Wahebrania 13
1 Basi upendo wa ndugu na uendelee.
Let brotherly love continue.
2 Msisahau kuwakaribisha wageni, maana kwa kufanya hivi, baadhi wamewakaribisha malaika pasipo kujua.
Do not forget hospitality for strangers. For through this, some have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
3 Kumbuka wote waliomo gerezani, kana kwamba mulikuwa nao kule pamoja nao, na kama miili yenu ilitendewa kama wao.
Remember prisoners, as if you were bound with them. Remember those who are mistreated, as if you also were them in the body.
4 Basi ndoa na iheshimiwe na wote na basi kitanda cha ndoa kifanywe kuwa safi, kwa maana Mungu atawahukumu waasherati na wazinzi.
Let marriage be respected by everyone. Let the marriage bed be pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral people and adulterers.
5 Basi njia zenu za maisha ziwe huru katika upendo wa pesa. Muwe wanoridhika na vitu mulivyonavyo, kwani Mungu mwenyewe alisema, “Sitawaacha ninyi kamwe, wala kuwatelekeza ninyi.”
Let your conduct be free from the love of money. Be content with the things you have, for God himself has said, “I will never leave you, nor will I forsake you.”
6 Basi tulidhikeni ili tusema kwa ujasiri, “Bawa ni msaidizi wangu; Sitaogopa. Mwanadamu aweza kunifanya nini?”
Let us be content so that we may have courage to say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can a man do to me?”
7 Wafikirieni wale walio waongoza, wale waliongea neno la Mungu kwenu, na kumbukeni matokeo ya mienendo yao; igeni imani zao.
Consider your leaders, those who spoke God's word to you, and consider the result of their conduct. Imitate their faith.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (aiōn g165)
9 Usije ukaongozwa na mafundisho mbalimbali ya kigeni kwani ni vizuri kwamba moyo ujengwe kwa neema, na siyo kwa sheria kuhusu chakula hayo hayatawasaidia wale wanaoishi kwa hayo.
Do not be carried away by various strange teachings. For it is good that the heart should be strengthened by grace, not by foods that do not help those who walk by them.
10 Tunayo madhabau ambayo wale wanaotumika ndani ya hekalu hawana haki ya kula.
We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat.
11 Kwa kuwa damu za wanyama, zilizotolewa dhabihu kwa ajili ya dhambi, ililetwa na kuhani mkuu ndani ya sehemu takatifu, lakini miili yao ilichomwa nje ya kambi.
For the blood of the animals killed for sins is brought by the high priest into the holy place, while their bodies are burned outside the camp.
12 Kwa hiyo Yesu naye aliteseka nje ya lango la mji, hili kwamba kuweka wakfu watu kwa Mungu kupitia damu yake.
So Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
13 Na kwa hiyo twendeni kwake nje ya kambi, tukizibeba fadheha zake.
Let us therefore go to him outside the camp, bearing his shame.
14 Kwani hatuna makao ya kudumu katika mji huu. Badala yake tutafute mji ambao unakuja.
For we do not have any permanent city here. Instead, we are looking for one that is to come.
15 Kupitia Yesu mnapaswa mara kwa mara kujitoa sadaka ya kumtukuza Mungu, kumsifu kwamba tunda la midomo yetu likili jina lake.
Through him, then, let us always offer up sacrifices of praise to God, praise that is the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
16 Na usisahau kufanya mazuri na kusadiana ninyi kwa ninyi, kwa kuwa ni kwa sadaka kama hiyo ndiyo Mungu hupendezwa sana.
Let us not forget doing good and helping one another, for it is with such sacrifices that God is very pleased.
17 Tiini na kujishusha kwa viongozi wenu, kwani wanaendelea kuwalinda kwa ajili ya nafsi zenu, kama wale watakaotoa hesabu. Tiini ili kwamba viongozi wenu waweze kuwatunza kwa furaha, na sio kwa huzuni, ambayo haitawasaidia.
Obey and submit to your leaders, for they keep watch over your souls, as those who will give account. Obey so that your leaders will do this with joy, and not with groaning, which would be useless to you.
18 Tuombeni, kwani tuna uhakikwa kwamba tuna dhamira njema, tunatamani kuishi maisha ya heshima katika mambo yote.
Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a clean conscience and that we desire to live rightly in all things.
19 Na nyote ninawatia moyo zaidi mfanye hivi, ili kwamba niweze kurudi kwenu hivi karibuni.
I encourage you even more to do this, so that I will be returned to you sooner.
20 Sasa Mungu wa amani, ambaye aliwaleta tena kutoka kwa wafu mchungaji mkuu wa kondoo, Bwana wetu Yesu, kwa damu ya agano la milele, (aiōnios g166)
Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, by the blood of the eternal covenant, (aiōnios g166)
21 Atawapa uwezo kwa kila jambo zuri kufanya mapenzi yake, akifanya kazi ndani yetu iliyo njema ya kupendeza machoni pake, kupitia Yesu Kristo, kwake uwe utukufu milele na milele. Amina. (aiōn g165)
equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
22 Sasa ninakutia moyo, ndugu, kuchukualiana na neno la kutia moyo ambalo kwa ufupi nililiandika kwenu.
Now I encourage you, brothers, to bear with the word of encouragement that I have briefly written to you.
23 Fahamu kwamba ndugu yetu Timotheo ameshaachiwa huru, ambaye pamoja naye nitawaona kama atakuja hivi karibuni.
Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I will see you if he comes soon.
24 Salimia viongozi wako wote na waumini wote. Wale wanaotoka Italia wanakusalimia.
Greet all your leaders and all the believers. Those from Italy greet you.
25 Na neema iwe nanyi nyote.
May grace be with you all.
