¹Zatorej tudi mi, ker imamo tak oblak prič okrog sebe, vrzimo raz sebe vsako breme in greh, ki nas lahko oklene, in tecimo s potrpežljivostjo v naloženem nam boju,

¹Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

²ozirajoč se v začetnika in dovrševalca vere, v Jezusa, ki je za namenjeno mu veselje pretrpel križ, ne meneč se za sramoto, in je sedel na desnico Božjega prestola.

²looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³Pomislite vendar nanj, ki je prestal od grešnikov toliko nasprotovanja proti sebi, da ne omagate, pešajoč v dušah svojih.

³For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

⁴Niste se še do krvi ustavljali v boju z grehom,

⁴You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;

⁵in pozabili ste tolažbe, ki govori z vami kakor s sinovi: „Sin moj, ne preziraj strahovanja Gospodovega in ne omaguj, ko te kara.

⁵and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

⁶Kogar namreč ljubi Gospod, tega strahuje in tepe vsakega sina, katerega sprejema“.

⁶For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.” Proverbs 3:11-12

⁷Ako trpite, je vam v odgojo. Bog se vam kaže kakor otrokom; kajti kje je sin, ki ga ne bi strahoval oče?

⁷It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

⁸Ako ste pa brez strahovanja, ki so ga deležni postali vsi, torej ste nezakonski otroci in ne sinovi.

⁸But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

⁹Dalje, ako smo imeli telesne roditelje, ki so nas strahovali, in smo se jih bali, ali se ne bomo mnogo bolj pokorili Očetu duhov, da bomo živeli?

⁹Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

¹⁰Oni so nas namreč strahovali za malo dni, kakor se jim je prav zdelo, ta pa nam v korist, da bodemo deležni svetosti njegove.

¹⁰For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

¹¹Vsako strahovanje seveda se nam za sedaj ne zdi veselje, ampak žalost, pozneje pa daje njim, ki jih je vadilo, miru poln sad pravičnosti.

¹¹All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

¹²Zato „dvignite omagujoče roke in šibeča se kolena“,

¹²Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, Isaiah 35:3

¹³in „ravne tire delajte svojim nogam“, da se hromo še bolj ne pohabi, temuč ozdravi.

¹³and make straight paths for your feet, Proverbs 4:26 so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

¹⁴Iščite miru z vsemi in posvečenja, brez katerega ne bo nihče videl Gospoda;

¹⁴Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

¹⁵pazite, da se kdo ne odvrne od milosti Božje in da ne požene kaka korenina bridkosti in ne dela napotja in jih mnogo ne skruni;

¹⁵looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

¹⁶da ne bode kdo nečistnik ali skrunilec svetega kakor Ezav, ki je za eno jed prodal prvorojenstvo svoje.

¹⁶lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

¹⁷Kajti veste, da je bil tudi, ko je hotel pozneje zadobiti blagoslov, zavržen (ni dosegel namreč izpremene misli), dasi ga je želel s solzami.

¹⁷For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

¹⁸Kajti niste pristopili k dotakljivi gori in h gorečemu ognju in k oblačju in temi in nevihti

¹⁸For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,

¹⁹in k trombe donenju in glasu besed, katerega poslušalci so prosili, da se jim nobena beseda več ne govori

¹⁹the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

²⁰(niso namreč mogli prenesti ukaza: „Tudi če se žival dotakne gore, bodi s kamenjem pobita“,

²⁰for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned TR adds “or shot with an arrow” [see Exodus 19:12-13] ”; Exodus 19:12-13

²¹in tako strašna je bila prikazen, da je Mojzes rekel: V strahu sem in trepetu):

²¹and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.” Deuteronomy 9:19

²²temuč pristopili ste h gori Sionu in k mestu Boga živega, Jeruzalemu nebeškemu, k nebrojni množici angelov,

²²But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,

²³k velikemu zborovanju in cerkvi prvorojencev, zapisanih v nebesih, in k Bogu, sodniku vseh, in k duhovom pravičnih, ki so dosegli popolnost,

²³to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

²⁴in k sredniku nove zaveze, Jezusu, in h krvi pokropljenja, ki govori boljše kakor Abelova.

²⁴to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, Jeremiah 31:31 and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

²⁵Glejte, da se ne branite govorečega; kajti če niso ubežali kazni oni, ki so se branili njega, ki je oznanjal Božje ukaze na zemlji, veliko manj ubežimo mi, ako se obračamo od njega, ki govori z nebes.

²⁵See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

²⁶Glas njegov je potresel zemljo tedaj, sedaj pa je obljubil, govoreč: „Še enkrat potresem ne samo zemlje, ampak tudi nebo“.

²⁶whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.” Haggai 2:6

²⁷To: „še enkrat“ pomeni premembo tistega, kar je bilo potreseno kakor kaj narejenega, da ostane, kar je nepotreseno.

²⁷This phrase, “Yet once more,” signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.

²⁸Zato, ker prejemamo kraljestvo nepotresljivo, imejmo milost, po kateri služimo po volji Bogu, s svetim strahom in grozo;kajti tudi „naš Bog je ogenj, ki uničuje“.

²⁸Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

²⁹kajti tudi „naš Bog je ogenj, ki uničuje“.

²⁹for our God is a consuming fire. Deuteronomy 4:24