¹Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

¹እንግዲህ እነዚህን የሚያህሉ ምስክሮች እንደ ደመና በዙሪያችን ካሉልን፥ እኛ ደግሞ ሸክምን ሁሉ ቶሎም የሚከበንን ኃጢአት አስወግደን፥ የእምነታችንንም ራስና ፈጻሚውን ኢየሱስን ተመልክተን፥ በፊታችን ያለውን ሩጫ በትዕግሥት እንሩጥ፤ እርሱ ነውርን ንቆ በፊቱም ስላለው ደስታ በመስቀል ታግሦ በእግዚአብሔር ዙፋን ቀኝ ተቀምጦአልና።

²looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³በነፍሳችሁ ዝላችሁ እንዳትደክሙ፥ ከኃጢአተኞች በደረሰበት እንዲህ ባለ መቃወም የጸናውን አስቡ።

³For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

⁴ከኃጢአት ጋር እየተጋደላችሁ ገና ደምን እስከ ማፍሰስ ድረስ አልተቃወማችሁም፤

⁴You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;

⁵እንደ ልጆችም ከእናንተ ጋር። ልጄ ሆይ፥ የጌታን ቅጣት አታቅልል፥ በሚገሥጽህም ጊዜ አትድከም፤ ጌታ የሚወደውን ይቀጣዋልና፥ የሚቀበለውንም ልጅ ሁሉ ይገርፈዋል ብሎ የሚነጋገረውን ምክር ረስታችኋል።

⁵and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

⁷ለመቀጣት ታገሡ፤ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ልጆች ያደርግላችኋልና፤ አባቱ የማይቀጣው ልጅ ማን ነው?

⁶For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.” Proverbs 3:11-12

⁸ነገር ግን ሁሉ የቅጣት ተካፋይ ሆኖአልና ያለ ቅጣት ብትኖሩ ዲቃላዎች እንጂ ልጆች አይደላችሁም።

⁷It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

⁹ከዚህም በላይ የቀጡን የሥጋችን አባቶች ነበሩን እናፍራቸውም ነበር፤ እንዴትስ ይልቅ ለመናፍስት አባት አብልጠን ልንገዛና በሕይወት ልንኖር በተገባን?

⁸But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

¹⁰እነርሱ መልካም ሆኖ እንደ ታያቸው ለጥቂት ቀን ይቀጡን ነበርና፥ እርሱ ግን ከቅድስናው እንድንካፈል ለጥቅማችን ይቀጣናል።

⁹Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

¹¹ቅጣት ሁሉ ለጊዜው የሚያሳዝን እንጂ ደስ የሚያሰኝ አይመስልም፥ ዳሩ ግን በኋላ ለለመዱት የሰላምን ፍሬ እርሱም ጽድቅን ያፈራላቸዋል።

¹⁰For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

¹²ስለዚህ የላሉትን እጆች የሰለሉትንም ጉልበቶች አቅኑ፤

¹¹All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

¹³ያነከሰውም እንዲፈወስ እንጂ እንዳይናጋ፥ ለእግራችሁ ቅን መንገድ አድርጉ።

¹²Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, Isaiah 35:3

¹⁴ከሰው ሁሉ ጋር ሰላምን ተከታተሉ ትቀደሱም ዘንድ ፈልጉ፥ ያለ እርሱ ጌታን ሊያይ የሚችል የለምና።

¹³and make straight paths for your feet, Proverbs 4:26 so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

¹⁵የእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ ለማንም እንዳይጎድለው፥ ብዙዎቹም የሚረክሱበት አንድ መራራ ሥር ወደ ላይ በቅሎ እንዳያስጨንቅ፥ ሴሰኛም የሚሆን እንዳይገኝ፥

¹⁴Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

¹⁶ወይም ስለ አንድ መብል በኵርነቱን እንደ ሸጠ እንደ ዔሳው ለዚህ ዓለም የሚመች ሰው እንዳይሆን ተጠንቀቁ።

¹⁵looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

¹⁷ከዚያ በኋላ እንኳ በረከቱን ሊወርስ በወደደ ጊዜ እንደ ተጣለ ታውቃላችሁና፤ በእንባ ተግቶ ምንም ቢፈልገው ለንስሐ ስፍራ አላገኘምና።

¹⁶lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

¹⁸ሊዳሰስ ወደሚችል ወደሚቃጠልም እሳት ወደ ጭጋግም ወደ ጨለማም ወደ ዐውሎ ነፋስም ወደ መለከት ድምፅም ወደ ቃሎችም ነገር አልደረሳችሁምና፤

¹⁷For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

¹⁹ያንም ነገር የሰሙት ሌላ ቃል እንዳይጨመርባቸው ለመኑ፤

¹⁸For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,

²⁰እንስሳ እንኳ ተራራውን ቢነካ ተወግሮ ይሙት የምትለውን ትእዛዝ ሊታገሡ አልቻሉምና፤

¹⁹the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

²¹ሙሴም። እጅግ እፈራለሁ እንቀጠቀጥማለሁ እስኪል ድረስ የሚታየው እጅግ የሚያስፈራ ነበር፤

²⁰for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned TR adds “or shot with an arrow” [see Exodus 19:12-13] ”; Exodus 19:12-13

²²ነገር ግን ወደ ጽዮን ተራራና ወደ ሕያው እግዚአብሔር ከተማ ደርሳችኋል፥ ወደ ሰማያዊቱም ኢየሩሳሌም፥ በደስታም ወደ ተሰበሰቡት ወደ አእላፋት መላእክት፥

²¹and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.” Deuteronomy 9:19

²³በሰማያትም ወደ ተጻፉ ወደ በኵራት ማኅበር፥ የሁሉም ዳኛ ወደሚሆን ወደ እግዚአብሔር፥ ፍጹማንም ወደ ሆኑት ወደ ጻድቃን መንፈሶች፥

²²But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,

²⁴የአዲስም ኪዳን መካከለኛ ወደሚሆን ወደ ኢየሱስ፥ ከአቤልም ደም ይልቅ የሚሻለውን ወደሚናገር ወደ መርጨት ደም ደርሳችኋል።

²³to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

²⁵ለሚናገረው እምቢ እንዳትሉ ተጠንቀቁ፤ እነዚያ በምድር ላስረዳቸው እምቢ ባሉ ጊዜ ካላመለጡ፥ ከሰማይ ከመጣው ፈቀቅ የምንል እኛስ እንዴት እናመልጣለን?

²⁴to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, Jeremiah 31:31 and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

²⁶በዚያም ጊዜ ድምፁ ምድርን አናወጠ፥ አሁን ግን። አንድ ጊዜ ደግሜ እኔ ሰማይን አናውጣለሁ እንጂ ምድርን ብቻ አይደለም ብሎ ተስፋ ሰጥቶአል።

²⁵See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

²⁷ዳሩ ግን። አንድ ጊዜ ደግሜ የሚል ቃል፥ የማይናወጡት ጸንተው እንዲኖሩ፥ የሚናወጡት የተፈጠሩ እንደሚሆኑ ይለወጡ ዘንድ ያሳያል።

²⁶whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.” Haggai 2:6

²⁸ስለዚህ የማይናወጥን መንግሥት ስለምንቀበል በማክበርና በፍርሃት እግዚአብሔርን ደስ እያሰኘን የምናመልክበትን ጸጋ እንያዝ፤

²⁷This phrase, “Yet once more,” signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.

²⁹አምላካችን በእውነት የሚያጠፋ እሳት ነውና።

²⁸Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

²⁹for our God is a consuming fire. Deuteronomy 4:24