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.
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. 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 pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat 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.
Compare yourselves with him who endured such hostility against himself at the hands of sinners, lest you grow weary, fainting in your souls.
4 Le miaƒe ʋiʋli le nu vɔ̃ si me la, mieʋli va se ɖe esime miaƒe ʋu kɔ ɖi haɖe o.
Not yet have you resisted unto blood in your fight 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 have you forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as sons? My son, do not despise the training of the Lord, Nor faint when he corrects you;
6 elabena Aƒetɔ la ɖɔa ame siwo wòlɔ̃ la ɖo, eye wòhea to na ame sia ame si wòxɔ abe Via ŋutsu ene.”
For it is those whom he loves that he disciplines, And he scourges every son whom he acknowledges.
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?
It is for discipline that you are enduring these sufferings. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
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.
If you are left without discipline, in which all children share, then are you 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, our earthly fathers used to discipline us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to 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 only disciplined us for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, that we may share 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 discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruits of righteousness to those who have been trained under it.
12 Eya ta mido ŋusẽ miaƒe abɔ siwo gbɔdzɔ kple miaƒe klo beliwo.
Wherefore lift up your listless hands, strengthen your feeble knees;
13 Mita mɔ dzɔdzɔewo na miaƒe afɔwo, ale be atatututɔ matsi mɔ ta o, ke boŋ wòakpɔ dɔyɔyɔ.
make straight path for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but 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.
Run swiftly after 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.
Look carefully that there be no one who falls back from the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up to trouble you, and by its means many become 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.
Take care lest there be any fornicator or scorner like Esau among you, who for one meal 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 you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; he found no room for repentance, though he sought it earnestly, 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 you are not come to a palpable and enkindled fire,
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;
nor to gloom and darkness and tempest and the blare of a trumpet and an audible voice. Those who heard that voice entreated that no word more should be spoken to them.
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 enjoined, Even if a wild beast touches the mountain it shall be stoned to death;
21 Nukpɔkpɔ la dzi ŋɔ ale gbegbe be Mose gblɔ be, “Mele dzodzom nyanyanya kple vɔvɔ̃.”
and so terrible was the scene that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble.
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.
On the contrary you are come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to innumerable hosts 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 festal assemblage and church of the firstborn, registered in heaven, to a Judge who is God of all, 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.
to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to his sprinkled Blood whose message cries louder 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 you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape punishment when they refused to listen to their instructor on earth, much less shall we escape if we turn away from him who is teaching us 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 has promised, saying, Once again, once for all, I make not only earth, but heaven also to tremble.
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.
That phrase, "Once again," signifies the removal of the things which can be shaken, created things, in order that the 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 since we are receiving a kingdom which is unshakable, let us give thanks, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with holy awe and fear,
29 elabena dzo si fiaa nu lae nye míaƒe Mawu la.
FOR INDEED OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.
