Wahebrania 4
1 Mungu alituahidia kwamba tutaweza kupata pumziko hilo alilosema. Basi, na tuogope ili yeyote kati yenu asije akashindwa kupata pumziko hilo.
Let us fear, therefore, lest, as a promise of entering into his rest still remains, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 Maana Habari Njema imehubiriwa kwetu kama vile ilivyohubiriwa kwa hao watu wa kale. Lakini ujumbe huo haukuwafaa chochote, maana waliusikia lakini hawakuupokea kwa imani.
For we have had the good news preached to us, even as they had: but the word preached did not profit them, for it was not mixed with faith in those who heard it.
3 Basi, sisi tunaoamini tunapata pumziko hilo aliloahidi Mungu. Kama alivyosema: “Nilikasirika, nikaapa: Hawataingia huko ambako ningewapa pumziko.” Mungu alisema hayo ingawa kazi yake ilikuwa imekwisha malizika tangu alipoumba ulimwengu.
For we who have believed are to enter into rest, as he said: So I swore in my anger, they shall not enter into my rest; namely, that rest from his works which had been finished from the foundation of the world.
4 Maana Maandiko yasema mahali fulani kuhusu siku ya saba: “Mungu alipumzika siku ya saba, akaacha kazi zake zote.”
For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day, thus: And God did rest on the seventh day from all his works;
5 Tena jambo hili lasemwa pia: “Hawataingia huko ambako ningewapa pumziko.”
and in this place again: They shall not enter into my rest.
6 Wale waliotangulia kuhubiriwa Habari Njema hawakupata pumziko hilo kwa sababu hawakuamini. Wapo, basi, wengine ambao wangejaliwa kulipata.
Since, then, it remains that some must enter into it, and they, to whom the good news was first preached, did not enter in on account of unbelief,
7 Jambo hili ni wazi, kwani Mungu aliweka siku nyingine ambayo inaitwa “Leo”. Miaka mingi baadaye Mungu alisema juu ya hiyo siku kwa maneno ya Daudi katika Maandiko yaliyokwisha tajwa: “Kama mkisikia sauti ya Mungu leo, msiifanye mioyo yenu kuwa migumu.”
again, he determines a certain day, saying in David, after so long a time, To-day, as it is said, To-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 Kama Yoshua angaliwapa watu hao hilo pumziko, Mungu hangalisema baadaye juu ya siku nyingine.
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not, after this, have spoken of another day.
9 Kwa hiyo, basi, bado lipo pumziko kwa watu wa Mungu kama kule kupumzika kwake Mungu siku ya saba.
There remains, therefore, a sabbath-state for the people of God.
10 Maana, kila anayepata pumziko aliloahidi Mungu atapumzika baada ya kazi yake kama vile pia Mungu alivyopumzika baada ya yake.
For he that has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Basi, tujitahidi kupata pumziko hilo, ili asiwepo yeyote miongoni mwenu atakayeshindwa, kama walivyofanya wao kwa sababu ya ukosefu wao wa imani.
Let us earnestly strive, therefore, to enter into that rest, lest any one fall after the same example of unbelief.
12 Neno la Mungu ni hai na lina nguvu; ni kali zaidi kuliko upanga wenye makali kuwili. Hukata kabisa mpaka mahali ambapo moyo na roho hukutana, mpaka pale vikutanapo viungo vya mwili na mafuta. Neno hilo huchambua nia na fikira za mioyo ya watu.
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and pierces even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Hakuna kiumbe chochote kilichofichika mbele ya Mungu; kila kitu kimefunuliwa wazi mbele ya macho yake. Kwake, sisi sote tutapaswa kutoa hoja ya matendo yetu.
And there is no creature which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked, and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
14 Basi, tunapaswa kuzingatia kwa uthabiti imani tunayoiungama. Maana tunaye Kuhani Mkuu aliyeingia mpaka kwa Mungu mwenyewe—Yesu, Mwana wa Mungu.
Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
15 Huyu Kuhani Mkuu wetu si mmoja ambaye hawezi kutuunga mkono katika unyonge wetu, ila ni Kuhani Mkuu ambaye alijaribiwa kama sisi kwa kila namna lakini hakutenda dhambi.
For we have not a high priest that can not sympathize with our infirmities; but he was tempted in all things like ourselves, yet without sin.
16 Basi, na tukikaribie bila hofu kiti cha enzi cha Mungu, palipo na neema, ili tukajipatie huruma na neema ya kutusaidia wakati wa lazima.
Let us come, therefore, with boldness, to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help in every time of need.
