Hebrews 11
1 Now our trust in God is the guarantee of what we hope for, the evidence of what we can't see.
Est autem fides sperandarum substantia rerum, argumentum non apparentium.
2 People who lived long ago trusted God and this is what gained them God's approval.
In hac enim testimonium consecuti sunt senes.
3 Through our trust in God we understand that the whole universe was created by God's command, that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen. (aiōn g165)
Fide intelligimus aptata esse saecula verbo Dei: ut ex invisibilibus visibilia fierent. (aiōn g165)
4 By trusting him Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain, and as a result God identified him as someone who lived right. God showed this by accepting his offering. Even though Abel has been dead for a long time, he still speaks to us through what he did.
Fide plurimam hostiam Abel, quam Cain, obtulit Deo, per quam testimonium consecutus est esse iustus, testimonium perhibente muneribus eius Deo, et per illam defunctus adhuc loquitur.
5 By trusting God Enoch was taken to heaven so he didn't experience death. He couldn't be found on earth because God took him to heaven. Before this happened he was known as someone God was pleased with.
Fide Henoch translatus est ne videret mortem, et non inveniebatur: quia transtulit illum Deus: ante translationem enim testimonium habuit placuisse Deo.
6 You can't expect God to be pleased with you if you don't trust him! Anyone who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who are searching for him.
Sine fide autem impossibile est placere Deo. Credere enim oportet accedentem ad Deum quia est, et inquirentibus se remunerator sit.
7 Noah trusted God, and was warned by him about things that had never happened before. Because Noah paid serious attention to what God said, he constructed an ark to save his family. By trusting God, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and received the reward of being set right by God.
Fide Noe responso accepto de iis, quae adhuc non videbantur, metuens aptavit arcam in salutem domus suae, per quam damnavit mundum: et iustitiae, quae per fidem est, heres est institutus.
8 Through trusting God Abraham obeyed when God called him to go to the land God was going to give him. He left, not knowing where he was going.
Fide qui vocatur Abraham obedivit in locum exire, quem accepturus erat in hereditatem: et exiit, nesciens quo iret.
9 Trusting in God he lived in the promised land—but as a foreigner, living in tents, together with Isaac and Jacob who shared with him in inheriting the same promise.
Fide demoratus est in Terra repromissionis, tamquam in aliena, in casulis habitando cum Isaac, et Iacob coheredibus repromissionis eiusdem.
10 For Abraham was looking forward to a city built on foundations that last, with God as its builder and maker.
Expectabat enim fundamenta habentem civitatem: cuius artifex, et conditor Deus.
11 By her trust in God even Sarah herself was given the ability to conceive a child though she was too old, because she trusted God who had made the promise.
Fide et ipsa Sara sterilis virtutem in conceptione seminis accepit, etiam praeter tempus aetatis: quoniam fidelem credidit esse eum, qui repromiserat.
12 That is why the descendants of Abraham, (who was as good as dead!), became as numerous as the stars of heaven, as countless as the sand of the sea-shore.
Propter quod et ab uno orti sunt (et hoc emortuo) tamquam sidera caeli in multitudinem, et sicut arena, quae est ad oram maris, innumerabilis.
13 They all died still trusting in God. Though they didn't receive the things God promised, they were still looking for them as it were from a distance and welcomed them, acknowledging that on this earth they were foreigners, people just passing through.
Iuxta fidem defuncti sunt omnes isti, non acceptis repromissionibus, sed a longe eas aspicientes, et salutantes, et confitentes quia peregrini, et hospites sunt super terram.
14 People who say such things make it clear that they're looking for a country of their own.
Qui enim haec dicunt, significant se patriam inquirere.
15 For if they cared about the country they'd left behind, they could have returned.
Et si quidem ipsius meminissent de qua exierunt, habebant utique tempus revertendi.
16 But they're looking for a better country instead, a heavenly country. That is why God isn't disappointed with them, and is happy to be called their God, for he has built a city for them.
nunc autem meliorem appetunt, id est, caelestem. Ideo non confunditur Deus vocari Deus eorum: paravit enim illis civitatem.
17 Abraham trusted God when he was tested and offered Isaac to God. Abraham, who had accepted God's promises, was still ready to offer to God his only son,
Fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, cum tentaretur, et unigenitum offerebat, in quo susceperat repromissiones;
18 even though he'd been told, “It's through Isaac that your descendants will be counted.”
ad quem dictum est: Quia in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen:
19 Abraham had thought it through and decided that God could bring Isaac back to life from the dead. In a sense that's what did happen—Abraham received Isaac back from the dead.
arbitrans quia et a mortuis suscitare potens est Deus: unde eum et in parabolam accepit.
20 Trusting in God, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to what the future would bring.
Fide et de futuris benedixit Isaac Iacob, et Esau.
21 Trusting in God, Jacob as he was dying blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped God, leaning on his staff.
Fide Iacob, moriens, singulos filiorum Ioseph benedixit: et adoravit fastigium virgae eius.
22 Trusting in God, Joseph too, when his own death approached, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites, and gave instructions about what to do with his bones.
Fide Ioseph, moriens, de profectione filiorum Israel memoratus est, et de ossibus suis mandavit.
23 Trusting in God, Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born. They recognized he was a special child. They weren't afraid to go against what the king had commanded.
Fide Moyses, natus, occultatus est mensibus tribus a parentibus suis, eo quod vidissent elegantem infantem, et non timuerunt regis edictum.
24 Trusting in God, Moses, when he grew up, refused to be known as the adopted son of Pharaoh's daughter.
Fide Moyses grandis factus negavit se esse filium filiae Pharaonis,
25 Instead he chose to share in the sufferings of God's people rather than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin.
magis eligens affligi cum populo Dei, quam temporalis peccati habere iucunditatem,
26 He counted the rejection he experienced from following Christ to be of far greater value than the wealth of Egypt—because he was focused on the reward to come.
maiores divitias aestimans thesauro Aegyptiorum, improperium Christi: aspiciebat enim in remunerationem.
27 Trusting in God, he left Egypt and wasn't scared of Pharaoh's anger—he kept going with his eyes fixed on the invisible God.
Fide reliquit Aegyptum, non veritus animositatem regis: invisibilem enim tamquam videns sustinuit.
28 Trusting in God he observed the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying angel would not touch the Israelites.
Fide celebravit pascha, et sanguinis effusionem: ne qui vastabat primitiva, tangeret eos.
29 Trusting in God the Israelites crossed the Red Sea as if it were dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do the same they were drowned.
Fide transierunt Mare rubrum tamquam per aridam terram: quod experti Aegyptii, devorati sunt.
30 Trusting in God, the Israelites marched around the walls of Jericho for seven days, and the walls fell down.
Fide muri Iericho corruerunt, circuitu dierum septem.
31 Trusting in God, Rahab the prostitute didn't die with those who rejected God, because she had welcomed the Israelite spies in peace.
Fide Rahab meretrix non periit cum incredulis, excipiens exploratores cum pace.
32 What other examples should I give? I don't have time to talk about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; about David, Samuel, and the prophets.
Et quid adhuc dicam? Deficiet enim me tempus enarrantem de Gedeon, Barac, Samson, Iephte, David, Samuel, et Prophetis:
33 Because of their trust in God they conquered kingdoms, did what was good and right, received God's promises, shut the mouths of lions,
qui per fidem vicerunt regna, operati sunt iustitiam, adepti sunt repromissiones, obturaverunt ora leonum,
34 put out blazing fires, escaped being killed by the sword, were weak but made strong, did mighty deeds in war, and routed enemy armies.
extinxerunt impetum ignis, effugaverunt aciem gladii, convaluerunt de infirmitate, fortes facti sunt in bello, castra verterunt exterorum:
35 Women were given their dead family members back through resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to compromise and be pardoned, because they wanted to be part of a better resurrection.
acceperunt mulieres de resurrectione mortuos suos: alii autem distenti sunt non suscipientes redemptionem, ut meliorem invenirent resurrectionem.
36 Yet others suffered insults and whippings; they were put in chains and imprisoned.
Alii vero ludibria, et verbera experti, insuper et vincula, et carceres:
37 Some were stoned, cut in pieces, tempted, killed by the sword. Some dressed in sheepskins and goatskins: destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
lapidati sunt, secti sunt, tentati sunt, in occisione gladii mortui sunt, circuierunt in melotis, in pellibus caprinis, egentes, angustiati, afflicti:
38 The world was not worthy to have such people who wandered in the deserts and mountains, living in caves and holes in the ground.
quibus dignus non erat mundus: in solitudinibus errantes, in montibus, in speluncis, et in cavernis terrae.
39 All of these people, even though they had God's approval, didn't receive what God had promised.
Et hi omnes testimonio fidei probati, non acceperunt repromissionem,
40 God has given us something even better, so that they can't be complete without us.
Deo pro nobis melius aliquid providente, ut non sine nobis consummarentur.
