Ibraniyawa 4

1 Bara nani, uso tiba su seng, nworu na umong bite wa dira uduru nli nbun nalikawali npiru nshinu Kuttelle ba.

We must, therefore, be very careful, though there is a promise still standing that we shall enter upon God’s Rest, that none of you even appear to have missed it.

2 Bara tina se uliru ucine kitene nshinu Kutelle ulle na iwa bellin nari nafo na an Isiraila wandi, nin nani na kani kadure wan kpin imomon kiti nale na ina lanza, sa uwuro imuni uyinnu sa uyenu ku ba.

For we have had the Good News told us just as they had. But the Message which they heard did them no good, since they did not share the faith of those who were attentive to it.

3 Bara arike, allenge na tiwa yinin - arikere alenge na tiba piru ushinu une, nafo na ina bellin “nafo na nna sillo nanya tinana nayi nighe, na inu nghe ba piru nshinu ni nghe, ba”. Awa bellin nani ko nin nworu makeke katuwa me nmalla unuzu ncizinu nnyi.

Upon that Rest we who have believed are now entering. As God has said — ‘In my wrath I swore — “They shall never enter upon my Rest;”’ Although God’s work was finished at the creation of the world;

4 Bara ana bellin nkan kiti, ubellen liyiri nasabar “Kutelle wa shin vat katuwa me liyiri nasabar”.

for, in a passage referring to the seventh day, you will find these words — ‘God rested upon the seventh day after all his work.’

5 Tutun amini wa woro “na inug ba piru ushinu nighe ba.

On the other hand, we read in that passage — ‘They shall never enter upon my Rest.’

6 Bara nani, tunda na iwa ceo ushinu Kutelle, among nan pira, tunda na an Isiraila gbardang na lanza uliru ucine, kitene nshinu una ipira ba bara usalin ndortu Kutelle:

Since, then, there is still a promise that some shall enter upon this Rest, and since those who were first told the Good News did not enter upon it, because of their disbelief,

7 Kutelle nakuru nlon liyiri na idin yicu “kitomone” ana kele liyiri lole kubi na awa liru kiti Dauda, ulenge na awa bellin uworsu kube na iwadi imal bellu”. “Kitimone asa ulanza liwui me, na uwa ti gbas nin kibinayi fe ba”.

again God fixed a day. ‘To-day,’ he said, speaking after a long interval through the mouth of David, in the passage already quoted — ‘If to-day you hear God’s voice Harden not your hearts.’

8 Bara andi Joshuwa wa ni nani ushinu, na Kutelle wasu uliru kitene nlon liyiri ba.

Now if Joshua had given ‘Rest’ to the people, God would not have spoken of another and later day.

9 Bara nani, udak nene nlon liyiri na sabar duku na ina ceo bara annit Kutelle.

There is, then, a Sabbath-Rest still awaiting God’s People.

10 Ame ulenge na apira nshinu Kutelle, ata litime tutun ashino nanya nadadu me, nafo Kutelle nanya kan me.

For he who enters upon God’s Rest does himself rest after his work, just as God did.

11 Bari nani, na tiyita nin nayi npiru nshinu une, bara umong wa dira nanya nsalin dortu Kutelle na idin su.

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter upon that Rest, so that none of us fall through such disbelief as that of which we have had an example.

12 Tigbullang Kutelle ti duku, nin likara akatin litan kileou, asa a wuso nin kosu kidowo nanya nruhu, anin munu gbolgbok, amini nwansa a yinno ukpilizu kibinayi nin nniya.

God’s Message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way till it penetrates soul and spirit — not the joints only but the very marrow — and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.

13 na imon makeke nyeshin nyenju Kutelle ba, bara nani, imon vat di fisere nin fong kiti niyizi ame ulle na tiba ni kibatiza kitime.

There is no created thing that can hide itself from the sight of God. Everything is exposed and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we have to give account.

14 Tidi mun npirist udia, ulenge na ana katah udu kitene, Yisa gono Kutelle, na ti min uyinnu bite nin likara gangang.

We have, then, in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into the highest Heaven; let us, therefore, hold fast to the Faith which we have professed.

15 Na tidimun npirist udia ulenge na a sali sa ulanzu nkunekune bite bara usali likara ba, ame ulenge nanya vat tibau ina dumun nghe nafo arike, ame cas di sa kulapi.

Our High Priest is not one unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but one who has in every way been tempted, exactly as we have been, but without sinning.

16 Na arike kuru ti dak nin yinnu kibinayi, kiti kutet tigo naliheri, tinan sere ntop nin se naliheri udu nbunu kubi ndamuwa.

Therefore, let us draw near boldly to the Throne of Love, to find pity and love for the hour of need.