Wahebrania 4
1 Mungu alituahidia kwamba tutaweza kupata pumziko hilo alilosema. Basi, na tuogope ili yeyote kati yenu asije akashindwa kupata pumziko hilo.
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen 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 also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended 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.
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since 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 somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
5 Tena jambo hili lasemwa pia: “Hawataingia huko ambako ningewapa pumziko.”
And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
6 Wale waliotangulia kuhubiriwa Habari Njema hawakupata pumziko hilo kwa sababu hawakuamini. Wapo, basi, wengine ambao wangejaliwa kulipata.
Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
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.”
God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
8 Kama Yoshua angaliwapa watu hao hilo pumziko, Mungu hangalisema baadaye juu ya siku nyingine.
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
9 Kwa hiyo, basi, bado lipo pumziko kwa watu wa Mungu kama kule kupumzika kwake Mungu siku ya saba.
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest 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 whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just 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, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
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 active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions 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.
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
14 Basi, tunapaswa kuzingatia kwa uthabiti imani tunayoiungama. Maana tunaye Kuhani Mkuu aliyeingia mpaka kwa Mungu mwenyewe—Yesu, Mwana wa Mungu.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
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 do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was 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 then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
