Hebera 6
1 NOLAILA e waiho ana i na hua mua o na olelo a Kristo, e hele aku kakou imua a hiki i ke oo loa ana; aole e hoonoho hou ana i ke kumu no ka mini ana i na hana e make ai, a no ka mauaoio i ke Akua,
Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God –
2 A no ke ao ana i na bapetizo ana, a no ke kau ana o na lima, a no ke alahouana o ka poe make, a me ka hoopai mau loa ana. (aiōnios g166)
teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment. (aiōnios g166)
3 Oia ka kakou e hana'i, ina i pono ia i ke Akua.
Yes and, with God’s help, we will.
4 No ka mea, aole e hiki i ka poe i hoonaauaoia mai, a i hoao hoi i ka haawina mai ka lani mai, a i hoolakoia hoi e ka Uhane Hemolele,
For if those who were once for all brought into the light, and learned to appreciate the gift from heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,
and learned to appreciate the beauty of the divine message, and the new powers of the coming age – (aiōn g165)
6 A ua haule iho no nae, aole e hiki ke hoala hou ia i ka mihi: ua kau hou aku lakou i ke Keiki a ke Akua ma ko kea no lakou iho, me ka hoomainoino aku ia ia ma ke akea.
if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.
7 O kahi lepo hoi i inu iho i ka ua e haule pinepine ana maluna iho ona, a i hoohua mai no hoi i na hua e pono ai ka poe nana e mahi, ua hoomaikaiia mai ia e ke Akua.
Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall on it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
8 Aka, o kahi i hookupu mai i ke kakalaioa, a me ka nahelehele ooi, he pono ole ia, ua kokoke ia i ka hoahewaia mai; a o kona hope ka puhiia i ke ahi.
but, if it bears thorns and thistles, it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being cursed, and its end will be the fire.
9 Aka, e ka poe aloha, ke manao nei makou i na mea maikai aku no oukou, i na mea e pili ana i ke ola, i ko makou olelo ana no hoi pela.
But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things – of things that point to your salvation.
10 Aole he lokoino ke Akua i poina ai ka oukou hana ana, a me ke aloha a oukou i hoike aku ai i kona inoa, i ko oukou malama ana i ka poe hoano, a me oukou hoi e malama nei.
For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his name, in sending help to your fellow Christians – as you are still doing.
11 Ke makemake nei no hoi makou e hoike oukou i ua hooikaika mau ana la, i maopopo loa ai ka manaolana a hiki i ka hopena.
But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end.
12 Aole e hoomolowa ana oukou, aka, e hoohalike ana me ka poe i loaa ka pono i hai mua ia mai ai, ma ka manaoio a me ke ahonui.
Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God’s promises.
13 No ka mea, i ko ke Akua hai mua ana ia Aberahama, no ka hiki ole ia ia ke hoohiki ma o ka mea oi aku, ua hoohiki iho oia ma ona la iho,
When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
14 I iho la, He oiaio hoi e hoomaikai loa aku ana au ia oe, a e hoonui loa ana au ia oe.
His words were – “I will assuredly bless you and increase your numbers.”
15 A kali aku la hoi ia me ke ahonui, a loaa mai la ia ia ka pono i hai mua ia mai.
And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfilment of God’s promise.
16 O kanaka hoi ke hoohiki nei ma ka mea i oi aku; a o ka hoohiki ana e hooiaio ai, o ko lakou mea ia e oki ai ka hoopaapaa ana.
People, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.
17 Pela hoi ke Akua i kona makemake ana e hoomaopopo loa i ka poe hooilina o kana pono i ka luli ole ana o kona manao, ua hooiaio mai oia me ka hoohiki ana;
And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath.
18 Ma na mea luli ole elua, kahi i hiki ole ai i ke Akua he hoopunipuni, e hoohoihoi loa ia mai ai kakou ka poe i holo i ka puuhonua, e hoopaa i ka manaolana i waihoia mai ma ko kakou alo:
For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false – we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.
19 I ko kakou mea e hoopili aku ai me he heleuma la no ka uhane, he paa, a he panee ole, i ka mea hoi i komo loa ae iloko ae o ka pale;
This hope is an anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it reaches into the sanctuary that lies behind the curtain,
