Hebreo 11
1 Ary ny finoana no fahatokiana ny amin’ ny zavatra antenaina, fanehoana ny zavatra tsy hita.
Faith is the realisation of things hoped for — the proof of things not seen.
2 Fa izany no nahatsara laza ny ntaolo.
And it was for faith that the men of old were renowned.
3 Finoana no ahafantarantsika fa ny tenin’ Andriamanitra no nanaovana izao tontolo izao, ka dia tsy izay zavatra miseho no nanaovana izao zavatra hita izao. (aiōn g165)
Faith enables us to perceive that the universe was created at the bidding of God — so that we know that what we see was not made out of visible things. (aiōn g165)
4 Finoana no nanateran’ i Abela ho an’ Andriamanitra fanatitra tsara noho ny an’ i Kaina, ka izany no nanambarana azy fa marina, satria Andriamanitra no nanambara ny amin’ ny fanatitra nataony: ary amin’ izany, na dia maty aza izy, dia mbola miteny ihany.
Faith made the sacrifice which Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain’s, and won him renown as a righteous man, God himself establishing his renown by accepting his gifts; and it is by the example of his faith that Abel, though dead, still speaks.
5 Finoana no namindrana an’ i Enoka tsy hiharan’ ny fahafatesana; ka dia tsy hita izy, satria nafindran’ Andriamanitra; fa talohan’ ny namindrana azy dia nambara fa nankasitrahan’ Andriamanitra izy.
Faith led to Enoch’s removal from earth, that he might not experience death. ‘He could not be found because God had removed him.’ For, before his removal, he was renowned as having pleased God;
6 Fa raha tsy amin’ ny finoana, dia tsy misy azo atao hahazoana sitraka aminy; fa izay manatona an’ Andriamanitra dia tsy maintsy mino fa misy Izy sady Mpamaly soa izay mazoto mitady Azy.
but without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who seek for him.
7 Finoana no nanamboaran’ i Noa sambo fiara hamonjena ny ankohonany, fa natahotra izy, rehefa notoroan’ Andriamanitra hevitra ny amin’ ny zavatra tsy mbola hita; koa izany no nanamelohany izao tontolo izao sy nahatongavany ho mpandova ny fahamarinana araka ny finoana.
It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.
8 Finoana no naneken’ i Abrahama, rehefa nantsoina, hiainga hankany amin’ izay tany ho azony ho lova; ka dia niainga izy, nefa tsy fantany izay halehany.
It was faith that enabled Abraham to obey the Call that he received, and to set out for the place which he was afterwards to obtain as his own; and he set out not knowing where he was going.
9 Finoana no nivahiniany tany amin’ ny tany nolazain’ ny teny fikasana, toy ny any an-tanin’ olona, mitoetra an-day, mbamin’ isaka sy Jakoba, mpiara-mandova izany teny fikasana izany aminy;
It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land — as in a strange country — living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.
10 fa nanantena hahazo ny tanàna misy fanorenana izy, Andriamanitra no Tompo-marika sy Mpanao izany.
For he was looking for the City with the sure foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 Ary na Saraha aza, dia finoana koa no nandraisany hery hanan’ anaka, rehefa nitsaha-jaza izy, satria nataony fa mahatoky Ilay efa nanome ny teny fikasana.
Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for child-bearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.
12 Koa dia avy tamin’ ny anankiray, izay efa toy ny maty, no nihavian’ ny maro toy ny kintana eny amin’ ny lanitra sy toy ny fasika eny amoron-dranomasina, izay tsy hita isa.
And so from one man — and that when his powers were dead — there sprang a people as numerous ‘as the stars in the heavens or the countless grains of sand upon the shore.’
13 Ireo rehetra ireo dia maty tamin’ ny finoana, kanefa tsy mbola nahazo ny teny fikasana; fa nahatazana azy eny lavitra eny izy ka ravoravo niarahaba azy, dia nanaiky fa vahiny sy mpivahiny tetỳ ambonin’ ny tany izy.
All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only aliens and strangers on the earth.
14 Fa izay milaza izany zavatra izany dia maneho marimarina fa mitady izay ho taniny izy.
Those who speak thus show plainly that they are seeking their fatherland.
15 Ary raha tàhiny nahatsiaro ny tany nialany izy, dia ho nahita andro hiverenany.
If they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they could have found opportunities to return.
16 Fa amin’ izany ny tsara lavitra no iriny, dia ny any an-danitra; ary noho izany Andriamanitra dia tsy menatra hatao hoe Andriamaniny, satria efa nanamboatra tanàna ho an’ ireo Izy.
But no, they were longing for a better, a heavenly, land! And therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God; indeed he had already prepared them a city.
17 Finoana no nanateran i Abrahama an’ isaka, raha nizahan-toetra izy; eny, ny zananilahy tokana no naterin’ ilay efa nandray tsara ny teny fikasana,
It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice — he who had received the promises offering up his only son,
18 dia ilay nilazana hoe: “Avy amin’ Isaka no hantsoina izay taranaka ho anao”.
of whom it had been said — ‘It is through Isaac that there shall be descendants to bear thy name.’
19 Fa nihevitra izy fa Andriamanitra dia mahay manangana ny maty aza; ary hoatra ny avy tamin’ izany no nandraisany azy.
For he argued that God was able even to raise a man from the dead — and indeed, figuratively speaking, Abraham did receive Isaac back from the dead.
20 Finoana no nitsofan’ isaka rano an’ i Jakoba sy Esao ny amin’ ny zavatra ho avy.
It was faith that enabled Isaac to bless Jacob and Esau, even with regard to the future.
21 Finoana no nitsofan’ i Jakoba rano ny zanak’ i Josefa roa lahy, rehefa ho faty izy, ka nivavaka izy, niankina tamin’ ny lohan’ ny tehiny.
Faith enabled Jacob, when dying, to give his blessing to each of the sons of Joseph, and ‘to bow himself in worship as he leant upon the top of his staff.’
22 Finoana no nilazan’ i Josefa ny fialan’ ny Zanak’ isiraely, rehefa ho faty izy, sy nanafarany ny amin’ ny taolany.
Faith caused Joseph, when his end was near, to speak of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions with regard to his bones.
23 Finoana no nanafenan’ ny ray aman-drenin’ i Mosesy azy telo volana, raha vao teraka izy, satria hitany fa zaza tsara izy, ary tsy natahorany ny didin’ ny mpanjaka.
Faith caused the parents of Moses to hide the child for three months after his birth, for they saw that he was a beautiful child; and they would not respect the King’s order.
24 Finoana no nandavan’ i Mosesy tsy hatao hoe zanaky ny zanakavavin’ i Farao, rehefa lehibe izy, ―
It was faith that caused Moses, when he was grown up, to refuse the title of ‘Son of a Daughter of Pharaoh.’
25 nifidy mantsy hiara-mitondra fahoriana amin’ ny olon’ Andriamanitra toy izay hanana fifaliana vetivety amin’ ny fahotana,
He preferred sharing the hardships of God’s People to enjoying the short-lived pleasures of sin.
26 nanao ny fanaratsiana an’ i Kristy ho harena be lavitra noho ny zava-tsoan’ i Egypta, satria nijery ny famalian-tsoa izy.
For he counted ‘the reproaches that are heaped upon the Christ’ of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, looking forward, as he did, to the reward awaiting him.
27 Finoana no nandaovany an’ i Egypta, ka tsy natahorany ny fahatezeran’ ny mpanjaka; fa naharitra toy ny mahita Izay tsy hita izy.
Faith caused him to leave Egypt, though undaunted by the King’s anger, for he was strengthened in his endurance by the vision of the invisible God.
28 Finoana no nitandremany ny Paska sy ny famafazana ny rà, fandrao hahatratra ny azy ilay nandringana ny lahimatoa.
Faith led him to institute the Passover and the Sprinkling of the Blood, so that the Destroyer might not touch the eldest children of the Israelites.
29 Finoana no nitana ny Ranomasina Mena toy ny mandia tany maina, izay mba nandraman’ ny Egyptiana, ka dia voatelina izy.
Faith enabled the people to cross the Red Sea, as if it had been dry land, while the Egyptians, when they attempted to do so, were drowned.
30 Finoana no nampirodana ny màndan’ i Jeriko, rehefa nohodidinina hafitoana.
Faith caused the walls of Jericho to fall after being encircled for seven days.
31 Finoana no tsy nahafaty an-dRahaba janga niaraka tamin’ ny tsy nino, satria nandray ny mpisafo-tany tamin’ ny fihavanana izy.
Faith saved Rahab, the prostitute, from perishing with the unbelievers, after she had entertained the spies with friendliness.
32 Ary inona koa no holazaiko? Fa ho lany ny andro, raha milaza an’ i Gideona sy Baraka sy Samsona ary Jefta aho, Davida koa sy Samoela ary ny mpaminany,
Need I add anything more? Time would fail me if I attempted to relate the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, and those of David, Samuel, and the Prophets.
33 izay nandresy fanjakana tamin’ ny finoana, niasa fahamarinana; nahazo teny fikasana, nanakombona ny vavan’ ny liona,
By their faith they subdued kingdoms, ruled righteously, gained the fulfilment of God’s promises, ‘shut the mouths of lions,’
34 namono ny fidedadedan’ afo, afaka tamin’ ny lelan-tsabatra, raha nalemy dia nampahatanjahina, tonga nahery tamin’ ny ady, dia nampandositra ny miaramilan’ ny firenena hafa.
quelled the fury of the flames, escaped the edge of the sword, found strength in the hour of weakness, displayed their prowess in war, and routed hostile armies.
35 Ny vehivavy nandray ny azy efa maty, fa natsangana ho velona indray; ary ny sasany nampijalijalina ho faty, nefa tsy mety nanao izay hahafahany, mba hahazoany fitsanganana tsara lavitra;
Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.
36 ary ny sasany niaritra fanesoana sy kapoka mafy ary fatorana sy tranomaizina koa;
Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 notoraham-bato izy, notsofana, nalaim-panahy, novonoina tamin’ ny sabatra, dia nirenireny nitafy hoditr’ ondry sy hoditr’ osy; efa lao, ory, fadiranovana
They were stoned to death, they were tortured, they were swan asunder, they were put to the sword; they wandered about clothed in the skins of sheep or goats, destitute, persecuted, ill-used —
38 (nefa izao tontolo izao tsy miendrika ho nitoerany akory) dia nirenireny tany an-efitra sy tany an’ tendrombohitra sy tany an-johy ary tao an-dava-tany izy.
men of whom the world was not worthy — roaming in lonely places, and on the mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
39 Ary ireo rehetra ireo, na dia efa nahazo laza tsara noho ny finoana aza, dia tsy mba nandray ny teny fikasana,
Yet, though they all won renown by their faith, they did not obtain the final fulfilment of God’s promise;
40 fa Andriamanitra efa namboatra izay tsara lavitra ho antsika, mba tsy hatao tanteraka ireo raha tsy efa mby eo koa isika.
since God had in view some better thing for us, that they, apart from us, should not attain perfection.
