Hebritɔwo 12
1 Eya ta esi ɖaseɖilawo ƒe ha gã aɖe ƒo xlã mí ta la, mina míaɖe mɔxenu ɖe sia ɖe kple nu vɔ̃ si bla mí sesĩe la ɖa, eye mina míake duɖime si woɖo ɖi na mí la kple vevidodo.
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Mina míakpɔ Yesu dzi, ame si nye míaƒe xɔse ƒe gɔmeɖola kple nuwula, ame si le dzidzɔ si le ŋgɔ nɛ ta la, to atitsoga ƒe fu la me, eye mebui ŋukpee o. Ale wòyi ɖanɔ Mawu ƒe fiazikpui la ƒe nuɖusime.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Mibu fukpekpe gã si me wòto le nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo si me ŋu, ale be miagagbɔdzɔ, eye dzi naɖe le mia ƒo o.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Le miaƒe ʋiʋli le nu vɔ̃ si me la, mieʋli va se ɖe esime miaƒe ʋu kɔ ɖi haɖe o.
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 Ke mieŋlɔ dzideƒonya si yɔ mi be viŋutsuwo la be. Nya lae nye be, “Vinye ŋutsu, mègado vlo Aƒetɔ la ƒe amehehe, eye dzi megaɖe le ƒowò, ne eka mo na wò o,
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 elabena Aƒetɔ la ɖɔa ame siwo wòlɔ̃ la ɖo, eye wòhea to na ame sia ame si wòxɔ abe Via ŋutsu ene.”
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 Mito fukpekpe me abe miaƒe hehe ƒe akpa aɖe ene, elabena Mawu le mia hem abe via ŋutsuwo ene, elabena viŋutsu kae li ame si fofoa mehea to na o?
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 Ame sia ame toa hehe te, eya ta ne miawo mieto hehe te o la, ekema mienye viŋutsuvi vavãwo o, ke boŋ mienye ahasiviwo.
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Gawu la, anyigbadzifofowo le mía si, ame siwo naa hehe mí, eye míetsɔ bubu na wo ɖe eta. Ke hã la, ele be míabɔbɔ mía ɖokui ɖe mía Fofo gbɔgbɔmetɔ te ɣe sia ɣi be míanɔ agbe!
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 Míaƒe anyigbadzifofowo hea to na mí hena ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe abe ale si wònyo na woe ene, gake Mawu ya hea to na mí hena míaƒe nyonyo be míakpɔ gome le eƒe kɔkɔenyenye me.
For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Tohehe aɖeke meli si vivia ame nu o, ke boŋ evena, ke hã la, emegbe la, etsea dzɔdzɔenyenye kple ŋutifafa ƒe kuwo na ame siwo to tohehe la te.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Eya ta mido ŋusẽ miaƒe abɔ siwo gbɔdzɔ kple miaƒe klo beliwo.
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 Mita mɔ dzɔdzɔewo na miaƒe afɔwo, ale be atatututɔ matsi mɔ ta o, ke boŋ wòakpɔ dɔyɔyɔ.
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14 Midze agbagba ɖe sia ɖe be mianɔ anyi kple amewo katã le ŋutifafa me, eye mianɔ kɔkɔe, elabena kɔkɔenyenye manɔmee la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu akpɔ Aƒetɔ la o.
Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Mikpɔ egbɔ be Mawu ƒe amenuveve metsi ame aɖeke nu o, eye mikpɔ nyuie be gbe vɔ̃ aɖeke meto ke ɖe mia dome esi ava zu aɖi vɔ̃ɖi anɔ fu ɖem na ame geɖewo ahaƒo ɖi wo o.
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;
16 Mikpɔ nyuie be ame aɖeke mezu ahiãwɔla alo anye mawumavɔ̃la abe Esau, ame si tsɔ eƒe ŋgɔgbevinyenye kple eŋudomenyinuwo dzra ɖe nuɖuɖu zi ɖeka ko ta la ene o.
Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 Abe ale si mienya nyuie ene la, esi wòva be yeanyi yayra sia ƒe dome emegbe la, wogbe enana. Mɔ aɖeke meli si dzi wòato be woatrɔ nu sia o, togbɔ be edi yayra sia kple aɖatsi hã.
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
18 Menye to si ŋuti womate ŋu aka asii, to si le bibim kple dzo la gbɔe mieva o; mieva viviti, afudodo kple ahom gbɔ.
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 Menye kpẽ ƒe ɖiɖi, gbe si le nu ƒom, ale be ame siwo see la ɖe kuku nɛ be megaƒo nu na yewo azɔ o la gbɔe mieva o;
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
20 elabena womate ŋu awɔ ɖe gbe si woɖe na wo be, “Ne lã aɖe gɔ̃ hã ka asi to la ŋu la, ele be woaƒu kpee wòaku” la dzi o.
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
21 Nukpɔkpɔ la dzi ŋɔ ale gbegbe be Mose gblɔ be, “Mele dzodzom nyanyanya kple vɔvɔ̃.”
And so terrible was the sight, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake: )
22 Ke mieva Zion to la gbɔ, dziƒo Yerusalem, si nye Mawu gbagbe la ƒe du la gbɔe mieva. Mieva mawudɔla akpeakpe siwo ƒo ƒu le dzidzɔ kpɔm la ƒe asaɖa me.
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 Mieva ŋgɔgbevi la ƒe hame, ame si ƒe ŋkɔ woŋlɔ ɖe dziƒo. Mieva Mawu, ame si nye amegbetɔwo katã ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃la la gbɔ. Mieva ame dzɔdzɔe siwo wowɔ blibo la ƒe gbɔgbɔwo gbɔ,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 mieva Yesu, nubabla yeye la ƒe avuléla la gbɔ kple ʋuhehlẽ ɖi si ƒo nu nyuie wu Abel ƒe ʋu la gbɔ.
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.
25 Mikpɔ nyuie be miagagbe toɖoɖo ame si le nu ƒom la o. Nenye be womete ŋu si, esi wogbe toɖoɖo eya ame si xlɔ̃ nu wo le anyigba dzi la nu o la, aleke míawo ya míate ŋu asii ne míegbe toɖoɖo ame si le nu xlɔ̃m mí tso dziƒo?
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:
26 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, eƒe gbe ʋuʋu anyigba, gake azɔ la, edo ŋugbe be, “Magaʋuʋu, menye anyigba ɖeɖe ko o, ke boŋ dziƒowo hã.”
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 Nyakui “ga” ɖee fia be woaɖe nu si woate ŋu aʋuʋu la ɖa, nu siwo nye nuwɔwɔwo, ale be nu siwo womate ŋu aʋuʋu o la ɖeɖe ko natsi anyi.
And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Eya ta esi míele mɔ kpɔm na fiaɖuƒe si womate ŋu aʋuʋu o la xɔxɔ la, mina míada akpe ɖe eta, eye míasubɔ Mawu le mɔ si adze la dzi le vɔvɔ̃ kple dzodzo nyanyanya me,
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 elabena dzo si fiaa nu lae nye míaƒe Mawu la.
For our God [is] a consuming fire.
