Hebrews 4
1 [The Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest]. But [God] has still promised us that we can enter the place of resting [in heaven eternally]. So we must beware [of the possibility] that [God] may consider that some of you have failed to enter the [place of] resting [eternally as the Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest].
Te dongah amah kah duemnah khuiah kun ham olkhueh a paih te nangmih khuiah khat khat loh a hlavawt la a poek khaming tila birhih uh sih.
2 We have heard the message [about Christ], just like [the Israelites] heard [what God promised]. But [just like] the message did not benefit [most of] those who heard it because they did not believe it as [Joshua and Caleb did, it] will not [benefit us eternally if we do not keep believing it].
Amih bangla olthangthen aka phong lam ni n'om uh ngawn. Tedae a yaak rhoek te tangnah neh a rhoih uh pawt dongah a hnavue kah olka tah phu voel pawh.
3 We who have believed [in Christ] are able to enter the place of resting [eternally. We know there is a place where we will rest eternally] because God said, Because I was angry with them, I solemnly declared, “They will not enter [the land where] I would let them rest.” [God said that] even though he ceased his work [of creating things] after he created the world.
A ti bangla aka tangnah rhoek tah duemnah khuila n'kun uh. Ka kosi neh ka toemngam vanbangla kai duemnah khuiah kun venim. Te cakhaw Diklai a tongnah lamloh a bibi te ana om coeng.
4 What someone wrote somewhere [in the Scriptures] about the seventh day [after he had spent six days creating the world], supports that: Then, on the seventh day, God rested from his work [of creating everything].
Te dongah pakhat ah hninrhih ham a thui tangloeng. Te vaengah Pathen tah a bibi boeih lamkah hnin rhih vaengah duem.
5 But note again what God said about the Israelites [in the] passage that I quoted previously: They will not enter [the land where] I would let them rest.
Te phoeiah amah hmuen la, “Ka duemnah khuiah kun uh mahpawh,” koep a ti.
6 Some people experience entering that [place of resting eternally. But] those [Israelites] who first had the good message preached to them {first heard the good message} [about what God promised them] did not enter [that place of resting], because they refused to believe [God].
Te dongah a khuila kun ham hlangvang a khueh tangloeng pueng. Tedae hnukbuet kah aka phong rhoek tah althanah dongah kun uh pawh.
7 [But God] appointed another time [when we may enter that place of resting]. That time is now! [We know that is true because] much later than when [the Israelites rebelled against God in the desert], he caused [King] David to write what I have already quoted, Now, when you understand what God is saying [to you], do not stubbornly disobey him.
Te phoeiah khohnin pakhat te “Tihnin “la a hoep tih kum heyet phoeiah ni David loh a thui. A thui bangla tihnin ah a ol te na yaak uh atah nangmih kah thinko te ning sak uh boeh.
8 If Joshua had led the Israelites to enter the place of resting, God would not have spoken later about another [time when we could rest] [MET]. [So we know God was speaking about another time when some people would enter that place of resting eternally].
Joshua loh amih te a duem sak atah hekah khohnin phoeiah a tloe ham tah thui mahpawh.
9 So, just like [God rested on] the seventh day [after he finished making everything], there remains a time when God’s people will rest eternally.
Te dongah duemhnin tah Pathen kah pilnam ham ni a. om.
10 Specifically, whoever enters God’s place of resting has ceased doing things [to gain God’s favor], just like God ceased doing his work [of creating everything].
Te dongah amah kah duemnah khuiah aka kun tah Pathen loh amah bibi lamkah a duem vanbangla anih khaw amah bibi lamkah duem.
11 God severely punished the [Israelites because they disbelieved his message]. So we must strive to experience entering that [place of] resting [eternally], in order that he will not severely punish any of us for not believing [his message].
Te dongah tekah duemnah khuiah kun hamla haam uh sih. Te daengah ni althanah moeiboe dongah pakhat khaw amah la a bung pawt eh.
12 [Beware of being insincere about doing this], because the message God [has given us] very powerfully penetrates our thinking more than a two-edged sword [penetrates flesh] [MET]. It penetrates [deeply] into our souls and spirits, as [a sharp sword can penetrate] into our joints and marrow. That [is, by his message God] [PRS] discerns all that we think about, and he discerns all that we desire [to do] [MTY] (OR, [His message] exposes [to us] all our thoughts and all our desires).
Te dongah Pathen kah olka tah hing tih khuekcet. cunghang boeih lakah voeivang la haat tih hinglu neh mueihla, rhuhcong neh hliing, duela a thun tih a sah. Thinko poeknah neh hmuhnah khaw khocueh rhamvueh la a khueh.
13 God knows everything about everyone. Everything is completely exposed [DOU] to him, [and he is] the one [SYN] who will say whether he approves of what we have done.
Amah hmaikah a thuhphah suentae a om moenih. Tedae a cungkuem he a tlingyal neh a mikhmuh ah rha uh coeng. Anih taengah mamih ol te a paek.
14 We have a great Supreme Priest who ascended through the heavens [when he returned to God’s presence]. He is Jesus, (God’s Son/the man who is also God). So let us firmly profess [what we believe about him].
Khosoihham koek, vaan aka hil la Pathen Capa Jesuh n'khueh uh te olphoei la pom uh sih.
15 Our Supreme Priest can indeed [LIT] compassionately deal with us who tend to sin easily, because he also was tempted [to sin] in every way that we are [tempted to sin], and yet he did not sin.
Mamih kah vawtthoeknah aka rhen thai mueh khosoihham n'khueh uh moenih. A cungkuem dongah mamih mueiloh la a noemcai coeng dae tholhnah a khueh moenih.
16 So, let us come boldly to [Christ] [MTY], who rules [MET] [from heaven] and does for us what we do not deserve, in order that we might experience [his acting] mercifully [toward us], and in order that we might experience his helping us in a kind way whenever we need [help].
Te dongah lungvatnah ngolkhoel taengah sayalh la paan uh sih. Te daengah ni rhennah n'dang vetih bomnah he tapkhoeh la lungvatnah neh m'hmuh eh.
