1
Basi, ikiwa ikaliko ahadi ya kuingia katika raha yake, na tuogope, mmoja wenu asije akaonekana ameikosa.
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 ni kweli, sisi nasi tumehubiriwa habari njema vile vile kama hao. Lakini neno lile lililosikiwa halikuwafaa hao, kwa sababu halikuchanganyika na imani ndani yao waliosikia.
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
Maana sisi tulioamini tunaingia katika raha ile; kama vile alivyosema, Kama nilivyoapa kwa hasira yangu, Hawataingia rahani mwangu:
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
Kwa maana ameinena siku ya saba mahali fulani hivi, Mungu alistarehe siku ya saba, akaziacha 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
na hapa napo, Hawataingia rahani mwangu.
And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
6
Basi, kwa kuwa neno hili limebaki kwamba wako watu watakaoingia humo, na wale waliohubiriwa habari ile zamani walikosa kuingia kwa sababu ya kuasi kwao,
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
aweka tena siku fulani, akisema katika Daudi baada ya muda mwingi namna hii, Leo; kama ilivyonenwa tangu zamani, Leo,kama mtaisikia sauti yake, Msifanye migumu mioyo yenu.
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
Maana kama Yoshua angaliwapa raha, asingaliinena siku nyingine baadaye.
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
9
Basi, imesalia raha ya sabato kwa watu wa Mungu.
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
10
Kwa maana yeye aliyeingia katika raha yake amestarehe mwenyewe katika kazi yake, kama vile Mungu alivyostarehe katika kazi zake.
For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
11
Basi, na tufanye bidii kuingia katika raha ile, ili kwamba mtu ye yote asije akaanguka kwa mfano uo huo wa kuasi.
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
12
Maana Neno la Mungu li hai, tena lina nguvu, tena lina ukali kuliko upanga uwao wote ukatao kuwili, tena lachoma hata kuzigawanya nafsi na roho, na viungo na mafuta yaliyomo ndani yake; tena li jepesi kuyatambua mawazo na makusudi ya moyo.
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
Wala hakuna kiumbe kisichokuwa wazi mbele zake, lakini vitu vyote vi utupu na kufunuliwa machoni pake yeye aliye na mambo 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, iwapo tunaye kuhani mkuu aliyeingia katika mbingu, Yesu, Mwana wa Mungu, na tuyashike sana maungamo yetu.
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
Kwa kuwa hamna kuhani mkuu asiyeweza kuchukuana nasi katika mambo yetu ya udhaifu; bali yeye alijaribiwa sawasawa na sisi katika mambo yote, bila kufanya 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.
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Basi na tukikaribie kiti cha neema kwa ujasiri, ili tupewe rehema, na kupata neema ya kutusaidia wakati wa mahitaji.
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.