Hebrews 12

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1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us	1 Ideoque et nos tantam habentes impositam nubem testium, deponentes omne pondus, et circumstans nos peccatum, per patientiam curramus ad propositum nobis certamen :
2 while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God.	2 aspicientes in auctorem fidei, et consummatorem Jesum, qui proposito sibi gaudio sustinuit crucem, confusione contempta, atque in dextera sedis Dei sedet.
3 Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart.	3 Recogitate enim eum qui talem sustinuit a peccatoribus adversum semetipsum contradictionem : ut ne fatigemini, animis vestris deficientes.
4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood.	4 Nondum enim usque ad sanguinem restitistis, adversus peccatum repugnantes :
5 You have also forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons: "My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him;	5 et obliti estis consolationis, quæ vobis tamquam filiis loquitur, dicens : Fili mi, noli negligere disciplinam Domini : neque fatigeris dum ab eo argueris.
6 for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he acknowledges."	6 Quem enim diligit Dominus, castigat : flagellat autem omnem filium, quem recipit.
7 Endure your trials as "discipline"; God treats you as sons. For what "son" is there whom his father does not discipline?	7 In disciplina perseverate. Tamquam filiis vobis offert se Deus : quis enim filius, quem non corripit pater ?
8 If you are without discipline, in which all have shared, you are not sons but bastards.	8 quod si extra disciplinam estis, cujus participes facti sunt omnes : ergo adulteri, et non filii estis.
9 Besides this, we have had our earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not (then) submit all the more to the Father of spirits and live?	9 Deinde patres quidem carnis nostræ, eruditores habuimus, et reverebamur eos, non multo magis obtemperabimus Patri spirituum, et vivemus ?
10 They disciplined us for a short time as seemed right to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we may share his holiness.	10 Et illi quidem in tempore paucorum dierum, secundum voluntatem suam erudiebant nos : hic autem ad id quod utile est in recipiendo sanctificationem ejus.
11 At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.	11 Omnis autem disciplina in præsenti quidem videtur non esse gaudii, sed mœroris : postea autem fructum pacatissimum exercitatis per eam, reddet justitiæ.
12 So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees.	12 Propter quod remissas manus, et soluta genua erigite,
13 Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed.	13 et gressus rectos facite pedibus vestris : ut non claudicans quis erret, magis autem sanetur.
14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord.	14 Pacem sequimini cum omnibus, et sanctimoniam, sine qua nemo videbit Deum :
15 See to it that no one be deprived of the grace of God, that no bitter root spring up and cause trouble, through which many may become defiled,	15 contemplantes nequis desit gratiæ Dei : ne qua radix amaritudinis sursum germinans impediat, et per illam inquinentur multi.
16 that no one be an immoral or profane person like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.	16 Ne quis fornicator, aut profanus ut Esau : qui propter unam escam vendidit primitiva sua :
17 For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit his father's blessing, he was rejected because he found no opportunity to change his mind, even though he sought the blessing with tears.	17 scitote enim quoniam et postea cupiens hæreditare benedictionem, reprobatus est : non enim invenit pœnitentiæ locum, quamquam cum lacrimis inquisisset eam.
18 You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm	18 Non enim accessistis ad tractabilem montem, et accensibilem ignem, et turbinem, et caliginem, et procellam,
19 and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them,	19 et tubæ sonum, et vocem verborum, quam qui audierunt, excusaverunt se, ne eis fieret verbum.
20 for they could not bear to hear the command: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned."	20 Non enim portabant quod dicebatur : Et si bestia tetigerit montem, lapidabitur.
21 Indeed, so fearful was the spectacle that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."	21 Et ita terribile erat quod videbatur. Moyses dixit : Exterritus sum, et tremebundus.
22 No, you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering,	22 Sed accessistis ad Sion montem, et civitatem Dei viventis, Jerusalem cælestem, et multorum millium angelorum frequentiam,
23 and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect,	23 et ecclesiam primitivorum, qui conscripti sunt in cælis, et judicem omnium Deum, et spiritus justorum perfectorum,
24 and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel.	24 et testamenti novi mediatorem Jesum, et sanguinis aspersionem melius loquentem quam Abel.
25 See that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much more in our case if we turn away from the one who warns from heaven.	25 Videte ne recusetis loquentem. Si enim illi non effugerunt, recusantes eum, qui super terram loquebatur : multo magis nos, qui de cælis loquentem nobis avertimus.
26 His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only earth but heaven."	26 Cujus vox movit terram tunc : nunc autem repromittit, dicens : Adhuc semel, et ego movebo non solum terram, sed et cælum.
27 That phrase, "once more," points to (the) removal of shaken, created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.	27 Quod autem, Adhuc semel, dicit : declarat mobilium translationem tamquam factorum, ut maneant ea quæ sunt immobilia.
28 Therefore, we who are receiving the unshakable kingdom should have gratitude, with which we should offer worship pleasing to God in reverence and awe.	28 Itaque regnum immobile suscipientes, habemus gratiam : per quam serviamus placentes Deo, cum metu et reverentia.
29 For our God is a consuming fire.	29 Etenim Deus noster ignis consumens est.