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12

ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ

Hebrews

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1Τοιγαροῦν καὶ ἡμεῖς, τοσοῦτον ἐχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρΤύρων, ὀγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα καὶ τὴν εὐπερίστατον ἀμαρτίαν, δῖ ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγω 'να, AND WHAT OF OURSELVES? With all these witnesses to faith around us like a cloud, we must throw off every encumbrance, every sin to which we cling, and run with resolution the race for which we are entered,The Discipline of the Lord Hb.12.1-12
2ἀφορῶντες εἰς τὸν τῆς πίστεως ἀρχηγὸν καὶ τελειωτὴν Ἰησοῦν, ὃς ἀντὶ τῆς προκειμένης αὐτῷ χαρᾶς ὑπέμεινεν σταυρὸν αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας, ἐν δεξιᾷ τε τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ θεοῦ κεκάθικεν. our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom faith depends from start to finish: Jesus who, for the sake of the joy that lay ahead of him, endured the cross, making light of its disgrace, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
 
3ἀναλογίσασθε γὰρ τὸν τοιαύτην ὑπομεμενηκότα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀμαρτωλῶν εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἀντιλογίαν, ἵνα μὴ κάμητε ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἐκλυόμενοι. Think of him who submitted to such opposition from sinners: that will help you not to lose heart and grow faint. 
4Οὐπω μέχρις αἱματος ἀντικατέστητε πρὸς τὴν ἀμαρτίαν ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι, In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 
5καὶ ἐκλέλησθε τῆς παρακλήσεως, ἡτις ὑμῖν ὡς υἱοῖς διαλέγεται,

Υἱέ μου, μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας κυρίου,
μηδὲ ἐκλύου ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος·

You have forgotten the text of Scripture which addresses you as sons and appeals to you in these words:

'My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline,
Nor lose heart when he corrects you;

- do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord Hb.12.5-6 | Pr.3.11-12
6ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ κύριος παιδεύει,
μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται.
For the Lord disciplines those whom he loves;
He lays the rod on every son whom he acknowledges.'
 
7εἰς παιδείαν ὑπομένετε· ὡς υἱοῖς ὑμῖν προσφέρεται ὁ θεός· τίς γὰρ υἱὸς ὃν οὐ παιδεύει πατήρ; You must endure it as discipline: God is treating you as sons. Can anyone be a son, who is not disciplined by his father? 
8εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασιν πάντες, ἀρα νόθοι καὶ οὐχ υἱοί ἐστε. If you escape the discipline in which all sons share, you must be bastards and no true sons. 
9εἶτα τοὺς μὲν τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν πατέρας εἰχομεν παιδευτὰς καὶ ἐνετρεπόμεθα· οὐ πολὺ [δὲ] μᾶλλον ὑποταγησόμεθα τῷ πατρὶ τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ ζήσομεν; Again, we paid due respect to the earthly fathers who disciplined us; should we not submit even more readily to our spiritual Father, and so attain life? 
10οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς ἐπαίδευον, ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ συμφέρον εἰς τὸ μεταλαβεῖν τῆς ἀγιότητος αὐτοῦ. They disciplined us for this short life according to their lights; but he does so for our true welfare, so that we may share his holiness. 
11πᾶσα δὲ παιδεία πρὸς μὲν τὸ παρὸν οὐ δοκεῖ χαρᾶς εἶναι ἀλλὰ λύπης, ὑστερον δὲ καρπὸν εἰρηνικὸν τοῖς δῖ αὐτῆς γεγυμνασμένοις ἀποδίδωσιν δικαιοσύνης. Discipline, no doubt, is never pleasant; at the time it seems painful, but in the end it yields for those who have been trained by it the peaceful harvest of an honest life. 
12Διὸ τὰς παρειμένας χεῖρας καὶ τὰ παραλελυμένα γόνατα ἀνορθώσατε, Come, then, stiffen your drooping arms and shaking knees, and keep your steps from wavering.- Therefore lift your drooping hands and Hb.12.12 | Is.35.3 | Sir.25.23
13καὶ τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιεῖτε τοῖς ποσὶν ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ, ἰαθῇ δὲ μᾶλλον. Then the disabled limb will not be put out of joint, but regain its former powers.
 
14Εἰρήνην διώκετε μετὰ πάντων, καὶ τὸν ἀγιασμόν, οὗ χωρὶς οὐδεὶς ὀψεται τὸν κύριον, Aim at peace with all men, and a holy life, for without that no one will see the Lord.Warning against Rejection God's Grace Hb.12.14-29
15ἐπισκοποῦντες μή τις ὑστερῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ, μή τις ῥίζα πικρίας ἀνω φύουσα ἐνοχλῇ καὶ δῖ αὐτῆς μιανθῶσιν πολλοί, See to it that there is no one among you who forfeits the grace of God, no bitter, noxious weed growing up to poison the whole, 
16μή τις πόρνος ἢ βέβηλος ὡς Ἠσαῦ, ὃς ἀντὶ βρώσεως μιᾶς ἀπέδετο τὰ πρωτοτόκια ἑαυτοῦ. no immoral person, no one worldly-minded like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal, 
17ἰστε γὰρ ὅτι καὶ μετέπειτα θέλων κληρονομῆσαι τὴν εὐλογίαν ἀπεδοκιμάσθη, μετανοίας γὰρ τόπον οὐχ εὗρεν, καίπερ μετὰ δακρύων ἐκζητήσας αὐτήν. and you know that although he wanted afterwards to claim the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no way open for second thoughts, although he strove, to the point of tears, to find one.
 
18Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ [ὄρει] καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ REMEMBER WHERE YOU STAND: not before the palpable, blazing fire of Sinai, with the darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, 
19καὶ σάλπιγγος ἠχῳ καὶ φωνῇ ῥημάτων, ἧς οἱ ἀκούσαντες παρῃτήσαντο μὴ προστεθῆναι αὐτοῖς λόγον· the trumpet-blast and the oracular voice, which they heard, and begged to hear no more; 
20οὐκ ἐφερον γὰρ τὸ διαστελλόμενον, Kἂν θηρίον θίγῃ τοῦ ὄρους, λιθοβοληθήσεται· for they could not bear the command, 'If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.' - If even a beast touches the mountain Hb.12.20 | Ex.19.12-13
21καί, οὑτω φοβερὸν ἦν τὸ φανταζόμενον, Μωϋσῆς εἶπεν, Ἔκφοβός εἰμι καὶ ἐντρομος. So appalling was the sight, that Moses said, 'I shudder with fear.'
- so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear." Hb.12.21 | Dt.9.19
22ἀλλὰ προσεληλύθατε Σιὼν ὀρει καὶ πόλει θεοῦ ζῶντος, Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐπουρανίῳ, καὶ μυριάσιν ἀγγέλων, πανηγύρει No, you stand before Mount Zion and the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, before myriads of angels, 
23καὶ ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς, καὶ κριτῇ θεῷ πάντων, καὶ πνεύμασι δικαίων τετελειωμένων, the full concourse and assembly of the first-born citizens of heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of good men made perfect, 
24καὶ διαθήκης νέας μεσίτῃ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ αἱματι ῥαντισμοῦ κρεῖττον λαλοῦντι παρὰ τὸν Ἅβελ. and Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, whose sprinkled blood has better things to tell than the blood of Abel. 
25Βλέπετε μὴ παραιτήσησθε τὸν λαλοῦντα· εἰ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐκ ἐξέφυγον ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι τὸν χρηματίζοντα, πολὺ μᾶλλον ἡμεῖς οἱ τὸν ἀπ' οὐρανῶν ἀποστρεφόμενοι· See that you do not refuse to hear the voice that speaks. Those who refused to hear the oracle speaking on earth found no escape; still less shall we escape if we refuse to hear the One who speaks from heaven. 
26οὗ ἡ φωνὴ τὴν γῆν ἐσάλευσεν τότε, νῦν δὲ ἐπήγγελται λέγων, ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω οὐ μόνον τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν οὐρανόν. Then indeed his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, 'Yet once again I will shake not earth alone, but the heavens also.'- I will shake not only the earth Hb.12.26 | Hg.2.6
27τὸ δέ,Ἔτι ἅπαξ δηλοῖ [τὴν] τῶν σαλευομένων μετάθεσιν ὡς πεποιημένων, ἵνα μείνῃ τὰ μὴ σαλευόμενα. The words 'once again' - and only once - imply that the shaking of these created things means their removal, and then what is not shaken will remain. 
28Διὸ βασιλείαν ἀσάλευτον παραλαμβάνοντες ἐχωμεν χάριν, δῖ ἧς λατρεύωμεν εὐαρέστως τῷ θεῷ μετὰ εὐλαβείας καὶ δέους· The kingdom we are given is unshakable; let us therefore give thanks to God, and so worship him as he would be worshipped, with reverence and awe; 
29καὶ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν πῦρ καταναλίσκον. for our God is a devouring fire.
- for our God is a consuming fire. Hb.12.29 | Dt.4.24 | Dt.9.3 | Is.33.14
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