Hebræerne 12
1 Derfor lader og os, efterdi vi have en saadan Skare af Vidner omkring os, aflægge al byrde og Synden, som lettelig forrasker os, og med Standhaftighed gjennemløbe den os anviste Bane,2 idet vi see hen til Troens Begynder og Fuldkommer, Jesus, hvilken i stedetfor den Glæde, han havde for sig, led taalmodeligen Korset idet han foragtede Forhaanelsen, og sider nu ved den høire Side af Guds Throne.3 Betagter den, som har taalmodeligen lidt en saadan Modsigelse af Syndere imod sig, at I ikke blive trætte og forsage i Eders Sjæle.4 Endnu stode I ikke imod indtil Blodet, idet I strede mod Synden,5 og I have glemt den Formaning, der taler til Eder som til Børn: min Søn! agt ikke Herrens revselse ringe, vær ikke heller forsagt, naar du tugtes af ham;6 thi hvem Herren elsker, den revser han, og han tugter haardeligen hver Søn, som han antager sig.7 Dersom I lider Revselse, handler Gud med Eder, som med Børn; thi hvo er den Søn, som Faderen ikke revser?8 Men dersom I ere uden Revselse, i hvilken Alle ere blevne deelagtige, da ere I uægte og ikke Børn.9 Have vi tilmed havt vore kjødelige Fædre til Optugtere og bevaret Frygt for dem, skulde vi da ikke meget mere være Aandernes Fader underdanige og leve?10 Thi hine revsede os for faa Dage efter deres Tykke, men han revser os til Nytte, paa det vi skulle blive deelagtige i hans Hellighed.11 Men al Revselse, imedens den er nærværende, syndes ikke at være til Glæde, men til Bedrøvelse; men siden giver den igjen dem, som derved ere øvede, Retfærdigheds salige Frugt.12 Derfor retter de slappe Hænder og de afmægtige knæ,13 og gjører sikkre Trin med Eders Fødder, at ikke de Halte skal drages mere af Lave, men snarere helbredes.14 Stræber efter Fred med hver Maand og efter hellighed, uden hvilken Ingen skal see Herren;15 og seer til, at ikke Nogen forsømmer Guds Naades Tid, at ikke nogen bitter Rod skyder op og gjør Forvirring, saa at mange ved den smittes;16 at ikke Nogen er en Skjørlevner eller en Vanhellig som Esau, som er for een Ret mad afhændede sin Førstefødsels-Rettighed.17 Thi I vide, at han og derefter, der han vilde arve Velsignelsen, blev forskydt; thi han fandt ikke Sted for sin Anger, alligevel han med Graad søgte derom.18 I ere jo ikke komne til hiint bævende Bjerg, antændt af Ild, og til Mulm og Mørke og Uveir,19 og til Basunens Lyd og til Ordenes Røst, hvorom de, der hørte den, bade, at der ikke mere maatte tales til dem.20 Thi de fordroge ikke det, som var budet, at endog, dersom et Dyr rørte ved Bjerget, skulde et stenes eller fældes med et Pileskud.21 Og saa frygteligt var Syndet, at Moses sagde: jeg er forfærdet og bæver.22 Men I ere komne til Zions Bjerg og til den levende Guds Stad, til det himmelske Jerusalem og til Englenes mange Tusinde,23 til de Førstefødtes Forsamling og Menighed, som ere opskrevne i Himlene, og til Gud, Alles Dommer, og til de fuldkommede Retfærdiges Aander,24 og til den nye Pgts Midler, Jesus, og til Bestænkelsens Blod, som taler bedre end Abel.25 Vogter Eder, at I ikke forskyde den, som taler. Thi undflyede de ikke, som forskøde ham, der talede Guds Ord paa Jorden, da skulle vi meget mindre dersom vi ere gjenstridige mod ham fra Himlene,26 hvis Røst da bevægede Jorden; men nu har han lovet, sigende: endnu een Gang ryster jeg, ikke aleneste Jorden, men og Himmelen.27 Men dette "endnu een Gang" giver tilkjende, at de Ting, der bevæges, skulle omskiftes, efterdi de ere gjorte, paa det de, der ikke bevæges, skulle blive ved.28 Efterdi vi da have bekommet et ubevægeligt Rige, saa lader os holde fast ved Naaden, ved hvilken vi kunde tjene Gud velbehagligen, med Undseelse og Ærefrygt.29 Thi og vor Gud er en fortærende Ild.
Hebrews 12
The Lord’s Discipline
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,t we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.s3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.4 You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshedt in your struggle against sin.
5 And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?
“My son, do not scorntthe Lord’s discipline
or give up when he correctstyou.
6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”s
7 Endure your sufferingt as discipline;t God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?8 But if you do not experience discipline,t something all sonst have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.9 Besides, we have experienced discipline fromt our earthly fatherst and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?ts10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful.t But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousnesst for those trained by it.12 Therefore, strengthentyour listless hands and your weak knees,s
13 and make straight paths for your feet,s so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.
Do Not Reject God’s Warning
14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness,s for without it no one will see the Lord.15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter rootspringing upts and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.16 And see to it that no one becomest an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.s17 For you know thatt later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessingt with tears.18 For you have not come to something that can be touched,t to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind19 and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering wordst such that those who heard begged to hear no more.t20 For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”s21 In fact, the scenet was so terrifying that Moses said, “I shudder with fear.”ts22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the cityt of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
24 and to Jesus, the mediatort of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.s
25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?26 Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.”s27 Now this phrase “once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.
29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire.s