Jevrejima 12
1 Zato i mi, okruženi tolikim oblakom svjedoka, odložimo svaki teret i grijeh koji nas sapinje te postojano trčimo u borbu koja je pred nama!
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Uprimo pogled u Početnika i Dovršitelja vjere, Isusa, koji umjesto radosti što je stajala pred njim podnese križ, prezrevši sramotu te sjedi zdesna prijestolja Božjega.
looking to Jesus, the founder and completer of the faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Doista pomno promotrite njega, koji podnese toliko protivljenje grešnika protiv sebe, da - premoreni - ne klonete duhom.
For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you may not become tired and give up.
4 Ta još se do krvi ne oduprijeste u borbi protiv grijeha.
You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your struggle against sin;
5 Pa zar ste zaboravili opomenu koja vam je kao sinovima upravljena: Sine moj, ne omalovažavaj stege Gospodnje i ne kloni kad te on ukori.
and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with sons, "My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are corrected by him.
6 Jer koga Gospodin ljubi, onoga i stegom odgaja, šiba sina koga voli.
For whom the Lord loves he disciplines, and punishes every son he accepts."
7 Poradi vašega odgajanja trpite. Bog s vama postupa kao sa sinovima: a ima li koji sin kojega otac stegom ne odgaja?
If you are enduring discipline, God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
8 Pa ako niste pod stegom, na kojoj su svi imali udjela, onda ste kopilad, a ne djeca.
But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not sons.
9 Zatim, tjelesne smo oce imali odgojiteljima i poštovali ih. Pa nećemo li se kudikamo više podlagati Ocu duhova te živjeti?
Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we paid them respect. Should we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?
10 Oni su nas doista nešto malo dana stegom odgajali kako se njima činilo, a On - nama na korist, da postanemo sudionici njegove svetosti.
For they indeed, for a few days, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
11 Isprva se doduše čini da nijedno odgajanje nije radost, nego žalost, ali onima koji su njime uvježbani poslije donosi mironosni plod pravednosti.
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
12 Zato uspravite ruke klonule i koljena klecava,
Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
13 poravnite staze za noge svoje da se hromo ne iščaši, nego, štoviše, da ozdravi.
and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
14 Nastojte oko mira sa svima! I oko posvećenja bez kojega nitko neće vidjeti Gospodina!
Pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord,
15 Pripazite da se tko ne sustegne od milosti Božje, da kakav gorki korijen ne proklija pa ne unese zabunu i ne zarazi mnoge,
looking carefully lest there be anyone who falls short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;
16 da tko ne postane bludnik ili svetogrdnik kao Ezav, koji za jedan jedini obrok proda svoje prvorodstvo.
that there be no sexually immoral or profane person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for one meal.
17 Ta znate da je i poslije, kad je htio baštiniti blagoslov, odbačen jer nije našao mogućnosti promjene premda ju je sa suzama tražio.
For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
18 Jer niste pristupili opipljivoj gori i usplamtjelu ognju, ni mraku, tami i vihoru,
For you have not come to something that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and darkness, gloom, and storm,
19 ni ječanju trublje i tutnjavi riječi. - Koji su je slušali, zamoliše da im se više ne govori
the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
20 jer nisu podnosili naredbe: Ako se ma i živinče dotakne brda, neka se kamenuje!
for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned;"
21 I prizor bijaše tako strašan da Mojsije reče: “Strah me je i dršćem!” -
and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."
22 Nego, vi ste pristupili gori Sionu i gradu Boga živoga, Jeruzalemu nebeskom, nebrojenim tisućama anđela, svečanom skupu,
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
23 Crkvi prvorođenaca zapisanih na nebu, Bogu, sucu sviju, dusima savršenih pravednika
to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,
24 i Posredniku novog Saveza - Isusu - i krvi škropljeničkoj što snažnije govori od Abelove.
to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
25 Pazite da ne odbijete Onoga koji vam govori! Jer ako ne umakoše oni što su odbili onoga koji je na zemlji davao upute, kudikamo ćemo manje mi ako se okrenemo od Onoga koji ih daje s nebesa.
See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
26 Njegov glas tada zemlju uzdrma, sada pak obećava: Još jednom ja ću potresti ne samo zemlju nego i nebo.
whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."
27 Ono “još jednom” pokazuje da će, kao stvoreno, uminuti ono uzdrmano da ostane ono neuzdrmljivo.
This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
28 Zato jer smo primili kraljevstvo neuzdrmljivo, iskazujmo zahvalnost iz koje služimo Bogu kako je njemu milo, s predanjem i strahopoštovanjem.
So since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, through which we may offer service pleasing to God, with reverence and awe,
29 Jer Bog je naš oganj što proždire.
for our God is a consuming fire.
