Rotherham(i)
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, according to the custom of some, but exhorting, and by so much the more as this, by as much as ye behold, the day, drawing near.
26 For, if, by choice, we be sinning, after the receiving of the full–knowledge of the truth, no longer, for sins, is there left over, a sacrifice,
27 But some fearful reception of judgment and fiery jealousy, about to devour the opposers.
28 Any one having set aside a law of Moses, apart from compassions, upon [the testimony of] two or three witnesses, dieth:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be accounted worthy, who hath trampled underfoot the Son of God, and, the blood of the covenant, hath esteemed, a profane thing, by which he had been made holy, and, unto the Spirit of favour, hath offered wanton insult?
30 For we know him that hath said––To me, belongeth avenging, I, will recompense; and again––The Lord will judge his people.
31 A fearful thing [it is] to fall into the hands of a Living God!
32 But be calling to mind the former days, in which, once ye were illuminated, a great combat of sufferings, ye endured; ––
33 Partly, indeed, because, both with reproaches and tribulations, ye were being made a spectacle, but, partly, because, into fellowship with them who were so involved, ye were brought; ––
34 For, even with them who were in bonds, ye sympathised, and, unto the seizure of your goods, with joy, ye bade welcome,––knowing that ye have yourselves, for a better possession and an abiding.
35 Do not, then, cast away your freedom of speech,––the which hath a great recompense.
36 For, of endurance, ye have need, in order that, the will of God having done, Ye may bear away, the promise.
37 For, yet a little while, how short! how short! The Coming One will be here, and will not tarry;