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.
Naizvozvowo zvirokwazvo sungano yekutanga yakange ine zviga zvekushumira Mwari, nenzvimbo tsvene yenyika.
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’.
Nokuti tabhenakeri yakagadzirwa, yekutanga maiva nechigadziko chemwenje netafura nezvingwa zvekuratidza, ndiyo inonzi nzvimbo tsvene.
3 Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
Zvino seri kwevheiri rechipiri kwakange kune tabhenakeri yainzi nzvimbo tsvene yedzitsvene,
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.
yakange ine mudziyo wegoridhe wezvipfungaidzo zvinonhuhwira, neareka yesungano yakange yakanamwa nhivi dzese negoridhe, maiva nehari yegoridhe yakange ine mana, netsvimbo yaAroni yakatunga, nemaheandefa esungano;
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.
nepamusoro payo makerubhi ekubwinya, akadzikatira nzvimbo yetsitsi; zvatisingarondedzeri tichiita chimwe chimwe ikozvino.
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.
Zvinhu izvi zvakati zvagadzirwa saizvozvo, vapristi vaipinda nguva dzese mutabhenakeri yekutanga, vachipedzeredza mabasa ekushumira Mwari;
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].
asi kune yechipiri mupristi mukuru waipinda ari ega kamwe pagore, kwete asina ropa, raaizvibairira iye pachake nezvitadzo zvevanhu;
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].
Mweya Mutsvene achiratidza ichi, kuti nzira yenzvimbo tsvene yakange isati yataridzwa, tabhenakeri yekutanga ichimire;
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.
yakange iri mufananidzo wenguva iyoyo, paibairwa zvese zvipo nezvibairo, zvisingagoni kupedzeredza maererano nehana iye anoshumira;
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.
zvinongova zvekudya nezvinwiwa nekushamba kwakasiyana-siyana nezviga zvenyama, zvakaiswa pamusoro pavo kusvikira panguva yekururamisa.
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].
Asi Kristu wakati asvika ari mupristi mukuru wezvinhu zvakanaka zvinozouya, kubudikidza netabhenakeri yakapfuura pakukura nepakuperedzerwa, isina kuitwa nemaoko, ndiko kuti isati iri yekusikwa kuno,
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)
uye kwete neropa rembudzi nemhuru, asi neropa rake pachake wakapinda kamwe panzvimbo tsvene, awana rudzikunuro rwusingaperi. (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.
Nokuti kana ropa renzombe nerembudzi, nemadota etsiru zvichisasa pavakasvibiswa, zvichivaita vatsvene kusvika pakuchenurwa panyama,
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)
zvikuru sei ropa raKristu, iye kubudikidza neMweya wekusingaperi wakazvibaira kuna Mwari asina gwapa, richanatsa hana dzenyu pamabasa akafa, pakushumira Mwari mupenyu? (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)
Uye nemhaka iyi ndiye murevereri wesungano itsva, kuti sezvo rufu rwakasvika pakudzikunurwa kwekudarika pasungano yekutanga, avo vakadanwa vagogamuchira chivimbiso chenhaka isingaperi. (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.
Nokuti pane rugwaro rwenhaka, panofanira kukumikidzwa rufu rwaiye wakaita rugwaro rwenhaka.
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.
Nokuti rugwaro rwenhaka rwune simba kune vakafa, sezvo rwusingatongovi nesimba kana wakaita rugwaro rwenhaka achiri mupenyu.
18 And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
Naizvozvo kunyange yekutanga haina kugadzwa pasina ropa.
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,
Nokuti zviga zvese zvakati zvataurwa kuvanhu vese naMozisi zvichienderana nemurairo, wakatora ropa remhuru nembudzi, pamwe nemvura nemakushe matsvuku, nehisopi, akasasa zvese bhuku pacharo nevanhu vese,
20 saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
achiti: Iri iropa resungano Mwari yaakakurairai.
21 Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
Saizvozvowo wakasasa neropa zvese tabhenakeri nemidziyo yese yekushumira.
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].
Zvino zvinhu zvinenge zvese maererano nemurairo zvinonatswa neropa, uye pasina kuteurwa kweropa hapana kanganwiro.
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.
Naizvozvo zvakafanira kuti mifananidzo yezvinhu zviri kumatenga inatswe nezvizvi, asi zvinhu zvekudenga pachazvo zvinatswe nezvibairo zvakanaka kupfuura izvi.
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.
Nokuti Kristu haana kupinda panzvimbo tsvene yakaitwa nemaoko, iri mifananidzo yezvechokwadi, asi wakapinda kudenga pachake, kuti ikozvino aonekerwe isu pachiso chaMwari;
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.
uye kwete kuti azvibaire kazhinji, semupristi mukuru anopinda panzvimbo tsvene gore rimwe nerimwe neropa rezvimwe;
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)
dai zvakange zvakadaro, waifanira kutambura kazhinji kubva pakuvambwa kwenyika; asi ikozvino wakaonekwa kamwe pakupedzisira kwenguva kuti abvise chivi kubudikidza nechibairo chake amene. (aiōn g165)
27 All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
Uye sezvazvakatemerwa vanhu kuti vafe kamwe, uye shure kwezvizvi kutongwa;
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.
saizvozvowo Kristu, abairwa kamwe kuti atakure zvivi zvevazvinji, achazoonekwa rwechipiri asina chivi neavo vanomutarira, rwuve ruponeso.
