Hibulu 11
1 Dafawaneyale dawa: su hou da agoaiwane gala. Ninia da hobea misunu dafawane hamoma: beyale dawa: lusu da dafawane misunu ninia dafawaneyale dawa: be amola siga hame ba: su liligi ninia dafawaneyale dawa: be.
It is because people trust [God] that they are sure that they will receive the things that they confidently expect [God to give them]. They are also certain [that they will see those things], though no one sees them yet.
2 Siba fi dunu mogili da amo dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, Gode da ilima hahawane galu.
It was because our ancestors trusted in God that they pleased him.
3 Gode da Ea Sia: (amo da hame ba: su liligi) amoga E da osobo bagade, mu amola liligi huluane (amo da siga ba: su liligi), amo hahamoi. Ninia da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le amo dawa: (aiōn g165)
It is because we trust in God that we understand that he formed the universe by commanding [it to exist]. The result is that the things that we see were not made from things that already existed. (aiōn g165)
4 A: ibele da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, gobele salasu liligi amo da Ga: ine ea iasu baligi, Godema i. Ea dafawaneyale dawa: su hou ba: beba: le, Gode da ea iasu hahawane ba: beba: le, E da A: ibele, moloidafa hamoi dunu ba: i. A: ibele da hemonega bogoi dagoi, be ea dafawaneyale dawa: su hou da wali eso ninima olelesu liligi gala.
It was because [Adam’s son] Abel trusted God that he sacrificed something better to God than what [his older brother] Cain offered to God. Because Abel did that, when God spoke well about what Abel sacrificed, God declared that Abel was righteous. And although Abel is dead, we still learn from him [about trusting God].
5 Inoge da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, e da mae bogole, dunu mae ba: ma: ne, Gode da e muagado lale gadoi. Gode Sia: da agoane dedei diala, “Gode da Inoge ea hou hahawane ba: lalu, Hebene sogega lale gadoi.”
It was because Enoch believed [God that God] took him [up to heaven]. The result was that he did not die. No one found him, because he was taken up {[God] had removed him} from the earth [to heaven]. Before [God] took him away, [he] testified that Enoch pleased him well.
6 Gode da dunu amo da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou hame lalegagusia, hahawane ba: mu hamedei ba: sa. Nowa dunu da Godema misusa: dawa: sea, e da Gode da esala amola nowa da Gode Ea hou hogoi helesea, Gode E da ema bidi imunu, amo dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le fawane Godema doaga: mu logo ba: mu.
It is possible for people to please God only if they trust God, because anyone who wants to come to God must first believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek [to know] him.
7 Nowa: da dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, e da Gode Ea sisasu amo hobea misunu siga hame ba: su hou, amo nabi. E da Gode sia: nababeba: le, dusagai hamone, e amola ea sosogo fi gaga: i dagoi ba: i. Amaiba: le, osobo bagade fi dunu huluane ilia fofada: nanu, bogosu dabe iasu lai. Be Gode da Nowa: ea dafawaneyale dawa: su hou ba: beba: le, amo dunu afadenene bu moloidafa hamoi ba: i.
It was because Noah trusted [God] that after he was warned by God {after [God] warned him} about [a flood that] had not yet happened, Noah [showed that he] revered God by building a huge ship to save his family. By doing that, he [showed all the people who did not believe him] [MTY] [that they deserved to be condemned] {[that God would] condemn them}. He was someone whom God declared to be righteous because of his trusting in God.
8 A: ibalaha: me da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, soge amo da Gode da ema imunu ilegele sia: i amola amoga doaga: musa: gadili masa: ne sia: i, e da Gode Ea sia: nabawane hamoi. E da ea soge yolesili, soge amo e da hame dawa: i soge, amoga doaga: musa: asi.
It was because Abraham trusted God that when he was told to go {when [God] told him to go}, he obeyed [God], he left [his own country], and went to a place that God would give him. Abraham left his own country, even though he did not know where he would be going.
9 E dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, ga fi dunu agoane, soge amo Gode da ema hobea imunu ilegele sia: i, amo ganodini esalu. E da abula diasu ganodini esalu. Ea mano, Aisage amola Ya: igobe, da Gode Ea hahawane dogolegele iasu lai dagoi. Ela amolawane da abula diasu ganodini esalu.
It was because Abraham trusted God that he lived as though he was a foreigner in the land that [God] had promised to him. Abraham lived in tents, and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob did also. God promised to give to Isaac and Jacob the same things that he promised to give Abraham.
10 A: ibalaha: me da moilai bai bagade amo Gode da hahamoi, hamedafa mugulumu moilai, amo ganodini esalumusa: e da ouesalebeba: le, gadili asili, abula diasu ganodini esalu.
Abraham was waiting to live in a city [in heaven] that would exist forever [MET]. It was a city that God is building [DOU].
11 A: ibalaha: me da mano hamomu hamedene da: i hamoi amola Sela da da: i hamoiba: le, mano lalelegemu hamedei ba: i. Be A: ibalaha: me da Gode da ema imunu ilegele sia: i dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, e da mano hamoi dagoi.
It was because Abraham trusted God that God gave Abraham strength so that he [was] able to produce a son. Even though his wife Sarah was past the age [when women bear children], [God] promised [that he would give her a son], and Abraham considered that God would do what he promised to do.
12 A: ibalaha: me ea bogomu da gadenene ba: i. Be amo dunu egaga fi misi dunu ilia da gasumuni idi defele amola wayabo bagade bega: sa: i idi (idimu hame gala), defele ba: sa.
So, although Abraham was also too old to have children, so many people descended from that one man that they were as numerous as the stars in the sky and are as countless as the grains of sand along the seashore, [just like God promised him].
13 Amo dunu huluane da dafawaneyale dawa: su lalegaguiwane bogoi. Ilia da Gode Ea imunu ilegele sia: i liligi hame ba: i. Be fedege agoane, ilia amo liligi sedagaga manebe ba: i. Ba: beba: le, ilia hahawane ba: i. Ilia da ga fi dunu agoane, osobo bagadega ahoanebe, dunu huluane nabima: ne sia: su.
It was while they still trusted in God that all those people died. Even though they had not yet received the things that God had promised to give them, [it was as though] they saw those things in a distance. They were glad [to know] about what God promised. It was as though they admitted that they were not from this earth, but that they were only here temporarily.
14 Agoaiwane sia: su dunu da ilia sogedafa amoga fimusa: hogosa, amo noga: le olelesa.
As for those people who talk like that, they clearly show that they long for [a place that will become] their true native land.
15 Ilia yolesi soge amoga bu sinidigimu logo hanaiwane ba: sa: besa: le, ilia soge yolesi amo bu hame dawa: lalu.
If they had been thinking about [that place being] the place from which they had come, they would have taken the opportunity to return there.
16 Be ilia da baligili noga: i soge hogosu, amo Hebene soge. Amaiba: le, Gode da ilima esaloma: ne moilai bai bagade hahamoi dagoiba: le, ilia da Ema “Ninia Gode” dio asuliba: le, Gode da hame gogosiasa. Bai ilia hobea misunu dafawane hamoma: beyale dawa: lusu dafawaneyale dawa: i.
But, instead, they desired a better [place in which to live]; that is, they desired [a home] in heaven. So God has prepared a city for them to live [with him], and he is pleased [LIT] for them to say that he is their God.
17 A: ibalaha: me da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, Gode da ema adoba: su oleleloba, e da eagofe Aisage gobele salasu Godema imunusa: dawa: i galu. Gode da A: ibalaha: mema fawane hobea imunu ilegele sia: i, be e da mae hihini ea mano Godema imunusa: dawa: i galu.
It was because Abraham trusted [God] that he [was ready to] kill his son Isaac as a sacrifice when [God] tested him. This same man to whom [God] promised [to give] ([a son/many descendants]) was going to sacrifice [that same son], the only son [whom his own wife had borne]!
18 Gode da musa: ema sia: i galu, “Aisage ea mano lalelegemuba: le, digaga fi amo Na dima imunu ilegele sia: i defele da bagade ba: mu.”
It was to Abraham that God said, “It is [only] from Isaac that I will consider your family to descend.”
19 Gode da Aisage ea bogoi bu wa: legadolesimusa: defele esala, amo A: ibalaha: me da dafawaneyale dawa: i. Amaiba: le, e da fedege agoane, Aisage bogole, bu ea mano esaloma: ne wa: legadoi, amo ba: i.
Abraham considered that [to fulfill that promise], God could make [Isaac] live again [even if] he had died [after Abraham sacrificed him]! The result was that when Abraham did receive Isaac back [after God told him not to harm Isaac], it was as though he received him back even after he died.
20 Aisage da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, e da Ya: igobe amola Iso elama Gode da hobea elama hahawane imunu ilegele sia: i.
It was because Isaac trusted God that he [prayed that after he died, God would] bless [his] sons Jacob and Esau.
21 Ya: igobe da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, ea bogomu gadenenoba, e da Yousefe ea mano elama, ela da Gode Ea hahawane imunu hou ba: mu sia: i. E da ea daguluga ili, Godema nodone sia: ne gadoi.
It was because Jacob trusted God that, as he was dying, he [prayed that God would] bless each of the sons of [his own son Joseph]. He worshipped God as he leaned upon his walking stick [before he died].
22 Yousefe da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, ea bogomu gadenenoba, e da Isala: ili dunu da Idibidi yolesili ga masunu sia: i amola ea gasa gaguli masa: ne sia: i.
It was because Joseph trusted God that, when he was about to die [in Egypt], he anticipated the time when the Israelis would leave Egypt; and he instructed [that] his people [should carry] his bones [with them when they] ([left Egypt/returned to Canaan]).
23 Mousese ea ame amola ada, da dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, Mousese da lalelegeloba, ela da oubi udiana amoga e wamolegei. E da mano noga: idafa ela ba: beba: le, ela mae beda: iwane Felou ea sema hame nabi.
It was because Moses’ father and mother trusted God that they hid [their son] for three months shortly after he was born, because they saw that he was so beautiful. They were not afraid of [disobeying] what the king of Egypt had commanded, [namely, that all the Jewish male babies must be killed].
24 Mousese da dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, e da asigilabeba: le, e da Felou idiwi amo ea fofoi mano esalumu higa: i.
The daughter of the [king, whom they called] Pharaoh, [raised] Moses, but when he had grown up, it was because he trusted God that he refused to [accept the privileges that would have been his if people] considered that he was (the son of the king’s daughter/the king’s own grandson).
25 E da eso bagahame wadela: i hou amo ganodini esalumu higa: iba: le, Gode Ea fi dunu defele gilisili se nabimu hanai galu.
He decided that it was better for others to mistreat him for a time along with the Israeli people, than to temporarily enjoy living sinfully [in the King’s palace].
26 E da Gode Ea hobea imunu bidi dawa: beba: le, e da Idibidi muni amola liligi ida: iwane mae dawa: le, Gelesu Ea hawa: hamomuba: le se nabasu da baligili hou ida: iwane dawa: i galu.
This is because he decided that if he suffered for the Messiah, it would be worth far more [in God’s sight] than his owning all the treasures of Egypt [that he would receive as Pharaoh’s heir. He decided that] because he looked forward to the time when [God would give him] an [eternal] reward.
27 Mousese da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, e da Idibidi hina bagade ea ougi hou amoba: le mae beda: ne, Idibidi soge yolesili asi. E da fedege agoane, siga hame ba: su Gode amo ba: beba: le, hame beba: i.
It was because he trusted God that he left Egypt. He was not afraid that the king would be angry [because of his doing that]. He (kept going/did not turn back) because [it was as though] he kept seeing [God], whom no one can see.
28 E da dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, Baligisu Lolo Nasu hemoi. Ea sia: beba: le, Bogosu A: igele da Isala: ili magobo dunu mano mae medole legema: ne, Isala: ili dunu da ilia logoga sibi maga: me fogaga: la: i.
It was because Moses believed [that God would save his own people] that he instituted the [festival called] Passover. He did that [by commanding that the people should kill lambs and] sprinkle their blood [on their] doorposts. They did that in order that [the angel who] causes people to die would not kill [EUP] the oldest male Israelites [when he killed the oldest sons in each Egyptian family].
29 Isala: ili dunu da dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, Gode da Maga: me Hano ganodini hafoga: iba: le, degesu logo hamoi. Amoga, ilia da hahawane degei dagoi. Be Idibidi dunu da degemusa: dawa: beba: le, huluane hanoga na dagoi ba: i.
It was because they trusted God that [when] the [Israelite] people walked through [where] the Red Sea [had been, it was] as [though they walked] on dry land! But, when the [army of] Egypt also attempted to [cross that same water], they drowned, because [the sea came back and flooded them]!
30 Isala: ili dunu da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, ili da Yeligou moilai bai bagade eso fesuale sisiga: le mogodigili, Yeligou gagoi da mugululi sa: i dagoi.
It was because the [Israeli] people trusted God that the walls around Jericho [city] collapsed, after the Israelis marched around the walls for seven days.
31 Aie heda: i uda La: ihabe da dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, Isala: ili desega misi dunu aowale, wamolegei. Amaiba: le, Gode Ea hou hame nabasu dunu da bogogia: loba, e da hame bogoi.
Rahab [had been] a prostitute, but because she trusted God, she did not perish with those [inside Jericho] who disobeyed [God. Joshua sent some spies] into the city [in order] to find ways to destroy it, but God saved her because she welcomed those spies [peaceably].
32 Be bu sia: mu da hamedei. Olelemu da hamedeiba: le, na da Gidione, Bala: ge, Sa: masane, Yefeda, Da: ibidi, Sa: miuele amola balofede dunu, amo ilia hou hame olelemu.
I do not know what more I should say [RHQ] [about others who trusted in God]. It would take too much time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the [other] prophets.
33 Be ilia da dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, soge fi bagade amoga gegenanu, hasalasu. Ilia hou ida: iwane hamobeba: le, Gode Ea imunu ilegele sia: i liligi afae afae lai. Ilia gasonasu laione wa: me ilia lafi ga: si.
It was because they trusted God that some of them [did great things for him]. Some conquered lands ruled by powerful men. Some ruled [Israel] and justly [punished those men and nations who rebelled against God]. Some obtained [from God] the things that he promised to give them [MTY].
34 Ilia lalu bagade haba: dosu. Dunu da ili gobiheiga medomusa: dawa: loba, ilia hobea: i. Ilia da gasa hame ba: i, be bu afadenene gasa bagade hamoi. Ilia gegesu ganodini gasa bagade ba: su. Ilia ga fi dunu ilia gegesu dunu fane legei.
Some forced lions to keep their mouths shut. Some escaped from being destroyed by fire. Some of those people escaped from [being killed with] a sword [MTY]. Some of those [people who trusted God] were made strong {became mighty} again after they had once been weak. Some became powerful when they fought wars. Some caused armies [that came from foreign lands] to run away from them.
35 Dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, uda da ilia fi dunu bogoi amo uhini wa: legadoi ba: i. Eno, ilia da eso huluane mae bogole Fifi Ahoanusudafa lamu hanaiba: le, ilia se iasu diasu logo doasi ba: loba hame hobea: i. Be dunu ilima se iawane medole legei, amo ilia hame higa: i.
Some women [who trusted God] received [their relatives] back again when [God] ([made them live again after they had died/raised them from the dead]). But [others who trusted God] were tortured until they died. They were tortured because they refused to agree when [their captors said, “We will] release you [if you deny that you believe in God.” They refused to do that], because they wanted to live with God forever, which is better than [continuing to live on earth] after having almost died.
36 Mogili, eno dunu da ilima gadesu amola fasu. Dunu eno da mogili sia: inega la: gili, se iasu diasu ganodini sali.
Other [people who trusted God] were mocked; [some had their backs] cut [open by being struck] with leaded whips. Some were chained and put in prison.
37 Mogili, dunu eno da igiga medoi. Mogili ilia soga mogoa hedofasu. Mogili ilia gobihei bagade amoga medole legei. Ilia da: i nabadowane, sibi o goudi amo ea gadofo houga: i amo fawane salawane, hame gaguiwane, se nabawane, enoga fasawane, udigili ahoanu.
[Some of] those believers were stoned to death {People [killed some of those believers by] throwing stones at them}. Others were cut completely in two. Others were killed with swords. Others of these people who trusted God wandered around the land [wearing garments made only of] skins from sheep and goats. They did not have any money. They were continually oppressed and tormented {People continuously oppressed them and tormented them}.
38 Ilia da noga: le hamobeba: le, osobo bagade da ilia amo ganodini esaloma: ne defele hame ba: sa. Ilia ga fi dunu agoane, udigili gele gelabo amola uli dogoi amo ganodini golaiwane udigili ahoanu.
[The people on earth who caused those who trusted in God to suffer were so bad that] they did not deserve [to live with people who trusted God. Some who trusted God] wandered in deserts and on mountains. Some lived in caves and in other [large] holes in the ground.
39 Ilia da dafawaneyale dawa: su hou lalegaguiba: le, mae dafane, ilia hou da ida: iwane ba: su. Be ilia da Gode Ea dafawane imunu ilegele sia: i liligi hame lai.
Although all these people were commended [by God] {[God] commended all these people} because they trusted him, God did not give them all that he promised them [while they were alive].
40 Bai Gode da baligiliwane ninima imunusa: , amola ilia amola ninia, gilisili moloidafa E da hamomusa: dawa: beba: le, ilia da amo imunu ilegele sia: i liligi hame ba: i.
God knew ahead of time that what he would give us and them [later] would be better than giving [them immediately what he promised]. What God intends is that only when they and we are together will we have all that God intends us to have.
