Hebrews 12
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Wherefore we also, having all these witnesses, who as clouds encompass us, will set ourselves loose from every weight, and the sin which at all time is prepared for us, and with perseverance will we run this race which is appointed to us.
2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
And let us look unto Jeshu, who hath become the chief and the perfecter of our faith; who, for the joy that was before him, endured the cross, and unto shame delivered himself, and at the right hand of the throne of Aloha hath sat down.
3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Consider, therefore, how much he endured from sinners who were adversaries to themselves, that ye weary not, nor fail in your souls.
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Not yet have ye come unto blood in the conflict which is against sin.
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
And ye have forgotten the instruction of him who, as unto children, hath said to you, My son, contemn not the discipline of the Lord, and let not thy soul fail when by him thou art corrected:
6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
for whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth, and scourgeth those children in whom he taketh pleasure.
7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
Endure, therefore, correction, because Aloha acteth towards you as with children: for who is a son whom his father doth not correct?
8 If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
And if ye be without the correction with which every one is corrected, ye are aliens, and not children.
9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
And if (when) the fathers of the flesh have chastised us we have revered them, how much more are we bound to be subject to our spiritual fathers, that we may live?
10 Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
For they, during a little time, as they willed, chastised us; but Aloha for our advantage, that we might partake of his holiness.
11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
For all chastisement, in its time, is not considered as joy, but as grief; but, in the end, the fruit of peace and righteousness it giveth unto them who with it have been exercised.
12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
Wherefore your relaxed hands and your trembling knees make strong;
13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
and right ways make for your feet, that the member which is lame may not wander, but be healed.
14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Follow after peace with every man, and after holiness, without which man our Lord seeth not.
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
And be aware lest any one be found among you failing of the grace of Aloha; or lest any root of bitternesses should put forth the flower and injure you, and many be contaminated:
16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
or lest there be found among you any fornicator, or dissolute, as Isu, who for one meal sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
For ye know, also, that afterward he desired to inherit the blessing, but was rejected; for place for repentance he found not, though with tears he sought it.
18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
For ye have not drawn nigh to the burning fire, and to that which may be touched, neither to darknesses, to mist, and to tempest,
19 to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
nor to the voice of the trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard withdrew (from), that it might not be additionally spoken to them.
20 For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
For they could not endure that which was commanded. For if an animal should approach to the mountain, it was to be stoned:
21 The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
and so terrible was the sight, that Musha said, I fear and tremble
22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
But ye have come nigh unto the Mount of Ziun, and to the city of Aloha the Living, to the Urishlem which is in heaven, and to the congregation of myriads of angels,
23 in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
and to the church of the firstborn (ones) who are written in heaven, and to Aloha the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the just who are perfected,
24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
and to Jeshu the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkling of his blood, which speaketh better than that of Habel.
25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
Beware, therefore, lest ye be averse from Him who hath spoken with you; for if they escaped not who were averse from one who spake with them on earth, how much less we, if we withdraw from one who hath spoken to us from heaven?
26 At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
Him whose voice moved the earth? But now hath he promised and said, Yet once I will move not only earth, but also heaven.
27 The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
But that which he hath said, ONCE, showeth the (final) changing of these which are moved, because they are made, that those may remain which are immutable.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
Therefore because we have received the kingdom which is immoveable, let us hold the grace by which we may serve and please Aloha with reverence and with fear:
29 “For our God is a consuming fire.”
for our God is a devouring fire.
