2 STF Za nju su stari pohvaljeni. BSB BSB: This is why the ancients were commended.
3 STF Verom shvaжamo da je svet stvoren reиju Boћjom, tako da to љto vidimo, nije postalo iz onoga љto se vidi. BSB BSB: By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
4 STF Verom prinese Avelj Bogu bolju ћrtvu nego Kain; za nju dobi hvalu da je pravednik, kad Bog posvedoиi za dare njegove, i kroz nju govori on joљ i posle svoje smrti. BSB BSB: By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
7 STF Verom dobi Noje vest o onome љto se joљ nije videlo, i u poboћnom strahu naиini kovиeg za spasenje doma svoga; njome on osudi svet i posta naslednik pravednosti po veri. BSB BSB: By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
8 STF Verom posluљa Avram kad bi pozvan da iziрe na mesto koje je trebalo da dobije, i iziрe ne znajuжi kuda ide. BSB BSB: By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
9 STF Verom doрe u zemlju obeжanu, kao u tuрu, i u љatorima ћivljaљe s Isakom i Jakovom, sunaslednicima toga obeжanja; BSB BSB: By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
10 STF jer иekaљe grad sa tvrdim temeljima, kome je zidar i tvorac Bog. BSB BSB: For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 STF Verom dobi i ona, Sara, silu da zaиne i preko vremena starosti, jer drћaљe za verna onoga koji obeжa. BSB BSB: By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
12 STF Zato se i rodiљe od jednoga, i to gotovo mrtvoga, kao zvezde nebeske mnoљtvom i kao nebrojeni pesak pokraj mora. BSB BSB: And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
13 STF U veri pomreљe svi ovi ne primivљi obeжanja, nego ih samo videљe izdaleka i pozdraviљe ih, i priznaљe da su gosti i doљljaci na zemlji. BSB BSB: All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
14 STF Jer koji tako govore, pokazuju da traћe otadћbine. BSB BSB: Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
15 STF I da su mislili na onu iz koje su iziљli, imali su vremena da se vrate; BSB BSB: If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 STF ali sad ћele bolju, t.j. nebesku. Zato se Bog ne stidi njih, nazivati se Bog njihov; jer im je pripravio grad. BSB BSB: Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
18 STF i kome je reиeno: "U Isaku жe ti se nazvati seme"; BSB BSB: even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
19 STF jer je pomislio da je Bog kadar i iz mrtvih vaskrsnuti: zato ga je i dobio kao sliku. BSB BSB: Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 STF Verom blagoslovi Isak Jakova i Isava i onim љto жe doжi. BSB BSB: By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
21 STF Verom blagoslovi Jakov umiruжi svakoga sina Josifova i nagnu se duboko preko vrha palice svoje. BSB BSB: By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 STF Verom spomenu Josif umiruжi izlazak sinova Izrailjevih i zapovedi za kosti svoje. BSB BSB: By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
23 STF Verom su Mojsija, poљto se rodio, roditelji njegovi krili tri meseca, jer su videli da je dete lepo, i nisu se pobojali zapovesti careve. BSB BSB: By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
24 STF Verom Mojsije, kad je odrastao, ne htede da se naziva sin kжeri Faraonove; BSB BSB: By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
25 STF i vole stradati s narodom Boћjim, nego li imati kratku slast greha, BSB BSB: He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
26 STF jer je sramotu Hristovu drћao za veжe bogatstvo od blaga egipatskog; jer je gledao na platu. BSB BSB: He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
27 STF Verom ostavi Egipat, ne pobojavљi se ljutine careve: jer se drћao onoga koji se ne vidi, kao da ga je gledao. BSB BSB: By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
28 STF Verom je uиinio pashu i kropljenje krvlju, da se onaj koji je ubijao, ne bi dotakao njihovih prvenaca. BSB BSB: By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
29 STF Verom preрoљe Crveno more kao po suvoj zemlji; a kad Egipжani to pokuљaљe, potopiљe se. BSB BSB: By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
30 STF Verom padoљe zidovi jerihonski kad se sedam dana obilazi oko njih. BSB BSB: By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
31 STF Verom Rava bludnica ne pogibe s nepokornima, jer primi uhode s mirom. BSB BSB: By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
32 STF I љta joљ da kaћem? Ne bi mi dostalo vremena kad bih stao priиati o Gedeonu, Varaku, Samsonu, Jeftaju, Davidu, Samuilu i o prorocima, BSB BSB: And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, 33 STF koji verom pobediљe carstva, иiniљe pravdu, dobiљe obeжanja, zatvoriљe usta lavovima, BSB BSB: who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
34 STF ugasiљe silu ognjenu utekoљe od oљtrica maиa, ojaиaљe posle nemoжi, pokazaљe se jaki u boju, rasteraљe vojske tuрe. BSB BSB: quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
36 STF Drugi podnesoљe ruganje i boj, pa joљ i okove i tamnice; BSB BSB: Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 STF kamenjem pobijeni biљe, spaljeni biљe, preseиni biљe, od maиa pomreљe, potucahu se u ovиjim koћusima, u kozjim koћama, u oskudici, u nevolji, u patnjama. BSB BSB: They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
38 STF Kojih svet ne beљe dostojan, ti lutahu po pustinjama, po gorama, po peжinama i po rupama zemaljskim. BSB BSB: The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
39 STF I ovi svi koji su pohvaljeni za svoju veru, ne primiљe obeжanja, BSB BSB: These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
40 STF jer je Bog neљto bolje za nas odredio da ne doрu bez nas do savrљenstva. BSB BSB: God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.