§12.1Τοιγαροῖν καὶ ἡμεῖς, τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρτύρων, ὄγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα καὶ τὴν εὐπερίστατον ἁμαρτίαν, διʼ ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα, §12.2ἀφορῶντες εἰς τὸν τῆς πίστεως ἀρχηγὸν καὶ τελειωτὴν Ἰησοῦν, ὃς ἀντὶ τῆς προκειμένης αὐτῷ χαρᾶς ὑπέμεινεν σταυρὸν αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας,
"ἐν δεξιᾷ"
τε τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ θεοῦ
"κεκάθικεν.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and "is seated at the right hand" of the throne of God.
" §12.3ἀναλογίσασθε γὰρ τὸν τοιαύτην ὑπομεμενηκότα ὑπὸ
"τῶν ἁμαρτω-"
"λῶν εἰς ἑαυτοὺς"
ἀντιλογίαν, ἵνα μὴ κάμητε ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἐκλυόμενοι.
Consider him who endured from "sinners such hostility" "against himself," so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
§12.4Οὔπω μέχρις αἵματος ἀντικατέστητε πρὸς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι,
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
§12.5καὶ ἐκλέλησθε τῆς παρακλήσεως, ἥτις ὑμῖν ὡς υἱοῖς διαλέγεται,
"
υἱέ μου, μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας Κυρίου,
μηδὲ ἐκλύου ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος·
And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
"
"My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.
§12.6"
ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος παιδεύει,
μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται. " §12.7εἰς παιδείαν ὑπομένετε· ὡς υἱοῖς ὑμῖν προσφέρεται ὁ θεός·
For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." Endure your trials as discipline; God is treating you as sons.
τίς γὰρ υἱὸς ὃν οὐ παιδεύει πατήρ;
For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
§12.8εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασι πάντες, ἄρα νόθοι καὶ οὐχ υἱοί ἐστε.
If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
§12.9εἶτα τοὺς μὲν τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν πατέρας εἴχομεν παιδευτὰς καὶ ἐνετρεπόμεθα·
Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them.
οὐ πολὺ μᾶλλον ὑποταγησόμεθα τῷ πατρὶ τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ ζήσομεν;
Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
§12.10οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς ἐπαίδευον, ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ συμφέρον εἰς τὸ μεταλαβεῖν τῆς ἁγιότητος αὐτοῦ.
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
§12.11πᾶσα μὲν παιδεία πρὸς μὲν τὸ παρὸν οὐ δοκεῖ χαρᾶς εἶναι ἀλλὰ λύπης, ὕστερον δὲ καρπὸν εἰρηνικὸν τοῖς διʼ αὐτῆς γεγυμνασμένοις ἀποδίδωσιν δικαιοσύνης.
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
§12.12"Διὸ τὰς παρειμένας χεῖρας καὶ τὰ παραλελυ-"
"μένα γόνατα ἀνορθώσατε," §12.13καὶ
"τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιεῖτε τοῖς ποσὶν"
ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ, ἰαθῇ δὲ μᾶλλον.
Therefore "lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees," and "make straight paths for your feet," so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
§12.14"Εἰρήνην διώκετε"
μετὰ πάντων, καὶ τὸν ἁγιασμόν, οὗ χωρὶς οὐδεὶς ὄψεται τὸν κύριον,
Strive for "peace" with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
§12.15ἐπισκοποῦντες μή τις ὑστερῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ,
"μή τις ῥίζα πικρίας ἄνω φύουσα ἐνοχλῇ"
καὶ διʼ αὐτῆς μιανθῶσιν οἱ πολλοί, §12.16μή τις πόρνος ἢ βέβηλος ὡς Ἠσαῦ, ὃς ἀντὶ βρώσεως μιᾶς
"ἀπέδετο τὰ πρωτοτόκια"
ἑαυτοῦ.
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble," and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who "sold his birthright" for a single meal.
§12.17ἴστε γὰρ ὅτι καὶ μετέπειτα θέλων κληρονομῆσαι τὴν εὐλογίαν ἀπεδοκιμάσθη, μετανοίας γὰρ τόπον οὐχ εὗρεν, καίπερ μετὰ δακρύων ἐκζητήσας αὐτήν.
For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance for a change of mind, though he sought it with tears.
§12.18Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ καὶ
"κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ"
καὶ
"γνόφῳ"
καὶ
"ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ" §12.19"καὶ σάλπιγγος ἤχῳ"
"καὶ φωνῇ ῥημάτων,"
ἧς οἱ ἀκούσαντες παρῃτήσαντο προστεθῆναι αὐτοῖς λόγον·
For you have not come to what may be touched, "a blazing fire" and "darkness" and "gloom and a tempest" and "the sound of a trumpet" and "a voice whose words" made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.
§12.20οὐκ ἔφερον γὰρ τὸ διαστελλόμενον
"Κἂν θηρίον θίγῃ τοῦ ὄρους, λιθοβοληθήσεται· " §12.21καί, οὕτω φοβερὸν ἦν τὸ φανταζόμενον, Μωυσῆς εἶπεν
"Ἐκφοβός εἰμι"
καὶ ἔντρομος.
For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned." Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am full of fear" and trembling.
§12.22ἀλλὰ προσεληλύθατε Σιὼν ὄρει καὶ πόλει θεοῦ ζῶντος, Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐπουρανίῳ, καὶ μυριάσιν ἀγγέλων, πανηγύρει §12.23καὶ ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς, καὶ κριτῇ θεῷ πάντων, καὶ πνεύμασι δικαίων τετελειωμένων, §12.24καὶ διαθήκης νέας μεσίτῃ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ αἵματι ῥαντισμοῦ κρεῖττον λαλοῦντι παρὰ τὸν Ἅβελ.
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
§12.25Βλέπετε μὴ παραιτήσησθε τὸν λαλοῦντα·
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking.
εἰ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐκ ἐξέφυγον ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι τὸν χρηματίζοντα, πολὺ μᾶλλον ἡμεῖς οἱ τὸν ἀπʼ οὐρανῶν ἀποστρεφόμενοι·
For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
§12.26οὗ ἡ φωνὴ τὴν γῆν ἐσάλευσεν τότε, νῦν δὲ ἐπήγγελται λέγων
"Ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω"
οὐ μόνον
"τὴν γῆν"
ἀλλὰ καὶ
"τὸν οὐρανόν. " §12.27τὸ δέ
"Ἔτι ἅπαξ"
δηλοῖ [τὴν] τῶν σαλευομένων μετάθεσιν ὡς πεποιημένων, ἵνα μείνῃ τὰ μὴ σαλευόμενα.
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake" not only "the earth" but also "the heavens." This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.
§12.28Διὸ βασιλείαν ἀσάλευτον παραλαμβάνοντες ἔχωμεν χάριν, διʼ ἧς λατρεύωμεν εὐαρέστως τῷ θεῷ μετὰ εὐλαβείας καὶ δέους, §12.29καὶ γὰρ ὁ
"θεὸς"
ἡμῶν
"πῦρ καταναλίσκον. "
Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our "God" is "a consuming fire."