Hebrenjve 12
1 Prandaj edhe ne, duke qenë të rrethuar nga një re kaq e madhe dëshmimtarësh, duke hedhur tej çdo barrë dhe mëkatin që na qarkon vazhdimisht duke na joshur, le të rendim me durim në udhën që është përpara nesh,
We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
2 duke i drejtuar sytë te Jezusi, kreu dhe plotësonjësi i besimit, i cili, për gëzimin që ishte përpara tij, duroi kryqin duke e përçmuar fyerjen dhe u ul në të djathtën e fronit të Perëndisë.
And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
3 Kujtoni, pra, atë që duroi një kundërshtim të tillë nga ana e mëkatarëve kundër tij, që të mos lodheni dhe të ligështoheni në shpirtin tuaj.
[Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
4 Ju akoma nuk keni qëndruar deri në gjak, duke luftuar kundër mëkatit,
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
5 dhe keni harruar këshillën që ju drejtohet juve porsi bijve: “Biri im, mos e përçmo qortimin e Perëndisë dhe mos e humb zemrën kur ai të qorton,
Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
6 sepse Perëndia ndreq atë që do dhe fshikullon çdo bir që i pëlqen”.
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
7 Në qoftë se ju do ta duroni qortimin, Perëndia do t’ju trajtojë si bij; sepse cilin bir nuk e korigjon i ati?
It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
8 Por, po të mbeteni të pandrequr, ku të gjithë u bënë pjestarë, atëherë jeni kopila dhe jo bij.
So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
9 Pastaj etërit tanë sipas mishit i patëm për të na ndrequr dhe i nderonim ata; a nuk do t’i nënshtrohemi edhe më tepër Atit të shpirtrave, për të jetuar?
Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
10 Sepse ata na ndreqën për pak ditë, ashtu siç u dukej më mirë, kurse ai na ndreq për të mirën tonë që të bëhemi pjestarë të shenjtërisë së tij.
Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
11 Çdo ndreqje, pra, aty për aty, nuk duket se sjell gëzim, po hidhërim; por më pas u jep një fryt drejtësie atyre që janë ushtruar me anë të tij.
During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
12 Prandaj forconi duart e kapitura dhe gjunjët e këputur,
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 dhe bëni shtigje të drejta për këmbët tuaja, që ajo e cila çalon të mos ndrydhet, por më tepër të shërohet.
Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
14 Kërkoni paqe me të gjithë dhe shenjtërim, pa të cilin askush nuk ka për të parë Perëndinë,
Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
15 duke u kujdesur fort që askush të mos mbetet pa hirin e Perëndisë dhe se mos mbijë ndonjë rrënjë e hidhur dhe t’ju turbullojë dhe me anë të saj të ndoten shumë njerëz;
Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
16 se mos ndodhet ndonjë kurvar ose profan, si Esau, i cili për një gjellë shiti të drejtën e tij të parëbirnisë.
Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal.
17 Sepse e dini se, më pas, kur ai deshi të trashëgojë bekimin, iu refuzua, ndonëse e kërkoi me lot, sepse nuk gjeti vend pendimi.
You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
18 Sepse ju nuk iu afruat malit që mund të kapet me dorë dhe që digjet me zjarr, as errësirës, as territ, as stuhisë,
In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
19 as zërit të borisë, as zërit të fjalëve, të cilin ata që e dëgjuan u lutën që atyre të mos u drejtohej më asnjë fjalë,
They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
20 sepse nuk mund të duronin urdhërin: “Në se edhe një shtazë e prek malin, të vritet me gurë ose me shigjeta”;
When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
21 dhe aq e llahtarshme ishte pamja, sa Moisiu tha: “Unë jam i frikësuar dhe po dridhem i tëri”.
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
22 Por ju iu afruat malit Sion dhe qytetit të Perëndisë së gjallë, që është Jeruzalemi qiellor, edhe morisë së engjëjve,
Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
23 kuvendit universal dhe kishës të të parëlindurve që janë shkruar në qiej, Perëndisë, gjykatësit të të gjithëve, shpirtërave të të drejtëve që u bënë të përsosur,
You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
24 dhe Jezusit, Ndërmjetësit të Besëlidhjes së re, dhe gjakut të spërkatjes, që flet më mirë se ai i Abelit.
You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
25 Shikoni se mos refuzoni atë që flet, sepse në qoftë se nuk shpëtuan ata që refuzuan të dëgjojnë atë që fliste si orakull mbi dhe, aq më pak do të shpëtojmë ne, po të mos refuzojmë të dëgjojmë atë që flet prej qiellit,
Beware that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
26 zëri i të cilit e drodhi atëherë dheun, por tashti bëri këtë premtim, duke thënë: “Unë edhe një herë do të tund jo vetëm dheun, por edhe qiellin”.
The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
27 Dhe kjo fjalë “edhe një herë” tregon ndryshueshmërinë e gjërave, që tunden, si të bëra me dorë, që të mbeten ato që nuk tunden.
The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
28 Prandaj, duke marrë mbretërinë të patundur, le ta ruajmë këtë hir me anë të të cilit i shërbejmë Perëndisë në një mënyrë të pëlqyeshme, me nderim e me frikë,
So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
29 sepse Perëndia ynë është një zjarr që konsumon.
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
