Wahebrania 3
1 Kwa hiyo ndugu watakatifu, mnaoshiriki mwito wa mbinguni, mtafakarini Yesu, mtume na Kuhani Mkuu wa ukiri wetu.
For this reason, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and Chief Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,
2 Alikuwa mwaminifu kwa yeye aliyemweka, kama vile Mose alivyokuwa mwaminifu katika nyumba yote ya Mungu.
being faithful to Him who appointed Him, as also Moses [was] in all His house.
3 Yesu ameonekana anastahili heshima kubwa kuliko Mose, kama vile mjenzi wa nyumba alivyo wa heshima kubwa kuliko nyumba yenyewe.
For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who builds it has more honor than the house.
4 Kwa kuwa kila nyumba hujengwa na mtu fulani, lakini Mungu ni mjenzi wa kila kitu.
For every house is built by someone, and He who built all things [is] God,
5 Basi Mose kama mtumishi alikuwa mwaminifu katika nyumba yote ya Mungu, akishuhudia kwa yale ambayo yangetamkwa baadaye.
and Moses [was] indeed steadfast in all His house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken—
6 Lakini Kristo ni mwaminifu kama Mwana katika nyumba ya Mungu. Sisi ndio nyumba yake, kama tutashikilia sana ujasiri wetu na tumaini tunalojivunia.
but Christ, as a Son over His house, whose house we are, if we hold fast the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope to the end.
7 Kwa hiyo, kama Roho Mtakatifu asemavyo: “Leo, kama mkiisikia sauti yake,
For this reason, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you may hear His voice—
8 msiifanye mioyo yenu migumu, kama mlivyofanya katika uasi, wakati ule wa kujaribiwa jangwani,
you may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,
9 ambapo baba zenu walinijaribu na kunipima ingawa kwa miaka arobaini walikuwa wameyaona matendo yangu.
in which your fathers tempted Me; they proved Me, and saw My works [for] forty years;
10 Hiyo ndiyo sababu nilikasirikia kizazi kile, nami nikasema, ‘Siku zote mioyo yao imepotoka, nao hawajazijua njia zangu.’
for this reason I was grieved with that generation and said, They always go astray in [their] heart, and these have not known My ways;
11 Hivyo nikatangaza kwa kiapo katika hasira yangu, ‘Kamwe hawataingia rahani mwangu.’”
so I swore in My anger, They will [not] enter into My rest.”
12 Ndugu zangu, angalieni, asiwepo miongoni mwenu mtu mwenye moyo mwovu usioamini, unaojitenga na Mungu aliye hai.
Watch out, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
13 Lakini mtiane moyo mtu na mwenzake kila siku, maadamu iitwapo Leo, ili asiwepo hata mmoja wenu mwenye kufanywa mgumu kwa udanganyifu wa dhambi.
but exhort one another every day, while [it] is called “Today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,
14 Kwa kuwa tumekuwa washiriki wa Kristo, kama tukishikamana tu kwa uthabiti na tumaini letu la kwanza hadi mwisho.
for we have become partakers of the Christ, if we may hold fast the confidence [we had] at the beginning to the end,
15 Kama ilivyonenwa: “Leo, kama mkiisikia sauti yake, msiifanye mioyo yenu migumu kama mlivyofanya wakati wa kuasi.”
as it is said, “Today, if you may hear His voice, you may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation.”
16 Basi ni nani waliosikia lakini bado wakaasi? Je, si wale wote waliotoka Misri wakiongozwa na Mose?
For who [were those], having heard, [that] provoked, but not all those having come out of Egypt through Moses?
17 Lakini ni nani aliowakasirikia miaka arobaini? Je, si wale waliofanya dhambi ambao miili yao ilianguka jangwani?
But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
18 Ni nani hao ambao Mungu aliapa kuwa kamwe hawataingia rahani mwake isipokuwa ni wale waliokataa kutii?
And to whom did He swear that they will not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe?
19 Hivyo tunaona kwamba hawakuweza kuingia kwa sababu ya kutokuamini kwao.
And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
