1 Die geloof dan is 'n vaste vertroue op die dinge wat ons hoop, 'n bewys van die dinge wat ons nie sien nie.
2 Want daardeur het die mense van die ou tyd getuienis ontvang.
3 Deur die geloof verstaan ons dat die wêreld deur die woord van God toeberei is, sodat die dinge wat gesien word, nie ontstaan het uit sienlike dinge nie.
4 Deur die geloof het Abel 'n beter offer aan God gebring as Kain, waardeur hy getuienis ontvang het dat hy regverdig was, omdat God oor sy gawes getuienis gegee het; en deur dieselfde geloof spreek hy nog nadat hy dood is.
5 Deur die geloof is Henog weggeneem om die dood nie te sien nie; en hy is nie gevind nie, omdat God hom weggeneem het; want voor sy wegneming het hy getuienis ontvang dat hy God behaag het.
6 En sonder geloof is dit onmoontlik om God te behaag; want hy wat tot God gaan, moet glo dat Hy is en 'n beloner is van die wat Hom soek.
7 Deur die geloof het Noag, toe hy 'n goddelike waarskuwing ontvang het aangaande wat nog nie gesien was nie, met eerbiedige vrees die ark gereed gemaak tot redding van sy huisgesin, waardeur hy die wêreld veroordeel het en 'n erfgenaam geword het van die geregtigheid wat volgens die geloof is.
8 Deur die geloof het Abraham, toe hy geroep is, gehoorsaam weggetrek na die plek wat hy as 'n erfenis sou ontvang; en hy het weggetrek sonder om te weet waar hy sou kom.
9 Deur die geloof het hy as vreemdeling gaan woon in die land van belofte soos in 'n vreemde land en in tente gewoon met Isak en Jakob, die mede-erfgename van dieselfde belofte.
10 Want hy het die stad verwag wat fondamente het, waarvan God die boumeester en oprigter is.
11 Deur die geloof het Sara self ook krag ontvang om bevrug te word; en toe sy oor die leeftyd was, het sy gebaar, omdat sy Hom getrou geag het wat dit beloof het.
12 Daarom is daar ook gebore uit een vader, en dit 'n verstorwene, kinders soos sterre van die hemel in menigte en soos die sand aan die strand van die see, wat ontelbaar is.
13 In die geloof het hulle almal gesterwe sonder om die beloftes te verkry, maar hulle het dit uit die verte gesien en geglo en begroet, en het bely dat hulle vreemdelinge en bywoners op aarde was.
14 Want die wat sulke dinge sê, verklaar dat hulle 'n vaderland soek.
15 En as hulle bly dink het aan die vaderland waaruit hulle weggetrek het, sou hulle geleentheid gehad het om terug te keer.
16 Maar nou verlang hulle na 'n beter een, dit is 'n hemelse. Daarom skaam God Hom nie vir hulle om hulle God genoem te word nie, want Hy het vir hulle 'n stad berei.
17 Deur die geloof het Abraham, toe hy op die proef gestel is, Isak geoffer; ja, hy wat die beloftes ontvang het, het sy eniggeborene geoffer,
18 aan wie gesê is: In Isak sal jou nageslag genoem word -- want hy het gereken dat God mag het om selfs uit die dode op te wek;
19 daaruit het hy hom ook, om so te spreek, terug ontvang.
20 Deur die geloof het Isak vir Jakob en Esau geseënmet die oog op die toekoms.
21 Deur die geloof het Jakob op sy sterfbed altwee die seuns van Josef geseën; en hy het aanbid terwyl hy leun op die knop van sy staf.
22 Deur die geloof het Josef aan die einde van sy lewe melding gemaak van die uittog van die kinders van Israel en bevel gegee aangaande sy gebeente.
23 Deur die geloof is Moses n sy geboorte deur sy ouers drie maande lank weggesteek, omdat hulle gesien het dat die seuntjie mooi was; en hulle het nie die gebod van die koning gevrees nie.
24 Deur die geloof het Moses, toe hy grootgeword het, geweier om die seun van Farao se dogter genoem te word,
25 omdat hy verkies het om liewer sleg behandel te word saam met die volk van God as om 'n tyd lank die genot van die sonde te hê,
26 en die smaad van Christus groter rykdom geag het as die skatte van Egipte, want hy het uitgesien na die beloning.
27 Deur die geloof het hy Egipte verlaat sonder om die toorn van die koning te vrees, want hy het volgehou soos een wat die Onsienlike sien.
28 Deur die geloof het hy die pasga gehou en die besprenkeling van die bloed, sodat die verderwer hulle eersgeborenes nie sou aanraak nie.
29 Deur die geloof het hulle die Rooi See deurgegaan soos oor droë grond, terwyl die Egiptenaars, toe hulle dit probeer, verdrink het.
30 Deur die geloof het die mure van J,rigo geval nadat daar sewe dae lank omheen getrek was.
31 Deur die geloof het Ragab, die hoer, nie saam met die ongehoorsames omgekom nie, omdat sy die spioene in vrede ontvang het.
32 En wat sal ek nog meer sê? Want die tyd sal my ontbreek as ek van G¡deon, Barak en Simson en Jefta, Dawid en Samuel en die profete sou verhaal,
33 wat deur die geloof koninkryke oorweldig het, geregtigheid uitgeoefen, beloftes verkry, bekke van leeus toegestop,
34 die krag van vuur uitgeblus, die skerpte van die swaard ontvlug, krag uit swakheid ontvang het, dapper gewees het in die oorlog, leërs van vreemdes op die vlug gedryf het.
35 Vroue het hulle dode deur opstanding teruggekry, en ander is gefolter en wou geen bevryding aanneem nie, om 'n beter opstanding te kan verkry.
36 Ander weer het die proef van bespottinge en geselinge deurstaan, ook van boeie en gevangenis.
37 Hulle is gestenig, in stukke gesaag, versoek, deur die swaard vermoor. Hulle het rondgeloop in skaapvelle en in bokvelle; hulle het gebrek gely, hulle is verdruk, mishandel --
38 die wêreld was hulle nie werd nie -- hulle het in woestyne rondgedwaal en op berge en in spelonke en skeure in die grond.
39 En alhoewel hulle almal deur die geloof getuienis ontvang het, het hulle die belofte nie verkry nie,
40 omdat God iets beters oor ons beskik het, sodat hulle nie sonder ons volmaak sou word nie.
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.
2 For by it our fathers had God's approval.
3 By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.
4 By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
5 By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:
6 And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
7 By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
9 By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
10 For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
11 And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;
12 So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.
13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.
15 And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.
16 But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
17 By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,
18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:
19 Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.
20 By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.
21 By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones.
23 By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.
24 By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;
26 Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.
27 By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.
28 By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.
29 By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days.
31 By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.
32 What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:
33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,
34 Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.
35 Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
37 They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.