Hebrews 12
1 Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
Naizvozvo nesu tine gore rezvapupu rakatikomberedza, ngatibvise mutoro wese nechivi chinonamatira nyore, ngatimhanye nemoyo murefu nhangemutange yatakaisirwa,
2 our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfect example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now ‘has taken his seat at the right hand’ of the throne of God.
takatarira kuna Jesu, muvambi nemupedzeredzi werutendo, iye nekuda kwemufaro waakaisirwa, wakatsunga pamuchinjikwa, achizvidza kunyadziswa, akagara kuruoko rwerudyi rwechigaro cheushe chaMwari.
3 Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from ‘people who were sinning against themselves,’ so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.
Nokuti cherekedzai iye wakatsunga pagakava rakadai revatadzi vachimirisana naye, kuti murege kuneta, muchipera simba pamweya yenyu.
4 You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;
Muchigere kupikisa kusvikira muropa muchirwa nechivi;
5 and you have forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as God’s children – ‘My child, think not lightly of the Lord’s discipline, do not despond when he rebukes you;
uye makakanganwa kurudziro inokurukura kwamuri sekuvana ichiti: Mwanakomana wangu, usazvidza kuranga kwaIshe, kana kupera simba kana uchitsiurwa naye.
6 For it is him whom he loves that he disciplines, and he chastises every child whom he acknowledges.’
Nokuti Ishe anoranga waanoda, nekushapura mwanakomana umwe neumwe waanogamuchira.
7 It is for your discipline that you have to endure all this. God is dealing with you as his children. For where is there a child whom his father does not discipline?
Kana muchitsunga pakurangwa, Mwari anokubatai sevanakomana; nokuti mwanakomana ndeupi baba wavasingarangi?
8 If you are left without that discipline, in which all children share, it shows that you are bastards, and not true children.
Asi kana musina kurangwa, pavanoitwa vagovani vese, naizvozvo muri vana veupombwe, uye kwete vanakomana.
9 Further, when our earthly fathers disciplined us, we respected them. Should we not, then, much rather yield submission to the Father of souls, and live?
Uyezve takambova nemadzibaba enyama yedu aidzora, uye tikavakudza; ko, hatingazviisi zvikurusa pasi paBaba vemweya tigorarama here?
10 Our fathers disciplined us for only a short time and as seemed best to them; but God disciplines us for our true good, to enable us to share his holiness.
Nokuti ivo zvimwe vakatiranga kwemazuva mashoma, semaonero avo; asi iye anotirangira kubatsirwa, kuti tigoverane utsvene hwake.
11 No discipline is pleasant at the time; on the contrary, it is painful. But afterward its fruit is seen in the peacefulness of a righteous life which is the lot of those who have been trained under it.
Zvino kuranga kwese kunoenda pakuvapo hakuratidzi sekwekufadza, asi kwekushungurudza; zvakadaro pashure kunobereka zvibereko zverugare zvakarurama kune vakarovedzwa mazviri.
12 Therefore ‘lift again the down-dropped hands and straighten the weakened knees;
Naizvozvo simbisai maoko akaremberera pasi nemabvi asina simba;
13 make straight paths for your feet,’ so that the lame limb may not be put out of joint, but rather be cured.
uye gadzirirai tsoka dzenyu nzira dzakarurama, kuti icho chinokamhina chirege kushodoka, asi panzvimbo yeizvozvo chiporeswe.
14 Try earnestly to live at peace with everyone, and to attain to that purity without which no one will see the Lord.
Tevererai rugare nevese, neutsvene, kunze kwezvizvi hakuna munhu achaona Ishe.
15 Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, ‘that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,’ and so poison the whole community.
Muchichenjerera kuti kurege kuva nemunhu anokundikana panyasha dzaMwari; kuti zvimwe mudzi wekuvava urege kukura kuzopa dambudziko, uye nawo vazhinji vasvibiswe;
16 Take care that no one becomes immoral, or irreligious like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
ngakurege kuva neumwe anova mhombwe kana asina hanya naMwari, saEsau, wakatengesa udangwe hwake nekudya kumwe.
17 For you know that even afterward, when he wished to claim his father’s blessing, he was rejected – for he never found an opportunity to repair his error – though he begged for the blessing with tears.
Nokuti munoziva kuti pashurewo, oda kugara nhaka yekuropafadzwa, wakarambwa; nokuti haana kuwana nzvimbo yekutendeuka, kunyange akaitsvaka zvikuru nemisodzi.
18 It is not to tangible ‘flaming fire’ that you have drawn near, nor to ‘gloom, and darkness, and storm,
Nokuti hamuna kuuya kugomo ringabatwa, nerinopfuta moto, uye kurima, nekusviba, nekudutu remhepo,
19 and the blast of a trumpet, and an audible voice.’ Those who heard that voice entreated that they might hear no more,
uye kurira kwehwamanda, nenzwi remashoko; iro ivo vakarinzwa vakakumbira kuti shoko rirege kuchitaurwa kwavari;
20 for they could not bear to think of the command – ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it is to be stoned to death;’
nokuti vakakonewa kutakura icho chakange charairwa, chekuti: Kana kunyange mhuka ikabata gomo, ichatakwa nemabwe, kana kufurwa nemuseve;
21 and so fearful was the sight that Moses said – ‘I tremble with fear.’
uye, chakaonekwa chaityisa kudai, Mozisi wakati: Ndinovhunduka, ndinodedera.
22 No, but it is to Mount Zion that you have drawn near, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,
Asi mauya kugomo reZiyoni, nekuguta raMwari mupenyu, kuJerusarema rekudenga, nekumazana evatumwa vasingaverengeki,
23 to the festal gathering and assemblage of God’s firstborn whose names are enrolled in heaven, to God the judge of all people, to the spirits of the righteous who have attained perfection,
kuungano huru nekereke yematangwe akanyorwa kumatenga, nekuna Mwari mutongi wevese, nekumweya yevakarurama vakapereredzwa,
24 to Jesus, the intermediary of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that tells of better things than the blood of Abel.
nekuna Jesu murevereri wesungano itsva, nekuropa rekusasa, rinotaura zvinhu zviri nani pane raAbhero.
25 Beware how you refuse to hear him who is speaking. For, if the Israelites did not escape punishment, when they refused to listen to him who taught them on earth the divine will, far worse will it be for us, if we turn away from him who is teaching us from heaven.
Chenjerai kuti murege kuramba uyo anotaura. Nokuti kana vasina kupukunyuka ivo vakaramba iye wakataura panyika zvinobva kuna Mwari, zvikuru sei isu kana tichifuratira iye anobva kumatenga;
26 Then his voice shook the earth, but now his declaration is – ‘Still once more I will cause not only the earth to tremble, but also the heavens.’
iye inzwi rake rakazungunusa nyika nguva iyo, asi ikozvino wakavimbisa, achiti: Kamwe chetezve ini ndichazungunusa kwete nyika chete, asi nedenga.
27 And those words ‘still once more’ indicate the passing away of all that is shaken – that is, of all created things – in order that only what is unshaken may remain.
Uye izvi zvekuti: Kamwe chetezve, zvinoratidza kutamiswa kwezvinhu zvinozununguka, sezvinhu zvakaitwa, kuti zvisingazungunuki zvigare.
28 Therefore, let us, who have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, be thankful, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with awe and the deepest respect.
Naizvozvo zvatinogamuchira ushe husingazununguswi, ngative nenyasha dzatingashumira nadzo Mwari zvinogamuchirika pamwe nekukudza nekutya Mwari.
29 For our God is ‘a consuming fire.’
Nokutiwo Mwari wedu moto unoparadza.
