Hebritɔwo 8
1 Nya siwo katã míegblɔ na mi la ƒe taƒonyae nye esi: be nunɔlagã vavã le mía si. Azɔ la, ele dziƒo eye wònɔ anyi ɖe bubuteƒe gãtɔ kekeake,
The pith of all that we have been saying is this; we do have such a High Priest; and he has taken his seat on the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,
2 eyae subɔna le gbedoxɔ kple agbadɔ vavãtɔ si le dziƒo la me. Gbedoxɔ sia menye esi amegbetɔ tsɔ eƒe asi tui o, ke boŋ Aƒetɔ la ŋutɔe tui.
a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
3 Esi wònye nunɔlagã ɖe sia ɖe ƒe dɔ be wòasa vɔ, eye wòana nuwo la, ele na Kristo hã be wòana nane.
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; whence it follows that this High Priest also must have some offering to make.
4 Nenye ɖe wòle anyigba dzi la, maɖu nunɔla o elabena nunɔlawo li xoxo, ame siwo tsɔa nunanawo nana le Yudatɔwo ƒe se la nu.
Now were he on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are here those who present the gifts according to the Law -
5 Nunɔla siawo subɔna le kɔkɔeƒe la si nye esi le dziƒo la ƒe vɔvɔli. Esia tae, esi Mose be yeatu Agbadɔ le gbea dzi la, Mawu xlɔ̃ nui be, “Kpɔ egbɔ be nàwɔ nu sia nu ɖe ɖoɖo si woɖe fia wò le toa dzi la nu.”
those priests who serve a mere outline and shadow of the heavenly reality, just as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to build the Tabernacle. "See", he says, "that you make everything on the pattern showed you on the mountain."
6 Ke nunɔladɔ si wode asi na Yesu la kɔ sãa wu wo tɔ, eye abe ale si nubabla si ƒe avuléla wònye la kɔ wu xoxotɔ sãa ene la, nenema kee woɖoe anyi ɖe ŋugbedodo siwo nyo wu tsãtɔwo la dzi.
But Jesus has obtained a better ministry, by so much as he is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.
7 Elabena nenye ɖe naneke megblẽ le nubabla gbãtɔ ŋu o la, anye ne wometsɔ nubabla bubu ɖɔlii o.
For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second.
8 Ke Mawu ŋutɔ kpɔ vodada le eƒe dukɔ la ŋu, eye wògblɔ be, “Aƒetɔ la be ŋkeke li gbɔna esi dzi mabla nu yeye kple Israel kple Yuda ƒe aƒewo.
But finding fault with them, He says. "There are days coming," says the Lord, "When I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant;
9 Manɔ abe nu si mebla kple wo fofowo esi melé woƒe alɔnu, kplɔ wo do goe le Egiptenyigba la ene o, elabena womewɔ nuteƒe le nu si mebla kpli wo la me o, eya ta nye hã metrɔ megbe de wo. Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
Not according tot he covenant which I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in my covenant, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord.
10 Azɔ la esiae nye nu si mabla kple Israel ƒe aƒe la, le ŋkeke siwo gbɔna la me. Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe. Matsɔ nye sewo ade woƒe susuwo me, eye maŋlɔ wo ɖe woƒe dziwo ŋu. Manye woƒe Mawu, eye woawo hã woanye nye dukɔ.
"For this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel, After these days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their minds, And upon their hearts will I write them; And I will be their God, And they shall be my people;
11 Ame aɖeke magafia nu ehavia alo afia nu nɔvia ŋutsu agblɔ be, ‘Dze si Aƒetɔ la’ o, elabena wo katã woanyam tso ɖeviwo dzi, va se ɖe tsitsiawo dzi.
And they shall not teach every man his fellow citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.
12 Matsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔwo ake wo, eye nyemagaɖo ŋku woƒe nu vɔ̃wo dzi o.”
For I will have mercy upon their wrong-doings, And their sins I will remember no more."
13 Ke esi Mawu yɔ nubabla sia be “yeye” la, ewɔ gbãtɔ wòdo xoxo, eye nu si tsi, do xoxo la nu ava yi kpuie.
By calling the covenant "new," He has made the first one obsolete; and whatever is becoming obsolete and aged, is near to vanishing.
