Hebrews 6
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
1Quapropter intermittentes inchoationis Christi sermonem, ad perfectiora feramur, non rursum jacientes fundamentum pœnitentiæ ab operibus mortuis, et fidei ad Deum,
2of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
2baptismatum doctrinæ, impositionis quoque manuum, ac resurrectionis mortuorum, et judicii æterni.
3This will we do, if God permits.
3Et hoc faciemus, si quidem permiserit Deus.
4For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
4Impossibile est enim eos qui semel sunt illuminati, gustaverunt etiam donum cæleste, et participes facti sunt Spiritus Sancti,
5and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
5gustaverunt nihilominus bonum Dei verbum, virtutesque sæculi venturi,
6and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
6et prolapsi sunt; rursus renovari ad pœnitentiam, rursum crucifigentes sibimetipsis Filium Dei, et ostentui habentes.
7For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;
7Terra enim sæpe venientem super se bibens imbrem, et generans herbam opportunam illis, a quibus colitur, accipit benedictionem a Deo:
8but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
8proferens autem spinas ac tribulos, reproba est, et maledicto proxima: cujus consummatio in combustionem.
9But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.
9Confidimus autem de vobis dilectissimi meliora, et viciniora saluti: tametsi ita loquimur.
10For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
10Non enim injustus Deus, ut obliviscatur operis vestri, et dilectionis, quam ostendistis in nomine ipsius, qui ministrastis sanctis, et ministratis.
11We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
11Cupimus autem unumquemque vestrum eamdem ostentare sollicitudinem ad expletionem spei usque in finem:
12that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
12ut non segnes efficiamini, verum imitatores eorum, qui fide, et patientia hæreditabunt promissiones.
13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
13Abrahæ namque promittens Deus, quoniam neminem habuit, per quem juraret, majorem, juravit per semetipsum,
14saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
14dicens: Nisi benedicens benedicam te, et multiplicans multiplicabo te.
15Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
15Et sic longanimiter ferens, adeptus est repromissionem.
16For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
16Homines enim per majorem sui jurant: et omnis controversiæ eorum finis, ad confirmationem, est juramentum.
17In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,
17In quo abundantius volens Deus ostendere pollicitationis hæredibus, immobilitatem consilii sui, interposuit jusjurandum:
18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
18ut per duas res immobiles, quibus impossibile est mentiri Deum, fortissimum solatium habeamus, qui confugimus ad tenendam propositam spem,
19This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil,
19quam sicut anchoram habemus animæ tutam ac firmam, et incedentem usque ad interiora velaminis,
20where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
20ubi præcursor pro nobis introivit Jesus, secundum ordinem Melchisedech pontifex factus in æternum.
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