Hebreus 6

1 Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, 2 of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 This will we do, if God permits. 4 For concerning 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 to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame. 7 For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God; 8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

9 But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this. 10 For 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 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, 12 that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, 14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."✝6:14 Genesis 22:17 15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 17 In 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 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 take hold of the hope set before us. 19 This 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 where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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.