1 Now faith is {the} substantiating of things hoped for, {the} conviction of things not seen.

2 For in {the power of} this the elders have obtained testimony.

3 By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by {the} word of God, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.

4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.

5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him; for before {his} translation he has the testimony that he had pleased God.

6 But without faith {it is} impossible to please {him}. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and {that} he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.

7 By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which {is} according to faith.

8 By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.

9 By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with {him} of the same promise;

10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is {the} artificer and constructor.

11 By faith also Sarah herself received strength for {the} conception of seed, and {that} beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.

12 Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which {is} by the sea shore.

13 All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced {them}, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

14 For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek {their} country.

15 And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;

16 but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.

17 By faith Abraham, {when} tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten {son},

18 as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

19 counting that God {was} able to raise {him} even from among {the} dead, whence also he received him in a figure.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

21 By faith Jacob {when} dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph {when} dying called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.

23 By faith Moses, being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the injunction of the king.

24 By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter;

25 choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have {the} temporary pleasure of sin;

26 esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.

27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible.

28 By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days.

31 By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.

32 And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:

33 who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths,

34 quenched {the} power of fire, escaped {the} edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made {the} armies of strangers give way.

35 Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection;

36 and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment.

37 They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,

38 (of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and {in} dens and caverns of the earth.

39 And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,

40 God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.

1 Na, ko te whakapono, he whakapumautanga i nga mea e tumanakohia atu ana, he whakakitenga i nga mea kahore nei e kitea.

2 Na konei hoki nga kaumatua i korerotia paitia ai.

3 Na te whakapono i matau ai tatou he mea hanga nga ao e te kupu a te Atua, a, ko nga mea e tirohia atu nei kihai i puta ake i roto i nga mea e kitea ana.

4 Na te whakapono i pai ake ai i ta Kaina te patunga tapu i tapaea e Apera ki te Atua, na tena hoki i whakaatu tona tika, i whakaatu hoki te Atua mo ana whakahere; na tena ano ia i whai kupu ai, ahakoa mate.

5 Na te whakapono a Enoka i kawea ketia ai, te kite i te mate; na kahore ia i kitea, no te mea kua kawea ketia ia e te Atua; i mua atu hoki i tona kawenga ketanga i whakaaturia mai ia, e ahuareka ana te Atua ki a ia.

6 Ki te kahore hoki he whakapono, e kore e taea he mea e ahuareka mai ai ia: ki te haere hoki tetahi ki te Atua, me whakapono ko ia ano tenei ko te Atua, e homai ana e ia he utu ki te hunga e ata rapu ana i a ia.

7 Na te whakapono a Noa, i tona whakamaharatanga e te Atua ki nga mea kahore i kitea noatia, i oho ai, he wehi ki te Atua, a hanga ana e ia te aaka hei whakaora mo tona whare; he whakataunga tena nana i te he ki te ao, a uru ana ki te tika o te wha kapono.

8 Na te whakapono a Aperahama i ngohengohe ai, i tona karangatanga kia haere ki te wahi meake riro i a ia hei kainga; a haere ana ia, te matau ki te wahi e haere ai ia.

9 Na te whakapono ia i noho manene ai ki te whenua i whakaaria mai, he whenua tangata ke ano ki a ia, a noho teneti ana ia, ratou ko Ihaka, ko Hakopa, ona hoa kua uru tahi nei ratou ki taua mea i whakaaria mai ra:

10 I tatari hoki ia ki te pa whai turanga, ko te Atua nei te kaihanga, te kaimahi.

11 Me Hera ano hoki, na te whakapono ia i whai kaha ai, i hapu ai, a whanau ana tana tama i te mea kua taka ke ona tau; i mahara hoki ia he pono ta te kaiwhakaari mai.

12 Na, whanau ake i te kotahi, he tangata ano hoki ia kua whakatupapakutia ki enei mea, me te mea ko nga whetu o te rangi te tini, koia ano kei te onepu i te taha o te moana e kore nei e taea te tatau.

13 I mate katoa enei i runga i te whakapono, kihai i whiwhi ki nga mea i whakaaria mai ra, engari he mea kite atu na ratou i tawhiti, a whakaponohia atu ana e ratou, awhitia atu ana, whakaae ana ratou he manene ratou, he noho noa iho i runga i te w henua.

14 Ko te hunga hoki he penei a ratou korero, e whakakite pu ana ratou he whenua tupu ta ratou e rapu nei.

15 Me i mahara hoki ratou ki taua kainga i haere mai nei ratou i reira, penei kua atea he hokinga atu mo ratou:

16 Tena ko tenei e hiahia ana ratou ki tetahi kainga pai ake, ki tera i te rangi: koia te Atua te whakama ai ki a ratou, kia kiia ko to ratou Atua; kua rite hoki i a ia tetahi pa mo ratou.

17 Na te whakapono a Aperahama i tapae ai i a Ihaka, i tona whakamatautauranga; ae ra, ko te tangata i a ia nei nga kupu whakaari, tapaea ana e ia tana huatahi,

18 Mona nei te kupu, Kei a Ihaka he huanga mo tau whanau:

19 I whakaaro hoki ia, ahakoa i roto nei ano i te hunga mate, e taea ia e te Atua te whakaara ake; a riro mai ana ia i reira, he mea whakaahua.

20 Na te whakapono ta Ihaka kupu manaaki mo Hakopa raua ko Ehau; he meatanga ki nga mea o muri nei.

21 Na te whakapono a Hakopa, i a ia ka tata te mate, i manaaki ai i nga tama tokorua a Hohepa; a koropiko ana i runga i tana tokotoko.

22 Na te whakapono a Hohepa, i a ia e whakahemohemo ana i whakahua ai i te haerenga mai o nga tamariki a Iharaira; i whakatakoto tikanga ai mo ona wheua.

23 Na te whakapono a Mohi, i tona whanautanga, i huna ai e ona matua e toru nga marama, i kite hoki raua he tamaiti ataahua ia; kihai hoki raua i mataku ki te ture a te kingi.

24 Na te whakapono a Mohi, i tona kaumatuatanga, kihai i pai kia kiia he tama na te tamahine a Parao;

25 Ki tana hoki, ko te mamae tahi me ta te Atua iwi, he mea pai ke atu i nga ahuareka o te hara kia riro mo tetahi wa:

26 Ki tona whakaaro, ko te tawainga mo te Karaiti, he taonga nui ke atu i nga taonga o Ihipa; i titiro atu hoki ia ki te utu ka homai.

27 Na te whakapono ia i haere atu ai i Ihipa, kihai hoki i mataku i te riri a te kingi: i u tonu hoki ia, he titiro nona ki te Atua e kore nei e kitea.

28 Na te whakapono ia i whakarite ai i te kapenga, i te ringihanga toto, kei pa ki a ratou te kaiwhakamate i nga whanau matamua.

29 Na te whakapono ratou i haere ai ra te Moana Whero me te mea e na runga ana i te whenua maroke; a, i te whakamatauranga a nga Ihipiana, ki te pera horomia ake ratou.

30 Na te whakapono nga taiepa o Heriko i whenuku ai, i te mea e whitu nga ra e taiawhiotia ana.

31 Na te whakapono a Rahapa, te wahine kairua, i kore ai e whakangaromia ngatahitia me te hunga whakaponokore, mona i whakamanuhiri i nga tutei i runga i te rangimarie.

32 Kia pehea ake ano hoki aku korero? e kore hoki e ranea te taima hei korerotanga maku i nga mea a Kiriona, a Paraka, a Hamahona, a Iepeta, a Rawiri, a Hamuera, a nga poropiti:

33 Na te whakapono nei i hinga ai i a ratou nga rangatiratanga, i mahia ai e ratou te tika, i whiwhi ai ratou ki nga mea i whakaaria mai i mua, i tutakina ai e ratou nga waha o nga raiona,

34 I tineia ai e ratou te kaha o te ahi, i mawhiti ai i te mata o te hoari, i haere atu ai i te ngoikore ki te kaha, i meinga ai kia kaha i te whawhaitanga, whati ana i a ratou nga taua a nga tauiwi.

35 Riro ana i nga wahine a ratou tupapaku, he mea whakaara ake: ko etahi i whakamamaetia, kihai ano i whakaae atu kia whakaorangia; kia whiwhi ai ratou ki te whakaarahanga pai ke atu:

36 Ko etahi i whakamatau i nga tawainga, i nga whiunga, i nga mekameka ano hoki, i te whare herehere.

37 I akina ratou ki te kohatu, i wahia ki te kani, i whakawaia, i mate i te patunga a te hoari: i haereere ratou, he hiako hipi te kakahu, he hiako koati; he hunga rawakore ratou, e tukinotia ana, e whakatupuria kinotia ana;

38 Kihai nei te ao i pai mo ratou: atiutiu noa ana ratou i waenga tahora, i nga maunga, i nga ana, i nga poka o te whenua.

39 Na pai tonu te korero mo enei katoa, he mea na te whakapono, heoi kihai ratou i whiwhi ki te mea i whakaaria mai:

40 Kua whakaaroa wawetia hoki e te Atua tetahi mea pai atu mo tatou, kei tino tika ratou i te mea kahore nei tatou.