1And after these things Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach itinerated in the Galil, for he was not wanting to move about in Yehudah, because those of Yehudah were seeking to kill him.

2Now the Chag of Sukkot was near. ¹⁵⁵

3His achim then said to him, Leave here and go away into the land of Yehudah, that also your talmidim will see your ma'asim which you do.

4For no one who seeks public notice does anything besod (secretly). If these things you do, then manifest yourself to HaOlam.

5For not even the achim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach were believing in him. ¹⁵⁶

6Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, My sha'ah has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

7The Olam Hazeh is not capable of sin'ah (hatred) toward you, but the Olam Hazeh hates me, and for this reason: I give solemn edut (testimony) about it because the ma'asim of the Olam Hazeh are ra'im (evil).

8You make aliyah leregel up to the Chag (Feast). I am not going up to this Chag (Feast), because my time has not yet been fulfilled.

9And having said these things, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach remained in the Galil.

10But when the achim of him made aliyah leregel to the Chag (Feast), then also Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went up ¹⁵⁷not publicly but besod (secretly).

11Then those of Yehudah were seeking Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach in the Chag (Feast) and were saying, Where is that man?

12And there was much telunnah (murmuring) about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach among the multitudes. Some were saying, He is tov (good), but others were saying, Lo (no), he deceives the multitude.

13No one, however, was speaking openly about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach because of the fear of those of Yehudah.

14But around the middle period of the Chag (Feast), Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went up to the Beis Hamikdash and was saying shiurim (teaching torah).

15Therefore, those of Yehudah were marveling, saying, How has this man binah (understanding) of a Yeshiva yode'a sefer (scholar), not having learned?

16Therefore, in reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, My Torah (teaching) is not mine but of the One having sent me.

17If anyone wants to do the ratzon Hashem, he will have da'as about my Torah, whether it is of Hashem or I speak only from myself. ¹⁵⁸

18The one speaking from himself seeks his own kavod (glory), but he who is seeking the kavod of the One having sent him, this one is ne'eman and there is no avlah (injustice) in him.

19Has not Moshe given you the Torah? None of you mekyyaim (fulfills) es [kol] toras Moshe. Why are you seeking to kill me? ¹⁵⁹

20The multitude said, You have a shed (demon). Who is seeking to kill you?

21In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Of the Pe'ulot of Hashem, I accomplished echad, one pe'ulah, and everyone marvels.

22Moshe has given you bris milah not that bris milah is of Moshe, but it is of the Avot, and on a Shabbos you perpetually perform bris milah. ¹⁶⁰

23If a man receives bris milah on Shabbos and lo tufar Torat Moshe ¹⁶¹(the Torah of Moses may not be broken) are you angry with me because I gave a man refu'ah shleimah on Shabbos?

24Do not judge according to appearance but judge with mishpat tzedek. ¹⁶²

25Therefore, some of the ones of Yerushalayim were saying, Is it not this man whom they are seeking to kill?

26And, hinei, he speaks publicly and they say nothing to him. Perhaps the manhigim (the gedolim of Judaism) have da'as that this man is the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach?

27But this man, we have da'as where he is from; but the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, whenever he comes, no one has da'as where he is from.

28Therefore, in the Beis Hamikdash while teaching, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach cried out, saying, You have da'as of me, and you have da'as of where I am from. I have not come on my own, but the One Who sent me is ne'eman. He is the One of Whom you do not have da'as.

29I have da'as of Him, because from Him Ani Hu, and He is the One Who sent me.

30Therefore, they were seeking to arrest him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his sha'ah (hour, time) had not yet come.

31From the multitude, however, many put their emunah, their bitachon, in him, and were saying, The Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, whenever he comes, surely he will not do more otot (miraculous signs) than the things which this man did?

32The Perushim heard the telunnah (murmuring) of these things from the multitude, the talk about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and they sent the Rashei Hakohanim and the mesharetim of the Perushim that they might arrest him.

33Therefore, he said, Yet a little time I am with you and I go away to the One having sent me.

34You will seek me and not find me and where Ani Hu you are not able to come.

35Therefore, those of Yehudah said to themselves, Where is this man about to journey that we will not find him? Surely he is not about to sojourn to the Golus of the Yevanim (Greeks) to teach the Yevanim? ¹⁶³

36What is this dvar which he said, You will seek me and will not find me and where Ani Hu, you are not able to come?

37Now on the last day of the Chag, Hoshana Rabbah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink. ¹⁶⁴

38The one with emunah in me, as the Kitvei Hakodesh said, “Out of the midst of him, rivers of MAYIM CHAYYIM ¹⁶⁵will flow.” ¹⁶⁶

39But this he said about the Ruach Hakodesh which the ones having emunah (faith) in him were about to receive, for the Ruach Hakodesh had not yet been given, because Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach had not yet received kavod. ¹⁶⁷

40Some of the multitude, therefore, having heard these devarim were saying, This man is beemes the Navi.

41Others were saying, This man is the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. But some were saying, Surely the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach comes not from the Galil, does he?

42Has not the Kitvei Hakodesh said that the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is from the zera Dovid and from Beit-Lechem, the shtetl where Dovid lived? ¹⁶⁸

43A machloket (controversy), therefore, occurred among the multitude because of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

44And some of them were wanting to arrest him, but no one laid his hands on him.

45Then the avadim of the Rashei Hakohanim and Perushim came and the Rashei Hakohanim and Perushim said to them, Why did you not bring him?

46In reply, the avadim said, Never Ish spoke like this Ish.

47In reply, therefore, the Perushim said, Surely not you also have been deceived?

48Has any of the manhigim put their emunah (faith) in him, or any of the Perushim? ¹⁶⁹

49But this am ha'aretz crowd has no da'as of Torah and is cursed. ¹⁷⁰

50Rav Nakdimon, the one having come to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach earlier, being one of their own, says to them,

51Surely Torateinu (Our Torah) judges not the Man unless it hears first from the Man himself and has da'as of what he does, does it? ¹⁷¹

52They answered and said to Rav Nakdimon, Surely not you also are from the Galil, are you? Search [the Kitvei Hakodesh] and see that from the Galil a Navi does not arise. ¹⁷²

53And they went each one to his bais.