Hebera 12
1 NO ka mea hoi, ua hoopuniia kakou e ia poe hoike he nui loa, e waiho aku kakou i na mea kaumaha a pau, a me ka hewa e hoopili wale mai ana ia kakou, e holo kakou me ke ahonui i ka haihai ana i hoomaopopoia mamua o kakou,
We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
2 E nana aku ana hoi ia Iesu, i ka mea nana i hookumu, nana hoi e hoohemolele ko kakou manaoio; nana hoi i hoomanawanui i ke kea me ka manao ole i ka hilahila, no ka olioli i hoomaopopoia mamua ona, a noho iho hoi ma ka lima akau o ka nohoalii o ke Akua.
And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
3 E hoomanao hoi oukou i ka mea i hoomanawanui i ke ku e ana mai o ka poe i hana hewa ia ia, o nawaliwali ko oukou manao a maule hoi oukou.
[Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
4 Aole oukou i pale aku me ka hookaheia mai o ke koko, i ko oukou paio ana aku i ka hewa.
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
5 Ua poina ia oukou ka olelo hooikaika ia oukou me he poe keiki la, E ka'u keiki, mai hoowahawaha oe i ka hahau ana mai a ka Haku, aole hoi e maule i kona hoeha ana mai ia oe:
Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
6 No ka mea, o ka ka Haku mea i aloha mai ai, oia kana i hahau mai ai, a ua hoeha me ka hahau i na keiki a pau ana i aloha mai ai.
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
7 A ina i hahauia mai oukou, ua hana mai ke Akua ia oukou me he poe keiki la; no ka mea, auhea la ke keiki i hahau ole ia e ka makuakane?
It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
8 A ina i hahau ole ia mai oukou, me na keiki a pau i hahauia'i, alaila he poe hanau pono ole oukou, aole he poe keiki hanau pono.
So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
9 A o ko kakou mau makuakane, no ko kakou kino, ua hahau mai ia kakou, a ua hoomaikai aku kakou ia lakou; aole anei e oi aku ko kakou hoolohe ana i ka Makua o ko kakou mau uhane, i ola kakou?
Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
10 Na lakou no kakou i hahau mai i ka wa pokole mamuli o ko lakou makemake no, aka, nana i hahau mai e pono ai kakou, i loaa pu mai ai ia kakou kona hemolele.
Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
11 A o na hahau ana a pau, aole ia i manaoia i kona manawa, he mea olioli, he mea ehaeha no; aka, ma ia hope iho, ua hoohua mai ia i ka hua o ka pono e pomaikai ai no ka poe i hooponoponoia ilaila.
During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
12 Nolaila, e hooikaika i na lima palupalu a me na kuli nawaliwali;
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 A e hoopololei i na alanui no ko oukou mau wawae, i ole ai e okupe ae ka mea oopa; o aho hoi e hoolaia ia.
Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
14 E hahai ma ke kuikahi me na kanaka a pau, a ma ka hemolele hoi, aohe kanaka i nele ia mea e ike aku i ka Haku.
Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
15 E malama hoi oukou o loaa ole mai i kekahi ka hoomaikaiia mai e ke Akua, o kupu mai hoi kekahi mole awaawa iwaena o oukou e hihia'i oukou, a e haumia ai hoi kekahi poe he nui no;
Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
16 O lilo paha kekahi i moe kolohe, i haihaia paha e like me Esau, nana i hoolilo aku i ko ka hanau mua pomaikai ana, no ka mea ai hookahi.
Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal.
17 No ka mea, ua ike oukou, i kona makemake ana mahope iho e loaa ia ia ka hoomaikaiia, ua hooleia oia; aole hoi i loaa ia ia kahi e lole hou mai ai, ua imi aku no nae oia ia mea me ka waimaka.
You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
18 Eia hoi, aole oukou i hele mai i ka mauna e hiki ke hoopa kino ia aku, a me ke ahi e lapalapa ana, a me na ao eleele, a me ka pouli, a me ka ino,
In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
19 Aole hoi i ke kani ana o ka pu, a me ka leo o na olelo, ka mea a ka poe lohe i papa ai aole make hoohui hou ia mai kekahi huaolelo:
They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
20 (No ka mea, aole i hiki ia lakou ke hoomanawanui i ka papa ana mai, Ina e pili ka holoholona i ka mauna e hailukuia oia, a houhouia paha i ka ihe:
When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
21 A no ka weliweli nui ke nana aku, i iho la o Mose, Ke weliweli nei au me ka haalulu: )
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
22 Aka, na hele mai no oukou i ka mauna Ziona, a i ke kulanakauhale o ke Akua ola, i ko ka lani Ierusalema, a i ke anaina hiki ole ke heluia o na anela;
Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
23 A i ke anaina nui a me ka ekalesia o ka poe makahiapo, i kakauia ko lakou mau inoa ma ka lani, a i ke Akua, ka Lunakanawai o na mea a pau, a i na uhane o ka poe pono i hoohemoleleia,
You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
24 A i ka uwao o ka berita hou, ia Iesu, a i ke koko no ka pipi ana, e olelo ana i na mea maikai oi aku mamua o ko Abela.
You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
25 Malama oukou, mai haalele i ka mea nana i olelo mai; no ka mea, ina i pakele ole ka poe i haalele i ka mea nana i ao mai ia lakou ma ka honua, aole loa hoi kakou e pakele ke haalele kakou i ka mea i ao mai mai ka lani mai.
Beware that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
26 Ia manawa ua hoonauwewe mai kona leo i ka honua; aka, ua hai mai nei no ia, i ka i ana, E hoonauwewe hou aku ana au aole i ka honua wale no, aka, i ka lani kekahi.
The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
27 A o ke ano o na Hou aku ana, o ka hemo ana ia o na mea hoonauweweia, me he mea i hanaia la, i mau hoi na mea e hoonauwewe ole ia.
The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
28 Nolaila, i ka loaa ana ia kakou ke aupuni e hoonauwewe ole ia, e hoopaa kakou i ke aloha, ka mea e pono ai ko kakou malama ana i ke Akua, me ka mahalo, a me ka weliweli pono;
So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
29 No ka mea, o ko kakou Akua, he ahi ia e hoopau ana.
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
