Židům 12
1 Protož i my, takový oblak svědků vůkol majíce, odvrhouce všeliké břímě, i snadně obkličující nás hřích, skrze trpělivost konejme běh uloženého nám boje,
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 Patříce na vůdce a dokonavatele víry Ježíše, kterýžto místo předložené sobě radosti strpěl kříž, opováživ se hanby, i posadil se na pravici trůnu Božího.
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 A považte, kteraký jest ten, jenž snášel od hříšníků taková proti sobě odmlouvání, abyste neustávali, v myslech vašich hynouce.
[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 Ještě jste se až do krve nezprotivili, proti hříchu bojujíce.
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
5 A což jste zapomenuli na napomenutí, kteréž k vám jako k synům mluví: Synu můj, nepohrdej kázní Páně, aniž sobě stýskej, když od něho trestán býváš?
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 Nebo kohož miluje Pán, tohoť tresce, a švihá každého, kteréhož za syna přijímá.
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
7 Jestliže kázeň snášíte, Bůh se vám podává jakožto synům. Nebo který jest syn, jehož by netrestal otec?
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 Pakli jste bez kázně, kteréžto všickni synové účastni jsou, tedy jste cizoložňata, a ne synové.
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 Ano tělesné otce naše měli jsme, kteříž nás trestali, a měli jsme je u vážnosti; i zdaliž nemáme mnohem více poddáni býti Otci duchů, abychom živi byli?
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 A onino zajisté po nemnohé dny, jakž se jim vidělo, trestali, ale tento v věcech přeužitečných, totiž k tomu, abychom došli účastnosti svatosti jeho.
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 Každé pak trestání, když přítomné jest, nezdá se býti potěšené, ale smutné, než potomť rozkošné ovoce spravedlnosti přináší těm, kteříž by v něm pocvičeni byli.
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 Protož opuštěných rukou a zemdlených kolen posilňte,
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 A přímé kroky čiňte nohama svýma, aby, což zkulhavělo, do konce se nevyvinulo, ale raději uzdraveno bylo.
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 Pokoje následujte se všechněmi a svatosti, bez níž žádný neuzří Pána,
Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
15 Prohlédajíce k tomu bedlivě, aby někdo neodpadl od milosti Boží, a aby nějaký kořen hořkosti nepodrostl, a neučinil překážky, skrze nějž by poškvrněni byli mnozí;
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 Aby někdo nebyl smilník, aneb ohyzdný, jako Ezau, kterýžto za jednu krmi prodal prvorozenství své.
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 Víte zajisté, že potom, chtěje dědičně dosáhnouti požehnání, pohrdnut jest. Nebo nenalezl místa ku pokání, ač ho koli s pláčem hledal.
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 Nebo nepřistoupili jste k hmotné hoře a k hořícímu ohni, a k vichru, a k mrákotě, a k bouři,
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 A zvuku trouby a k hlasu slov, kterýžto hlas kdož slyšeli, prosili, aby k nim nebylo více mluveno.
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 (Nebo nemohli snésti toho, což bylo praveno: A kdyby se i hovado dotklo hory, budeť ukamenováno, aneb šípem postřeleno.
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 A tak hrozné bylo to, což viděli, že i Mojžíš řekl: Lekl jsem se, až se třesu.)
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
22 Ale přistoupili jste k hoře Sionu, a k městu Boha živého, Jeruzalému nebeskému, a k nesčíslnému zástupu andělů,
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 K veřejnému shromáždění a k církvi prvorozených, kteříž zapsáni jsou v nebesích, a k Bohu soudci všech, a k duchům spravedlivých dokonalých,
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 A k prostředníku Nového Zákona Ježíšovi, a ku pokropení krví, lépe mluvící nežli Abelova.
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 Viztež, abyste neodpírali mluvícím. Nebo poněvadž onino neušli pomsty, kteříž odpírali tomu, jenž na zemi na místě Božím mluvil, čím více my, jestliže tím, kterýž s nebe mluví k nám, pohrdneme?
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 Jehožto hlas tehdáž byl zemí pohnul, nyní pak propověděl, řka: Ještěť já jednou pohnu netoliko zemí, ale i nebem.
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 A to, že dí: Ještě jednou, světle ukazuje pohnutelných věcí přenesení, jakožto rukama učiněných, aby zůstávaly ty, jenž jsou nepohnutelné.
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 Protož království přijímajíce nepohnutelné, mějmež milost, skrze kteroužto služme libě Bohu, s vážností a uctivostí.
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 Neboť Bůh náš jest oheň spalující.
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
