Vaebrania 11
1 ino ulwitiko lwa kyang'haani luno alinalwo u muunhu pa ihuvila ikiinu kimonga nuvu kangali. Sa kyang'haani ku kinu kino bado nakivoneka.
Faith is the realisation of things hoped for – the proof of things not seen.
2 Vwimila vwa iili avisukulu vitu valivonesisie ku lwitiko luvanave.
And it was for faith that the people of old were renowned.
3 Ku lwitiko tukagula kuuti iisi jilya pelilue kululaghilo lwa Nguluve, neke kuuti kila kino kivoneka nakikatendalue kuhumilanila ni finu fino fikale fivoneka. (aiōn g165)
Faith enables us to perceive that the universe was created at the bidding of God – so that we know that what we see was not made out of visible things. (aiōn g165)
4 Jilyale vwimila vwa lwitiko kuuti u Habili alyamumikisie u Nguluve ilitekelo lya kufua kukila vule akavombile u Kaini. Jilyale vwimila vwa iili kuuti valya mpalile kuuti nyavwa kyang'haani uNguluve uNguluve alya palilue vwimila vwa mbonolo sino asiletile. Vwimila vwa ilio, uHabili ajighe ijivo, nambe afuile.
Faith made the sacrifice which Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain’s, and won him renown as a righteous man, God himself establishing his renown by accepting his gifts; and it is by the example of his faith that Abel, though dead, still speaks.
5 Jilyale ku lwitiko kuti uEnoko alyatolilue n'kyanya nakavuvona uvufue. “Nalyavonike, ulwakuva u Nguluve alya n'tolile” Ulwakuva jilyajovilue vwimila umwene kuti akamunoghile u Nguluve ye akyale pitolua ku akyanya.
Faith led to Enoch’s removal from earth, so that he might not experience death. “He could not be found because God had removed him.” For, before his removal, he was renowned as having pleased God;
6 Pavusila lwitiko najivwezekana kumunoghela u Nguluve lasima itike kuuti uNguluve ikukala kuuti ikuvapela uluvonolo vala vano vikum'bingilila.
but without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who seek for him.
7 Jilyale nu kulwitiko kuti uNuhu, ikiwa akanilue nu Nguluve vwimila vwa masio ghano naghakavonike, ku vumofu vwa ki Nguluve alyabtendile i safina vwimila vwa kukipoka ikikolo kya mwene. kwa kuvomba ndiki, alyahighile iisi peakava muhaasi ghwa vwakyang'haani vuno vukwisa kukilila ulwitiko.
It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows on faith.
8 Jingave ku lwitiko kuti uIbulahimu, pano alya kemelilue akitika na piluta pakighavo pano panobakanoghile kukwupila ndavule uvuhasi. Akahumile kisila kukagula kukighavo kiki kinoalyale iluta.
It was faith that enabled Abraham to obey the call that he received, and to set out for the place which he was afterwards to obtain as his own; and he set out not knowing where he was going.
9 Jilyale ku lwitiko kuti alikalile mu iisi ja lufingo hwene mughesi. Alikalile mumahema palikimo nu Isaka nu Yakobo, Avahaasi vaninea va lufingo lula lula.
It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the promised land – as in a strange country – living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.
10 Ulu lwakuuti akafumbuagha kupata ili kaja lino likagulike nu njengi ghwa mwene asava ghwe Nguluve.
For he was looking for the city with the sure foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 Lulyale lwe lwitiko kuuti u Ibrahimu, nu Sara jujuo, valyupile ingufu sa kuhola nambmbe ulwakuuti valyale va ghogholo kyongo, ulwakuva vakitike kuuti uNguluve mwitiki, juno alyavafingile kupata u mwana undiimi.
Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for childbearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.
12 kwekuuti kange kuhuma ku muunhu uju jumo juno alyapipi kufua valyaholilue avaana vano navivalilika. Valyale vinga hwene nondue sa kukya kange vinga hwene meke sa mulihanga mulubale mu nyanja.
And so from one man – and that when his powers were dead – there sprang a people as numerous “as the stars in the heavens or the countless grains of sand on the shore.”
13 Ava vooni valyafwile mulwitiko kisila kyupila ulufingo. Pa uluo, vakasivwene na pikusiseghelela pa vutali, vakkitika kuuti valyale vahesia na vakilaji pakyanya pa iisi.
All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only foreigners and strangers on the earth.
14 Kuvala vano vijova amasio ndavule agha vavikila bayana kuuti vilonda iisi jivanave vavuo.
Those who speak like this show plainly that they are seeking their homeland.
15 Sa kyang'haani, ndavule vasavisagha visagha i iisi jino kuvanave valya humile, ndevalyale ni numbula ja kugomoka.
If they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they could have found opportunities to return.
16 Looli nave lulivuo, vinoghelua i iisi jino nono, jino, ja ki vulanga. Pa uluo uNguluve naivona sooni ku tambulivua Nguluve ghuvanave, ulwakuva aling'anisie ilikaja vwimila vuvanave.
But no, they were longing for a better, a heavenly, land! And therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God; indeed he had already prepared them a city.
17 Jilyale ku lwitiko kuuti Ibulahimu ye aghelilue, akamumisie u Isaka. Ena, umwene alyupile kulukelo ulufingo, alyamumisie umwanake jujuo,
It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice – he who had received the promises offering up his only son,
18 juno pakyanya pa mwene jikajovilue, “Kuhima kwa Isaka ikikolo kwako kitambuluagha.”
of whom it had been said – “It is through Isaac that there will be descendants to bear your name.”
19 Ibulahimu alya kaguile kuuti uNguluve alyale ni ngufu sa kyunsusia u Isaka kuhuma muvafue, nakujova kunjovele ja maumbo, alyamwupile.
For he argued that God was even able to raise a man from the dead – and indeed, figuratively speaking, Abraham did receive Isaac back from the dead.
20 Jilyale ku lwitiko kuuti uIsaka alyafunyilue uYakobo nu Esau kuhusu amasio ghono ghilikwisa.
It was faith that enabled Isaac to bless Jacob and Esau, even with regard to the future.
21 Lulyale lwitiko kuti uYakobo ye alimuvutavike vwavkufua, akavafunyia avaanha vooni ava Yusufu. UYakobo akifunya, akeghamila palukongojo lwake.
Faith enabled Jacob, when dying, to give his blessing to each of the sons of Joseph, and “to bow himself in worship as he leant on the top of his staff.”
22 Jilyale ku lwitiko kuti uYusufu unsiki ghamwene ghwa kuvusililo yeghuseghelile, akajuovu pakyanya pa lwa kuhuma kuhuma kwa mwana ghwa Israeli Misiri akavalaghila kutola palikimo navene ifijeghe fya mwene.
Faith caused Joseph, when his end was near, to speak of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions with regard to his bones.
23 Jilyale ku lwitiko kuti uMusa, yeaholilue, alyafisilue nava amesi gha tatu navapafi vamwene ulwakuva valya mwaghile kuti ghwe mwana n'dima juno alyale nono, navakoghwipe ni ndaghilo sa ntwa.
Faith caused the parents of Moses to hide the child for three months after his birth, for they saw that he was a beautiful child; and they would not respect the king’s order.
24 Jilyale kulwitiko kuti uMusa, ye alyale muunhu n'goyo, alyakanile kutambulivua mwana wa minja uFarao.
It was faith that caused Moses, when he was grown up, to refuse the title of “son of a daughter of Pharaoh.”
25 Pa uluo akasalula kuhangilanila i mumuko na vaanha va Nguluve badala jakukela nuvuhosi uvuhosi vwa nyivi sivanave ku kasiki.
He preferred sharing the hardships of God’s people to enjoying the short-lived pleasures of sin.
26 Akasaghile isooni sa kum'bingilila u Kilisite kuti vwe vumofu vuvaha kukila ilitekelo lya ku Misiri ulwakuva akalunguvilie amaaso ghake pa luvonolo lwa nsiki ghuno ghukwisa.
For he counted “the reproaches that are heaped on the Christ” of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, looking forward, as he did, to the reward awaiting him.
27 Jilyale ku lwitiko kuti uMusa akahumila ku Misiri. Nalyasaghile ilyoojo lya Ntwa, ulwakuva alyale nulugudo kwa kulola kwajuno na ivoneka.
Faith caused him to leave Egypt, though undaunted by the king’s anger, for he was strengthened in his endurance by the vision of the invisible God.
28 Lulyale lwitiko kuti akajikolile ipasaka na pimisila idanda, neke kuuti vunangi vwa muholua ghwa kwasia kuuti nangaghelaghe kugusa avaholua va kwasia wakwasia ghwa kighosi ghwa vaIsiraeli.
Faith led him to institute the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the Destroyer might not touch the eldest children of the Israelites.
29 Lulyale lwitiko kuti valyakilile mu nyanja ja shamu ndavule mu lukuve. Unsiki avaMisiri ye vighela kukila, likagulubikivua.
Faith enabled the people to cross the Red Sea, as if it had been dry land, while the Egyptians, when they attempted to do so, were drowned.
30 Jingave ku lwitiko kuti uluvumba lwa Yeriko vukaghile pasi, ye vasyunguite ifighino lekela lubale.
Faith caused the walls of Jericho to fall after being encircled for seven days.
31 lulyale lwitiko kuuti u Rahabu jula mwenda mwelu nalya sovile palikimo navala vano navalyale vakola, ulwakuva akavupile avapelelezi na kuvavika pa vunono.
Faith saved Rahab, the prostitute, from perishing with the unbelievers, after she had entertained the spies with friendliness.
32 Nijove kiki fijo? Ulwakuva unsiki naghukwilabkuvolelela agha Gideoni, Barak, Samsoni, Yeftha, Daudi, Samweli ni savavili,
Need I add anything more? Time would fail me if I attempted to relate the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, and those of David, Samuel, and the prophets.
33 vano kukilila ulwitiko vakalefisie iNtwa, vavyavombile isakyang'aani, vakupile lufingo. Vakadindile amalomo gha nyalupala,
By their faith they subdued kingdoms, ruled righteously, gained the fulfilment of God’s promises, shut the mouths of lions,
34 vaksimisi ingufu sa mwoto, vakapungile uvutemi vwa panga, valyasosivue kuhuma mu mu vutamu, valya valyale vagumu va vulugu, vavambwisisie avasikali avahesia kukimbila.
quelled the fury of the flames, escaped the edge of the sword, found strength in the hour of weakness, displayed their prowess in war, and routed hostile armies.
35 Avamama valyupile avafue vavanave musila jablusetulilo. Avange valyapumisivue, kisila kwitika kulekua muvwavuke neke kuuti vavwesie kupata vwa lusetulilo ulunono fijo.
Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.
36 Avange valepumusivue kwa dhihaka nifuchapo, naamu, nambe kuvudindilo na kuvikua mu ndinde.
Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 Vakatovilue na mavue. Vakadimulilue fipisi nu nsumeno. Vakadumulilue ni panga. Vakalutii ni nguvu sa ng'olo ni nguvu sa mhene valyale vafumbue, vighendelela muvuvafi kange vivombeluaamavivi
They were stoned to death, they were tortured, they were swan asunder, they were put to the sword; they wandered about clothed in the skins of sheep or goats, destitute, persecuted, ill-used –
38 (ghano iisi najikanoghile kuva nagho) vihangajika muvikwavo, mufidunda, mu maghenge na mumina gha iisi.
people of whom the world was not worthy – roaming in lonely places, and on the mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
39 Nambe avaanhu vooniava vakafunyilue nu Nguluve vwimila vwa lwitiko luvanave, nava lyupile kino akavafingile.
Yet, though they all won renown by their faith, they did not obtain the final fulfilment of God’s promise;
40 UNguluve alyatalile kukutupela ikinu kino kinofu, neke kuuti kisila usue navale vighesia kumemesivua.
since God had in view some better thing for us, so that they would only reach perfection together with us.
