¹We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

¹Mungu alituahidia kwamba tutaweza kupata pumziko hilo alilosema. Basi, na tuogope ili yeyote kati yenu asije akashindwa kupata pumziko hilo.

²for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

²Maana Habari Njema imehubiriwa kwetu kama vile ilivyohubiriwa kwa hao watu wa kale. Lakini ujumbe huo haukuwafaa chochote, maana waliusikia lakini hawakuupokea kwa imani.

³for we do enter into the rest — we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest — ;` and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

³Basi, sisi tunaoamini tunapata pumziko hilo aliloahidi Mungu. Kama alivyosema: "Nilikasirika, nikaapa: Hawataingia huko ambako ningewapa pumziko." Mungu alisema hayo ingawa kazi yake ilikuwa imekwisha malizika tangu alipoumba ulimwengu.

⁴for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh [day] thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;`

⁴Maana Maandiko yasema mahali fulani kuhusu siku ya saba: "Mungu alipumzika siku ya saba, akaacha kazi zake zote."

⁵and in this [place] again, `If they shall enter into My rest — ;`

⁵Tena jambo hili lasemwa pia: "Hawataingia huko ambako ningewapa pumziko."

⁶since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief —

⁶Wale waliotangulia kuhubiriwa Habari Njema hawakupata pumziko hilo kwa sababu hawakuamini. Wapo, basi, wengine ambao wangejaliwa kulipata.

⁷again He doth limit a certain day, `To-day,` (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,`

⁷Jambo hili ni wazi, kwani Mungu aliweka siku nyingine ambayo inaitwa "Leo". Miaka mingi baadaye Mungu alisema juu ya hiyo siku kwa maneno ya Daudi katika Maandiko yaliyokwisha tajwa: "Kama mkisikia sauti ya Mungu leo, msiifanye mioyo yenu kuwa migumu."

⁸for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;

⁸Kama Yoshua angaliwapa watu hao hilo pumziko, Mungu hangalisema baadaye juu ya siku nyingine.

⁹there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,

⁹Kwa hiyo, basi, bado lipo pumziko kwa watu wa Mungu kama kule kupumzika kwake Mungu siku ya saba.

¹⁰for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.

¹⁰Maana, kila anayepata pumziko aliloahidi Mungu atapumzika baada ya kazi yake kama vile pia Mungu alivyopumzika baada ya yake.

¹¹May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

¹¹Basi, tujitahidi kupata pumziko hilo, ili asiwepo yeyote miongoni mwenu atakayeshindwa, kama walivyofanya wao kwa sababu ya ukosefu wao wa imani.

¹²for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

¹²Neno la Mungu ni hai na lina nguvu; ni kali zaidi kuliko upanga wenye makali kuwili. Hukata kabisa mpaka mahali ambapo moyo na roho hukutana, mpaka pale vikutanapo viungo vya mwili na mafuta. Neno hilo huchambua nia na fikira za mioyo ya watu.

¹³and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things [are] naked and open to His eyes — with whom is our reckoning.

¹³Hakuna kiumbe chochote kilichofichika mbele ya Mungu; kila kitu kimefunuliwa wazi mbele ya macho yake. Kwake, sisi sote tutapaswa kutoa hoja ya matendo yetu.

¹⁴Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens — Jesus the Son of God — may we hold fast the profession,

¹⁴Basi, tunapaswa kuzingatia kwa uthabiti imani tunayoiungama. Maana tunaye Kuhani Mkuu aliyeingia mpaka kwa Mungu mwenyewe--Yesu, Mwana wa Mungu.

¹⁵for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but [one] tempted in all things in like manner — apart from sin;

¹⁵Huyu Kuhani Mkuu wetu si mmoja ambaye hawezi kutuunga mkono katika unyonge wetu, ila ni Kuhani Mkuu ambaye alijaribiwa kama sisi kwa kila namna lakini hakutenda dhambi.

¹⁶we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace — for seasonable help.

¹⁶Basi, na tukikaribie bila hofu kiti cha enzi cha Mungu, palipo na neema, ili tukajipatie huruma na neema ya kutusaidia wakati wa lazima.