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,
ato hetoretāvatsākṣimeghai rveṣṭitāḥ santo vayamapi sarvvabhāram āśubādhakaṁ pāpañca nikṣipyāsmākaṁ gamanāya nirūpite mārge dhairyyeṇa dhāvāma|
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.
yaścāsmākaṁ viśvāsasyāgresaraḥ siddhikarttā cāsti taṁ yīśuṁ vīkṣāmahai yataḥ sa svasammukhasthitānandasya prāptyartham apamānaṁ tucchīkṛtya kruśasya yātanāṁ soḍhavān īśvarīyasiṁhāsanasya dakṣiṇapārśve samupaviṣṭavāṁśca|
3 Do consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so as not to grow weary, losing courage in your souls.
yaḥ pāpibhiḥ svaviruddham etādṛśaṁ vaiparītyaṁ soḍhavān tam ālocayata tena yūyaṁ svamanaḥsu śrāntāḥ klāntāśca na bhaviṣyatha|
4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed.
yūyaṁ pāpena saha yudhyanto'dyāpi śoṇitavyayaparyyantaṁ pratirodhaṁ nākuruta|
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;
tathā ca putrān pratīva yuṣmān prati ya upadeśa uktastaṁ kiṁ vismṛtavantaḥ? "pareśena kṛtāṁ śāstiṁ he matputra na tucchaya| tena saṁbhartsitaścāpi naiva klāmya kadācana|
6 because whom the Lord loves He chastens, yes scourges every son whom He accepts.”
pareśaḥ prīyate yasmin tasmai śāstiṁ dadāti yat| yantu putraṁ sa gṛhlāti tameva praharatyapi|"
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?
yadi yūyaṁ śāstiṁ sahadhvaṁ tarhīśvaraḥ putrairiva yuṣmābhiḥ sārddhaṁ vyavaharati yataḥ pitā yasmai śāstiṁ na dadāti tādṛśaḥ putraḥ kaḥ?
8 But if you are without discipline (something everyone undergoes), then you are illegitimate and not sons.
sarvve yasyāḥ śāsteraṁśino bhavanti sā yadi yuṣmākaṁ na bhavati tarhi yūyam ātmajā na kintu jārajā ādhve|
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?
aparam asmākaṁ śārīrikajanmadātāro'smākaṁ śāstikāriṇo'bhavan te cāsmābhiḥ sammānitāstasmād ya ātmanāṁ janayitā vayaṁ kiṁ tato'dhikaṁ tasya vaśībhūya na jīviṣyāmaḥ?
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.
te tvalpadināni yāvat svamano'matānusāreṇa śāstiṁ kṛtavantaḥ kintveṣo'smākaṁ hitāya tasya pavitratāyā aṁśitvāya cāsmān śāsti|
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.
śāstiśca varttamānasamaye kenāpi nānandajanikā kintu śokajanikaiva manyate tathāpi ye tayā vinīyante tebhyaḥ sā paścāt śāntiyuktaṁ dharmmaphalaṁ dadāti|
12 Therefore strengthen the listless hands and weakened knees,
ataeva yūyaṁ śithilān hastān durbbalāni jānūni ca sabalāni kurudhvaṁ|
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame not be turned aside but rather be healed.
yathā ca durbbalasya sandhisthānaṁ na bhajyeta svasthaṁ tiṣṭhet tathā svacaraṇārthaṁ saralaṁ mārgaṁ nirmmāta|
14 Pursue peace with all, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord;
aparañca sarvvaiḥ sārtham ekyabhāvaṁ yacca vinā parameśvarasya darśanaṁ kenāpi na lapsyate tat pavitratvaṁ ceṣṭadhvaṁ|
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,
yathā kaścid īśvarasyānugrahāt na patet, yathā ca tiktatāyā mūlaṁ praruhya bādhājanakaṁ na bhavet tena ca bahavo'pavitrā na bhaveyuḥ,
16 that no one be a fornicator, or worldly like Esau, who in exchange for one meal gave up his birthright.
yathā ca kaścit lampaṭo vā ekakṛtva āhārārthaṁ svīyajyeṣṭhādhikāravikretā ya eṣaustadvad adharmmācārī na bhavet tathā sāvadhānā bhavata|
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.
yataḥ sa eṣauḥ paścād āśīrvvādādhikārī bhavitum icchannapi nānugṛhīta iti yūyaṁ jānītha, sa cāśrupātena matyantaraṁ prārthayamāno'pi tadupāyaṁ na lebhe|
18 Now you have not come to a touchable mountain burning with fire, to blackness and darkness, to tempest;
aparañca spṛśyaḥ parvvataḥ prajvalito vahniḥ kṛṣṇāvarṇo megho 'ndhakāro jhañbhśa tūrīvādyaṁ vākyānāṁ śabdaśca naiteṣāṁ sannidhau yūyam āgatāḥ|
19 to a trumpet blast and spoken words such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them
taṁ śabdaṁ śrutvā śrotārastādṛśaṁ sambhāṣaṇaṁ yat puna rna jāyate tat prārthitavantaḥ|
20 (because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain it must be stoned!”
yataḥ paśurapi yadi dharādharaṁ spṛśati tarhi sa pāṣāṇāghātai rhantavya ityādeśaṁ soḍhuṁ te nāśaknuvan|
21 and the sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling!”);
tacca darśanam evaṁ bhayānakaṁ yat mūsasoktaṁ bhītastrāsayuktaścāsmīti|
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,
kintu sīyonparvvato 'mareśvarasya nagaraṁ svargasthayirūśālamam ayutāni divyadūtāḥ
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;
svarge likhitānāṁ prathamajātānām utsavaḥ samitiśca sarvveṣāṁ vicārādhipatirīśvaraḥ siddhīkṛtadhārmmikānām ātmāno
24 to Jesus, Mediator of a new covenant, and to a blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
nūtananiyamasya madhyastho yīśuḥ, aparaṁ hābilo raktāt śreyaḥ pracārakaṁ prokṣaṇasya raktañcaiteṣāṁ sannidhau yūyam āgatāḥ|
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!
sāvadhānā bhavata taṁ vaktāraṁ nāvajānīta yato hetoḥ pṛthivīsthitaḥ sa vaktā yairavajñātastai ryadi rakṣā nāprāpi tarhi svargīyavaktuḥ parāṅmukhībhūyāsmābhiḥ kathaṁ rakṣā prāpsyate?
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.”
tadā tasya ravāt pṛthivī kampitā kintvidānīṁ tenedaṁ pratijñātaṁ yathā, "ahaṁ punarekakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṁ kampayiṣyāmi kevalaṁ tannahi gaganamapi kampayiṣyāmi|"
27 Now the ‘yet once more’ clearly indicates the removal of the things being shaken (created things), so that the unshakables may remain.
sa ekakṛtvaḥ śabdo niścalaviṣayāṇāṁ sthitaye nirmmitānāmiva cañcalavastūnāṁ sthānāntarīkaraṇaṁ prakāśayati|
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;
ataeva niścalarājyaprāptairasmābhiḥ so'nugraha ālambitavyo yena vayaṁ sādaraṁ sabhayañca tuṣṭijanakarūpeṇeśvaraṁ sevituṁ śaknuyāma|
29 because our God is indeed a consuming fire.
yato'smākam īśvaraḥ saṁhārako vahniḥ|
