Final Appeals
1Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2Don’t forget to welcome outsiders. By doing that, some people have welcomed angels without knowing it. 3Keep on remembering those in prison. Do this as if you were together with them in prison. And remember those who are treated badly as if you yourselves were suffering.
4All of you should honor marriage. You should keep the marriage bed pure. God will judge the person who commits adultery. He will judge everyone who commits sexual sins. 5Don’t be controlled by love for money. Be happy with what you have. God has said,
“I will never leave you.
I will never desert you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)
6So we can say boldly,
“The Lord helps me. I will not be afraid.
What can mere human beings do to me?” (Psalm 118:6,7)
7Remember your leaders. They spoke God’s word to you. Think about the results of their way of life. Copy their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
9Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you astray. It is good that God’s grace makes our hearts strong. Don’t try to grow strong by eating foods that the law requires. They have no value for the people who eat them. 10The priests, who are Levites, worship at the holy tent. But we have an altar that they have no right to eat from.
11The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Room. He brings their blood as a sin offering. But the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12Jesus also suffered outside the city gate. He suffered to make the people holy by spilling his own blood. 13So let us go to him outside the camp. Let us be willing to suffer the shame he suffered. 14Here we do not have a city that lasts. But we are looking for the city that is going to come.
15So let us never stop offering to God our praise through Jesus. Let us talk openly about our faith in him. Then our words will be like an offering to God. 16Don’t forget to do good. Don’t forget to share with others. God is pleased with those kinds of offerings.
17Trust in your leaders. Put yourselves under their authority. Do this, because they keep watch over you. They know they are accountable to God for everything they do. Do this, so that their work will be a joy. If you make their work a heavy load, it won’t do you any good.
18Pray for us. We feel sure we have done what is right. We desire to live as we should in every way. 19I beg you to pray that I may return to you soon.
Final Blessing and Greetings
20Our Lord Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep. The God who gives peace brought him back from the dead. He did it because of the blood of the eternal covenant. Now may God 21supply you with everything good. Then you can do what he wants. May he do in us what is pleasing to him. We can do it only with the help of Jesus Christ. Give him glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22Brothers and sisters, I beg you to accept my word. It tells you to be faithful. Accept my word because I have written to you only a short letter.
23I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
24Greet all your leaders. Greet all the Lord’s people.
The believers from Italy send you their greetings.
25May grace be with you all.
Ìparí àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ ìyànjú náà
1Kí ìfẹ́ ará kí o wà títí. 213.2: Gẹ 18.1-8; 19.1-3.Ẹ má ṣe gbàgbé láti máa ṣe àlejò; nítorí pé nípa bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn ẹlòmíràn ṣe àwọn angẹli ní àlejò láìmọ̀. 3Ẹ máa rántí àwọn òǹdè bí ẹni tí a dè pẹ̀lú wọn, àti àwọn tí a ń pọn lójú bí ẹ̀yin tìkára yín pẹ̀lú tí ń bẹ nínú ara.
4Kí ìgbéyàwó lọ́lá láàrín gbogbo ènìyàn, kí àkéte si jẹ́ aláìléèérí: Nítorí àwọn àgbèrè àti àwọn panṣágà ni Ọlọ́run yóò dá lẹ́jọ́. 513.5: De 31.6,8; Jo 1.5.Kí ọkàn yín má ṣe fà sí ìfẹ́ owó, ki ohun tí ẹ ní tó yin; nítorí òun tìkára rẹ̀ ti wí pé,
“Èmi kò jẹ́ fi ọ́ sílẹ̀,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò jẹ́ kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀.”
613.6: Sm 118.6.Nítorí náà ni àwa ṣe ń fi ìgboyà wí pé,
“Olúwa ni olùrànlọ́wọ́ mi, èmi kì yóò bẹ̀rù;
kín ni ènìyàn lè ṣe sí mi?”
7Ẹ máa rántí àwọn tiwọn jẹ́ aṣáájú yín, tiwọn ti sọ ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run fún yín; kí ẹ máa ro òpin ìwà ayé wọn, kí ẹ sì máa ṣe àfarawé ìgbàgbọ́ wọn. 8Jesu Kristi ọ̀kan náà ni lánàá, àti lónìí, àti títí láé.
9Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí a fi onírúurú àti àjèjì ẹ̀kọ́ gbá yin kiri. Nítorí ó dára kí a mú yin lọ́kàn le nípa oore-ọ̀fẹ́, kì í ṣe nípa oúnjẹ nínú èyí tí àwọn tí ó ti rìn nínú wọn kò ní èrè. 10Àwa ní pẹpẹ kan, níbi èyí tí àwọn ti ń sin àgọ́ kò ni agbára láti máa jẹ.
1113.11,13: Le 16.27.Nítorí nígbà tí olórí àlùfáà bá mú ẹ̀jẹ̀ àwọn ẹran wá si ibi mímọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìrúbọ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, òkú àwọn ẹran náà ni a o sun lẹ́yìn ibùdó. 12Nítorí náà Jesu pẹ̀lú, kí ó lè fi ẹ̀jẹ̀ ara rẹ̀ sọ àwọn ènìyàn di mímọ́, ó jìyà lẹ́yìn ibodè. 13Nítorí náà ẹ jẹ́ kí a jáde tọ̀ ọ́ lọ lẹ́yìn ibùdó, kí a máa ru ẹ̀gàn rẹ̀. 14Nítorí pé àwa kò ní ìlú tí o wa títí níhìn-ín, ṣùgbọ́n àwa ń wá èyí tí ń bọ.
1513.15: Le 7.12; Isa 57.19; Ho 14.2.Ǹjẹ́ nípasẹ̀ rẹ̀, ẹ jẹ́ kí a máa rú ẹbọ ìyìn si Ọlọ́run nígbà gbogbo, èyí yìí ni èso ètè wa, tí ń jẹ́wọ́ orúkọ rẹ̀. 16Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ má ṣe gbàgbé láti máa ṣoore àti láti máa pín fun ni nítorí irú ẹbọ wọ̀nyí ni inú Ọlọ́run dùn sí jọjọ.
17Ẹ máa gbọ́ ti àwọn tí ń ṣe olórí yín, kí ẹ sì máa tẹríba fún wọ́n: Nítorí wọn ń ṣọ́ ẹ̀ṣọ́ nítorí ọkàn yín, bí àwọn ti yóò ṣe ìṣirò, kí wọn lè fi ayọ̀ ṣe èyí, kì í ṣe pẹ̀lú ìbànújẹ́, nítorí èyí yìí yóò jẹ àìlérè fún yín.
18Ẹ máa gbàdúrà fún wa: nítorí àwa gbàgbọ́ pé àwa ni ẹ̀rí ọkàn rere, a sì ń fẹ́ láti máa hùwà títọ́ nínú ohun gbogbo. 19Ṣùgbọ́n èmi ń bẹ̀ yín gidigidi sí i láti máa ṣe èyí, kí a ba lè tètè fi mi fún yín padà.
2013.20: Isa 63.11; Sk 9.11; Isa 55.3; El 37.26.Ǹjẹ́ Ọlọ́run àlàáfíà, ẹni tí o tún mu olùṣọ́-àgùntàn ńlá ti àwọn àgùntàn, ti inú òkú wá, nípa ẹ̀jẹ̀ májẹ̀mú ayérayé, àní Olúwa wa Jesu. 21Kí ó mú yín pé nínú iṣẹ́ rere gbogbo láti ṣe ìfẹ́ rẹ̀, kí ó máa ṣiṣẹ́ ohun tí i ṣe ìtẹ́wọ́gbà níwájú rẹ̀ nínú yín nípasẹ̀ Jesu Kristi; ẹni tí ògo wà fún láé àti láéláé. Àmín.
22Èmi sì ń bẹ̀ yín ará, ẹ gbà ọ̀rọ̀ ìyànjú mi; nítorí ìwé kúkúrú ni mo kọ sí yín.
23Ẹ mọ pé a sá titu Timotiu arákùnrin wa sílẹ̀; bí ó ba tètè dé, èmí pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ yóò rí yín, àti gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́.
24Ẹ ki gbogbo àwọn tí ń ṣe olórí yín, àti gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́.
Àwọn tí o ti Itali wá ki yín.
25Kí oore-ọ̀fẹ́ wà pẹ̀lú gbogbo yín.
