Hebrews 8
1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
Sasa jambo ambalo tunasema ni hili: tunaye kuhani mkuu aliyekaa chini katika mkono wa kulia wa kiti cha enzi Mbinguni.
2 a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.
Yeye ni mtumishi katika mahali patakatifu, hema la kweli ambalo Bwana ameliweka, siyo mtu yeyote wa kufa.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
Kwa maana kila kuhani mkuu huwekwa kutoa zawadi na dhabihu; kwa hiyo ni muhimu kuwa na kitu cha kutoa.
4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the Law;
Sasa kama Kristo alikuwa juu ya nchi, yeye asingekuwa kuhani zaidi ya hapo. Kwa kuwa walikuwa tayari wale waliotoa vipawa kulingana na sheria.
5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."
Walihudumu kitu ambacho kilikuwa nakala na kivuli cha vitu vya mbinguni, sawa kama Musa alipoonywa na Mungu wakati alipotaka kujenga hema. “Ona,” Mungu akasema, “kwamba tengeneza kila kitu kulingana na muundo ulioonyeshwa juu ya mlima”.
6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Law.
Lakini sasa Kristo amepokea huduma bora zaidi kwa sababu yeye pia ni mpatanishi wa agano zuri, ambalo limekwisha kuimarishwa kwa ahadi nzuri.
7 For if the first had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
Hivyo kama agano la kwanza lisingekuwa na makosa, ndipo hakungekuwa na haja kutafuta agano la pili.
8 For finding fault with them, he said, "Look, the days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
Kwa kuwa wakati Mungu alipogundua makosa kwa watu alisema, “Tazama, siku zinakuja, 'asema Bwana, 'wakati nitakapotengeneza agano jipya pamoja na nyumba ya Israeli, na nyumba ya Yuda.
9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them," says the Lord.
Halitakuwa kama agano nililofanya pamoja na baba zao siku ambayo niliwachukua kwa mkono kuwaongoza kutoka nchi ya Misri. Kwa kuwa hawakuendelea katika agano langu, nami sikuwajali tena,' asema Bwana.
10 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Kwa kuwa hili ndilo agano nitafanya kwa nyumba ya Israeli baada ya siku hizo,' asema Bwana. 'nitaweka sheria zangu mawazoni mwao, na nitaziandika mioyoni mwao. Nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.
11 They will not teach each one his fellow citizen, and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
Hawatafundishana kila mmoja na jirani yake, na kila mmoja na ndugu, yake, akisema, “Mjue Bwana,” hivyo wote watanijua mimi, kutoka mdogo hadi mkubwa wao.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins no more."
Hivyo nitaonyesha rehema kwa matendo yao yasiyo ya haki, na sizitazikumbuka dhambi zao tena.”
13 In that he says, "new," he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.
Kwa kusema “Mpya,” amelifanya agano la kwanza kuwa kuukuu. Na hilo ambalo amelitangaza kuwa kuukuu liko tayari kutoweka.
