Wahebrania 3
1 Kwa hiyo ndugu watakatifu, mnaoshiriki mwito wa mbinguni, mtafakarini Yesu, mtume na Kuhani Mkuu wa ukiri wetu.
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, attentively consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest whom we have confessed;
2 Alikuwa mwaminifu kwa yeye aliyemweka, kama vile Mose alivyokuwa mwaminifu katika nyumba yote ya Mungu.
who, as well as Moses, is faithful to him that appointed him over all his house.
3 Yesu ameonekana anastahili heshima kubwa kuliko Mose, kama vile mjenzi wa nyumba alivyo wa heshima kubwa kuliko nyumba yenyewe.
Indeed, he has been accounted worthy of glory, as far superior to Moses, as that of the builder is superior to the house.
4 Kwa kuwa kila nyumba hujengwa na mtu fulani, lakini Mungu ni mjenzi wa kila kitu.
Now every house is built by some one; but he, the builder of all things, is God.
5 Basi Mose kama mtumishi alikuwa mwaminifu katika nyumba yote ya Mungu, akishuhudia kwa yale ambayo yangetamkwa baadaye.
And Moses, indeed, as a servant, was faithful in all his house, for a testimony of the things that were to be spoken by him;
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 own house--whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence, and the rejoicing of our hope, unshaken to the end.
7 Kwa hiyo, kama Roho Mtakatifu asemavyo: “Leo, kama mkiisikia sauti yake,
Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "To-day, if you will hear his voice,
8 msiifanye mioyo yenu migumu, kama mlivyofanya katika uasi, wakati ule wa kujaribiwa jangwani,
harden not your hearts, as in the bitter provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;
9 ambapo baba zenu walinijaribu na kunipima ingawa kwa miaka arobaini walikuwa wameyaona matendo yangu.
where your fathers tempted me, and proved me, yet saw my works for forty years.
10 Hiyo ndiyo sababu nilikasirikia kizazi kile, nami nikasema, ‘Siku zote mioyo yao imepotoka, nao hawajazijua njia zangu.’
Wherefore, I was displeased with that generation, and said, They always err in heart, and they have not known my ways.
11 Hivyo nikatangaza kwa kiapo katika hasira yangu, ‘Kamwe hawataingia rahani mwangu.’”
So, I swore, in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest."
12 Ndugu zangu, angalieni, asiwepo miongoni mwenu mtu mwenye moyo mwovu usioamini, unaojitenga na Mungu aliye hai.
Brethren, take heed, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, by departing 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, lest any of you be hardened, through the deceitfulness of sin, exhort one another every day, while it is called To-day:
14 Kwa kuwa tumekuwa washiriki wa Kristo, kama tukishikamana tu kwa uthabiti na tumaini letu la kwanza hadi mwisho.
(for we are all partakers of Christ, if, indeed, we hold fast this first confidence firm to the end; )
15 Kama ilivyonenwa: “Leo, kama mkiisikia sauti yake, msiifanye mioyo yenu migumu kama mlivyofanya wakati wa kuasi.”
with this saying, "To-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the bitter provocation."
16 Basi ni nani waliosikia lakini bado wakaasi? Je, si wale wote waliotoka Misri wakiongozwa na Mose?
For some, when they heard, did bitterly provoke; yet, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 Lakini ni nani aliowakasirikia miaka arobaini? Je, si wale waliofanya dhambi ambao miili yao ilianguka jangwani?
Was it not with them 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 should not enter into his rest, but to them who did not believe?
19 Hivyo tunaona kwamba hawakuweza kuingia kwa sababu ya kutokuamini kwao.
So, we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
