Hebrews 11
1 It is because people trust [God] that they are sure that they will receive the things that they confidently expect [God to give them]. They are also certain [that they will see those things], though no one sees them yet.
Der Glaube ist eine Zuversicht auf das, was man erhofft, ein Beweis von Dingen, die man nicht sieht.
2 It was because our ancestors trusted in God that they pleased him.
In ihm erhielten auch die Ahnen schon ihr Ruhmeszeugnis.
3 It is because we trust in God that we understand that he formed the universe by commanding [it to exist]. The result is that the things that we see were not made from things that already existed. (aiōn g165)
Im Glauben erkennen wir, daß durch das göttliche Wort das Weltall geordnet ward, also das Sichtbare nicht aus der Erscheinungswelt geworden ist. (aiōn g165)
4 It was because [Adam’s son] Abel trusted God that he sacrificed something better to God than what [his older brother] Cain offered to God. Because Abel did that, when God spoke well about what Abel sacrificed, God declared that Abel was righteous. And although Abel is dead, we still learn from him [about trusting God].
Im Glauben brachte Abel Gott ein Opfer dar, wertvoller als das des Kain; dafür erhielt er auch das Zeugnis, daß er gerecht sei: ein Zeugnis, das Gott ihm seiner Gaben wegen ausstellte; in ihm redet er noch nach seinem Tode.
5 It was because Enoch believed [God that God] took him [up to heaven]. The result was that he did not die. No one found him, because he was taken up {[God] had removed him} from the earth [to heaven]. Before [God] took him away, [he] testified that Enoch pleased him well.
Im Glauben wurde Henoch entrückt, daß er den Tod nicht sah; er war nicht mehr zu finden, weil ihn Gott entrückt hatte. Denn vor der Entrückung hat er schon das Zeugnis erhalten, daß er Gott wohlgefalle.
6 It is possible for people to please God only if they trust God, because anyone who wants to come to God must first believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek [to know] him.
Doch ohne Glauben ist es unmöglich, Gott zu gefallen; denn wer Gott naht, muß glauben, daß er ist, und daß er denen, die ihn suchen, ein Vergelter ist.
7 It was because Noah trusted [God] that after he was warned by God {after [God] warned him} about [a flood that] had not yet happened, Noah [showed that he] revered God by building a huge ship to save his family. By doing that, he [showed all the people who did not believe him] [MTY] [that they deserved to be condemned] {[that God would] condemn them}. He was someone whom God declared to be righteous because of his trusting in God.
Im Glauben erhielt Noe Kunde von dem, was er noch nicht sah, nahm sich in acht und baute eine Arche zur Rettung seines Hauses; in ihm hat er die Welt verurteilt und ward ein Erbe der Rechtfertigung aus dem Glauben.
8 It was because Abraham trusted God that when he was told to go {when [God] told him to go}, he obeyed [God], he left [his own country], and went to a place that God would give him. Abraham left his own country, even though he did not know where he would be going.
Im Glauben gehorchte Abraham dem Ruf, in ein Land zu ziehen, das er als Erbe erhalten sollte, und so zog er aus und wußte nicht, wohin er käme.
9 It was because Abraham trusted God that he lived as though he was a foreigner in the land that [God] had promised to him. Abraham lived in tents, and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob did also. God promised to give to Isaac and Jacob the same things that he promised to give Abraham.
Im Glauben siedelte er sich im Lande der Verheißung an wie in einem fremden und wohnte in Zelten mit Isaak und Jakob, den Miterben derselben Verheißung.
10 Abraham was waiting to live in a city [in heaven] that would exist forever [MET]. It was a city that God is building [DOU].
Er wartete ja auf die Stadt mit festen Grundmauern, deren Baumeister und Gründer Gott ist.
11 It was because Abraham trusted God that God gave Abraham strength so that he [was] able to produce a son. Even though his wife Sarah was past the age [when women bear children], [God] promised [that he would give her a son], and Abraham considered that God would do what he promised to do.
Im Glauben erhielt Sara noch die Kraft zum Mutterwerden trotz ihres holten Alters, weil sie den für treu hielt, der die Verheißung gegeben hatte.
12 So, although Abraham was also too old to have children, so many people descended from that one man that they were as numerous as the stars in the sky and are as countless as the grains of sand along the seashore, [just like God promised him].
Darum wurden sie auch von dem einen und dazu Erstorbenen erzeugt so zahlreich wie die Sterne des Himmels, unzählbar wie der Sand am Meeresstrand.
13 It was while they still trusted in God that all those people died. Even though they had not yet received the things that God had promised to give them, [it was as though] they saw those things in a distance. They were glad [to know] about what God promised. It was as though they admitted that they were not from this earth, but that they were only here temporarily.
Im Glauben starben diese alle, ohne daß sie die verheißenen Güter schon erlangt hätten. Sie hatten sie aus weiter Ferne nur gesehen und begrüßt und so bekannt, daß sie nur Pilgrime und Fremdlinge auf Erden seien.
14 As for those people who talk like that, they clearly show that they long for [a place that will become] their true native land.
Denn die so sprechen, zeigen, daß sie eine Heimat suchen.
15 If they had been thinking about [that place being] the place from which they had come, they would have taken the opportunity to return there.
Hätten sie dabei an das Land gedacht, aus dem sie ausgezogen waren, so hätten sie die Möglichkeit gehabt, dorthin zurückzukehren.
16 But, instead, they desired a better [place in which to live]; that is, they desired [a home] in heaven. So God has prepared a city for them to live [with him], and he is pleased [LIT] for them to say that he is their God.
So aber trachten sie nach einem besseren, das heißt nach dem himmlischen. Darum scheut sich Gott auch nicht, sich ihren Gott nennen zu lassen; er hat ja ihnen eine Stadt bereitet.
17 It was because Abraham trusted [God] that he [was ready to] kill his son Isaac as a sacrifice when [God] tested him. This same man to whom [God] promised [to give] ([a son/many descendants]) was going to sacrifice [that same son], the only son [whom his own wife had borne]!
Im Glauben brachte Abraham, als er erprobt werden sollte, den Isaak als Opfer dar; er wollte seinen einzigen Sohn darbringen; er, der doch die Verheißung empfangen hatte,
18 It was to Abraham that God said, “It is [only] from Isaac that I will consider your family to descend.”
als zu ihm gesprochen ward: "Du sollst in Isaak Nachkommen erhalten."
19 Abraham considered that [to fulfill that promise], God could make [Isaac] live again [even if] he had died [after Abraham sacrificed him]! The result was that when Abraham did receive Isaac back [after God told him not to harm Isaac], it was as though he received him back even after he died.
Er dachte eben: "Gott kann sogar Tote wieder auferwecken", und so erhielt er ihn zugleich als Sinnbild wiederum zurück.
20 It was because Isaac trusted God that he [prayed that after he died, God would] bless [his] sons Jacob and Esau.
Im Glauben segnete Isaak den Jakob und den Esau auch für die künftigen Zeiten.
21 It was because Jacob trusted God that, as he was dying, he [prayed that God would] bless each of the sons of [his own son Joseph]. He worshipped God as he leaned upon his walking stick [before he died].
Im Glauben segnete der sterbende Jakob die beiden Söhne Josephs und betete, gestützt auf die Spitze seines Stabes.
22 It was because Joseph trusted God that, when he was about to die [in Egypt], he anticipated the time when the Israelis would leave Egypt; and he instructed [that] his people [should carry] his bones [with them when they] ([left Egypt/returned to Canaan]).
Im Glauben dachte Joseph noch beim Sterben an den Auszug der Kinder Israels und gab Anweisung über seine Gebeine.
23 It was because Moses’ father and mother trusted God that they hid [their son] for three months shortly after he was born, because they saw that he was so beautiful. They were not afraid of [disobeying] what the king of Egypt had commanded, [namely, that all the Jewish male babies must be killed].
Im Glauben ward nach der Geburt Moses von seinen Eltern noch drei Monate lang verborgen gehalten; sie sahen nämlich, daß das Kind lieblich war, und fürchteten den Befehl des Königs nicht.
24 The daughter of the [king, whom they called] Pharaoh, [raised] Moses, but when he had grown up, it was because he trusted God that he refused to [accept the privileges that would have been his if people] considered that he was (the son of the king’s daughter/the king’s own grandson).
Im Glauben lehnte Moses, als er schon erwachsen war, es ab, sich Sohn der Tochter Pharaos nennen zu lassen.
25 He decided that it was better for others to mistreat him for a time along with the Israeli people, than to temporarily enjoy living sinfully [in the King’s palace].
Er wollte lieber mit dem Volke Gottes Leid ertragen, als nur vorübergehenden Genuß von Sünde haben.
26 This is because he decided that if he suffered for the Messiah, it would be worth far more [in God’s sight] than his owning all the treasures of Egypt [that he would receive as Pharaoh’s heir. He decided that] because he looked forward to the time when [God would give him] an [eternal] reward.
So hielt er die Schmach Christi für einen größeren Reichtum als Ägyptens Schätze. Er blickte ja auf die Vergeltung hin.
27 It was because he trusted God that he left Egypt. He was not afraid that the king would be angry [because of his doing that]. He (kept going/did not turn back) because [it was as though] he kept seeing [God], whom no one can see.
Im Glauben verließ er das Ägypterland und fürchtete den Zorn des Königs nicht. Und standhaft hielt er aus, als hätte er den Unsichtbaren sichtbar vor Augen.
28 It was because Moses believed [that God would save his own people] that he instituted the [festival called] Passover. He did that [by commanding that the people should kill lambs and] sprinkle their blood [on their] doorposts. They did that in order that [the angel who] causes people to die would not kill [EUP] the oldest male Israelites [when he killed the oldest sons in each Egyptian family].
Im Glauben hielt er das Pascha und ordnete das Blutbestreichen an, damit der Würgengel nicht ihre Erstgeburt vernichte.
29 It was because they trusted God that [when] the [Israelite] people walked through [where] the Red Sea [had been, it was] as [though they walked] on dry land! But, when the [army of] Egypt also attempted to [cross that same water], they drowned, because [the sea came back and flooded them]!
Im Glauben durchschritten sie das Rote Meer wie trockenes Land, während die Ägypter beim gleichen Versuche verschlungen wurden.
30 It was because the [Israeli] people trusted God that the walls around Jericho [city] collapsed, after the Israelis marched around the walls for seven days.
Im Glauben stürzten auch die Mauern Jerichos zusammen, nachdem man an sieben Tagen um sie herumgezogen war.
31 Rahab [had been] a prostitute, but because she trusted God, she did not perish with those [inside Jericho] who disobeyed [God. Joshua sent some spies] into the city [in order] to find ways to destroy it, but God saved her because she welcomed those spies [peaceably].
Im Glauben kam die Dirne Rahab nicht mit jenen Unfolgsamen um, weil sie die Kundschafter friedlich aufgenommen hatte.
32 I do not know what more I should say [RHQ] [about others who trusted in God]. It would take too much time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the [other] prophets.
Doch wozu soll ich noch weiter reden? Es fehlt mir die Zeit, um alles durchzugehen von Gedeon und Barak, Samson und Jephte, von David, Samuel und den Propheten.
33 It was because they trusted God that some of them [did great things for him]. Some conquered lands ruled by powerful men. Some ruled [Israel] and justly [punished those men and nations who rebelled against God]. Some obtained [from God] the things that he promised to give them [MTY].
Im Glauben rangen diese Königreiche nieder, schufen Recht, erlangten Verheißungen; sie schlossen Löwenrachen,
34 Some forced lions to keep their mouths shut. Some escaped from being destroyed by fire. Some of those people escaped from [being killed with] a sword [MTY]. Some of those [people who trusted God] were made strong {became mighty} again after they had once been weak. Some became powerful when they fought wars. Some caused armies [that came from foreign lands] to run away from them.
löschten Feuersgluten aus, entgingen der Schärfe des Schwertes. Aus Schwachheit kamen sie zu Kraft und wurden Helden im Kampf und brachten fremde Heere zum Weichen.
35 Some women [who trusted God] received [their relatives] back again when [God] ([made them live again after they had died/raised them from the dead]). But [others who trusted God] were tortured until they died. They were tortured because they refused to agree when [their captors said, “We will] release you [if you deny that you believe in God.” They refused to do that], because they wanted to live with God forever, which is better than [continuing to live on earth] after having almost died.
Frauen erhielten ihre Toten durch die Wiederaufweckung zurück. Andere wurden gemartert und wollten nichts von der Freilassung wissen, um eine wundervollere Auferstehung zu erlangen.
36 Other [people who trusted God] were mocked; [some had their backs] cut [open by being struck] with leaded whips. Some were chained and put in prison.
Und wieder andere mußten Spott und Geißelung verkosten, andere Ketten und Gefängnis.
37 [Some of] those believers were stoned to death {People [killed some of those believers by] throwing stones at them}. Others were cut completely in two. Others were killed with swords. Others of these people who trusted God wandered around the land [wearing garments made only of] skins from sheep and goats. They did not have any money. They were continually oppressed and tormented {People continuously oppressed them and tormented them}.
Sie wurden gesteinigt und gefoltert und zersägt, durchs Schwert getötet; in Schaf- und Ziegenfellen zogen sie umher, in Not, bedrängt, mißhandelt.
38 [The people on earth who caused those who trusted in God to suffer were so bad that] they did not deserve [to live with people who trusted God. Some who trusted God] wandered in deserts and on mountains. Some lived in caves and in other [large] holes in the ground.
Die Welt war ihrer nicht wert. In Einöden und im Gebirge irrten sie umher, in Höhlen und in Erdklüften.
39 Although all these people were commended [by God] {[God] commended all these people} because they trusted him, God did not give them all that he promised them [while they were alive].
Und doch, sie alle, obwohl so große Glaubenszeugen, erlangten die verheißenen Güter nicht.
40 God knew ahead of time that what he would give us and them [later] would be better than giving [them immediately what he promised]. What God intends is that only when they and we are together will we have all that God intends us to have.
Gott hatte noch etwas Herrlicheres für uns vorgesehen: jene sollten nicht ohne uns zur Vollendung kommen.
