Wahebrania 4
1 Kwa hiyo, tunapaswa kuwa makini ili kwamba kati yenu asiwepo hata mmoja atakayeonekana kushindwa kufikia ahadi endelevu ya kuingia katika pumzika la Mungu.
Let us be afraid therefore, lest, a promise being left behind to enter into his rest, any of you should seem to have come short.
2 Kwani tumekuwa na habari njema kuhusu pumziko la Mungu lililotangazwa kwetu kama Waisrael walivyokuwa nayo, lakini ujumbe huo haukuwasaidia wale ambao waliusikia bila kuunganisha imani kwa hilo.
For we also are having good news preached, just as also those men, but the word of hearing did not benefit those men, not having been mixed together with faith in those who heard.
3 Kwa sisi, ambao tumekwisha amini-sisi ndio miongoni tutakaoingia katika lile pumuziko, Kama inavyosema, “Kama nilivyoapa kwa hasira yangu, Hawataingia katika pumziko mwangu.” Alisema hili, ingawa kazi zote alizotengeneza zilikuwa zimekamilika tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu.
For those who believe enter into that rest, just as he said, So I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest, although the works occurred from the foundation of the world.
4 Kwani ameshasema sehemu fulani kuhusu siku ya saba, “Mungu alipumzika siku ya saba katika yote aliyoyafanya.”
For he spoke somewhere about the seventh this way, And God rested during the seventh day from all his works,
5 Tena ameshasema, “Hawataingia kwenye pumziko langu.”
and in this again, They will not enter into my rest.
6 Kwa sababu hiyo, tangu pumziko la Mungu bado ni akiba kwa ajili ya baadhi kuingia, na tangu Waisraeli wengi ambao walisikia habari njema kuhusu pumziko lake hawakuingia kwa sababu ya kutotii,
Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had good news did not enter because of disobedience,
7 Mungu aliweka tena siku fulani, iitwayo “Leo.” Yeye aliiongeza siku hii alipozungumza kupitia Daudi, ambaye alisema kwa muda mrefu baada ya yaliyosemwa kwanza, “Leo kama mtasikia sauti yake, msifanye mioyo yenu kuwa migumu.”
again he appoints a certain day, Today, saying in David after so long a time (as it is said), Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.
8 Kwani kama Yoshua aliwapatia pumziko, Mungu asingelisema juu ya siku nyingine.
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these things.
9 Kwa hiyo bado kuna Sabato ya pumziko iliyotunzwa kwa ajili ya watu wa Mungu.
There remains therefore a sabbath for the people of God.
10 Kwani anayeingia katika pumziko la Mungu yeye mwenyewe pia amepumzika kutokana na matendo yake, kama Mungu alivyofanya katika yeye.
For a man who has entered into his rest, he has also rested from his works, as God did from his own.
11 Kwa hiyo tuweni na shauku ya kuingia katika lile pumziko, ili kwamba asiwepo atakayeanguka katika aina ya uasi waliofanya.
Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, so that not any man may fall by the same example of disobedience.
12 Kwa maana neno la Mungu li hai na lina nguvu na linaukali kuliko upanga wowote wenye makali kuwili. Na huchoma hata kufikia kugawanya nafsi na roho, na viungo kutika uboho. Na lenye kuweza kufahamu fikira za moyo nia yake.
For the word of God is living, and potent, and sharper, above every two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division both of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and discernible of the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
13 . Hakuna kilichoumbwa kilichojificha katika uso wa Mungu. Badala yake, kila kitu ni dhahiri na wazi kwa macho ya mmoja ambaye ni lazima tutoe hesabu.
And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.
14 Baadaye kuwa na kuhani mkuu aliyeingia katika mbingu, Yesu Mwana wa Mungu, kwa uimara tushikilie imani zetu.
Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of the affirmation.
15 Kwa kuwa hatuna kuhani mkuu ambaye hawezi kuhisi huruma kwa ajili udhaifu wetu, lakini yeye ambaye kwa njia zote amekuwa akijaribiwa kama sisi, isipokuwa yeye ambaye hana dhambi.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.
16 Na tuje kwa ujasiri katika kiti cha enzi cha neema, ili kwamba tupokee rehema na kupata neema ya kutusaidia wakati wa hitaji.
Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.
