Maheberu 3
1 Chobulyo, bakwangu banjolola, basupitwe kuliyabela zakwiwulu. Muzeze kuamana ni Jesu, mwapositola ni muprisita mukulwana utuliwamba kakwe.
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of [the] heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,
2 Abakusepahala kwa Ireeza, uzo abamuketi, sina ubu nji Mushe mwa basepahalili muzubo ya Ireeza.
who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.
3 Mukuti Jesu abali kusepahala hahulu mwikanya kuhita Mushe, kakuti muzaki wezubo ukutekeha hahulu kuhita izubo kasibili.
For he has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.
4 Mukuti izubo yose izakwa muntu, kono yozaka zonse nji Ireeza.
For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things [is] God.
5 Kwiyaza limwi, Mushe abali muhikana yabali kusepahala mwizubo yonse ya Ireeza. Abali ipaki kuamana ni kupaka zakubusu.
And Moses indeed [was] faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;
6 Kono Christe Mwana njoyelele muzubo ya Ireeza. Twizubo yakwe haiba ni tukwatilila kwisepo yetu ni bwikumuso butuzumina kubuli.
but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.
7 Chobulyo, kwina neza sina mulutela Luhuho Lujolola: “Sunu, haiba nimuzuwa inzwi lyakwe
Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,
8 sanzi mukukutuhazi inkulo zenu sina munako zakusandukilwa, mwinako zakulikwa mwihalaupa.
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;
9 Iyi ibali inako ibakuku ubakuku wenu habanisandukila chakunilika, imi linu, muzilimo zina makumi wone bababoni mitendo yangu. Chobulyo kananitabiswa una murahi.
where your fathers tempted [me], by proving [me], and saw my works forty years.
10 Chinati, 'bahitizwe zintu zibilala mukulo zabo inako yonse. Kana babazibi inzila zangu.'
Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and they have not known my ways;
11 Kuswana bulyo ni munibakokeli chakubenga kwangu: 'Kabakafwe kwinjila mwipumulo yangu.'”
so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.
12 Mutokomele, bakwangu, chokuti mukati kenu sanzi kuwaniki nangati umwina winjililwa luhuho lubilala mwikulo lwakusazumina, inkulo ifutata kuzwa kwa Ireeza yohala.
See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from [the] living God.
13 Nihakuba bulyo, mususuwezane izuba ni zuba, nihakutewa kuti nji “Sunu,” njokuti sanzi nikuwaniki mukati kenu yokukutuhazwa chakuchengelelwa chive.
But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
14 Mukuti tubabi chiyemba kwa Christe haiba ni tukwatilila kwisepo yetu itwina kwali kuzwa kutanzi kuya kumamanimani.
For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;
15 Kono inzi zibawambitwe, “Sunu, haiba nozuwa inzwi lyakwe, sanzi mukukutuhazi inkulo zenu, sina munako yabusandukili.
in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;
16 Njibani babamuzuwi Ireeza ni kumusandukila? Kahena kuti njibona babo babakazwi ni Mushe mwa Egepita?
(for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but [was it] not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?
17 Njibani babo bababengeli makumi azilimo zone? Kahena kuti njibona babo babapangi chive, basimili ifwile ibawili mwihalaupa?
And with whom was he wroth forty years? [Was it] not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18 Njikubani kwabawoli kukonka kaluchi kuti ketenibawole kukenjila mupumulo yakwe?
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?
19 Imi tubona kuti kanababali kuwola kwinjila mupumulo yakwe chebaka lyakusazumina.
And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief; )
