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| [1]Wherfore, seyng that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses, lay away all that presseth downe, & the sinne that hangeth so fast on, let vs run with patience vnto the battayle that is set before vs |
[1]THEREFORE, seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us; |
| [2]Lokyng vnto Iesus, the captayne and finissher of our fayth, which for the ioy that was set before hym, endured the crosse, hauyng dispised the shame, and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God |
[2]And let us look to Jesus, who was the author and the perfecter of our faith; and who, instead of the joy which he could have had, endured the cross, suffered shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. |
| [3]Consider therfore hym that endured such speakyng agaynst hym of sinners, lest you shoulde be weryed, fayntyng in your myndes |
[3]See, therefore, how much he has suffered from the hands of sinners, from those who were a contradiction to themselves, lest you become weary and faint in your soul. |
| [4]Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood, stryuyng agaynst sinne |
[4]You have not yet come face to face with blood in your striving against sin. |
| [5]And ye haue forgotten the exhortatio, which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: My sonne despise not thou the chastenyng of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art rebuked of hym |
[5]And you have forgotten the teaching which has been told to you as to children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the LORD, nor let your soul faint when thou art rebuked of him, |
| [6]For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth |
[6]For whom the LORD loves, he chastens him, and disciplines the sons with whom he is pleased. |
| [7]If ye endure chastenyng, God offereth him selfe as vnto sonnes: For what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not |
[7]Now, therefore, endure discipline, because God acts toward you as towards sons; for where is the son whom the father does not discipline? |
| [8]But yf ye be without chastisment, wherof all are partakers, then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes |
[8]But if you are without discipline, that very discipline by which every man is trained, then you are strangers and not sons. |
| [9]Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue |
[9]Furthermore if our fathers of the flesh corrected us and we respected them, how much more then should we willingly be under subjection to our Spiritual Father, and live? |
| [10]For they veryly, for a fewe dayes, chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse |
[10]For they only for a short while, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but God corrects us for our advantage, that we might become partakers of his holiness. |
| [11]No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby |
[11]No discipline, at the time, is expected to be a thing of joy, but of sorrow; but in the end it produces the fruits of peace and righteousness to those who are trained by it. |
| [12]Strayghten vp therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees |
[12]Therefore, be courageous and strong; |
| [13]And make ryght steppes vnto your feete, lest that which is haltyng, turne you out of the way: but let it rather be healed |
[13]And make straight the paths for your feet, so that the weak do not go astray but are healed. |
| [14]Folowe peace with all men, and holynesse, without the which, no man shall see the Lorde |
[14]Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see our LORD. |
| [15]Takyng heede that no man fall away from the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse spryngyng vp, trouble you, and therby many be defyled |
[15]Take heed lest any man among you be found short of the grace of God; or lest any root of bitterness spring forth and harm you, and thereby many be defiled; |
| [16]Let there be no fornicator or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one morsell of meate, solde his birthryght |
[16]Or lest any man among you be found immoral and weak like Esau, who sold his birthright for a morsel of meat. |
| [17]For ye knowe, howe that afterwarde when he woulde haue inherited the blessyng, he was reprobated: For he founde no place of repentaunce, though he sought it with teares |
[17]For you know that afterward when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, and he had no chance of recovery, even though he sought it with tears. |
| [18]For ye are not come vnto the mount that is touched, & vnto burnyng fyre, and vnto storme and darkenesse, and tempestes of weather |
[18]For you have yet neither come near the roaring fire, nor the darkness nor the storm nor the tempest, |
| [19]And sounde of a trompe, & the voyce of wordes: which [voyce] they that heard it, wisshed away, that the worde should not be spoken to them |
[19]Nor to the sound of the trumpet and the voice of the word; which voice they heard but refused so that the word will not be spoken to them any more. |
| [20](For they dyd not abyde that which was commaunded. If a beast touche the mountaine, it shalbe stoned, or thrust through with a darte |
[20]For they could not survive that which was commanded, for if even a beast drew near the mountain, it would be stoned. |
| [21]And so terrible was the syght which appeared, that Moyses sayde, I feare and quake. |
[21]And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and quake. |
| [22]But ye are come vnto ye mount Sion, and to the citie of the lyuyng God, the celestiall Hierusalem, and to an innumerable companie of Angels |
[22]But you have come near to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the innumerable multitude of angels, |
| [23]And vnto the congregation of the first borne, written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirites of iust and perfect men |
[23]And to the congregation of the first converts who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of pious men made perfect |
| [24]And to Iesus the mediatour of the newe couenaunt, and to the blood of sprinklyng, that speaketh better then that of Abel |
[24]And to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkling of his blood, which speaks a better message than Abel did. |
| [25]See that ye despise not hym that speaketh: For yf they escaped not, which refused hym that spake on earth: much more shall we [not escape] yf we turne away from hym that [speaketh] from heauen |
[25]Beware, therefore, lest you refuse him who speaks to you. For if they were not delivered who refused him who spoke with them on earth, much more can we not escape if we refuse him who speaks to us from heaven: |
| [26]Whose voyce then shoke the earth, & nowe hath declared, saying: Yet once more wyll I shake, not the earth only, but also heauen |
[26]The one whose voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Once more I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven. |
| [27]And this [yet once more] signifieth remouyng of those thynges which are shaken, as of thynges which are made: that the thynges which are not shaken, may remayne |
[27]And this word, Once more, signifies the change of things which may be shaken, because they are made, in order that the things which can not be shaken may remain. |
| [28]Wherfore, we receauyng a kingdome which can not be moued, let vs haue grace, wherby we may so serue God acceptablie, with reuerence & godly feare |
[28]Therefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us hold fast that grace whereby we may serve and please God with reverence and godly fear: |
| [29]For our God [is] a consumyng fyre |
[29]For our God is a consuming fire. |