< Hebrews 12 >
1 Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, having put off every weight, and the closely besetting sin, may we run the contest that is set before us through endurance,
2 looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured [the] cross, having despised [the] shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
looking to the Author and Perfecter of the faith—Jesus, who, for the joy set before Him, endured a cross, having despised shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God;
3 For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.
for again consider Him who endured such contradiction from the sinners to Himself, that you may not be wearied in your souls—being faint.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, wrestling against sin.
You did not yet resist to blood—striving with sin;
5 And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not [the] chastening of [the] Lord, nor faint [when] reproved by him;
and you have forgotten the exhortation that speaks fully to you as to sons, “My son, do not despise [the] discipline of [the] LORD, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,
6 for whom [the] Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
for whom the LORD loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives”;
7 Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
if you endure discipline, God bears Himself to you as to sons, for who is a son whom a father does not discipline?
8 But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
And if you are apart from discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are bastards, and not sons.
9 Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced [them]; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
Then, indeed, we have had fathers of our flesh, correctors, and we respected [them]; will we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?
10 For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.
For they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were disciplining, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;
11 But no chastening at the time seems to be [matter] of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields [the] peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.
and all discipline for the present, indeed, does not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;
For this reason, lift up the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees;
13 and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.
and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;
14 Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:
pursue peace with all, and the separation, apart from which no one will see the LORD,
15 watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;
observing lest anyone be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;
16 lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;
lest anyone be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food sold his birthright,
17 for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earnestly with tears.
for you know that also afterward, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was disapproved of, for he did not find a place of conversion, though having sought it with tears.
18 For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,
For you did not come near to the mountain touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and storm,
19 and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined [the] word being addressed to them any more:
and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard begged that a word might not be added to them,
20 (for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
for they were not bearing that which is commanded, “And if a beast may touch the mountain, it will be stoned, or shot through with an arrow,”
21 and, so fearful was the sight, Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and full of trembling; )
and (so terrible was the sight), Moses said, “I am exceedingly fearful, and trembling.”
22 but ye have come to mount Zion; and to [the] city of [the] living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels,
But you came to Mount Zion, and to [the] city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,
23 the universal gathering; and to [the] assembly of the firstborn [who are] registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to [the] spirits of just [men] made perfect;
to the assembly-place and Assembly of the Firstborn registered in Heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,
24 and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to [the] blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.
and to a mediator of a new covenant—Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!
25 See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him [who does so] from heaven:
Watch out lest you refuse Him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who was divinely speaking on earth—much less we who turn away from Him who [speaks] from Heaven,
26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.
whose voice shook the earth then, and now He has promised, saying, “Yet once [more]—I shake not only the earth, but also Heaven”;
27 But this Yet once, signifies the removing of what is shaken, as being made, that what is not shaken may remain.
and this, “Yet once [more],” makes evident the removal of the things shaken, as of things having been made, that the things not shaken may remain;
28 Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear.
for this reason, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and fear,
29 For also our God [is] a consuming fire.
for our God [is] also a consuming fire.