VaHebheru 11
1 Zvino rutendo ndirwo rusimbiso rwezvinotarisirwa, umbowo hwezvinhu zvisingaonekwi.
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
2 Nokuti nairwo vanhu vekare vakapupurirwa.
This is why the ancients were commended.
3 Nerutendo tinonzwisisa kuti nyika dzakarongwa neshoko raMwari, zvekuti zvinhu zvinoonekwa hazvibvi kuzvinhu zvinoonekwa. (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 Nerutendo Abheri wakabaira kuna Mwari chibairo chakanakisisa kupfuura Kaini; chaakawana nacho uchapupu kuti wakange akarurama, Mwari achipupurira zvipo zvake; naicho kunyange akafa achiri kutaura.
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 Nerutendo Enoki wakabviswa kuti arege kuona rufu, uye haana kuwanikwa, nokuti Mwari wakange amubvisa; nokuti asati abviswa wakapupurirwa kuti wakange afadza 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 asi kunze kwerutendo hazvigoni kumufadza; nokuti anouya kuna Mwari anofanira kutenda kuti iye aripo, uye mupi wemubairo wevanomutsvaka.
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 Nerutendo Nowa wakati ayambirwa naMwari pamusoro pezvinhu zvichigere kuonekwa, nekutya akagadzira areka yeruponeso rweimba yake; akapa nyika mhosva nayo, akava mudyi wenhaka wekururama zvichienderana nerutendo.
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 Nerutendo Abhurahama wakateerera adanwa kuti abude aende kunzvimbo yaakanzi achazoigamuchira ive nhaka, ndokubuda, asingazivi kwaanoenda.
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 Nerutendo wakagara semutorwa munyika yechivimbiso, senyika yeutorwa, achigara mumatende pamwe naIsaka naJakobho, vadyi venhaka yechivimbiso chimwecho pamwe 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 wakange achitarisira guta rine nheyo, Mwari ari mhizha nemuvaki waro.
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 Nerutendo naSara pachake wakagamuchira simba rekugamuchira mbeu, akabereka apfuura nguva, nokuti wakati iye wavimbisa wakatendeka.
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 Naizvozvowo vakaberekwa neumwe, izviwo ndezvewakafa, vakaita senyeredzi dzekudenga pakuwanda, uye sejecha riri pamahombekombe egungwa risingaverengeki.
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 Iva vese vakafira murutendo, vasina kugamuchira zvivimbiso, asi vakazvionera kure, vakatendeswa, vakazvigamuchira, vakabvuma kuti vaeni nevapfuuri 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 Nokuti vanotaura zvinhu zvakadaro, vanoratidza kuti vanotsvaka nyika yekwavo.
Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
15 Nokuti kana zvirokwazvo vaifunga zvenyika iyo yavakabva kwairi, vangadai vakawana mukana wekudzokera.
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 Asi ikozvino vanoshuva iri nani, ndiyo yekudenga; naizvozvo Mwari haana nyadzi pamusoro pavo, kuti aidzwe Mwari wavo; nokuti wakavagadzirira 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 Nerutendo Abhurahama paakaedzwa wakabaira Isaka, iyewo wakange agamuchira zvivimbiso akabaira mwana wake wakaberekwa umwe wega,
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 kwakanzi kwaari: Muna Isaka mbeu yako ichatumidzwa;
even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
19 wakaona kuti Mwari anogona kumutsa kunyange kubva kuvakafa; ndipapowo paakamugamuchira mumufananidzo.
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 Nerutendo Isaka wakaropafadza Jakobho naEsau pamusoro pezvinhu zvinouya.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
21 Nerutendo Jakobho ava kufa wakaropafadza umwe neumwe wevanakomana vaJosefa, akanamata akasendama pamusoro pemudonzvo 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 Nerutendo Josefa ava kufa wakataura zvekubuda kwevana vaIsraeri, akaraira pamusoro pemafupa ake.
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
23 Nerutendo Mozisi aberekwa wakavanzwa mwedzi mitatu nevabereki vake, nokuti vakaona mwana akanaka; uye havana kutya murairo 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 Nerutendo Mozisi akura wakaramba kunzi mwanakomana wemukunda waFarao,
By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
25 akasarudza kupfuura izvozvo kuitirwa zvakaipa pamwe nevanhu vaMwari pane kuva mumufaro wechivi kwechinguva;
He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
26 akati kutukwa kwaKristu ifuma huru pane zvakakosha zveEgipita; nokuti wakange akatarira kumubairo.
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
27 Nerutendo wakasiya Egipita, asingatyi kutsamwa kwamambo; nokuti wakatsungirira seanomuona uyo asingaonekwi.
By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
28 Nerutendo wakachengetedza pasika nekusaswa kweropa, kuti anouraya matangwe arege kuvabata.
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 Nerutendo vakagura nemuGungwa Dzvuku sepakaoma; VaEgipita vachizviidza 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 Nerutendo masvingo eJeriko akawa, apoteredzwa kusvikira mazuva manomwe.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
31 Nerutendo Rakabhi chifeve haana kuparara pamwe nevasina kutenda, agamuchira vashori nerugare.
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
32 Zvino ndichataurireizve? Nokuti ndichapererwa nenguva ndichirondedzera zvaGidhioni naBharaki naSamusoni naJefita naDhavhidhi naSamueri, nezvevaporofita;
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
33 avo nerutendo vakakunda ushe, vakaita kururama, vakawana zvivimbiso, vakadzivira miromo yeshumba,
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
34 vakadzima simba remoto, vakapukunyuka muromo wemunondo, vakava nesimba kubva pautera, vakasimba pakurwa, vakadzinga hondo dzemamwe 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 vakagamuchira vakafa vavo vachibva pakumuka; vamwewo vakashungurudzwa, vasingagamuchiri kusunungurwa, kuti vawane kumuka kuri nani;
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 vamwewo vakaedzwa nekuitwa chiseko nekuzvamburwa, uye nezvisungo nejere;
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 vakatakwa nemabwe, vakatsemurwa nepakati, vakaedzwa, vakafa pakuuraya kwemunondo; vakadzungaira vakapfeka matehwe emakwai nematehwe embudzi; vari nhoronhondo, vachitambudzika, vachishungurudzwa,
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 haina kuvafanira) vachidzungaira mumagwenga nemakomo nemapako nemakomba enyika.
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
39 Neava vese, vapupurirwa zvakanaka kubudikidza nerutendo havana kugamuchira chivimbiso,
These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
40 sezvo Mwari wakange atigadzirira chinhu chiri nani, kuti varege kupedzeredzwa pasina isu.
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
