Hebrews 12
1 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].
Darum auch wir, dieweil wir solchen Haufen Zeugen um uns haben, lasset uns ablegen die Sünde, so uns immer anklebt und träge macht, und lasset uns laufen durch Geduld in dem Kampf, der uns verordnet ist,
2 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].
und aufsehen auf Jesum, den Anfänger und Vollender des Glaubens, welcher, da er wohl hätte mögen Freude haben, erduldete er das Kreuz und achtete der Schande nicht und ist gesessen zur Rechten auf dem Stuhl Gottes.
3 [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.
Gedenket an den, der ein solches Widersprechen von den Sündern wider sich erduldet hat, daß ihr nicht in eurem Mut matt werdet und ablasset.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Denn ihr habt noch nicht bis aufs Blut widerstanden über dem Kämpfen wider die Sünde
5 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],
und habt bereits vergessen des Trostes, der zu euch redet als zu den Kindern: Mein Sohn, achte nicht gering die Züchtigung des HERRN und verzage nicht, wenn du von ihm gestraft wirst;
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
denn welchen der HERR liebhat, den züchtiget er; er stäupt aber einen jeglichen Sohn, den er aufnimmt.
7 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].
So ihr die Züchtigung erduldet, so erbeut sich euch Gott als Kindern; denn wo ist ein Sohn, den der Vater nicht züchtiget?
8 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].
Seid ihr aber ohne Züchtigung, welcher sie alle sind teilhaftig worden, so seid ihr Bastarde und nicht Kinder.
9 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]!
Auch so wir haben unsere leiblichen Väter zu Züchtigern gehabt und sie gescheuet, sollten wir denn nicht viel mehr untertan sein dem geistlichen Vater, daß wir leben?
10 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.
Und jene zwar haben uns gezüchtiget wenige Tage nach ihrem Dünken, dieser aber zu Nutz, auf daß wir seine Heiligung erlangen.
11 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.
Alle Züchtigung aber, wenn sie da ist, dünkt sie uns nicht Freude, sondern Traurigkeit sein; aber danach wird sie geben eine friedsame Frucht der Gerechtigkeit denen, die dadurch geübet sind.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Darum richtet wieder auf die lässigen Hände und die müden Kniee
13 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.
und tut gewissen Tritt mit euren Füßen, daß nicht jemand strauchele wie ein Lahmer, sondern vielmehr gesund werde.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Jaget nach dem Frieden gegen jedermann und der Heiligung, ohne welche wird niemand den HERRN sehen.
15 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.
Und sehet darauf, daß nicht jemand Gottes Gnade versäume, daß nicht etwa eine bittere Wurzel aufwachse und Unfrieden anrichte, und viele durch dieselbige verunreiniget werden;
16 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.
daß nicht jemand sei ein Hurer oder ein Gottloser wie Esau, der um einer Speise willen seine Erstgeburt verkaufte.
17 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.
Wisset aber, daß er hernach, da er den Segen ererben wollte, verworfen ist; denn er fand keinen Raum zur Buße, wiewohl er sie mit Tränen suchte.
18 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.
Denn ihr seid nicht kommen zu dem Berge, den man anrühren konnte, und mit Feuer brannte, noch zu dem Dunkel und Finsternis und Ungewitter
19 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.
noch zu dem Hall der Posaune und zur Stimme der Worte, welcher sich weigerten, die sie höreten, daß ihnen das Wort ja nicht gesagt würde
20 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.
(denn sie mochten's nicht ertragen, was da gesagt ward. Und wenn ein Tier den Berg anrührete, sollte es gesteiniget oder mit einem Geschoß erschossen werden.
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
Und also erschrecklich war das Gesicht, daß Mose sprach: Ich bin erschrocken und zittere),
22 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.
sondern ihr seid kommen zu dem Berge Zion und zu der Stadt des lebendigen Gottes, zu dem himmlischen Jerusalem, und zu der Menge vieler tausend Engel
23 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].
und zu der Gemeinde der Erstgebornen, die im Himmel angeschrieben sind, und zu Gott, dem Richter über alle, und zu den Geistern der vollkommenen Gerechten
24 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.
und zu dem Mittler des Neuen Testaments, Jesus, und zu dem Blut der Besprengung, das da besser redet denn Abels.
25 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]
Sehet zu, daß ihr euch des nicht weigert, der da redet! Denn jene nicht entflohen sind, die sich weigerten, da er auf Erden redete, viel weniger wir, so wir uns des weigern, der vom Himmel redet,
26 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.”
welches Stimme zu der Zeit die Erde bewegete. Nun aber verheißet er und spricht: Noch einmal will ich bewegen nicht allein die Erde, sondern auch den Himmel.
27 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.
Aber solches »Noch einmal« zeigt an, daß das Bewegliche soll verändert werden, als das gemacht ist, auf daß da bleibe das Unbewegliche.
28 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.
Darum, dieweil wir empfangen ein unbeweglich Reich, haben wir Gnade, durch welche wir sollen Gott dienen, ihm zu gefallen, mit Zucht und Furcht.
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
Denn unser Gott ist ein verzehrend Feuer.
