2 PBS Pakei hupalanaveia japenaru jobepakama nene. BSB BSB: This is why the ancients were commended.
3 PBS Kei hupalanaveiako janero, kei fitopa jalelepai Tata pitikepa kelela, ko janefunei lewaei wa janefukaia. BSB BSB: By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
4 PBS Kei Habel hupalanave kekeko jako kelofei jahefefa pa Kain kekei jafefe. Loma noiako kepitete-ei, kei ke-bamua, pakei Tata jakolofei-i kekeki pa pakei hupalanaveiako kewapara pikelei. BSB BSB: By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
7 PBS Kei hupalanaveko, kei Nuh- Tata janaluko kei jalewaka- kelatakupa tui ketupiko tebapakekei kelofefele; pa pa hupalanaveia fitowe ma-kele, pa keteniko jabamua kekekele, aha ana hupalanave keke. BSB BSB: By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
8 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Abraham kelataku, pu ke-teniko ketiti jehabai kekeko kekewo, kaipa keka pa je-ketitile kewora keluka. BSB BSB: By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
9 PBS Pakei hupalanaveko kelei hatu tenikoko kei anara jelopa pa kei kepa Ishak pa Yakub te-e fate, kei teralakote pipafe ali-i keloko. BSB BSB: By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
10 PBS Pakei kekoi nove navepa, kei tajatefikoko pa Tata weku. BSB BSB: For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 PBS Kei hupalanaveko tena Sara nave tereko kotete, kei felaro kotete rufa, kei kehuo Ke, keba jalokoi kelataku. BSB BSB: By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
12 PBS Peako, wa ba-aliko, kei keba kolelekale, ko-nawo kelofe, anara ha-motu peta pa hatu motu-ba, nawo pepei ehahitapepele. BSB BSB: And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
13 PBS Hupalanaveiako tebafawe tebiko anara jakelokoi bauraweka, pa tekare habafua pa nofa telie-te pa keteji, kei tei tebapapa pa teba metolakete fitowea. BSB BSB: All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
14 PBS Pakei teba pitila noi teninawea, kei te-pututava hatu-u tejujute. BSB BSB: Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
15 PBS Pa anara jai hatu tete te-e, kei terifatei, kei te-pa loteweko temetete kei. BSB BSB: If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 PBS Pa uawe hato ferakau teputu hatui peta. BSB BSB: Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
18 PBS kei ke-huhutete: "Pipave wa Ishak ia tenini pipafe meme." BSB BSB: even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
19 PBS Kei kehuo, Tata navekekei tebabi nanera keleko telefutotote. Pa wafuato ke-anara te-laukelo. BSB BSB: Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Ishak, kekalenatote, janaheve kewele Yakub tena Esau. BSB BSB: By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
21 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Yakub, pu kewawale watu, Yusuf hahake hitui nokelofe, pakei labikebale pakekuti nala ru-keke. BSB BSB: By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Yusuf kewawale watupa paikeke pa teba Israel meketetete huhukele pa eha keke keloko te-emomo. BSB BSB: By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
23 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Musa, pu make kepitaha-a, tebahuhu keke kere ke-heto, kei tekarete, koi taha keke ferakatafa pa keba tete pilei tefeka. BSB BSB: By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
24 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Musa, kehulo, ke-tenini keba tete lake-upei keoke, BSB BSB: By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
25 PBS kei kepule kelapa Tata bapakepa jafefetere-ei keiheve para jatalewea jaheve keloi nole. BSB BSB: He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
26 PBS Kei kehuo Kristus tenajietei ana jahelo bapale pakei Mesir jahelotei, kei tahai kewelitekotu jahelo. BSB BSB: He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
27 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Mesir kekeliti pakei kebatete pipulai-i kefuka. Kelataku ana kefu janefajuka. BSB BSB: By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
28 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Paskah kele pa hi-ketapu, u-keba tebahu keji-ilei tekejijika. BSB BSB: By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
29 PBS Pakei hupalanaveko tele Ja Ulei ana tele hatu epe, pakei teba Mesir teute, kei tera tetete. BSB BSB: By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
30 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Yerikho lahoi lepafata, pui novei tepaju ba-napaheto jopepe. BSB BSB: By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
31 PBS Kei hupalanaveko Rahab, peume lofefewae, teba fefepa petakuka, kei teba luto-hitu tei jano huhufa petu. BSB BSB: By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
32 PBS Pa jara nilolole? Kei ni ba-ka, anara Gideon huhu nilele, Barak, Simson, Yefta, Daud pa Semuel pa bapuhake kau, BSB BSB: And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, 33 PBS kei hupalanaveko Bapapa tetaki, bamua teoko, jakelokoi tewe, jako fefe laute tepu, BSB BSB: who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
34 PBS ra-bapele-ei tewu. Ta-hu letete, ekotopae panave perenue, navepa pi-tete-e pa teba papa tabate tejiko tejanafate. BSB BSB: quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
36 PBS Tekau tenajie pa aripatejie, kau atepe pa terekete teme apa-hatufulo. BSB BSB: Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 PBS Te-wupa terue, ta-kupa patejae, kau tanofo kakafapa tejipate tebie, tekau iro tehemopa tehipupate-e fitowe pa jako-ropa japakapa tete-e, te-jafefetete-e pa te-teretupajie. BSB BSB: They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
38 PBS Fotowe te-pewenuka. Tehipopate-e tahou pa pe-tutu, wa pa pe-lolo. BSB BSB: The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
39 PBS Pa tebafai jakelokoi baura weka, hupalanave tete jari heve penarupara. BSB BSB: These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
40 PBS Pakei Tata jaferakau ketupiko ne; nelaka tejakote tupapakatu. BSB BSB: God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
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