Hebrejcem 12
1 Zato tudi mi torej, ker imamo tako silo prič okrog sebe, vrzimo raz sebe vsako breme in greh, ki nas lahko obdá, ter prebimo v stanovitnosti naloženi nam boj;
Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Ozirajoč se v začetnika in izpolnjevalca vere Jezusa, kateri je za namenjeno mu veselje križ pretrpel, ne meneč se za sramoto in sedel na desnico Božjega prestola.
Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Pomislite namreč njega, ki je toliko prestal od grešnikov nasprotovanja proti sebi, da ne omagata pešajoč v dušah svojih.
For consider him that endured such hostility by sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Še niste do krvi ustavljali se v boji z grehom,
Ye have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
5 In pozabili ste tolažbe, katera z vami kakor sè sinovi govori: "Sin moj, ne puščaj v nemar pokore Gospodove, in ne omaguj, ko te kara.
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh to you as to children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked by him:
6 Kogar namreč ljubi, pokori Gospod, in šiba vsakega sina, kateri mu je po volji."
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 Ako trpite pokoro, kaže se vam Bog kakor otrokom; kajti kje je sin, katerega ne pokori oče?
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 Ako ste pa brez pokore, katere so deležni postali vsi, torej ste nezakonski otroci in ne sinovi.
But if ye are without chastisement, of which all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Dalje: mesa svojega očete smo imeli za pokoritelje in bali smo se jih, ali ne bodemo mnogo bolj podložni očetu duhov ter živeli?
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
10 Kajti oni so nas pokorili za malo dnî, kakor se jim je ljubilo, tá pa v korist, da bodemo deležni svetosti njegove.
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Vsaka pokora pa se za sedaj ne zdí prijetna, nego da boli, pozneje pa daje njim, ki jih je vadila, miropolni sad pravice.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them who are exercised by it.
12 Zato dvignite omahujoče roke in šibeča se kolena,"
Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 In "ravne tire delajte sè svojimi nogami," da se hromo ne izključi, nego ozdravi.
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14 Iščite mirú z vsemi, in posvečevanja, brez katerega nihče ne bode videl Gospoda;
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Pazite, da kdo ne zaostane za milostjo Božjo, da ne požene kaka bridkosti korenina in ne dela napotja, in jih mnogo ne oskruni;
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and by it many be defiled;
16 Da ne bode kdo kurbir ali posvetnjak kakor Ezav, kateri je za eno jed prodal prvorojenstvo svoje;
Lest there be any immoral, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright.
17 Kajti veste, da je tudi, ko je pozneje hotel zadobiti blagoslov, zavržen bil; kajti kosanju ni našel mesta, da si ga je sè solzami iskal.
For ye know that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
18 Kajti pristopili niste k dotakljivi gori in z ognjem goreči in oblačju in temi in nevihti,
For ye are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and to darkness, and tempest,
19 In trombe donenju in glasu beséd, katerega poslušalci so se branili, da se jim pridene beseda;
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
20 (Niso namreč prenašali ukaza. "Če se tudi žival dotakne gore, bode kamenjena ali sè strelo pobita".
( For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with an arrow:
21 In, tako strašna je bila prikazen, Mojzes je rekel: V strahu sem in trepetu; )
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble: )
22 Temuč pristopili ste h gori Sijonski in mestu Boga živega, Jeruzalemu nebeškemu, in mirijadam angelov,
But ye are come to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 Zboru in občini prvorojencev v nebesih zapisanih, in Bogu vseh sodniku, in duhovom pravičnih zveličanih,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 In nove zaveze sredniku Jezusu, in krvi pokropljenja, boljše govoreči mimo Abelna.
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 Glejte, da se ne branite govorečega; če namreč oni niso ubežali, kateri so branili se ukazujočega na zemlji, veliko menj mi, ki se obračamo od njega, kateri je z nebes.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
26 Glas njegov je zemljo potresel tedaj, sedaj pa je obljubil govoreč: "Še enkrat stresam jaz ne samo zemlje, nego tudi nebo".
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 Tisto: "še enkrat" pomeni premembo tistega, kar je bilo potreseno, kakor kaj narejenega; da ostane kar je nepotreseno.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Zato, prejemši kraljestvo nepotresno, imejmo hvaležnost, po kateri služimo po volji Bogu sè svetim strahom in grozo;
Therefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 Kajti tudi "Bog naš je ogenj, ki pali".
For our God is a consuming fire.
