en_tn/heb/12/12.md

translationWords

• en:tw:astray
• en:tw:heal

translationNotes

• The followers of Jesus are like runners in a race (:en:bible🎶heb:12:01) who have gotten tired. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• lift up your hands that hang down and make your weak knees strong again - A person who faces challenges in life is like a tired runner whose hands and knees have become weak. AT: "strengthen yourself like a racer strengthens his body when he is determined to finish a race"
• make straight paths for your feet - Obeying God is like walking on a smooth straight path. AT: "do what God wants you to do"
• whoever is lame - AT: "whoever wants to quit"
• be led astray - "follow someone down the wrong path." AT: "will not decide to do things that are easy but do not honor God"
• rather be healed - "instead become strong"