¹ Kon nag léegi, nanu jóge ci liifantu gi jëm ci Kirist, te jàll cig mat. Nanu bañ a dalaat njàngale mu jëkk moomu, ci ne nit ñi dañoo war a tuub jëf, yi jëm ci dee, te gëm Yàlla,

¹Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

² di leen jàngalaat ci mbirum sangu set ci ay fànn yu bare, ak teg loxo ak ci mbirum ndekkite ak lu jëm ci àtte biy sax dàkk.

²of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

³ Te noonu lanuy def, bu soobee Yàlla.

³This will we do, if God permits.

⁴ Li nu war a jëme kanam mooy lii: su amee ay nit ñu Yàlla xas a leeral ba noppi, ñu mos mayu Yàlla gi, am wàll ci Xelam mu Sell,

⁴For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

⁵ te xam mbaax, gi ci kàddug Yàlla, ak kéemaani jamono jiy ñëw,

⁵and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

⁶ te loolu lépp teewul ñu walbatiku, ñooñu kenn dootu leen man a yeesalaat, ba ñu tuub seeni bàkkaar. Li ko waral moo di, dañoo bëgg a daajaat Doomu Yàlla ji ci bant, di ko toroxal, te fekk muy seen ngaañ.

⁶and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

⁷ Maanaam suuf suy naan taw bi ciy dal, tey jox ñi ñu koy beyal gàncax gu am njariñ, day jot barke bi jóge ci Yàlla.

⁷For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;

⁸ Waaye su meññee ay dég ak ay xaaxaam, du am benn njariñ; repp na ñu alag ko, te lakk lay mujje.

⁸but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

⁹ Waaye nag yéen samay soppe, su fekkee ne sax, nii lanuy waxe, nu ngi yaakaar li gën ci yéen te ànd ak mucc.

⁹But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

¹⁰ Yàlla ñàkkul worma bay fàtte seen liggéey ak mbëggeel, gi ngeen wone ci turam, ci li ngeen dimbali ay gaayam, te yéena ngi koy def ba tey.

¹⁰For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

¹¹ Waaye danoo bëgg kenn ku nekk ci yéen wone cawarte gu mel ni ga ngeen amoon, ba kera ngeen di am mat, gi ngeen di séentu.

¹¹We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

¹² Bëggunu ngeen tayel, waaye royleen ñi gëm te muñ, ndaxte ñooy jot li leen Yàlla dig.

¹²that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

¹³ Ibraayma bokk na ci ñoom. Bi ko Yàllay dig, mënul woon a giñ ci keneen ku ko gën a màgg, ba tax mu giñ ci boppam,

¹³For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

¹⁴ ne ko: «Sàllaaw dinaa la barkeel, yokk saw askan.»

¹⁴saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” Genesis 22:17

¹⁵ Noonu Ibraayma di xaar tey muñ, ba jot li ko Yàlla digoon.

¹⁵Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

¹⁶ Nit kuy giñ nag, daf koy wékk ci ku ko sut. Ngiñ lu mel noonu moo wóoral mbir te mooy jeexal lépp lu ñuy werante.

¹⁶For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

¹⁷ Ñi war a jot li mu dige, Yàlla dafa leen bëggoon a won ne, dogalam du tebbiku mukk; looloo tax mu dige, boole ci ngiñ.

¹⁷In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

¹⁸ Noonu ñaari jëf yooyu nga xam ne duñu tebbiku te Yàlla mënu cee dellu gannaaw, dañu nuy gën a sóob ci muñ, nun ñi daw ba am kiiraay, ngir nu man a téye bu dëgër yaakaar, ji mu nu dig.

¹⁸that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

¹⁹ Ci yaakaar jooju lanu sës sunu xol, ba man a sampu bu dëgër. Yaakaar la juy jàll ba fa Yàlla nekk, ca gannaaw ridob bérab bu sell-baa-sell.

¹⁹This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

²⁰ Yeesu ci boppam moo fa jëkk a dugg, muy ndaw li nu jiitu, ñu def ko saraxalekat bu mag ba fàww, mel ni Melkisedeg.

²⁰where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.