Hebrews · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Hebrews 12 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Λοιπόν και ημείς, περικυκλωμένοι όντες υπό τοσούτου νέφους μαρτύρων, ας απορρίψωμεν παν βάρος και την ευκόλως εμπεριπλέκουσαν ημάς αμαρτίαν, και ας τρέχωμεν μεθ' υπομονής τον προκείμενον εις ημάς αγώνα,
1 Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
2 αποβλέποντες εις τον Ιησούν, τον αρχηγόν και τελειωτήν της πίστεως, όστις υπέρ της χαράς της προκειμένης εις αυτόν υπέφερε σταυρόν, καταφρονήσας την αισχύνην, και εκάθησεν εν δεξιά του θρόνου του Θεού.
2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Διότι συλλογίσθητε τον υπομείναντα υπό των αμαρτωλών τοιαύτην αντιλογίαν εις εαυτόν, διά να μη αποκάμητε χαυνούμενοι κατά τας ψυχάς σας.
3 For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
4 Δεν αντεστάθητε έτι μέχρις αίματος αγωνιζόμενοι κατά της αμαρτίας,
4 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
5 και ελησμονήσατε την νουθεσίαν, ήτις λαλεί προς εσάς ως προς υιούς, λέγουσα· Υιέ μου, μη καταφρονής την παιδείαν του Κυρίου, μηδέ αθυμής ελεγχόμενος υπ' αυτού.
5 You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
6 Διότι όντινα αγαπά Κύριος παιδεύει και μαστιγόνει πάντα υιόν, τον οποίον παραδέχεται.
6 for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
7 Εάν υπομένητε την παιδείαν, ο Θεός φέρεται προς εσάς ως προς υιούς· διότι τις υιός είναι, τον οποίον δεν παιδεύει ο πατήρ;
7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?
8 Εάν όμως ήσθε χωρίς παιδείαν, της οποίας έγειναν μέτοχοι πάντες, άρα είσθε νόθοι και ουχί υιοί,
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.
9 έπειτα τους μεν κατά σάρκα πατέρας ημών είχομεν παιδευτάς και εσεβόμεθα αυτούς· δεν θέλομεν υποταχθή πολλώ μάλλον εις τον Πατέρα των πνευμάτων και ζήσει;
9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
10 Διότι εκείνοι μεν προς ολίγας ημέρας επαίδευον ημάς κατά την αρέσκειαν αυτών, ο δε προς το συμφέρον ημών, διά να γείνωμεν μέτοχοι της αγιότητος αυτού.
10 For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
11 Πάσα δε παιδεία προς μεν το παρόν δεν φαίνεται ότι είναι πρόξενος χαράς, αλλά λύπης, ύστερον όμως αποδίδει εις τους γυμνασθέντας δι' αυτής καρπόν ειρηνικόν δικαιοσύνης.
11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
12 Διά τούτο ανορθώσατε τας κεχαυνωμένας χείρας και τα παραλελυμένα γόνατα,
12 Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
13 και κάμετε εις τους πόδας σας ευθείας οδούς, διά να μη εκτραπή το χωλόν, αλλά μάλλον να θεραπευθή.
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
14 Ζητείτε ειρήνην μετά πάντων, και τον αγιασμόν, χωρίς του οποίου ουδείς θέλει ιδεί τον Κύριον,
14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
15 παρατηρούντες μήπως υστερήταί τις από της χάριτος του Θεού, μήπως ρίζα τις πικρίας αναφύουσα φέρη ενόχλησιν και διά ταύτης μιανθώσι πολλοί,
15 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
16 μήπως ήναι τις πόρνος ή βέβηλος καθώς ο Ησαύ, όστις διά μίαν βρώσιν επώλησε τα πρωτοτόκια αυτού.
16 lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
17 Επειδή εξεύρετε ότι και μετέπειτα, θέλων να κληρονομήση την ευλογίαν, απεδοκιμάσθη, διότι δεν εύρε τόπον μετανοίας, αν και εξεζήτησεν αυτήν μετά δακρύων.
17 For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
18 Διότι δεν προσήλθετε εις όρος ψηλαφώμενον και καιόμενον με πυρ και εις ζόφον και σκότος και ανεμοστρόβιλον
18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
19 και εις σάλπιγγος ήχον και φωνήν λόγων, την οποίαν οι ακούσαντες παρεκάλεσαν να μη λαληθή πλέον προς αυτούς ο λόγος·
19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
20 διότι δεν υπέφερον το προσταττόμενον· Και ζώον εάν εγγίση το όρος, θέλει λιθοβοληθή ή με βέλη θέλει κατατοξευθή·
20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.
21 και τόσον φοβερόν ήτο το φαινόμενον, ώστε ο Μωϋσής είπε· Κατάφοβος είμαι και έντρομος·
21 So fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”
22 αλλά προσήλθετε εις όρος Σιών και εις πόλιν Θεού ζώντος, την επουράνιον Ιερουσαλήμ, και εις μυριάδας αγγέλων,
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
23 εις πανήγυριν και εκκλησίαν πρωτοτόκων καταγεγραμμένων εν τοις ουρανοίς, και εις Θεόν κριτήν πάντων, και εις πνεύματα δικαίων οίτινες έλαβον την τελειότητα,
23 to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 και εις νέας διαθήκης μεσίτην Ιησούν, και εις αίμα καθαρισμού το οποίον λαλεί καλήτερα παρά το του Άβελ.
24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
25 Προσέχετε μη καταφρονήσητε τον λαλούντα. Διότι αν εκείνοι δεν απέφυγον, καταφρονήσαντες τον λαλούντα προς αυτούς επί της γης, πολλώ μάλλον ημείς εάν αποστραφώμεν τον λαλούντα από των ουρανών·
25 See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
26 του οποίου η φωνή την γην εσάλευσε τότε, τώρα δε υπεσχέθη, λέγων· Έτι άπαξ εγώ σείω ουχί μόνον την γην, αλλά και τον ουρανόν.
26 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
27 Το δε έτι άπαξ δηλοί των σαλευομένων την μετάθεσιν ως χειροποιήτων, διά να μείνωσι τα μη σαλευόμενα.
27 This phrase, “Yet once more” signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
28 Διά τούτο παραλαμβάνοντες βασιλείαν ασάλευτον, ας κρατώμεν την χάριν, διά της οποίας να λατρεύωμεν ευαρέστως τον Θεόν με σέβας και ευλάβειαν.
28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
29 Διότι ο Θεός ημών είναι πυρ καταναλίσκον.
29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Timothy 4:7; 1 Corinthians 9:24–27; Philippians 2:16; Luke 21:34; Hebrews 10:35–39
- 2 Micah 7:7; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 2:23–24; Hebrews 1:3; Philippians 1:6
- 3 Galatians 6:9; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Revelation 2:3; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Hebrews 12:2
- 4 1 Corinthians 10:13; Revelation 2:13; Hebrews 10:32–34; Hebrews 12:2; Matthew 24:9
- 5 Proverbs 3:11–12; Job 5:17–18; Revelation 3:19; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Psalm 94:12
- 6 Revelation 3:19; Proverbs 3:12; Psalm 119:75; Proverbs 13:24; Psalm 94:12
- 7 Proverbs 19:18; Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 29:17
- 8 Hebrews 12:6; 1 Peter 5:9–10; Psalm 73:1; Psalm 73:14–15
- 9 Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16; Isaiah 42:5; John 3:6; Job 12:10
- 10 2 Peter 1:4; Leviticus 11:44–45; Titus 2:14; Ephesians 5:26–27; Ezekiel 36:25–27
- 11 Romans 5:3–5; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Hebrews 12:5–6; 1 Peter 1:6; Hebrews 12:10
- 12 Isaiah 35:3; Hebrews 12:3; Job 4:3–4; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Ezekiel 21:7
- 13 Proverbs 4:26–27; Galatians 6:1; Isaiah 35:3; Isaiah 35:6; Isaiah 40:3–4
- 14 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Peter 1:15–16; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Matthew 5:8–9; 1 Peter 3:11
- 15 Hebrews 3:12; Deuteronomy 29:18; Galatians 5:4; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 John 8
- 16 Genesis 25:31–34; 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; Hebrews 13:4; Mark 7:21; Revelation 22:15
- 17 Proverbs 1:24–31; Matthew 25:11–12; Matthew 7:23; Hebrews 6:8; Hebrews 10:26–29
- 18 Deuteronomy 4:11; Exodus 24:17; Deuteronomy 5:22–26; Exodus 20:18; Romans 6:14
- 19 Deuteronomy 18:16; 1 Corinthians 15:52; Deuteronomy 4:12; Exodus 20:1–19; Deuteronomy 5:3–22
- 20 Exodus 19:12–13; Deuteronomy 33:2; Galatians 3:10; Galatians 2:19; Exodus 19:16
- 21 Exodus 19:16; Deuteronomy 9:19; Isaiah 6:3–5; Exodus 19:19; Psalm 119:120
- 22 Philippians 3:20; Galatians 4:26; Psalm 48:2; Revelation 14:1; Isaiah 51:11
- 23 James 1:18; Hebrews 11:40; Luke 10:20; Revelation 14:4; Exodus 4:22
- 24 Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 11:28; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 11:4; Genesis 4:10
- 25 Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 2:1–3; Deuteronomy 30:17; Zechariah 7:11; Proverbs 13:18
- 26 Haggai 2:6–7; Isaiah 13:13; Exodus 19:18; Isaiah 2:19; Joel 3:16
- 27 Matthew 24:35; 1 Corinthians 7:31; Revelation 21:1; 2 Peter 3:10–11; Revelation 11:15
- 28 Romans 12:1–2; Psalm 2:11; Hebrews 13:15; Daniel 2:44; Hebrews 4:16
- 29 Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Isaiah 66:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Hebrews 10:27
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
There are two kinds of consolation, apparently opposed to one another, but yet contributing great strength each to the other; both of which he has here put forward.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
For thus saith the holy Word: "The Lord hath severely chastened me, yet hath not given me over to death." "For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." "The righteous," saith it, "shall chasten me in mercy, and reprove me; but let not the oil of sinners make fat my head." And again he …
… between thee and him alone." So too of sins which may create scandal the apostle says, "Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." For this purpose, and that we may keep that peace without which no man can see the Lord, many precepts are given which carefully inculcate mutual forgiveness; among which we may number that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Since, if the Jews, when they were to approach "a mountain that burned, and fire, and blackness, and darkness, and tempest;" --or rather when they were not so much as to approach, but both to see and to hear these things from afar;--were commanded for three days before to abstain from their wives, and to wash their garments, and were …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For you, brethren, a great crown is laid up: barter not away a great dignity for a petty pleasure: listen to the Apostle speaking: Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)