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].
Aa kanao oniñe t’ie iarisehoa’ ty fandrahoñam-balolombeloñe ra’elahy, antao hampipoke ze ilogologoañe naho o hakeo mamehefehe antikañeo, le antao hilay am-pisalalañe i tsikiaviavy nalahatse aolon-tikañey,
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].
ie faharem-pihaino t’Iesoà, mpañoreñe naho mpampañeneke i fatokisan-tikañey, ie, ty amy hafaleañe ho azo’e, nifeake i hatae ajaleiy, nanirika i hasalarañey vaho miambesatse am-pitàn-kavanam-piambesan’ Añahare eo.
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.
Tsakoreo i nahafeake ty fanjehara’ o lo-tserekeoy, tsy mone ho mamak’ an-troke nahareo vaho hamoe’ay.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Mboe tsy nidrikiñe pak’ am-piorihan-dio nahareo nigarabiñe amo tahiñeo,
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],
mbore nihaliño’ areo i vere tinaroñe ama’ areo hoe aman’ amory: O anake, ko sirikae’o ty fandilova’ i Iehovà ndra mamoe’ay te endaha’e,
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
fa lilove’ Iehovà o kokoa’eo, vaho lafae’e ze anake no’e.
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].
Aa le mifeaha’e lafa; amy te ibeizan’ Añahare ho anake, fa ia ty anake tsy lafaen-drae’e?
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].
Aa naho tsy liloveñe nahareo, ie hene itraofañe, le anak’ amontoñe fa tsy anake.
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]!
Toe nanan-droae’e am-batañe tika, ie nandafa naho niambanean-tika; tsy kitra’e hiandaly aman-dRaen’ arofo tika soa te ho veloñe!
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.
Toe nilafae’ iereo betebetek’ avao tika ami’ty natao’ iareo hahasoa, antsake te an-kasoa i azey hitraofan-tika an-kamasiña’e.
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.
Toe tsy mahafale heike ze fandilovañe, fa manaintaiñe; F’ie añe, mamoa havantañañe naho fanintsiñañe o niok’ ama’eo.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Aa le onjono o fitàñe migebañeo, naho o ongotse malejolejoo,
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.
le avantaño ty fañaveloam-pandia’ areo tsy hakatsoke i hakepehañey, fa ho jangañeñe.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Mimanea fifampilongoañe amy ze hene ondaty, naho fiavahañe, fa tsy ia ty hahaoniñe i Talè t’ie tsy ama’e.
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.
Mijilova, tsy mone hilesa ami’ty hasoan’ Añahare, hera hitiriam-baha-mafaitse hañembetse, hanìva ty maro.
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.
He ao ty mañarapilo, ke ty votro manahak’ i Esave nandetake i hatañoloñoloña’ey hikama hanen-kedekedeke.
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.
Toe fohi’ areo t’ie añe, nipay handova i tatay fe niarinjeñe, tsy tendrek’ aze ty hisoloho ndra te nimanea’e an-drano-maso.
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.
Tsy nivotrak’ amy vohitse tsy hay tsapaeñey nahareo, i misotratrake afoy, ndra amy fimoromoroñañe naho figoboñañey naho amy talio-beiy;
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.
naho amy fipopòn’ antsivay, vaho amy feon-tsaray, i nitoreova’ o nijanjiñeo te tsy hisaontsiañe i tsaray ka,
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.
amy te tsy nileo’ iareo i nandiliañe ty hoey: ndra te biby ty mitsapa i vohitsey le haretsam-bato.
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
Aa akore ty harevendreveñañe nizoeñe eo, kanao nanao ty hoe t’i Mosè: Mititititik’ an-kanìfan-draho.
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.
Fe nimb’am-bohi-Ziona mb’ etoa nahareo, mb’ an-drovan’ Añahare veloñe, Ierosaleman-dikerañey, naho mb’ an-dahialen’ anjely,
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].
mb’ amy fivorin-tañoloñoloñañe misokitse añarañe andindìñe ao naho mb’ aman’ Añahare mpizaka ie iabiy, naho mb’ amo arofo’ o vantañe nifonirañeo,
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.
naho mb’ amy Iesoà, mpañalañalam-pañina vao, vaho mb’ amy lio nafitse mivolan-draha soa te amy Abelaiy.
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]
Asoao tsy ho làne’ areo i misaontsiy. Fa naho tsy nahabolititse o nikiho i nañatahata iareo an-tane atoiy, sandrake o mitsambolitioke i mampitao boak’ andindìñe aoio.
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.”
Toe nampiozoñozòñe ty tane toy i fiarañanaña’ey, fa hoe ty nampitamae’e henaneo, Ho tovoñako indraike: te tsy ty tane toy avao ty hampiezeñezeñeko, fa o likerañeo ka.
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.
I hoe: Ho tovoñañe indraike, mampalange te haveve o mete ezeñezeñeñeo, o raha namboareñeo, soa te hidoñe eo o tsy mete ezeñezeñeñeo.
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.
Aa kanao mandrambe fifeheañe tsy mete hasitse tika, le manintsiña, hitoroñe an’ Andrianañahare ami’ty fañevà’e am-piambaneañe naho fañevèñañe,
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
amy te Afo mamorototo t’i Andrianañaharen-tika.
