¹Saka tinofanira kuchenjerera zvikuru kuzvinhu zvatakanzwa, kuti chero nguva tirege kueredzwa.

¹Because of this it behoveth [us] more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,

²Nekuti kana shoko rakataurwa nevatumwa rakange rakasimba, uye kudarika kose nekusateerera kwakagamuchira kutsiva kwakarurama kwemubairo,

²for if the word being spoken through messengers did become stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience did receive a just recompense,

³isu tichapukunyuka sei kana tichishaya hanya neruponeso rukuru rwakadai? Urwu rwakataurwa pakutanga naIshe, rwukasimbiswa kwatiri naivo vakanzwa;

³how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving — to be spoken through the Lord — by those having heard was confirmed to us,

⁴Mwari achivapupurirawo zvose nezviratidzo nezvishamiso, nemasimba akasiyana siyana, nezvipo zveMweya Mutsvene, nekuda kwekuda kwake.

⁴God also bearing joint-witness both with signs and wonders, and manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to His will.

⁵Nekuti haana kuisa shoko rinouya pasi kuvatumwa, ratinotaura nezvaro.

⁵For not to messengers did He subject the coming world, concerning which we speak,

⁶Asi umwe pane imwe nzvimbo wakapupura achiti: Ko munhu chii, kuti mumurangarire? kana Mwanakomana wemunhu, kuti mumushanyire?

⁶and one in a certain place did testify fully, saying, `What is man, that Thou art mindful of him, or a son of man, that Thou dost look after him?

⁷Makamuita muduku zvishoma kuvatumwa; makamupfekedza korona yekubwinya nerukudzo, mukamumisa pamusoro pemabasa emaoko enyu.

⁷Thou didst make him some little less than messengers, with glory and honour Thou didst crown him, and didst set him over the works of Thy hands,

⁸Zvinhu zvose makaisa pasi pake pasi petsoka dzake. nekuti pane izvozvi wakaisa zvose pasi pake, haana kusiya chinhu chisina kuiswa pasi pake. Asi zvino tigere kuona zvinhu zvose zvakaiswa pasi pake.

⁸all things Thou didst put in subjection under his feet,` for in the subjecting to him the all things, nothing did He leave to him unsubjected, and now not yet do we see the all things subjected to him,

⁹Asi tinoona Jesu, wakaitwa muduku zvishoma kuvatumwa, nekuda kwekutambudzika kwerufu, wakashongedzwa korona yekubwinya nekukudzwa, kuti iye nenyasha dzaMwari aravire rufu achiitira munhu wose.

⁹and him who was made some little less than messengers we see — Jesus — because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.

¹⁰Nekuti zvakanga zvakamufanira, iye zvinhu zvose zviripo naye, uye zvinhu zvose zvakaitwa naye, pakuisa vanakomana vazhinji pakubwinya, apedzeredze mutungamiriri wekuponeswa kwavo kubudikidza nematambudziko.

¹⁰For it was becoming to Him, because of whom [are] the all things, and through whom [are] the all things, many sons to glory bringing, the author of their salvation through sufferings to make perfect,

¹¹Nekuti zvose vanoitisa vatsvene naivo vanoitwa vatsvene vose vakabva kune umwe; nemhaka iyi haana nyadzi kuvaidza hama,

¹¹for both he who is sanctifying and those sanctified [are] all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

¹²achiti: Ndichaparidzira zita renyu kuhama dzangu, pakati pekereke ndichikuimbirai rumbidzo.

¹²saying, `I will declare Thy name to my brethren, in the midst of an assembly I will sing praise to Thee;` and again, `I will be trusting on Him;`

¹³Uyezve: Ndichavimba naye, Uyezve: Tarirai ini nevacheche Mwari vaakandipa.

¹³and again, `Behold I and the children that God did give to me.`

¹⁴Naizvozvo sezvo vacheche vari vagovani veropa nenyama, naiyewo wakagovana navo pane izvozvi; kuti kubudikidza nerufu iye aparadze uyo unesimba rerufu, iye dhiabhorosi,

¹⁴Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death — that is, the devil —

¹⁵agosunungura avo kubudikidza nekutya rufu vaiva pasi peuranda paupenyu hwavo hwose.

¹⁵and might deliver those, whoever, with fear of death, throughout all their life, were subjects of bondage,

¹⁶Nekuti zvirokwazvo, haana kuzvitorera vatumwa, asi wakazvitorera mbeu yaAbhurahamu.

¹⁶for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,

¹⁷Naizvozvo wakafanira pazvinhu zvose kufananidzwa nehama dzake, kuti ave mupristi mukuru uzere netsitsi nekutendeka pazvinhu zvaMwari, kuti aite muripo wezvivi zvevanhu.

¹⁷wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

¹⁸Nekuti pane izvozvo iye amene wakatambudzika achiidzwa, unogona kuvabatsira avo vanoidzwa.

¹⁸for in that he suffered, himself being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.