VaHebheru 11
1 Zvino kutenda ndiko kuva nechokwadi nezvinhu zvatinotarisira, nechiratidzo chezvinhu zvatisingaoni.
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
2 Nokuti izvi ndizvo zvakaita kuti vanhu vekare vapupurirwe zvakanaka.
This is why the ancients were commended.
3 Nokutenda tinonzwisisa kuti nyika yakaitwa nokurayira kwaMwari, zvokuti zvinhu zvinoonekwa zvakaitwa kubva pane zvinhu zvisingaonekwi. (aiōn g165)
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (aiōn g165)
4 Nokutenda Abheri akapa Mwari chibayiro chiri nani pane chaKaini. Nokutenda akapupurirwa kuti akanga ari munhu akarurama, Mwari paakataura zvakanaka pamusoro pezvipo zvake. Uye nokutenda achiri kutaura nazvino kunyange zvake akafa.
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
5 Nokutenda Enoki akatorwa kubva paupenyu huno, zvokuti haana kuona rufu; akasaonekwa, nokuti Mwari akanga amutora; nokuti asati atorwa, akanga achipupurirwa somunhu aifadza Mwari.
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
6 Uye pasina kutenda hazvibviri kufadza Mwari, nokuti ani naani anouya kwaari anofanira kutenda kuti ariko uye kuti anopa vanomutsvaka nomwoyo wose mubayiro wavo.
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
7 Nokutenda Noa, akati anyeverwa pamusoro pezvinhu zvakanga zvichigere kuonekwa, akavaka areka nokutya Mwari kuti aponese mhuri yake. Nokutenda kwake akapa nyika mhosva uye akava mugari wenhaka yokururama kunouya nokutenda.
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
8 Nokutenda Abhurahama, akati adanwa kuti aende kunzvimbo iyo yaaizogamuchira kuti ive nhaka yake, akateerera akaenda, kunyange zvazvo akanga asingazivi kwaaienda.
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
9 Nokutenda akandogara somutorwa munyika yechipikirwa, saanogara munyika yavamwe; akagara mumatende, sezvakaita Isaka naJakobho, vakanga vari vadyi venhaka yechipikirwa pamwe chete naye.
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
10 Nokuti akanga achitarisira guta rine nheyo, Mwari ari mhizha nomuvaki waro.
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 Nokutenda Abhurahama, kunyange zvake akanga apfuura zera, uye Sara pachake akanga asingabereki, akapiwa simba rokuva baba, nokuti akati iye akamupikira akatendeka.
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
12 Uye nokudaro kubva pamunhu mumwe, akanga oita seafa, kwakava nezvizvarwa zvakawanda senyeredzi dzokudenga, zvisingaverengeki sejecha pamahombekombe egungwa.
And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
13 Vanhu ava vose vakanga vachirarama nokutenda kusvikira panguva yokufa. Havana kuwana zvinhu zvavakavimbiswa; vakangozviona chete vakazvigamuchira zviri kure. Uye vakabvuma kuti ivo vakanga vari vaeni navatorwa panyika.
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
14 Vanhu vanotaura zvinhu zvakadai vanoratidza kuti vari kutsvaka nyika yavo chaiyo.
Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
15 Dai vakanga vachifunga nyika yavakabva kwairi vangadai vakawana mukana wokudzokera.
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 Asi vakanga vachishuva nyika yakanaka, iyo yokudenga. Naizvozvo Mwari haana nyadzi pamusoro pavo kuti anzi Mwari wavo, nokuti akavagadzirira guta.
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
17 Nokutenda Abhurahama, paakaedzwa naMwari, akapa Isaka sechibayiro. Iye akanga agamuchira zvipikirwa akanga obayira mwanakomana wake mumwe oga,
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
18 kunyange zvazvo Mwari akanga akati kwaari, “Nokuna Isaka zvizvarwa zvako zvichazovapo.”
even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
19 Abhurahama akafunga akati Mwari aigona kumutsa vakafa, uye tichitaura nomufananidzo, akagamuchira Isaka kubva kuvakafa.
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 Nokutenda Isaka akaropafadza Jakobho naEsau pamusoro pezvaizoitika.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
21 Nokutenda Jakobho, paakanga ava kufa akaropafadza mwanakomana mumwe nomumwe waJosefa, uye akanamata akazendamira pamusoro pomudonzvo wake.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 Nokutenda, Josefa, magumo ake ava pedyo, akataura zvokubuda kwavaIsraeri kubva muIjipiti uye akarayira pamusoro pamapfupa ake.
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
23 Nokutenda Mozisi paakaberekwa, vabereki vake vakamuviga kwemwedzi mitatu, nokuti vakaona kuti akanga ari mwana akanaka uye havana kutya murayiro wamambo.
By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
24 Nokutenda Mozisi akati akura, akaramba kunzi mwanakomana womwanasikana waFaro.
By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
25 Akasarudza kutambudzwa pamwe chete navanhu vaMwari pano kufadzwa kwenguva duku namafaro ezvivi.
He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
26 Akati kuzvidzwa nokuda kwaKristu ipfuma huru kupfuura kupfuma kwose kweIjipiti, nokuti akanga achitarira mberi kumubayiro.
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
27 Nokutenda akabva muIjipiti asingatyi kutsamwa kwamambo; akatsungirira nokuti akanga aona iye asingaonekwi.
By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
28 Nokutenda akavamba Pasika nokusasa ropa, kuitira kuti muurayi wamatangwe arege kuuraya matangwe eIsraeri.
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
29 Nokutenda vanhu vakayambuka Gungwa Dzvuku, sapanyika yakaoma; asi vaIjipita pavakaedza kuzviita vakanyura.
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
30 Nokutenda masvingo eJeriko akawira pasi, mushure mokunge vanhu vafamba vachiapoteredza kwamazuva manomwe.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
31 Nokutenda Rahabhi chifeve, haana kufa pamwe chete navasina kuteerera, nokuti akanga agamuchira vasori norugare.
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
32 Uye ndichataureiko zvimwe? Handichina nguva yokutaura pamusoro paGidheoni, Bharaki, Samusoni, Jefuta, Dhavhidhi, Samueri, navaprofita,
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
33 vakakunda ushe nokutenda, vakatonga nokururamisira, uye vakawana zvakanga zvavimbiswa; vakadzivira miromo yeshumba,
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
34 vakadzima simba romoto, uye vakapunyuka kubva pamunondo unopinza, utera hwavo hwakashandurwa hukava simba uye vakava nesimba guru pakurwa vakakunda hondo dzamamwe marudzi.
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
35 Vakadzi vakagamuchirazve vakanga vafa vavo vamutswa kuti vave vapenyu zvakare. Vamwe vakatambudzwa vakaramba kusunungurwa, kuitira kuti vagozopiwa kumuka kuri nani pakunaka.
Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
36 Vamwe vakasekwa uye vakarohwa, uyezve vamwe vakasungwa vakaiswa mutorongo.
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 Vakatakwa namabwe; vamwe vakaitwa zvidimbu zviviri; vakaurayiwa nomunondo. Vakafamba vakapfeka matehwe amakwai namatehwe embudzi, vasina chinhu, vakatambudzwa uye vakaitirwa zvakaipa,
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
38 nyika yakanga isina kufanirwa navo. Vaidzungaira murenje nomumakomo, mumapako nomumakomba enyika.
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
39 Vose ava vakapupurirwa kutenda kwavo, asi hapana kana mumwe wavo akagamuchira zvakanga zvavimbiswa.
These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
40 Mwari akanga atigadzirira chimwe chinhu chiri nani pakunaka, kuitira kuti ivo pamwe chete nesu tigoitwa vakakwana.
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
