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].
Przetoż i my, mając tak wielki około siebie leżący obłok świadków, złożywszy wszelaki ciężar i grzech, który nas snadnie obstępuje, przez cierpliwość bieżmy w zawodzie, który nam jest wystawiony;
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].
Patrząc na Jezusa, wodza i dokończyciela wiary, który dla wystawionej sobie radości, podjął krzyż, wzgardziwszy sromotę, i usiadł na prawicy stolicy Bożej.
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.
Przetoż uważajcie, jaki jest ten, który podejmował takowe od grzeszników przeciwko sobie sprzeciwianie, abyście osłabiwszy w umysłach waszych, nie ustawali.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Jeszczeście się aż do krwi nie sprzeciwili, walcząc przeciwko grzechowi.
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],
Czyliście zapamiętali napominania, które wam jako synom mówi: Synu mój, nie lekceważ sobie kaźni Pańskiej, a nie trać serca, gdy od niego bywasz karany;
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
Albowiem kogo Pan miłuje, tego karze, a smaga każdego, którego za syna przyjmuje.
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].
Jeźli znosicie karanie, Bóg się wam ofiaruje jako synom; albowiem któryż jest syn, którego by ojciec nie karał?
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].
A jeźli jesteście bez karania, którego wszyscy są uczestnikami, tedy jesteście bękartami, a nie synami.
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]!
A nadto cielesnych ojców naszych mieliśmy, którzy nas karali, a baliśmy się ich; zaż daleko więcej nie mamy być poddani Ojcu duchów, abyśmy żyli?
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.
Albowiem oni na mało dni, jako się im zdało, nas karali; ale ten ku pożytkowi naszemu na to, abyśmy byli uczestnikami świętobliwości jego.
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.
A wszelkie karanie, gdy przytomne jest, nie zda się być wesołe, ale smutne; lecz potem owoc sprawiedliwości spokojny przynosi tym, którzy są przez nie wyćwiczeni.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Przeto opuszczone ręce i zemdlone kolana wyprostujcie,
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.
A czyńcie koleje proste nogami waszemi, iżby to, co jest chromego, z drogi nie ustąpiło, ale raczej uzdrowione było.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Pokoju naśladujcie ze wszystkimi i świętobliwości, bez której żaden nie ogląda Pana;
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.
Upatrując, żeby kto nie odpadł od łaski Bożej, a żeby który korzeń gorzkości nie podrósł, a nie przekaził i przez niego, aby się ich wiele nie pokalało;
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.
Aby kto nie był wszetecznym albo sprośnym jako Ezaw, który za potrawę jedną sprzedał pierworodztwo swoje.
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.
Albowiem wiecie, iż i potem, gdy chciał odziedziczyć błogosławieństwo, był odrzucony; bo nie znalazł miejsca pokuty, choć jej z płaczem szukał.
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.
Boście nie przystąpili do góry, która się da dotknąć, i do ognia gorejącego, i do wichru, i do ciemności i do burzy,
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.
I do dźwięku trąby, i do głosu słów, który ci, co słyszeli, prosili, aby więcej do nich nie mówiono;
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.
(Albowiem nie mogli znieść tego, co im rozkazywano: Gdyby się i bydlę góry dotknęło, będzie ukamionowane, albo pociskiem przebite.
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
A tak straszne to było, co widzieli, że też Mojżesz rzekł: Uląkłem się i drżę.)
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.
Aleście przystąpili do góry Syon i do miasta Boga żywego, do Jeruzalemu niebieskiego, i do niezliczonych tysięcy Aniołów;
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].
Do walnego zgromadzenia, i do zebrania pierworodnych, którzy są spisani w niebie, i do Boga, sędziego wszystkich, i do duchów sprawiedliwych i doskonałych;
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.
I do pośrednika nowego testamentu, Jezusa, i do krwi pokropienia, lepsze rzeczy mówiącej niż Ablowa.
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]
Patrzajcież, abyście nie gardzili tym, który mówi; albowiem jeźliż oni nie uszli, którzy gardzili tym, który na ziemi na miejscu Bożem mówił, daleko więcej my, jeźliże się od tego, który z nieba jest, odwrócimy;
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.”
Którego głos na on czas poruszył był ziemią, a teraz obiecał, mówiąc: Jeszcze ja raz poruszę nie tylko ziemią, ale i niebem.
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.
A to też mówi: Jeszcze raz, pokazuje zniesienie rzeczy chwiejących się, jako tych, które są uczynione, aby zostawały te, które się nie chwieją.
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.
Przetoż przyjmując królestwo nie chwiejące się, miejmy łaskę, przez którą służymy przyjemnie Bogu ze wstydem i z uczciwością.
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
Albowiem Bóg nasz jest ogniem trawiącym.
