Jevrejima 9
1 I onaj prvi je, svakako, imao bogoštovne uredbe i Svetinju, ali ovosvjetsku.
[To continue]: In the first [covenant, God] regulated how people [should perform] rituals, and [he told them to make] [MTY] a sanctuary.
2 Šator je uistinu bio uređen: prvi, u kojem bijaše svijećnjak, stol i prinos kruhova, a zove se Svetinja;
[That sanctuary] was a tent that [the Israelites] set up. In its outer room there was the lampstand and the table [on which they put] the bread that [the priests] presented [to God. That room] was called ‘the holy place’.
3 iza druge pak zavjese bio je Šator zvan Svetinja nad svetinjama -
Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
4 u njoj zlatni kadionik i Kovčeg saveza, sav optočen zlatom, a u njemu zlatna posuda s manom i štap Aronov, koji je ono procvao, i ploče Saveza;
It had an altar, [made from] gold, [for burning] incense. [It also had the chest which they called] the chest of the covenant. All its sides were covered with gold. In it was the golden pot which contained [pieces of the food they called] manna. [That was the food with which God miraculously fed the people before they entered the promised land]. In the chest there was also Aaron’s walking stick that budded [to prove that he was God’s true priest]. In the chest were also the stone tablets [on which God had written] the Ten Commandments.
5 povrh njega pak kerubi Slave što osjenjuju Pomirilište. O tom ne treba sada potanko govoriti.
On top of [the chest] were [figures of] winged creatures [that symbolized God’s] glory. Their [wings] overshadowed the chest’s lid where [the high priest sprinkled the blood] (to [atone for/to forgive]) [those who had sinned. I] do not [need] to write about these things in detail now.
6 Pošto je to tako uređeno, u prvi Šator stalno ulaze svećenici obavljati bogoslužje,
After all those things were prepared {After they had prepared all those things like that} [in the two rooms of the tent], the [Jewish] priests habitually went into the outer [room of the] tent to perform their rituals.
7 a u drugi jednom godišnje samo veliki svećenik, i to ne bez krvi koju prinosi za sebe i za nepažnje naroda.
But into the inner room, only the Supreme Priest [went], once a year. He always took [LIT] the blood [of animals that they had slaughtered]. He offered them [to God] for his own [sins] and for the sins that other people had committed. They included sins that they did not realize [were sinful].
8 Time Duh Sveti očituje da još nije otkriven put u Svetinju dok još postoji prvi Šator.
By those things the Holy Spirit indicated that [just like God] did not reveal the way [for ordinary people] to enter into the inner room while the outer room still existed [MET], [similarly he did not reveal the way for ordinary people to enter the presence of God while the Jewish system of offering sacrifices was in effect].
9 To je slika za sadašnje vrijeme: prinose se darovi i žrtve koje ne mogu u savjesti usavršiti bogoslužnika -
[The things that the priests did inside the outer room] [MTY] symbolized [what was true] during the time [when the first covenant was in effect]. According to [the first covenant] (OR, [In that outer room]), [priests] offered gifts and other sacrifices to God. But [by offering them], the people who brought them were unable to make themselves feel that they were no longer guilty for having sinned.
10 sve same na ićima i pićima i raznim pranjima utemeljene tjelesne uredbe, nametnute do časa ispravka.
[They brought those gifts and made those sacrifices] according to [regulations concerning] things to eat and drink, and [according to rules that required people to] wash various things. [God] declared that those regulations about our bodies were to be in effect until [he put into effect the new covenant]; that was a better system.
11 Krist se pak pojavi kao Veliki svećenik budućih dobara pa po većem i savršenijem Šatoru - nerukotvorenu, koji nije od ovoga stvorenja -
But when Christ came as our Supreme Priest, [he brought] the good things that are now available. When he appeared, [he went into God’s presence in heaven. That is like a] [MET] very great and perfect tent not made by humans {which no human made} [SYN]; that is, it is not part of the world [God] created. It was better [than the tent Moses set up here on earth].
12 i ne po krvi jaraca i junaca, nego po svojoj uđe jednom zauvijek u Svetinju i nađe vječno otkupljenje. (aiōnios g166)
[When a Supreme Priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes] goats’ blood and calves’ blood [to offer as a sacrifice]. But Christ did not [do that. It was as though] he went into that very holy place only once, taking his own blood with him. By doing that, he eternally redeemed us. (aiōnios g166)
13 Doista, ako već poškropljena krv jaraca i bikova i pepeo juničin posvećuje onečišćene, daje tjelesnu čistoću,
The priests sprinkle on people goats’ blood and bulls’ blood and [the water that has been filtered through] the ashes of a [red] heifer that has been [completely burned. By performing that ritual, they can ritually] cleanse the bodies of those who are [ceremonially] unclean. Furthermore, performing those rituals enabled people to have fellowship with God again.
14 koliko će više krv Krista - koji po Duhu vječnom samoga sebe bez mane prinese Bogu - očistiti savjest našu od mrtvih djela, na službu Bogu živomu! (aiōnios g166)
[So, because we know what] Christ [accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died for us] [PRS, MTY], we will be very certain that we are not guilty [of having] done those things [that those who are spiritually] dead do. [As a result], we can serve God, who is all-powerful. [The priests always offer to God animals] with no defects. Similarly, when Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] to God, he was sinless [MET]. He did that as a result of [God’s] eternal Spirit [helping him]. (aiōnios g166)
15 A radi ovoga je Posrednik novoga Saveza: da po smrti za otkupljenje prekršaja iz starog Saveza pozvani zadobiju obećanu vječnu baštinu. (aiōnios g166)
[By] dying [for us], [Christ] ([redeemed/] free from the penalty for their sins) even those who disobeyed the [conditions of] (OR, [during the time of]) the first covenant. So, [because] no [one could be made perfect by obeying the old covenant], now Christ establishes [between God and people] a new covenant. He does that in order that those whom God has chosen may eternally have [the blessings that God] has promised them. (aiōnios g166)
16 Jer gdje je posrijedi savez-oporuka, potrebno je dokazati smrt oporučitelja.
A covenant [is like a will. In the case of a will], [in order to put its provisions into effect], someone must prove that the one who made it has died.
17 Oporuka je doista valjana tek nakon smrti: nikad ne vrijedi dok oporučitelj živi.
A will goes into effect [only when the one who makes the will] has died. It is not in effect when the one who made it is still alive.
18 Stoga ni onaj prvi Savez nije bez krvi ustanovljen.
And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
19 Pošto je svemu narodu priopćio svaku zapovijed zakonsku, uze Mojsije krv junaca i jaraca s vodom i grimiznom vunom i izopom te samu Knjigu i sav narod poškropi
After Moses had declared to all the Israelites everything that God commanded in the laws [that God gave him], he took calves’ and goats’ blood [mixed] with water. He [dipped into it] scarlet wool [that he tied around] a sprig of hyssop. Then he sprinkled [with some of the blood] the scroll itself containing God’s laws. Then he sprinkled [more of that blood on all the] people,
20 govoreći: Ovo je krv Saveza koji vam odredi Bog;
saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
21 a onda krvlju slično poškropi i Šator i sve bogoslužno posuđe.
Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
22 I gotovo se sve po zakonu čisti krvlju i bez prolijevanja krvi nema oproštenja.
It was by [sprinkling] blood that they [ritually] cleansed almost everything. That was what [was stated in] God’s laws. If blood is not shed [when people offer a sacrifice, God] cannot forgive [the person who is making the sacrifice].
23 Ako se dakle time čiste slike onoga što je na nebu, potrebno je da se samo to nebesko čisti žrtvama od tih uspješnijima.
So, by rituals like that, it was necessary for [the priests] to cleanse the things that symbolized what Christ does [MTY] in heaven. But God has to [consecrate] the [people who will enter] [MTY] heaven [by means of] better sacrifices than those.
24 Krist doista ne uđe u rukotvorenu Svetinju, protulik one istinske, nego u samo nebo: da se sada pojavi pred licem Božjim za nas.
Christ did not enter a sanctuary that humans made. That one only represented the true [sanctuary]. Instead, he entered heaven itself, in order to now be in God’s presence [to plead with] God for us.
25 Ne da mnogo puta prinosi samoga sebe kao što veliki svećenik svake godine ulazi u Svetinju s tuđom krvlju;
The [Jewish] Supreme Priest enters the very holy place once every year, taking blood that is not his own, [to offer it as a sacrifice]. But when Christ entered heaven, it was not in order to offer himself repeatedly like that.
26 inače bi bilo trebalo da trpi mnogo puta od postanka svijeta. No sada se pojavio, jednom na svršetku vjekova, da grijeh dokine žrtvom svojom. (aiōn g165)
[If that were so], he would have needed to suffer [and shed his blood] repeatedly since [the time when God] created the world. But instead, in this final age, [Christ] has appeared once in order that by sacrificing himself he could cause [that people] no longer will be [punished for their] sins. (aiōn g165)
27 I kao što je ljudima jednom umrijeti, a potom na sud,
All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
28 tako i Krist: jednom se prinese da grijehe mnogih ponese, a drugi će se put - bez obzira na grijeh - ukazati onima koji ga iščekuju sebi na spasenje.
Likewise, when Christ [died], [God] offered him once to be a sacrifice, to punish him instead of the many [people who had] sinned. He will come [to earth] a second time, not [in order to sacrifice himself again for those who] have sinned, but in order to [complete] his saving those who expectantly wait for him.
