< Hebrews 12 >
1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Zato dakle i mi imajuæi oko sebe toliku gomilu svjedoka, da odbacimo svako breme i grijeh koji je za nas prionuo, i s trpljenjem da trèimo u bitku koja nam je odreðena,
2 looking to Yeshua, the founder and completer of the faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Gledajuæi na naèelnika vjere i svršitelja Isusa, koji mjesto odreðene sebi radosti pretrplje krst, ne mareæi za sramotu, i sjede s desne strane prijestola Božijega.
3 For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you may not become tired and give up.
Pomislite dakle na onoga koji je takovo protivljenje protiv sebe od grješnika podnio, da ne oslabe duše vaše i da vam ne dotuži.
4 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your struggle against sin;
Jer još do krvi ne doðoste boreæi se protiv grijeha,
5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are corrected by him.
I zaboraviste utjehu koju vam govori, kao sinovima: sine moj! ne puštaj u nemar karanja Gospodnja, niti gubi volje kad te on pokara;
6 For whom the Lord loves he disciplines, and punishes every son he accepts."
Jer koga ljubi Gospod onoga i kara; a bije svakoga sina kojega prima.
7 If you are enduring discipline, God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Ako trpite karanje, kao sinovima pokazuje vam se Bog: jer koji je sin kojega otac ne kara?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not sons.
Ako li ste bez karanja, u kojemu svi dijel dobiše, daklem ste kopilad, a ne sinovi.
9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
Ako su nam dakle tjelesni ocevi naši karaèi, i bojimo ih se, kako da ne slušamo oca duhova, da živimo?
10 For they indeed, for a few days, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
Jer oni za malo dana, kako im ugodno bješe, karahu nas; a ovaj na korist, da dobijemo dijel od njegove svetinje.
11 All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Jer svako karanje kad biva ne èini se da je radost, nego žalost; ali poslije daæe miran rod pravde onima koji su nauèeni njime.
12 Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
Zato oslabljene ruke i oslabljena koljena ispravite,
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
I staze poravnite nogama svojima, da ne svrne što je hromo, nego još da se iscijeli.
14 Pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord,
Mir imajte i svetinju sa svima; bez ovoga niko neæe vidjeti Gospoda.
15 looking carefully lest there be anyone who falls short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Gledajte da ko ne ostane bez blagodati Božije: da ne uzraste kakav korijen grèine, i ne uèini pakost, i tijem da se mnogi ne opogane.
16 that there be no sexually immoral or profane person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for one meal.
Da ne bude ko kurvar ili opoganjen, kao Isav, koji je za jedno jelo dao prvorodstvo svoje.
17 For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
Jer znate da je i potom, kad šæaše da primi blagoslov, odbaèen; jer pokajanje ne naðe mjesta, ako ga i sa suzama tražaše.
18 For you have not come to something that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and darkness, gloom, and storm,
Jer ne pristupiste ka gori koja se može opipati, i ognju razgorjelom, oblaku, i pomrèini, i oluji,
19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
I trubnom glasu, i glasu rijeèi, kojega se odrekoše oni koji èuše, da ne èuju više rijeèi;
20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"
Jer ne mogahu da podnesu ono što se zapovijedaše: ako se i zvijer dotakne do gore, biæe kamenjem ubijena.
21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."
I tako strašno bješe ono što se vidje da Mojsije reèe: uplašio sam se i drkæem.
22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
Nego pristupiste k Sionskoj gori, i ka gradu Boga živoga, Jerusalimu nebeskome, i mnogijem hiljadama anðela,
23 to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,
K saboru i crkvi prvorodnijeh koji su napisani na nebesima, i Bogu, sudiji sviju, i duhovima savršenijeh pravednika,
24 to Yeshua, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Hevel.
I k Isusu, posredniku zavjeta novoga, i krvi kropljenja, koja bolje govori negoli Aveljeva.
25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
Ali gledajte da se ne odreèete onoga koji govori; jer kad oni ne utekoše koji se odrekoše onoga koji prorokovaše na zemlji, akamoli mi koji se odrièemo nebeskoga,
26 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."
Kojega glas potrese onda zemlju, a sad obeæa govoreæi: još jednom ja æu potresti ne samo zemlju nego i nebo.
27 This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
A što veli: još jednom, pokazuje da æe se ukinuti ono što se pomièe, kao stvoreno, da ostane ono što se ne pomièe.
28 So since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, through which we may offer service pleasing to God, with reverence and awe,
Zato, primajuæi carstvo nepokolebano, da imamo blagodat kojom služimo za ugodnost Bogu, s poštovanjem i sa strahom.
29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Jer je Bog naš oganj koji spaljuje.