Waebrania 12
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Berean Standard Bible
1Sisi tunalo kundi hili kubwa la mashahidi mbele yetu. Kwa hiyo tuondoe kila kizuizi kinachotuzuia, na dhambi ile inayotung'ang'ania. Tupige mbio kwa uvumilivu katika mashindano yaliyowekwa mbele yetu.
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
2Tumwelekee Yesu ambaye ndiye aliyeianzisha imani yetu na ambaye ataikamilisha. Kwa ajili ya furaha iliyokuwa inamngojea, yeye alivumilia kifo msalabani, bila kujali juu ya aibu yake, na sasa anaketi upande wa kulia wa kiti cha enzi cha Mungu.
2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3Fikirini juu ya mambo yaliyompata Yesu, jinsi alivyostahimili upinzani mkubwa kwa watu wenye dhambi. Basi, msife moyo, wala msikate tamaa.
3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4Maana katika kupambana na dhambi, ninyi hamjapigana mpaka kiasi cha kumwaga damu yenu.
4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
5Je, mmesahau yale maneno ya kutia moyo ambayo Mungu anawataja ninyi kuwa wanawe? “Mwanangu, usidharau adhabu ya Bwana, wala usife moyo anapokukanya.
5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
6Maana Bwana humwadhibu kila anayempenda, humpinga kila anayekubali kuwa mwanae.”
6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
7Vumilieni adhabu kwani ni mafundisho; Mungu huwatendea ninyi kama wanawe. Maana ni mwana gani asiyeadhibiwa na baba yake?
7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
8Lakini msipoadhibiwa kama wana wengine, basi, ninyi si wanawe, bali ni wana haramu.
8If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
9Zaidi ya hayo sisi tunawaheshimu wazazi wetu waliotuzaa hata wanapotuadhibu. Basi, tunapaswa kumtii zaidi Baba yetu wa kiroho ili tupate kuishi.
9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
10Wazazi wetu hapa duniani walituadhibu kwa muda, kama wao wenyewe walivyoona kuwa vema; lakini Mungu anatuadhibu kwa ajili ya faida yetu wenyewe, tupate kuushiriki utakatifu wake.
10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
11Kuadhibiwa si jambo la kufurahisha bali la kuhuzunisha. Lakini wale waliofunzwa kuwa na nidhamu mwishowe watavuna tuzo la amani kutoka katika maisha adili!
11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
12Basi, inueni mikono yenu inayolegea na kuimarisha magoti yenu yaliyo dhaifu.
12Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
13Endeleeni kutembea katika njia iliyonyoka, ili kile kilicholemaa kisiumizwe, bali kiponywe.
13Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
14Jitahidini kuishi kwa amani na watu wote. Ishini maisha ya utakatifu, kwa sababu hakuna mtu atakayemwona Bwana bila ya maisha kama hayo.
14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
15Jitahidini sana mtu yeyote asije akapoteza neema ya Mungu. Muwe waangalifu ili mti mchungu usizuke kati yenu na kuwaua wengi kwa sumu yake.
15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16Jihadharini ili miongoni mwenu pasiwe na mtu mwasherati au mtu asiyemcha Mungu kama Esau, aliyeuza haki yake ya mzaliwa wa kwanza kwa mlo mmoja.
16See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17Ninyi mnafahamu kwamba hata alipotaka kuipata tena ile baraka iliyokuwa yake, alikataliwa, maana hakupata tena nafasi ya kutubu, ingawa aliitafuta kwa machozi.
17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
18Ninyi hamkuwasili mlimani Sinai, ambao unaweza kushikika kama walivyofanya watu wa Israeli, hamkufika kwenye moto uwakao, penye giza, tufani,
18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
19mvumo wa tarumbeta na sauti ya maneno. Wale waliosikia sauti hiyo waliomba wasisikie tena neno jingine,
19to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
20kwani hawakuweza kustahimili amri iliyotolewa: “Atakayegusa mlima huu, hata kama ni mnyama, atapigwa mawe.”
20For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
21Hayo yote yalionekana ya kutisha mno, hata Mose akasema, “Naogopa na kutetemeka.”
21The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
22Lakini ninyi mmefika katika mlima wa Sioni, kwenye mji wa Mungu aliye hai. Mmefika Yerusalemu, mji wa mbinguni, ambapo wamekusanyika malaika elfu nyingi wasiohesabika.
22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
23Mmefika kwenye kusanyiko kubwa la wazaliwa wa kwanza wa Mungu, ambao majina yao yameandikwa mbinguni. Mnasimama mbele ya Mungu aliye hakimu wa wote, na mbele ya roho za watu waadilifu waliofanywa kuwa wakamilifu.
23in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24Mmefika kwa Yesu ambaye ameratibisha agano jipya, na ambaye damu yake iliyomwagika inasema mambo mema zaidi kuliko ile ya Abeli.
24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
25Basi, jihadharini msije mkakataa kumsikiliza yeye ambaye anasema nanyi. Kama wale walikataa kumsikiliza yule aliyewaonya hapa duniani hawakuokoka, sisi tutawezaje kuokoka kama tukikataa kumsikiliza yule anayetuonya kutoka mbinguni?
25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
26Wakati ule sauti ilitetemesha nchi, lakini sasa ameahidi: “Nitatetemesha nchi tena, lakini si nchi tu bali pia mbingu.”
26At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
27Neno hili: “tena” linatuonyesha kwamba vitu vyote vilivyoumbwa vitatetemeshwa na kutoweka ili vibaki vile visivyotetemeshwa.
27The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
28Sisi basi, na tushukuru kwani tunapokea utawala usiotikisika. Tuwe na shukrani na kumwabudu Mungu kwa namna itakayompendeza, kwa ibada na hofu;
28Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
29maana Mungu wetu kweli ni moto mkali unaoteketeza.
29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
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