Hebrews, 4

1. Therefore, we should be afraid, lest the promise of entering into his rest may be relinquished, and some of you may be judged to be lacking.

1. Bojmo se dakle da se, dok ostaje obeæanje o ulasku u njegov Poèinak, za koga od vas ne bi utvrdilo kako je zakasnio.

2. For this was announced to us in a similar manner as to them. But the mere hearing of the word did not benefit them, since it was not joined together with a faith in those things that they heard.

2. Jer nama je naviještena blagovijest kao i njima, ali njima Rijeè poruke nije uskoristila jer se vjerom nisu pridružili onima koji su poslušali.

3. For we who have believed shall enter into rest, in the same manner as he said: “So it is as I have sworn in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest!” And certainly, this is when the works from the foundation of the world have been finished.

3. U Poèinak doista ulazimo mi koji povjerovasmo, prema onom što je rekao: Tako se zakleh u svom gnjevu: Nikad neæe uæi u moj poèinak, premda su djela od postanka svijeta dovršena.

4. For, in a certain place, he spoke about the seventh day in this manner: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”

4. Rekao je doista negdje o sedmom danu ovako: I poèinu Bog sedmoga dana od svih djela svojih.

5. And in this place again: “They shall not enter into my rest!”

5. A ovdje opet: Nikad neæe uæi u moj poèinak.

6. Therefore, this is because certain ones remain who are to enter into it, and those to whom it was announced first did not enter into it, because of unbelief.

6. Preostaje dakle da neki imaju u nj uæi, a oni koji su prvi primili blagovijest ne uðoše zbog nepokornosti.

7. Again, he defines a certain day, after so much time, saying in David, “Today,” just as it was stated above, “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”

7. Zato Bog ponovno odreðuje jedan dan, Danas, u Davidu nakon toliko vremena govoreæi, kako je veæ reèeno: Danas ako glas mu èujete, ne budite srca tvrda.

8. For if Jesus had offered them rest, he would never have spoken, afterward, about another day.

8. Zbilja, da je Jošua njih u Poèinak uveo, ne bi Bog nakon toga govorio o drugome danu.

9. And so, there remains a Sabbath of rest for the people of God.

9. Dakle: preostaje neki subotni poèinak narodu Božjemu!

10. For whoever has entered into his rest, the same has also rested from his works, just as God did from his.

10. Zaista, tko uðe u njegov poèinak, poèinuo je od djela svojih kao ono i Bog od svojih.

11. Therefore, let us hasten to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall into the same example of unbelief.

11. Pohitimo dakle uæi u taj Poèinak da nitko ne padne po uzoru na takvu nepokornost.

12. For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

12. Živa je, uistinu, Rijeè Božja i djelotvorna; oštrija je od svakoga dvosjekla maèa; prodire dotle da dijeli dušu i duh, zglobove i moždinu te prosuðuje nakane i misli srca.

13. And there is no created thing that is invisible to his sight. For all things are naked and open to the eyes of him, about whom we are speaking.

13. Nema stvorenja njoj skrivena. Sve je, naprotiv, golo i razgoljeno oèima Onoga komu nam je dati raèun.

14. Therefore, since we have a great High Priest, who has pierced the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold to our confession.

14. Imajuæi dakle velikoga Velikog sveæenika koji prodrije kroz nebesa - Isusa, Sina Božjega - èvrsto se držimo vjere.

15. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to have compassion on our infirmities, but rather one who was tempted in all things, just as we are, yet without sin.

15. Ta nemamo takva Velikog sveæenika koji ne bi mogao biti supatnik u našim slabostima, nego poput nas iskušavana svime, osim grijehom.

16. Therefore, let us go forth with confidence toward the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy, and find grace, in a helpful time.

16. Pristupajmo dakle smjelo Prijestolju milosti da primimo milosrðe i milost naðemo za pomoæ u pravi èas!