Hebrews 6
1 Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God —
vayaM mRtijanakakarmmabhyO manaHparAvarttanam IzvarE vizvAsO majjanazikSaNaM hastArpaNaM mRtalOkAnAm utthAnam
2 teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment. (aiōnios g166)
anantakAlasthAyivicArAjnjA caitaiH punarbhittimUlaM na sthApayantaH khrISTaviSayakaM prathamOpadEzaM pazcAtkRtya siddhiM yAvad agrasarA bhavAma| (aiōnios g166)
3 Yes and, with God’s help, we will.
IzvarasyAnumatyA ca tad asmAbhiH kAriSyatE|
4 For if those who were once for all brought into the Light, and learned to appreciate the gift from Heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,
ya EkakRtvO dIptimayA bhUtvA svargIyavararasam AsvaditavantaH pavitrasyAtmanO'MzinO jAtA
5 and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age — (aiōn g165)
Izvarasya suvAkyaM bhAvikAlasya zaktinjcAsvaditavantazca tE bhraSTvA yadi (aiōn g165)
6 if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.
svamanObhirIzvarasya putraM punaH kruzE ghnanti lajjAspadaM kurvvatE ca tarhi manaHparAvarttanAya punastAn navInIkarttuM kO'pi na zaknOti|
7 Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall upon it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
yatO yA bhUmiH svOpari bhUyaH patitaM vRSTiM pivatI tatphalAdhikAriNAM nimittam iSTAni zAkAdInyutpAdayati sA IzvarAd AziSaM prAptA|
8 but, if it ‘bears thorns and thistles,’ it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being ‘cursed,’ and its end will be the fire.
kintu yA bhUmi rgOkSurakaNTakavRkSAn utpAdayati sA na grAhyA zApArhA ca zESE tasyA dAhO bhaviSyati|
9 But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things — of things that point to your Salvation.
hE priyatamAH, yadyapi vayam EtAdRzaM vAkyaM bhASAmahE tathApi yUyaM tata utkRSTAH paritrANapathasya pathikAzcAdhva iti vizvasAmaH|
10 For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians — as you are still doing.
yatO yuSmAbhiH pavitralOkAnAM ya upakArO 'kAri kriyatE ca tEnEzvarasya nAmnE prakAzitaM prEma zramanjca vismarttum IzvarO'nyAyakArI na bhavati|
11 But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end.
aparaM yuSmAkam EkaikO janO yat pratyAzApUraNArthaM zESaM yAvat tamEva yatnaM prakAzayEdityaham icchAmi|
12 Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God’s promises.
ataH zithilA na bhavata kintu yE vizvAsEna sahiSNutayA ca pratijnjAnAM phalAdhikAriNO jAtAstESAm anugAminO bhavata|
13 When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
IzvarO yadA ibrAhImE pratyajAnAt tadA zrESThasya kasyApyaparasya nAmnA zapathaM karttuM nAzaknOt, atO hEtOH svanAmnA zapathaM kRtvA tEnOktaM yathA,
14 His words were — ‘I will assuredly bless thee and increase thy numbers.’
"satyam ahaM tvAm AziSaM gadiSyAmi tavAnvayaM varddhayiSyAmi ca|"
15 And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfilment of God’s promise.
anEna prakArENa sa sahiSNutAM vidhAya tasyAH pratyAzAyAH phalaM labdhavAn|
16 Men, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.
atha mAnavAH zrESThasya kasyacit nAmnA zapantE, zapathazca pramANArthaM tESAM sarvvavivAdAntakO bhavati|
17 And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath.
ityasmin IzvaraH pratijnjAyAH phalAdhikAriNaH svIyamantraNAyA amOghatAM bAhulyatO darzayitumicchan zapathEna svapratijnjAM sthirIkRtavAn|
18 For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false — we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.
ataEva yasmin anRtakathanam Izvarasya na sAdhyaM tAdRzEnAcalEna viSayadvayEna sammukhastharakSAsthalasya prAptayE palAyitAnAm asmAkaM sudRPhA sAntvanA jAyatE|
19 This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it ‘reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,’
sA pratyAzAsmAkaM manOnaukAyA acalO laggarO bhUtvA vicchEdakavastrasyAbhyantaraM praviSTA|
