Hebreus 12
Portuguese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
Devemos imitar o exemplo de Cristo
12 E quanto a nós, temos esta grande multidão de testemunhas ao nosso redor. Portanto, vamos pôr de lado tudo o que nos atrapalha, o pecado que nos amarra, e vamos correr com perseverança a corrida que está à nossa frente. 2 Vamos fixar os nossos olhos em Jesus, que é a fonte da nossa fé e é quem a torna completa. Ele, em troca da alegria que lhe tinha sido oferecida, suportou a cruz, sem fazer caso da humilhação que sofreu. E agora ele está sentado à direita do trono de Deus. 3 Portanto, pensem em Jesus, que suportou tão grande oposição dos pecadores contra si mesmo, para que assim vocês não fiquem nem cansados nem desanimados.
Deus é como um pai que castiga seus filhos
4 Na luta de vocês contra o pecado, vocês ainda não tiveram que combater até a morte. 5 Será que vocês já se esqueceram das palavras de encorajamento que lhes foram dirigidas como a filhos? As Escrituras dizem:
“Meu filho, não despreze a correção que vem do Senhor,
nem fique desanimado quando você for reprovado por ele;
6 pois o Senhor repreende quem ele ama
e castiga quem ele aceita como filho”.(A)
7 Suportem o sofrimento como se fosse o castigo dado por um pai, porque o sofrimento de vocês mostra que Deus os está tratando como seus filhos. Será que existe algum filho que nunca foi corrigido por seu pai? Claro que não! 8 Se vocês não forem disciplinados assim como todos os filhos de Deus o são, então vocês não são filhos verdadeiros, mas sim filhos ilegítimos. 9 Além disso, todos nós tínhamos os nossos pais humanos, os quais nos disciplinavam e nós os respeitávamos. Assim, devemos obedecer muito mais ao Pai celestial e, então, viveremos! 10 Nossos pais nos disciplinaram por pouco tempo, da maneira que eles achavam que era melhor. Deus, porém, nos disciplina para o nosso bem, a fim de podermos participar da sua santidade. 11 De fato, toda disciplina no momento não parece ser motivo de alegria, mas de tristeza. Mais tarde, entretanto, depois de termos aprendido mediante a disciplina, temos uma vida de justiça e de paz.
Tenham cuidado com a maneira como vocês vivem
12 Portanto, restabeleçam as suas mãos cansadas, fortaleçam os seus joelhos fracos 13 e andem por caminhos retos. Dessa forma, aquele que é manco não terá mais fraqueza em seus pés, mas sim, ficará curado.
14 Esforcem-se para viver em paz com todos e ter uma vida santa; pois sem a santidade ninguém verá o Senhor. 15 Tenham cuidado para que ninguém falhe em alcançar a graça de Deus. Tenham cuidado para que ninguém se torne como uma planta amarga que cresce, causa danos, e prejudica a muitos. 16 E tomem cuidado também para que ninguém seja sexualmente imoral ou não tenha respeito pelas coisas sagradas, como Esaú, que por um prato de comida vendeu os seus direitos de filho mais velho. 17 Depois, como vocês sabem, ele quis receber a bênção do pai. Mas foi rejeitado, pois não encontrou um modo de mudar o que ele havia feito, embora tivesse procurado fazer isso até chorando.
18 [a] Vocês não vieram para perto do monte que se podia tocar e que estava pegando fogo, assim como o povo de Israel veio. Vocês não vieram para a escuridão ou para as trevas ou para a tempestade. 19 Vocês também não vieram para o som da trombeta ou para o som de uma voz, pois todos os que ouviam o que a voz dizia imploravam para que ela não lhes falasse mais. 20 Eles tinham feito isso pois não podiam mais suportar o que lhes era ordenado, isto é: “Todo aquele que tocar no monte deve ser apedrejado, mesmo que seja um animal”.(B) 21 Na verdade, o espetáculo era tão horrível que Moisés disse: “Estou tremendo de medo”.(C)
22 Mas vocês chegaram ao monte Sião[b] e à cidade do Deus vivo, que é a Jerusalém[c] celestial com seus milhares de anjos. Vocês vieram para a alegre 23 reunião dos filhos mais velhos[d] de Deus, cujos nomes estão escritos no céu. Vocês vieram para Deus, o Juiz de todos, para os espíritos dos justos que foram aperfeiçoados, 24 para Jesus, que é o Mediador da nova aliança, e para o sangue que os purifica[e] e promete coisas muito melhores que o sangue de Abel[f].
25 Tenham cuidado e não se recusem a ouvir aquele que fala. As pessoas que se recusaram a ouvir as advertências de Deus aqui na terra, não escaparam. Por isso, muito menos escaparemos nós, se rejeitarmos as advertências que recebermos do céu. 26 Naquele tempo a voz de Deus fez estremecer a terra; agora, porém, ele promete, dizendo: “Ainda mais uma vez eu farei estremecer não somente a terra, mas também o céu”.(D) 27 As palavras “ainda mais uma vez” mostram bem que as coisas criadas serão abaladas e destruídas, para que as que não podem ser abaladas continuem como estão.
28 Portanto, desde que estamos recebendo um reino que não pode ser abalado, devemos estar agradecidos e adorar a Deus da maneira que lhe seja agradável, com reverência e temor, 29 pois o nosso Deus é como um fogo destruidor.
Footnotes
- 12.18-21 Estes versículos se referem ao que aconteceu com o povo judeu na época de Moisés, tal como é descrito em Êx 19.
- 12.22 monte Sião Outro nome dado a Jerusalém.
- 12.22 Jerusalém Aqui se refere à cidade espiritual do povo de Deus.
- 12.23 filhos mais velhos O filho mais velho tem o lugar mais importante na família judaica. Recebia especiais bênçãos. Todos os filhos de Deus são tratados como se fossem os filhos mais velhos.
- 12.24 o sangue que os purifica Literalmente, “o sangue aspergido”. Ver Hb 9.18-21.
- 12.24 Abel O filho de Adão e Eva. Seu irmão Caim o matou. Ver Gn 4.8.
Hebrews 12
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
So Run Your Race With Endurance, Looking To Jesus
12 So-therefore we also[a], having so large a cloud of witnesses[b] surrounding us, having laid-aside every weight[c] and the easily-entangling[d] sin, let us be running the race being set-before us with endurance 2 while looking-away toward the author and perfecter[e] of the faith[f]— Jesus— Who endured a cross for[g] the joy being set-before Him, having disregarded[h] the shame[i], and has sat-down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider His Endurance
3 For consider[j] the One having endured such opposition[k] by sinners against Himself, in order that you may not be weary in your souls, losing-heart— 4 you did not yet resist to the point of blood while struggling against sin!
And Have You Forgotten That God Disciplines Those He Loves?
5 And have[l] you completely-forgotten[m] the exhortation which speaks[n] to you as sons?: “My son, do not be thinking-lightly[o] of the discipline[p] of the Lord, nor losing-heart while being rebuked by Him. 6 For the one whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He whips[q] every son whom He accepts” [Prov 3:11-12].
God Is Dealing With You As Sons
7 You are enduring[r] [your trials] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers[s], then you are illegitimate[t] children and not sons.
And God Is Disciplining You For Your Benefit
9 Furthermore, we had fathers of our flesh[u] as discipliners and were respecting them— but shall we not much more be subject to the Father of [our] spirits and live? 10 For the ones were disciplining us for a few days according to the thing seeming good to them; but the One does so for our benefit[v], so that we may share-in His holiness.
And His Discipline Will Yield The Fruit of Righteousness
11 And all discipline for the present does not seem to be a thing of joy, but of grief— but later it yields[w] the peaceful fruit of righteousness to the ones having been trained by it.
Therefore Straighten Up And Walk Straight Paths
12 Therefore straighten-up[x] the hands having been slackened[y] and the knees having been made-feeble[z], 13 and be making straight paths for your feet, in order that the lame part may not be dislocated[aa] but rather may be healed.
Pursue Peace And Holiness
14 Be pursuing peace with[ab] all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord, 15 while exercising-oversight that someone may not be coming-short of the grace of God; that some root of [ac] bitterness growing[ad] up may not be causing-trouble and many be defiled[ae] by it; 16 that someone may not be sexually-immoral or[af] profane like Esau, who sold his own firstborn-rights[ag] for one meal[ah]. 17 For you know that indeed afterward, while wanting to inherit the blessing, he was rejected— for he did not find a place of [ai] repentance— even-though having sought-for it[aj] with tears.
For You Have Come To The City of God, The Heavenly Jerusalem
18 For you have not come-to a mountain being touched[ak], and a fire having been burning, and darkness and gloom and a storm, 19 and a blast of a trumpet, and a sound of words— of which, the ones having heard begged that a word not be added to them. 20 For they were not bearing the thing being commanded: “If even a wild-animal should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned” [Ex 19:12-13]. 21 And so fearful was the thing appearing[al], Moses said “I am terrified and trembling”. 22 But you have come to Mount Zion; and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; and the myriads of angels, a festive-gathering[am]; 23 and the church[an] of the firstborn ones having been registered[ao] in the heavens; and the Judge, God of all; and the spirits of righteous ones having been perfected; 24 and the mediator of the new covenant, Jesus; and the blood of sprinkling speaking better than Abel.
Do Not Refuse The One Warning From Heaven, But Worship Him With Gratitude
25 Be watching-out that you not refuse[ap] the One speaking. For if those did not escape, having refused the One warning on earth, much more we will not escape: the ones turning-away-from the One warning from the heavens— 26 Whose voice shook the earth at that time, but now He has promised, saying [in Hag 2:6] “I will shake once more not only the earth, but also the heaven”. 27 And the phrase “once more” indicates the removal of the things being shaken— as of things having been made— so that the things not being shaken may continue. 28 Therefore while receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have gratitude, through which we may worship[aq] God pleasingly[ar], with reverence and awe. 29 For indeed our God is a consuming fire.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 12:1 The writer now applies the lesson from chapter 11, returning to the exhortation of 10:36-39.
- Hebrews 12:1 That is, witnesses of endurance by faith while awaiting the promises, such as those just mentioned.
- Hebrews 12:1 That is, such as would impede a runner.
- Hebrews 12:1 Or, easily-ensnaring, besetting, clinging.
- Hebrews 12:2 Or, finisher, consummator, completer.
- Hebrews 12:2 Or, of faith, of our faith.
- Hebrews 12:2 That is, to obtain; or, instead-of (the joy He had or could have had).
- Hebrews 12:2 Or, cared-nothing-for.
- Hebrews 12:2 Or, humiliation, disgrace.
- Hebrews 12:3 Or, compare, calculate in comparison.
- Hebrews 12:3 Or, dispute, hostility, rebellion.
- Hebrews 12:5 Or, And you have.
- Hebrews 12:5 If the readers thought they should be exempt from suffering for their faith, they must have utterly-forgotten Prov 3:11-12, and they must have failed to consider the Son, v 3.
- Hebrews 12:5 Or, reasons with.
- Hebrews 12:5 Or, making-little-of.
- Hebrews 12:5 Or, training, correction, corporal punishment.
- Hebrews 12:6 Or, scourges.
- Hebrews 12:7 Or, Be enduring.
- Hebrews 12:8 Or, sharers.
- Hebrews 12:8 Or, born-out-of-wedlock. That is, children not part of the father’s family, not having a father to train them, not heirs.
- Hebrews 12:9 That is, human fathers.
- Hebrews 12:10 Lit, for the thing being beneficial (from our Father’s viewpoint).
- Hebrews 12:11 Or, pays back.
- Hebrews 12:12 Or, set straight.
- Hebrews 12:12 Or, relaxed, weakened.
- Hebrews 12:12 Or, lame, paralyzed.
- Hebrews 12:13 Or, turned-out of joint.
- Hebrews 12:14 Or, together-with.
- Hebrews 12:15 That is, characterized by. Some bitter root, referring to a person.
- Hebrews 12:15 Or, springing.
- Hebrews 12:15 Or, polluted, stained.
- Hebrews 12:16 Or, sexually-immoral, or profane like Esau (so that only ‘profane’ applies to Esau).
- Hebrews 12:16 That is, the status and inheritance rights of the firstborn son.
- Hebrews 12:16 Or, eating; one act of eating.
- Hebrews 12:17 That is, for.
- Hebrews 12:17 That is, the blessing. Or, repentance.
- Hebrews 12:18 That is, a physical mountain.
- Hebrews 12:21 That is, the sight Moses saw.
- Hebrews 12:22 Or, public festival, general assembly.
- Hebrews 12:23 That is, assembly.
- Hebrews 12:23 Or, enrolled, listed.
- Hebrews 12:25 Or, decline, shun, beg-off.
- Hebrews 12:28 Or, let us worship.
- Hebrews 12:28 Or, acceptably (to God).
Hebrews 12
King James Version
12 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,
2 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.
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 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:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 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?
10 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.
11 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.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 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;
16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 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.
18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 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:
20 (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:
21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
22 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,
23 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,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 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:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 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.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
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