Bahebeli 3
1 Mobanse betu omwaswepa kayi omwalakwiwa ne Lesa, kamuyeyanga sha Yesu walatumwa kwambeti abe Shimilumbo Mukulene wa lushomo ndotulasuminishinga.
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus Christ, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
2 Walikuba washomeka kuli Lesa uyo walamusaleti asebense ncito iyi, mbuli Mose ncalashomeka mu ncito ya mung'anda ya Lesa
who was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house.
3 Muntu lebakanga ng'anda ukute kupewa bulemu kupita ng'anda njalebakanga. Neco Yesu walemekwa kupita Mose.
Yet Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.
4 Nicakubinga ng'anda ikute kwibakwa ne muntu, nomba Lesa eukute kwibaka bintu byonse.
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
5 Mose walashomeka mu ncito ya mung'anda ya Lesa, kayi walikwamba ibyo Lesa mbyalikuyanda kwamba kuntangu.
Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, which provided testimony to what would be spoken later.
6 Nomba Klistu Mwanendi Lesa washomeka mukwendelesha ng'anda ya Lesa. Uku ekwambeti njafwe ng'anda ya Lesa na tubula buyowa ne kuba bashinisha mukupembelela kwetu.
But Christ is faithful over God's house as a Son. And we are his house if indeed we hold our confidence firm to the end along with the hope in which we boast.
7 Neco mbuli Mushimu Uswepa ncolambangeti, “Na lelo munyumfwa liswi lya Lesa,
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice,
8 kamutayumisha myoyo mbuli ncebalensa ba mashali benu bakulukulu bushiku mbobalamubukila Lesa, mu cinyika mpobalamukalalisha Lesa.”
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
9 Lesa walambeti; Balanjelekesha, nambi balabona ncendalabenshila mu byaka makumi ana.
where your fathers tried me, tested me, and saw my works for forty years.
10 Ecebo ncendalakalila ne kubambileti, nkababikako myoyo yabo kuli njame kayi balakananga ku konkela Milawo yakame.
Therefore I was angry with that generation and said, ‘They always go astray in their hearts; they have not known my ways.’
11 Ndalakalala ne kulumbileti, nteti bakengilepo mumusena wakame wa kupumwina.
As I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter my rest!’”
12 Mobanse cetukani, kapataba muntu pakati penu ukute moyo waipa wabula lushomo, wela kumufunya kuli Lesa muyumi.
Brothers, make sure that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
13 Lino kwambeti mubule kumantwa ne bwipishi ne kuba bayuma myoyo, nyamfwanani umo ne munendi masuba onse ngomulambanga mu Mabala kwambeti “Lelo.”
But encourage one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
14 Pakwinga twense tobasebenshi banendi Klistu, na tupitilishowa kwikatisha lushomo mpaka kumapwilisho a buyumi bwetu.
For we have become sharers in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
15 Mabala alambangeti, Na lelo munyumfwa liswi lya Lesa. Kamutayumisha myoyo mbuli ba mashali benu bakulukulu mpobalamubukila Lesa.
As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
16 Anu ni bantu cini balanyumfwa liswi lya Lesa, kayi ne kumubukila? Nibantu bonse mbwali kutangunina Mose pakubafunya mu Injipito.
For some did rebel when they heard God's voice, but not all whom Moses led out of Egypt.
17 Inga nibani balakalalisha Lesa kwa byaka makumi ana? Ni bantu balikwipisha abo balafwila mu cinyika kayi bitumbi byabo byalashala mbwee mucinyika.
Now with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
18 Inga ni bani Lesa mbwalalumbilileti, “nteti bakengile mu cishi ncali kuyanda kubapeti bapumwininemo? Sena ntebamo bamo basa balamubukila?”
And to whom did God swear that they would not enter his rest, if not to those who were disobedient?
19 Apa tulabono kwambeti calabalisha kwingila mu cishi cisa ni kubula lushomo.
So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were not able to enter.
