1 Let us go forward, then, to mature teaching and leave behind us the first lessons of the Christian message. We should not lay again the foundation of turning away from useless works and believing in God; 2 of the teaching about baptisms and the laying on of hands; of the resurrection of the dead and the eternal judgment. 3 Let us go forward! And this is what we will do, if God allows.
4 For how can those who abandon their faith be brought back to repent again? They were once in God's light; they tasted heaven's gift and received their share of the Holy Spirit; 5 they knew from experience that God's word is good, and they had felt the powers of the coming age. 6 And then they abandoned their faith! It is impossible to bring them back to repent again, because they are again crucifying the Son of God and exposing him to public shame.
7 God blesses the soil which drinks in the rain that often falls on it and which grows plants that are useful to those for whom it is cultivated. 8 But if it grows thorns and weeds, it is worth nothing; it is in danger of being cursed by God and will be destroyed by fire.
9 But even if we speak like this, dear friends, we feel sure about you. We know that you have the better blessings that belong to your salvation. 10 God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians. 11 Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come true. 12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to be like those who believe and are patient, and so receive what God has promised.
God's Sure Promise
13 When God made his promise to Abraham, he made a vow to do what he had promised. Since there was no one greater than himself, he used his own name when he made his vow. 14 He said, “I promise you that I will bless you and give you many descendants.” 15 Abraham was patient, and so he received what God had promised. 16 When we make a vow, we use the name of someone greater than ourselves, and the vow settles all arguments. 17 To those who were to receive what he promised, God wanted to make it very clear that he would never change his purpose; so he added his vow to the promise. 18 There are these two things, then, that cannot change and about which God cannot lie. So we who have found safety with him are greatly encouraged to hold firmly to the hope placed before us. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for our lives. It is safe and sure, and goes through the curtain of the heavenly temple into the inner sanctuary. 20 On our behalf Jesus has gone in there before us and has become a high priest forever, in the priestly order of Melchizedek.
1 Wo to, ali ŋà Kiristu* la kuwo karandiroo simfaa foloolu bula ka taa ñaato ko moolu mennu menta. Ali ǹ kana fondamaŋo laa kotenke ka kuwolu bambandi, ŋà mennu soto fokabaŋ, kuwolu mennu be ko ka tuubi baara nafantaŋolu la, aniŋ ka laa Alla la. 2 Aduŋ m̀ maŋ suula ka wo yaamaroolu seyinkaŋ, mennu be dendiŋ batiseeroolu* la, bulu laa baadiŋolu* kaŋ duwaa kono, saayaakoolaa wulindiroo, aniŋ badaa-badaa kiitiyo la kuwo. 3 Niŋ Alla sonta, m̀ be a ke la le.
4 Kaatu tuubi koteŋ te moolu ye, mennu tarata Alla la maloo kono nuŋ fokabaŋ. Ì naata Arijana soorifeŋolu nene, aniŋ ì ye ì niyo soto Noora Kuliŋo to. 5 Ì ye Alla la kumoo la beteyaa nene le, aniŋ semboolu mennu be naa la laakira siniŋ. 6 Ñinnu bee koolaa, niŋ ì badalita, tuubi koteŋ te ì maakoyi noo la, baawo ì ye Alla Dinkewo* pempeŋ yiribantambiloo kaŋ ì la wo kuwo le la kotenke, aniŋ ì ka a malundi kenebaa to.
7 Kaatu samaa ka siyaa bankoo meŋ kaŋ baake, a ka jiyo suusuu le, aniŋ a ka fiifeŋolu falindi moolu ye, a seneta mennu la kuwo kamma la, Alla ka neema wo bankoo ma le. 8 Bari bankoo meŋ ka ŋaniŋolu niŋ ñaamoolu falindi, a maŋ jari feŋ na, bari a sutiyaata dankoo le la, aduŋ a labaŋo mu janiroo le ti.
9 Ǹ kanuntewolu, hani ǹ ka diyaamu teŋ, bari alitolu la karoo la, ǹ dankeneyaata le ko, alitolu be kuwolu mennu soto la, wolu beteyaata ñinnu ti le, baawo ì be dendiŋ kiisoo le la. 10 Kaatu Alla tilinta le, aduŋ a te ñina la ali la dookuwo la, aniŋ kanoo, ali ye meŋ yitandi a too kamma la, ka moo senuŋolu maakoyi, aduŋ ali be looriŋ wo kaŋ ne hani saayiŋ. 11 Ǹ lafita le ko, alitolu meŋ-wo-meŋ ye wo hame baa kiliŋo yitandi fo labandulaa to, i si a je ali la jikoo si naa ke tooñaa ti. 12 M̀ maŋ lafi alitolu ye ke moo naafariŋolu ti, bari ali si moolu nikiŋ, mennu ka tu looriŋ lannoo niŋ muñoo kaŋ. Wo kamma la ì ka kuwolu keetaa le, mennu laahidita ì ye.
Alla la laahidoo nene te faliŋ na
13 Kabiriŋ Alla ye Iburayima laahidi, a ye i kali a faŋo le la, kaatu a maŋ kantii soto, meŋ warata ate ti, ka i kali wo maarii la. 14 A ko, “Tooñaa, m be neema la i ma neema baa le la, aduŋ m be i koomalankoolu siyandi la le.” 15 Baawo Iburayima ye laahidoo batu muñoo niŋ wakiiloo le kono, a naata a soto.
16 Hadamadiŋolu ka i kali feŋ ne la, meŋ na kuwo warata ka tambi ì faŋolu la, aduŋ ì la ñoosaboo bee kono, kaloo le ka ì baŋ. 17 Wo to, biriŋ Alla lafita ka a koyindi baake wo moolu la, mennu be a la laahidoo soto la, ko a la feeroo te faliŋ na, a ye a bambandi niŋ kaloo le la. 18 A ye wo ke le, fo ǹ si sabarindi baa soto ka bo ñiŋ kuu fuloo la, laahidoo niŋ kaloo, mennu buka yelema. Alla la ñiŋ kumoo te ke la noo faniyaa ti. Wo kamma la ntolu mennu naata tankadulaa soto ate fee, ǹ si wakiiloo soto ka wo jikoo muta m̀ bulu fuloo la, a ye meŋ landi ǹ ñaatiliŋo la. 19 Ŋà ñiŋ jikoo soto bambandinke ǹ niyolu ye le ko lankaroo, meŋ dunta ridoo kooma, Dulaa Senuŋ Baa* to. 20 Wo mu dulaa le ti, Yeesu dunta daameŋ ka ke sila ñaatonkoo ti ntolu ye, baawo a naata ke badaa-badaa piriisi* kuntii baa ti, ko Melikisedeki la piriisiyaa be ñaameŋ.
