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| 1 Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us, |
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| 2 Looking away unto our faith's Princely-leader and perfecter, Jesus,–who, in consideration of the joy lying before him, endured a cross, shame, despising! And, on the right hand of the throne of God, hath taken his seat. |
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| 3 For take ye into consideration–him who hath endured, such contradiction, by sinners against themselves, lest ye be wearied, in your souls becoming exhausted. |
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| 4 Not yet unto blood, have ye resisted, against sin, waging a contest; |
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| 5 And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, with you as with sons, doth reason:–My son! be not slighting the discipline of the Lord, neither be fainting, when by him, thou art reproved; |
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| 6 For, whom the Lord loveth, he doth, discipline, and scourgeth every son whom he doth welcome home. |
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| 7 For the sake of discipline, persevere! As towards sons, God, beareth himself, towards you; for who is a son whom a father doth not discipline? |
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| 8 If however ye are without discipline, whereof, all, have received a share, then, are ye, bastards, and, not sons. |
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| 9 Furthermore, indeed, the fathers of our flesh, we used to have, as administrators of discipline, and we used to pay deference: shall we not, much rather, submit ourselves to the Father of our spirits and, live? |
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| 10 For, they, indeed, for a few days, according to that which seemed good to them, were administering discipline; but, he, unto that which is profitable, with view to our partaking of his holiness: |
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| 11 But, no discipline, for the present, indeed, seemeth to be of joy, but of sorrow: afterwards, however–to them who thereby have been trained, it yieldeth peaceful fruit, of righteousness. |
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| 12 Wherefore, the slackened hands and paralysed knees, restore ye, |
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| 13 And, straight tracks, be making for your feet–that the lame member may not be dislocated, but, be healed rather. |
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| 14 Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness,–without which no one shall see the Lord: |
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| 15 Using oversight–lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God,–lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled: |
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| 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, like Esau,–who, for the sake of one meal, yielded up his own firstborn rights; |
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| 17 For ye know that, afterwards–when he even wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for, place of repentance, found he none, even though, with tears, he diligently sought it. |
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| 18 For ye have not approached–unto, a searching and scorching fire, and gloom, and mist, and tempest, |
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| 19 And a trumpets peal,–and a sound of things spoken:–from which they who heard excused themselves, lest there should be added to them, a word; |
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| 20 For they could not bear, that which was being enjoined,–and, should a beast be touching the mountain, it shall be stoned; |
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| 21 And, so fearful was that which was showing itself, Moses, said–I am terrified, and do tremble! |
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| 22 But ye have approached–unto Zion's mountain, and unto the city of a Living God, a heavenly Jerusalem,–and unto myriads of messengers, |
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| 23 in high festival,–and unto an assembly of firstborn ones, enrolled in the heavens,–and unto God, judge of all,–and unto the spirits of righteous ones made perfect,– |
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| 24 And unto the mediator of a new covenant, Jesus,–and unto the blood of sprinkling, more excellently speaking, than, Abel. |
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| 25 Beware, lest ye excuse yourselves from him that speaketh; for, if, they escaped not, who excused themselves from him who on earth was warning, how much less, shall, we, who from him that warneth from the heavens, do turn ourselves away: |
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| 26 Whose voice shook the earth, then, but, now, hath he promised, saying–Yet once for all, I, will shake–not only the earth, but, also the heaven. |
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| 27 But, the saying, Yet once for all, maketh clear the removal of the things which can be shaken, as of things done with,–that they may remain, which cannot be shaken. |
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| 28 Wherefore, seeing that, of a kingdom not to be shaken, we are receiving possession, let us have gratitude–whereby we may be rendering divine service well-pleasingly unto God, with reverence and awe; |
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| 29 For, even our God, is a consuming fire. |
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