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,
Ideoque et nos tantam habentes impositam nubem testium, deponentes omne pondus, et circumstans nos peccatum, per patientiam curramus ad propositum nobis certamen:
2 looking to Jesus, 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.
aspicientes in Auctorem fidei, et consummatorem Iesum, qui proposito sibi gaudio sustinuit crucem, confusione contempta, atque in dextera sedis Dei sedet.
3 For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you may not become tired and give up.
Recogitate enim eum, qui talem sustinuit a peccatoribus adversum semetipsum contradictionem: ut ne fatigemini, animis vestris deficientes.
4 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your struggle against sin;
Nondum enim usque ad sanguinem restitistis, adversus peccatum repugnantes:
5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with sons, "My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are corrected by him.
et obliti estis consolationis, quae vobis tamquam filiis loquitur, dicens: Fili mi, noli negligere disciplinam Domini: neque fatigeris dum ab eo argueris.
6 For whom the Lord loves he disciplines, and punishes every son he accepts."
Quem enim diligit Dominus, castigat: flagellat autem omnem filium, quem recipit.
7 If you are enduring discipline, God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
In disciplina perseverate. Tamquam filiis vobis offert se Deus: quis enim filius, quem non corripit pater?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not sons.
Quod si extra disciplinam estis, cuius participes facti sunt omnes: ergo adulteri, et non filii estis.
9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we paid them respect. Should we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?
Deinde patres quidem carnis nostrae, eruditores habuimus, et reverebamur eos. non multo magis obtemperabimus Patri spirituum, et vivemus?
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.
Et illi quidem in tempore paucorum dierum, secundum voluntatem suam erudiebant nos: hic autem ad id, quod utile est in recipiendo sanctificationem eius.
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.
Omnis autem disciplina in praesenti quidem videtur non esse gaudii, sed moeroris: postea autem fructum pacatissimum exercitatis per eam, reddet iustitiae.
12 Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
Propter quod remissas manus, et soluta genua, erigite,
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
et gressus rectos facite pedibus vestris: ut non claudicans quis erret, magis autem sanetur.
14 Pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord,
Pacem sequimini cum omnibus, et sanctimoniam, sine qua nemo videbit Deum:
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;
contemplantes nequis desit gratiae Dei: nequa radix amaritudinis sursum germinans impediat, et per illam inquinentur multi.
16 that there be no sexually immoral or profane person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for one meal.
Ne quis fornicator, aut profanus ut Esau: qui propter unam escam vendidit primitiva sua:
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.
scitote enim quoniam et postea cupiens hereditare benedictionem, reprobatus est: non enim invenit poenitentiae locum, quamquam cum lacrymis inquisisset eam.
18 For you have not come to something that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and darkness, gloom, and storm,
Non enim accessistis ad tractabilem montem, et accessibilem ignem, et turbinem, et caliginem, et procellam,
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,
et tubae sonum, et vocem verborum, quam qui audierunt, excusaverunt se, ne eis fieret verbum.
20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned;"
Non enim portabant quod dicebatur: Et si bestia tetigerit montem, lapidabitur.
21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."
Et ita terribile erat quod videbatur. Moyses dixit: Exterritus sum, et tremebundus.
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,
Sed accessistis ad Sion montem, et civitatem Dei viventis, Ierusalem caelestem, et multorum millium Angelorum frequentiam,
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,
et Ecclesiam primitivorum, qui conscripti sunt in caelis, et iudicem omnium Deum, et spiritum iustorum perfectorum,
24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
et testamenti novi mediatorem Iesum, et sanguinis aspersionem melius loquentem quam Abel.
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,
Videte ne recusetis loquentem. Si enim illi non effugerunt, recusantes eum, qui super terram loquebatur: multo magis nos, qui de caelis loquentem nobis avertimus.
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."
cuius vox movit terram tunc: nunc autem repromittit, dicens: Adhuc semel: et ego movebo non solum terram, sed et caelum.
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.
Quod autem, Adhuc semel, dicit: declarat mobilium translationem tamquam factorum, ut maneant ea, quae sunt immobilia.
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,
Itaque regnum immobile suscipientes, habemus gratiam: per quam serviamus placentes Deo, cum metu et reverentia.
29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Etenim Deus noster ignis consumens est.
