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On toachtojtajhuan oquipixquej intlaneltoc

11  On tlaneltoctli quijtosnequi ica ticyolmelajcamatztoquej ica ticselisquej on tlen ticchaj, niman masqui xtiquitaj on tlen nochihuas ticmatij ican nochi toyojlo ica nochihuas. Pero Dios xhuelis ticpactisquej tla xitech ticpiaj totlaneltoc, pampa para se huelis quinisihuis, ica oncaj quineltocas ica yejhua melahuac nemi, niman ica Dios quimacas tlaxtlahuijli on yejhuan melahuac quitejtemohuaj.

Ipampa on itlaneltoc, Noé oquitlacamat Dios, masqui xe nesiya on tlen temojtij yejhuan Dios oquijlij nochihuas. Yejhua oquichijchiu se hueyi acajli yejhuan ipan omaquis ihuan ichanchanejcahuan. Pampa ijquin oquineltocac Dios, Noé oquititij nochi tlacatl yejhuan nemiya ica tlajtlacojli, niman yejhua oquiselij yolmelajcalistli itech Dios itechcopa itlaneltoc.

Ipampa on itlaneltoc, Abraham oquitlacamat Dios ijcuac oquinotz para yas ne tetlalpan campa oquitlalij ipan ipromesa quimacas quen herencia. Yejhua oquis ne campa chantiya niman oyaj, masqui xquimatiya canon yaya. Ipampa on itlaneltoc ochantic ne tetlalpan campa Dios oquitlalij ipan ipromesa, masqui para yejhua san tepal chanej catca. Ochajchantitiaj ipan se cajli tlachijchiutli ican tlaquentli. Isaac niman Jacob no ijcon ochantiquej yejhuan no oquiselijquej sa no yejhua promesa. 10 Abraham ijcon ochajchantitiaj pampa ican itlaneltoc quichaya para Dios cuicas ne ilhuicac campa oncaj on hueyican yejhuan sa no Dios otlatlajtlalij niman otlachijchiu cuajli ican cojtiquej cimientos.

11 Ipampa on itlaneltoc, Sara oquiselij on chicahualistli para onochiu nantli, masqui sanoyej ye lamajtzin catca para quimpiasquia iconehuan. Yejhua, tej, oquipix se iconeu pampa oquineltocac ica Dios quichihuas quen oquitlalij ipan ipromesa. 12 Ijcon tej, masqui Abraham sanoyej ye huehuentzin catca niman ye nisiu catca para miquis, yejhua ohuel oquipix ihuejcaconehuan. Niman otlacatquej sanoyej miyequej ihuejcaconehuan ijcon quen miyequej onoquej on sitlalimej ne ipan cielo niman ijcon quen on xajli yejhuan oncaj ne itenco on mar yejhuan xhueli yacaj quipohua.

13 Ijcuac nochimej yejhuamej on tlacamej omiquej, oc oquineltocaquej ica Dios quichihuas on tlen oquitlalij ipan ipromesa. Yejhuamej xoquiselijquej, pero sanoyej paquiyaj pampa ipan intlaneltoc quiyolmatzticatcaj ica on promesa tenquisas masqui polihuis miyec tonaltin para tenquisas. Ijcon oquijteijlijquej ica xchanejquej ipan in tlalticpactli, yej ne ilhuicac. 14 Tej, on yejhuan ijcon tlajtlajtohuaj cuajli quiteititiaj ica oc quitejtemohuaj se chanyotl campa chantisquej para nochipa. 15 Tla yejhuamej oc ontlamatztiasquiaj ipan on chanyotl campa ohuajtlacajtejquej, huelisquiaj ocsejpa yasquiaj. 16 Pero yejhuamej quinequiyaj se chanyotl más cuajli, se chanyotl yejhuan ilhuicac oncaj. Yejhua ica Dios xpinahua para Dios yes intech yejhuamej niman yoquinchijchihuilij se chanyotl.

17-18 Ipampa itlaneltoc, Abraham ocuicac Isaac on isenteconeu para quihuentlalisquia ijcuac Dios oquitlatlatac. Masqui Dios ijquin oquiprometerohuilij Abraham: “Itechcopa Isaac ticpias mohuejcaconehuan”, yejhua nemiya listo para quihuentlalisquia on san ica nochi iconeu. 19 Abraham ijquin oquichiu pampa yejhua oquineltocac ica Dios quipia poder para quinyolihuitis on mimiquej. Niman masqui Isaac xomic, Abraham oquiselij quen on yejhuan ocsejpa oyoliu ne intzajlan on mimiquej.

20 Ipampa itlaneltoc, Isaac oquiprometerohuilij Jacob ihuan Esaú miyec tlatiochihualistli yejhuan saquin oquiselijquej.

21 Ipampa itlaneltoc Jacob, ijcuac ye nisiu para miquis, oquitlalij ipan ipromesa miyec tlatiochihualistli cada se iconeu José, niman oquimahuistilij Dios chica onocojtilij ican itopil. 22 Ipampa itlaneltoc José, ijcuac ye nisiu para miquis, oquijtoj ica más saquin on hebreos quisasquej ne ipan on país itoca Egipto, niman otlanahuatijteu tlinon quichihuasquej ica on iomiyohuan ijcuac quisasquej.

23 Ipampa intlaneltoc, itajhuan Moisés xoquimacajsquej on tlanahuatijli yejhuan oquitemacac on rey para ma quinmictican nochi on oquichcoconej hebreos. Yej, ijcuac onen, oquiyanquej Moisés yeyi metztli. Ijcon oquichijquej pampa oquitaquej ica yejhua se cualtzin oquichconetl catca.

24 Ipampa itlaneltoc Moisés, ijcuac yotlacatiac, xonocalactij nemis quen teconeu itech ichpoch on yejhuan rey ne Egipto. 25 Yej oquitlapejpenij tlajyohuis ne inhuan on iconehuan Dios, niman oquitlalcahuij on paquilistli ne tlajtlacolpan campa san panosquia on ipaquilis. 26 Yejhua quimatzticatca ica más hueyi quijtosnequi para quijyohuis on tlahuejli ipampa Cristo xquen tla quipiasquia nochi on iriqueza Egipto. Ijquin oquinemilij pampa yejhua oquimat ica Dios quimacas tlaxtlahuijli.

27 Niman ipampa itlaneltoc, Moisés oquis ne Egipto xican nemojtijli masqui on rey ocualan. Yejhua oquijyohuij on tlen tepajsoloj pampa yejhua quen quitzticatca Dios yejhuan xacaj hueli quita.

28 Niman no ipampa itlaneltoc, Moisés oquipehualtij on ilhuitl itoca pascua, niman otlanahuatij ma quimajhuichican on tlatzacuilyomej ican inyesyo on borreguitos. Ijcon otlanahuatij para on ilhuicactequitquetl, yejhuan quipiaya poder para temictis, xhuelis quimictis on conetl yejhuan yencuiyotl ipan inchanchanecahuan on hebreos.

29 Ipampa intlaneltoc, on hebreos oquipanahuijquej on Mar Rojo quen tlalhuactli yesquia. Pero ijcuac on Egipcios no ijqui quipanahuisnequiyaj, oamimiquej.

30 Ipampa intlaneltoc, on hebreos ohuetz on tepantli ne iyehualican on hueyican itoca Jericó ijcuac yejhuamej chicome tonajli oquiyehualojquej.

31 Ipampa itlaneltoc, on tlacapajpatlaquetl itoca Rahab, xomic inhuan on ichanejcahuan yejhuan xotetlacamatquej, pampa yejhua cuajli oquinselij on hebreos yejhuan oquitatoj quen tlaojoncaj Jericó.

32 ¿Tlinon más niquijtos? Nechpolosquia tiempo para nitlajtlajtosquia itech ica Gedeón, Barac, Sansón, Jefté, David, Samuel niman on tiotlajtojquej. 33 Ipampa intlaneltoc sequimej yejhuamej oquintlanquej on países, niman sequimej yejhuamej otequihuajtiquej ican yolmejmelajcalistli, niman oquiselijquej on tlajtlamach yejhuan Dios oquitlalij ipan ipromesa. Impampa intlaneltoc, Dios oquinmanahuij intech on tecuani yolquej para xoquincuajquej. 34 Opanoquej cuajli ipan on tlimej yejhuan sanoyej tecuinticatcaj, oquinmanahuijquej para xoquinmictijquej ican espadas. Yejhuamej xcojtiquej catcaj pero oquiselijquej chicahualistli, yejhuamej ohuejhueyixtiajquej ijcuac oquichijquej querra otetlanquej intech insoldados intlahuelicnihuan. 35 Nemiyaj sequimej sihuamej yejhuan ocsejpa oquiselijquej inmicatzitzihuan yoltoquej.

Ocsequimej omiquej ican tlamach temojtij tlajyohuilistli. Ijcuac quinmacahuasnequiyaj, yejhuamej xoquinequej, yej quinequiyaj para Dios quinyolihuitis niman quinquetztehuas ipan intlalcon para quipiasquej se nemilistli yejhuan más cuajli. 36 Ocsequimej otlajyohuijquej pampa oquinhuetzcaquej niman oquinhuijhuitequej, niman quemantica hasta oquinsalojquej niman oquintzacuquej. 37 Sequimej oquinmictijquej ican temej. Sequimej oquintlajcotequej ican sierra. Sequimej oquintlatlataquej, niman sequimej oquinmictijquej ican espadas. Sequimej nejecuanijtinemiyaj niman notlaquentiayaj ican incuetlaxyo on borreguitos niman incuetlaxyo on chitomej. Yejhuamej mayanquej catcaj, oquintlahuelitaquej niman oquintlajyohuiltijquej, niman inca onajahuiltijquej. 38 On xtlaneltocaquej xquinmelahuayaj intzajlan nemisquej. On tocnihuan quistinemiyaj neca campa tlapatlaco, niman neca ipan tepemej. Oniyanquej ipan teostoyo, niman campa tlalcoyoncan. 39 Nochimej yejhuamej, masqui Dios oquinselij quen yolchipajquej pampa oquipixquej tlaneltoctli, xoquiselijquej on tlen Dios oquitlalij ipan ipromesa. 40 Xoquiselijquej ipromesa Dios ipan on tonaltin pampa Dios yoquinemilijca on tlen más cuajli quichihuas. Yejhua yoquinemilijca ica más cuajli para yejhuamej quiselisquej on temaquixtilistli no ijcuac tejhuamej ticseliaj.

Faith in Action

11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(A) and assurance about what we do not see.(B) This is what the ancients were commended for.(C)

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(D) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(E) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(F) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(G)

By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a](H) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(I) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(J) in holy fear built an ark(K) to save his family.(L) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(M)

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(N) obeyed and went,(O) even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land(P) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(Q) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(R) 10 For he was looking forward to the city(S) with foundations,(T) whose architect and builder is God.(U) 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(V) was enabled to bear children(W) because she[b] considered him faithful(X) who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(Y) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(Z)

13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(AA) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(AB) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(AC) 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.(AD) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(AE) Therefore God is not ashamed(AF) to be called their God,(AG) for he has prepared a city(AH) for them.

17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.(AI) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[c](AJ) 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,(AK) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.(AL)

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,(AM) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.(AN)

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,(AO) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.(AP)

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(AQ) 25 He chose to be mistreated(AR) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(AS) for the sake of Christ(AT) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(AU) 27 By faith he left Egypt,(AV) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer(AW) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.(AX)

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(AY)

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(AZ)

31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[d](BA)

32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(BB) Barak,(BC) Samson(BD) and Jephthah,(BE) about David(BF) and Samuel(BG) and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms,(BH) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(BI) 34 quenched the fury of the flames,(BJ) and escaped the edge of the sword;(BK) whose weakness was turned to strength;(BL) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(BM) 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again.(BN) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(BO) and even chains and imprisonment.(BP) 37 They were put to death by stoning;[e](BQ) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.(BR) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,(BS) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves(BT) and in holes in the ground.

39 These were all commended(BU) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,(BV) 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us(BW) would they be made perfect.(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24
  2. Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
  3. Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12
  4. Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
  5. Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;

11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.

34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.