Hebreus 4

1 Nā, kia mataku tātou, i te mea ka tukua iho nei he kōrero pai mō tātou kia tae atu ki tōna okiokinga, kei tirohia mai tētahi o koutou kua mahue ki muri. 2 He mea kauwhau hoki te rongopai ki a tātou, he pērā anō me tērā i a rātou. Heoi, kīhai te kupu i rangona i whai pai ki a rātou; nō te mea kīhai i whakananua ki te whakapono i roto i te hunga i rangona ai. 3 Ka taea hoki te okiokinga e tātou kua whakapono nei; ka rite ki tāna i kī rā:

"Nā reira i riri ai ahau, i oati ai hoki,

‘E kore rātou e tae ki tōku okiokinga!’ "

Kua oti nā hoki ngā mahi i te tīmatanga rā anō o te ao. 4 Ko tāna kupu hoki tēnei i tētahi wāhi mō te rā whitu, "Ā, ka okioki te Atua i te rā whitu i āna mahi katoa." 5 I tēnei wāhi anō hoki, "E kore rātou e tae ki tōku okiokinga."

6 Nā, tērā atu anō he taenga mō ētahi ki reira; kīhai hoki te hunga i kauwhautia ai te rongopai ki a rātou i mua i tae, nō te mea kāhore ō rātou whakapono; 7 ā, ka motuhia mai e ia tētahi rā, i a ia i mea rā i tā Rāwiri, Hei āianei, i muri i taua wā roa rā; ko te kupu hoki tēnei:

"Hei āianei, ki te rongo koutou ki tōna reo,

kaua e whakapakeketia ō koutou ngākau."

8 Mehemea hoki i whai okiokinga rātou i a Hohua, e kore e kōrerotia e ia tētahi atu rā i muri iho. 9 Inā, tērā atu anō he hāpati okiokinga mō te iwi o te Atua. 10 Ki te tae hoki te tangata ki tōna okiokinga, ka okioki anō ia i āna mahi ake, ka pērā me te Atua i okioki i āna mahi ake. 11 Nā, kia puta tō tātou uaua ki te tomo ki taua okiokinga, kei pērā te whakapono kore o tētahi, ā, ka hinga.

12 Ora tonu hoki te kupu a te Atua, mana tonu, koi rawa atu i tētahi hoari matarua, ngoto tonu, ā, wehea noatia te ngākau me te wairua, ngā ponapona me te hinu wheua, e wawae ana anō i ngā whakaaro, i ngā hihiritanga o te ngākau. 13 Kāhore hoki he mea hanga i ngaro ki tōna aroaro. Heoi, e takoto kau ana, e tuwhera ana ngā mea katoa ki ōna kanohi, kei a ia nei he kupu mō tātou.

Ko Īhu te Tohunga Nui

14 Nā, he tino tohunga nui tō tātou, kua tomo ki ngā rangi, a Īhu, te Tama a te Atua, kia mau pū tātou ki te tikanga i whakaaetia e tātou. 15 Ehara hoki tō tātou i te tohunga nui e kore e āhei kia mamae tahi me tātou e ngoikore nei; i whakamātautauria nei hoki ia i ngā mea katoa, i pēneitia me tātou, kāhore ia he hara. 16 Nā, kia haere māia atu tātou ki te torōna o te aroha noa, kia puta mai ai ki a tātou te mahi tohu, kia kitea ai e tātou tā te aroha noa hei āwhina mai mō ngā wā e mate ai.

1 Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard. 3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said,

As I sware in my wrath,

They shall not enter into my rest:

although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works; 5 and in this place again,

They shall not enter into my rest.

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience, 7 he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before),

To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

Harden not your hearts.

8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. 11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

14 Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.