Hebrews 11
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.
Vera je torej zagotovilo stvarem, v katere upamo, dokaz nevidnih stvari.
2 For by it our fathers had God's approval.
Kajti po njej so starešine dosegli dober glas.
3 By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be. (aiōn g165)
Po veri razumemo, da so bili svetovi zasnovani po Božji besedi, tako da stvari, ki so vidne, niso bile narejene iz stvari, ki se kažejo. (aiōn g165)
4 By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
Po veri je Abel Bogu daroval odličnejšo žrtev kakor Kajn, s katero je dosegel pričevanje, da je bil pravičen, ker je Bog pričeval o njegovih darovih; in po njih, čeprav mrtev, še vedno govori.
5 By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:
Po veri je bil Henoh prestavljen, da ne bi videl smrti; in ni ga bilo najti, ker ga je Bog prestavil, kajti pred njegovo prestavitvijo je imel to pričevanje, da je ugajal Bogu.
6 And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
Toda brez vere mu je nemogoče ugajati, kajti kdor prihaja k Bogu, mora verovati, da on je in da je nagrajevalec teh, ki ga marljivo iščejo.
7 By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.
Po veri je Noe, ki je bil posvarjen od Boga, o še nevidenih stvareh, prevzet s strahom, pripravil barko za rešitev svoje hiše, po kateri je obsodil svet in postal dedič pravičnosti, ki je po veri.
8 By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
Po veri je Abraham ubogal, ko je bil poklican, da gre ven, na kraj, ki naj bi ga kasneje prejel v dediščino; in odšel je ven, ne vedoč kam je šel.
9 By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
Po veri se je mudil v obljubljeni deželi kot v tuji deželi in prebival v šotorih z Izakom in Jakobom, z njim sodedičema iste obljube;
10 For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
kajti iskal je mesto, ki ima temelje, katerega graditelj in izdelovalec je Bog.
11 And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;
Preko vere je tudi sama Sara prejela moč, da spočne seme in rodila otroka, ko je bila čez starost, ker je tega, ki je obljubil, precenila zvestega.
12 So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.
Zatorej jih je izšlo celó iz enega in skoraj mrtvega, tako velika množica kakor zvezd neba in kakor peska, ki je brezštevilen ob morski obali.
13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
Vsi ti so umrli v veri in niso prejeli obljub, vendar so jih videli od daleč in bili prepričani o njih in jih sprejeli ter priznali, da so bili tujci in romarji na zemlji.
14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.
Kajti tisti, ki govorijo takšne stvari, odkrito razglašajo, da iščejo domovino.
15 And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.
In resnično, če bi razmišljali o tej domovini, od koder so izšli, bi mogoče imeli priložnost, da se vrnejo.
16 But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
Toda odslej si želijo boljšo domovino, to je, nebeško. Zato Bog ni osramočen, da se imenuje njihov Bog, kajti zanje je pripravil mesto.
17 By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,
Po veri je Abraham, ko je bil preizkušan, daroval Izaka. In on, ki je prejel obljube, je daroval svojega edinorojenega sina,
18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:
o katerem je bilo rečeno: ›Da se bo tvoje seme imenovalo po Izaku, ‹
19 Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.
ker je menil, da ga je bil Bog zmožen obuditi celó od mrtvih; od koder ga je po podobi tudi prejel.
20 By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.
Po veri je, glede na stvari, ki pridejo, Izak blagoslovil Jakoba in Ezava.
21 By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.
Po veri je Jakob, ko je umiral, blagoslovil oba Jožefova sinova, in oboževal oprt na vrh svoje palice.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones.
Po veri je Jožef, ko je umiral, naredil omembo odhoda Izraelovih otrok in dal zapoved glede svojih kosti.
23 By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.
Po veri so Mojzesa, ko je bil rojen, njegovi starši tri mesece skrivali, ker so videli, da je bil čeden otrok, in se niso bali kraljeve zapovedi.
24 By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Po veri je Mojzes, ko je prišel v leta, odklonil, da bi bil imenovan sin faraonove hčere;
25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;
raje si je izbral, da z Božjimi ljudmi trpi stisko, kakor da nekaj časa uživa zadovoljstva greha;
26 Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.
Kristusovo grajanje je cenil za večja bogastva kakor zaklade v Egiptu, kajti imel je spoštovanje do povračila nagrade.
27 By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.
Po veri je zapustil Egipt in se ni bal kraljevega besa, kajti vztrajal je, kakor [bi] zrl tistega, ki je neviden.
28 By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.
Prek vere je praznoval pasho in škropljenje s krvjo, da se jih ne bi dotaknil tisti, ki je uničil prvorojence.
29 By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same.
Po veri so šli skozi Rdeče morje, kakor po kopni zemlji, kar so poskušali storiti Egipčani, [pa] so bili utopljeni.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days.
Po veri so padli dol zidovi Jerihe, potem ko so jo obkrožali sedem dni.
31 By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.
Po veri pocestnica Rahába, ko je v miru sprejela oglednika, ni umrla s temi, ki niso verovali.
32 What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:
In kaj naj še rečem? Kajti zmanjkalo bi mi časa, da vam povem o Gideónu in o Baráku in o Samsonu in o Jefteju; tudi o Davidu in Samuelu ter o prerokih,
33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,
ki so po veri podjarmljali kraljestva, izvrševali pravičnost, dosegali obljube, mašili gobce levom,
34 Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.
gasili silovitost ognja, pobegnili rezilu meča, iz slabosti postajali močni, v boju postajali hrabri, vojske neznancev obračali v beg.
35 Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
Ženske so ponovno prejemale svoje mrtve, dvignjene v življenje. Drugi pa so bili mučeni, ker niso sprejeli osvoboditve; da bi lahko dosegli boljše vstajenje;
36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
in drugi so imeli preizkušnjo krutih zasmehovanj ter bičanj, da, poleg tega vezi in ujetništvo.
37 They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
Bili so kamnani, bili so žagani narazen, bili so skušani, bili so umorjeni z mečem. Okoli so tavali v ovčjih in kozjih kožah; bili so v pomanjkanju, užaloščeni, mučeni
38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
(katerih svet ni bil vreden). Tavali so po puščavah in po gorah in po brlogih in zemeljskih votlinah.
39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
In vsi ti, ki so prek vere dosegli dober glas, niso prejeli obljube,
40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
kajti Bog je za nas priskrbel neko boljšo stvar, da oni ne bi postali popolni brez nas.
