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].
Зато, дакле, и ми имајући око себе толику гомилу сведока, да одбацимо свако бреме и грех који је за нас прионуо, и с трпљењем да трчимо у битку која нам је одређена,
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].
Гледајући на Начелника вере и Свршитеља Исуса, који место одређене себи радости претрпе крст, не марећи за срамоту, и седе с десне стране престола Божијег.
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.
Помислите, дакле, на Оног који је такво противљење против себе од грешника поднео, да не ослабе душе ваше и да вам не дотужи.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Јер још до крви не дођосте борећи се против греха,
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],
И заборависте утеху коју вам говори, као синовима: Сине мој! Не пуштај у немар карања Господња, нити губи воље кад те Он покара;
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
Јер кога љуби Господ оног и кара; а бије сваког сина ког прима.
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].
Ако трпите карање, као синовима показује вам се Бог: јер који је син ког отац не кара?
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].
Ако ли сте без карања, у коме сви део добише, дакле сте копилад, а не синови.
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]!
Ако су нам дакле телесни очеви наши карачи, и бојимо их се, како да не слушамо Оца духова, да живимо?
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.
Јер они за мало дана, како им угодно беше, караху нас; а Овај на корист, да добијемо део од Његове светиње.
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.
Јер свако карање кад бива не чини се да је радост, него жалост; али после даће миран род правде онима који су научени њиме.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Зато ослабљене руке и ослабљена колена исправите,
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.
И стазе поравните ногама својим, да не сврне шта је хромо, него још да се исцели.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Мир имајте и светињу са свима; без овог нико неће видети Господа.
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.
Гледајте да ко не остане без благодати Божије: да не узрасте какав корен горчине, и не учини пакост, и тим да се многи не опогане.
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.
Да не буде ко курвар или опогањен, као Исав, који је за једно јело дао првородство своје.
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.
Јер знате да је и потом, кад хтеде да прими благослов, одбачен; јер покајање не нађе места, ако га и са сузама тражаше.
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.
Јер не приступисте ка гори која се може опипати, и огњу разгорелом, облаку, и помрчини и олуји,
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.
И трубном гласу, и гласу речи, ког се одрекоше они који чуше, да не чују више речи;
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.
Јер не могаху да поднесу оно што се заповедаше: Ако се и звер дотакне до горе, биће камењем убијена.
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
И тако страшно беше оно што се виде да Мојсије рече: Уплашио сам се и дрхћем.
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.
Него приступисте к Сионској гори, и ка граду Бога Живога, Јерусалиму небеском, и многим хиљадама анђела,
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].
К сабору и цркви првородних који су написани на небесима, и Богу, судији свих, и духовима савршених праведника,
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.
И к Исусу, Посреднику завета новог, и крви кропљења, која боље говори неголи Авељева.
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]
Али гледајте да се не одрекнете Оног који говори; јер кад они не утекоше који се одрекоше оног који пророковаше на земљи, а камоли ми који се одричемо небеског,
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.”
Ког глас потресе онда земљу, а сад обећа говорећи; још једном ја ћу потрести не само земљу него и небо.
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.
А што вели: још једном, показује да ће се укинути оно што се помиче, као створено, да остане оно што се не помиче.
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.
Зато, примајући царство непоколебано, да имамо благодат којом служимо за угодност Богу, с поштовањем и са страхом.
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
Јер је Бог наш огањ који спаљује.
