Hepelū 12
1 Ko ia, ko e meʻa ʻi he kāpui ʻakitautolu ʻe he ʻao ʻoe kau fakamoʻoni tokolahi pehē, ke tau siʻaki foki ʻae meʻa mamafa kotoa pē, mo e angahala ʻoku [tau ]moʻuangofua ki ai, pea tau feleleʻi ʻi he fakakukafi ʻae fakapuepue kuo tofi ʻi hotau ʻao.
Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,
2 ʻO sio pe kia Sisu ko e kamataʻanga mo e ngataʻanga ʻoe tui; ʻaia ne ne kātaki ʻae pekia ʻi he ʻakau, mo ne taʻetokanga ki he fakamā, ko e meʻa ʻi he fiefia naʻe tuku ʻi hono ʻao, pea kuo nofo eni ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻafioʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua.
looking to Jesus the author and finisher of the faith, who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Ke mou tokangaʻi ia naʻa ne kātaki ʻae angatuʻu pehē mei he kau angahala kiate ia, telia naʻa mou fiu mo vaivai ʻi homou loto.
For consider him that endured such opposition of sinners against himself, lest you become weary and despondent in your minds.
4 ʻOku teʻeki ai ke mou fekuki ʻo aʻu ki he mate, ʻi he fekuki mo e angahala.
You have not yet resisted to blood, in your contest with sin;
5 Pea kuo ngalo ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae akonaki ʻaia ʻoku pehē kiate kimoutolu, ʻo hangē ko e fānau, “Hoku foha, ʻoua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae tautea mei he ʻEiki, pe vaivai ʻi heʻene valokiʻi koe:
and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him.
6 He ko ia ʻoku ʻofa ki ai ʻae ʻEiki ʻoku ne tautea, pea ʻoku ne teʻia ʻae foha kotoa pē ʻoku ne maʻu.”
For, whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son that he receives.
7 Kapau te mou kātaki ʻae tautea, pea ʻoku fai ai ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu ʻo taau mo e ngaahi foha; he ko e foha fē ia ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ke tauteʻi ʻe he tamai?
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons: for what son is there whose father chastens him not?
8 Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai tautea ʻakimoutolu, ʻaia ʻoku totofu ai kotoa pē, pea ta ko e tupu feʻauaki ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻoku ʻikai moʻoni ko e ngaahi foha.
But if you are without chastisement, of which all are par takers, then are you bastards, and not sons.
9 Kaeʻumaʻā naʻe tautea ʻakitautolu ʻe he ngaahi tamai ʻo hotau sino, pea tau fakaʻapaʻapa ki ai: ʻe ʻikai lahi muʻa ʻetau fakavaivai ki he Tamai ʻoe ngaahi laumālie, pea moʻui?
So, then, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live?
10 He ko e moʻoni naʻa nau tautea ʻo faʻiteliha pe ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻaho siʻi pe; ka ʻoku fai ʻe ia ke ʻaonga, ke [tau ]kau ai ʻi heʻene māʻoniʻoni.
For they, indeed, for a few days, chastened us as they thought it good; but he chastens us for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
11 Ko eni, ʻoku ʻikai ha fiefia lolotonga ha tautea, ka ko e mamahi: hili ange ia ʻoku tupu ʻae fua fakamelino ʻoe māʻoniʻoni kiate kinautolu kuo akonekina ai.
But no chastisement seems, at the time, to be a matter of joy, but of grief: yet afterward, it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are exercised by it.
12 Ko ia ke poupou hake ʻae nima kuo tāupe, mo e foʻi tui ʻoku vaivai;
Wherefore, lift up the hands that hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees,
13 Pea ngaohi ʻae ʻaluʻanga totonu ki homou vaʻe, telia naʻa fakahēʻi ʻaia ʻoku pipiki; kae fakamoʻui muʻa ia.
and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned aside; but rather let it be restored to health.
14 Tuli ke mou melino mo e kakai kotoa pē, pea ki he māʻoniʻoni, ʻaia ka ʻikai maʻu, ʻe ʻikai mamata ʻe ha tangata ʻe tokotaha ki he ʻEiki:
Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord;
15 ʻO vakavakai lahi telia naʻa tomui ha taha ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻae ʻOtua; telia naʻa ai ha aka kona ʻe tupu pea fakamamahiʻi ai [ʻakimoutolu], pea ʻuliʻi ai ʻae tokolahi;
taking care, lest any one slight the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness spring up and trouble you, and by this many be defiled;
16 Telia naʻa ai ha taha feʻauaki pe ha manuki ʻoe meʻa tapu, ʻo hangē ko ʻIsoa, ʻaia naʻa ne fakatau hono lelei ʻoe ʻuluaki foha ʻaki ʻae meʻakai pe taha.
lest there be any lewd person, or profane man, as Esau, who, for a single meal, sold his birthright.
17 He ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻi he hili ia, pea ne fiemaʻu ʻae tāpuaki, naʻe tekeʻi ia: he naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ke liliu ʻaki hono loto, neongo ʻa ʻene kumi ia ʻi he feinga mo e loʻimata.
For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no means to change his father’s mind, though he sought it earnestly with tears.
18 He ʻoku ʻikai ke mou hoko ni ki he moʻunga ʻe faʻa alasi, ʻaia ne vela ʻaki ʻae afi, pea ki he ʻuliʻuli, mo e fakapoʻuli, mo e afā,
For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and that burns with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,
19 Pea mo e pā mai ʻoe meʻa lea mo e ongo ʻoe ngaahi lea; ʻaia naʻe kole ai ʻakinautolu naʻe fanongo ke ʻoua naʻa toe leaʻaki kiate kinautolu:
and to the sound of a trumpet, and to the utterance of words, the hearing of which utterance caused the people to entreat that the word might not be spoken to them again;
20 (He naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa tali ʻaia naʻe fekau mai, “Pea naʻa mo e manu kapau ʻe lave ki he moʻunga, ʻe tolongaki ia ʻaki ʻae maka, pe hokaʻi ke ʻasi ʻaki ʻae foʻi tao:”
for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned:
21 Pea ko hono fakailifia fau ʻoe meʻa naʻe hā mai, naʻe pehē ai ʻe Mōsese, “ʻOku ou mātuʻaki manavahē, mo tetetete:”)
and so terrible was the sight, that even Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble.
22 Ka kuo mou hoko ni ki he moʻunga ko Saione, ki he kolo ʻoe ʻOtua moʻui, ki he Selūsalema mei he langi, pea ki he fakataha ʻoe kau ʻāngelo tokolahi taʻefaʻalaua.
But you have come to Mount Zion, and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels;
23 Ki he fakatahaʻanga lahi, pea ko e siasi ʻoe tangata angatonu kuo fakahaohaoa,
to the general assembly and church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,
24 Pea kia Sisu ko e fakalaloa ʻoe fuakava foʻou, pea ki he taʻataʻa ʻoku luluku, ʻaia ʻoku leaʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei lahi ʻi [he toto ʻo ]ʻEpeli.
and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than the blood of Abel.
25 Vakai ke ʻoua naʻa mou taʻetokangaʻi ia ʻoku folofola. He kapau naʻe ʻikai hao ʻakinautolu naʻe taʻetokangaʻi ia naʻe lea ʻi māmani, ʻe fēfeeʻi ʻakitautolu, ʻo kapau te tau tafoki meiate ia ʻoku mei he langi?
See that you reject not him that speaks: for if they escaped not who rejected that earthly man who gave the oracles, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that is from heaven,
26 ʻAia naʻe lulululu ʻa māmani ʻe hono leʻo ʻi he kuonga ko ia: ka kuo talaʻofa eni, ʻo pehē, “Ko e toe taha teu lulululu kae ʻikai ngata ki māmani pe, ka ko e langi foki.”
whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I will shake not the earth only, but also the heaven.
27 Pea ko e pehē, “Ko e toe taha,” ko e fakahā ʻoe hiki ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ko ia kuo luluʻi, ʻo taau mo e ngaahi meʻa kuo ngaohi, koeʻuhi ke tuʻumaʻu pe ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai faʻa luluʻi.
And this prophecy, Yet once more, signifies the removing of the things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that the things which can not be shaken may remain.
28 Ko ia ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae puleʻanga, ʻe ʻikai faʻa luluʻi, ke tau kuku maʻu mo e ʻofa, ʻaia ke tau tauhi ʻaki ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻaonga, ʻi he fakaʻapaʻapa mo e manavahē:
Wherefore, as we receive a kingdom that can not be shaken, let us have gratitude, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear:
29 He ko e afi fakaʻauha ʻa hotau ʻOtua.
for our God is a consuming fire.
