14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own, 15and if they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return; 16but instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one, and therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
14 Gonne ba ba buang dilo tse di ntseng jalo ba naya bosupi jwa gore ba batla lefelo le e leng la bone ka tlhoafalo.+ 15 Mme le fa go ntse jalo, fa e le gore ba ne ba nna ba gakologelwa lefelo le ba neng ba dule mo go lone,+ ba ka bo ba ile ba nna le sebaka sa go boa.+ 16 Mme jaanong ba gagamalela lefelo le le botoka, ke gore, la legodimo.+ Ka jalo Modimo ga a ba tlhabelwe ke ditlhong, gore a bidiwe Modimo wa bone,+ gonne o ba baakanyeditse motse.+