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 —
vayaṁ mṛtijanakakarmmabhyo manaḥparāvarttanam īśvare viśvāso majjanaśikṣaṇaṁ hastārpaṇaṁ mṛtalokānām utthānam
2 teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment. (aiōnios g166)
anantakālasthāyivicārājñā caitaiḥ punarbhittimūlaṁ na sthāpayantaḥ khrīṣṭaviṣayakaṁ prathamopadeśaṁ paścātkṛtya siddhiṁ yāvad agrasarā bhavāma| (aiōnios g166)
3 Yes and, with God’s help, we will.
īśvarasyānumatyā ca tad asmābhiḥ kāriṣyate|
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 ekakṛtvo dīptimayā bhūtvā svargīyavararasam āsvaditavantaḥ pavitrasyātmano'ṁśino jātā
5 and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age — (aiōn g165)
īśvarasya suvākyaṁ bhāvikālasya śaktiñcāsvaditavantaśca te bhraṣṭvā 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.
svamanobhirīśvarasya putraṁ punaḥ kruśe ghnanti lajjāspadaṁ kurvvate ca tarhi manaḥparāvarttanāya punastān navīnīkarttuṁ ko'pi na śaknoti|
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 yā bhūmiḥ svopari bhūyaḥ patitaṁ vṛṣṭiṁ pivatī tatphalādhikāriṇāṁ nimittam iṣṭāni śākādīnyutpādayati sā īśvarād āśiṣaṁ prāptā|
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 yā bhūmi rgokṣurakaṇṭakavṛkṣān utpādayati sā na grāhyā śāpārhā ca śeṣe tasyā dāho bhaviṣyati|
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 priyatamāḥ, yadyapi vayam etādṛśaṁ vākyaṁ bhāṣāmahe tathāpi yūyaṁ tata utkṛṣṭāḥ paritrāṇapathasya pathikāścādhva iti viśvasāmaḥ|
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 yuṣmābhiḥ pavitralokānāṁ ya upakāro 'kāri kriyate ca teneśvarasya nāmne prakāśitaṁ prema śramañca vismarttum īśvaro'nyāyakārī 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.
aparaṁ yuṣmākam ekaiko jano yat pratyāśāpūraṇārthaṁ śeṣaṁ yāvat tameva yatnaṁ prakāśayedityaham icchāmi|
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.
ataḥ śithilā na bhavata kintu ye viśvāsena sahiṣṇutayā ca pratijñānāṁ phalādhikāriṇo jātāsteṣām anugāmino bhavata|
13 When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
īśvaro yadā ibrāhīme pratyajānāt tadā śreṣṭhasya kasyāpyaparasya nāmnā śapathaṁ karttuṁ nāśaknot, ato hetoḥ svanāmnā śapathaṁ kṛtvā tenoktaṁ yathā,
14 His words were — ‘I will assuredly bless thee and increase thy numbers.’
"satyam ahaṁ tvām āśiṣaṁ gadiṣyāmi tavānvayaṁ varddhayiṣyāmi ca|"
15 And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfilment of God’s promise.
anena prakāreṇa sa sahiṣṇutāṁ vidhāya tasyāḥ pratyāśāyāḥ phalaṁ labdhavān|
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 mānavāḥ śreṣṭhasya kasyacit nāmnā śapante, śapathaśca pramāṇārthaṁ teṣāṁ sarvvavivādāntako 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 īśvaraḥ pratijñāyāḥ phalādhikāriṇaḥ svīyamantraṇāyā amoghatāṁ bāhulyato darśayitumicchan śapathena svapratijñāṁ sthirīkṛtavān|
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 anṛtakathanam īśvarasya na sādhyaṁ tādṛśenācalena viṣayadvayena sammukhastharakṣāsthalasya prāptaye palāyitānām asmākaṁ sudṛḍhā sāntvanā jāyate|
19 This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it ‘reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,’
sā pratyāśāsmākaṁ manonaukāyā acalo laṅgaro bhūtvā vicchedakavastrasyābhyantaraṁ praviṣṭā|
