Hebrews 6
1 Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God —
Kwa hiyo, tukiachana na mafundisho yale ya awali kuhusu Kristo na tukisonga mbele ili tufikie utimilifu, sio kuweka tena msingi wa mafundisho ya kuzitubia kazi zisizo na uhai na imani katika Mungu,
2 teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment. (aiōnios g166)
mafundisho kuhusu aina za ubatizo, kuwekea watu mikono, ufufuo wa wafu, na hukumu ya milele. (aiōnios g166)
3 Yes and, with God’s help, we will.
Mungu akitujalia tutafanya hivyo.
4 For if those who were once for all brought into the Light, and learned to appreciate the gift from Heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,
Kwa kuwa ni vigumu kwa wale ambao wakati fulani walishapata nuru, ambao walishaonja kipawa cha mbinguni, ambao wamekwisha kushiriki katika Roho Mtakatifu,
5 and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age — (aiōn g165)
ambao wameonja uzuri wa Neno la Mungu na nguvu za wakati ujao, (aiōn g165)
6 if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.
kisha wakianguka, kuwarejesha tena katika toba. Kwa kuwa wanamsulubisha Mwana wa Mungu mara ya pili na kumdhalilisha hadharani, nayo ikawa hasara kwao.
7 Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall upon it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
Ardhi ile ipokeayo mvua inyeshayo juu yake mara kwa mara hutoa mazao yanayowanufaisha wale ambao kwa ajili yao yalimwa, nayo nchi hiyo hupokea baraka kutoka kwa Mungu.
8 but, if it ‘bears thorns and thistles,’ it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being ‘cursed,’ and its end will be the fire.
Lakini ardhi ikizaa miiba na mibaruti, haina thamani na iko hatarini ya kulaaniwa. Mwisho wake ni kuchomwa moto.
9 But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things — of things that point to your Salvation.
Ingawa tunasema hivi, ndugu zangu wapendwa, kwa upande wenu tuna hakika ya mambo mema zaidi, mambo yale yahusuyo wokovu.
10 For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians — as you are still doing.
Mungu si mdhalimu: yeye hataisahau kazi yenu na upendo ule mlioonyesha kwa ajili yake katika kuwahudumia watakatifu na hata sasa mnaendelea kuwahudumia.
11 But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end.
Nasi twataka kila mmoja wenu aonyeshe bidii iyo hiyo ili mpate kujua uhakika kamili wa lile tumaini mpaka mwisho,
12 Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God’s promises.
ili msije mkawa wavivu, bali mpate kuwaiga wale ambao kwa imani na saburi hurithi zile ahadi.
13 When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
Mungu alipompa Abrahamu ahadi yake, kwa kuwa hakuwepo mwingine aliyekuwa mkuu kuliko yeye ambaye angeweza kuapa kwa jina lake, aliapa kwa nafsi yake,
14 His words were — ‘I will assuredly bless thee and increase thy numbers.’
akisema, “Hakika nitakubariki na kukupa wazao wengi.”
15 And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfilment of God’s promise.
Abrahamu naye, baada ya kungoja kwa saburi, alipokea kile kilichoahidiwa.
16 Men, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.
Wanadamu huapa kwa yeye aliye mkuu kuwaliko, nacho kiapo hicho huthibitisha kile kilichosemwa na hivyo humaliza mabishano yote.
17 And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath.
Mungu alipotaka kuonyesha kwa udhahiri zaidi ile asili ya kutokubadilika kwa ahadi yake kwa warithi wa ahadi, aliithitibisha kwa kiapo.
18 For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false — we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.
Mungu alifanya hivyo ili kwa vitu viwili visivyobadilika, yaani ahadi yake na kiapo chake, ambavyo kwavyo Mungu hawezi kusema uongo, sisi ambao tumemkimbilia ili tulishike lile tumaini lililowekwa mbele yetu tuwe na faraja thabiti.
19 This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it ‘reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,’
Tunalo tumaini hili kama nanga ya roho iliyo imara na thabiti. Tumaini hili huingia katika sehemu takatifu iliyopo nyuma ya pazia,
