Η ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ

Epistle to the Hebrews

CHAPTER 12

| 1 | τοιγαρουν |  | και |  | ημεις |  | τοσουτον |  | εχοντες |  | περικειμενον |  | ημιν |  | νεφος |
|  | Therefore |  | also |  | we |  | so 2 great 3 |  | having 1 |  | encompassing 8 |  | us 9 |  | a 4 cloud 5 |

μαρτυρων |  | ογκον |  | αποθεμενοι |  | παντα |  | και |  | την |  | ευπεριστατον |
of 6 witnesses 7 |  | weight 14 |  | having 10 laid 11 aside 12 |  | every 13 |  | and |  | the |  | easily-surrounding |

αμαρτιαν |  | δι |  | υπομονης |  | τρεχωμεν |  | τον |  | προκειμενον |  | ημιν |  | αγωνα |  |
sin, |  | with |  | endurance |  | we should run |  | the |  | lying 2 before 3 |  | us 4 |  | race, 1 |  |

| 2 | αφορωντες |  | εις |  | τον |  | της |  | πιστεως |  | αρχηγον |  | και |  | τελειωτην |  | ιησουν |  | ος |
|  | looking away |  | to |  | the 2 |  | ♦ |  | of 6 faith 7 |  | leader 3 |  | and 4 |  | completer 5 |  | Jesus: 1 |  | who |

αντι |  | της |  | προκειμενης |  | αυτω |  | χαρας |  | υπεμεινεν |  | σταυρον |  | αισχυνης |
in view of |  | the |  | lying 2 before 3 |  | him 4 |  | joy 1 |  | endured |  | [the] cross, |  | [the] shame |

καταφρονησας |  | εν |  | δεξια |  | τε |  | του |  | θρονου |  | του |  | θεου |  | εκαθισεν
having despised, |  | and at [the] right hand |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | of the |  | throne |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | sat down.

| 3 | αναλογισασθε |  | γαρ |  | τον |  | τοιαυτην |  | υπομεμενηκοτα |  | υπο |  | των |
|  | For consider well |  | ♦ |  | him who |  | so 3 great 4 |  | has 1 endured 2 |  | from 6 |  | ♦ |

αμαρτωλων |  | εις |  | αυτον |  | αντιλογιαν |  | ινα |  | μη |  | καμητε |  | ταις |
sinners 7 |  | against 8 |  | himself 9 |  | gainsaying, 5 |  | that |  | not 3 |  | ye 1 be 2 wearied, 4 |  | in 6 your 7 souls 8 |

ψυχαις |  | υμων |  | εκλυομενοι |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | fainting. 5 |  |

| 4 | ουπω |  | μεχρις |  | αιματος |  | αντικατεστητε |  | προς |  | την |  | αμαρτιαν |
|  | Not yet |  | unto |  | blood |  | resisted ye |  | against 2 |  | ♦ |  | sin 3 |

ανταγωνιζομενοι |  |
wrestling, 1 |  |

| 5 | και |  | εκλελησθε |  | της |  | παρακλησεως |  | ητις |  | υμιν |  | ως |  | υιοις |  | διαλεγεται
|  | and |  | ye have quite forgotten |  | the |  | exhortation, |  | which |  | to you, |  | as |  | to sons, |  | he addresses:

| υιε |  | μου |  | μη |  | ολιγωρει |  | παιδειας |  | κυριου |  | μηδε |  | εκλυου |  | υπ |
| My son, |  | ♦ |  | despise not |  | ♦ |  | [the] discipline |  | of [the] Lord, |  | nor |  | faint, |  | by |

αυτου |  | ελεγχομενος |  |
him |  | being reproved; |  |

| 6 | ον |  | γαρ |  | αγαπα |  | κυριος |  | παιδευει |  | μαστιγοι |  | δε |  | παντα |  | υιον |  | ον |
|  | for whom |  | ♦ |  | loves 3 |  | [the] 1 Lord 2 |  | he disciplines, |  | and scourges |  | ♦ |  | every |  | son |  | whom |

παραδεχεται |  |
he receives. |  |

| 7 | ει |  | παιδειαν |  | υπομενετε |  | ως |  | υιοις |  | υμιν |  | προσφερεται |  | ο |  | θεος |  | τις |
|  | If |  | discipline |  | ye endure, |  | as 6 |  | with 7 sons 8 |  | with 4 you 5 |  | is 2 dealing 3 |  | ♦ |  | God; 1 |  | for who |

γαρ |  | εστιν |  | υιος |  | ον |  | ου |  | παιδευει |  | πατηρ |  |
♦ |  | is |  | [the] son |  | whom |  | disciplines 3 not 4 |  | ♦ |  | [the] 1 Father? 2 |  |

| 8 | ει |  | δε |  | χωρις |  | εστε |  | παιδειας |  | ης |  | μετοχοι |  | γεγονασιν |  | παντες |  | αρα |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | without |  | ye are |  | discipline, |  | of which |  | partakers 4 |  | have 2 become 3 |  | all, 1 |  | then |

νοθοι |  | εστε |  | και |  | ουχ |  | υιοι |  |
bastards |  | ye are |  | and |  | not |  | sons. |  |

| 9 | ειτα |  | τους |  | μεν |  | της |  | σαρκος |  | ημων |  | πατερας |  | ειχομεν |
|  | Moreover |  | the |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | flesh 4 |  | of 2 our 3 |  | fathers 1 |  | we have had [as] |

παιδευτας |  | και |  | ενετρεπομεθα |  | ου |  | πολλω |  | μαλλον |
those who discipline [us], |  | and |  | we respected [them]; |  | not 2 |  | much 4 |  | rather 5 |

υποταγησομεθα |  | τω |  | πατρι |  | των |  | πνευματων |  | και |  | ζησομεν |  |
shall 1 we 3 be in subjection |  | to the |  | Father |  | ♦ |  | of spirits, |  | and |  | shall live? |  |

| 10 | οι |  | μεν |  | γαρ |  | προς |  | ολιγας |  | ημερας |  | κατα |  | το |  | δοκουν |
|  | For they indeed |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | for |  | a few |  | days |  | according to |  | that which |  | seemed good |

αυτοις |  | επαιδευον |  | ο |  | δε |  | επι |  | το |  | συμφερον |  | εις |  | το |  | μεταλαβειν |
to them |  | disciplined; |  | but he |  | ♦ |  | for |  | ♦ |  | profit, |  | for [us] |  | ♦ |  | to partake |

της |  | αγιοτητος |  | αυτου |  |
of his holiness. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 11 | πασα |  | δε |  | παιδεια |  | προς |  | μεν |  | το |  | παρον |  | ου |  | δοκει |
|  | Any (lit. every) 2 |  | but 1 |  | discipline |  | for |  | ♦ |  | the present |  | ♦ |  | seems not |  | ♦ |

χαρας |  | ειναι |  | αλλα |  | λυπης |  | υστερον |  | δε |  | καρπον |  | ειρηνικον |  | τοις
[matter] 3 of 4 joy 5 |  | to 1 be, 2 |  | but |  | of grief; |  | but afterwards |  | ♦ |  | fruit 3 |  | peaceable 2 |  | to 6 those 7

| δι |  | αυτης |  | γεγυμνασμενοις |  | αποδιδωσιν |  | δικαιοσυνης |  |
| by 11 |  | it 12 |  | having 8 been 9 exercised 10 |  | renders 1 |  | of 4 righteousness. 5 |  |

| 12 | διο |  | τας |  | παρειμενας |  | χειρας |  | και |  | τα |  | παραλελυμενα |  | γονατα |
|  | Wherefore |  | the |  | hanging 2 down 3 |  | hands 1 |  | and |  | the |  | enfeebled |  | knees |

ανορθωσατε |  |
lift up; |  |

| 13 | και |  | τροχιας |  | ορθας |  | ποιησατε |  | τοις |  | ποσιν |  | υμων |  | ινα |  | μη |  | το |
|  | and |  | paths 2 |  | straight 1 |  | make |  | for your feet, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | lest |  | ♦ |  | that which [is] |

χωλον |  | εκτραπη |  | ιαθη |  | δε |  | μαλλον |  |
lame |  | be turned aside; |  | but that it 2 may 3 be 4 healed 5 |  | ♦ |  | rather. 1 |  |

| 14 | ειρηνην |  | διωκετε |  | μετα |  | παντων |  | και |  | τον |  | αγιασμον |  | ου |  | χωρις |
|  | Peace |  | pursue |  | with |  | all, |  | and |  | ♦ |  | sanctification, |  | which 3 |  | apart 1 from 2 |

ουδεις |  | οψεται |  | τον |  | κυριον |  |
no one |  | shall see |  | the |  | Lord; |  |

| 15 | επισκοπουντες |  | μη |  | τις |  | υστερων |  | απο |  | της |  | χαριτος |  | του |  | θεου |  | μη |  | τις |  | ριζα |
|  | looking diligently |  | lest |  | any |  | lack |  | ♦ |  | the |  | grace |  | ♦ |  | of God; |  | lest |  | any |  | root |

πικριας |  | ανω |  | φυουσα |  | ενοχλη |  | και |  | δια |  | ταυτης |  | μιανθωσιν |  | πολλοι
of bitterness |  | up 2 |  | springing 1 |  | should trouble [you], |  | and |  | by |  | this |  | be defiled |  | many;

| 16 | μη |  | τις |  | πορνος |  | η |  | βεβηλος |  | ως |  | ησαυ |  | ος |  | αντι |  | βρωσεως |  | μιας |
|  | lest [there be] |  | any |  | fornicator |  | or |  | profane person, |  | as |  | Esau, |  | who |  | for |  | meal 2 |  | one 1 |

απεδοτο |  | τα |  | πρωτοτοκια |  | αυτου |  |
sold |  | ♦ |  | birthright 2 |  | his; 1 |  |

| 17 | ιστε |  | γαρ |  | οτι |  | και |  | μετεπειτα |  | θελων |  | κληρονομησαι |  | την |  | ευλογιαν |
|  | ye 4 know 5 |  | for 3 |  | that |  | also |  | afterwards, |  | wishing |  | to inherit |  | the |  | blessing, |

απεδοκιμασθη |  | μετανοιας |  | γαρ |  | τοπον |  | ουχ |  | ευρεν |  | καιπερ |  | μετα |
he was rejected, |  | for of 2 repentance 3 |  | ♦ |  | place 1 |  | he found not, |  | ♦ |  | although |  | with |

δακρυων |  | εκζητησας |  | αυτην |  |
tears |  | having earnestly sought |  | it. |  |

| 18 | ου |  | γαρ |  | προσεληλυθατε |  | ψηλαφωμενω |  | ορει |  | και |
|  | For not 3 |  | ♦ |  | ye 1 have 2 come to |  | being 3 touched 4 |  | [the] 1 mount 2 |  | and |

κεκαυμενω |  | πυρι |  | και |  | γνοφω |  | και |  | σκοτω |  | και |  | θυελλη |  |
having been kindled |  | with fire, |  | and |  | to obscurity, |  | and |  | to darkness, |  | and |  | to tempest, |  |

| 19 | και |  | σαλπιγγος |  | ηχω |  | και |  | φωνη |  | ρηματων |  | ης |  | οι |
|  | and |  | trumpet’s 2 |  | to sound, 1 |  | and |  | to voice |  | of words; |  | which [voice] |  | they that |

ακουσαντες |  | παρητησαντο |  | μη |  | προστεθηναι |  | αυτοις |  | λογον |  |
heard |  | excused themselves [asking] |  | not 3 |  | to 4 be 5 addressed 6 |  | to 7 them 8 |  | [the] 1 word; 2 |  |

| 20 | ουκ |  | εφερον |  | γαρ |  | το |  | διαστελλομενον |  | καν |  | θηριον |
|  | (for they could not bear |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | that |  | [which] was commanded: |  | And if |  | a beast |

θιγη |  | του |  | ορους |  | λιθοβοληθησεται |  | η |  | βολιδι |  | κατατοξευθησεται |  |
should touch |  | the |  | mountain, |  | it shall be stoned, |  | or |  | with a dart |  | shot through; |  |

| 21 | και |  | ουτως |  | φοβερον |  | ην |  | το |  | φανταζομενον |  | μωσης |  | ειπεν |  | εκφοβος |
|  | and, |  | so |  | fearful |  | was |  | the |  | spectacle [that] |  | Moses |  | said, |  | greatly 3 afraid 4 |

ειμι |  | και |  | εντρομος |  |
I 1 am 2 |  | and |  | trembling:) |  |

| 22 | αλλα |  | προσεληλυθατε |  | σιων |  | ορει |  | και |  | πολει |  | θεου |  | ζωντος |
|  | but |  | ye have come to |  | Sion 2 |  | mount; 1 |  | and |  | [the] city |  | of God 3 |  | [the] 1 living, 2 |

ιερουσαλημ |  | επουρανιω |  | και |  | μυριασιν |  | αγγελων |  |
Jerusalem 5 |  | heavenly; 4 |  | and |  | to myriads |  | of angels, |  |

| 23 | πανηγυρει |  | και |  | εκκλησια |  | πρωτοτοκων |  | εν |  | ουρανοις |
|  | [the] universal gathering; |  | and |  | to [the] assembly |  | of [the] firstborn [ones] |  | in |  | [the] heavens |

απογεγραμμενων |  | και |  | κριτη |  | θεω |  | παντων |  | και |  | πνευμασιν |  | δικαιων |
registered; |  | and |  | to [the] 2 judge 3 |  | God 1 |  | of all; |  | and |  | to [the] spirits |  | of [the] just |

τετελειωμενων |  |
[who] have been perfected; |  |

| 24 | και |  | διαθηκης |  | νεας |  | μεσιτη |  | ιησου |  | και |  | αιματι |  | ραντισμου |
|  | and |  | of 4 a 5 covenant 7 |  | fresh 6 |  | mediator 3 |  | to 1 Jesus; 2 |  | and |  | to [the] blood |  | of sprinkling, |

κρειττονα |  | λαλουντι |  | παρα |  | τον |  | αβελ |  |
better 2 things 3 |  | speaking 1 |  | than |  | ♦ |  | Abel. |  |

| 25 | βλεπετε |  | μη |  | παραιτησησθε |  | τον |  | λαλουντα |  | ει |  | γαρ |  | εκεινοι |
|  | Take heed |  | ye refuse not |  | ♦ |  | him who |  | speaks. |  | For if |  | ♦ |  | they |

ουκ |  | εφυγον |  | τον |  | επι |  | της |  | γης |  | παραιτησαμενοι |
escaped not, |  | ♦ |  | him 3 that 4 |  | on 5 |  | the 6 |  | earth 7 |  | [who] 1 refused 2 |

χρηματιζοντα |  | πολλω |  | μαλλον |  | ημεις |  | οι |  | τον |  | απ |  | ουρανων |
divinely instructed [them], |  | much more |  | ♦ |  | we |  | who |  | him 4 |  | from 5 |  | [the] 6 heavens 7 |

αποστρεφομενοι |  |
turn 1 away 2 from! 3 |  |

| 26 | ου |  | η |  | φωνη |  | την |  | γην |  | εσαλευσεν |  | τοτε |  | νυν |  | δε |  | επηγγελται |  | λεγων |
|  | whose |  | ♦ |  | voice |  | the 2 |  | earth 3 |  | shook 1 |  | then; |  | but now |  | ♦ |  | he has promised, |  | saying, |

ετι |  | απαξ |  | εγω |  | σειω |  | ου |  | μονον |  | την |  | γην |  | αλλα |  | και |  | τον |  | ουρανον |  |
Yet |  | once |  | I |  | shake |  | not |  | only |  | the |  | earth, |  | but |  | also |  | the |  | heaven. |  |

| 27 | το |  | δε |  | ετι |  | απαξ |  | δηλοι |  | των |  | σαλευομενων |  | την |  | μεταθεσιν |  | ως
|  | But the |  | ♦ |  | Yet |  | once, |  | signifies |  | of 3 the 4 [things] 5 |  | shaken 6 |  | the 1 |  | removing, 2 |  | as

| πεποιημενων |  | ινα |  | μεινη |  | τα |  | μη |  | σαλευομενα |  |
| having been made, |  | that |  | may 5 remain 6 |  | the 1 [things] 2 |  | not 3 shaken. 4 |  | ♦ |  |

| 28 | διο |  | βασιλειαν |  | ασαλευτον |  | παραλαμβανοντες |  | εχωμεν |  | χαριν |  | δι |
|  | Wherefore |  | a kingdom |  | not to be shaken |  | receiving, |  | we may have |  | grace, |  | by |

ης |  | λατρευωμεν |  | ευαρεστως |  | τω |  | θεω |  | μετα |  | αιδους |  | και |  | ευλαβειας |  |
which |  | we may serve |  | well 2 pleasingly 3 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | with |  | reverence |  | and |  | fear. |  |

| 29 | και |  | γαρ |  | ο |  | θεος |  | ημων |  | πυρ |  | καταναλισκον |  |
|  | For also |  | ♦ |  | our God |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | [is] a fire 2 |  | consuming. 1 |  |