Hebrews 3
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,
Kwa hiyo ndugu watakatifu, mnaoshiriki mwito wa mbinguni, mtafakarini Yesu, mtume na Kuhani Mkuu wa ukiri wetu.
2 being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house,
Alikuwa mwaminifu kwa yeye aliyemweka, kama vile Mose alivyokuwa mwaminifu katika nyumba yote ya Mungu.
3 for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it,
Yesu ameonekana anastahili heshima kubwa kuliko Mose, kama vile mjenzi wa nyumba alivyo wa heshima kubwa kuliko nyumba yenyewe.
4 for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build [is] God,
Kwa kuwa kila nyumba hujengwa na mtu fulani, lakini Mungu ni mjenzi wa kila kitu.
5 and Moses indeed [was] stedfast in all his house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken,
Basi Mose kama mtumishi alikuwa mwaminifu katika nyumba yote ya Mungu, akishuhudia kwa yale ambayo yangetamkwa baadaye.
6 and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.
Lakini Kristo ni mwaminifu kama Mwana katika nyumba ya Mungu. Sisi ndio nyumba yake, kama tutashikilia sana ujasiri wetu na tumaini tunalojivunia.
7 Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear —
Kwa hiyo, kama Roho Mtakatifu asemavyo: “Leo, kama mkiisikia sauti yake,
8 ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,
msiifanye mioyo yenu migumu, kama mlivyofanya katika uasi, wakati ule wa kujaribiwa jangwani,
9 in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;
ambapo baba zenu walinijaribu na kunipima ingawa kwa miaka arobaini walikuwa wameyaona matendo yangu.
10 wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, Always do they go astray in heart, and these have not known My ways;
Hiyo ndiyo sababu nilikasirikia kizazi kile, nami nikasema, ‘Siku zote mioyo yao imepotoka, nao hawajazijua njia zangu.’
11 so I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest —!')
Hivyo nikatangaza kwa kiapo katika hasira yangu, ‘Kamwe hawataingia rahani mwangu.’”
12 See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
Ndugu zangu, angalieni, asiwepo miongoni mwenu mtu mwenye moyo mwovu usioamini, unaojitenga na Mungu aliye hai.
13 but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,
Lakini mtiane moyo mtu na mwenzake kila siku, maadamu iitwapo Leo, ili asiwepo hata mmoja wenu mwenye kufanywa mgumu kwa udanganyifu wa dhambi.
14 for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,
Kwa kuwa tumekuwa washiriki wa Kristo, kama tukishikamana tu kwa uthabiti na tumaini letu la kwanza hadi mwisho.
15 in its being said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,'
Kama ilivyonenwa: “Leo, kama mkiisikia sauti yake, msiifanye mioyo yenu migumu kama mlivyofanya wakati wa kuasi.”
16 for certain having heard did provoke, but not all who did come out of Egypt through Moses;
Basi ni nani waliosikia lakini bado wakaasi? Je, si wale wote waliotoka Misri wakiongozwa na Mose?
17 but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
Lakini ni nani aliowakasirikia miaka arobaini? Je, si wale waliofanya dhambi ambao miili yao ilianguka jangwani?
18 and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? —
Ni nani hao ambao Mungu aliapa kuwa kamwe hawataingia rahani mwake isipokuwa ni wale waliokataa kutii?
19 and we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
Hivyo tunaona kwamba hawakuweza kuingia kwa sababu ya kutokuamini kwao.
