en_tn_lite_do_not_use/heb/13/17.md

keep watch over your souls

The believers' souls, that is, the believers' spiritual well-being, are spoken of as if they were objects or animals that guards could keep watch over. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

not with groaning

Here "groaning" stands for sadness or grief. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)