Ndị Hibru 12
1 Ya mere, anyị nwere oke igwe ndị ama dị otu a gbara anyị gburugburu, nʼihi nke a, ka anyị wepụ ihe ọbụla nke na-adọghachi anyị azụ dịka ibu arọ, ya na mmehie niile nọdebere anyị nsọ karịa. Ka anyị werekwa ntachiobi gbaa ọsọ nke chere anyị nʼihu.
Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
2 Ka anyị na-elegide Jisọs anya, onye mbụ na onye na-eme ka okwukwe anyị zuo oke, onye jiri nʼihi ọṅụ e debere nʼihu ya, die ahụhụ na ihe ihere nke obe, ọ nọdụ nʼaka nri nke ocheeze Chineke.
our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfect example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now “has taken his seat at the right hand” of the throne of God.
3 Tuleenụ nʼobi unu gbasara onye ahụ tachịrị obi na nkwụgide sitere nʼaka ndị mmehie, ka ike ghara ịgwụ unu maọbụ obi unu adaa mba.
Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from “people who were sinning against themselves,” so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.
4 Nʼime ọgụ nke unu na-alụso mmehie, unu eguzogideghị ruo nʼọnọdụ nke iwufu ọbara unu.
You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;
5 Unu echefuola okwu nkasiobi ahụ, nke e jiri gbaa unu ume dịka ụmụ, “Nwa m ewela ịdọ aka na ntị nke Onyenwe anyị dịka ihe dị mfe, mgbe ọ na-ata gị ahụhụ maọbụ daa mba mgbe ọ na-abara gị mba.
and you have forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as God’s children – “My child, think not lightly of the Lord’s discipline, do not despond when he rebukes you;
6 Nʼihi na onye Onyenwe anyị hụrụ nʼanya ka ọ na-abara mba. Ọ bụkwa onye ọ nabatara dị ka nwa ya, ka ọ na-apịa ụtarị.”
For it is him whom he loves that he disciplines, and he chastises every child whom he acknowledges.”
7 Tachie obi, mụta ihe site nʼahụhụ. Nʼihi na Chineke na-emeso unu mmeso dị ka nna ọbụla hụrụ ụmụ ya nʼanya si emeso ha mmeso. Nwata ọbụla adịghị nke nna ya na-adịghị abara mba.
It is for your discipline that you have to endure all this. God is dealing with you as his children. For where is there a child whom his father does not discipline?
8 Ya mere ọ bụrụ na a dịghị abara unu mba dịka esi bara ndị ọzọ, unu abụghị ụmụ kama unu bụ ndị amụtara nʼịkwa iko.
If you are left without that discipline, in which all children share, it shows that you are bastards, and not true children.
9 Dịka ịma atụ, ndị bụ nna anyị site nʼanụ ahụ na-apịa anyị ụtarị mgbe ọbụla anyị nupuru isi. Ma nke a adịghị egbochi anyị ịsọpụrụ ha. O kwesikwaghị ka anyị rubere Nna nke mmụọ isi karịa ma dịkwa ndụ? Anyị mee nke a, anyị ga-adị ndụ.
Further, when our earthly fathers disciplined us, we respected them. Should we not, then, much rather yield submission to the Father of souls, and live?
10 Ha na-azụ anyị nwa oge nta dị ka ha si tụpụta nʼuche ha. Ma ọ na-azụ anyị nʼihi ọdịmma anyị. Ọ na-achọ ka anyị keta oke nʼịdị nsọ ya.
Our fathers disciplined us for only a short time and as seemed best to them; but God disciplines us for our true good, to enable us to share his holiness.
11 Mgbe ọbụla a na-ezi anyị ihe site nʼinye anyị ahụhụ, ọ na-abụrụ anyị ihe mwute nʼoge ahụ, ọ bụghịkwa ihe ọṅụ. Ma e mesịa, ọ na-eweta udo na ndụ ezi omume nye ndụ ahụ azụrụ nʼime ya.
No discipline is pleasant at the time; on the contrary, it is painful. But afterwards its fruit is seen in the peacefulness of a righteous life which is the lot of those who have been trained under it.
12 Ya mere, setịpụ aka gị ahụ ike gwụrụ. Guzosie ike nʼụkwụ gị ahụ na-ama jijiji.
Therefore “lift again the down-dropped hands and straighten the weakened knees;
13 Debenụ ụkwụ unu nʼụzọ ziri ezi, ka ụkwụ na-adịghị ike ghara ịda ngwụrọ, kama ka o nwe ọgwụgwọ.
make straight paths for your feet,” so that the lame limb may not be put out of joint, but rather be cured.
14 Gbalịsie ike mee ka gị na mmadụ niile biri nʼudo ya na ndụ dị nsọ, e wepụ ya, o nweghị onye pụrụ ịhụ Onyenwe anyị.
Try earnestly to live at peace with everyone, and to attain to that purity without which no one will see the Lord.
15 Hụkwanụ na o nweghị onye ga-ahapụ inweta amara Chineke, na o nwekwaghị onye ga-epupụta dịka mgbọrọgwụ ilu weta nsogbu a ga-esi nʼime ya merụọ ọtụtụ mmadụ.
Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, “that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,” and so poison the whole community.
16 Hụnụ na o nweghị onye na-ebi ndụ ruru unyi maọbụ onye nke na-enweghị nsọpụrụ dịka Ịsọ, onye nke rere ọnọdụ ọmụmụ ya nʼihi otu efere nri.
Take care that no one becomes immoral, or irreligious like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
17 Dịka unu maara, o mechara chọọ ka o keta ngọzị ahụ, ma a jụrụ ya nʼihi na o nweghị ohere nchegharị. Ọ bụ ezie na o jiri anya mmiri chọsie ya ike.
For you know that even afterwards, when he wished to claim his father’s blessing, he was rejected – for he never found an opportunity to repair his error – though he begged for the blessing with tears.
18 Unu abịarughị nʼugwu nke a pụrụ ịmetụ aka, nke na-ere ọkụ, na ọchịchịrị na itiri na oke ifufe,
It is not to tangible “flaming fire” that you have drawn near, nor to “gloom, and darkness, and storm,
19 na ụda opi ike, maọbụ olu na-ekwu okwu, nke ndị nụrụ ya rịọrọ ka ọ kwụsị ịgwa ha.
and the blast of a trumpet, and an audible voice.” Those who heard that voice entreated that they might hear no more,
20 Nʼihi na ha enweghị ike ịnagide ihe e nyere nʼiwu, “A sịkwarị na anụmanụ ọbụla emetụ ugwu ahụ ahụ, a ga-eji nkume tugbuo ya.”
for they could not bear to think of the command – “If even an animal touches the mountain, it is to be stoned to death;”
21 Nʼezie, ihe ahụ anya hụrụ dị oke egwu na Mosis sịrị, “Ana m ama jijiji nʼihi ụjọ.”
and so fearful was the sight that Moses said – “I tremble with fear.”
22 Ma unu abịaruola nʼugwu Zayọn, bụ obodo Chineke dị ndụ, Jerusalem nke eluigwe ahụ. Unu abịakwutela puku kwụrụ puku ndị mmụọ ozi a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ zukọrọ nʼọṅụ.
No, but it is to Mount Zion that you have drawn near, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,
23 Unu abịala nʼụlọ nzukọ nke onye ahụ ebu ụzọ mụpụta bụ ndị e dere aha ha nʼeluigwe. Unu abịakwutela Chineke, onye ga-ekpe mmadụ niile ikpe, unu abịakwutela mmụọ ndị ezi omume e mere ka ha bụrụ ndị zuruoke.
to the festal gathering and assemblage of God’s firstborn whose names are enrolled in heaven, to God the judge of all people, to the spirits of the righteous who have attained perfection,
24 Unu abịakwutela Jisọs onye ogbugbo nke ọgbụgba ndụ ọhụrụ, bịakwutekwa ọbara e fesara nke na-ekwu okwu dị mma karịa nke ọbara Ebel kwuru.
to Jesus, the intermediary of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that tells of better things than the blood of Abel.
25 Gbalịsienụ ike ihu na unu ajụghị onye ahụ na-ekwu okwu. Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na ha agbanarịghị ya, bụ onye ahụ dọrọ ha aka na ntị nʼelu ụwa, anyị agaghị agbanarị onye ahụ si nʼeluigwe na-adọ anyị aka na ntị.
Beware how you refuse to hear him who is speaking. For, if the Israelites did not escape punishment, when they refused to listen to him who taught them on earth the divine will, far worse will it be for us, if we turn away from him who is teaching us from heaven.
26 Nʼoge ahụ, olu ya mere ka ụwa ma jijiji, ma ugbu a, ọ kwela nkwa, sị, “Otu mgbe ọzọ fọdụrụ, ọ bụghị naanị ụwa ka m ga-eme ka ọ maa jijiji kama aga m emekwa ka eluigwe maa jijiji.”
Then his voice shook the earth, but now his declaration is – “Still once more I will cause not only the earth to tremble, but also the heavens.”
27 Okwu a bụ, “Otu mgbe ọzọ fọdụrụ,” na-egosi mwepụ nke ihe na-ama jijiji dịka ihe e kere eke, iji hụ na nke na-anaghị ama jijiji ga-adị.
And those words “still once more” indicate the passing away of all that is shaken – that is, of all created things – in order that only what is unshaken may remain.
28 Ya mere, ebe anyị na-anata alaeze nke na-apụghị ịgbanwe, ka anyị jiri obi ekele, egwu na nsọpụrụ fee Chineke ofufe nʼụzọ ọ ga-anabata.
Therefore, let us, who have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, be thankful, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with awe and the deepest respect.
29 Nʼihi na Chineke anyị bụ ọkụ na-erepịa erepịa.
For our God is “a consuming fire.”
