Hebrews 9
1 [To continue]: In the first [covenant, God] regulated how people [should perform] rituals, and [he told them to make] [MTY] a sanctuary.
Boyokani ya liboso ezalaki na mibeko ya losambo, mpe na Esika ya bule oyo ezalaki ya mokili.
2 [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’.
Batelemisaki Mongombo oyo ezalaki na biteni mibale: kati na eteni ya liboso oyo bazalaki kobenga « Esika ya bule, » ezalaki na etelemiselo ya minda, mesa mpe mapa oyo babonzi lokola makabo epai ya Nzambe.
3 Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
Sima na rido ya mibale, ezalaki na etando oyo bazalaki kobenga « Esika-Oyo-Eleki-Bule. »
4 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.
Kati na yango, ezalaki na etumbelo ansa oyo basala na wolo; ezalaki mpe na Sanduku ya Boyokani, oyo babamba wolo na mobimba na yango. Kati na Sanduku ya Boyokani, ezalaki na sani ya wolo, oyo batia mana kati na yango; lingenda ya Aron oyo ebimisaki mito ya banzete, mpe bitando ya mabanga oyo batobolaki makomi ya mibeko ya boyokani.
5 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.
Na likolo ya Sanduku, ezalaki na bililingi ya basheribe ya nkembo, oyo ezipaki mofinuku ya Sanduku na nzela ya elili ya mapapu na yango. Kasi tokoki te sik’oyo kolobela biloko oyo na molayi.
6 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.
Wana biloko oyo nyonso esilaki kotiama, Banganga-Nzambe bazalaki kokota, mbala na mbala, na eteni ya liboso ya Mongombo mpo na kosala mosala na bango.
7 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].
Kasi kati na eteni ya mibale, kaka mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe nde azalaki kokota kuna mbala moko na mobu; mpe asengeli komema makila ya kobonzela Nzambe, mpo na ye moko mpe mpo na masumu oyo bato basalaki na kozanga koyeba.
8 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].
Na nzela ya biloko oyo, Molimo Mosantu azalaki kotalisa polele ete, wana Mongombo ya liboso ezalaki nanu, nzela mpo na kokota kati na Esika-Oyo-Eleki-Bule ezalaki ya kokangama.
9 [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.
Mpe ezali elilingi ya makambo oyo ezali kosalema na tango oyo mpo na kotalisa ete makabo mpe bambeka oyo babonzelaka Nzambe ezali na makoki te ya kokomisa ya kokoka, mitema ya bato oyo basambelaka ndenge wana.
10 [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.
Ezali na yango kaka malako na tina na bilei, masanga mpe ndenge ebele ya komipetola: mibeko ya bomoto, oyo bazalaki kosalela kino na tango oyo Nzambe abongolaki makambo nyonso.
11 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].
Kasi tango Klisto ayaki lokola Mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe mpo na kopesa biso biloko oyo asilaki kozwa mpo na biso, akatisaki Mongombo ya monene makasi mpe ya kokoka; ezali Mongombo oyo esalema na maboko ya bato te, ezali ya mokili oyo te.
12 [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)
Akotaki mbala moko mpo na libela kati na Esika-Oyo-Eleki-Bule, mpe abonzaki kuna makila ya bantaba te mpe ya bana ngombe te, kasi abonzaki nde makila na Ye moko. Ezali ndenge wana nde azwelaki biso lisiko ya libela. (aiōnios g166)
13 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.
Pamba te makila ya bantaba, makila ya bangombe ya mibali mpe putulu ya bangombe ya basi, oyo basopelaka bato ya mbindo, epetolaka kaka libanda ya nzoto;
14 [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)
nzokande makila ya Klisto oyo, na nzela ya Molimo ya seko, amikabaki Ye moko epai ya Nzambe lokola mbeka oyo ezangi mbeba, epetolaka mitema na biso na misala oyo ememaka na kufa mpo ete tokoka kosalela Nzambe na bomoi. (aiōnios g166)
15 [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)
Yango wana, Klisto azali Moyokanisi kati na Boyokani ya sika, mpo ete bato oyo Nzambe abenga bakoka kozwa libula ya seko oyo Nzambe alakaki bango. Mpe bakoki solo kozwa yango, pamba te Klisto asilaki kokufa lokola mbeka mpo na kosikola bango na masumu oyo basalaki tango bazalaki na se ya bokonzi ya boyokani ya kala. (aiōnios g166)
16 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.
Pamba te soki moto akomi mokanda mpo ete moto songolo akitana na biloko na ye na mokolo oyo akokufa, asengeli liboso kokufa mpo ete biloko oyo akotika ekoma ya mokitani oyo ye asilaki kopona.
17 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.
Mokanda yango ezwaka nguya kaka soki mokomi na yango akufi; kasi soki mokomi azali nanu na bomoi, ezali na nguya ata moke te.
18 And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
Yango wana mpe, boyokani ya liboso ekokaki kozala na nguya te soki makila esopanaki te.
19 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,
Pamba te, tango Moyize asilisaki kotangela bato mitindo nyonso ndenge ekomami kati na Mibeko, akamataki makila ya bana ngombe, ya bantaba elongo na mayi, asopelaki buku mpe bato nyonso na nzela ya etape ya nzete ya izope, oyo balinga elamba ya lino ya motane.
20 saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
Alobaki: « Oyo ezali makila ya boyokani oyo Nzambe atindi bino kobatela. »
21 Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
Bongo, na makila yango, asopelaki lisusu Mongombo mpe bisalelo nyonso ya losambo.
22 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].
Pamba te, kolanda Mibeko, nyonso epetolamaka na makila; mpe soki makila etangi te, bolimbisi masumu ezali te.
23 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.
Boye, lokola bililingi ya biloko oyo ezali kati na Likolo esengelaki kopetolama ndenge wana, ezalaki na tina ete yango moko mpe biloko ya Likolo epetolama na nzela ya bambeka oyo eleki malamu.
24 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.
Pamba te Klisto akotaki te na Esika ya Bule oyo esalemaki na maboko ya bato, oyo ezalaki kaka elilingi ya Esika ya Bule ya solo; kasi akotaki nde kati na Likolo yango moko mpo ete atelema sik’oyo liboso ya Nzambe mpo na bolamu na biso.
25 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.
Klisto akotaki kuna te mpo ete amikabaka mbala na mbala lokola mbeka, ndenge mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe azalaki kokota mobu na mobu kati na Esika ya Bule elongo na makila oyo ezalaki ya ye te.
26 [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)
Soki ezalaki bongo, mbele Klisto anyokwamaki mbala ebele wuta na ebandeli ya mokili. Nzokande sik’oyo, na mikolo oyo ya suka, amonani mbala kaka moko mpo na kolongola masumu na nzela ya mbeka na Ye. (aiōn g165)
27 All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
Bongo ndenge kaka ekatama ete moto nyonso asengeli kokufa mbala moko, mpe, sima na yango, kosambisama eya,
28 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.
ndenge wana mpe Klisto, oyo amikabaki lokola mbeka mbala moko mpo na kolongola masumu ya bato ebele, akoya na mbala ya mibale, mpo na kolongola masumu ya bato te, kasi mpo na kobikisa bato oyo bazali kozela Ye na posa makasi.
