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

¹Now faith is [the] substantiating of things hoped for, [the] conviction of things not seen.

²ለሽማግሌዎች የተመሰከረላቸው በዚህ ነውና።

²For in [the power of] this the elders have obtained testimony.

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

³By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by [the] word of God, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.

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

⁴By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.

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

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 has the testimony that he had pleased God.

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

⁶But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.

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

⁷By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which [is] according to faith.

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

⁸By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.

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

⁹By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with [him] of the same promise;

¹⁰መሠረት ያላትን፥ እግዚአብሔር የሠራትንና የፈጠራትን ከተማ ይጠብቅ ነበርና።

¹⁰for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is [the] artificer and constructor.

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

¹¹By faith also Sarah herself received strength for [the] conception of seed, and [that] beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.

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

¹²Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which [is] by the sea shore.

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

¹³All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

¹⁴እንዲህ የሚሉት ለእነርሱ የሚሆነውን አገር እንዲፈልጉ ያመለክታሉና።

¹⁴For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek [their] country.

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

¹⁵And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;

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

¹⁶but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.

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

¹⁷By faith Abraham, [when] tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten [son],

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

¹⁸as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

²⁰ይስሐቅ ሊመጣ ስላለው ነገር ያዕቆብንና ዔሳውን በእምነት ባረካቸው።

¹⁹counting that God [was] able to raise [him] even from among [the] dead, whence also he received him in a figure.

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

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

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

²¹By faith Jacob [when] dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.

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

²²By faith Joseph [when] dying called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.

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

²³By faith Moses, being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the injunction of the king.

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።

²⁴By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter;

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

²⁵choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have [the] temporary pleasure of sin;

²⁸አጥፊው የበኵሮችን ልጆች እንዳይነካ ፋሲካንና ደምን መርጨትን በእምነት አደረገ።

²⁶esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.

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

²⁷By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible.

³⁰የኢያሪኮ ቅጥር ሰባት ቀን ከዞሩበት በኋላ በእምነት ወደቀ።

²⁸By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

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

²⁹By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.

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

³⁰By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days.

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

³¹By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.

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

³²And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:

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

³³who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths,

³⁶ሌሎችም መዘበቻ በመሆንና በመገረፍ ከዚህም በላይ በእስራትና በወኅኒ ተፈተኑ፤

³⁴quenched [the] power of fire, escaped [the] edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made [the] armies of strangers give way.

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

³⁵Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection;

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

³⁶and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment.

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

³⁷They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,

³⁸(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and [in] dens and caverns of the earth.

³⁹And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,

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