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 12:1 Wherefore we also, having all these witnesses, who as clouds encompass us, will set ourselves loose from every weight, and the sin which at all time is prepared for us, and with perseverance will we run this race which is appointed to us.

 12:1 Therefore let us also, who have all these witnesses surrounding us like clouds, cast from us all encumbrances, and sin, which is always prepared for us; and let us run with patience the race that is appointed for us.

 12:2 And let us look unto Jeshu, who hath become the chief and the perfecter of our faith; who, for the joy that was before him, endured the cross, and unto shame delivered himself, and at the right hand of the throne of Aloha hath sat down.

 12:2 And let us look on Jesus, who hath become the commencement and the completion of our faith; who, on account of the joy there was for him, endured the cross, and surrendered himself to opprobrium; and is seated on the right hand of the throne of God.

 12:3 ¶ CONSIDER, therefore, how much he endured from sinners who were adversaries to themselves, that ye weary not, nor fail in your souls.

 12:3 Behold, therefore, how much he suffered from sinners, from them who are adversaries of their own soul, that ye may not be discouraged, nor your soul become remiss.

 12:4 Not yet have ye come unto blood in the conflict which is against sin.

 12:4 Ye have not yet come unto blood, in the contest against sin.

 12:5 And ye have forgotten the instruction of him who, as unto children, hath said to you, My son, contemn not the discipline of the Lord, and let not thy soul fail when by him thou art corrected:

 12:5 And ye have forgotten the monition, which saith to you, as to children, My son, disregard not the chastening of the Lord; nor let thy soul faint, when thou art rebuked by him.

 12:6 for whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth, and scourgeth those children in whom he taketh pleasure.

 12:6 For, whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth; and he scourgeth those sons, for whom he hath kind regards.

 12:7 Endure, therefore, correction, because Aloha acteth towards you as with children: for who is a son whom his father doth not correct?

 12:7 Therefore endure ye the chastisement; because God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there, whom his father chasteneth not?

 12:8 And if ye be without the correction with which every one is corrected, ye are aliens, and not children.

 12:8 But if ye are without that chastisement, with which every one is chastened, ye are become strangers and not sons.

 12:9 And if (when) the fathers of the flesh have chastised us we have revered them, how much more are we bound to be subject to our spiritual fathers, that we may live?

 12:9 And if our fathers of the flesh chastened us, and we revered them, how much more ought we to be submissive to our spiritual fathers, and live?

 12:10 For they, during a little time, as they willed, chastised us; but Aloha for our advantage, that we might partake of his holiness.

 12:10 For they chastened us for a short time, according to their pleasure; but God, for our advantage, that we may become partakers of his holiness.

 12:11 For all chastisement, in its time, is not considered as joy, but as grief; but, in the end, the fruit of peace and righteousness it giveth unto them who with it have been exercised.

 12:11 Now all chastisement, in the time of it, is not accounted a matter of joy, but of grief: yet, afterwards, it yieldeth the fruits of peace and righteousness to them who are exercised by it.

 12:12 ¶ WHEREFORE your relaxed hands and your trembling knees make strong;

 12:12 Wherefore, strengthen ye your relaxed hands, and your tottering knees:

 12:13 and right ways make for your feet, that the member which is lame may not wander, but be healed.

 12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, that the limb which is lame may not be wrenched, but may be healed.

 12:14 Follow after peace with every man, and after holiness, without which man our Lord seeth not.

 12:14 Follow after peace with every man; and after holiness, without which a man will not see our Lord.

 12:15 And be aware lest any one be found among you failing of the grace of Aloha; or lest any root of bitternesses should put forth the flower and injure you, and many be contaminated:

 12:15 And be careful, lest any be found among you destitute of the grace of God; or lest some root of bitterness shoot forth germs, and trouble you; and thereby many be defiled:

 12:16 or lest there be found among you any fornicator, or dissolute, as Isu, who for one meal sold his birthright.

 12:16 or lest any one be found among you a fornicator; or a heedless one like Esau, who for one mess of food, sold his primogeniture.

 12:17 For ye know, also, that afterward he desired to inherit the blessing, but was rejected; for place for repentance he found not, though with tears he sought it.

 12:17 For ye know that, afterwards when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found not a place for repentance, although he sought it with tears.

 12:18 For ye have not drawn nigh to the burning fire, and to that which may be touched, neither to darknesses, to mist, and to tempest,

 12:18 For ye have not come to the fire that burned, and the tangible [mount]; nor to the darkness and obscurity and tempest;

 12:19 nor to the voice of the trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard withdrew (from), that it might not be additionally spoken to them.

 12:19 nor to the sound of the trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard, entreated that it might no more be spoken to them;

 12:20 For they could not endure that which was commanded. For if an animal should approach to the mountain, it was to be stoned:

 12:20 for they could not endure what was commanded. And even a beast, if it approached the mountain, was to be stoned.

 12:21 and so terrible was the sight, that Musha said, I fear and tremble.

 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble.

 12:22 But ye have come nigh unto the Mount of Ziun, and to the city of Aloha the Living, to the Urishlem which is in heaven, and to the congregation of myriads of angels,

 12:22 But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the Jerusalem that is in heaven; and to the assemblies of myriads of angels;

 12:23 and to the church of the firstborn (ones) who are written in heaven, and to Aloha the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the just who are perfected,

 12:23 and to the church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven and to God the judge of all; and to the spirits of the just, who are perfected;

 12:24 and to Jeshu the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkling of his blood, which speaketh better [things] than that of Habel.

 12:24 and to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant; and to the sprinkling, of his blood, which speaketh better than that of Abel.

 12:25 Beware, therefore, lest ye be averse from Him who hath spoken with you; for if they escaped not who were averse from one who spake with them on earth, how much less we, if we withdraw from one who hath spoken to us from heaven?

 12:25 Beware, therefore, lest ye refuse [to hear] him who speaketh with you. For if they escaped not, who refused [to hear] him who spake with them on the earth, how much more shall we not, if we refuse [to hear] him who speaketh with us from heaven?

 12:26 Him whose voice moved the earth? But now hath he promised and said, Yet once [more] I will move not only earth, but also heaven.

 12:26 Whose voice [then] shook the earth; but now he hath promised, and said, yet again once more, I will shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

 12:27 But that which he hath said, Once, showeth the (final) changing of these which are moved, because they are made, that those may remain which are immutable.

 12:27 And this his expression, Once more, indicateth the mutation of the things that are shaken, because they are fabricated; that the things which will not be shaken, may remain.

 12:28 ¶ THEREFORE because we have received the kingdom which is immoveable, let us hold the grace by which we may serve and please Aloha with reverence and with fear:

 12:28 Since, therefore, we have received a kingdom that is unshaken, let us grasp the grace whereby we may serve and please God, with reverence and fear.

 12:29 for our God is a devouring fire.

 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.