VaHebheru 12

¹Naizvozvo, nesu vo, zvatakakomberedzwa negore rezvapupu rakakura rikadai, ngatibvisei zvose zvinoremedza nezvivi zvinongotinamatira, ngatimhanye nokutsungirira nhangemutange yatakaisirwa, mberi kweduWherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

²tichitarira kunaJesu, muvambi nomukwanisi wokutenda kwedu, iye wakatsunga pamuchinjikwa nokuda kwomufaro wakaiswa pamberi pake, akashovora kunyadziswa kwawo, akandogara kurudyi rwechigaro chovushe chaMwari.Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³Nokuti cherekedzai uyo wakatsunga pakukakavara kwakadai kwavatadzi, kuti imi murege kuneta nokupera simba pamweya yenyu.For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

⁴Muchigere kudzivirira kusvikira ropa richibuda pakurwa kwenyu nezvivi.Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

⁵Vuye makakanganwa kwazvo kuraira kunotaura kwamuri sokuvanakomana, kuchiti: Mwanakomana wangu, usazvidza Kuranga kwaShe, Usapera moyo kana uchirairwa naye;And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

⁶Nokuti waanoda Ishe unomuranga, Unorova zvikuru mwanakomana mumwe nomumwe waanogamuchira.For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

⁷Tsungai henyu moyo kuti murangwe; Mwari unobata nemi savanakomana; nokuti mwanakomana ndoupi usingarangwi nababa?If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

⁸Asi kana musingarangwi sezvinoitirwa vose, muri vana vovupombwe, hamuzi vanakomana chaivo.But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

⁹Vuye zve isu taiva namadzibaba edu enyama, vaitiranga, tikavakudza; ko hatingazviisi zvikuru pasi paBaba vemweya, kuti tirarame here?Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

¹⁰Nokuti ivo, zvirokwazvo, vakatiranga mazuva mashoma, sezvavaifunga: asi iye unotiranga kuti tibatsirwe, tigogoverwa vutsvene bwake.For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

¹¹Zvino kuranga kwose, kana kuchaitwa, kwakaita sokusingafadzi, asi mariro, asi pashure kunoberekera ivo, vakadzidziswa nako, zvibereko zvorugare, ndizvo zvibereko zvokururama.Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

¹²Saka simbisai zve mavoko akarembera pasi, namabvi anoshaiwa simba;Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

¹³gadzirirai tsoka dzenyu nzira dzakarurama, kuti icho chinokamhina chirege kushodoka, asi chiporeswe.And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

¹⁴Tsvakai rugare navanhu vose novutsvene, nokuti kunze kwabwo hakunomunhu uchavona Ishe;Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

¹⁵Muchichenjerera kuti kurege kuva nomunhu unokonewa panyasha dzaMwari; kuti mudzi wokuvava urege kumuka, ukutambudzei, vazhinji vagosvibiswa nawo;Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

¹⁶kurege kuvapo nemhombwe, kana nousinehanya naMwari, saEsau wakatengesa vudangwe bwake nokudya kamwe chete.Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

¹⁷Nokuti munoziva kuti achizoda hake pashure kugara nhaka yokuropafadzwa, wakarambwa; nokuti haana kuwana nzvimbo yokutendevuka, kunyange akaitsvaka zvikuru nemisodzi. Sungano itsva inofananidzwa nesungano yekareFor ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

¹⁸Nokuti hamuna kuswedera kugomo ringabatwa namavoko, rinopfuta, vuye kurima, nokusviba, nokudutu guru,For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

¹⁹nokurira kwehwamanda, nokunzwi ramashoko;ivo vakarinzwa vakakumbira kuti shoko rimwe rirege kuzovataurirwa;And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

²⁰nokuti vakakoniwa kutevera chakanga charairwa, chokuti: Kunyange nemhuka kana ikabata gomo, ichatakwa namabwe;kana kufugwa nomuseve.(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

²¹icho chakavonekwa chakatyisa kudai, kuti naMosesi wakati: Ndinotya kwazvo, ndinodedera;And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

²²asi imi makaswedera kugomo reZiyoni, nokuguta raMwari mupenyu, Jerusarema riri kudenga, nokumazana namazana avatumwa vasingaverengwi,But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

²³nokuvungano huru, nokukereke yamatangwe akanyorwa kudenga, nokunaMwari, mutongi wavose, nokumweya yavakarurama vakakwaniswa,To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

²⁴nokunaJesu, Murevereri wesungno itsva, nokuropa rakasaswa, rinotaura zvakanaka kupfuvura ropa raAbheri.And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

²⁵Chenjerai kuti murege kuramba unotaura; nokuti kana avo vakamuramba nguva yaakavaraira panyika, vasina kupukunyuka, zvikuru isu kana tikafuratira iye wokudenga;See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

²⁶inzwi rake rakazungusa nyika nenguva iyo; asi zvino wakapikira, achiti: Ndichabvundisa zve kamwe chete,isati iri nyika bedzi, asi nedenga vo.Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

²⁷Zvino shoko iri rokuti, kamwe chete, rinoratidza kubviswa kwezvinozununguka, sezvinhu zvakaitwa, kuti izvo zvisingazununguki zvigare.And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

²⁸Saka, zvatinopiwa vushe bwusingazununguki, ngative nokuvonga kuti tishumire Mwari nako, tichimufadza nokukudza nokutya.Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

²⁹Nokuti Mwari wedu moto unoparadza.For our God is a consuming fire.