By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
By faith Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
11:10
እስመኮኑይጸንሑሀገረእንተባቲመሠረትእንተኬንያሃወገባሪሃእግዚአብሔር።
因為他等候那座有根基的城,就是上帝所經營所建造的。
For he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
11:14
ወእለከመዝይብሉበእንቲኣሆሙያሬእዩነገረከመሀገሮሙየኀሥሡ።
說這樣話的人是表明自己要找一個家鄉。
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
11:15
ወሶበሰይፈቅዱሀገረእንተእምኔሃወፅኡእምተክህሎሙይግብኡኀቤሃ።
他們若想念所離開的家鄉,還有可以回去的機會。
If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
11:17
በተአምኖወሰዶአብርሃምለይስሐቅወልዱከመይሡዖአመአመከሮ።
亞伯拉罕因着信,被試驗的時候,就把以撒獻上;這便是那歡喜領受應許的,將自己獨生的兒子獻上。
By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born son,
11:18
ወአብአዘአሐዱሎቱዘበእንቲኣሁአሰፈዎወይቤሎ «እምይስሐቅይሰመይለከዘርዕ።»
論到這兒子,曾有話說:「從以撒生的才要稱為你的後裔。」
to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,”
11:19
ተአሚኖከመይክልእግዚአብሔርአንሥኦቶእሙታንወበእንተዝኮነሎቱተዝካረውእቱዘተውህበ።
他以為上帝還能叫人從死裏復活;他也彷彿從死中得回他的兒子來。
concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
11:20
በተአምኖበዘይከውንባረኮሙይስሐቅለያዕቆብወለዔሳውበእንተዘሀለዎሙይርከቡ።
以撒因着信,就指着將來的事給雅各、以掃祝福。
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.
11:21
በተአምኖአመይመውትያዕቆብባረኮሙለደቂቀዮሴፍለለአሐዱወሰገደውስተከተማበትሩ።
雅各因着信,臨死的時候,給約瑟的兩個兒子各自祝福,扶着杖頭敬拜上帝。
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
11:24
በተአምኖልሂቆሙሴክሕደከመኢይበልዎወልደወለተፈርዖን።
摩西因着信,長大了就不肯稱為法老女兒之子。
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
11:25
ወአብደረይሕምምምስለሕዝበእግዚአብሔርእምይደለውለሰዓትወይኩኖኀጢአተ።
他寧可和上帝的百姓同受苦害,也不願暫時享受罪中之樂。
choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,
11:26
እስመአእመረከመየዐቢትዕይርተመስቀሉለክርስቶስእምኵሉመዛግብቲሆሙለግብፅ።
他看為基督受的凌辱比埃及的財物更寶貴,因他想望所要得的賞賜。
considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—
11:38
እሉእሙንቱዘኢይደልዎሙዓለምወዔሉውስተገዳምወውስተአድባርወበኣታትወግበበምድር።
在曠野、山嶺、山洞、地穴,飄流無定,本是世界不配有的人。
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
11:39
ወኵሎሙሰማዕተኮኑበሃይማኖትወኢያድምዑዘአሰፈዎሙ።
這些人都是因信得了美好的證據,卻仍未得着所應許的;
These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise,
11:40
እስመአቅደመእግዚአብሔርርእየበእንቲኣነእንተትኄይስከመኢይሠለጡዘእንበሌነ።
因為上帝給我們預備了更美的事,叫他們若不與我們同得,就不能完全。
God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.