Eitavelo neenghono dalo
1 Eitavelo olo elineekelo la pama okulineekela osho tashi teelelwa nokuliyukifa painima ihe wetike. 2 Osheshi omulo ovakulunhu vonale va pewa ehepaululo liwa.
3 Meitavelo otu udite ko nokutya, ounyuni owa tungifwa ondjovo yaKalunga, noinima ei i wetike inai dja moinima ihe wetike.
Oihopaenenwa yovaladi meitavelo
4 Meitavelo Abel okwa yambela Kalunga eyambo liwa li dule eli laKain, nomolwalo a pewa ehepaululo nokutya, oye omuyuki, Kalunga eshi a hepaulula omayambo aye; nomeitavelo tuu olo ota popi natango nande a fya. 5 Meitavelo Henok okwa kufwa po aha mone efyo, ye ina monika, osheshi Kalunga e mu kufa po. Osheshi fimbo ina kufwa po, okwa pewa ehepaululo nokutya, Kalunga e mu hokwa. 6 Kape na ou ta dulu okuwapalela Kalunga, ngeenge kape neitavelo, osheshi ou ta ehene kuKalunga e nokwiitavela nokutya, oko e li, naava tave mu kongo, ote va pe ondjabi. 7 Meitavelo Noa, eshi a shiivifilwa inya inai monika natango, metilo liyapuki okwa tunga ongulu yomomeva, a xupife eumbo laye, nomeitavelo okwa tokola ounyuni nokwa ninga omufyuululi wouyuki tau di meitavelo.
8 Meitavelo Abraham eshi a ifanwa a tembukile kedu olo te ke li pewa li ninge efyuululo laye, okwa dulika, nokwa dja mo ina shiiva apa ta i. 9 Meitavelo okwa kala omunailongo medu leudaneko la fa lihe fi laye, nokwa li ha kala momatwali pamwe naIsak naJakob, ovafyuululi veudaneko pamwe naye, 10 osheshi okwa li ha teelele oshilando shinya shi nomakanghameno a pama, nomutoti nomutungi washo oKalunga. 11 Meitavelo naSara yo okwa li a pewa eenghono okutunga epata; nonande a hangika a kulupa, okwa dala molwaashi oye a tala omuudaneki e shi okulineekelwa. 12 Onghee hano omuumwe, ou omukulupe, mo omwa tutuma vahapu va feenyofi dokeulu nova fehekedu lopomunghulo wefuta lihe shii okuvalulwa.
13 Meitavelo aveshe ava va fila mo, vo inava mona eshi sha udanekwa, ndelenee ove shi tala ashike kokule nokwiitavela, nove shi kunda, nove lihepaulula nokutya, ovo ovanailongo novaenda kombada yedu eli. 14 Osheshi ava hava ti ngaha, otave liholola, ovo tava kongo oshilongo shovambulavo. 15 Ngeno ova popya shinya va dile mo, ngeno ove nomhito okushuna mo, 16 ndelenee paife otava djuulukwa oshilongo shiwa shi dule shinya, oshomeulu. Onghee hano Kalunga ite va fi ohoni a ifanwe Kalunga kavo, osheshi okwe va longekidila oshilando.
17 Meitavelo Abraham okwa yandja Isak eyambo eshi a yelekwa kuKalunga. Abraham tuu ou a pewa omaudaneko kuKalunga; nande ongaho okwa yandja ewifa laye Isak eyambo. 18 Kalunga okwe mu lombwela: “OmuIsak oludalo loye tali ka dja.” 19 Osheshi Abraham a diladila kutya Kalunga ota dulu okunyumuna Isak koufi; onghee okwe mu peululwa a fa a dja mefyo.
20 Meitavelo Isak okwa nangeka Jakob naEsau noupuna omokutala inya yokomesho. 21 Meitavelo Jakob, eshi a li pokufya a nangeka noupuna ovana vaJosef aveshe vavali, ndele ta indile mokulinyongamena komutwe wonhaili yaye. 22 Meitavelo Josef, eshi a li pokufya okwa tonga etembu lovana vaIsrael, nokwe va lombwela omakipa aye nhumbi tave a ningi.
23 Meitavelo ovakulunhu vaMoses ova li ve mu holeka eehani nhatu, eshi a dalwa, osheshi va mona okaana kawa, vo inava tila oshipango shohamba. 24 Meitavelo Moses, eshi a kula, okwa anya a ifanwe omona wokakadona kaFarao, 25 okwe lihoololela, a hepekwe pamwe noshiwana shaKalunga nokwa dina ouwa wokafimbo womoulunde, 26 nokushekwa kwaKristus okwe ku tala oko oupuna u dule omamona omuEgipiti, osheshi e a pilamena a taalela kondjabi. 27 Meitavelo okwa fiya po Egipiti ehe noutile wehandu lohamba, okwe likolelela, osheshi a kala a fa e wete ou ehe wetike. 28 Meitavelo okwa dika po Opaasa neshamino lohonde, omudipai woiveli opo aha kume kuvo.
29 Meitavelo va tokola Efuta Litilyana va fa va enda poukukutu, fimbo Ovaegipiti eshi ve shi hetekela, va fila mo. 30 Meitavelo ohote yaJeriko oya teka po, eshi ya dingililwa omafiku aheyali. 31 Meitavelo ombwada Rahab ina hanaunwa po pamwe novanandubo eshi a idilila eendadi nombili.
32 Ndele ohandi ti shike vali? Osheshi efimbo otali ka pwila nge po, ngeenge handi hepaulula Gideon, Barak, Simson, Jefta, David naSamuel novaxunganeki, 33 ava va teya po oilongo okeitavelo, nova diinina ouyuki, va mona omaudaneko a wanifwa, nova fitika po omakanya eenghoshi, 34 va dima po eenghono domundilo, va ya onhapo eememo domaongamukonda, va ninga ovanaenghono moungone wavo, novaladi molwoodi, va taataa po eengudu dovakwaita dovanailongo. 35 Nokwa li ku novakainhu va alulilwa oonakufya vavo va nyumunwa. Vakwao ova hepekwa nokuhepekelelwa, vo inava hala okumangululwa, opo va mone enyumuko liwa unene. 36 Vamwe vali va dengwa nova shekwa, ndele va mangwa nomalyenge nova idililwa modolongo, 37 va dipawa nomamanya, va shaaxwa nokutetwa, va hepekwa nai, va dipawa nomaongamukonda. Va tembauka nova djala oikafa yeedi noyoikombo; va fya oluhepo, va fininikwa nova monifwa oixuna, 38 ovo tuu ava ounyuni inau wana va kale muwo, va endaenda neefuka neemhunda nomomakololo nomomakwena edu.
39 Nonande aveshe ava va pewa ehepaululo okeitavelo, inava mona ewanifo leudaneko, 40 osheshi Kalunga e tu nunina ouwa u dule winya, venya vaha fike kewaneneno vehe li nafye.
The Great Faith of God's People
1 Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see. 2 It was their faith that made our ancestors pleasing to God.
3 Because of our faith, we know that the world was made at God's command. We also know that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.
4 Because Abel had faith, he offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. God was pleased with him and his gift, and even though Abel is now dead, his faith still speaks for him.
5 Enoch had faith and did not die. He pleased God, and God took him up to heaven. This is why his body was never found. 6 But without faith no one can please God. We must believe that God is real and rewards everyone who searches for him.
7 Because Noah had faith, he was warned about something that had not yet happened. He obeyed and built a boat that saved him and his family. In this way the people of the world were judged, and Noah was given the blessings that come to everyone who pleases God.
8 Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen. 9 Because Abraham had faith, he lived as a stranger in the promised land. He lived there in a tent, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who were later given the same promise. 10 Abraham did this, because he was waiting for the eternal city God had planned and built.
11 Even when Sarah was too old to have children, she had faith that God would do what he had promised, and she had a son. 12 Her husband Abraham was almost dead, but he became the ancestor of many people. In fact, there are as many of them as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore.
13 Every one of those people died. But they still had faith, even though they had not received what they had been promised. They were glad just to see these things from far away, and they agreed that they were only strangers and foreigners on this earth. 14 When people talk this way, it is clear they are looking for a place to call their own. 15 If they had been talking about the land where they had once lived, they could have gone back at any time. 16 But they were looking forward to a better home in heaven. This is why God wasn't ashamed for them to call him their God. He even built a city for them.
17-18 Abraham had been promised that Isaac, his only son, would continue his family. But when Abraham was tested, he had faith and was willing to sacrifice Isaac, 19 because he was sure that God could raise people to life. This was just like getting Isaac back from death.
20 Isaac had faith, and he promised blessings to Jacob and Esau. 21 Later, when Jacob was about to die, he leaned on his walking stick and worshiped. Then because of his faith he blessed each of Joseph's sons. 22 And right before Joseph died, he had faith that God would lead the people of Israel out of Egypt. So he told them to take his bones with them.
23 Because Moses' parents had faith, they kept him hidden until he was three months old. They saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid to disobey the king's orders. 24 Then after Moses grew up, his faith made him refuse to be called the king's grandson. 25 He chose to be mistreated with God's people instead of having the good time that sin could bring for a little while. 26 Moses knew that the treasures of Egypt were not as wonderful as what he would receive from suffering for the Messiah, and he looked forward to his reward.
27 Because of his faith, Moses left Egypt. Moses had seen the invisible God and wasn't afraid of the king's anger. 28 His faith also made him celebrate Passover. He sprinkled the blood of animals on the doorposts, so that the first-born sons of the people of Israel would not be killed by the destroying angel.
29 Because of their faith, the people walked through the Red Sea on dry land. But when the Egyptians tried to do it, they were drowned.
30 God's people had faith, and when they had walked around the city of Jericho for seven days, its walls fell down.
31 Rahab had been a prostitute, but she had faith and welcomed the spies. So she wasn't killed with the people who disobeyed.
32 What else can I say? There isn't enough time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets. 33 Their faith helped them conquer kingdoms, and because they did right, God made promises to them. They closed the jaws of lions 34 and put out raging fires and escaped from the swords of their enemies. Although they were weak, they were given the strength and power to chase foreign armies away.
35 Some women received their loved ones back from death. Many of these people were tortured, but they refused to be released. They were sure they would get a better reward when the dead are raised to life. 36 Others were made fun of and beaten with whips, and some were chained in jail. 37 Still others were stoned to death or sawed in two or killed with swords. Some had nothing but sheep skins or goat skins to wear. They were poor, mistreated, and tortured. 38 The world did not deserve these good people, who had to wander in deserts and on mountains and had to live in caves and holes in the ground.
39 All of them pleased God because of their faith! But still they died without being given what had been promised. 40 This was because God had something better in store for us. And he did not want them to reach the goal of their faith without us.
