ibri.na.h 12
1 ato hetoretaavatsaak. simeghai rve. s.titaa. h santo vayamapi sarvvabhaaram aa"subaadhaka. m paapa nca nik. sipyaasmaaka. m gamanaaya niruupite maarge dhairyye. na dhaavaama|
Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
2 ya"scaasmaaka. m vi"svaasasyaagresara. h siddhikarttaa caasti ta. m yii"su. m viik. saamahai yata. h sa svasammukhasthitaanandasya praaptyartham apamaana. m tucchiik. rtya kru"sasya yaatanaa. m so. dhavaan ii"svariiyasi. mhaasanasya dak. si. napaar"sve samupavi. s.tavaa. m"sca|
simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself-- where He still sits--at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 ya. h paapibhi. h svaviruddham etaad. r"sa. m vaipariitya. m so. dhavaan tam aalocayata tena yuuya. m svamana. hsu "sraantaa. h klaantaa"sca na bhavi. syatha|
Therefore, if you would escape becoming weary and faint-hearted, compare your own sufferings with those of Him who endured such hostility directed against Him by sinners.
4 yuuya. m paapena saha yudhyanto. adyaapi "so. nitavyayaparyyanta. m pratirodha. m naakuruta|
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted so as to endanger your lives;
5 tathaa ca putraan pratiiva yu. smaan prati ya upade"sa uktasta. m ki. m vism. rtavanta. h? "pare"sena k. rtaa. m "saasti. m he matputra na tucchaya| tena sa. mbhartsita"scaapi naiva klaamya kadaacana|
and you have quite forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as sons, and which say, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, and do not faint when He corrects you;
6 pare"sa. h priiyate yasmin tasmai "saasti. m dadaati yat| yantu putra. m sa g. rhlaati tameva praharatyapi|"
for those whom the Lord loves He disciplines: and He scourges every son whom He acknowledges."
7 yadi yuuya. m "saasti. m sahadhva. m tarhii"svara. h putrairiva yu. smaabhi. h saarddha. m vyavaharati yata. h pitaa yasmai "saasti. m na dadaati taad. r"sa. h putra. h ka. h?
The sufferings that you are enduring are for your discipline. God is dealing with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
8 sarvve yasyaa. h "saastera. m"sino bhavanti saa yadi yu. smaaka. m na bhavati tarhi yuuyam aatmajaa na kintu jaarajaa aadhve|
And if you are left without discipline, of which every true son has had a share, that shows that you are bastards, and not true sons.
9 aparam asmaaka. m "saariirikajanmadaataaro. asmaaka. m "saastikaari. no. abhavan te caasmaabhi. h sammaanitaastasmaad ya aatmanaa. m janayitaa vaya. m ki. m tato. adhika. m tasya va"siibhuuya na jiivi. syaama. h?
Besides this, our earthly fathers used to discipline us and we treated them with respect, and shall we not be still more submissive to the Father of our spirits, and live?
10 te tvalpadinaani yaavat svamano. amataanusaare. na "saasti. m k. rtavanta. h kintve. so. asmaaka. m hitaaya tasya pavitrataayaa a. m"sitvaaya caasmaan "saasti|
It is true that they disciplined us for a few years according as they thought fit; but He does it for our certain good, in order that we may become sharers in His own holy character.
11 "saasti"sca varttamaanasamaye kenaapi naanandajanikaa kintu "sokajanikaiva manyate tathaapi ye tayaa viniiyante tebhya. h saa pa"scaat "saantiyukta. m dharmmaphala. m dadaati|
Now, at the time, discipline seems to be a matter not for joy, but for grief; yet it afterwards yields to those who have passed through its training a result full of peace--namely, righteousness.
12 ataeva yuuya. m "sithilaan hastaan durbbalaani jaanuuni ca sabalaani kurudhva. m|
Therefore strengthen the drooping hands and paralysed knees,
13 yathaa ca durbbalasya sandhisthaana. m na bhajyeta svastha. m ti. s.thet tathaa svacara. naartha. m sarala. m maarga. m nirmmaata|
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put entirely out of joint
14 apara nca sarvvai. h saartham ekyabhaava. m yacca vinaa parame"svarasya dar"sana. m kenaapi na lapsyate tat pavitratva. m ce. s.tadhva. m|
but may rather be restored. Persistently strive for peace with all men, and for that growth in holiness apart from which no one will see the Lord.
15 yathaa ka"scid ii"svarasyaanugrahaat na patet, yathaa ca tiktataayaa muula. m praruhya baadhaajanaka. m na bhavet tena ca bahavo. apavitraa na bhaveyu. h,
Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled;
16 yathaa ca ka"scit lampa. to vaa ekak. rtva aahaaraartha. m sviiyajye. s.thaadhikaaravikretaa ya e. saustadvad adharmmaacaarii na bhavet tathaa saavadhaanaa bhavata|
lest there be a fornicator, or an ungodly person like Esau, who, in return for a single meal, parted with the birthright which belonged to him.
17 yata. h sa e. sau. h pa"scaad aa"siirvvaadaadhikaarii bhavitum icchannapi naanug. rhiita iti yuuya. m jaaniitha, sa caa"srupaatena matyantara. m praarthayamaano. api tadupaaya. m na lebhe|
For you know that even afterwards, when he wished to secure the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no opportunity for undoing what he had done, though he sought the blessing earnestly with tears.
18 apara nca sp. r"sya. h parvvata. h prajvalito vahni. h k. r.s. naavar. no megho. andhakaaro jha nbh"sa tuuriivaadya. m vaakyaanaa. m "sabda"sca naite. saa. m sannidhau yuuyam aagataa. h|
For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--
19 ta. m "sabda. m "srutvaa "srotaarastaad. r"sa. m sambhaa. sa. na. m yat puna rna jaayate tat praarthitavanta. h|
a sound of such a kind that those who heard it entreated that no more should be added.
20 yata. h pa"surapi yadi dharaadhara. m sp. r"sati tarhi sa paa. saa. naaghaatai rhantavya ityaade"sa. m so. dhu. m te naa"saknuvan|
For they could not endure the order which had been given, "Even a wild beast, if it touches the mountain, shall be stoned to death;"
21 tacca dar"sanam eva. m bhayaanaka. m yat muusasokta. m bhiitastraasayukta"scaasmiiti|
and so terrible was the scene that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."
22 kintu siiyonparvvato. amare"svarasya nagara. m svargasthayiruu"saalamam ayutaani divyaduutaa. h
On the contrary you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the ever-living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,
23 svarge likhitaanaa. m prathamajaataanaam utsava. h samiti"sca sarvve. saa. m vicaaraadhipatirii"svara. h siddhiik. rtadhaarmmikaanaam aatmaano
to the great festal gathering and Church of the first-born, whose names are recorded in Heaven, and to a Judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
24 nuutananiyamasya madhyastho yii"su. h, apara. m haabilo raktaat "sreya. h pracaaraka. m prok. sa. nasya rakta ncaite. saa. m sannidhau yuuyam aagataa. h|
and to Jesus the negotiator of a new Covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks in more gracious tones than that of Abel.
25 saavadhaanaa bhavata ta. m vaktaara. m naavajaaniita yato heto. h p. rthiviisthita. h sa vaktaa yairavaj naatastai ryadi rak. saa naapraapi tarhi svargiiyavaktu. h paraa"nmukhiibhuuyaasmaabhi. h katha. m rak. saa praapsyate?
Be careful not to refuse to listen to Him who is speaking to you. For if they of old did not escape unpunished when they refused to listen to him who spoke on earth, much less shall we escape who turn a deaf ear to Him who now speaks from Heaven.
26 tadaa tasya ravaat p. rthivii kampitaa kintvidaanii. m teneda. m pratij naata. m yathaa, "aha. m punarekak. rtva. h p. rthivii. m kampayi. syaami kevala. m tannahi gaganamapi kampayi. syaami|"
His voice then shook the earth, but now we have His promise, "Yet again I will, once for all, cause not only the earth to tremble, but Heaven also."
27 sa ekak. rtva. h "sabdo ni"scalavi. sayaa. naa. m sthitaye nirmmitaanaamiva ca ncalavastuunaa. m sthaanaantariikara. na. m prakaa"sayati|
Here the words "Yet again, once for all" denote the removal of the things which can be shaken--created things--in order that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 ataeva ni"scalaraajyapraaptairasmaabhi. h so. anugraha aalambitavyo yena vaya. m saadara. m sabhaya nca tu. s.tijanakaruupe. ne"svara. m sevitu. m "saknuyaama|
Therefore, receiving, as we now do, a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us cherish thankfulness so that we may ever offer to God an acceptable service, with godly reverence and awe.
29 yato. asmaakam ii"svara. h sa. mhaarako vahni. h|
For our God is also a consuming fire.
