Hebrews 4
1 Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
Kwa hiyo, tunapaswa kuwa makini ili kwamba kati yenu asiwepo hata mmoja atakayeonekana kushindwa kufikia ahadi endelevu ya kuingia katika pumzika la Mungu.
2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard did not profit them, because they were not united by faith with those who heard.
Kwani tumekuwa na habari njema kuhusu pumziko la Mungu lililotangazwa kwetu kama Waisrael walivyokuwa nayo, lakini ujumbe huo haukuwasaidia wale ambao waliusikia bila kuunganisha imani kwa hilo.
3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Kwa sisi, ambao tumekwisha amini-sisi ndio miongoni tutakaoingia katika lile pumuziko, Kama inavyosema, “Kama nilivyoapa kwa hasira yangu, Hawataingia katika pumziko mwangu.” Alisema hili, ingawa kazi zote alizotengeneza zilikuwa zimekamilika tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu.
4 For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"
Kwani ameshasema sehemu fulani kuhusu siku ya saba, “Mungu alipumzika siku ya saba katika yote aliyoyafanya.”
5 and in this place again, "They will not enter into my rest."
Tena ameshasema, “Hawataingia kwenye pumziko langu.”
6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,
Kwa sababu hiyo, tangu pumziko la Mungu bado ni akiba kwa ajili ya baadhi kuingia, na tangu Waisraeli wengi ambao walisikia habari njema kuhusu pumziko lake hawakuingia kwa sababu ya kutotii,
7 he again appoints a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
Mungu aliweka tena siku fulani, iitwayo “Leo.” Yeye aliiongeza siku hii alipozungumza kupitia Daudi, ambaye alisema kwa muda mrefu baada ya yaliyosemwa kwanza, “Leo kama mtasikia sauti yake, msifanye mioyo yenu kuwa migumu.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
Kwani kama Yoshua aliwapatia pumziko, Mungu asingelisema juu ya siku nyingine.
9 There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Kwa hiyo bado kuna Sabato ya pumziko iliyotunzwa kwa ajili ya watu wa Mungu.
10 For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
Kwani anayeingia katika pumziko la Mungu yeye mwenyewe pia amepumzika kutokana na matendo yake, kama Mungu alivyofanya katika yeye.
11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
Kwa hiyo tuweni na shauku ya kuingia katika lile pumziko, ili kwamba asiwepo atakayeanguka katika aina ya uasi waliofanya.
12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Kwa maana neno la Mungu li hai na lina nguvu na linaukali kuliko upanga wowote wenye makali kuwili. Na huchoma hata kufikia kugawanya nafsi na roho, na viungo kutika uboho. Na lenye kuweza kufahamu fikira za moyo nia yake.
13 There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
. Hakuna kilichoumbwa kilichojificha katika uso wa Mungu. Badala yake, kila kitu ni dhahiri na wazi kwa macho ya mmoja ambaye ni lazima tutoe hesabu.
14 Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
Baadaye kuwa na kuhani mkuu aliyeingia katika mbingu, Yesu Mwana wa Mungu, kwa uimara tushikilie imani zetu.
15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
Kwa kuwa hatuna kuhani mkuu ambaye hawezi kuhisi huruma kwa ajili udhaifu wetu, lakini yeye ambaye kwa njia zote amekuwa akijaribiwa kama sisi, isipokuwa yeye ambaye hana dhambi.
16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
Na tuje kwa ujasiri katika kiti cha enzi cha neema, ili kwamba tupokee rehema na kupata neema ya kutusaidia wakati wa hitaji.
