Hebreus 6

1 Nā, kāti tātou te kōrero i ngā tīmatanga o tā te Karaiti ako, hoake tātou ki te tino tikanga; kaua e tuaruatia te whakatakoto i te tūranga, arā i te rīpenetā ki ngā mahi mate, i te whakapono hoki ki te Atua, 2 i te whakaako ki ngā iriiri, ki te whakapānga o ngā ringaringa, ki te aranga o ngā tāngata mate, ki te whakawākanga mutungakore. 3 Ā, ka meatia anō tēnei e tātou ki te tukua e te Atua.

4 Ko te hunga hoki kua oti te whakamārama, kua pā ki te mea i hōmai i runga i te rangi, kua whiwhi ki te Wairua Tapu, 5 kua kitea anō te pai o tā te Atua kupu, me ngā mea kaha o te ao meāke nei puta; 6 ki te taka atu rātou, e kore rātou e taea te whakahou ake ki te rīpenetā; ka rīpekatia houtia hoki te Tama a te Atua e rātou nei anō, ka meinga hoki kia tāwaia nuitia.

7 Ko te whenua hoki e inu nei i te ua honohono te heke ki runga ki a ia, ā, e mea ana i te otaota pai kia tupu ake mā te hunga i mahia ai, ka whiwhi ki tā te Atua manaaki. 8 Ki te tupuria ia e te tātarāmoa, e te tūmatakuru, ka whakakinoa, ka tata ki te kanga: ko tōna whakamutunga ka tahuna.

9 Otiia, ahakoa pēnei noa tā mātou kōrero, e ū ana anō tō mātou whakaaro, e ōku hoa aroha, ki ngā mea pai kē atu kei a koutou, he mea hoki mō te whakaoranga. 10 E kore hoki te Atua e hē, e wareware ki tā koutou mahi, ki te uaua o tō koutou aroha, i whakakitea mai e koutou ki tōna ingoa, i a koutou i atawhai i te hunga tapu, ā, ka atawhai nei anō. 11 Otiia, e hiahia ana mātou kia whakakitea taua uaua nā anō e tēnei, e tēnei o koutou, kia taea rawatia te pūmautanga o te whakaaro i tūmanako ai koutou ā te mutunga rā anō. 12 Kia kaua e pūhoi, engari kia rite ki tā te hunga i whakapono, i whakamanawanui, ā, riro mai ana i a rātou ngā mea i whakaaria mai.

Te Kupu Whakaari Tūturu o te Atua

13 I tā te Atua whakaaringa mea ki a Āperahama, i te mea kāhore tētahi i nui ake hei oatitanga, ka oatitia e ia a ia ake anō, 14 ka mea, "Inā, ka manaakitia rawatia koe e ahau, ka whakanuia rawatia anō hoki koe." 15 Heoi, whakamanawanui ana ia, ā, riro ana i a ia te kupu whakaari.

16 Ko te mea nui ake hoki tā ngā tāngata e waiho ai hei oati; ā, ki a rātou hei mutunga mō ngā whakahokihoki kupu katoa te oati whakaū. 17 Nō reira, i te mahara o te Atua kia tino whakakitea ki te hunga mō rātou nei te kupu whakaari te pūmau o tōna whakaaro, ka whakaurua mai e ia he oati, 18 kia rua ai ngā mea pūmau, he mea e kore ai e āhei kia teka te Atua. Mā reira ka kaha ai he whakamārie mō tātou, mō te hunga kua rere ki te pupuri i te mea e takoto mai nei i te aroaro, e tūmanakohia atu nei. 19 Hei punga anō tēnei mā tātou mō te wairua, he tūmanako mau tonu, ū tonu, tae tonu atu anō hoki ki te mea i roto i te ārai; 20 ki te wāhi kua tapoko atu nei a Īhu ki reira, hei mātāmua mō tātou, i a ia i meinga hei tohunga nui mō ā mua tonu atu, i runga i te ritenga o Merekihereke.

1 Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: 8 but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak: 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: 12 that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself, 14 saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 17 Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that 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 lay hold of the hope set before us: 19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil; 20 whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.