Hebrews 11
1 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.
Ammanoy guussay, demmana gidi ufayssan ammanettidi naagiyabaanne nu be7onnabaa be7iyada oothidi ekkiyabaa.
2 It was because our ancestors trusted in God that they pleased him.
Beni aawati ammanon Xoossaafe markkatethi ekkidosona.
3 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)
Alamey Xoossaa qaalan medhettidayssa nu ammanon eroos. Qassi benttiyabay benttonnabaappe medhettis. (aiōn g165)
4 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].
Aabeli Qaa7elayssafe aadhdhiya yarshsho Xoossaas yarshshiday ammanonna. Xoossay Aabela imuwa ufayttidi ekkida wode I xillo gididayssa markkattis. Aabeli hari attoshin, hayqqidikka ba ammanuwan ha77i gakkanaw odees.
5 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.
Heenokey hayqqonna salo biday ammanonna. Xoossay iya ekkida gisho oonikka iya be7anaw dandda7ibeenna. Heenokey salo ekettanaappe sinthe I Xoossaa ufayssida asi gideyssi odettis.
6 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.
Ammanoy baynna oonikka Xoossaa ufayssanaw dandda7enna. Xoossaakko yaa oonikka Xoossay de7eyssanne bana koyeyssatas woyto immeyssa ammananaw koshshees.
7 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.
Nohey buroo benttonnabaas Xoossay iyaw odida wode Xoossaas yayyidi, bananne ba soo asaa ashshanaw ammanon markkabe keexis. Yaatidi ba ammanuwan alamiya pirddidi, ammanon benttiya xillotethaa Xoossaafe ekkis.
8 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.
Abrahamey laata oothidi ekkana biittaa baana mela Xoossay iya xeegida wode hari attoshin, I aw biyakko eronna ixxikokka kiitettiday ammanonna.
9 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.
Abrahamey Xoossay iyaw immana gida biittan bete asada de7iday ammanonna. Xoossay he immana gidayssa iyara issife laattana de7iya Yisaaqaranne Yayqoobara wolla dunkkaanen de7is.
10 Abraham was waiting to live in a city [in heaven] that would exist forever [MET]. It was a city that God is building [DOU].
I, Xoossay qoppidi keexida xaala baasoy de7iya katamaa naagees.
11 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.
Saara ba huu7en cimidabaa gidikkoka ufayssi immida Xoossay ammanettidayssa gideyssa erida gisho qanthatanaw wolqqa demmiday ammanonna.
12 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].
Hessa gisho, hayqqida asi daaniya issi addiyafe salo xoolintto melanne abbaa gaxan de7iya tayboy baynna shafe mela zerethay yelettidosona.
13 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.
He asay ubbay banttaw geetettida ufayssaa qaala ekkonna ammanon hayqqidosona. Shin haahora hessa be7idi, demmidaada oothidi, ufayssan ekkidosona. Qassi entti sa7an imathenne bete asi gideyssa eridosona.
14 As for those people who talk like that, they clearly show that they long for [a place that will become] their true native land.
Hessada giya asay bantta biittaa naageyssa qonccen bessees.
15 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.
Entti he aggidi keyida biittaa guye qoppidabaa gidiyakko guye simmanaw dandda7osona.
16 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.
Shin ha77i aadhdhi lo77iya salo biittaa laamotosona. Hessa gisho, Xoossay enttaw katama giigisida gisho, “Entta Xoossaa” geetettidi xeegettanaw yeellatenna.
17 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]!
Abrahamey paacettida wode Yisaaqa yarshshiday ammanonna. He ufayssa qaala ekkida Abrahamey ba issi na7aa yarshshanaw giigis.
18 It was to Abraham that God said, “It is [only] from Isaac that I will consider your family to descend.”
Xoossay Abrahamekko, “Ne zerethay Yisaaqa baggara xeegettana” yaagidi odis.
19 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.
Xoossay hayqoppe denthanaw dandda7eyssa Abrahamey ammanida gisho, Yisaaqa hayqoppe paxi denddidaada oothidi zaari ekkis.
20 It was because Isaac trusted God that he [prayed that after he died, God would] bless [his] sons Jacob and Esau.
Yisaaqi wodeppe hananabaa eridi Yayqoobanne Eesawe anjjiday ammanonna.
21 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].
Yayqoobi hayqqana hanishe, issi issi Yoosefa nayta anjjidaynne guufe bolla katidi goynniday ammanonna.
22 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]).
Yoosefi hayqqanaw matida wode Isra7eele asay Gibxefe keyanayssa odidaynne ba meqethaa oothanabaa entta kiittiday ammanonna.
23 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].
Musey yelettidaappe guye iya aayanne iya aaway mala lo77o na7a gididayssa be7idi heedzu ageena qottiday ammanona; entti kawuwa awaajjuwa yayyibookkona.
24 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).
Musey diccidaappe guye Gibxe kawuwa na7ee na7a geetettanayssa ixxiday ammanonna.
25 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].
Musey nagaran guutha wodes ufayttanaappe, Xoossaa asaara waaye ekkanayssa dooris.
26 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.
I wodeppe demmana woytuwa tishshi oothidi xeellida gisho, Gibxe shaluwappe aathidi Kiristtoosa gisho borettanayssi daro aadhdhiya duretethi gididayssa eris.
27 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.
Musey Kawuwa hanquwa yayyonna, Gibxefe keyiday ammanonna. Benttonna Xoossaa be7ida asada hanidi ba qofan genccis.
28 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].
Hayqo ehiya kiitanchchoy Isra7eele asaa bayra nayta wodhonna mela Musey Faasikanne suutha wurxetha wogaa oothiday ammanonna.
29 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]!
Isra7eele asay mela biittara hamuttiyada hamuttidi, Zo7o Abbaa pinniday ammanonna. Shin Gibxe asay geli be7ishin haathay entta mittis.
30 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.
Isra7eele asay Iyaarkko katamaa shuchcha dirssaa laappun gallas yuuyidi, kunddidayssa ammanonna.
31 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].
Laymiya Ra7aaba biittaa wochcheyssata mokkida gisho, kiitettonna asaara hayqqonna attiday ammanonna.
32 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.
Hiza, haraa ta ay go? Gediyonabaa, Baaraqabaa, Samsoonabaa, Yofttaahebaa, Dawitebaa, Saamu7eelabaa, qassi nabetabaa odanaw taw wodey gidenna.
33 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].
Entti ammanon kawotethata xoonidosona; xillotethan aysidosona; Xoossay immana gida ufayssaa ekkidosona; gaammota doona gorddidosona;
34 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.
tama wolqqaa toysidosona; morkkata mashshaafe attidosona; bantta daaburan minnidosona; olan wolqqaama gididosona; allaga toora goodidosona.
35 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.
Maccasati bantta hayqqidayssati hayqoppe paxin ekkidosona. Qassi harati aadhdhiya hayqoppe dendduwa ekkanaw koyidi qashuwappe bilettanayssa ixxidosona.
36 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.
Harati asan borettidi lisson garaafettidosona; harati santhalaatan qashettidi qasho keethan yegettidosona.
37 [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}.
Entti suchchan cadettidosona; magaazen nam77a keyidi phalqqettidosona; paacettidosona; bison hayqqidosona; enttaw ubbabay dhayin metootidosona. Dorssa itenne deesha ite ma7idi yuuyidosona.
38 [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.
Enttaw ha alamey giigonna ixxin bazzo biittan, dere bolla, gonggoloninne olla giddon yuuyidosona.
39 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].
Xoossay entta ammanuwabaa markkattikokka, he ubbay geetettida ufayssa qaala ekkibookkona.
40 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.
Xoossay nuus lo77obaa qoppi wothida gisho entti nuuni baynna polo gidokkona.
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