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Katonda akangavvula abaana be

12 (A)Kale nga bwe tulina ekibiina ekinene eky’abajulirwa ekyenkana awo, twambulengamu buli ekizitowa, awamu n’ekibi ekitwesibako amangu, tuddukenga n’okugumiikiriza embiro ez’empaka ezatutegekerwa, (B)nga tutunuulira Yesu eyatandika okukkiriza era y’akutuukiriza, olw’essanyu lye yali alindirira bwe yagumiikiriza omusaalaba, ng’anyooma ensonyi, n’atuula ku luuyi olwa ddyo olw’entebe ya Katonda. (C)Kale mulowooze oyo eyagumiikiriza okuwakanyizibwa okw’abakozi b’ebibi bwe kutyo, mulemenga okukoowa mu mmeeme zammwe nga mutendewererwa ne mu mutima. (D)Temunnalwanagana na kibi okutuusa ne kukuyiwa omusaayi! Mwerabidde ebigambo ebizzaamu amaanyi byayogera nammwe ng’abaana be? Agamba nti,

“Mwana wange, tonyoomanga kukangavvulwa kwa Mukama,
    so toggwangamu maanyi ng’akunenyezza.
(E)Kubanga Mukama gw’ayagala amukangavvula,
    Era abonereza buli gw’ayita omwana we.”

(F)Noolwekyo mugumiikirize okukangavvulwa, kubanga Katonda abakangavvula ng’abaana be. Mwana ki kitaawe gw’atakangavvula? (G)Naye singa temukangavvulwa, nga bwe kitugwanira ffenna, muba temuli baana be ddala.

(H)Kale, nga bwe mussaamu ekitiibwa bakitaffe ab’omubiri, newaakubadde nga batukangavvula, nga batuyigiriza, kitaawe w’emyoyo talisinga nnyo okutukangavvula ne tuba abalamu? 10 (I)Bakitaffe ab’omubiri baatugunjulira ennaku si nnyingi, naye ye atugunjula tugasibwe tulyoke tusobole okugabanira awamu naye mu butukuvu bwe.

11 (J)Okukangavvulwa kwonna mu biro ebya kaakano tekufaanana nga kwa ssanyu, kuba kwa bulumi, naye oluvannyuma kuleeta ebibala eby’emirembe eri abo abayigirizibwa, era ekivaamu bwe butuukirivu. 12 (K)Bwe mutyo munyweze emikono gyammwe egikooye n’amaviivi gammwe agajugumira, 13 (L)era ebigere byammwe mubikolere ekkubo eggolokofu, abo ababagoberera newaakubadde nga balema era banafu, baleme okuva mu kkubo eryo, wabula bawonyezebwe.

Okulabulwa obutagaana Katonda

14 (M)Mufubenga okuba n’emirembe n’abantu bonna, era mufubenga okuba abatukuvu, kubanga atali mutukuvu taliraba Mukama. 15 (N)Buli muntu afe ku munne waleme kubeerawo n’omu ava mu kisa kya Katonda, era mwekuume ensigo ey’obukyayi ereme okuloka mu mmwe, bangi ne bagwagwawala. 16 (O)Era mwegendereze waleme okubaawo omwenzi mu mmwe wadde atatya Katonda nga Esawu eyatunda ebyobusika bwe olw’olulya olumu. 17 (P)Oluvannyuma ne bwe yagezaako okusikira omukisa ogwo, teyasiimibwa, era teyafuna mukisa kwenenya newaakubadde nga yagunoonya n’amaziga mangi.

18 (Q)Temuzze ku lusozi olulabika olwaka omuliro, n’okukankana n’ekizikiza ekikutte, ne kibuyaga, 19 (R)n’eri eddoboozi ly’akagombe n’eri eddoboozi ery’ebigambo n’abo abaaliwulira ne batayinza na kweyongera kuligumira. 20 (S)Kubanga tebaayinza kugumira ekyo ekyalagirwa Katonda nti, “Ne bw’eba ensolo, bw’ekomanga ku lusozi ekubwanga amayinja n’efa.” 21 Ne Musa n’atya nnyo olw’ekyo kye yalaba n’ayogera nti, “Ntidde nnyo era nkankana.”

22 (T)Naye muzze ku lusozi Sayuuni, ne mu kibuga kya Katonda omulamu, mu Yerusaalemi eky’omu ggulu n’eri enkumi n’enkumi ez’abamalayika abakuŋŋaanye, 23 (U)n’eri ekkanisa ey’abo abaasooka, amannya gaabwe agaawandiikibwa mu ggulu, n’eri Katonda Omulamuzi wa bonna, n’eri emyoyo egy’abantu abaatukirizibwa, 24 (V)n’eri endagaano empya eya Yesu omutabaganya, ey’omusaayi ogwamansirwa ogwogera obulungi okusinga ogwa Aberi.

25 (W)Kale mugonderenga oyo ayogera nammwe. Obanga Abayisirayiri tebaayinza kulokoka, bwe baagaana okuwulira oyo eyabalabula ng’ali ku nsi, tetuliyisibwa bubi nnyo n’okusingawo, bwe tulijeemera ekigambo ky’oyo ow’omu ggulu atulabula? 26 (X)Yakankanya ensi n’eddoboozi lye kyokka n’asuubiza nti, “Omulundi omulala sirinyeenya nsi yokka, naye era n’eggulu.” 27 (Y)Kino kitegeeza nti agenda kumalawo nate ebyo ebinyenyezebwa, kyokka ebitanyenyezebwa bisigalewo.

28 (Z)Kale, nga bwe twaweebwa obwakabaka obutanyeenyezebwa, tusinze Katonda nga bw’asiima nga tumussaamu ekitiibwa era nga tumutya. 29 (AA)Kubanga ddala, “Katonda waffe, gwe muliro ogwokya.”

The Race of Faith

12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, (A)let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and (B)let us run (C)with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the [a]author and [b]finisher of our faith, (D)who for the joy that was set before Him (E)endured the cross, despising the shame, and (F)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Discipline of God(G)

(H)For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, (I)lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. (J)You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:

(K)“My son, do not despise the [c]chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
For (L)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”

(M)If[d] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (N)son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, (O)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (P)the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, (Q)that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no [e]chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields (R)the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Renew Your Spiritual Vitality(S)

12 Therefore (T)strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

14 (U)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (V)without which no one will see the Lord: 15 looking carefully lest anyone (W)fall short of the grace of God; lest any (X)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16 lest there be any (Y)fornicator or [f]profane person like Esau, (Z)who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. 17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was (AA)rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

The Glorious Company

18 For you have not come [g]to (AB)the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and [h]darkness and tempest, 19 and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it (AC)begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. 20 (For they could not endure what was commanded: (AD)“And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned [i]or shot with an arrow.” 21 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, (AE)“I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”)

22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the [j]general assembly and church of (AF)the firstborn (AG)who are registered in heaven, to God (AH)the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men (AI)made perfect, 24 to Jesus (AJ)the Mediator of the new covenant, and to (AK)the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things (AL)than that of Abel.

Hear the Heavenly Voice

25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For (AM)if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, (AN)“Yet once more I [k]shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the (AO)removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we [l]may (AP)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For (AQ)our God is a consuming fire.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:2 originator
  2. Hebrews 12:2 perfecter
  3. Hebrews 12:5 discipline
  4. Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God
  5. Hebrews 12:11 discipline
  6. Hebrews 12:16 godless
  7. Hebrews 12:18 NU to that which
  8. Hebrews 12:18 NU gloom
  9. Hebrews 12:20 NU, M omit the rest of v. 20.
  10. Hebrews 12:23 festal gathering
  11. Hebrews 12:26 NU will shake
  12. Hebrews 12:28 M omits may

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and (A)sin which clings so closely, and (B)let us run (C)with endurance the race that is (D)set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (E)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (F)the shame, and (G)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

(H)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (I)fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(J)“My son, (K)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.
For (L)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and chastises every son whom he receives.”

It is for discipline that you have to endure. (M)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, (N)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to (O)the Father of spirits (P)and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, (Q)that we may share his holiness. 11 (R)For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields (S)the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

12 Therefore (T)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and (U)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint (V)but rather be healed. 14 (W)Strive for peace with everyone, and for the (X)holiness (Y)without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one (Z)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no (AA)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is (AB)sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that (AC)afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

18 For you have not come to (AD)what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and (AE)the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words (AF)made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, (AG)“If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.” 21 Indeed, (AH)so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.” 22 But you have come to (AI)Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, (AJ)the heavenly Jerusalem, and to (AK)innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to (AL)the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are (AM)enrolled in heaven, and to (AN)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, (AO)the mediator of a new covenant, and to (AP)the sprinkled blood (AQ)that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For (AR)if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time (AS)his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, (AT)“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates (AU)the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving (AV)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (AW)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our (AX)God is a consuming fire.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:23 Or church

Los sufrimientos y nuestra confianza en Dios

12 ¡Todas esas personas están a nuestro alrededor como testigos! Por eso debemos dejar de lado el pecado que es un estorbo, pues la vida es una carrera que exige resistencia.

Pongamos toda nuestra atención en Jesús, pues de él viene nuestra confianza, y es él quien hace que confiemos cada vez más y mejor. Jesús soportó la vergüenza de morir clavado en una cruz porque sabía que, después de tanto sufrimiento, sería muy feliz. Y ahora se ha sentado a la derecha del trono de Dios.

Piensen en el ejemplo de Jesús. Mucha gente pecadora lo odió y lo hizo sufrir, pero él siguió adelante. Por eso, ustedes no deben rendirse ni desanimarse, pues en su lucha contra el pecado todavía no han tenido que morir como él.

Pero ustedes parecen haberse olvidado ya del consejo que Dios les da a sus hijos en la Biblia:

«Querido jovencito,
no tomes las intrucciones de Dios
como algo sin importancia.
Ni te pongas triste
cuando él te reprenda.

»Porque Dios corrige y castiga
a todo aquel que ama
y que considera su hijo.»

Si ahora ustedes están sufriendo, es porque Dios los ama y los corrige, como si fueran sus hijos. Porque no hay un padre que no corrija a su hijo. Si Dios no los corrige, como lo hace con todos sus hijos, entonces ustedes no son en verdad sus hijos. Cuando éramos niños, nuestros padres aquí en la tierra nos corregían, y nosotros los respetábamos. Con mayor razón debemos obedecer a Dios, que es nuestro Padre que está en el cielo, pues así tendremos vida eterna.

10 Cuando éramos niños, nuestros padres nos corregían porque pensaban que eso era lo mejor para nosotros. Pero Dios nos corrige para nuestro verdadero bien, para hacernos santos como él. 11 Desde luego que ningún castigo nos gusta en el momento de recibirlo, pues nos duele. Pero si aprendemos la lección que Dios nos quiere dar, viviremos en paz y haremos el bien.

12 Por todo eso, no debemos dejar de confiar totalmente en Dios. Si la vida es como una carrera, y ustedes tienen ya cansadas las manos y débiles las rodillas, cobren nuevas fuerzas. 13 Corran por un camino recto y parejo, para que el pie que esté cojo se sane y no se tuerza más.

Advertencia

14 Traten de vivir en paz con todos, y de obedecer a Dios; porque si no lo hacen, jamás lo verán cara a cara. 15 No dejen que nadie se aleje del amor de Dios. Tampoco permitan que nadie cause problemas en el grupo, porque eso les haría daño; ¡sería como una planta amarga, que los envenenaría! 16 Ninguno debe tener relaciones sexuales prohibidas ni despreciar a Dios. Eso fue lo que hizo Esaú, pues cambió sus derechos de hijo mayor[a] por un plato de comida, 17 y cuando quiso que su padre le reconociera esos derechos, él no se los reconoció. Esaú lloró mucho, pero ya no había nada que hacer.

18 Ustedes no se acercaron al monte Sinaí, el cual se podía ver y tocar, y en el que había fuego, oscuridad, tinieblas y tormenta. 19 Tampoco oyeron el sonido de una trompeta, ni la voz de Dios dándoles mandamientos. Los que oyeron esa voz en el monte Sinaí pedían que se callara, 20 pues no podían obedecer el mandamiento que les ordenaba: «Deberán matar a pedradas, o con una lanza, a cualquier persona o animal que ponga un pie en este monte.» 21 Tan terrible fue lo que ellos vieron en ese monte, que Moisés mismo dijo: «Estoy temblando de miedo.»

22 Ustedes, por el contrario, se han acercado al monte Sión y a la ciudad de Dios, quien vive para siempre. Ésa es la ciudad de Jerusalén, que está en el cielo. Allí hay miles de ángeles que alaban a Dios, 23 y allí están todos aquellos a quienes Dios trató como a hijos, y a quienes les dio el derecho de vivir en el cielo. Ustedes se han acercado a Dios, quien juzgará a todo el mundo. También se han acercado a los espíritus de las personas buenas que Dios hizo perfectas. 24 Se han acercado a Jesús, y recuerden que, por medio de él, Dios hizo un nuevo pacto con ustedes. Gracias a la sangre que Jesús derramó al morir, hemos sido perdonados de nuestros pecados. Por eso Jesús es mejor que Abel, pues la sangre de Abel no ofrece perdón, sino que pide venganza.

25-26 Tengan cuidado cuando Dios les llame la atención. No lo rechacen, porque los israelitas que en el pasado lo rechazaron, no escaparon del castigo. En aquella ocasión, cuando Dios les habló, su voz hizo temblar la tierra. Y si nosotros rechazamos a Dios, que nos llama la atención desde el cielo, tampoco escaparemos del castigo. Porque ahora él dice: «Otra vez haré temblar, no sólo la tierra, sino también el cielo.» 27 Y cuando dice «otra vez», entendemos que él quitará las cosas creadas, las que se pueden mover, para dejar las cosas que no pueden ser movidas. 28 Gracias a Dios, el reino que él nos da no puede ser movido. Por eso debemos adorar a Dios con el amor y la honra que a él le gusta recibir. 29 Porque nuestro Dios es como un fuego destructor.

Footnotes

  1. Hebreos 12:16 Derechos de hijo mayor: El primer hijo de una familia tenía algunos privilegios y derechos que los otros hijos no tenían; por ejemplo, al hijo mayor le tocaba una doble parte de la herencia que dejara su padre.