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

¹Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them].

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

²For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

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

³how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

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

⁴God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.

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

⁵For not unto angels did he subject the world to come, whereof we speak.

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

⁶But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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

⁷Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, 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.

⁸Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet 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.

⁹But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, [even] Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every [man].

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 became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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

¹¹For both he that sanctifieth and they that are 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 unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.

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

¹³And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.

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

¹⁴Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

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

¹⁵and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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

¹⁶For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.

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

¹⁷Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to 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 himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.