Hebrews 12

ideoque et nos tantam habentes inpositam nubem testium deponentes omne pondus et circumstans nos peccatum per patientiam curramus propositum nobis certamen

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

aspicientes in auctorem fidei et consummatorem Iesum qui pro proposito sibi gaudio sustinuit crucem confusione contempta atque in dextera sedis Dei sedit

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

recogitate enim eum qui talem sustinuit a peccatoribus adversum semet ipsos contradictionem ut ne fatigemini animis vestris deficientes

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

nondum usque ad sanguinem restitistis adversus peccatum repugnantes

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

et obliti estis consolationis quae vobis tamquam filiis loquitur dicens fili mi noli neglegere disciplinam Domini neque fatigeris dum ab eo argueris

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

quem enim diligit Dominus castigat flagellat autem omnem filium quem recipit

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

in disciplina perseverate tamquam filiis vobis offert Deus quis enim filius quem non corripit pater

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

quod si extra disciplinam estis cuius participes facti sunt omnes ergo adulteri et non filii estis

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

deinde patres quidem carnis nostrae habuimus eruditores et reverebamur non multo magis obtemperabimus Patri spirituum et vivemus

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

et illi quidem in tempore paucorum dierum secundum voluntatem suam erudiebant nos hic autem ad id quod utile est in recipiendo sanctificationem eius

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

omnis autem disciplina in praesenti quidem videtur non esse gaudii sed maeroris postea autem fructum pacatissimum exercitatis per eam reddit iustitiae

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

propter quod remissas manus et soluta genua erigite

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

et gressus rectos facite pedibus vestris ut non claudicans erret magis autem sanetur

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

pacem sequimini cum omnibus et sanctimoniam sine qua nemo videbit Dominum

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

contemplantes ne quis desit gratiae Dei ne qua radix amaritudinis sursum germinans inpediat et per illam inquinentur multi

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

ne quis fornicator aut profanus ut Esau qui propter unam escam vendidit primitiva sua

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

scitote enim quoniam et postea cupiens hereditare benedictionem reprobatus est non enim invenit paenitentiae locum quamquam cum lacrimis inquisisset eam

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

non enim accessistis ad tractabilem et accensibilem ignem et turbinem et caliginem et procellam

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

et tubae sonum et vocem verborum quam qui audierunt excusaverunt se ne eis fieret verbum

And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

non enim portabant quod dicebatur et si bestia tetigerit montem lapidabitur

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

et ita terribile erat quod videbatur Moses dixit exterritus sum et tremebundus

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

sed accessistis ad Sion montem et civitatem Dei viventis Hierusalem caelestem et multorum milium angelorum frequentiae

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

et ecclesiam primitivorum qui conscripti sunt in caelis et iudicem omnium Deum et spiritus iustorum perfectorum

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

et testamenti novi mediatorem Iesum et sanguinis sparsionem melius loquentem quam Abel

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

videte ne recusetis loquentem si enim illi non effugerunt recusantes eum qui super terram loquebatur multo magis nos qui de caelis loquentem nobis avertimur

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

cuius vox movit terram tunc modo autem repromittit dicens adhuc semel ego movebo non solum terram sed et caelum

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

quod autem adhuc semel dicit declarat mobilium translationem tamquam factorum ut maneant ea quae sunt inmobilia

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

itaque regnum inmobile suscipientes habemus gratiam per quam serviamus placentes Deo cum metu et reverentia

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

etenim Deus noster ignis consumens est

For our God is a consuming fire.