Jesus and Moses
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Kwa hiyo, ndugu watakatifu, wenye kuushiriki mwito wa mbinguni, mtafakarini sana Mtume na Kuhani Mkuu wa maungamo yetu, Yesu,
2 who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
aliyekuwa mwaminifu kwake yeye aliyemweka, kama Musa naye alivyokuwa, katika nyumba yote ya Mungu.
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
Kwa maana huyo amehesabiwa kuwa amestahili utukufu zaidi kuliko Musa, kama vile yeye aitengenezaye nyumba alivyo na heshima zaidi ya hiyo nyumba.
4 For every house is builded by some man ; but he that built all things is God.
Maana kila nyumba imetengenezwa na mtu; ila yeye aliyevitengeneza vitu vyote ni Mungu.
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
Na Musa kweli alikuwa mwaminifu katika nyumba yote ya Mungu kama mtumishi, awe ushuhuda wa mambo yatakayonenwa baadaye;
6 but Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
bali Kristo, kama mwana, juu ya nyumba ya Mungu; ambaye nyumba yake ni sisi, kama tukishikamana sana na ujasiri wetu na fahari ya taraja letu mpaka mwisho.
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith,
To day if ye will hear his voice,
Kwa hiyo, kama anenavyo Roho Mtakatifu, Leo, kama mtaisikia sauti yake,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation,
In the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Msifanye migumu mioyo yenu, Kama wakati wa kukasirisha, Siku ya kujaribiwa katika jangwa,
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me,
And saw my works forty years.
Hapo baba zenu waliponijaribu, wakanipima, Wakaona matendo yangu miaka arobaini.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation,
And said, They do alway err in their heart;
And they have not known my ways.
Kwa hiyo nalichukizwa na kizazi hiki, Nikasema, Sikuzote ni watu waliopotoka mioyo hawa; Hawakuzijua njia zangu;
11 So I sware in my wrath,
They shall not enter into my rest.)
Kama nilivyoapa kwa hasira yangu, Hawataingia rahani mwangu.
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Angalieni, ndugu zangu, usiwe katika mmoja wenu moyo mbovu wa kutokuamini, kwa kujitenga na Mungu aliye hai.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Lakini mwonyane kila siku, maadamu iitwapo leo; ili mmoja wenu asifanywe mgumu kwa udanganyifu wa dhambi.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Kwa maana tumekuwa washirika wa Kristo, kama tukishikamana na mwanzo wa uthabiti wetu kwa nguvu mpaka mwisho;
15 while it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
hapo inenwapo, Leo, kama mtaisikia sauti yake, Msifanye migumu mioyo yenu, Kama wakati wa kukasirisha.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
Maana ni akina nani waliokasirisha, waliposikia? Si wale wote waliotoka Misri wakiongozwa na Musa?
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Tena ni akina nani aliochukizwa nao miaka arobaini? Si wale waliokosa, ambao mizoga yao ilianguka katika jangwa?
18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Tena ni akina nani aliowaapia ya kwamba hawataingia katika raha yake, ila wale walioasi?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Basi twaona ya kuwa hawakuweza kuingia kwa sababu ya kutokuamini kwao.
