¹Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

¹እምነትም ተስፋ ስለምናደርገው ነገር የሚያስረግጥ፥ የማናየውንም ነገር የሚያስረዳ ነው።

²For by it the elders obtained a good report.

²ለሽማግሌዎች የተመሰከረላቸው በዚህ ነውና።

³Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

³ዓለሞች በእግዚአብሔር ቃል እንደ ተዘጋጁ፥ ስለዚህም የሚታየው ነገር ከሚታዩት እንዳልሆነ በእምነት እናስተውላለን።

⁴By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

⁴አቤል ከቃየል ይልቅ የሚበልጥን መሥዋዕት ለእግዚአብሔር በእምነት አቀረበ፥ በዚህም፥ እግዚአብሔር ስለ ስጦታው ሲመሰክር፥ እርሱ ጻድቅ እንደ ሆነ ተመሰከረለት፤ ሞቶም ሳለ በመሥዋዕቱ እስከ አሁን ይናገራል።

⁵By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

⁵ሄኖክ ሞትን እንዳያይ በእምነት ተወሰደ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ስለ ወሰደው አልተገኘም። ሳይወሰድ እግዚአብሔርን ደስ እንዳሰኘ ተመስክሮለታልና፤

⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

⁶ያለ እምነትም ደስ ማሰኘት አይቻልም፤ ወደ እግዚአብሔር የሚደርስ እግዚአብሔር እንዳለ ለሚፈልጉትም ዋጋ እንዲሰጥ ያምን ዘንድ ያስፈልገዋልና።

⁷By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

⁷ኖኅ ገና ስለማይታየው ነገር ተረድቶ እግዚአብሔርን እየፈራ ቤተ ስዎቹን ለማዳን መርከብን በእምነት አዘጋጀ፥ በዚህም ዓለምን ኰነነ፥ በእምነትም የሚገኘውን ጽድቅ ወራሽ ሆነ።

⁸By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

⁸አብርሃም የተባለው ርስት አድርጎ ሊቀበለው ወዳለው ስፍራ ለመውጣት በእምነት ታዘዘ፥ ወዴትም እንደሚሄድ ሳያውቅ ወጣ።

⁹By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

⁹ለእንግዶች እንደሚሆን በተስፋ ቃል በተሰጠው አገር በድንኳን ኖሮ፥ ያን የተስፋ ቃል አብረውት ከሚወርሱ ከይስሐቅና ከያዕቆብ ጋር፥ እንደ መጻተኛ በእምነት ተቀመጠ፤

¹⁰For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

¹⁰መሠረት ያላትን፥ እግዚአብሔር የሠራትንና የፈጠራትን ከተማ ይጠብቅ ነበርና።

¹¹Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

¹¹ተስፋ የሰጠው የታመነ እንደ ሆነ ስለ ቈጠረች፥ ሣራ ራስዋ ደግሞ ዕድሜዋ እንኳ ካለፈ በኋላ ዘርን ለመፅነስ ኃይልን በእምነት አገኘች።

¹²Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

¹²ስለዚህ ደግሞ በብዛታቸው እንደ ሰማይ ኮከብ እንደማይቈጠርም በባሕር ዳር እንዳለ አሸዋ የነበሩት የሞተን ሰው እንኳ ከመሰለው ከአንዱ ተወለዱ።

¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

¹³እነዚህ ሁሉ አምነው ሞቱ፥ የተሰጣቸውን የተስፋ ቃል አላገኙምና፤ ዳሩ ግን ከሩቅ ሆነው አዩትና ተሳለሙት፥ በምድሪቱም እንግዶችና መጻተኞች እንዲሆኑ ታመኑ።

¹⁴For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

¹⁴እንዲህ የሚሉት ለእነርሱ የሚሆነውን አገር እንዲፈልጉ ያመለክታሉና።

¹⁵And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

¹⁵ያን የወጡበትን አገር አስበው ቢሆኑ፥ ሊመለሱ ጊዜ በሆነላቸው ነበር፤

¹⁶But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

¹⁶አሁን ግን የሚበልጠውን እርሱም ሰማያዊ አገር ይናፍቃሉ። ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር አምላካቸው ተብሎ ሊጠራ በእነርሱ አያፍርም፥ ከተማን አዘጋጅቶላቸዋልና።

¹⁷By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

¹⁷አብርሃም በተፈተነበት ጊዜ ይስሐቅን በእምነት አቀረበ፥ የተስፋን ቃል የተቀበለው። በይስሐቅ ዘር ይጠራልሃል የተባለለት እርሱም አንድ ልጁን አቀረበ፤

¹⁸Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

¹⁹እግዚአብሔር ከሙታን እንኳ ሊያስነሣው እንዲቻለው አስቦአልና፥ ከዚያም ደግሞ በምሳሌ አገኘው።

¹⁹Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

²⁰ይስሐቅ ሊመጣ ስላለው ነገር ያዕቆብንና ዔሳውን በእምነት ባረካቸው።

²⁰By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

²¹ያዕቆብ ሲሞት በእምነት የዮሴፍን ልጆች እያንዳንዳቸው ባረካቸው፥ በዘንጉም ጫፍ ተጠግቶ ሰገደ።

²¹By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

²²ዮሴፍ ወደ ሞት ቀርቦ ሳለ በእምነት ስለ እስራኤል ልጆች መውጣት አስታወሰ፥ ስለ አጥንቱም አዘዛቸው።

²²By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

²³ሙሴ ከተወለደ በኋላ ወላጆቹ ያማረ ሕፃን መሆኑን አይተው በእምነት ሦስት ወር ሸሸጉት የንጉሥንም አዋጅ አልፈሩም።

²³By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

²⁴ሙሴ ካደገ በኋላ የፈርዖን የልጅ ልጅ እንዳይባል በእምነት እምቢ አለ፤

²⁴By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

²⁵ከግብፅም ብዙ ገንዘብ ይልቅ ስለ ክርስቶስ መነቀፍ እጅግ የሚበልጥ ባለ ጠግነት እንዲሆን አስቦአልና ለጊዜው በኃጢአት ከሚገኝ ደስታ ይልቅ ከእግዚአብሔር ሕዝብ ጋር መከራ መቀበልን መረጠ፤ ብድራቱን ትኵር ብሎ ተመልክቶአልና።

²⁵Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

²⁷የንጉሡን ቍጣ ሳይፈራ የግብፅን አገር የተወ በእምነት ነበር፤ የማይታየውን እንደሚያየው አድርጎ ጸንቶአልና።

²⁶Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

²⁸አጥፊው የበኵሮችን ልጆች እንዳይነካ ፋሲካንና ደምን መርጨትን በእምነት አደረገ።

²⁷By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

²⁹በደረቅ ምድር እንደሚያልፉ በኤርትራ ባሕር በእምነት ተሻገሩ፥ የግብፅ ሰዎች ግን ሲሞክሩ ተዋጡ።

²⁸Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

³⁰የኢያሪኮ ቅጥር ሰባት ቀን ከዞሩበት በኋላ በእምነት ወደቀ።

²⁹By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

³¹ጋለሞታይቱ ረዓብ ሰላዮችን በሰላም ስለ ተቀበለቻቸው ከማይታዘዙ ጋር በእምነት አልጠፋችም።

³⁰By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

³²እንግዲህ ምን እላለሁ? ስለ ጌዴዎንና ስለ ባርቅ ስለ ሶምሶንም ስለ ዮፍታሔም ስለ ዳዊትና ስለ ሳሙኤልም ስለ ነቢያትም እንዳልተርክ ጊዜ ያጥርብኛልና።

³¹By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

³³እነርሱ በእምነት መንግሥታትን ድል ነሡ፥ ጽድቅን አደረጉ፥ የተሰጠውን የተስፋ ቃል አገኙ፥

³²And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

³⁴የአንበሶችን አፍ ዘጉ፥ የእሳትን ኃይል አጠፉ፥ ከሰይፍ ስለት አመለጡ፥ ከድካማቸው በረቱ፥ በጦርነት ኃይለኞች ሆኑ፥ የባዕድ ጭፍሮችን አባረሩ።

³³Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.

³⁵ሴቶች ሙታናቸውን በትንሣኤ ተቀበሉ፤ ሌሎችም መዳንን ሳይቀበሉ የሚበልጠውን ትንሣኤ እንዲያገኙ እስከ ሞት ድረስ ተደበደቡ፤

³⁴Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

³⁶ሌሎችም መዘበቻ በመሆንና በመገረፍ ከዚህም በላይ በእስራትና በወኅኒ ተፈተኑ፤

³⁵Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

³⁷በድንጋይ ተወግረው ሞቱ፥ ተፈተኑ፥ በመጋዝ ተሰነጠቁ፥ በሰይፍ ተገድለው ሞቱ፥ ሁሉን እያጡ መከራን እየተቀበሉ እየተጨነቁ የበግና የፍየል ሌጦ ለብሰው ዞሩ፤

³⁶And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

³⁸ዓለም አልተገባቸውምና በምድረ በዳና በተራራ፥ በዋሻና በምድር ጕድጓድ ተቅበዘበዙ።

³⁷They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

³⁹እነዚህም ሁሉ በእምነታቸው ተመስክሮላቸው ሳሉ የተሰጠውን የተስፋ ቃል አላገኙም፥ ያለ እኛ ፍጹማን እንዳይሆኑ እግዚአብሔር ስለ እኛ አንዳች የሚበልጥ ነገርን አስቀድሞ አይቶ ነበርና።

³⁸(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

³⁹And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

⁴⁰God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.