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.
We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
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.
And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
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.
[Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
4 Nʼime ọgụ nke unu na-alụso mmehie, unu eguzogideghị ruo nʼọnọdụ nke iwufu ọbara unu.
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
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.
Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
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.”
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
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 in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
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.
So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
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.
Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
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 natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
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.
During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
12 Ya mere, setịpụ aka gị ahụ ike gwụrụ. Guzosie ike nʼụkwụ gị ahụ na-ama jijiji.
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 Debenụ ụkwụ unu nʼụzọ ziri ezi, ka ụkwụ na-adịghị ike ghara ịda ngwụrọ, kama ka o nwe ọgwụgwọ.
Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
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 to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
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.
Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
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.
Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one 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.
You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
18 Unu abịarughị nʼugwu nke a pụrụ ịmetụ aka, nke na-ere ọkụ, na ọchịchịrị na itiri na oke ifufe,
In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
19 na ụda opi ike, maọbụ olu na-ekwu okwu, nke ndị nụrụ ya rịọrọ ka ọ kwụsị ịgwa ha.
They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
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.”
When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
21 Nʼezie, ihe ahụ anya hụrụ dị oke egwu na Mosis sịrị, “Ana m ama jijiji nʼihi ụjọ.”
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
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.
Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
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.
You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
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.
You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
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 that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
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.”
The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
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.
The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
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.
So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
29 Nʼihi na Chineke anyị bụ ọkụ na-erepịa erepịa.
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
