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, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance 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 the author and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and hath 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 that endured such contradiction by sinners against him, lest ye faint in your souls, and become weary.
4 Ta još se do krvi ne oduprijeste u borbi protiv grijeha.
Not yet have ye resisted unto blood, in your contest 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 ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons: “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;
6 Jer koga Gospodin ljubi, onoga i stegom odgaja, šiba sina koga voli.
for whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.”
7 Poradi vašega odgajanja trpite. Bog s vama postupa kao sa sinovima: a ima li koji sin kojega otac stegom ne odgaja?
It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he, whom the father chasteneth not?
8 Pa ako niste pod stegom, na kojoj su svi imali udjela, onda ste kopilad, a ne djeca.
But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards 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 were chastened by the fathers of our flesh, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection 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 chastened us, according as it seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we might 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.
Now all chastening for the present indeed seemeth to be not joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yieldeth the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
12 Zato uspravite ruke klonule i koljena klecava,
Wherefore lift up the hands which 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, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed.
14 Nastojte oko mira sa svima! I oko posvećenja bez kojega nitko neće vidjeti Gospodina!
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, 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 diligently, lest any one come short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and the many be thereby defiled;
16 da tko ne postane bludnik ili svetogrdnik kao Ezav, koji za jedan jedini obrok proda svoje prvorodstvo.
lest there be any fornicator, or profane person as Esau, who for one meal sold even his birthright.
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 ye know that when he afterward wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it earnestly with tears.
18 Jer niste pristupili opipljivoj gori i usplamtjelu ognju, ni mraku, tami i vihoru,
For ye have not come to a mount that can be touched, and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 ni ječanju trublje i tutnjavi riječi. - Koji su je slušali, zamoliše da im se više ne govori
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which voice they who heard, entreated that no more should be spoken to them;
20 jer nisu podnosili naredbe: Ako se ma i živinče dotakne brda, neka se kamenuje!
for they could not bear that which was commanded, “If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;” and,
21 I prizor bijaše tako strašan da Mojsije reče: “Strah me je i dršćem!” -
so terrible was the sight, Moses said: “I exceedingly fear and tremble;”
22 Nego, vi ste pristupili gori Sionu i gradu Boga živoga, Jeruzalemu nebeskom, nebrojenim tisućama anđela, svečanom skupu,
but ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads, the general assembly of angels;
23 Crkvi prvorođenaca zapisanih na nebu, Bogu, sucu sviju, dusima savršenih pravednika
and to the church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven; and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect;
24 i Posredniku novog Saveza - Isusu - i krvi škropljeničkoj što snažnije govori od Abelove.
and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant; and to a sprinkling with that blood which speaketh something better than 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 ye refuse not him who speaketh. For if they did not escape, who refused him who spoke his will on earth, much more shall not we, if we turn away from him who speaketh from heaven;
26 Njegov glas tada zemlju uzdrma, sada pak obećava: Još jednom ja ću potresti ne samo zemlju nego i nebo.
whose voice then shook the earth; but now he hath promised, saying, “Yet once more will I shake, not the earth only, but also the heaven.”
27 Ono “još jednom” pokazuje da će, kao stvoreno, uminuti ono uzdrmano da ostane ono neuzdrmljivo.
And this expression, “Yet once more,” signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, in order that those things which are not shaken may abide.
28 Zato jer smo primili kraljevstvo neuzdrmljivo, iskazujmo zahvalnost iz koje služimo Bogu kako je njemu milo, s predanjem i strahopoštovanjem.
Wherefore receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear.
29 Jer Bog je naš oganj što proždire.
For our God is a consuming fire.
