Hebræos 11
1 Est autem fides sperandarum substantia rerum, argumentum non apparentium.
Now faith is the confident expectation of things hoped for, and a conviction of things not seen:
2 In hac enim testimonium consecuti sunt senes.
for by it the ancients obtained an honorable testimony.
3 Fide intelligimus aptata esse sæcula verbo Dei: ut ex invisibilibus visibilia fierent. (aiōn g165)
By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, for the things which are seen were not made of things which appear. (aiōn g165)
4 Fide plurimam hostiam Abel, quam Cain, obtulit Deo, per quam testimonium consecutus est esse justus, testimonium perhibente muneribus ejus Deo, et per illam defunctus adhuc loquitur.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.
5 Fide Henoch translatus est ne videret mortem, et non inveniebatur, quia transtulit illum Deus: ante translationem enim testimonium habuit placuisse Deo.
By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God:
6 Sine fide autem impossibile est placere Deo. Credere enim oportet accedentem ad Deum quia est, et inquirentibus se remunerator sit.
whereas without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe, that He is, and is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
7 Fide Noë responso accepto de iis quæ adhuc non videbantur, metuens aptavit arcam in salutem domus suæ, per quam damnavit mundum: et justitiæ, quæ per fidem est, hæres est institutus.
By faith Noah being warned by God of things which were not yet seen, moved with pious fear, prepared an ark for the safety of his family; whereby he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 Fide qui vocatur Abraham obedivit in locum exire, quem accepturus erat in hæreditatem: et exiit, nesciens quo iret.
By faith Abraham when called to go out to a place which he was afterwards to receive for an inheritance obeyed: and went out, though he knew not whither he was going.
9 Fide demoratus est in terra repromissionis, tamquam in aliena, in casulis habitando cum Isaac et Jacob cohæredibus repromissionis ejusdem.
By faith he sojourned in the land promised him, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob the heirs with him of the same promise.
10 Exspectabat enim fundamenta habentem civitatem: cujus artifex et conditor Deus.
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose maker and founder is God.
11 Fide et ipsa Sara sterilis virtutem in conceptionem seminis accepit, etiam præter tempus ætatis: quoniam fidelem credidit esse eum qui repromiserat.
By faith also Sarah received strength to conceive seed, and brought forth a son when she was past age, because she accounted Him faithful who had promised.
12 Propter quod et ab uno orti sunt (et hoc emortuo) tamquam sidera cæli in multitudinem, et sicut arena, quæ est ad oram maris, innumerabilis.
So that there descended even from one, and him in a manner dead, a posterity like the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sand on the sea shore, innumerable.
13 Juxta fidem defuncti sunt omnes isti, non acceptis repromissionibus, sed a longe eas aspicientes, et salutantes, et confitentes quia peregrini et hospites sunt super terram.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seen them from afar, and been persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
14 Qui enim hæc dicunt, significant se patriam inquirere.
Now they that say such things shew plainly that they are seeking their own country:
15 Et si quidem ipsius meminissent de qua exierunt, habebant utique tempus revertendi:
and if they had been mindful of that from which they came, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 nunc autem meliorem appetunt, id est, cælestem. Ideo non confunditur Deus vocari Deus eorum: paravit enim illis civitatem.
But they desire a better, that is, an heavenly one; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He hath prepared for them a city.
17 Fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, cum tentaretur, et unigenitum offerebat, qui susceperat repromissiones:
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he who had received the promises, offered up his only son;
18 ad quem dictum est: Quia in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen:
of whom it was told him, that in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 arbitrans quia et a mortuis suscitare potens est Deus: unde eum et in parabolam accepit.
concluding that God was able to raise him even from the dead; from whence indeed he had in a manner received him.
20 Fide et de futuris benedixit Isaac Jacob et Esau.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things future.
21 Fide Jacob, moriens, singulos filiorum Joseph benedixit: et adoravit fastigium virgæ ejus.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped leaning on the top of his staff.
22 Fide Joseph, moriens, de profectione filiorum Israël memoratus est, et de ossibus suis mandavit.
By faith Joseph when he died, mentioned the departure of the children of Israel and gave a charge concerning his bones.
23 Fide Moyses, natus, occultatus est mensibus tribus a parentibus suis, eo quod vidissent elegantem infantem, et non timuerunt regis edictum.
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a fine child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
24 Fide Moyses grandis factus negavit se esse filium filiæ Pharaonis,
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 magis eligens affligi cum populo Dei, quam temporalis peccati habere jucunditatem,
chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin:
26 majores divitias æstimans thesauro Ægyptiorum, improperium Christi: aspiciebat enim in remunerationem.
esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he looked to the recompence of reward.
27 Fide reliquit Ægyptum, non veritus animositatem regis: invisibilem enim tamquam videns sustinuit.
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he continued firm as seeing Him who is invisible.
28 Fide celebravit Pascha, et sanguinis effusionem: ne qui vastabat primitiva, tangeret eos.
By faith he observed the passover and sprinkling of the blood, that he, who destroyed the first-born of the Egyptians, might not touch them.
29 Fide transierunt mare Rubrum tamquam per aridam terram: quod experti Ægyptii, devorati sunt.
By faith they passed through the Red-sea, as by dry land, which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned.
30 Fide muri Jericho corruerunt, circuitu dierum septem.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encompassed seven days.
31 Fide Rahab meretrix non periit cum incredulis, excipiens exploratores cum pace.
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with the unbelievers, having received the spies with peace.
32 Et quid adhuc dicam? deficiet enim me tempus enarrantem de Gedeon, Barac, Samson, Jephte, David, Samuel, et prophetis:
And what need I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and Barak, and Sampson, and Jephthah, and David, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 qui per fidem vicerunt regna, operati sunt justitiam, adepti sunt repromissiones, obturaverunt ora leonum,
who by faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 extinxerunt impetum ignis, effugerunt aciem gladii, convaluerunt de infirmitate, fortes facti sunt in bello, castra verterunt exterorum:
quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made powerful, became strong in battle, and turned to flight the armies of their enemies.
35 acceperunt mulieres de resurrectione mortuos suos: alii autem distenti sunt non suscipientes redemptionem ut meliorem invenirent resurrectionem.
Women received their dead raised to life again; and others were tortured to death, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
36 Alii vero ludibria, et verbera experti, insuper et vincula, et carceres:
And others had the trial of mockings and scourgings, and of bonds too and imprisonment.
37 lapidati sunt, secti sunt, tentati sunt, in occisione gladii mortui sunt, circuierunt in melotis, in pellibus caprinis, egentes, angustiati, afflicti:
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain by the sword: they went about in sheep-skins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted,
38 quibus dignus non erat mundus: in solitudinibus errantes, in montibus, in speluncis, et in cavernis terræ.
distressed, (of whom the world was not worthy) wandering in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.
39 Et hi omnes testimonio fidei probati, non acceperunt repromissionem,
And these all, though they obtained an honorable testimony by faith, yet received not the promise;
40 Deo pro nobis melius aliquid providente, ut non sine nobis consummarentur.
God having provided something better concerning us, that without us they might not be made perfect.
