1 T herefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,

Portanto, nós também, pois estamos rodeados de tão grande nuvem de testemunhas, deixemos todo embaraço, e o pecado que tão de perto nos rodeia, e corramos com perseverança a carreira que nos está proposta,

2 L ooking away to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith and is also its Finisher. He, for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

fitando os olhos em Jesus, autor e consumador da nossa fé, o qual, pelo gozo que lhe está proposto, suportou a cruz, desprezando a ignomínia, e está assentado ã direita do trono de Deus.

3 J ust think of Him Who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and bitter hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and fainting in your minds.

Considerai, pois aquele que suportou tal contradição dos pecadores contra si mesmo, para que não vos canseis, desfalecendo em vossas almas.

4 Y ou have not yet struggled and fought agonizingly against sin, nor have you yet resisted and withstood to the point of pouring out your blood.

Ainda não resististes até o sangue, combatendo contra o pecado;

5 A nd have you forgotten the divine word of appeal and encouragement in which you are reasoned with and addressed as sons? My son, do not think lightly or scorn to submit to the correction and discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage and give up and faint when you are reproved or corrected by Him;

e já vos esquecestes da exortação que vos admoesta como a filhos: Filho meu, não desprezes a correção do Senhor, nem te desanimes quando por ele és repreendido;

6 F or the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes.

pois o Senhor corrige ao que ama, e açoita a todo o que recebe por filho.

7 Y ou must submit to and endure for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not train and correct and discipline?

É para disciplina que sofreis; Deus vos trata como a filhos; pois qual é o filho a quem o pai não corrija?

8 N ow if you are exempt from correction and left without discipline in which all share, then you are illegitimate offspring and not true sons.

Mas, se estais sem disciplina, da qual todos se têm tornado participantes, sois então bastardos, e não filhos.

9 M oreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we yielded and respected. Shall we not much more cheerfully submit to the Father of spirits and so live?

Além disto, tivemos nossos pais segundo a carne, para nos corrigirem, e os olhavamos com respeito; não nos sujeitaremos muito mais ao Pai dos espíritos, e viveremos?

10 F or disciplined us for only a short period of time and chastised us as seemed proper and good to them; but He disciplines us for our certain good, that we may become sharers in His own holiness.

Pois aqueles por pouco tempo nos corrigiam como bem lhes parecia, mas este, para nosso proveito, para sermos participantes da sua santidade.

11 F or the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Na verdade, nenhuma correção parece no momento ser motivo de gozo, porém de tristeza; mas depois produz um fruto pacífico de justiça nos que por ele têm sido exercitados.

12 S o then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees,

Portanto levantai as mãos cansadas, e os joelhos vacilantes,

13 A nd cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths for your feet, so that the lame and halting may not be put out of joint, but rather may be cured.

e fazei veredas direitas para os vossos pés, para que o que é manco não se desvie, antes seja curado.

14 S trive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration and holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Segui a paz com todos, e a santificação, sem a qual ninguém verá o Senhor,

15 E xercise foresight and be on the watch to look, to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God’s grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it—

tendo cuidado de que ninguém se prive da graça de Deus, e de que nenhuma raiz de amargura, brotando, vos perturbe, e por ela muitos se contaminem;

16 T hat no one may become guilty of sexual vice, or become a profane (godless and sacrilegious) person as Esau did, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

e ninguém seja devasso, ou profano como Esaú, que por uma simples refeição vendeu o seu direito de primogenitura.

17 F or you understand that later on, when he wanted his inheritance of the blessing, he was rejected (disqualified and set aside), for he could find no opportunity to repair by repentance, although he sought for it carefully with tears.

Porque bem sabeis que, querendo ele ainda depois herdar a bênção, foi rejeitado; porque não achou lugar de arrependimento, ainda que o buscou diligentemente com lágrimas.

18 F or you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, that is ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging storm,

Pois não tendes chegado ao monte palpável, aceso em fogo, e ã escuridão, e

19 A nd to the blast of a trumpet and a voice whose words make the listeners beg that nothing more be said to them.

e ao sonido da trombeta, e ã voz das palavras, a qual os que a ouviram rogaram que não se lhes falasse mais;

20 F or they could not bear the command that was given: If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.

porque não podiam suportar o que se lhes mandava: Se até um animal tocar o monte, será apedrejado.

21 I n fact, so awful and terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I am terrified (aghast and trembling with fear).

E tão terrível era a visão, que Moisés disse: Estou todo aterrorizado e trêmulo.

22 B ut rather, you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless multitudes of angels in festal gathering,

Mas tendes chegado ao Monte Sião, e ã cidade do Deus vivo, ã Jerusalém celestial, a miríades de anjos;

23 A nd to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect,

24 A nd to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks, a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel.

e a Jesus, o mediador de um novo pacto, e ao sangue da aspersão, que fala melhor do que o de Abel.

25 S o see to it that you do not reject Him or refuse to listen to and heed Him Who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused to listen and heed Him Who warned and divinely instructed them on earth, how much less shall we escape if we reject and turn our backs on Him Who cautions and admonishes from heaven?

Vede que não rejeiteis ao que fala; porque, se não escaparam aqueles quando rejeitaram o que sobre a terra os advertia, muito menos escaparemos nós, se nos desviarmos daquele que nos adverte lá dos céus;

26 T hen His voice shook the earth, but now He has given a promise: Yet once more I will shake and make tremble not only the earth but also the heavens.

a voz do qual abalou então a terra; mas agora tem ele prometido, dizendo: Ainda uma vez hei de abalar não só a terra, mas também o céu.

27 N ow this expression, Yet once more, indicates the final removal and transformation of all shaken—that is, of that which has been created—in order that what cannot be shaken may remain and continue.

Ora, esta palavra - Ainda uma vez - significa a remoção das coisas abaláveis, como coisas criadas, para que permaneçam as coisas inabaláveis.

28 L et us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe;

Pelo que, recebendo nós um reino que não pode ser abalado, retenhamos a graça, pela qual sirvamos a Deus agradavelmente, com reverência e temor;

29 F or our God a consuming fire.

pois o nosso Deus é um fogo consumidor.