Hebrews, 12

1. Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.

1. Zato i mi, okruženi tolikim oblakom svjedoka, odložimo svaki teret i grijeh koji nas sapinje te postojano trèimo u borbu koja je pred nama!

2. Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.

2. Uprimo pogled u Poèetnika i Dovršitelja vjere, Isusa, koji umjesto radosti što je stajala pred njim podnese križ, prezrevši sramotu te sjedi zdesna prijestolja Božjega.

3. So then, meditate upon him who endured such adversity from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary, failing in your souls.

3. Doista pomno promotrite njega, koji podnese toliko protivljenje grešnika protiv sebe, da - premoreni - ne klonete duhom.

4. For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin.

4. Ta još se do krvi ne oduprijeste u borbi protiv grijeha.

5. And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”

5. Pa zar ste zaboravili opomenu koja vam je kao sinovima upravljena: Sine moj, ne omalovažavaj stege Gospodnje i ne kloni kad te on ukori.

6. For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges.

6. Jer koga Gospodin ljubi, onoga i stegom odgaja, šiba sina koga voli.

7. Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?

7. Poradi vašega odgajanja trpite. Bog s vama postupa kao sa sinovima: a ima li koji sin kojega otac stegom ne odgaja?

8. But if you are without that discipline in which all have become sharers, then you are of adultery, and you are not sons.

8. Pa ako niste pod stegom, na kojoj su svi imali udjela, onda ste kopilad, a ne djeca.

9. Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live?

9. Zatim, tjelesne smo oce imali odgojiteljima i poštovali ih. Pa neæemo li se kudikamo više podlagati Ocu duhova te živjeti?

10. And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification.

10. Oni su nas doista nešto malo dana stegom odgajali kako se njima èinilo, a On - nama na korist, da postanemo sudionici njegove svetosti.

11. Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it.

11. Isprva se doduše èini da nijedno odgajanje nije radost, nego žalost, ali onima koji su njime uvježbani poslije donosi mironosni plod pravednosti.

12. Because of this, lift up your lazy hands and your lax knees,

12. Zato uspravite ruke klonule i koljena klecava,

13. and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed.

13. poravnite staze za noge svoje da se hromo ne išèaši, nego, štoviše, da ozdravi.

14. Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.

14. Nastojte oko mira sa svima! I oko posveæenja bez kojega nitko neæe vidjeti Gospodina!

15. Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,

15. Pripazite da se tko ne sustegne od milosti Božje, da kakav gorki korijen ne proklija pa ne unese zabunu i ne zarazi mnoge,

16. lest any fornicator or worldly person be like Esau, who, for the sake of one meal, sold his birthright.

16. da tko ne postane bludnik ili svetogrdnik kao Ezav, koji za jedan jedini obrok proda svoje prvorodstvo.

17. For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.

17. Ta znate da je i poslije, kad je htio baštiniti blagoslov, odbaèen jer nije našao moguænosti promjene premda ju je sa suzama tražio.

18. But you have not drawn near to a tangible mountain, or a burning fire, or a whirlwind, or a mist, or a storm,

18. Jer niste pristupili opipljivoj gori i usplamtjelu ognju, ni mraku, tami i vihoru,

19. or the sound of a trumpet, or a voice of words. Those who had experienced these things excused themselves, lest the Word be spoken to them.

19. ni jeèanju trublje i tutnjavi rijeèi. - Koji su je slušali, zamoliše da im se više ne govori

20. For they could not bear what was said, and so, if even a beast would have touched the mountain, it would have been stoned.

20. jer nisu podnosili naredbe: Ako se ma i živinèe dotakne brda, neka se kamenuje!

21. And what was seen was so terrible that even Moses said: “I am terrified, and so, I tremble.”

21. I prizor bijaše tako strašan da Mojsije reèe: "Strah me je i dršæem!" -

22. But you have drawn near to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of Angels,

22. Nego, vi ste pristupili gori Sionu i gradu Boga živoga, Jeruzalemu nebeskom, nebrojenim tisuæama anðela, sveèanom skupu,

23. and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

23. Crkvi prvoroðenaca zapisanih na nebu, Bogu, sucu sviju, dusima savršenih pravednika

24. and to Jesus, the Mediator of the New Testament, and to a sprinkling of blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

24. i Posredniku novog Saveza - Isusu - i krvi škropljenièkoj što snažnije govori od Abelove.

25. Be careful not to reject the One who is speaking. For if those who rejected him who was speaking upon the earth were not able to escape, so much more we who might turn away from the One who is speaking to us from heaven.

25. Pazite da ne odbijete Onoga koji vam govori! Jer ako ne umakoše oni što su odbili onoga koji je na zemlji davao upute, kudikamo æemo manje mi ako se okrenemo od Onoga koji ih daje s nebesa.

26. Then, his voice moved the earth. But now, he makes a promise, saying: “There is still one more time, and then I will move, not only the earth, but also heaven itself.”

26. Njegov glas tada zemlju uzdrma, sada pak obeæava: Još jednom ja æu potresti ne samo zemlju nego i nebo.

27. And so, in saying, “There is still one more time,” he declares the transfer of the moveable things of creation, so that those things which are immoveable may remain.

27. Ono "još jednom" pokazuje da æe, kao stvoreno, uminuti ono uzdrmano da ostane ono neuzdrmljivo.

28. Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.

28. Zato jer smo primili kraljevstvo neuzdrmljivo, iskazujmo zahvalnost iz koje služimo Bogu kako je njemu milo, s predanjem i strahopoštovanjem.

29. For our God is a consuming fire.

29. Jer Bog je naš oganj što proždire.