VaHebheru 1

¹Mwari wakataura kare kunamadzibaba muvaporofita nemigove mizhinji, vuye nemitovo mizhinji,God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

²zvino pakupedzisira kwamazuva ano wakataura kwatiri muMwanakomana wake, waakaita mudyi wenhaka yezvinhu zvose, waakaita vo naye nyika;Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

³iye chadzera chokubwinya kwake, nomufananidzo wake chaiye, unotakura zvinhu zvose neshoko resimba rake, wakati anatsa zvivi zvedu iye pachake, akagara kurudyi rwoVumambo kudenga,Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

⁴akapfuvura vatumwa nokunaka saizvozvo, sezita raakagara nhaka yaro,Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

⁵Nokuti wakambotaura kunani wavatumwa, achiti: Ndiwe Mwanakomana wangu, Nhasi ndakubereka? Vuye zve: Ndichava Baba vake, Iye uchava Mwanakomana wangu?For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

⁶Vuye, kana achizovuyisa zve dangwe rake panyika, unoti: Vatumwa vose vaMwari ngavamunamate.And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

⁷Napamusoro pavatumwa unoti: Iye unoita vatumwa vake kuti vave Mhepo, Navaranda vake, kuti vave murazvo womoto;And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

⁸Asi pamusoro poMwanakomana, unoti: Chigaro chenyu chovushe, imi Mwari, chiripo nokusingaperi-peri, Netsvimbo yokururama ndiyo tsvimbo Yovushe bwako.But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

⁹Makada kururama, mukavenga kusarurama; Saka Mwari, iye Mwari wenyu, wakakuzodzai Namafuta okufara kupfuvura shamwari dzenyu.Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

¹⁰Vuye, Imi, Ishe, makateya nheyo dzenyika pakutanga, Nedenga ndiro basa ramavoko enyu;And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

¹¹Iro richapera, asi imi mucharamba muripo;Richasakara rose senguvo;They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

¹²Mucharipeta sechinofukwa, Senguvo, rikashandurwa; Asi imi makangodaro, namakore enyu haangagumi.And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

¹³Asi wakambotaura kunani wavatumwa, achiti: Gara kurudyi rwangu, Kusvikira ndichiita vavengi vako vave chitsiko chetsoka dzako?But to which of the angels said he at any times, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

¹⁴Ko havazi vose mweya inoshumira, yakatumwa, kuzobata nokuda kwavanodya nhaka yokuponeswa here?Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?