Hebrajczyków 12
1 Skoro i my mamy wokół siebie tak wielką chmurę świadków, zrzućmy z siebie wszelki ciężar i grzech, który nas tak łatwo osacza, w cierpliwości biegnijmy w wyznaczonym nam wyścigu;
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 Patrząc na Jezusa, twórcę i dokończyciela wiary, który z powodu przygotowanej mu radości wycierpiał krzyż, nie zważając na hańbę, i zasiadł po prawicy tronu Boga.
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 Pomyślcie więc o tym, który zniósł tak wielki sprzeciw wobec siebie ze strony grzeszników, abyście nie zniechęcali się w waszych umysłach i nie ustawali.
[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 Jeszcze nie stawialiście oporu aż do krwi, walcząc przeciwko grzechowi;
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
5 I zapomnieliście o napomnieniu, które jest kierowane do was jako synów: Mój synu, nie lekceważ karania Pana i nie zniechęcaj się, gdy on cię napomina.
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 Kogo bowiem Pan miłuje, tego karze, a chłoszcze każdego, którego za syna przyjmuje.
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
7 Jeśli znosicie karanie, Bóg obchodzi się z wami jak z synami. Jaki to bowiem syn, którego ojciec nie karze?
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 jeśli jesteście bez karania, którego wszyscy są uczestnikami, wtedy jesteście bękartami, a nie synami.
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 Poza tym nasi cieleśni ojcowie nas karali, a szanowaliśmy ich. Czyż nie tym bardziej powinniśmy poddać się Ojcu duchów, abyśmy żyli?
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 Tamci bowiem karali nas przez krótki czas według swego uznania. Ten zaś [czyni to] dla [naszego] dobra, abyśmy byli uczestnikami jego świętości.
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 żadne karanie w danej chwili nie wydaje się radosne, ale smutne. Potem jednak przynosi błogi owoc sprawiedliwości tym, którzy przez nie byli ćwiczeni.
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 Dlatego wyprostujcie opadłe ręce i omdlałe kolana.
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 Prostujcie ścieżki dla waszych stóp, aby to, co chrome, nie zeszło z drogi, ale raczej zostało uzdrowione.
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 Dążcie do pokoju ze wszystkimi i do świętości, bez której nikt nie ujrzy Pana.
Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
15 Uważajcie, żeby nikt nie pozbawił się łaski Boga, żeby jakiś korzeń goryczy, wyrastając, nie wyrządził szkody i aby przez niego nie skalało się wielu;
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 Żeby nie było żadnego rozpustnika lub bezbożnika jak Ezaw, który za jedną potrawę sprzedał swoje pierworodztwo.
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 Wiecie przecież, że potem, gdy chciał odziedziczyć błogosławieństwo, został odrzucony. Nie znalazł bowiem miejsca na pokutę, choć ze łzami jej szukał.
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 Bo nie podeszliście do góry, która da się dotknąć i płonącej ogniem, do mroku, ciemności i burzy;
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 Ani do dźwięku trąby i [takiego] głosu słów, że ci, którzy go słyszeli, prosili, aby już do nich nie mówiono;
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 (Nie mogli bowiem znieść tego rozkazu: Gdyby nawet zwierzę dotknęło góry, będzie ukamienowane lub przebite strzałą.
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 tak straszne było to zjawisko, [że] Mojżesz powiedział: Jestem przerażony i drżę; )
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
22 Lecz podeszliście do góry Syjon i do miasta Boga żywego, [do] niebiańskiego Jeruzalem i do niezliczonej rzeszy aniołów;
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 Na powszechne zebranie, do zgromadzenia pierworodnych, którzy są zapisani w niebie, [do] Boga, sędziego wszystkich, [do] duchów sprawiedliwych uczynionych doskonałymi;
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 I do pośrednika nowego przymierza, Jezusa, do krwi, którą się kropi, a która mówi lepsze rzeczy niż [krew] Abla.
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 Uważajcie, abyście nie odtrącili tego, który przemawia. Jeśli bowiem tamci nie uniknęli [kary], odtrąciwszy tego, który na ziemi mówił, tym bardziej my, jeśli odwrócimy się od tego, który [przemawia] z nieba;
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 Którego głos wstrząsnął wówczas ziemią, a teraz obiecuje, mówiąc: Jeszcze raz wstrząsnę nie tylko ziemią, ale i niebem.
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 słowa „jeszcze raz” ukazują usunięcie tego, co się chwieje, jako tego, co stworzone, aby pozostało to, co się nie chwieje.
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 Dlatego otrzymując królestwo niezachwiane, miejmy łaskę, przez którą [możemy] służyć Bogu tak, jak mu się to podoba, z czcią i bojaźnią.
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 Nasz Bóg bowiem jest ogniem trawiącym.
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
