Hebru 13
1 Nawkamya amlunghaih to ompoe nasoe.
Continue to love your fellow believers.
2 Amlunghaih hoiah angvinnawk khetzawn han pahnet o hmah: to tiah a sak o naah thoemto kaminawk mah poek ai pui hoiah van kaminawk to a khetzawn oh.
Do not forget to be hospitable to needy travelers [LIT]. You need to know that by being hospitable, some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
3 Nangcae doeh taksa ah ni na oh o, raihaih tong kaminawk to pahnet o hmah, thongim krah kaminawk to thongim nawnto krah kami baktiah poek oh.
Remember [to help] those who are in prison [because they are Christians], as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are being mistreated {whom people are mistreating} [because they are believers. As you do that], consider that you you could suffer as they do.
4 Kami boih mah imthong krakhaih to pakoeh han oh, iihkhun to amhnongsak ai: toe tamquta hoiah zaehaih sah kami hoi zu sava laep ah nongpa nongpata zaehaih sah kaminawk loe Sithaw mah lokcaek tih.
You must (respect/keep sacred) the marriage relationship in every way, and you must keep sexual relations [EUP] pure, because God will surely condemn those who act immorally and those who act adulterously.
5 Anih mah, Natuek naah doeh kang pahnawt o sut mak ai, caeh doeh kang caeh o taak mak ai, tiah thuih pongah, na poek o ih hmuen loe phoisa koeh hmoekhaih na ai ah, na tawnh o ih hmuen hoiah palung akii oh.
Live without constantly coveting money, and be content with the things you possess, remembering what [Moses] wrote [that God] has said [about supplying what you need], I will never leave you, I will never stop providing for you [DOU].
6 To pongah aicae mah misahoihhaih hoiah, Angraeng loe kai bomkung ah oh, ka zii mak ai: kami mah kawbangmaw na naa thai tih, tiah a thuih o han oh.
So we can say confidently [as the Psalmist said], Since the Lord is the one who helps me, I will not be afraid! People can do nothing to me [that will deprive me of God’s blessings] [RHQ].
7 Nangcae ukkung hoi nangcae khaeah Sithaw lok thui kaminawk to pahnet o hmah: nihcae khosakhaih tuinuen to khen oh loe, nihcae tanghaih loklam to pazui oh.
Your spiritual leaders used to tell you the message from God [before they died]. Remember how they conducted their lives. By considering (how they died/what resulted from how they lived), imitate how they believed [in Christ/God].
Jesus Christ [is] the same now as he was previously, and he will be the same forever. (aiōn g165)
9 Kalah kang congca patukhaih to patom o hmah. Caaknaek nuiah poekhaih suem kaminawk loe atho om o ai pongah, caaknaek hoiah palung caksak han om ai, tahmenhaih hoiah ni palung caksak han hoih.
[So], do not let yourselves be diverted {let anything divert you} so that you believe various teachings [that are contrary to God’s truth]. It is good that God acts kindly toward us so that we may be strengthened spiritually. [Obeying rules about] various foods, rules that have not benefited those who obeyed them, will not benefit us.
10 Aicae loe kahni imthung ih toksah kaminawk mah buhcaak hanah patoh thai ai ih hmaicam to a tawnh o.
We have [Jesus] [MTY]. All those who continue to observe the Jewish rituals [MTY] of sacrifice have no right to obtain the benefits of his sacrifice [MET].
11 Qaima mah zae loih thai hanah moi thii to Kaciim Ahmuen thungah akun haih, toe moi takpumnawk loe ataihaih ahmuen tasa bangah ni hmai pakhaem o.
After the high priest brings into the most holy place the blood of animals [that they have sacrificed to atone] for sins, the bodies of those animals are burned {they burn the bodies of those animals} outside the camp.
12 To baktih toengah Jesu mah doeh angmah ih athii hoiah kaminawk ciimcaisak hanah, vangpui khongkha tasa bangah duek khoek to patangkhang.
Similarly, Jesus suffered [and died] outside the gate [of Jerusalem] in order that he might make [us], his people, holy by [offering] his own blood [as a sacrifice to atone for our sins].
13 To pongah anih khet pasaehaih to aicae mah phaw o si loe, khongkha tasa bangah anih khaeah caeh o si.
So, we must abandon [performing Jewish] sacrifices and rituals [MET] [in order to be saved], and let us go to Jesus [to be saved]. As we do that, we must [be willing to] let others reproach us just like people reproached Jesus.
14 Hae ah vangpui kacak a tawn o ai, kaom han koi vangpui to ni a pakrong o.
Here on earth, we believers do not have a city [such as Jerusalem where we must] continually [offer sacrifices] [MET]. Instead, we are waiting for a future [heavenly] city [that will last forever].
15 To pongah aicae loe anih rang hoiah pakoehhaih hoi kasaeng hmuenpaekhaih to Sithaw khaeah tathlang o poe si, to tiah anih ih ahmin pakoehhaih loe, aicae pahni ih thingthai ah oh.
With [the help of] Jesus, we must continually praise God. That will be something we can sacrifice [to him] [MET] [instead of our sacrificing animals only at specific times]. Specifically, we must say openly [MTY] [that we have trusted] in Christ [MTY].
16 Toe kahoih hmuen sakhaih hoi hmuenpaekhaih to pahnet o hmah: to baktih hmuen paekhaih mah Sithaw palung anghoesak.
Be continually [LIT] doing good deeds [for others], and be continually sharing [with others the things you have], because doing things like that will [also] be [as though you are offering] sacrifices that will please God.
17 Nangcae ukkung kacoehtanawk ih lok to tahngai oh loe, nihcae tlim ah khosah oh: nihcae loe Sithaw khaeah angmacae kawng thui kami ah oh o baktih toengah, nangcae ih muithla khenkung ah ni oh o, nihcae mah palungsethaih hoiah sah ai ah, anghoehaih hoiah a sak o thai hanah, a thuih o ih lok to tahngai pae oh: palungsethaih hoiah sak ih hmuen loe nangcae han atho om ai.
Obey your [spiritual] leaders; do what they tell you, since they are the ones who are looking out for your spiritual welfare [SYN]. [Some day] they will have to stand before God so that he can say if he approves of what they have done. Obey them in order that they can do the work of guarding you joyfully, and not have to do it sadly, because if you cause them to do it sadly, that will certainly not help you at all (OR, they will not be able to help you at all).
18 Kaicae han lawk na thui pae oh: kaicae loe kasae kahoih panoekhaih palung ka tawnh o moe, hmuen boih ah pakoeh koi kaom ah khosak koeh kami ah ka oh o.
Pray for me. I am certain that I have not done anything that displeases God. I have tried to act honorably [toward you] in every way.
19 Lokpui koekah, nangcae khae kam laem palang thai han, lawk nang thuih pae o hanah kang pacae o.
I urge you earnestly to pray that [God] will quickly remove the things that hinder my coming to you.
20 Dungzan lokmaihaih athii rang hoiah aicae Angraeng Jesu duekhaih thung hoi pathawk let, kalen Tuu toepkung, angdaehhaih Sithaw mah, (aiōnios g166)
Jesus [provides for us], [protects us, and guides us as] a great shepherd does for his sheep [MET]. And God, who gives us [inner] peace, brought our Lord Jesus back to life. By doing that, God ratified his eternal covenant with us by the blood [that flowed from Jesus when he died on the] cross. (aiōnios g166)
21 Jesu Kri rang hoiah nangcae nuiah a sak koehhaih baktiah sak moe, anih koehhaih to na sak o thai hanah, kahoih hmuen loklam ah nangcae to koepsak nasoe, Anih khaeah lensawkhaih dungzan hoi dungzan khoek to om poe nasoe. Amen. (aiōn g165)
So I pray that God will equip you with everything good [that you need in order] that you may do the things that he desires. May he accomplish in our lives whatever he considers pleasing as a result of Jesus Christ [equipping us]. May Jesus Christ be praised forever. (Amen!/May it be so!) (aiōn g165)
22 Nawkamyanawk, nangcae khaeah zetta ka tarik ih pacaehaih lok hae na thaih o kop thai hanah kang pacae o.
My fellow believers, I appeal to you that you patiently consider [what] I have written in this short letter, to exhort you.
23 Aicae amnawk Timote loe loih boeh, tito panoek oh; akra ai ah anih angzo naah, anih hoi nawnto nangcae hnuk hanah kang zoh han.
I want you to know that our fellow believer Timothy has been released {[the authorities] have released our fellow believer Timothy} [from prison]. If he comes here soon, he will accompany me when I go to see you.
24 Nangcae ukkung kacoehtanawk hoi kaciim kaminawk boih to ban na sin pae oh. Italy prae ah kaom kaminawk mah nangcae han ban ang sin o.
Tell all your [spiritual] leaders and all the [other] fellow believers [in your city] that (I am thinking fondly about them/I am sending them my greetings). The believers [in this area who have come] from Italy [want you to know they] are (thinking about you/sending you their greetings).
25 Nangcae boih nuiah tahmenhaih om nasoe. Amen.
[I pray that] you will continue to experience God’s acting kindly toward you all.
