Hebreus 11

1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. 2 For by this, the elders obtained approval. 3 By faith we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

5 By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God. 6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

7 By faith Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear,*11:7 or, reverence prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went. 9 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

11 By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen*11:13 TR adds "and being convinced of" them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 15 If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born*11:17 The phrase "only born" is from the Greek word "μονογενη", which is sometimes translated "only begotten" or "one and only". son, 18 to whom it was said, "Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,"✝11:18 Genesis 21:12 19 concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time, 26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.

31 By faith Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

32 What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets— 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,✝11:33 Daniel 6:22-23 34 quenched the power of fire,✝11:34 Daniel 3:1-30 escaped the edge of the sword,✝11:34 1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31—7:20 from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee. 35 Women received their dead by resurrection.✝11:35 1 Kings 17:17-23; 2 Kings 4:32-37 Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned.✝11:37 2 Chronicles 24:20-21 They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword.✝11:37 Jeremiah 26:20-23; 1 Kings 19:10 They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

39 These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise, 40 God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Te Whakapono

1 Nā, ko te whakapono, he whakapūmautanga i ngā mea e tūmanakohia atu ana, he whakakitenga i ngā mea kāhore nei e kitea. 2 Nā konei hoki ngā kaumātua i kōrerotia paitia ai.

3 Nā te whakapono i mātau ai tātou he mea hanga ngā ao e te kupu a te Atua, ā, ko ngā mea e tirohia atu nei kīhai i puta ake i roto i ngā mea e kitea ana.

4 Nā te whakapono i pai ake ai i tā Kaina te patunga tapu i tāpaea e Āpera ki te Atua, nā tēnā hoki i whakaatu tōna tika, i whakaatu hoki te Atua mō āna whakahere; nā tēnā anō ia i whai kupu ai, ahakoa mate.

5 Nā te whakapono a Ēnoka i kawea kētia ai, tē kite i te mate. Nā, kāhore ia i kitea, nō te mea kua kawea kētia ia e te Atua; i mua atu hoki i tōna kawenga kētanga i whakaaturia mai ia, e āhuareka ana te Atua ki a ia. 6 Ki te kāhore hoki he whakapono, e kore e taea he mea e āhuareka mai ai ia. Ki te haere hoki tētahi ki te Atua, me whakapono ko ia anō tēnei ko te Atua, e hōmai ana e ia he utu ki te hunga e āta rapu ana i a ia.

7 Nā te whakapono a Noa, i tōna whakamaharatanga e te Atua ki ngā mea kāhore i kitea noatia, i oho ai, he wehi ki te Atua, ā, hangā ana e ia te āka hei whakaora mō tōna whare; he whakataunga tēnā nāna i te hē ki te ao, ā, uru ana ki te tika o te whakapono.

8 Nā te whakapono a Āperahama i ngohengohe ai, i tōna karangatanga kia haere ki te wāhi meāke riro i a ia hei kāinga; ā, haere ana ia, tē mātau ki te wāhi e haere ai ia. 9 Nā te whakapono ia i noho manene ai ki te whenua i whakaaria mai, he whenua tangata kē anō ki a ia, ā, noho tēneti ana ia, rātou ko Īhaka, ko Hākopa, ōna hoa kua uru tahi nei rātou ki taua mea i whakaaria mai rā. 10 I tatari hoki ia ki te pā whai tūranga, ko te Atua nei te kaihanga, te kaimahi.

11 Me Hera anō hoki, nā te whakapono ia i whai kaha ai, i hapū ai, ā, whānau ana tāna tama i te mea kua taka kē ōna tau; i mahara hoki ia he pono tā te kaiwhakaari mai. 12 Nā, whānau ake i te kotahi, he tangata anō hoki ia kua whakatūpāpakutia ki ēnei mea, me te mea ko ngā whetū o te rangi te tini, koia anō kei te onepū i te taha o te moana e kore nei e taea te tatau.

13 I mate katoa ēnei i runga i te whakapono, kīhai i whiwhi ki ngā mea i whakaaria mai rā, engari he mea kite atu nā rātou i tawhiti, ā, whakaponohia atu ana e rātou, awhitia atu ana, whakaae ana rātou he manene rātou, he noho noa iho i runga i te whenua. 14 Ko te hunga hoki he pēnei ā rātou kōrero, e whakakite pū ana rātou he whenua tupu tā rātou e rapu nei. 15 Me i mahara hoki rātou ki taua kāinga i haere mai nei rātou i reira, pēnei kua ātea he hokinga atu mō rātou. 16 Tēnā ko tēnei, e hiahia ana rātou ki tētahi kāinga pai ake, ki tērā i te rangi. Koia te Atua tē whakamā ai ki a rātou, kia kīia ko tō rātou Atua; kua rite hoki i a ia tētahi pā mō rātou.

17 Nā te whakapono a Āperahama i tāpae ai i a Īhaka, i tōna whakamātautauranga; āe rā, ko te tangata i a ia nei ngā kupu whakaari, tāpaea ana e ia tāna huatahi, 18 mōna nei te kupu, "Kei a Īhaka he huānga mō tāu whānau." 19 I whakaaro hoki ia, ahakoa i roto nei anō i te hunga mate, e taea ia e te Atua te whakaara ake; ā, riro mai ana ia i reira, he mea whakaahua.

20 Nā te whakapono tā Īhaka kupu manaaki mō Hākopa rāua ko Ēhau; he meatanga ki ngā mea ō muri nei.

21 Nā te whakapono a Hākopa, i a ia ka tata te mate, i manaaki ai i ngā tama tokorua a Hōhepa; ā, koropiko ana i runga i tāna tokotoko.

22 Nā te whakapono a Hōhepa, i a ia e whakahemohemo ana i whakahua ai i te haerenga mai o ngā tamariki a Īharaira; i whakatakoto tikanga ai anō mō ōna wheua.

23 Nā te whakapono a Mohi, i tōna whānautanga, i hunā ai e ōna mātua e toru ngā marama, i kite hoki rāua he tamaiti ātaahua ia; kīhai hoki rāua i mataku ki te ture a te kīngi.

24 Nā te whakapono a Mohi, i tōna kaumātuatanga, kīhai i pai kia kīia he tama nā te tamāhine a Parao; 25 ki tāna hoki, ko te mamae tahi me tā te Atua iwi, he mea pai kē atu i ngā āhuareka o te hara kia riro mō tētahi wā. 26 Ki tōna whakaaro, ko te tāwainga mō te Karaiti, he taonga nui kē atu i ngā taonga o Īhipa; i titiro atu hoki ia ki te utu ka hōmai.

27 Nā te whakapono ia i haere atu ai i Īhipa, kīhai hoki i mataku i te riri a te kīngi; i ū tonu hoki ia, he titiro nōna ki te Atua e kore nei e kitea. 28 Nā te whakapono ia i whakarite ai i te Kapenga, i te ringihanga toto, kei pā ki a rātou te kaiwhakamate i ngā whānau mātāmua.

29 Nā te whakapono rātou i haere ai rā te Moana Whero me te mea e nā runga ana i te whenua maroke; ā, i te whakamātauranga a ngā Īhipiana, ki te pērā horomia ake rātou.

30 Nā te whakapono ngā taiepa o Heriko i whenuku ai, i te mea e whitu ngā rā e taiāwhiotia ana. 31 Nā te whakapono a Rahapa, te wahine kairau, i kore ai e whakangaromia ngātahitia me te hunga whakapono kore, mōna i whakamanuhiri i ngā tūtei i runga i te rangimārie.

32 Kia pēhea ake anō hoki āku kōrero? E kore hoki e ranea te tāima hei kōrerotanga māku i ngā mea a Kiriona, a Paraka, a Hamahona, a Iepeta, a Rāwiri, a Hamuera, a ngā poropiti. 33 Nā te whakapono nei i hinga ai i a rātou ngā rangatiratanga, i mahia ai e rātou te tika, i whiwhi ai rātou ki ngā mea i whakaaria mai i mua, i tūtakina ai e rātou ngā waha o ngā raiona, 34 i tineia ai e rātou te kaha o te ahi, i mawhiti ai i te mata o te hoari, i haere atu ai i te ngoikore ki te kaha, i meinga ai kia kaha i te whawhaitanga, whati ana i a rātou ngā taua a ngā tauiwi. 35 Riro ana i ngā wāhine ā rātou tūpāpaku, he mea whakaara ake.

Ko ētahi i whakamamaetia, kīhai anō i whakaae atu kia whakaorangia; kia whiwhi ai rātou ki te whakaarahanga pai kē atu. 36 Ko ētahi i whakamātau i ngā tāwainga, i ngā whiunga, i ngā mekameka anō hoki, i te whare herehere. 37 I ākina rātou ki te kōhatu, i wāhia ki te kani, i whakawaia, i mate i te patunga a te hoari. I hāereere rātou, he hiako hipi te kākahu, he hiako koati; he hunga rawakore rātou, e tūkinotia ana, e whakatupuria kinotia ana; 38 kīhai nei te ao i pai mō rātou! Ātiutiu noa ana rātou i waenga tahora, i ngā maunga, i ngā ana, i ngā poka o te whenua.

39 Nā, pai tonu te kōrero mō ēnei katoa, he mea nā te whakapono, heoi kīhai rātou i whiwhi ki te mea i whakaaria mai. 40 Kua whakaaroa wawetia hoki e te Atua tētahi mea pai atu mō tātou, kei tino tika rātou i te mea kāhore nei tātou.