יְנוּקָא, מִלָּה אֲתָא לִידַיְיכוּ, פָּרִישׁוּ לָהּ. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא זַמִּין לָן אָרְחָא דְחַיֵּי, אֵימָא אַנְתְּ.
applying to him the verse: “Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness” (Judg. 15, 14). The boy said to them: ‘Since you have quoted the verse, expound it.’ Said they to him: ‘Since God has led us into the path of life, do you tell us.’
Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria
English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)