Wahebrania 4
1 Kwa hiyo, kwa kuwa bado ahadi ya kuingia rahani iko wazi, tujihadhari ili hata mmoja wenu asije akaikosa.
We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, anyone of you may seem to have come short,
2 Kwa maana sisi pia tumesikia Injili iliyohubiriwa kwetu, kama nao walivyosikia; lakini ujumbe ule waliousikia haukuwa na maana kwao, kwa sababu wale waliousikia hawakuuchanganya na imani.
for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,
3 Sasa sisi ambao tumeamini tunaingia katika ile raha, kama vile Mungu alivyosema, “Kwa hiyo nikaapa katika hasira yangu, ‘Kamwe hawataingia rahani mwangu.’” Lakini kazi yake ilikamilika tangu kuumbwa kwa ulimwengu.
for we enter into the rest—we who believed, as He said, “So I swore in My anger, They will [not] enter into My rest”; and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,
4 Kwa maana mahali fulani amezungumza kuhusu siku ya saba, akisema: “Katika siku ya saba Mungu alipumzika kutoka kazi zake zote.”
for He spoke in a certain place concerning the seventh [day] thus: “And God rested in the seventh day from all His works”;
5 Tena hapo juu asema, “Kamwe hawataingia rahani mwangu.”
and in this [place] again, “They will [not] enter into My rest”;
6 Kwa hiyo inabaki kuwa wazi kwa wengine kuingia, nao wale wa kwanza waliopokea Injili walishindwa kuingia kwa sababu ya kutokutii.
since then, it remains for some to enter into it, and those who first heard good news did not enter in because of unbelief—
7 Kwa hiyo Mungu ameweka siku nyingine, akaiita Leo, akisema kwa kinywa cha Daudi baadaye sana, kwa maneno yaliyotangulia kunenwa: “Leo, kama mkiisikia sauti yake, msiifanye mioyo yenu migumu.”
again He limits a certain day, “Today,” in David saying, after so long a time, as it has been said, “Today, if you may hear His voice, you may not harden your hearts,”
8 Kwa maana kama Yoshua alikuwa amewapa raha, Mungu hangesema tena baadaye kuhusu siku nyingine.
for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken after these things concerning another day;
9 Kwa hiyo basi, imebaki raha ya Sabato kwa ajili ya watu wa Mungu;
there remains, then, a Sabbath rest to the people of God,
10 kwa kuwa kila mmoja aingiaye katika raha ya Mungu pia hupumzika kutoka kazi zake mwenyewe, kama vile Mungu alivyopumzika kutoka kazi zake.
for he who entered into His rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.
11 Basi, na tufanye bidii kuingia katika raha hiyo, ili kwamba asiwepo yeyote atakayeanguka kwa kufuata mfano wao wa kutokutii.
May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one may fall in the same example of the unbelief,
12 Kwa maana Neno la Mungu li hai tena lina nguvu. Lina makali kuliko upanga wowote wenye makali kuwili, hivyo linachoma hata kuzigawanya nafsi na roho, viungo na mafuta yaliyo ndani yake; tena li jepesi kuyatambua mawazo na makusudi ya moyo.
for the Word of God is living, and working, and sharper—beyond every two-edged sword—and piercing as far as [the] division of soul and spirit, of joints and also marrows, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;
13 Wala hakuna kiumbe chochote kilichofichika machoni pa Mungu. Kila kitu kimefunuliwa na kiko wazi machoni pake yeye ambaye kwake ni lazima tutatoa hesabu.
and there is not a created thing hidden before Him, but all things [are] naked and open to His eyes—with whom is our reckoning.
14 Kwa kuwa tunaye Kuhani Mkuu kuliko wote ambaye ameingia mbinguni, Yesu Mwana wa Mungu, basi na tushikamane sana kwa uthabiti na ule ukiri wa imani yetu.
Having, then, a great Chief Priest having passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—may we hold fast the profession,
15 Kwa kuwa hatuna Kuhani Mkuu asiyeweza kuchukuliana na sisi katika udhaifu wetu, lakini tunaye mmoja ambaye alijaribiwa kwa kila namna, kama vile sisi tujaribiwavyo: lakini yeye hakutenda dhambi.
for we do not have a Chief Priest unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but [One] tempted in all things in like manner, [yet] without sin;
16 Basi na tukikaribie kiti cha rehema kwa ujasiri, ili tupewe rehema na kupata neema ya kutusaidia wakati wa mahitaji.
we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace—for seasonable help.
