Hebrews 12
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
1Ko ia, ko e meʻa ʻi he kāpui ʻakitautolu ʻe he ʻao ʻoe kau fakamoʻoni tokolahi pehē, ke tau siʻaki foki ʻae meʻa mamafa kotoa pē, mo e angahala ʻoku tau moʻuangofua ki ai, pea tau feleleʻi ʻi he fakakukafi ʻae fakapuepue kuo tofi ʻi hotau ʻao.
2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
2ʻO sio pe kia Sisu ko e kamataʻanga mo e ngataʻanga ʻoe tui; ʻaia ne ne kātaki ʻae pekia ʻi he ʻakau, mo ne taʻetokanga ki he fakamā, ko e meʻa ʻi he fiefia naʻe tuku ʻi hono ʻao, pea kuo nofo eni ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻafioʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua.
3For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
3Ke mou tokangaʻi ia naʻa ne kātaki ʻae angatuʻu pehē mei he kau angahala kiate ia, telia naʻa mou fiu mo vaivai ʻi homou loto.
4You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
4ʻOku teʻeki ai ke mou fekuki ʻo aʻu ki he mate, ʻi he fekuki mo e angahala.
5You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
5Pea kuo ngalo ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae akonaki ʻaia ʻoku pehē kiate kimoutolu, ʻo hangē ko e fānau, “Hoku foha, ʻoua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae tautea mei he ʻEiki, pe vaivai ʻi heʻene valokiʻi koe:
6for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
6He ko ia ʻoku ʻofa ki ai ʻae ʻEiki ʻoku ne tautea, pea ʻoku ne teʻia ʻae foha kotoa pē ʻoku ne maʻu.”
7It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?
7Kapau te mou kātaki ʻae tautea, pea ʻoku fai ai ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu ʻo taau mo e ngaahi foha; he ko e foha fē ia ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ke tauteʻi ʻe he tamai?
8But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.
8Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai tautea ʻakimoutolu, ʻaia ʻoku totofu ai kotoa pē, pea ta ko e tupu feʻauaki ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻoku ʻikai moʻoni ko e ngaahi foha.
9Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
9Kaeʻumaʻā naʻe tautea ʻakitautolu ʻe he ngaahi tamai ʻo hotau sino, pea tau fakaʻapaʻapa ki ai: ʻe ʻikai lahi muʻa ʻetau fakavaivai ki he Tamai ʻoe ngaahi laumālie, pea moʻui?
10For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
10He ko e moʻoni naʻa nau tautea ʻo faʻiteliha pe ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻaho siʻi pe; ka ʻoku fai ʻe ia ke ʻaonga, ke tau kau ai ʻi heʻene māʻoniʻoni.
11All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
11Ko eni, ʻoku ʻikai ha fiefia lolotonga ha tautea, ka ko e mamahi: hili ange ia ʻoku tupu ʻae fua fakamelino ʻoe māʻoniʻoni kiate kinautolu kuo akonekina ai.
12Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
12Ko ia ke poupou hake ʻae nima kuo tāupe, mo e foʻi tui ʻoku vaivai;
13and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
13Pea ngaohi ʻae ʻaluʻanga totonu ki homou vaʻe, telia naʻa fakahēʻi ʻaia ʻoku pipiki; kae fakamoʻui muʻa ia.
14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
14Tuli ke mou melino mo e kakai kotoa pē, pea ki he māʻoniʻoni, ʻaia ka ʻikai maʻu, ʻe ʻikai mamata ʻe ha tangata ʻe tokotaha ki he ʻEiki:
15looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
15ʻO vakavakai lahi telia naʻa tomui ha taha ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻae ʻOtua; telia naʻa ai ha aka kona ʻe tupu pea fakamamahiʻi ai ʻakimoutolu , pea ʻuliʻi ai ʻae tokolahi;
16lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
16Telia naʻa ai ha taha feʻauaki pe ha manuki ʻoe meʻa tapu, ʻo hangē ko ʻIsoa, ʻaia naʻa ne fakatau hono lelei ʻoe ʻuluaki foha ʻaki ʻae meʻakai pe taha.
17For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
17He ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻi he hili ia, pea ne fiemaʻu ʻae tāpuaki, naʻe tekeʻi ia: he naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ke liliu ʻaki hono loto, neongo ʻa ʻene kumi ia ʻi he feinga mo e loʻimata.
18For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
18He ʻoku ʻikai ke mou hoko ni ki he moʻunga ʻe faʻa alasi, ʻaia ne vela ʻaki ʻae afi, pea ki he ʻuliʻuli, mo e fakapoʻuli, mo e afā,
19the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
19Pea mo e pā mai ʻoe meʻa lea mo e ongo ʻoe ngaahi lea; ʻaia naʻe kole ai ʻakinautolu naʻe fanongo ke ʻoua naʻa toe leaʻaki kiate kinautolu:
20for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.
20(He naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa tali ʻaia naʻe fekau mai, “Pea naʻa mo e manu kapau ʻe lave ki he moʻunga, ʻe tolongaki ia ʻaki ʻae maka, pe hokaʻi ke ʻasi ʻaki ʻae foʻi tao:”
21So fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”
21Pea ko hono fakailifia fau ʻoe meʻa naʻe hā mai, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Mōsese, “ʻOku ou mātuʻaki manavahē, mo tetetete:”)
22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
22Ka kuo mou hoko ni ki he moʻunga ko Saione, ki he kolo ʻoe ʻOtua moʻui, ki he Selūsalema mei he langi, pea ki he fakataha ʻoe kau ʻāngelo tokolahi taʻefaʻalaua.
23to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
23Ki he fakatahaʻanga lahi, pea ko e siasi ʻoe tangata angatonu kuo fakahaohaoa,
24to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
24Pea kia Sisu ko e fakalaloa ʻoe fuakava foʻou, pea ki he taʻataʻa ʻoku luluku, ʻaia ʻoku leaʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei lahi ʻi he toto ʻo ʻEpeli.
25See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
25Vakai ke ʻoua naʻa mou taʻetokangaʻi ia ʻoku folofola. He kapau naʻe ʻikai hao ʻakinautolu naʻe taʻetokangaʻi ia naʻe lea ʻi māmani, ʻe fēfeeʻi ʻakitautolu, ʻo kapau te tau tafoki meiate ia ʻoku mei he langi?
26whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
26ʻAia naʻe lulululu ʻa māmani ʻe hono leʻo ʻi he kuonga ko ia: ka kuo talaʻofa eni, ʻo pehē, “Ko e toe taha teu lulululu kae ʻikai ngata ki māmani pe, ka ko e langi foki.”
27This phrase, “Yet once more” signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
27Pea ko e pehē, “Ko e toe taha,” ko e fakahā ʻoe hiki ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ko ia kuo luluʻi, ʻo taau mo e ngaahi meʻa kuo ngaohi, koeʻuhi ke tuʻumaʻu pe ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai faʻa luluʻi.
28Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
28Ko ia ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae puleʻanga, ʻe ʻikai faʻa luluʻi, ke tau kuku maʻu mo e ʻofa, ʻaia ke tau tauhi ʻaki ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻaonga, ʻi he fakaʻapaʻapa mo e manavahē:
29for our God is a consuming fire.
29He ko e afi fakaʻauha ʻa hotau ʻOtua.
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