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].
Zato dakle i mi imajuæi oko sebe toliku gomilu svjedoka, da odbacimo svako breme i grijeh koji je za nas prionuo, i s trpljenjem da trèimo u bitku koja nam je odreðena,
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].
Gledajuæi na naèelnika vjere i svršitelja Isusa, koji mjesto odreðene sebi radosti pretrplje krst, ne mareæi za sramotu, i sjede s desne strane prijestola Božijega.
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.
Pomislite dakle na onoga koji je takovo protivljenje protiv sebe od grješnika podnio, da ne oslabe duše vaše i da vam ne dotuži.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Jer još do krvi ne doðoste boreæi se protiv grijeha,
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],
I zaboraviste utjehu koju vam govori, kao sinovima: sine moj! ne puštaj u nemar karanja Gospodnja, niti gubi volje kad te on pokara;
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
Jer koga ljubi Gospod onoga i kara; a bije svakoga sina kojega prima.
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].
Ako trpite karanje, kao sinovima pokazuje vam se Bog: jer koji je sin kojega otac ne kara?
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].
Ako li ste bez karanja, u kojemu svi dijel dobiše, daklem ste kopilad, a ne sinovi.
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]!
Ako su nam dakle tjelesni ocevi naši karaèi, i bojimo ih se, kako da ne slušamo oca duhova, da živimo?
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.
Jer oni za malo dana, kako im ugodno bješe, karahu nas; a ovaj na korist, da dobijemo dijel od njegove svetinje.
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.
Jer svako karanje kad biva ne èini se da je radost, nego žalost; ali poslije daæe miran rod pravde onima koji su nauèeni njime.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Zato oslabljene ruke i oslabljena koljena ispravite,
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.
I staze poravnite nogama svojima, da ne svrne što je hromo, nego još da se iscijeli.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Mir imajte i svetinju sa svima; bez ovoga niko neæe vidjeti Gospoda.
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.
Gledajte da ko ne ostane bez blagodati Božije: da ne uzraste kakav korijen grèine, i ne uèini pakost, i tijem da se mnogi ne opogane.
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.
Da ne bude ko kurvar ili opoganjen, kao Isav, koji je za jedno jelo dao prvorodstvo svoje.
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.
Jer znate da je i potom, kad šæaše da primi blagoslov, odbaèen; jer pokajanje ne naðe mjesta, ako ga i sa suzama tražaše.
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.
Jer ne pristupiste ka gori koja se može opipati, i ognju razgorjelom, oblaku, i pomrèini, i oluji,
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 trubnom glasu, i glasu rijeèi, kojega se odrekoše oni koji èuše, da ne èuju više rijeèi;
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.
Jer ne mogahu da podnesu ono što se zapovijedaše: ako se i zvijer dotakne do gore, biæe kamenjem ubijena.
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
I tako strašno bješe ono što se vidje da Mojsije reèe: uplašio sam se i drkæem.
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.
Nego pristupiste k Sionskoj gori, i ka gradu Boga živoga, Jerusalimu nebeskome, i mnogijem hiljadama anðela,
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].
K saboru i crkvi prvorodnijeh koji su napisani na nebesima, i Bogu, sudiji sviju, i duhovima savršenijeh pravednika,
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 k Isusu, posredniku zavjeta novoga, i krvi kropljenja, koja bolje govori negoli Aveljeva.
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]
Ali gledajte da se ne odreèete onoga koji govori; jer kad oni ne utekoše koji se odrekoše onoga koji prorokovaše na zemlji, akamoli mi koji se odrièemo nebeskoga,
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.”
Kojega glas potrese onda zemlju, a sad obeæa govoreæi: još jednom ja æu potresti ne samo zemlju nego i nebo.
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 što veli: još jednom, pokazuje da æe se ukinuti ono što se pomièe, kao stvoreno, da ostane ono što se ne pomièe.
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.
Zato, primajuæi carstvo nepokolebano, da imamo blagodat kojom služimo za ugodnost Bogu, s poštovanjem i sa strahom.
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
Jer je Bog naš oganj koji spaljuje.
