< 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].
Pabha numbe uwe tushitimbililwa na likundi likulungwa lya bhaakong'ondela malinga nnei, bhai tuleshe indu yowe ikutuibhuya, na shambi shikutukamuliya shila, na tubhutushe kwa kwiikakatimila nkubhingayana kutubhishilwe na a Nnungu.
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].
Bhai twaalole a Yeshu bhakumbwiye na bhaakamilisha ngulupai jetu, bhalabho kwa ligongo lya kuangalala kubhabhishilwe, gubhaipililile kuwa munshalabha gwangali kola oni, na nnaino bhatemi kunkono nnilo gwa shitengu sha upalume gwa a Nnungu.
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.
Kwa nneyo munnganishiyanje jwene aipililile kukanwa na bhakwetenje yambi, nkupinga nnatotoshelanje niwa ntima.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Nkulajilila ga leka yambi, nkanabhe ishilanga pa bhulagwa.
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],
Na kupunda nneyo, nshilibhalanga malobhe ga taga ntima ga a Nnungu, gubhammalanjilenje mbuti bhana bhabho, kuti, Mwanangu, unanyegaye malajilo ga Bhakulungwa. Wala unawe ntima pubhakuukalipila,
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
pabha Bhakulungwa jubhakumpinga jula, bhanakunkalipila na kila akunda kubha mwana gwabho bhanakunkoma.
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].
Mwiipilililanje nkuundwa, pabha a Nnungu bhanakuntendelanga malinga ashibhana bhabho. Apali mwana akakomwa na ainagwe?
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].
Ibhaga nkaundwanga na a Nnungu malinga ashibhana bhabho shibhakuti undwanga, bhai mmanganyanji nngabha bhana bha kweli bha a Nnungu, ikabhe bhana bha alamu.
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]!
Na ibhaga ashaatati bha shigundu, bhalikutuundanga nikwaishimunji, penepo inalangula kuti, inapinjikwa kwaishimu kaje, Aina bhetu bha mmbumu, nkupinga tulame
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.
Ashainabhetu bha shigundu, bhatuundanje kwa mobha gashoko, malinga shibhabhweninji ashaayenenji kuti sha mmbone. Ikabheje a Nnungu bhanakutuunda kwa pwaida jetu, nkupinga bhatukundikanye muukonjelo gwabho.
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.
Kuundwa kokowe kukanong'a, pukuutendeka kunapoteka, ikabheje kungai kunapeleshela aki na ulele kwa bhajigenywenje bhala.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Bhai, nngoloyanje makono genunji gangali mashiligo, na malungo genunji galegeleshego.
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.
Nng'alayanje mwa pita makongono genunji, nkupinga akwete shilema anagwe, ikabheje alame.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Nnoleyanje kutama kwa ulele na kila mundu, na ukonjelo pabha jwakwa mundu shaabhabhone Bhakulungwa gwangali kubha na ukonjelo.
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.
Mwiiteiganje, nkupinga anapagwe nkali jumo jwa pelela nema ja a Nnungu, wala anapagwe jwabha shiumilo sha ya nyata, niabhuya bhandu na jambushiya bhabhagwinji.
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.
Anapagwe jwa labhalabha eu jwangaajogopa a Nnungu, malinga a Eshau bhaushiye ulishi gwabho gwa lielo, kwa shalya sha kamope.
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.
Malinga shimmumanyinji, bhalajilile numbe kwa minyoi bhapate mboka kopoka kwa ainabhabho, ikabheje bhangakombola kwiipeta, pabha bhashinkushelewa.
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.
Mmanganyanji nkanabhe ishilanga kushitumbi sha komboleka kukwaya, malinga shibhaishilenje Bhaishilaeli kushitumbi sha Shinai. Shitumbi shashinkukolela moto, nitabha lubhindu, na nnindimo na shimbunga.
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.
Na nneila peila jashinkupilikanika mbalapala na lindimila kwa malobhe, na Bhaishilaeli bhakapilikananjeje, gubhajujilenje bhanabhalanjilwanje kabhili lilobhe lyolyowe,
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.
pabha bhangakombolanga kwiikakatimila amuli ibhapegwilwenje, “Jojowe nkali abhe nnyama, shaakwaye shene shitumbisho, shaabhulagwe kwa komwa maganga.”
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
Gene gowego pugabhoneshe gashinkujogoya kaje, nkali a Musha gubhashite, “Ngunajogopa na ngunatetemela.”
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.
Ikabheje mmanganyanji nng'ikengenenje kushitumbi sha Shayuni, ku shilambo sha a Nnungu bhakwete gumi, Yelushalemu ja kunnugu, kulugwinjili lwa malaika,
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].
maimano ga lugwinjili lwa nng'angalo gwa bha lielo lya a Nnungu bhajandikwenje mena gabhonji kunnungu. Na kabhili nshiikangana tome na a Nnungu, bhali bhaukumula bha bhandu bhowe, na bhandunji bhakwetenje aki na bhakamilikenje.
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.
Nng'ikengenenje kwa a Yeshu bhaalundanya bha malagano ga ambi, na kwa minyai jabho, jibheleketa ngani ja mmbone kupunda minyai ja a Abheli jila.
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]
Bhai, mwiiteiganje nnakunkananga abheleketa na mmanganyanji jula. Ibhaga bhene bhakanilenje kumpilikanishiya alikwaaleyanga pa shilambolyo pano bhangatapulwanga, uwe shitukombole bhuli kutapulwa ibhaga shitukane kumpilikanishiya jwene akutuleya kukopoka kunnungu?
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.”
Gene malanga gala, lilobhe lyabho lyashinkutenda shilambolyo kuungumila, na nnaino bhashilajila, Shing'ungumiye kabhili kamo, nngabha shilambolyope, ikabheje nneila peila na kunnungu.
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.
Lyene lilobhe lya kuti, “Kabhili kamo” linaalangula kuti, indu yowe ipengenywe ikomboleka ungumiywa, ipinga ungumiywa niobha, nkupinga yangakomboleka ungumiywa ilonjeye.
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.
Bhai uwe, tutende eja, pabha tunaaposhela upalume gwangatenganyika. Tutende eja na kwaatindibhalila a Nnungu, nkwaanonyeya, na kwaishimu na kwaajogopa,
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
pabha a Nnungu bhetu ni malinga moto utitimiya.

< Hebrews 12 >