Hebreerbrevet 12
1 Alltså, då vi nu hava omkring oss en så stor hop av vittnen, må ock vi lägga av allt som är oss till hinder, och särskilt synden, som så hårt omsnärjer oss, och med uthållighet löpa framåt i den tävlingskamp som är oss förelagd.
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].
2 Och må vi därvid se på Jesus, trons hövding och fullkomnare, på honom, som i stället för att taga den glädje som låg framför honom, utstod korsets lidande och aktade smäleken för intet, och som nu sitter på högra sidan om Guds tron.
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].
3 Ja, på honom, som har utstått så mycken gensägelse av syndare, på honom mån I tänka, så att I icke tröttnen och uppgivens i edra själar.
[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.
4 Ännu haven I icke stått emot ända till blods, i eder kamp mot synden.
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
5 Och I haven alldeles förgätit den förmaningens röst som talar med eder, såsom man talar med söner: "Min son, förkasta icke Herrens aga, och giv dig icke över, när du tuktas av honom.
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],
6 Ty den Herren älskar, den agar han, och han straffar med riset var son som han har kär."
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
7 Det är till eder fostran som I fån utstå lidande; Gud handlar med eder såsom med söner. Ty var finnes den son som icke bliver agad av sin fader?
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].
8 Om I lämnadens utan aga, medan alla andra finge sin del därav, så voren I oäkta söner och icke äkta.
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].
9 Vidare: vi hava haft köttsliga fäder, som agade oss, och vi visade försyn för dem; skola vi då icke mycket mer vara underdåniga andarnas Fader, så att vi få leva?
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]!
10 De förra agade oss ju för en kort tid, såsom det syntes dem gott, men denne agar oss för vårt verkliga gagn, för att vi skola få del av hans helighet.
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.
11 Väl synes alla aga för tillfället vara icke till glädje, utan till sorg; men efteråt bär den, för dem som hava blivit fostrade därmed, en fridsfrukt som är rättfärdighet.
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.
12 Alltså: "stärken maktlösa händer och vacklande knän",
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 och "gören räta stigar för edra fötter", så att den fot som haltar icke vrides ur led, utan fastmer bliver botad.
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.
14 Faren efter frid med alla och efter helgelse; ty utan helgelse får ingen se Herren.
Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
15 Och sen till, att ingen går miste om Guds nåd, och att ingen giftig rot skjuter skott och bliver till fördärv, så att menigheten därigenom bliver besmittad;
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.
16 sen till, att ingen är en otuktig människa eller ohelig såsom Esau, han som för en enda maträtt sålde sin förstfödslorätt.
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.
17 I veten ju att han ock sedermera blev avvisad, när han på grund av arvsrätt ville få välsignelsen; han kunde nämligen icke vinna någon ändring, fastän han med tårar sökte därefter.
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.
18 Ty I haven icke kommit till ett berg som man kan taga på, ett som "brann i eld", icke till "töcken och mörker" och storm,
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.
19 icke till "basunljud" och till en "röst" som talade så, att de som hörde den bådo att intet ytterligare skulle talas till dem.
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.
20 Ty de kunde icke härda ut med det påbud som gavs dem: "Också om det är ett djur som kommer vid berget, skall det stenas."
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.
21 Och så förskräcklig var den syn man såg, att Moses sade: "Jag är förskräckt och bävar."
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
22 Nej, I haven kommit till Sions berg och den levande Gudens stad, det himmelska Jerusalem, och till änglar i mångtusental,
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.
23 till en högtidsskara och församling av förstfödda söner som äro uppskrivna i himmelen, och till en domare som är allas Gud, och till fullkomnade rättfärdigas andar,
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].
24 och till ett nytt förbunds medlare, Jesus, och till ett stänkelseblod som talar bättre än Abels blod.
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.
25 Sen till, att I icke visen ifrån eder honom som talar. Ty om dessa icke kunde undfly, när de visade ifrån sig honom som här på jorden kungjorde Guds vilja, huru mycket mindre skola då vi kunna det, om vi vända oss ifrån honom som kungör sin vilja från himmelen?
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]
26 Hans röst kom då jorden att bäva; men nu har han lovat och sagt: "Ännu en gång skall jag komma icke allenast jorden, utan ock himmelen att bäva."
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.”
27 Dessa ord "ännu en gång" giva till känna att de ting, som kunna bäva, skola, eftersom de äro skapade, bliva förvandlade, för att de ting, som icke kunna bäva, skola bliva beståndande.
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.
28 Därför, då vi nu skola undfå ett rike som icke kan bäva, så låtom oss vara tacksamma. På det sättet tjäna vi Gud, honom till behag, med helig fruktan och räddhåga.
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.
29 Ty "vår Gud är en förtärande eld".
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
