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].
atō hētōrētāvatsākṣimēghai rvēṣṭitāḥ santō vayamapi sarvvabhāram āśubādhakaṁ pāpañca nikṣipyāsmākaṁ gamanāya nirūpitē mārgē dhairyyēṇa dhāvāma|
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].
yaścāsmākaṁ viśvāsasyāgrēsaraḥ siddhikarttā cāsti taṁ yīśuṁ vīkṣāmahai yataḥ sa svasammukhasthitānandasya prāptyartham apamānaṁ tucchīkr̥tya kruśasya yātanāṁ sōḍhavān īśvarīyasiṁhāsanasya dakṣiṇapārśvē samupaviṣṭavāṁśca|
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.
yaḥ pāpibhiḥ svaviruddham ētādr̥śaṁ vaiparītyaṁ sōḍhavān tam ālōcayata tēna yūyaṁ svamanaḥsu śrāntāḥ klāntāśca na bhaviṣyatha|
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
yūyaṁ pāpēna saha yudhyantō'dyāpi śōṇitavyayaparyyantaṁ pratirōdhaṁ nākuruta|
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],
tathā ca putrān pratīva yuṣmān prati ya upadēśa uktastaṁ kiṁ vismr̥tavantaḥ? "parēśēna kr̥tāṁ śāstiṁ hē matputra na tucchaya| tēna saṁbhartsitaścāpi naiva klāmya kadācana|
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
parēśaḥ prīyatē yasmin tasmai śāstiṁ dadāti yat| yantu putraṁ sa gr̥hlāti tamēva praharatyapi|"
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].
yadi yūyaṁ śāstiṁ sahadhvaṁ tarhīśvaraḥ putrairiva yuṣmābhiḥ sārddhaṁ vyavaharati yataḥ pitā yasmai śāstiṁ na dadāti tādr̥śaḥ putraḥ kaḥ?
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].
sarvvē yasyāḥ śāstēraṁśinō bhavanti sā yadi yuṣmākaṁ na bhavati tarhi yūyam ātmajā na kintu jārajā ādhvē|
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]!
aparam asmākaṁ śārīrikajanmadātārō'smākaṁ śāstikāriṇō'bhavan tē cāsmābhiḥ sammānitāstasmād ya ātmanāṁ janayitā vayaṁ kiṁ tatō'dhikaṁ tasya vaśībhūya na jīviṣyāmaḥ?
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.
tē tvalpadināni yāvat svamanō'matānusārēṇa śāstiṁ kr̥tavantaḥ kintvēṣō'smākaṁ hitāya tasya pavitratāyā aṁśitvāya cāsmān śāsti|
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.
śāstiśca varttamānasamayē kēnāpi nānandajanikā kintu śōkajanikaiva manyatē tathāpi yē tayā vinīyantē tēbhyaḥ sā paścāt śāntiyuktaṁ dharmmaphalaṁ dadāti|
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
ataēva yūyaṁ śithilān hastān durbbalāni jānūni ca sabalāni kurudhvaṁ|
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.
yathā ca durbbalasya sandhisthānaṁ na bhajyēta svasthaṁ tiṣṭhēt tathā svacaraṇārthaṁ saralaṁ mārgaṁ nirmmāta|
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
aparañca sarvvaiḥ sārtham ēkyabhāvaṁ yacca vinā paramēśvarasya darśanaṁ kēnāpi na lapsyatē tat pavitratvaṁ cēṣṭadhvaṁ|
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.
yathā kaścid īśvarasyānugrahāt na patēt, yathā ca tiktatāyā mūlaṁ praruhya bādhājanakaṁ na bhavēt tēna ca bahavō'pavitrā na bhavēyuḥ,
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.
yathā ca kaścit lampaṭō vā ēkakr̥tva āhārārthaṁ svīyajyēṣṭhādhikāravikrētā ya ēṣaustadvad adharmmācārī na bhavēt tathā sāvadhānā bhavata|
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.
yataḥ sa ēṣauḥ paścād āśīrvvādādhikārī bhavitum icchannapi nānugr̥hīta iti yūyaṁ jānītha, sa cāśrupātēna matyantaraṁ prārthayamānō'pi tadupāyaṁ na lēbhē|
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.
aparañca spr̥śyaḥ parvvataḥ prajvalitō vahniḥ kr̥ṣṇāvarṇō mēghō 'ndhakārō jhañbhśa tūrīvādyaṁ vākyānāṁ śabdaśca naitēṣāṁ sannidhau yūyam āgatāḥ|
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.
taṁ śabdaṁ śrutvā śrōtārastādr̥śaṁ sambhāṣaṇaṁ yat puna rna jāyatē tat prārthitavantaḥ|
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.
yataḥ paśurapi yadi dharādharaṁ spr̥śati tarhi sa pāṣāṇāghātai rhantavya ityādēśaṁ sōḍhuṁ tē nāśaknuvan|
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
tacca darśanam ēvaṁ bhayānakaṁ yat mūsasōktaṁ bhītastrāsayuktaścāsmīti|
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.
kintu sīyōnparvvatō 'marēśvarasya nagaraṁ svargasthayirūśālamam ayutāni divyadūtāḥ
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].
svargē likhitānāṁ prathamajātānām utsavaḥ samitiśca sarvvēṣāṁ vicārādhipatirīśvaraḥ siddhīkr̥tadhārmmikānām ātmānō
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.
nūtananiyamasya madhyasthō yīśuḥ, aparaṁ hābilō raktāt śrēyaḥ pracārakaṁ prōkṣaṇasya raktañcaitēṣāṁ sannidhau yūyam āgatāḥ|
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]
sāvadhānā bhavata taṁ vaktāraṁ nāvajānīta yatō hētōḥ pr̥thivīsthitaḥ sa vaktā yairavajñātastai ryadi rakṣā nāprāpi tarhi svargīyavaktuḥ parāṅmukhībhūyāsmābhiḥ kathaṁ rakṣā prāpsyatē?
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.”
tadā tasya ravāt pr̥thivī kampitā kintvidānīṁ tēnēdaṁ pratijñātaṁ yathā, "ahaṁ punarēkakr̥tvaḥ pr̥thivīṁ kampayiṣyāmi kēvalaṁ tannahi gaganamapi kampayiṣyāmi|"
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.
sa ēkakr̥tvaḥ śabdō niścalaviṣayāṇāṁ sthitayē nirmmitānāmiva cañcalavastūnāṁ sthānāntarīkaraṇaṁ prakāśayati|
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.
ataēva niścalarājyaprāptairasmābhiḥ sō'nugraha ālambitavyō yēna vayaṁ sādaraṁ sabhayañca tuṣṭijanakarūpēṇēśvaraṁ sēvituṁ śaknuyāma|
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
yatō'smākam īśvaraḥ saṁhārakō vahniḥ|
