< Hebrews 13 >
1 Continue in brotherly love.
Let the love of the brethren continue in you;
2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
and kindness to strangers forget not; for in this some who were made worthy, while not perceiving it, have received angels.
3 Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
Remember those who are bound, as if with them ye were bound: be mindful of those who are afflicted, as men (should) who are clothed with flesh.
4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Honourable is marriage among all, and their bed is undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers Aloha judgeth.
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Let not your mind love money; but let whatever ye have suffice you: for the Lord hath said, I will not abandon thee, nor withhold from thee support.
6 So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
And it is ours to say confidently, My Lord is my helper, I will not fear: what a man do to me?
7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
Remember your leaders; those who have spoken to you the word of Aloha: reflect on the consummation of their course, and imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (aiōn )
Jeshu Meshiha is yesterday, and to-day, and for ever. (aiōn )
9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
Unto strange and variable doctrines be not led away; for it is good that with grace we confirm our hearts, and not by meats, because they have not been helped who have walked in them.
10 We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
But we have an altar of which it is not lawful for them to eat who minister in the tabernacle.
11 Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.
For those animals, whose blood the high priest took into the sanctuary for sins, had their flesh burned without the camp.
12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
On this account Jeshu, that he might sanctify his people by his blood, without the city suffered.
13 Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
Therefore let us also go forth unto him without the camp, being, clothed with his ignominy.
14 For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
For we have no city which is permanent here; but one that is to come we are expecting.
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
By him, therefore, let us offer up at all time unto Aloha the sacrifices of praise, which are the fruits of the lips which give thanks to his name.
16 And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
And forget not compassion and communication to the poor: for with these sacrifices a man pleaseth Aloha.
17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Be persuaded by your leaders, and obey them; for they watch for your souls as men who must render an account of you, that with joy they may do this, and not with groans; for that is not profitable for you.
18 Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
Pray for us; for we are confident we have a good conscience, that in all things we desire to act aright.
19 And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
And more especially I ask from you to do this, that I may be turned to you quickly.
20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, (aiōnios )
But the God of peace, who brought up from the house of the dead the great Shepherd of the flock, by the blood of the eternal covenant, who is Jeshu Meshiha, our Lord, (aiōnios )
21 equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (aiōn )
make you perfect in every good work, that ye may do his will, and effect in you whatever is good before him, by Jeshu Meshiha: to him be glory unto the age of ages. Amen. (aiōn )
22 I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
Now I request from you, my brethren, that ye prolong your minds on the word of exhortation; for in a few (words) I have written to you.
23 Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
But know that our brother Timotheos is released; and if he come soon, with him I will see you.
24 Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
Ask for the peace of all your leaders, and of all the saints: they of Italia ask for your peace.
25 Grace be with all of you.
Grace be with you all. Amen.