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We are on Chapter 19, translation courtesy of @SefariaProject.
והוא מ"ש דוד ע"ה (תהילים קל״ט:כ״א-כ״ב): הלא משנאיך ה' אשנא ובתקוממיך אתקוטט תכלית שנאה שנאתים וגו'. ואליהו אמר (מלכים א י״ט:י׳): קנא קנאתי לה' צבאות וגו', וכבר ראינו למה זכה בעבור קנאתו לאלהיו, כמאמר הכתוב (במדבר כ״ה:י״ג): תחת אשר קנא לאלהיו ויכפר על בני ישראל.
This is what king David, peace be unto him, said: "O G-d, do I not hate those who hate You? Do I not contend with those who rise up against You? I hate them with an utter hatred; I count them my enemies" (Tehilim 139:21-22). And Eliyahu said: "I have been very jealous for G-d, the L-rd of hosts..." (I Kings 19:10). We already learned what he merited by virtue of his jealousy for G-d, as the Torah states: "because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the children of Israel" (Bamidbar 25:13).
וכבר הפליגו חז"ל (שבת נ"ה): לדבר במי שיש בידו למחות ואינו מוחה, וגזרו דינו ליתפס בעון החוטאים עצמו. ובמדרש איכה אמרו היו שריה כאילים, מה אילים הללו בשעת שרב הופכים פניהם אלו תחת אלו כך היו גדולי ישראל רואים דבר עבירה והופכים פניהם ממנו, א"ל הקב"ה תבא השעה ואני אעשה להם כן.
Our sages, of blessed memory, spoke strongly regarding one who is able to rebuke someone but refrains from doing so. They decreed his judgment to be that he himself will be held accountable for the sin of the sinners. In the Midrash, [they expounded: "'her princes were like deer [that find no pasture...]' (Eicha 1:6) - just like during a heat wave, these deer turn their faces one beneath the other, so too the great sages of Israel would see sin committed and turn their faces away from it. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to them: 'a time will come when I will do the same to them'" (Eicha Raba 1:13).
וזה פשוט כי מי שאוהב את חבירו אי אפשר לו לסבול שיראה מכים את חבירו או מחרפים אותו ובודאי שיצא לעזרתו גם מי שאוהב שמו יתברך לא יוכל לסבול ולראות שיחללו אותו ח"ו ושיעברו על מצותיו.
It is obvious that he who loves his fellow is unable to bear the sight of others beating him or insulting him, and will certainly go out to help him. So too, he who loves the blessed G-d's Name will be unable to bear seeing the desecration of His Name, G-d forbid, and the transgressing of His mitzvot.
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