KumaHebheru 3

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

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;

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

who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in his house.

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

For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, just as he who built the house has more honor than the house.

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

For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.

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

Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,

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

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope.

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

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice,

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

do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

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

where your fathers tested me and challenged me, and saw my works for forty years.

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

Therefore I was displeased with this generation, and said, 'They always err in their heart, but they did not know my ways;'

11 ngaze ngafunga ekuthukutheleni kwami ngathi: Kabayikungena ekuphumuleni kwami.

as I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'"

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

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

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

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called "today;" lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:

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

while it is said, "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."

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

For who, when they heard, rebelled? No, did not all those who came out of Egypt by Moses?

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

With whom was he displeased forty years? Was not it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

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

To whom did he swear that they would not enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

19 Ngakho siyabona ukuthi babengelakungena ngenxa yokungakholwa.

We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.