Hebru 10
1 Olkhueng tah aka lo ham hno then kah mueihlip la om tih anih te hno taktak kah muei moenih. Kum takuem ah hmueih te amah la a nawn uh dae a soep la phat paan sak thai pawh.
Just like a shadow vaguely represents the thing that it is a shadow of, the laws that God [gave Moses] only poorly represent [MET] the good things that were to come later. Those laws were not all the good things themselves that God has promised. So, by offering the same kinds of sacrifices every year, people [PRS] who approach God can never become (perfect/all that God intends them to be).
2 Te koinih hmueih a nawn te bawt tlaih mahpawh. Te dongah vaikhat thothueng neh a cim sak te tholhnah dongah mingcimnah khueh voel mahpawh.
If God had removed the guilt for having sinned of those who brought the sacrifices, they would not feel that they were still guilty. So they would certainly have stopped offering those sacrifices! [RHQ]
3 Tedae kum takuem tholh poekkoepnah amih ah aka om te,
But rather, the fact that they offer those sacrifices each year reminds them that they are still guilty for their sins.
4 vaito neh maae thii loh tholh a khoe tloel dongah ni.
The principle is that blood of animals such as bulls or goats can never remove the guilt of those who have sinned.
5 Te dongah Diklai la aka kun loh, “Hmueih neh nawnnah na ngaih moenih. Tedae namah pum te kai ham na hmoel.
So, as [Christ] was coming into the world, he spoke [to his Father about offering himself as a sacrifice for people’s sin. The Psalmist wrote this that Christ said]: It is not sacrifices and offerings that you [(sg)] have wanted, but you have prepared for me a body [to serve you].
6 Tholh dongah hmaihlutnah khaw na lungtlun uh pawh.
Animals that are completely burned up as sacrifices have not pleased you, and [other sacrifices that atone] for those who have sinned have not pleased you.
7 Te vaengah, 'Ka pawk coeng ne, Pathen na kongaih saii hamla kai kawng te cayol awn dongah a daek,’ ka ti nah.
Then [because of this], I said, “My God, (listen!/here I am!) I have come [here] in order to do what you want me [to do], [just like] has been written {as they have written} about me in the Scriptures.”
8 A sokah hmueih khaw nawnnah hmaihlutnah khaw tholh kongah na ngaih pawt tih na lungtlun pawh tila ka thui. Te te olkhueng bangla a nawn rhoek ni,” a ti.
First, [Christ] said, “It is not sacrifices and offerings and animals that [the priests] have completely burned up and other [offerings to atone for] those who have sinned that you have really wanted. They have not pleased you.” [Christ said that even though] those things were offered {they offered all those things} according to the laws [God gave Moses]!
9 Te phoeiah, “Namah kongaih saii ham ka pawk coeng he,” a ti. Lamhma te a thup daengah ni a pabae te a thoh pai eh.
Then, [concerning his offering himself as a sacrifice to atone for people’s sin], he said, “Listen! I have come [here] to do what you want me [to do]!” In that way Christ got rid of the first [way of atoning for sin], in order to establish the second [way of atoning for] sin.
10 A kongaih loh Jesuh Khrih kah pum te a nawn bangtlang dongah a ciim la n'om uh.
Because of Jesus Christ [doing what God] wanted him to do, we have been dedicated to {[he] has set us apart for} God by his offering his own body only once [as a sacrifice, a sacrifice that will not need to be repeated].
11 Te phoeiah khosoih boeih loh hnin takuem pai tih tho a thueng vaengah amah la hmueih a nawn taitu dae te long te tholh a khoe thai moenih.
As every [Jewish] priest stands daily [in front of the altar], he performs rituals and offers the same kind of sacrifices that could never remove [the guilt from anyone who] sinned [MTY].
12 Tedae amah loh tholhnah yueng vaikhat la hmueih a nawn tih Pathen kah bantang ah kumhal la ngol coeng.
But [Christ] offered a sacrifice that [will be adequate] forever, and he offered it only one time! Then he sat down [to rule] with God at the place of highest honor [MTY].
13 Te lamkah a tloihsoi ah a rhal te a kho kah khotloeng la a khueh duela a rhing.
From now on, he is waiting for [God] to completely subdue [all] Christ’s enemies [MTY].
14 Vaikhat la nawnnah lamloh te rhoek te kumhal due rhuemtuet la a ciim sak.
By offering himself once, he has provided that those whom [God] has set apart will be eternally made (perfect/all that God intends them to be).
15 Te dongah Mueihla Cim long khaw mamih taengah a phong.
The Holy Spirit also confirms to us [that this is true]. First the Lord says:
16 Te phoeiah, “He paipi tah te khohnin phoeiah ni amih taengah ka hal eh?,” a ti. Boeipa loh, “Ka olkhueng he amih thinko ah ka paek coeng tih amih kopoek ah ka daek ni.
When the time [MTY] [when the first covenant that God made] with my people has ended, I will make a new covenant with them [MTY]. I will do like this for them: I will cause them to understand my laws and I will cause them to obey them (OR, enable them to know them sincerely).
17 Te phoeiah amih kah tholh neh olaeknah te ka poek khuep voel mahpawh,” a ti.
Then [the Lord said]: [I will forgive them for] their [DOU] sins, and I will [consider] that they are no longer [guilty for] having sinned.
18 Amih kah khodawkngainah tah melae? Tholh ham hmueih a om pawt ah.
When [God] has forgiven someone’s sins, that person does not [need to make] any more offerings [to atone for his sin]!
19 Te dongah, manuca rhoek, Jesuh thii rhang neh hmuencim ah kunnah ham sayalh la om coeng.
So, my fellow believers, because we [trust in what Jesus accomplished when] his own blood [flowed for us], we can confidently go into [God’s very presence] that was [symbolized] by the very holy place [in the tent] [MTY].
20 Tekah hniyan lamloh mamih ham aka hing longpuei thai a ong coeng. Te tah amah pum ni a thui.
Jesus enabled us to go into [God’s presence] by making a new and effective way. [Specifically], he [offered] his body [as a sacrifice] for us [in order that nothing would stop us] from entering [God’s presence, just like] [MET] the curtain [of the very holy place prevented people from entering God’s presence].
21 Te phoeiah Pathen im kah khosoih puei n'khueh uh coeng.
Christ is a great priest [who rules over us, who are] God’s people [MTY].
22 Tangnah kah ngaikhueknah dongah thinko oltak neh paan uh sih. A thae la mingcimnah thinko te haek uh sih lamtah pum te tui cil neh tuihlu uh sih.
[Just like the priests] were sprinkled {[as Moses] sprinkled [the priests]} [with blood] [MET] to symbolize that they were no longer guilty for having sinned, we also no longer are [guilty for having done] evil. [Just like the priests ceremonially] washed their bodies with pure water [to prepare themselves to serve God], we are allowing [God] to continually make us pure. So, we [(inc)] must approach [God] sincerely by confidently trusting [in him].
23 Ol aka caeng kung te a uepom dongah aka cak ngaiuepnah dongkah olphoei mah pom uh sih.
We must unwaveringly keep holding tight [to what we believe. Since God] faithfully [does all] he promised [to do], we must confidently expect [him to keep doing that].
24 Te phoeiah lungnah, bibi then dongah umyanah ham khat neh khat hmat uh thae sih.
[Since God] faithfully [does all that] he promised [to do], let us consider how each of us can motivate other believers, in order that [believers] will love each other, and in order that each one will do good things.
25 Mamih kah humtunnah he pakhat kah khosing bangla phap uh boel lamtah hloep uh thae. Heyet khaw khohnin a yoei te boeih na hmuh ngai coeng.
We must not stop assembling ourselves [to worship the Lord], as some people have done. Instead, each one of us must encourage/exhort other believers. [Let us do that] even more since we know that the day [that the Lord will return] [MTY] is near.
26 Oltak kah mingnah te n'dang phoeiah mamih he kalthalh la n'tholh he tholh hlah ham hmueih a om moenih.
[We(inc) must do those things], because if we deliberately and habitually sin after we have known the true [message about Christ], no other sacrifice will remove our guilt for having sinned in that way.
27 Tedae laitloeknah mueirhih neh aka kingkalh te dolh ham aka cai kosi hmai pakhat ni a lamtawnnah coeng.
Instead, we must fearfully expect that [God will] judge and angrily [punish] his enemies in a furious fire [MET].
28 Khat khat loh Moses kah olkhueng te a aal vaengah sitlohnah om kolla panit pathum kah laipai neh duek.
Everyone who rejected the laws [that God gave] Moses was mercilessly killed when [at least] two or three people testified that they had done that.
29 Pathen capa aka suntlae rhoek loh tholhphu a thae la muep a yook ham te na poek uh nim. Te nen la a ciim dae, paipi dongah thii te rhalawt la a poek dongah lungvatnah Mueihla ni a hnael.
[That was severe punishment]. But [Christ] is (God’s Son/the man who is also God). His blood, by means of which [he put into effect] the new covenant, is sacred. Because of [Christ’s] [MTY] blood [flowing for us when he died], [God] freed us from our guilt. So, you can be sure [RHQ] that anyone who shows contempt for [those truths] and who insults the Spirit of God, the one who acts with kindness toward us in a way we do not deserve, deserves to be punished even worse than [those Israelis were punished] [MET]!
30 “Kutthungnah he kai kah, ka sah bitni,” a ti khaw m'ming. Te phoeiah Boeipa loh a pilnam te lai a tloek pueng ni.
[We can be sure of that] (OR, [need to think about that carefully]) since we know that God said, “I myself will get revenge on those who sinned, and I will punish them as they deserve [DOU].” [Moses wrote], “The Lord will judge his people.”
31 Aka hing Pathen kut ah cungku te mueirhih la om.
It will be a terrible thing if God who is all-powerful [MTY] seizes and punishes you [IDM]!
32 Te dongah hnukbuet kah a tue te thoelh uh. Te vaengkah loehlangnah muep aka hmuh loh patangnah te ueh uh.
Recall previous times when you [first] understood [MET] [the message about Christ]. You endured a hard struggle, but you [continued to trust him] when you suffered [because you believed in Christ].
33 A ngen vaengah hnaelcoenah neh phacip phabaem neh a yan uh. A ngen vaengah tebang khosa rhoek kah pueipo la na om uh.
At times you were publicly insulted {people publicly insulted you} and you suffered {people persecuted you}. But you showed great concern for those who were treated like that.
34 Thongtla rhoek te khaw na rhen uh. Nangmih kah khuehtawn te halhkanah neh aka rhawt khaw omngaihnah neh na doe uh. Khuehtawn then neh aka kuei amah a om te na ming uh.
You not only were kind to those who were in prison [because they believed in Christ], but you also accepted it joyfully when [unbelievers] took away your possessions. You accepted it because you yourselves knew very well that you have eternal possessions [in heaven] that are much better [than those that they took from you]!
35 Te dongah na sayalhnah te voei uh boeh. Te long te taphu a len a khueh.
So, do not become discouraged [when they cause you to suffer] {[you are persecuted]}, because [if you continue to trust in God], he will greatly reward you.
36 Uehnah uh ham he a ngoe. Te daengah ni Pathen kah kongaih aka saii loh olkhueh te na dang uh eh.
You must patiently continue [to trust in him] in order that, because of your doing what God wants you to do, he will give you what he has promised.
37 Kolkalh pueng ah aka pawk long tah boeih boeih ha pawk vetih koe mahpawh.
[You must do that] since [a prophet wrote] in the Scriptures [that God said about the Messiah], In just a short time the one [I promised] would come will surely come; he will not delay coming.
38 Tedae ka hlang dueng tah tangnah neh hing ni. Te vaengah tonga koinih anih soah ka hinglu loh a lungtlun mahpawh.
But those whom I have summoned, who [act] righteously, must continually live trusting in me, because if they, in a cowardly manner, cease [to trust in me], I (will not be pleased/will be angry) with them.
39 Mamih tah pocinah ham tonganah pawt tih hinglu dangnah ham tangnah n'khueh uh.
But we are not ones who in a cowardly manner stop [trusting in God], with the result that God will severely punish us. Instead, we are ones who trust in him, with the result that [God] will save us [SYN] eternally.
