VaHebheru 13
1 Rudo rweukama ngarugare.
Continue to love your fellow believers.
2 Musakanganwa kugamuchira vaeni; nokuti mukudaro vamwe vakagamuchira vatumwa vasingazvizivi.
Do not forget to be hospitable to needy travelers [LIT]. You need to know that by being hospitable, some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
3 Rangarirai vasungwa, semakasungwa pamwe navo; vanoitirwa zvakaipa, sezvinonzi ndimwiwo muri pamuviri.
Remember [to help] those who are in prison [because they are Christians], as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are being mistreated {whom people are mistreating} [because they are believers. As you do that], consider that you you could suffer as they do.
4 Wanano ngaikudzwe kune vese, nenhovo irege kusvibiswa; asi Mwari achatonga mhombwe nezvifeve.
You must (respect/keep sacred) the marriage relationship in every way, and you must keep sexual relations [EUP] pure, because God will surely condemn those who act immorally and those who act adulterously.
5 Mararamiro enyu ngaave ekusakarira mari; gutsikanai nezvinhu zviripo; nokuti iye wakati: Handingatongokurasi, uye handingatongokusii.
Live without constantly coveting money, and be content with the things you possess, remembering what [Moses] wrote [that God] has said [about supplying what you need], I will never leave you, I will never stop providing for you [DOU].
6 Naizvozvo tingashinga tichiti: Ishe mubatsiri wangu, uye handingatyi munhu zvaangandiitira.
So we can say confidently [as the Psalmist said], Since the Lord is the one who helps me, I will not be afraid! People can do nothing to me [that will deprive me of God’s blessings] [RHQ].
7 Rangarirai vanokutungamirirai, vakataura kwamuri shoko raMwari; muchicherekedza kuguma kwemafambiro avo, teverai rutendo rwavo.
Your spiritual leaders used to tell you the message from God [before they died]. Remember how they conducted their lives. By considering (how they died/what resulted from how they lived), imitate how they believed [in Christ/God].
Jesus Christ [is] the same now as he was previously, and he will be the same forever. (aiōn g165)
9 Musakukurwa nedzidziso dzakasiyana-siyana uye dzisingazikanwi; nokuti chinhu chakanaka kuti moyo usimbiswe nenyasha, kwete nekudya, kwavasina kubatsirwa nako ivo vakafamba makuri.
[So], do not let yourselves be diverted {let anything divert you} so that you believe various teachings [that are contrary to God’s truth]. It is good that God acts kindly toward us so that we may be strengthened spiritually. [Obeying rules about] various foods, rules that have not benefited those who obeyed them, will not benefit us.
10 Tine aritari, pavasina kodzero yekudya pairi ivo vanoshumira tabhenakeri.
We have [Jesus] [MTY]. All those who continue to observe the Jewish rituals [MTY] of sacrifice have no right to obtain the benefits of his sacrifice [MET].
11 Nokuti mhuka idzo, dzakaisirwa ropa radzo panzvimbo tsvene nemupristi mukuru nekuda kwechivi, mitumbi yadzo inopiswa kunze kwemusasa.
After the high priest brings into the most holy place the blood of animals [that they have sacrificed to atone] for sins, the bodies of those animals are burned {they burn the bodies of those animals} outside the camp.
12 Naizvozvo naJesuwo, kuti aite vanhu vave vatsvene neropa rake pachake wakatambudzika kunze kwesuwo.
Similarly, Jesus suffered [and died] outside the gate [of Jerusalem] in order that he might make [us], his people, holy by [offering] his own blood [as a sacrifice to atone for our sins].
13 Naizvozvo ngatibudire kwaari kunze kwemusasa, takatakura kunyadziswa kwake.
So, we must abandon [performing Jewish] sacrifices and rituals [MET] [in order to be saved], and let us go to Jesus [to be saved]. As we do that, we must [be willing to] let others reproach us just like people reproached Jesus.
14 Nokuti pano hatina guta rinogara, asi tinotsvaka rinouya.
Here on earth, we believers do not have a city [such as Jerusalem where we must] continually [offer sacrifices] [MET]. Instead, we are waiting for a future [heavenly] city [that will last forever].
15 Naizvozvo kubudikidza naye ngatirambe tichibaira chibairo chekurumbidza kuna Mwari, ndicho chibereko chemiromo ichibvuma zita rake.
With [the help of] Jesus, we must continually praise God. That will be something we can sacrifice [to him] [MET] [instead of our sacrificing animals only at specific times]. Specifically, we must say openly [MTY] [that we have trusted] in Christ [MTY].
16 Asi musakanganwa kuita zvakanaka nekudyidzana; nokuti Mwari anofadzwa nezvibairo zvakadaro.
Be continually [LIT] doing good deeds [for others], and be continually sharing [with others the things you have], because doing things like that will [also] be [as though you are offering] sacrifices that will please God.
17 Teererai vanokutungamirirai, uye muzviise pasi pavo; nokuti ava vanorindira mweya yenyu, sevachazopa rondedzero, kuti vaite izvozvo nemufaro, kwete nekugomera; nokuti izvozvo hazvikubatsiriyi.
Obey your [spiritual] leaders; do what they tell you, since they are the ones who are looking out for your spiritual welfare [SYN]. [Some day] they will have to stand before God so that he can say if he approves of what they have done. Obey them in order that they can do the work of guarding you joyfully, and not have to do it sadly, because if you cause them to do it sadly, that will certainly not help you at all (OR, they will not be able to help you at all).
18 Tinyengetererei; nokuti tinovimba kuti tine hana yakanaka, tichida kufamba zvakanaka pazvinhu zvese;
Pray for me. I am certain that I have not done anything that displeases God. I have tried to act honorably [toward you] in every way.
19 uye ndinokukumbirisisai kuti muite izvozvi, kuti ndikurumidze kudzoserwa kwamuri.
I urge you earnestly to pray that [God] will quickly remove the things that hinder my coming to you.
20 Zvino Mwari werugare, wakadzosa kubva kuvakafa Mufudzi mukuru wemakwai, neropa resungano yekusingaperi, iye Ishe wedu Jesu, (aiōnios g166)
Jesus [provides for us], [protects us, and guides us as] a great shepherd does for his sheep [MET]. And God, who gives us [inner] peace, brought our Lord Jesus back to life. By doing that, God ratified his eternal covenant with us by the blood [that flowed from Jesus when he died on the] cross. (aiōnios g166)
21 ngaakupereredzei pabasa rese rakanaka kuti muite chido chake, achiita mukati menyu izvo zvinofadza pamberi pake kubudikidza naJesu Kristu, ngaave nekubwinya kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni. (aiōn g165)
So I pray that God will equip you with everything good [that you need in order] that you may do the things that he desires. May he accomplish in our lives whatever he considers pleasing as a result of Jesus Christ [equipping us]. May Jesus Christ be praised forever. (Amen!/May it be so!) (aiōn g165)
22 Asi ndinokukumbirisai, hama, gamuchirai makatsunga shoko rekurudziro, nokutiwo ndakunyorerai nemashoko mashoma.
My fellow believers, I appeal to you that you patiently consider [what] I have written in this short letter, to exhort you.
23 Zivai kuti Timotio hama yedu wakasunungurwa, kana akakurumidza kusvika, ndinozokuonai ndinaye.
I want you to know that our fellow believer Timothy has been released {[the authorities] have released our fellow believer Timothy} [from prison]. If he comes here soon, he will accompany me when I go to see you.
24 Kwazisai vese vanokutungamirirai, nevatsvene vese. Vanobva Itaria vanokukwazisai.
Tell all your [spiritual] leaders and all the [other] fellow believers [in your city] that (I am thinking fondly about them/I am sending them my greetings). The believers [in this area who have come] from Italy [want you to know they] are (thinking about you/sending you their greetings).
25 Nyasha ngadzive nemwi mese. Ameni.
[I pray that] you will continue to experience God’s acting kindly toward you all.
