Hebrews 8
1 Nowe of the things which we haue spoken, this is the summe, that wee haue such an hie Priest, that sitteth at the right hand of the throne of the Maiestie in heauens,
Basi jambo tunalotaka kulisema ni hili: Tunaye Kuhani Mkuu ambaye ameketi mkono wa kuume wa kiti cha enzi cha Aliye Mkuu mbinguni,
2 And is a minister of the Sanctuarie, and of that true Tabernacle which the Lord pight, and not man.
yeye ahudumuye katika patakatifu, hema la kweli lililowekwa na Bwana, wala si na mwanadamu.
3 For euery high Priest is ordeined to offer both giftes and sacrifices: wherefore it was of necessitie, that this man shoulde haue somewhat also to offer.
Kila kuhani mkuu huwekwa ili atoe sadaka na dhabihu. Vivyo hivyo, ilikuwa jambo muhimu kwa huyu Kuhani naye awe na kitu cha kutoa.
4 For he were not a Priest, if he were on the earth, seeing there are Priestes that according to the Lawe offer giftes,
Kama angekuwa duniani, hangekuwa kuhani, kwa sababu tayari wapo watu watoao sadaka kama ilivyoelekezwa na sheria.
5 Who serue vnto the paterne and shadowe of heauenly things, as Moses was warned by God, whe he was about to finish the Tabernacle. See, saide hee, that thou make all thinges according to the paterne, shewed to thee in the mount.
Wanahudumu katika patakatifu palipo mfano na kivuli cha mambo ya mbinguni. Hii ndiyo sababu Mose alionywa alipokaribia kujenga hema, akiambiwa: “Hakikisha kuwa unavitengeneza vitu vyote kwa mfano ulioonyeshwa kule mlimani.”
6 But nowe our hie Priest hath obteined a more excellent office, in as much as he is the Mediatour of a better Testament, which is established vpon better promises.
Lakini huduma aliyopewa Yesu ni bora zaidi kuliko yao, kama vile agano ambalo yeye ni mpatanishi wake lilivyo bora zaidi kuliko lile la zamani, nalo limewekwa misingi wa ahadi zilizo bora zaidi.
7 For if that first Testament had bene vnblameable, no place should haue bene sought for the second.
Kwa maana kama hapakuwa na kasoro katika lile agano la kwanza, pasingekuwa na haja ya kutafuta nafasi kwa ajili ya jingine.
8 For in rebuking them he saith, Beholde, the dayes will come, saith the Lord, when I shall make with the house of Israel, and with the house of Iuda a newe Testament:
Lakini Mungu aliona kosa kwa watu, naye akasema: “Siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakapofanya agano jipya na nyumba ya Israeli na nyumba ya Yuda.
9 Not like the Testament that I made with their fathers, in the day that I tooke them by the hand, to leade them out of the land of Egypt: for they continued not in my Testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Agano langu halitakuwa kama lile nililofanya na baba zao nilipowashika mkono kuwaongoza watoke nchi ya Misri, kwa sababu hawakuendelea kuwa waaminifu katika agano langu, nami nikawaacha, asema Bwana.
10 For this is the Testament that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawes in their minde, and in their heart I will write them, and I wil be their God, and they shalbe my people,
Hili ndilo agano nitakalofanya na nyumba ya Israeli baada ya siku zile, asema Bwana. Nitaziweka sheria zangu katika nia zao na kuziandika mioyoni mwao. Nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.
11 And they shall not teache euery man his neighbour and euery man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall knowe me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
Mtu hatamfundisha tena jirani yake, wala mtu kumfundisha ndugu yake akisema, ‘Mjue Bwana,’ kwa sababu wote watanijua mimi, tangu aliye mdogo kabisa kwao, hadi aliye mkuu sana.
12 For I will bee mercifull to their vnrighteousnes, and I wil remember their sinnes and their iniquities no more.
Kwa sababu nitasamehe uovu wao, wala sitazikumbuka dhambi zao tena!”
13 In that he saith a new Testament, he hath abrogate the olde: nowe that which is disanulled and waxed olde, is ready to vanish away.
Kwa kuliita agano hili “jipya,” Mungu amefanya lile agano la kwanza kuwa kuukuu; nacho kitu kinachoanza kuchakaa na kuwa kikuukuu kiko karibu kutoweka.
