TARGUME

The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel On the Pentateuch With The Fragments of the
Jerusalem Targum From the Chaldee by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. First Published 1862.
Facere 1,1-2
Targum At the beginning (min avella) the Lord created the heavens and the earth.
And the earth was vacancy and desolation, solitary of the sons of men, and
void of every animal; and darkness was upon the face of the abyss, and the
Spirit of mercies from before the Lord breathed upon the face of the waters 1.
KJV
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was
without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
B1988
La nceput a fcut Dumnezeu cerul i pmntul. i pmntul era netocmit i
gol. ntuneric era deasupra adncului i Duhul lui Dumnezeu Se purta pe
deasupra apelor.
Ieire 20,1-2
Targum The first word, as it came forth from the mouth of the Holy One, whose
Name be blessed, was like storms, and lightnings, and flames of fire, with a
burning light on His right hand and on His left. It winged its way through the
air of the heavens, and was made manifest unto the camp of Israel, and
returned, and was engraven on the tables of the covenant that were given by
the hand of Mosheh, and were turned in them from side to side: and then
called He, and said: Sons of Israel My people, I am the Lord your God, who
brought you out free from the land of Mizraim, from the house of the
bondage of slaves2.
KJV
And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
B1988
Atunci a rostit Domnul naintea lui Moise toate cuvintele acestea i a zis: Eu
sunt Domnul Dumnezeul tu, Care te-a scos din pmntul Egiptului i din
casa robiei.
Levitic 23,4-5
Targum These are the times of the Festivals of the Lord, holy convocations which you
shall proclaim in their times: In the month of Nisan, on the fourteenth day of
the month, between the suns (shall be) the time for the sacrifice of the
Pascha to the Name of the Lord3.
KJV
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall
proclaim in their seasons. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is
1

http://targum.info/pj/pjgen1-6.htm (accesat 26 ianuarie 2015).

http://targum.info/pj/pjex18-20.htm (accesat 26 ianuarie 2015).
3
http://targum.info/pj/pjlev21-24.htm (accesat 26 ianuarie 2015).
2

B1988

the LORD'S passover.

Iat i celelalte srbtori ale Domnului, adunrile sfinte, pe care trebuie s le
vestii la vremea lor: n luna nti, n ziua a paisprezecea a lunii, ctre sear,
sunt Patile Domnului.

Numeri 21,8-9
Targum AndtheLordsaidtoMosheh,Maketheeaserpentofbrass,andsetituponaplace
aloft;anditshallbethatwhenaserpenthathbittenanyone,ifhebeholdit,then
shallhelive,ifhisheartbedirectedtotheNameoftheWordoftheLord.And
Moshehmadeaserpentofbrass,andsetituponaplacealoft;anditwas,whena
serpenthadbittenaman,andtheserpentofbrasswasgazedat,andhisheartwas
intentupontheNameoftheWordoftheLord,helived4.
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a
pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh
upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a
pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
B1988
Iar Domnul a zis ctre Moise: "F-i un arpe de aram i-l pune pe un stlp;
i de va muca arpele pe vreun om, tot cel mucat care se va uita la el va tri.
i a fcut Moise un arpe de aram i l-a pus pe un stlp; i cnd un arpe
muca vreun om, acesta privea la arpele cel de aram i tria.
Deuteronom 18,15-16
Targum But you are not to be like them the priests shall inquire by Urim and
Thummim and a Right Prophet will the Lord your God give you; a Prophet
from among you of your brethren like unto me, with the Holy Spirit will.the
Lord your God raise up unto you; to Him shall you be obedient. According to
all that you begged before the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the
assembling of the tribes to receive the lawsaying, Let us not again bear the
Great Voice from before the Lord our God, nor behold again that great fire,
lest we die5.
KJV
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee,
of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; According to all
that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly,
saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me
see this great fire any more, that I die not.

4
5

http://targum.info/pj/pjnum19-22.htm (accesat 26 ianuarie 2015).

http://targum.info/pj/pjdt16-21.htm (accesat 26 ianuarie 2015).