Hebrews 12
1 So then, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we too must run with endurance the race that is set before us, laying aside every impediment and the sin that so easily ensnares,
Zato i mi, okruženi tolikim oblakom svjedoka, odložimo svaki teret i grijeh koji nas sapinje te postojano trčimo u borbu koja je pred nama!
2 looking unto Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of the Faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured a cross, scorning its ignominy, and took His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Uprimo pogled u Početnika i Dovršitelja vjere, Isusa, koji umjesto radosti što je stajala pred njim podnese križ, prezrevši sramotu te sjedi zdesna prijestolja Božjega.
3 Do consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so as not to grow weary, losing courage in your souls.
Doista pomno promotrite njega, koji podnese toliko protivljenje grešnika protiv sebe, da - premoreni - ne klonete duhom.
4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed.
Ta još se do krvi ne oduprijeste u borbi protiv grijeha.
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that instructs you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, nor lose heart when you are reproved by Him;
Pa zar ste zaboravili opomenu koja vam je kao sinovima upravljena: Sine moj, ne omalovažavaj stege Gospodnje i ne kloni kad te on ukori.
6 because whom the Lord loves He chastens, yes scourges every son whom He accepts.”
Jer koga Gospodin ljubi, onoga i stegom odgaja, šiba sina koga voli.
7 If you are enduring discipline, God is dealing with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not discipline?
Poradi vašega odgajanja trpite. Bog s vama postupa kao sa sinovima: a ima li koji sin kojega otac stegom ne odgaja?
8 But if you are without discipline (something everyone undergoes), then you are illegitimate and not sons.
Pa ako niste pod stegom, na kojoj su svi imali udjela, onda ste kopilad, a ne djeca.
9 Furthermore, we have had our human fathers as correctors and respected them. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
Zatim, tjelesne smo oce imali odgojiteljima i poštovali ih. Pa nećemo li se kudikamo više podlagati Ocu duhova te živjeti?
10 Now they indeed disciplined us during a short period as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, so that we may partake of His holiness.
Oni su nas doista nešto malo dana stegom odgajali kako se njima činilo, a On - nama na korist, da postanemo sudionici njegove svetosti.
11 Now no discipline seems to be pleasant at the time, but painful; yet afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.
Isprva se doduše čini da nijedno odgajanje nije radost, nego žalost, ali onima koji su njime uvježbani poslije donosi mironosni plod pravednosti.
12 Therefore strengthen the listless hands and weakened knees,
Zato uspravite ruke klonule i koljena klecava,
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame not be turned aside but rather be healed.
poravnite staze za noge svoje da se hromo ne iščaši, nego, štoviše, da ozdravi.
14 Pursue peace with all, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord;
Nastojte oko mira sa svima! I oko posvećenja bez kojega nitko neće vidjeti Gospodina!
15 taking care that no one come short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble and thereby many be defiled,
Pripazite da se tko ne sustegne od milosti Božje, da kakav gorki korijen ne proklija pa ne unese zabunu i ne zarazi mnoge,
16 that no one be a fornicator, or worldly like Esau, who in exchange for one meal gave up his birthright.
da tko ne postane bludnik ili svetogrdnik kao Ezav, koji za jedan jedini obrok proda svoje prvorodstvo.
17 Because you do indeed know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing he was rejected; he found no place for a change of mind, though he sought it diligently with tears.
Ta znate da je i poslije, kad je htio baštiniti blagoslov, odbačen jer nije našao mogućnosti promjene premda ju je sa suzama tražio.
18 Now you have not come to a touchable mountain burning with fire, to blackness and darkness, to tempest;
Jer niste pristupili opipljivoj gori i usplamtjelu ognju, ni mraku, tami i vihoru,
19 to a trumpet blast and spoken words such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them
ni ječanju trublje i tutnjavi riječi. - Koji su je slušali, zamoliše da im se više ne govori
20 (because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain it must be stoned!”
jer nisu podnosili naredbe: Ako se ma i živinče dotakne brda, neka se kamenuje!
21 and the sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling!”);
I prizor bijaše tako strašan da Mojsije reče: “Strah me je i dršćem!” -
22 but you have come to Mount Zion, even to the City of the Living God, Heavenly Jerusalem; to myriads of angels in festal gathering,
Nego, vi ste pristupili gori Sionu i gradu Boga živoga, Jeruzalemu nebeskom, nebrojenim tisućama anđela, svečanom skupu,
23 to an assembly of firstborn ones who have been enrolled in heaven; to God, Judge of all; to the spirits of the perfected righteous;
Crkvi prvorođenaca zapisanih na nebu, Bogu, sucu sviju, dusima savršenih pravednika
24 to Jesus, Mediator of a new covenant, and to a blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
i Posredniku novog Saveza - Isusu - i krvi škropljeničkoj što snažnije govori od Abelove.
25 See to it that you not refuse Him who speaks. Because if they did not escape who refused Him who gave divine warning on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from Him who warns from Heaven!
Pazite da ne odbijete Onoga koji vam govori! Jer ako ne umakoše oni što su odbili onoga koji je na zemlji davao upute, kudikamo ćemo manje mi ako se okrenemo od Onoga koji ih daje s nebesa.
26 Then His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”
Njegov glas tada zemlju uzdrma, sada pak obećava: Još jednom ja ću potresti ne samo zemlju nego i nebo.
27 Now the ‘yet once more’ clearly indicates the removal of the things being shaken (created things), so that the unshakables may remain.
Ono “još jednom” pokazuje da će, kao stvoreno, uminuti ono uzdrmano da ostane ono neuzdrmljivo.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us hold on to the grace by which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear;
Zato jer smo primili kraljevstvo neuzdrmljivo, iskazujmo zahvalnost iz koje služimo Bogu kako je njemu milo, s predanjem i strahopoštovanjem.
29 because our God is indeed a consuming fire.
Jer Bog je naš oganj što proždire.
