VaHebheru 12
1 Naizvozvo nesu tine gore rezvapupu rakatikomberedza, ngatibvise mutoro wese nechivi chinonamatira nyore, ngatimhanye nemoyo murefu nhangemutange yatakaisirwa,
We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
2 takatarira kuna Jesu, muvambi nemupedzeredzi werutendo, iye nekuda kwemufaro waakaisirwa, wakatsunga pamuchinjikwa, achizvidza kunyadziswa, akagara kuruoko rwerudyi rwechigaro cheushe chaMwari.
And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
3 Nokuti cherekedzai iye wakatsunga pagakava rakadai revatadzi vachimirisana naye, kuti murege kuneta, muchipera simba pamweya yenyu.
[Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
4 Muchigere kupikisa kusvikira muropa muchirwa nechivi;
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
5 uye makakanganwa kurudziro inokurukura kwamuri sekuvana ichiti: Mwanakomana wangu, usazvidza kuranga kwaIshe, kana kupera simba kana uchitsiurwa naye.
Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
6 Nokuti Ishe anoranga waanoda, nekushapura mwanakomana umwe neumwe waanogamuchira.
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
7 Kana muchitsunga pakurangwa, Mwari anokubatai sevanakomana; nokuti mwanakomana ndeupi baba wavasingarangi?
It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
8 Asi kana musina kurangwa, pavanoitwa vagovani vese, naizvozvo muri vana veupombwe, uye kwete vanakomana.
So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
9 Uyezve takambova nemadzibaba enyama yedu aidzora, uye tikavakudza; ko, hatingazviisi zvikurusa pasi paBaba vemweya tigorarama here?
Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
10 Nokuti ivo zvimwe vakatiranga kwemazuva mashoma, semaonero avo; asi iye anotirangira kubatsirwa, kuti tigoverane utsvene hwake.
Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
11 Zvino kuranga kwese kunoenda pakuvapo hakuratidzi sekwekufadza, asi kwekushungurudza; zvakadaro pashure kunobereka zvibereko zverugare zvakarurama kune vakarovedzwa mazviri.
During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
12 Naizvozvo simbisai maoko akaremberera pasi nemabvi asina simba;
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 uye gadzirirai tsoka dzenyu nzira dzakarurama, kuti icho chinokamhina chirege kushodoka, asi panzvimbo yeizvozvo chiporeswe.
Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
14 Tevererai rugare nevese, neutsvene, kunze kwezvizvi hakuna munhu achaona Ishe.
Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
15 Muchichenjerera kuti kurege kuva nemunhu anokundikana panyasha dzaMwari; kuti zvimwe mudzi wekuvava urege kukura kuzopa dambudziko, uye nawo vazhinji vasvibiswe;
Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
16 ngakurege kuva neumwe anova mhombwe kana asina hanya naMwari, saEsau, wakatengesa udangwe hwake nekudya kumwe.
Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal.
17 Nokuti munoziva kuti pashurewo, oda kugara nhaka yekuropafadzwa, wakarambwa; nokuti haana kuwana nzvimbo yekutendeuka, kunyange akaitsvaka zvikuru nemisodzi.
You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
18 Nokuti hamuna kuuya kugomo ringabatwa, nerinopfuta moto, uye kurima, nekusviba, nekudutu remhepo,
In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
19 uye kurira kwehwamanda, nenzwi remashoko; iro ivo vakarinzwa vakakumbira kuti shoko rirege kuchitaurwa kwavari;
They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
20 nokuti vakakonewa kutakura icho chakange charairwa, chekuti: Kana kunyange mhuka ikabata gomo, ichatakwa nemabwe, kana kufurwa nemuseve;
When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
21 uye, chakaonekwa chaityisa kudai, Mozisi wakati: Ndinovhunduka, ndinodedera.
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
22 Asi mauya kugomo reZiyoni, nekuguta raMwari mupenyu, kuJerusarema rekudenga, nekumazana evatumwa vasingaverengeki,
Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
23 kuungano huru nekereke yematangwe akanyorwa kumatenga, nekuna Mwari mutongi wevese, nekumweya yevakarurama vakapereredzwa,
You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
24 nekuna Jesu murevereri wesungano itsva, nekuropa rekusasa, rinotaura zvinhu zviri nani pane raAbhero.
You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
25 Chenjerai kuti murege kuramba uyo anotaura. Nokuti kana vasina kupukunyuka ivo vakaramba iye wakataura panyika zvinobva kuna Mwari, zvikuru sei isu kana tichifuratira iye anobva kumatenga;
Beware that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
26 iye inzwi rake rakazungunusa nyika nguva iyo, asi ikozvino wakavimbisa, achiti: Kamwe chetezve ini ndichazungunusa kwete nyika chete, asi nedenga.
The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
27 Uye izvi zvekuti: Kamwe chetezve, zvinoratidza kutamiswa kwezvinhu zvinozununguka, sezvinhu zvakaitwa, kuti zvisingazungunuki zvigare.
The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
28 Naizvozvo zvatinogamuchira ushe husingazununguswi, ngative nenyasha dzatingashumira nadzo Mwari zvinogamuchirika pamwe nekukudza nekutya Mwari.
So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
29 Nokutiwo Mwari wedu moto unoparadza.
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
