Hebera 8
1 A O na mea a makou i olelo ae nei, eia ka nui; pela ke ano o ko kakou kahuna nui, ka mea i hoonohoia ma ka lima akau o ka nohoalii o ka Moi ma ka lani;
The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
2 He lawehaua no kahi hoano, no ka halelewa oiaio, na ka Haku i kukulu, aole na ke kanaka.
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
3 No ka mea, ua hookaawaleia na kahuna nui e kaumaha aku ai i na alana a me na mohai: nolaila hoi e pono e loaa ia ia nei kekahi meae kaumaha aku ai.
And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
4 Aka, ina ma ka honua ia, ina aole he kahuna ia; no ka mea, eia no ka poe kahuna e kaumaha ana i na alana mamuli o ke kanawai,
Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
5 Ka poe i hana ma ke kumu hoohalike, a ma ke aka o ko ka lani, no ka mea, o Mose i ke kokoke ana o kona kukulu ana i ka halelewa, ua aoia mai ia e ke Akua, peneia; E nana oe, wahi ana, e hana oe i na mea a pau mamuli o ke kumuhoohalike i hoikeia ia oe ma ka mauna.
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
6 Aka, ano, ua loaa ia ia ka oihana maikai ae, e like me ka oi ana aku o ka maikai o ka berita ana i uwao ai, ka mea i hoopaaia ma na olelo hoopomaikai maikai ae.
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
7 A ina i kina ole kela berita mua, ina aole i imi hou ia kahi kaawale no ka lua:
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
8 Aka, i ka loaa ana o ke kina, ua olelo mai oia ia lakou, Eia hoi, wahi a Iehova, e hiki mai ana no na la e hana hou aku ai au i berita hou me ka ohana Iseraela, a me ka ohana Iuda;
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
9 Aole hoi e like me ka berita a'u i hana aku ai me ko lakou mau makua, i ka la i lalau aku ai au i ko lakou lima e alakai mai ia lakou mai ka aina o Aigupita mai; no ka mea, aole lakou i noho paa ma ko'u berita, a ua haalele au ia lakou, wahi a Iehova.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them,
10 Aka, eia ka berita a'u e hana aku ai me ka ohana Iseraela, mahope iho o ua mau la la, wahi a Iehova; E pai au i ko'u mau kanawai ma ko lakou manao, a e kakau iho ia mau mea ma ko lakou naau; a e lilo au i Akua no lakou, a e lilo mai lakou i poe kanaka no'u.
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
11 Aole lakou e ao aku, kela kanaka i kona hoanoho, a keia kanaka i kona hoahanau, me ka olelo ana aku, E ike i ka Haku; no ka mea, e pau auanei lakou i ka ike ia'u mai ka mea liilii a hiki i ka mea nui o lakou.
No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
12 No ka mea, e ahonui aku no au i ko lakou mau hewa, aole au e hoomanao hou aku i ko lakou mau kina a me ko lakou mau hala.
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
13 I kana olelo ana, He berita hou, ua hoolilo oia i ka mea mua i lualua; a o ka mea lualua, e elemakule ana hoi, ua kokoke no ia e nalo aku.
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
