KumaHebheru 3

1 Ngakho, bazalwane abangcwele, bahlanganyeli bobizo lwasezulwini, qaphelani umphostoli lompristi omkhulu wovumo lwethu, uKristu Jesu,

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of [the] heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,

2 othembeke kulowo owammisayo, njengoMozisi laye wayenjalo endlini yakhe yonke.

who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.

3 Ngoba kwathiwa lo ufanele udumo olukhulu kuloMozisi, njengoba ulodumo olukhulu kulendlu ayakhileyo.

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 Ngoba yonke indlu yakhiwa ngothile; kodwa owakha izinto zonke nguNkulunkulu.

For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things [is] God.

5 UMozisi kambe wayethembekile endlini yonke yakhe njengenceku, kuze kube yibufakazi bezinto ebezizakhulunywa;

And Moses indeed [was] faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;

6 kodwa uKristu njengendodana phezu kwendlu yakhe; esiyindlu yakhe thina, uba-ke sibambelela ngokuqina isibindi lokuziqhenya kwethemba kuze kube sekupheleni.

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 Ngakho njengoba uMoya oyiNgcwele esithi: Lamuhla uba lilizwa ilizwi lakhe,

Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

8 lingazenzi zibe lukhuni inhliziyo zenu, njengekucunuleni, ngosuku lokulingwa enkangala,

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

9 lapho oyihlo bangilinga, bengihlola, basebebona imisebenzi yami okweminyaka engamatshumi amane;

where your fathers tempted [me], by proving [me], and saw my works forty years.

10 ngakho ngasithukuthelela lesosizukulwana, ngathi: Bayaduha kokuphela enhliziyweni; lalaba kabazazanga indlela zami;

Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and they have not known my ways;

11 ngaze ngafunga ekuthukutheleni kwami ngathi: Kabayikungena ekuphumuleni kwami.

so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.

12 Nanzelelani, bazalwane, hlezi kuzakuba khona loba nini phakathi komunye wenu inhliziyo embi yokungakholwa, ekuduheni kuNkulunkulu ophilayo;

See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from [the] living God.

13 kodwa khuthazanani insuku ngensuku, kusathiwa lamuhla, ukuze kungabi khona kini owenziwa lukhuni ngenkohliso yesono;

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 ngoba sesibe ngabahlanganyeli bakaKristu, uba-ke sibambisisa isiqalo sokuqiniseka kuze kube sekupheleni;

For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;

15 kusathiwa: Lamuhla uba lilizwa ilizwi lakhe, lingazenzi zibe lukhuni inhliziyo zenu, njengekucunuleni.

in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;

16 Ngoba abanye sebezwile bathukuthelisa, kodwa kakusibo bonke labo abaphuma eGibhithe ngoMozisi.

(for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but [was it] not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?

17 Kodwa ngobani athukutheliswa yibo okweminyaka engamatshumi amane? Kakusibo labo abonayo yini, abazidumbu zabo zawela enkangala?

And with whom was he wroth forty years? [Was it] not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18 Ngobani-ke afunga kubo ukuthi kabazukungena ekuphumuleni kwakhe, ngaphandle kwalabo abangalalelanga?

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?

19 Ngakho siyabona ukuthi babengelakungena ngenxa yokungakholwa.

And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief; )