< Hebrews 6 >

1 So, we [(inc)] must not keep [discussing] the elementary principles about Christ. Instead, we must proceed [to the teaching that will make us spiritually] mature [MTY]. We must not [be people who always need someone to teach them] the elementary truths [about Christ that are like] [MET] a foundation. [I am referring to the teaching that people who do sinful] things must turn away from their sinful behavior, things that [those who are spiritually] [MET] dead do. [I am referring to the teaching] that people must believe in God.
Naizvozvo, tichisiya zvekutanga zvedzidziso yaKristu, ngatipfuurire mukupedzeredza, tisingaisizve nheyo yekutendeuka kubva pamabasa akafa, neyekutenda kuna Mwari,
2 [I am referring to the teaching about what] various [Jewish and Christian] rituals for purifying people [signify. I am referring to the teaching about how elders enable people to receive spiritual gifts by] laying hands [on them] [MTY]. [I am referring to the teaching that God will] ([cause] those who have died to live again/raise people from the dead). And [I am referring to the teaching that God] will judge [some people and punish them] eternally. (aiōnios g166)
yedzidziso yebhabhatidzo, neyekuisa maoko, neyekumuka kwevakafa, neyekutonga kwekusingaperi. (aiōnios g166)
3 [Instead of continuing to discuss these elementary truths], we [(inc)] (OR, I) will [go on to give people mature teaching], if God allows it.
Uye izvi tichaita, kwega kana Mwari achitendera.
4 [I will explain why it is important to do that. Some] people have at one time fully understood [the message about Christ] [MET]. They have experienced [a relationship with Jesus Christ] that God [EUP/MTY] gave [to them]. They have received the Holy Spirit the same as [others have].
Nokuti hazvigoneki kuti vakambovhenekerwa, vakaravira chipo chekudenga, ndokuva vagovani veMweya Mutsvene,
5 They have experienced that God’s message is good. And by what they have experienced [now], they know how [God will work] powerfully in the future. If those people reject [the message about Christ], it will not be possible for anyone to persuade them to turn away from their sinful behavior again! (aiōn g165)
vakaravira shoko rakanaka raMwari, nemasimba enyika inouya, (aiōn g165)
6 What those [believers who later renounce the message about Christ do is as though] [MET] they themselves are nailing the Son of God to a cross again! They are causing others to publicly despise Christ.
ndokutsauka kutivavavandudzirezve mukutendeuka, zvavanozvirovererazve pamuchinjikwa Mwanakomana waMwari, vachimunyadzisa pachena.
7 Think about this: It is land on which rain has frequently fallen [PRS] and on which plants grow [PRS] that is useful for the people who prepare the land that God has blessed. [Similarly, it is those believers who have received many good things from God and who do good deeds/things that please God, whom God will bless] [MET].
Nokuti nyika inonwa mvura inogarouya pamusoro payo, ndokubereka miriwo yakafanira avo vanoirimawo, inowana ropafadzo kubva kuna Mwari;
8 But [what will happen to believers who do deeds/things that do not please God will be like what happens to land] on which [only] thorns and thistles grow [MET]. [Such land] is worthless. It has almost become land that God will curse, and eventually he will burn [its vegetation] [MTY].
asi iyo inobereka minzwa nerukato, inorambwa uye yava pedo nekutukwa; kuguma kwayo kuri mukupiswa.
9 Although I am writing [to you] like this as a [warning], I am certain concerning you whom I love that [you are doing] better than that. Specifically, I am sure that [you are doing] the things that are appropriate [for those whom God] has saved.
Asi tine chokwadi pamusoro penyu chezvinhu zviri nani, vadiwa, uye zvinhu zvine ruponeso, kunyange tichitaura sezvizvi;
10 Since God always acts justly [LIT], he will not overlook all you have done [for him. He will also not overlook] [MTY] [your showing that you love] him by the way you helped your fellow believers and [by the way you still] help them. [Instead, God will reward you for doing good deeds].
nokuti Mwari haasi asakarurama kuti akanganwe basa renyu nebasa rakarema rerudo rwamakaratidza kuzita rake, pamakashumira vatsvene uye muchiri kushumira.
11 I very much want each of you to diligently continue to fully expect to receive [what God has provided for you], until you finally [receive everything that you have confidently expected to receive].
Zvino tinoshuva kuti umwe neumwe wenyu aratidze kushingaira kwakadaro kuve kuvimbiswa kwakakwana kwetariro pakuguma.
12 I do not want you to be lazy. [Instead, I want] you to imitate those who, because they patiently continued to trust in [God], are receiving what he promised them.
Kuti murege kuva simbe, asi vateveri veavo vanodya nhaka yezvivimbiso kubudikidza nerutendo nemoyo murefu.
13 When God promised to [do things for] Abraham, he said that he would punish himself [if he did not do that], because there was no one of greater importance to ask to punish him [if he did not do it].
Nokuti Mwari paakavimbisa Abhurahama, nokuti wakange asina wakamudarika waangapika naye, wakapika naiye pachake,
14 He said [to Abraham], “I will certainly bless you [(sg)], and I will certainly increase [the number of] your [descendants] [SYN].”
achiti: Zvirokwazvo kuropafadza ndichakuropafadza, nekuwanza ndichakuwanza.
15 As a result, after Abraham patiently waited [for God to do what he promised], he received what [God] promised him.
Saizvozvowo, wakati atsungirira nemoyo murefu akawana chivimbiso.
16 [Keep in mind that when people promise something], they ask a more important person to punish them if they do not do what they promise. Furthermore, when people ask God to punish them [if they do not tell the truth], that causes people who are disputing to stop disputing.
Nokuti vanhu zvirokwazvo vanopika nemukuru kwavari, nemhiko yekusimbisa kuguma kwegakava rese kwavari.
17 So, when God wanted to demonstrate very clearly (to us/to those people) who would receive what he had promised that he would not change what he had purposed [to do], he solemnly guaranteed that he would declare himself guilty if he did not do what he promised.
Pakazoti Mwari achida zvikurusa kuratidza kuvadyi venhaka yechivimbiso kusashanduka kwezano rake, wakamiririra nemhiko,
18 He did that to strongly encourage us as a result of our [knowing] that [God has done] two things that cannot change. [Namely, he promised to bless us, and he solemnly declared that he would declare himself guilty if he did not bless us]. We [know] that God, who did those things, cannot lie. We have fled [to him] in order that we might continue confidently to expect to receive what he promised us.
kuti nezvinhu zviviri zvisingashanduki, pazviri pasingagoni kuti Mwari areve nhema, tive nekunyaradzwa kwakasimba, iyesu takatizira kunovanda kuti tibatirire kutariro yakaiswa pamberi pedu;
19 [Our confidently expecting] [SYN] [to receive what he has promised is like] an anchor [MET] that very firmly [DOU] [holds us fast. The one we confidently expect to help us] [SYN] [is Jesus, who] goes into [God’s very presence, just like the Supreme Priests went] behind the curtain into the innermost [part of the tent in the barren area] [MET].
yatinayo sechitsigiso chemweya chakatsiga uye chakasimba, inopinda kune zviri mukati mevheiri;
20 Jesus went [into God’s presence] ahead of us [(inc)] to [help] us when he became a Supreme Priest eternally in the way that Melchizedek was a Supreme Priest. (aiōn g165)
apo nhungamiri payakatipindira, iye Jesu, wakaitwa mupristi mukuru nekusingaperi, kubva kurudzi rwaMerikizedheki. (aiōn g165)

< Hebrews 6 >