Hebrajczyków 11
1 A wiara jest gruntem tych rzeczy, których się spodziewamy i dowodem rzeczy niewidzialnych.
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.
2 Albowiem przez nią świadectwa doszli przodkowie.
It was because our ancestors trusted in God that they pleased him.
3 Wiarą rozumiemy, iż świat jest sprawiony słowem Bożem, tak iż rzeczy, które widzimy, nie stały się z rzeczy widzialnych, ale z niczego. (aiōn g165)
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)
4 Wiarą lepszą ofiarę ofiarował Abel Bogu, niżeli Kain, przez którą świadectwo otrzymał, że jest sprawiedliwy, jakoż sam Bóg świadectwo dał o darach jego, a przez te umarłszy jeszcze mówi.
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].
5 Wiarą Enoch jest przeniesiony, aby nie oglądał śmierci i nie jest znaleziony, przeto że go Bóg przeniósł; albowiem pierwej niż jest przeniesiony, miał świadectwo, że się podobał Bogu.
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.
6 A bez wiary nie można podobać się Bogu; albowiem ten, co przystępuje do Boga, wierzyć musi, że jest Bóg, a że nagrodę daje tym, którzy go szukają.
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.
7 Wiarą obwieszczony będąc od Boga Noe o tem, czego jeszcze nie było widzieć, uczciwości wyświadczając, przygotował korab ku zachowaniu domu swego, przez który potępił świat i stał się dziedzicem sprawiedliwości tej, która jest z wiary.
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.
8 Wiarą powołany będąc Abraham, usłuchał Boga, aby poszedł na ono miejsce, które miał wziąć za dziedzictwo i wyszedł, nie wiedząc, dokąd idzie.
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.
9 Wiarą mieszkał w ziemi obiecanej jako w cudzej, mieszkając w namiotach z Izaakiem i z Jakóbem, spólnymi dziedzicami tejże obietnicy.
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.
10 Albowiem oczekiwał miasta mającego grunty, którego sprawcą i budownikiem jest Bóg.
Abraham was waiting to live in a city [in heaven] that would exist forever [MET]. It was a city that God is building [DOU].
11 Wiarą także Sara wzięła moc ku przyjęciu nasienia i mimo czasu wieku porodziła, gdyż miała za wiernego tego, który obiecał.
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.
12 A przetoż z jednego, i to obumarłego, rozpłodziło się potomstwo jako mnóstwo gwiazd niebieskich i jako piasek niezliczony, który jest na brzegu morskim.
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].
13 Według wiary umarli ci wszyscy, nie wziąwszy obietnic, ale z daleka je upatrując i cieszyli się niemi, i witali je i wyznawali, iż są gośćmi i przychodniami na ziemi.
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.
14 Bo ci, którzy tak mówią, jawnie okazują, iż ojczyzny szukają.
As for those people who talk like that, they clearly show that they long for [a place that will become] their true native land.
15 A wprawdzie, gdyby byli na onę pamiętali, z której byli wyszli, mieli dosyć czasu wrócić się zaś.
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.
16 Ale oni lepszej żądają, to jest niebieskiej; przetoż i sam Bóg nie wstydzi się nazywać Bogiem ich, bo im miasto zgotował.
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.
17 Wiarą ofiarował Abraham Izaaka, będąc kuszony, a ofiarował jednorodzonego ten, który był wziął obietnicę.
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]!
18 Do którego rzeczono: W Izaaku tobie będzie nazwane nasienie;
It was to Abraham that God said, “It is [only] from Isaac that I will consider your family to descend.”
19 Uważając to, iż Bóg może i od umarłych wzbudzić; skąd go też w podobieństwie zmartwychwstania przyjął.
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.
20 Wiarą około przyszłych rzeczy błogosławił Izaak Jakóba i Ezawa.
It was because Isaac trusted God that he [prayed that after he died, God would] bless [his] sons Jacob and Esau.
21 Wiarą Jakób umierając, każdemu z synów Józefowych błogosławił i pokłonił się podparłszy się na wierzch laski swojej.
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].
22 Wiarą Józef umierając, o wyjściu synów Izraelskich wzmiankę uczynił i z strony kości swoich rozkazał.
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]).
23 Wiarą narodziwszy się Mojżesz, był ukryty przez trzy miesiące od rodziców swoich, przeto że widzieli nadobne dzieciątko i nie bali się wyroku królewskiego.
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].
24 Wiarą Mojżesz, będąc już dorosłym, zbraniał się być zwany synem córki Faraonowej,
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).
25 Raczej sobie obrawszy złe rzeczy cierpieć z ludem Bożym, niżeli doczesną mieć z grzechu rozkosz,
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].
26 Za większe pokładając bogactwo nad skarby Egipskie urąganie Chrystusowe; bo się oglądał na odpłatę.
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.
27 Wiarą opuścił Egipt, nie bojąc się gniewu królewskiego; bo jakoby widział niewidzialnego, mężnie sobie poczynał.
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.
28 Wiarą obchodził wielkanoc i wylanie krwi, aby ten, który tracił pierworodnych, nie dotknął się ich.
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].
29 Wiarą przeszli przez morze Czerwone, jako po suszy, o co kusiwszy się Egipczanie, potonęli.
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]!
30 Wiarą mury Jerycha upadły, gdy je obchodzono przez siedm dni.
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.
31 Wiarą Rachab wszetecznica nie zginęła wespół z nieposłusznymi, przyjąwszy z pokojem szpiegów do gospody.
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].
32 A cóż więcej mam mówić? Bo by mi czasu nie stało, gdybym miał powiadać o Giedeonie i o Baraku, i o Samsonie, i o Jefcie, i o Dawidzie, i o Samuelu, i o prorokach.
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.
33 Którzy przez wiarę zwalczyli królestwa, czynili sprawiedliwość, dostępowali obietnic, lwom paszczęki zawierali;
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].
34 Zagaszali moc ognia, uchodzili ostrza mieczów, mocnymi się stawali z niemocnych, mężnymi bywali na wojnie, wojska cudzoziemców do uciekania przywodzili.
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.
35 Niewiasty odbierały umarłych swoich wzbudzonych; a drudzy są na próbach rozciągnieni, nie przyjąwszy wybawienia, aby lepszego dostąpili zmartwychwstania.
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.
36 Drudzy zasię pośmiewisk i biczowania doświadczyli, nadto i związek i więzienia.
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.
37 Byli kamionowani, piłą przecierani, kuszeni, mieczem zabijani, chodzili w owczych i kozich skórach; byli w niedostatku, w ucisku, w niewczasach;
[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}.
38 (Których nie był świat godzien; ) tułali się po pustyniach i po górach, i jaskiniach, i jamach ziemi.
[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.
39 A ci wszyscy świadectwo otrzymawszy przez wiarę, nie dostąpili obietnicy.
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].
40 Przeto, że Bóg o nas coś lepszego przejrzał, aby oni bez nas nie stali się doskonałymi.
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.
