Faith
1 To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. 2 It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God's approval.
3 It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God's word, so that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.
4 It was faith that made Abel offer to God a better sacrifice than Cain's. Through his faith he won God's approval as a righteous man, because God himself approved of his gifts. By means of his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.
5 It was faith that kept Enoch from dying. Instead, he was taken up to God, and nobody could find him, because God had taken him up. The scripture says that before Enoch was taken up, he had pleased God. 6 No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him.
7 It was faith that made Noah hear God's warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was condemned, and Noah received from God the righteousness that comes by faith.
8 It was faith that made Abraham obey when God called him to go out to a country which God had promised to give him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he lived as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God. 10 For Abraham was waiting for the city which God has designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.
11 It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise. 12 Though Abraham was practically dead, from this one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, as many as the numberless grains of sand on the seashore.
13 It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth. 14 Those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 They did not keep thinking about the country they had left; if they had, they would have had the chance to return. 16 Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
17 It was faith that made Abraham offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God put Abraham to the test. Abraham was the one to whom God had made the promise, yet he was ready to offer his only son as a sacrifice. 18 God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I promised.” 19 Abraham reckoned that God was able to raise Isaac from death—and, so to speak, Abraham did receive Isaac back from death.
20 It was faith that made Isaac promise blessings for the future to Jacob and Esau.
21 It was faith that made Jacob bless each of the sons of Joseph just before he died. He leaned on the top of his walking stick and worshiped God.
22 It was faith that made Joseph, when he was about to die, speak of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and leave instructions about what should be done with his body.
23 It was faith that made the parents of Moses hide him for three months after he was born. They saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid to disobey the king's order.
24 It was faith that made Moses, when he had grown up, refuse to be called the son of the king's daughter. 25 He preferred to suffer with God's people rather than to enjoy sin for a little while. 26 He reckoned that to suffer scorn for the Messiah was worth far more than all the treasures of Egypt, for he kept his eyes on the future reward.
27 It was faith that made Moses leave Egypt without being afraid of the king's anger. As though he saw the invisible God, he refused to turn back. 28 It was faith that made him establish the Passover and order the blood to be sprinkled on the doors, so that the Angel of Death would not kill the first-born sons of the Israelites.
29 It was faith that made the Israelites able to cross the Red Sea as if on dry land; when the Egyptians tried to do it, the water swallowed them up.
30 It was faith that made the walls of Jericho fall down after the Israelites had marched around them for seven days. 31 It was faith that kept the prostitute Rahab from being killed with those who disobeyed God, for she gave the Israelite spies a friendly welcome.
32 Should I go on? There isn't enough time for me to speak of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets. 33 Through faith they fought whole countries and won. They did what was right and received what God had promised. They shut the mouths of lions, 34 put out fierce fires, escaped being killed by the sword. They were weak, but became strong; they were mighty in battle and defeated the armies of foreigners. 35 Through faith women received their dead relatives raised back to life.
Others, refusing to accept freedom, died under torture in order to be raised to a better life. 36 Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison. 37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were killed by the sword. They went around clothed in skins of sheep or goats—poor, persecuted, and mistreated. 38 The world was not good enough for them! They wandered like refugees in the deserts and hills, living in caves and holes in the ground.
39 What a record all of these have won by their faith! Yet they did not receive what God had promised, 40 because God had decided on an even better plan for us. His purpose was that only in company with us would they be made perfect.
XI.
Ticeiba.
1 Ticeiba ir cerejamūs lītu byutyskais ītvārums un vēļ naradzamūs aplīcynōjums. 2 Jamā ir klivuši slovoni senči. 3 Caur ticeibu mes zynom, ka Dīva vōrds ir radejis pasauļus, ka radzamais nav cēlīs nu asūšō. 4 Ticeibas dēļ Abeļa upurātō dōvona Dīvam beja pateikamōka na kai Kaina; jōs dēļ jys sajēme līceibu, ka jys ir attaisnōts, — Dīvs tū aplīcynōja, pi jō dōvonom, — jōs dēļ jys napōrstōj runōt arī pēc sovas nōves. 5 Ticeibas dēļ nu šō pasauļa tyka pajimts Enochs, nabaudūt nōves, un jys te vairs nabeja atrūnams, jo Dīvs jū beja pajēmis. Pyrms pajimšonas jys sajēme līceibu, ka jys ir Dīvam pateikams.
6 Bez ticeibas īpatikt Dīvam nav īspējams, jo ikvīnam, kas Dīvam tyvojās, jōtic, ka Dīvs ir un ka Jys atolgōs tūs, kas Jō meklej.
7 Caur ticeibu Noess sajēme ziņu par tū, kō vēļ naredzēja; sovas saimes glōbšonai jys dīvbejeigi pagatavōja škērstu un caur tū jys nūtīsōja pasauli, un palyka par mantinīku caur ticeibu sajamamōs pesteišonas.
8 Ticeibas dēļ Abraams beja paklauseigs un devēs uz tū zemi, kuru jam vajadzēja sajimt montōjumā un jys izceļōja nazynōdams uz kurīni aizīs. 9 Ticeibas dēļ jys apsamete apsūleitajā zemē kai svešinīks un dzeivōja nūmetnēs kūpā ar Izaaku un Jākubu — tōs pošas apsūleišonas mantinīkim, 10 Jys gaideja stipri nūstyprynōtōs piļsātas, kuras nūdybynōtōjs un izveidōtōjs ir pats Dīvs.
11 Ticeibas dēļ arī (naaugleigō) Sara, nasaskotūt uz sovu lelū vacumu, sajēme spāku byut par mōti, jo jei ticēja, ka Tys, kas jai apsūleja, ir uzticeigs. 12 Un tai tam vīnam izmyrušajam cēles pēcnōcēju tik daudz kai zvaigžņu debesīs un tik nasaskaitami, kai jyurmolas smiļtis.
13 Jī visi nūmyra ticeibā un apsūleitūs lobumu nasasnēdze; jī gon redzēja tūs nu tōlīnes, jūs apsveice un ar tū aplīcynōja, ka jī vērs zemes ir tikai ceļōtōji un vīsi. 14 Un tai runojūt jī apgolvoj, ka meklej tēvijas. 15 Jo jī byutu ilgōjušīs pēc tōs zemes, nu kuras beja izgōjuši, tad jim byutu bejis laiks atsagrīst atpakaļ. 16 Bet jī ilgōjōs pēc lobōkas, tys ir debeseigōs. Tōpēc Dīvs nasakautrej sauktīs par jūs Dīvu, jo Jys ir sagatavōjis piļsātu.
17 Ticeibā Abraams, kad jū pōrbaudeja, upurēja Izaaku. Lai gon jys beja sajēmis apsūlejumu, jys tūmār gribēja upurēt vīneigū dālu, 18 par kuru beja saceits: Nu Izaaka tev byus pēcnōcēji. 19 Jys dūmōja: Dīvam ir spāks arī nu myrūnim pīceļt. Tōpēc jys teik mynāts kai pīmārs.
20 Ticeibā Izaaks svētej Jākubu un Ezau nōkūšim laikim. 21 Ticeibā Jākubs uz nōves gultas byudams svēteja obejus Jezupa dālus un lyudzēs nūsalīkdams uz jō vāzdas augšejō gola.
22 Tycūt mērstūšais Jezups pōrdūmōja Izraeļa bārnu izceļōšonu un deve nūrōdejumus, kū dareit ar jō kaulim.
23 Ticeibas dēļ dzymdynōtōji slēpe Moizešu pēc jō dzimšonas trejs mēneši, jo redzēja, ka bārns ir skaists un nanūsabeida kēneņa pavēles. 24 Ticeibas dēļ Moizešs, kad jau beja izaudzis, pasmōdēja sauktīs par faraona meitas dālu. 25 Jys gribēja lobōk kūpā ar Dīva tautu daleitīs apspīsšonā, na kai nu grāka smeļt eisu baudu. 26 Jys Kristus pazamōšonu īskaita par lelōku bogōteibu, na Egiptes krōjumus, jo jys skatejōs uz atmoksu. 27 Ticeibas dēļ jys atstōja Egipti un nasabeida kēneņa dusmes un beja drūss, jo jam ocu prīškā beja naradzamais. 28 Ticeibas dēļ jys sagatavōja paschu un apsvaideišonu ar asni, lai atrībeibas engeļs naaizskartu jūs pyrmdzymušūs. 29 Ticeibas dēļ jī pōrgōja Sorkonū jyuru kai pa sauszemi; bet egiptīši, raudzeidami dareit tū pošu, nūsleika.
30 Ticeibas dēļ jī septeņas dīnas gōja ap Jericho myurim un tī sabruka. 31 Ticeibas dēļ naaizgōja būjā kūpā ar naticeigajim natykumeigō Rachab, jo jei izsyuteitajim izlyukūs deve drūšu patvērsmi.
32 Un kas man vēļ sokams? Jo es grybātu runōt par Gedeonu, Baraku, Sampsonu, Jeftu, Davidu, Samueli un par pravīšim, man napītyktu laika. 33 Pateicūt ticeibai jī pōrvarēja kēnestes, sprīde tīsu, sajēme apsūlejumus, aizdareja lauvom muti, 34 nūdzēse guņs spāku, izasorgōja nu zūbyna esmiņa, atspērga nu slimeibom, beja stipri kaujā un svešū karaspāku pīspīde atsakōpt. 35 Sīvas sajēme sovus nūmyrušūs pīcaltus nu myrūnim. Daži pat ļōve sevi nūmūceit un atbreivōšonai napīkryta, lai montōtu skaistōku augšamceļšonūs. 36 Citi otkon izcīte pasmōdēšonu un šausteišonu, važōs īkaļšonu un cītumu. 37 Jūs nūmātōja akminim, zōgēja, mūceja, ar zūbynu cērta. 38 Jī, kuru pasauļs nabeja cīneigs, staigōja vušku un kozu ōdōs, nabadzeibā, apmīgšonā un pazamōšonā maļdejōs pa tuksnešim, kolnim, dūbem un zemes olom.
39 Jī visi caur ticeibu sasnēdze slavu, bet apsūleitūs lobumu jī nasajēme, 40 jo Dīvs, paredzējis mums kaut kū lobōku, nagribēja, lai jī bez mums sasnāgtu apsūlejumu.
