¹Let brotherly love abide.

¹Endeleeni kupendana kidugu.

²Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.

²Msisahau kuwakaribisha wageni; maana kwa kufanya hivyo watu wengine walipata kuwakaribisha malaika bila kujua.

³Remember prisoners, as bound with [them]; those that are evil-treated, as being yourselves also in [the] body.

³Wakumbukeni wale waliofungwa kana kwamba mmefungwa pamoja nao. Wakumbukeni wale wanaoteseka kana kwamba nanyi mnateseka kama wao.

⁴[Let] marriage [be held] every way in honour, and the bed [be] undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.

⁴Ndoa inapaswa kuheshimiwa na watu wote, na haki zake zitekelezwe kwa uaminifu. Mungu atawahukumu waasherati na wazinzi.

⁵[Let your] conversation [be] without love of money, satisfied with [your] present circumstances; for *he* has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

⁵Msiwe watu wa kupenda fedha; toshekeni na vile vitu mlivyo navyo. Mungu mwenyewe amesema: "Sitakuacha kamwe, wala sitakutupa."

⁶So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not be afraid: what will man do unto me?

⁶Ndiyo maana tunathubutu kusema: "Bwana ndiye msaada wangu, sitaogopa. Binadamu atanifanya nini?"

⁷Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.

⁷wakumbukeni viongozi wenu waliowatangazieni ujumbe wa Mungu. Fikirieni juu ya mwenendo wao, mkaige imani yao.

⁸Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages [to come].

⁸Yesu Kristo ni yuleyule, jana, leo na milele.

⁹Be not carried away with various and strange doctrines; for [it is] good that the heart be confirmed with grace, not meats; those who have walked in which have not been profited by [them].

⁹Msipeperushwe huku na huku kwa mafundisho tofauti ya kigeni. Neema ya Mungu ndiyo inayoimarisha roho zetu na wala si masharti juu ya chakula; masharti hayo hayakumsaidia kamwe mtu yeyote aliyeyafuata.

¹⁰We have an altar of which they have no right to eat who serve the tabernacle;

¹⁰Sisi tunayo madhabahu ambayo wale wanaotumikia bado katika hema la Wayahudi, hawana haki ya kula vitu vyake.

¹¹for of those beasts whose blood is carried [as sacrifices for sin] into the [holy of] holies by the high priest, of these the bodies are burned outside the camp.

¹¹Kuhani Mkuu wa Kiyahudi huleta damu ya wanyama katika Mahali Patakatifu na kuitoa dhabihu kwa ajili ya dhambi; lakini nyama za hao wanyama huteketezwa nje ya kambi.

¹²Wherefore also Jesus, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate:

¹²Ndiyo maana Yesu pia, kusudi apate kuwatakasa watu kwa damu yake mwenyewe, aliteswa na kufa nje ya mji.

¹³therefore let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach:

¹³Basi, tumwendee huko nje ya kambi tukajitwike laana yake.

¹⁴for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.

¹⁴Maana hapa duniani hatuna mji wa kudumu; lakini tunautafuta ule unaokuja.

¹⁵By him therefore let us offer [the] sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, [the] fruit of [the] lips confessing his name.

¹⁵Basi, kwa njia ya Yesu, tumtolee Mungu dhabihu ya sifa daima, yaani sifa zinazotolewa na midomo inayoliungama jina lake.

¹⁶But of doing good and communicating [of your substance] be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

¹⁶Msisahau kutenda mema na kusaidiana, maana hizi ndizo dhabihu zinazompendeza Mungu.

¹⁷Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for *they* watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

¹⁷Watiini viongozi wenu na kushika amri zao; wao huchunga roho zenu usiku na mchana, na watatoa ripoti ya utumishi wao mbele ya Mungu. Kama mkiwatii watafanya kazi zao kwa furaha, la sivyo, watazifanya kwa huzuni, na hiyo haitakuwa na faida kwenu.

¹⁸Pray for us: for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.

¹⁸Tuombeeni na sisi. Tuna hakika kwamba tunayo dhamiri safi, maana twataka kufanya lililo sawa daima.

¹⁹But I much more beseech [you] to do this, that I may the more quickly be restored to you.

¹⁹Nawasihi sana mniombee ili Mungu anirudishe kwenu upesi iwezekanavyo.

²⁰But the God of peace, who brought again from among [the] dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in [the power of the] blood of [the] eternal covenant,

²⁰Mungu amemfufua Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo ambaye ni Mchungaji Mkuu wa kondoo kwa sababu ya kumwaga damu yake iliyothibitisha agano la milele.

²¹perfect you in every good work to the doing of his will, doing in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for the ages of ages. Amen.

²¹Mungu wa amani awakamilishe katika kila tendo jema ili mtekeleze mapenzi yake; yeye na afanye ndani yetu kwa njia ya Kristo yale yanayompendeza mwenyewe. Utukufu uwe kwake, milele na milele! Amina.

²²But I beseech you, brethren, bear the word of exhortation, for it is but in few words that I have written to you.

²²Basi, ndugu, nawasihi mpokee kwa utulivu ujumbe huu wa kuwatieni moyo. Hii ni barua fupi tu ambayo nimewaandikieni.

²³Know that our brother Timotheus is set at liberty; with whom, if he should come soon, I will see you.

²³Napenda kuwajulisheni kwamba ndugu yetu Timotheo amekwisha funguliwa gerezani. Kama akifika hapa mapema, nitakuja naye nitakapokuja kwenu.

²⁴Salute all your leaders, and all the saints. They from Italy salute you.

²⁴Wasalimieni viongozi wenu wote pamoja na watu wa Mungu! Ndugu wa Italia wanawasalimuni.

²⁵Grace [be] with you all. Amen.

²⁵Tunawatakieni nyote neema ya Mungu.