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.
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, let us proceed with fear so that none of you may be found to have fallen short of it.
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 have received good news just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united by faith with those who listened.
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 we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, God has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter my rest!’” Now God's works have been finished from the foundation of the world.
4 Kwani ameshasema sehemu fulani kuhusu siku ya saba, “Mungu alipumzika siku ya saba katika yote aliyoyafanya.”
For in one place it speaks about the seventh day as follows: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”
5 Tena ameshasema, “Hawataingia kwenye pumziko langu.”
But again, God says in the passage above: “They will not enter 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,
Therefore, since God's rest remains open for some to enter, and those who formerly received good news did not enter because of their 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.”
he again designates a certain day, calling it “Today,” as he says through David much later, in the passage already quoted, “Today, if you 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, God would not have spoken later about another day.
9 Kwa hiyo bado kuna Sabato ya pumziko iliyotunzwa kwa ajili ya watu wa Mungu.
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest 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 anyone who has entered God's rest has rested from his own works, just as God rested from his.
11 Kwa hiyo tuweni na shauku ya kuingia katika lile pumziko, ili kwamba asiwepo atakayeanguka katika aina ya uasi waliofanya.
Therefore let us make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern 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 active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow, and discerning 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.
No creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
14 Baadaye kuwa na kuhani mkuu aliyeingia katika mbingu, Yesu Mwana wa Mungu, kwa uimara tushikilie imani zetu.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
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 one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet was 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.
Therefore let us draw near to the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
