Hebreus 12
1 Portanto nós tambem, pois que estamos rodeados de uma tão grande nuvem de testemunhas, deixemos toda a carga, e o peccado que tão commodamente nos rodeia, e corramos com paciencia a carreira que nos está proposta:
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
2 Olhando para Jesus, auctor e consummador da fé, o qual pelo gozo que lhe estava proposto supportou a cruz, desprezando a affronta, e assentou-se á dextra do throno de Deus.
Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
3 Considerae pois aquelle que contra si mesmo supportou tal contradicção dos peccadores, para que não enfraqueçaes, desfallecendo em vossos animos.
Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
4 Ainda não resististes até ao sangue, combatendo contra o peccado.
Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:
5 E já vos esquecestes da exhortação que, como a filhos, discorre comvosco: Filho meu, não desprezes a correcção do Senhor, e não desmaies quando por elle fores reprehendido;
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
6 Porque o Senhor corrige ao que ama, e açoita a qualquer que recebe por filho.
For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
7 Se supportaes a correcção, Deus vos trata como a filhos; porque, que filho ha a quem o pae não corrija?
It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?
8 Mas, se estaes sem disciplina, da qual todos são feitos participantes, logo sois bastardos, e não filhos.
But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.
9 Tambem, na verdade, tivemos nossos paes, segundo a carne, para nos corrigir, e os reverenciámos: não nos sujeitaremos muito mais ao Pae dos espiritos, para vivermos?
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
10 Porque aquelles, na verdade, por um pouco de tempo, nos corrigiam como bem lhes parecia; porém este, para nosso proveito, para sermos participantes da sua sanctidade.
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
11 E, na verdade, toda a correcção, ao presente, não parece ser causa de gozo, senão de tristeza, mas depois produz um fructo pacifico de justiça aos exercitados por ella
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
12 Portanto tornae a levantar as mãos cançadas, e os joelhos desconjuntados,
For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,
13 E fazei rectas veredas para os vossos pés, para que o que manqueja se não desvie inteiramente, antes seja sarado.
And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.
14 Segui a paz com todos, e a sanctificação, sem a qual ninguem verá o Senhor:
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
15 Attendendo a que ninguem se prive da graça de Deus, a que nenhuma raiz de amargura, brotando, vos perturbe, e por ella muitos se contaminem.
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
16 Que ninguem seja fornicario, ou profano, como Esaú, que por um manjar vendeu o seu direito de primogenitura.
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
17 Porque bem sabeis que, querendo ainda depois herdar a benção, foi rejeitado, porque não achou logar de arrependimento, ainda que com lagrimas o buscou.
For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.
18 Porque não chegastes ao monte que se não podia tocar, e ao fogo incendido, e á escuridão, e ás trevas, e á tempestade,
You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,
19 E ao sonido da trombeta, e á voz das palavras, a qual os que a ouviram pediram que se lhes não fallasse mais;
And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:
20 Porque não podiam supportar o que se lhes mandava: se até uma besta tocar o monte, será apedrejada ou passada com uma frecha.
For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;
21 E tão terrivel era a visão, que Moysés disse: Estou todo assombrado, e tremendo.
And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.
22 Mas chegastes ao monte de Sião, e á cidade do Deus vivo, á Jerusalem celestial, e aos muitos milhares de anjos;
But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
23 Á assembléa geral e egreja dos primogenitos, que estão inscriptos nos céus, e a Deus, o juiz de todos, e aos espiritos dos justos aperfeiçoados
To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
24 E a Jesus, o Mediador do Novo Testamento, e ao sangue da aspersão, que falla melhores coisas do que o de Abel.
And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.
25 Vêde que não rejeiteis ao que falla; porque, se não escaparam aquelles que rejeitaram ao que na terra dava respostas divinas, muito menos escaparemos nós, se nos desviarmos d'aquelle que é dos céus
See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
26 A voz do qual moveu então a terra, porém agora annunciou, dizendo: Ainda uma vez commoverei, não só a terra, senão tambem o céu.
Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.
27 E esta palavra: Ainda uma vez, mostra a mudança das coisas moveis, couo coisas feitas, para que as immoveis permaneçam.
And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.
28 Pelo que, recebendo o reino immovel, retenhamos a graça, pela qual sirvamos a Deus agradavelmente com reverencia e piedade;
If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:
29 Porque o nosso Deus é um fogo consumidor.
For our God is an all-burning fire.
