1 Therefore also we, such having surrounding us a cloud of witnesses, encumbrance having laid aside every, and the closegirding sin, by means of patient endurance we should run the being laid out for us course;
2 looking away to the of the faith leader and perfecter Jesus, who in return for the being placed before him joy, endured a cross, shame disregarding, at right and of the throne of the God has sat down.
3 Attentively consider you for the such one having endured from the sinners towards himself opposition, no that not you may be wearied in the souls of you being discouraged.
4 Not yet even to blood you resisted with the sin contending against;
5 and you have forgotten the exhortation, which with you as with sons reasons: O son of me, not do not slight discipline of Lord, neither be thou discouraged by him being reproved;
6 whom for loves Lord, he disciplines; he scourges and every son whom he receives.
7 If discipline you endure, as with sons with you deals the God; any for is son, whom not disciplines a father?
8 If but without you are discipline, of which partakes have become all, certainly bastards you are and not sons.
9 Then those indeed of the flesh of us fathers we have disciplinarians, and we reverenced; not by much more shall we be submissive to the Father of the spirits, and we shall live?
10 They indeed for for a few days, according to that seeming right to them, disciplined; he but for that being profitable, in order that to partake of the holiness of him.
11 All but discipline as to indeed that being present not seems of joy to be but of grief; afterwards but fruit peaceful to those through her having been trained it returns of righteousness.
12 Therefore the having been wearied hands and the having been enfeebled knees do you brace up;
13 and paths level do you make for the feet of you, so that not the lame may be turned out, may be healed but rather.
14 Peace do you pursue with all, and the holiness, which without no one shall see the Lord.
15 Looking carefully, lest any one falling back from the favor of the God; lest any root of bitterness upward springing may disturb, and by means of this may be polluted many;
16 lest any fornicator, or profane person like Esau, who on account of eating of one sold the birthrights of himself.
17 You know for, that even afterwards wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for a change of mind for a place not he found, through with tears having earnestly sought her.
18 Not for you have approached being touched a mountain, and having been hurt with fire, and to a thick cloud, and to darkness, and to tempest,
19 and of a trumpet to a sound, and to a voice of words of which those having heard entreated, not to be added to them a word;
20 (not they endured for that being enjoined. If even a wildbeast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
21 and, so fearful was that being seen, Moses said: Affrighted I am and tremble;)
22 but you have approached Zion a mountain; and to a city of God living, Jerusalem heavenly; and to myriads, of messengers an entire assembly;
23 and to a congregation of firstborns, having been enrolled in heavens; and to a judge God of all; and to spirits of just ones having been perfected;
24 and of a covenant new to a mediator, Jesus; and of blood of sprinkling, a better thing speaking than the Abel.
25 Beware you, not you should refuse the one speaking. If for those not escaped, him on earth having refused divinely admonishing, by now much more we who him from heavens are turning away from;
26 of whom the voice the earth shook then; now but it has been announced, saying: Yet once for all I shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.
27 The but, yet once for all denotes of the things being shaken the removal, as of things having been made, so that may remain the not things being shaken.
28 Therefore kingdom unshaken receiving, may we hold fast favor, by means of which we may serve acceptably to the God, with reverence and piety.
29 Even for the God of us a fire consuming.
1 A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
2 Look to consider without distractions Jesus, the Leader Predecessor and Finisher Perfecter of our faith. He despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Consider him who endured such contrary talk by sinners against him. You should not get tired and give up in your mind heart.
4 You have not yet resisted by shedding blood in your striving against sin.
5 You have forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as to sons: »My son, do not despise regard lightly discipline from Jehovah and do not lose heart when he corrects you. (Proverbs 3:11, 12)
6 »Jehovah disciplines those he loves. In fact he scourges every son child he receives.«
7 God deals with you like children. Endure discipline instructiontraining. Who is the child whom a father does not discipline?
8 If you are without discipline, you are illegitimate children, and not sons.
9 Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh that corrected us, and we gave them respect. Shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
10 They disciplined us for a few days for their own pleasure. He disciplines for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no discipline for the present seems to be joyous. In fact it seems grievous! Nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained.
12 Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees.
13 Make straight paths for your feet. Let that which is lame be turned out of the way, but rather let it be healed.
14 Pursue peace and holiness with all people, for no man will see the Lord without it.
15 See that no one misses the grace of God; that no bitter root spring up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal!
17 Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive inherit his fathers blessing. He was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done. He was in tears when he looked for it.
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm.
19 You have not come to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of a voice. When the people heard the voice, they begged not to hear another word.
20 They could not bear the order: »If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.«
21 The sight was so terrible formidablefearful that Moses said: »I am full of fear and trembling.«
22 You have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads thousands of thousands of angels,
23 to the general assembly and congregation of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just righteousholy men made perfect maturehaving all needed qualities.
24 You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks in a better way than the blood of Abel.
25 Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!
26 His voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised: »I will once more shake not only the earth but also heaven.«
27 The words »once more« plainly show that the created things will be shaken and removed, so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain.
28 Let us be thankful, because we will receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship serveintensely adore God in a way that will please him, with reverence and awe.
29 Our God is a destroying consuming fire.