Hebrews 11
1 And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
Vera je torej zagotovilo stvarem, v katere upamo, dokaz nevidnih stvari.
2 for in this were the elders testified of;
Kajti po njej so starešine dosegli dober glas.
3 by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing; (aiōn g165)
Po veri razumemo, da so bili svetovi zasnovani po Božji besedi, tako da stvari, ki so vidne, niso bile narejene iz stvari, ki se kažejo. (aiōn g165)
4 by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.
Po veri je Abel Bogu daroval odličnejšo žrtev kakor Kajn, s katero je dosegel pričevanje, da je bil pravičen, ker je Bog pričeval o njegovih darovih; in po njih, čeprav mrtev, še vedno govori.
5 By faith Enoch was translated — not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to — that he had pleased God well,
Po veri je bil Henoh prestavljen, da ne bi videl smrti; in ni ga bilo najti, ker ga je Bog prestavil, kajti pred njegovo prestavitvijo je imel to pričevanje, da je ugajal Bogu.
6 and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
Toda brez vere mu je nemogoče ugajati, kajti kdor prihaja k Bogu, mora verovati, da on je in da je nagrajevalec teh, ki ga marljivo iščejo.
7 By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.
Po veri je Noe, ki je bil posvarjen od Boga, o še nevidenih stvareh, prevzet s strahom, pripravil barko za rešitev svoje hiše, po kateri je obsodil svet in postal dedič pravičnosti, ki je po veri.
8 By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;
Po veri je Abraham ubogal, ko je bil poklican, da gre ven, na kraj, ki naj bi ga kasneje prejel v dediščino; in odšel je ven, ne vedoč kam je šel.
9 by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,
Po veri se je mudil v obljubljeni deželi kot v tuji deželi in prebival v šotorih z Izakom in Jakobom, z njim sodedičema iste obljube;
10 for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor [is] God.
kajti iskal je mesto, ki ima temelje, katerega graditelj in izdelovalec je Bog.
11 By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;
Preko vere je tudi sama Sara prejela moč, da spočne seme in rodila otroka, ko je bila čez starost, ker je tega, ki je obljubil, precenila zvestega.
12 wherefore, also from one were begotten — and that of one who had become dead — as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that [is] by the sea-shore — the innumerable.
Zatorej jih je izšlo celó iz enega in skoraj mrtvega, tako velika množica kakor zvezd neba in kakor peska, ki je brezštevilen ob morski obali.
13 In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted [them], and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
Vsi ti so umrli v veri in niso prejeli obljub, vendar so jih videli od daleč in bili prepričani o njih in jih sprejeli ter priznali, da so bili tujci in romarji na zemlji.
14 for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;
Kajti tisti, ki govorijo takšne stvari, odkrito razglašajo, da iščejo domovino.
15 and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
In resnično, če bi razmišljali o tej domovini, od koder so izšli, bi mogoče imeli priložnost, da se vrnejo.
16 but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.
Toda odslej si želijo boljšo domovino, to je, nebeško. Zato Bog ni osramočen, da se imenuje njihov Bog, kajti zanje je pripravil mesto.
17 By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,
Po veri je Abraham, ko je bil preizkušan, daroval Izaka. In on, ki je prejel obljube, je daroval svojega edinorojenega sina,
18 of whom it was said — 'In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'
o katerem je bilo rečeno: ›Da se bo tvoje seme imenovalo po Izaku, ‹
19 reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive [him].
ker je menil, da ga je bil Bog zmožen obuditi celó od mrtvih; od koder ga je po podobi tudi prejel.
20 By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;
Po veri je, glede na stvari, ki pridejo, Izak blagoslovil Jakoba in Ezava.
21 by faith Jacob dying — each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
Po veri je Jakob, ko je umiral, blagoslovil oba Jožefova sinova, in oboževal oprt na vrh svoje palice.
22 by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.
Po veri je Jožef, ko je umiral, naredil omembo odhoda Izraelovih otrok in dal zapoved glede svojih kosti.
23 By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;
Po veri so Mojzesa, ko je bil rojen, njegovi starši tri mesece skrivali, ker so videli, da je bil čeden otrok, in se niso bali kraljeve zapovedi.
24 by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,
Po veri je Mojzes, ko je prišel v leta, odklonil, da bi bil imenovan sin faraonove hčere;
25 having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,
raje si je izbral, da z Božjimi ljudmi trpi stisko, kakor da nekaj časa uživa zadovoljstva greha;
26 greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;
Kristusovo grajanje je cenil za večja bogastva kakor zaklade v Egiptu, kajti imel je spoštovanje do povračila nagrade.
27 by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One — he endured;
Po veri je zapustil Egipt in se ni bal kraljevega besa, kajti vztrajal je, kakor [bi] zrl tistega, ki je neviden.
28 by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.
Prek vere je praznoval pasho in škropljenje s krvjo, da se jih ne bi dotaknil tisti, ki je uničil prvorojence.
29 By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;
Po veri so šli skozi Rdeče morje, kakor po kopni zemlji, kar so poskušali storiti Egipčani, [pa] so bili utopljeni.
30 by faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days;
Po veri so padli dol zidovi Jerihe, potem ko so jo obkrožali sedem dni.
31 by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.
Po veri pocestnica Rahába, ko je v miru sprejela oglednika, ni umrla s temi, ki niso verovali.
32 And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,
In kaj naj še rečem? Kajti zmanjkalo bi mi časa, da vam povem o Gideónu in o Baráku in o Samsonu in o Jefteju; tudi o Davidu in Samuelu ter o prerokih,
33 who through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,
ki so po veri podjarmljali kraljestva, izvrševali pravičnost, dosegali obljube, mašili gobce levom,
34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.
gasili silovitost ognja, pobegnili rezilu meča, iz slabosti postajali močni, v boju postajali hrabri, vojske neznancev obračali v beg.
35 Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,
Ženske so ponovno prejemale svoje mrtve, dvignjene v življenje. Drugi pa so bili mučeni, ker niso sprejeli osvoboditve; da bi lahko dosegli boljše vstajenje;
36 and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;
in drugi so imeli preizkušnjo krutih zasmehovanj ter bičanj, da, poleg tega vezi in ujetništvo.
37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins — being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
Bili so kamnani, bili so žagani narazen, bili so skušani, bili so umorjeni z mečem. Okoli so tavali v ovčjih in kozjih kožah; bili so v pomanjkanju, užaloščeni, mučeni
38 of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and [in] mountains, and [in] caves, and [in] the holes of the earth;
(katerih svet ni bil vreden). Tavali so po puščavah in po gorah in po brlogih in zemeljskih votlinah.
39 and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,
In vsi ti, ki so prek vere dosegli dober glas, niso prejeli obljube,
40 God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
kajti Bog je za nas priskrbel neko boljšo stvar, da oni ne bi postali popolni brez nas.
