Ahibirania 8
1 Atĩrĩrĩ, ũhoro ũrĩa tũraaria nĩ atĩ: Nĩ tũrĩ na mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai-mũnene, ũrĩa ũikarĩte thĩ guoko-inĩ kwa ũrĩo gwa gĩtĩ kĩa Ũnene kĩa ũthamaki wa igũrũ,
The main point of [all] that [I] have written is that we have a Supreme Priest like that. He has sat down to rule [MTY] with God [EUP] at the place of greatest honor in heaven.
2 nake nĩ mũtungatĩri wa handũ-harĩa-haamũre, o kũu hema-inĩ ya gũtũnganwo ĩrĩa ya ma ĩrĩa yaakirwo nĩ Mwathani, no ti mũndũ.
He ministers in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the true place [of worship in heaven]. That is a place that [Moses’] tent [represented]. The Lord set up the true place of worship. No human [set it up].
3 Na rĩrĩ, mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai mũnene o wothe aathuuragwo nĩguo arutage iheo na magongona, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio o nake no nginya akorwo arĩ na kĩndũ gĩa kũruta.
Every Supreme Priest was appointed {[God] appointed every Supreme Priest} to offer [to God] gifts and sacrifices [for people who sinned]. So, since [Christ became a Supreme Priest], he also had to offer something.
4 Korwo arĩ o gũkũ thĩ-rĩ, ndangĩrĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai, nĩgũkorwo nĩ kũrĩ andũ arĩa marutaga iheo iria ciathanĩtwo nĩ watho.
Since there are already [Jewish] priests who offer gifts as God’s laws [require], if Christ were [now living] on the earth, he would not be a Supreme Priest.
5 Nao matungataga mũhianĩre wa handũ-harĩa-haamũre na kĩĩruru kĩa maũndũ marĩa marĩ igũrũ. Ũndũ ũcio nĩguo watũmire Musa ataarwo hĩndĩ ĩrĩa eeharagĩria gwaka Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ: “Menyerera wone nĩwathondeka indo icio ciothe kũringana na mũhianĩre ũrĩa wonirio ũrĩ kĩrĩma-inĩ.”
The [Jewish] priests perform rituals which are only a model [DOU] of [what Christ would do in heaven] [MTY]. What [God] told Moses when Moses was about to set up the tent [for worshipping him supports the idea that those rituals were only a model. God said], “Be sure that you [(sg)] make everything according to the model that I showed you on [Sinai] Mountain!”
6 No rĩrĩ, ũtungata ũrĩa Jesũ aheetwo nĩũkĩrĩte wao, o ta ũrĩa kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa arĩ we mũiguithania wakĩo gĩkĩrĩte kĩrĩa gĩkũrũ, na ningĩ kĩhaandĩtwo na ciĩranĩro njega makĩria.
But now as it is, [Christ] ministers in a more excellent way [than the Jewish priests do]. Likewise, the [new] covenant that he established [between God and people] is better [than the old one. When the new covenant was established] {[God established the new covenant]}, he promised us better things [than the laws that God gave Moses did].
7 Nĩgũkorwo kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa mbere gĩtangĩarĩ na mahĩtia, gũtingĩagĩire bata wa gwetha kĩngĩ gĩa keerĩ.
If that first covenant had been perfectly adequate [LIT], God would not have thought that he needed another [covenant/agreement to replace it]. But [it was not adequate, so he needed a new one].
8 No Ngai nĩoonire andũ marĩ na mahĩtia, akiuga atĩrĩ: “Matukũ nĩmarooka, rĩrĩa ngaarĩkanĩra kĩrĩkanĩro kĩerũ na nyũmba ya Isiraeli, o hamwe na nyũmba ya Juda, nĩguo Mwathani ekuuga.
Because God declared [that the Israelites] were guilty [of not obeying the first covenant, he wanted a new covenant. This is what] ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) [wrote about that]: The Lord says, “Listen! There will soon be a time when I will make a new covenant with the people [MTY] of Israel and the people [MTY] of Judah.
9 Nakĩo kĩrĩkanĩro kĩu gĩtikahaana ta kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ndaarĩkanĩire na maithe mao ma tene rĩrĩa ndaamanyiitire na guoko, ngĩmatongoria, ngĩmaruta bũrũri wa Misiri, na tondũ matiigana gũikara marĩ ehokeku harĩ kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa, na niĩ ngĩmahutatĩra, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani ekuuga.
That covenant will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt [MET] [like a father leads a child] by the hand. They did not continue to [obey] my covenant, so I rejected them,” says the Lord.
10 Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ngaarĩkanĩra na nyũmba ya Isiraeli ihinda rĩu rĩathira, nĩguo Mwathani ekuuga. Nĩngekĩra watho wakwa meciiria-inĩ mao, na ningĩ ndĩwaandĩke ngoro-inĩ ciao. Na niĩ ngaatuĩka Ngai wao, nao matuĩke andũ akwa.
“This is the covenant that I will make with the Israelites [MTY], after [the first covenant has ended] [MTY],” says the Lord: “I will enable them to understand my laws [MTY], and I will enable them to obey them (OR, truly know them) [MTY] sincerely. I will be their God, and they will be my people [DOU].
11 Gũtigacooka gũkorwo na mũndũ ũkũruta ũrĩa ũngĩ, kana mũndũ arute mũrũ wa ithe amwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Menyana na Mwathani,’ tondũ andũ othe nĩmagakorwo maamenyete, kuuma ũrĩa mũnini mũno wao nginya ũrĩa mũnene.
[As a result], no one will [need to] teach a fellow citizen or tell his fellow kinsmen, ‘[You need to] know the Lord,’ because all [my people] will know me: [My people] of every status [will know me].
12 Nĩgũkorwo nĩngamarekera waganu wao, na ndigacooka kũririkana mehia mao.”
I will mercifully [forgive them for] the wicked things they have done. I will no longer [consider] that [they are guilty for] [DOU] [their] sins.”
13 Na rĩrĩ, rĩrĩa ekwaria ũhoro wa kĩrĩkanĩro kĩerũ-rĩ, nĩgũtua aatuire kĩrĩa kĩa mbere gĩkũrũ; na kĩndũ o gĩothe kĩrakũra-rĩ, gĩtuĩkaga gĩa gũthira, gĩkabuĩria o biũ.
Since God spoke about a new [covenant], he considered that the first [covenant] was no longer in use, and that it would soon disappear, just like [anything that] gets old [will disappear] [MET, DOU].
