Hebrews 12
1 We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
Tua ahikom hizata a lian meingo bang tetti te in hong kimum liang ahikom in, vanngit theampo le a oltak in hong nawngkaisak mawna sia nusia in, i mai ah a kikoi tai kidemna ah thinsau tak in tai tek tawng,
2 And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
Eite i upna kipatna le a picingsak Jesus en tawng; Ama sia a mai ah a kikoi lungdamna atu in thinglamte thuak a, maizumna sia phamaw sa ngawl in, Pathian i kumpi tokhum ziatsang ah to hi.
3 [Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
Banghangziam cile thinngim le thaneam in na om ngawl natu uh in, Ama sia hizata in mawnei te i langpan na a thuakna ngaisun vun.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Note mawna langpan in thisan suak dong na do balai uh hi.
5 Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
Taciang note in tate tung ah hanthotna bang in hilna, ka tapa awng, Topa i tek nate thusimngawl in om heak in, hong tei ciang zong thaneam heak in, ci thu mangil zo nu hi:
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
Banghangziam cile Topa in a it te sia tek a, a saan tate te sia sat hi.
7 It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
Tek na na thuak le Pathian in note sia tapa te bang in hong tek hi; banghangziam cile pa in a tek ngawl ta a kua om ziam?
8 So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
Ahihang note sia, ta hina a neipui te theampo bang in, hong ki tek bale, tapa hi ngawl in lamlakta na hi uh hi.
9 Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
Tuabek domngawl in, cilesa lam ah hong tek tu pa te i nei hi, taciang amate zatakna i pia hi: tuate sang in, thaa theampo i Pa tung ah nasia zaw in, a thu ni in nungta zaw ngawl tu hi ziam?
10 Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
Banghangziam cile pate in ni tawmno sung amate lungkimna bang in hong tek hi; ahihang Pathian in eite phattuamna tu le Ama thianthona neipui te i hi thei natu in hong tek hi.
11 During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
Ki tek na sia i thuak laitak lungdamna hi ngawl in khuangaina taw kibang hi: ahihang a zawkciang in a thuak te in thinnopna taw a dim thutang suana i nga kik tu hi.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Tua ahikom thaneam in a taksuk na khut te lamto un a, na khup te khosak vun;
13 Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
Taciang peangbai te lampial ngawl tu a, damsak zaw tu in, na peang atu in lampi te tangsak vun.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Mi theampo taw kilem le thianthona sia del tavun, thianthona ngawl taw kuama in Topa mu ngawl tu hi:
15 Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
Hanciamtak in encik vun, tabang hi bale Pathian thuthiamna pan in mi khatpo taksuk tha tu hi; a po khia zungkha in hong buaisak tu a, mi tampi hong niinsak tu hi.
16 Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal.
A paktat te ahizong, a hibale ta upabel ngamh sia an neak khat taw a zuak Esau bang in Pathian thusimngawl te na om tha tu uh hi.
17 You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
Banghangziam cile tua zawkciang in thupha ngamh a lua kik nop ciang in ki nolh a: thitui taw nasiatak in a zon kik hang, ki sikkikna lampi mu ngawl hi, ci na he uh hi.
18 In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
Banghangziam cile note i tham thei mual le mei i kak, a vom, khuazing le huipi suangval kung ah na pai bua uh hi,
19 They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
Taciang lemle aw le thuhilna aw; amate thuhil nawn ngawl tu in ngetna aw za uh hi:
20 When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
Banghangziam cile, nganhing khatpo in mual a thutha le, suangtum taw deang tu hi, a hibale tei taw ki sun tu hi, ci thupiakna sia amate in a thuak zo bua uh hi:
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
Tua a mu uh sia lauhuai lei ahikom, Moses zong, ka lau mama a, ka ling vadil hi, ci hi:
22 Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
Ahihang note sia Zion mual le a nungta Pathian i khuapi, van Jerusalem le a kisim zo ngawl vantungmi honpi te kung ah ahizong,
23 You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
Mihonpi kikhopna mun le vantung ah min ki at ta upabel i pawlpi, mi theampo thu a khen Pathian kung ah ahizong, a thutang te picingsak thaa te kung ah ahizong,
24 You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
Thuciam thak i palai a hi Jesus tung ah ahizong, Abel sang in a phazaw thu te a hil thisan the na kung ah ahizong, na pai uh hi.
25 Beware that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
Note thu hong hil te thuhilna nial ngawl tu in kidawm vun. Leitung ah thuhil te i hilna a nial te suakta ngawl ahile, vantung pan thuhilna a nungngat le, tua sang in i suakta ba seseam tu hi:
26 The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
Leitung a lingsak aw in, leitung bek hi ngawl in vantung zong khatvei lingsak kik tu hi, ci kiciamna nei hi.
27 The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
Khat vei, a ci sia a khiakna sia a liing thei ngawl te kip suak tu in ahizong, a liinsak leitung nate sia ki khin tu hi, ci kilangsak hi.
28 So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
Tua ahiciang, a ki khin thei ngawl kumpingam i nga hu in, thuthiamna i nei tek hi, tabang in a san thamman in upatna le zatakna taw Pathian na i seam thei tu hi:
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
Banghangziam cile i Pathian sia a kang thei mei a hihi.
