Ndị Hibru 10
1 Iwu ahụ bụ naanị onyinyo na-egosi ihe ọma gaje ịbịa. Nʼihi ya, o zughị oke nʼonwe ya isite nʼaja ndị ahụ a na-achụ mgbe mgbe kwa afọ, mee ka ndị ahụ na-abịaru nso ife ofufe zuo oke.
The Law, though able to foreshadow the better system which was coming, never had its actual substance. Its priests, with those sacrifices which they offer continuously year after year, can never make those who come to worship perfect.
2 Ma ọ bụghị otu a, ọ bụ na a gabeghị akwụsị ịchụ aja ndị a? Ọ bụrụ na a sachapụla njọ ndị na-efe ofufe na mbụ, akọnuche ha agaghịkwa ama ha ikpe mmehie ha.
Otherwise, would not the offering of these sacrifices have been abandoned, as the worshipers, having been once purified, would have had their consciences clear from sins?
3 Ma nke bụ eziokwu bụ na ihe aja ndị a na-eme bụ ichetara ha mmehie ha kwa afọ niile.
But, on the contrary, these sacrifices recall their sins to mind year after year.
4 Nʼihi na ọ bụ ihe na-apụghị ime eme na ọbara oke ehi na nke ụmụ ewu dị iche iche ga-asachapụ mmehie.
For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to remove sins.
5 Ya mere mgbe Kraịst bịara nʼụwa, ọ sịrị, “Aja na onyinye abụghị ihe ị chọrọ kama ị kwadoro ahụ nye m.
That is why, when he was coming into the world, the Christ declared – ‘Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but you provide for me a body;
6 Aja nsure ọkụ na aja a chụrụ maka mmehie, ha abụghị ihe dị ezi mma nye gị.
You take no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.
7 Mgbe ahụ ka m sịrị, ‘Lee, abịala m Chineke m, ime ihe ị na-achọ. Nke a bụkwa ihe e dere banyere m nʼime akwụkwọ mpịakọta.’”
So I said, “See, I have come” (as is written of me in the pages of the book), “To do your will, God.”’
8 O kwuru na mbụ, “Aja dị iche iche, na onyinye, na aja nsure ọkụ na aja mmehie adịghị atọ gị ụtọ, ha adịghịkwa amasị gị” (a chụrụ aja ndị a dịka iwu si dị).
First come the words – ‘You do not desire, nor do you take pleasure in, sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin’ (offerings regularly made under the Law),
9 O kwukwara ọzọ, “Lee abịala m ime uche gị.” Ọ kagburu aja nke mbụ ahụ ma were aja nke abụọ dochie nʼọnọdụ ya.
and then there is added – ‘See, I have come to do your will.’ The former sacrifices are set aside to be replaced by the latter.
10 Site nʼime uche Chineke, e mere ka anyị dị nsọ site nʼaja Jisọs Kraịst ji onwe ya chụọ naanị otu ugboro.
And it is in the fulfillment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ.
11 Onye nchụaja ọbụla na-eguzo kwa ụbọchị na-efe ofufe, na-achụkwa otu aja ahụ ugboro ugboro, bụ aja nke na-enweghị ike ịsachapụ mmehie.
Every other priest stands day after day at his ministrations, and offers the same sacrifices over and over again – sacrifices that can never take sins away.
12 Ma mgbe Kraịst chụchara naanị otu aja ahụ, otu ugboro nʼihi mmehie niile, ọ nọdụrụ ala nʼaka nri Chineke.
But, this priest, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, which should serve for all time, ‘took his seat at the right hand of God,’
13 Ebe ahụ ka ọ nọ ugbu a na-eche ka ndị iro ya niile bụrụ ihe mgbakwasị ụkwụ ya.
and has since then been waiting ‘for his enemies to be put as a stool for his feet.’
14 Nʼihi na o sitela nʼotu aja mee ka ndị ahụ a na-eme ka ha dịrị nsọ zuo oke mgbe niile.
By a single offering he has made perfect for all time those who are being purified.
15 Mmụọ nsọ na-agbakwara anyị ama banyere ihe ndị a mgbe o buru ụzọ kwuo:
We have also the testimony of the Holy Spirit. For, after saying –
16 “Nke a bụ ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ mụ na ha ga-agba mgbe oge ndị ahụ gasịrị, ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru. Aga m etinye iwu m nʼobi ha. Aga m edekwasịkwa ha nʼuche ha.”
‘“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,” says the Lord; “I will impress my laws on their hearts, and will inscribe them on their minds,”’
17 O kwukwara sị, “Agaghị m echetakwa mmehie ha na mmebi iwu ha niile ọzọ.”
then we have – ‘And their sins and their iniquities I will no longer remember.’
18 Ya mere, ebe ọ bụ na a gbagharala mmehie ndị a, ọ dịkwaghị mkpa ịchụ ajọ ọzọ maka mgbaghara mmehie.
And, when these are forgiven, there is no further need of an offering for sin.
19 Nʼihi nke a, ụmụnna m, ebe anyị nwere nkwuwa okwu ịbanye nʼEbe Kachasị Nsọ site nʼọbara Jisọs,
Therefore, friends, since we may enter the sanctuary with confidence, in virtue of the blood of Jesus,
20 bụ ụzọ ọhụrụ nke o meghere nye anyị, nke dị ọhụrụ ma dịkwa ndụ site nʼakwa mgbochi ahụ nke bụ ahụ ya,
by the way which he inaugurated for us – a new and living way, a way through the sanctuary curtain (that is, his human nature);
21 ebe anyị nwekwara onye nchụaja dị ukwuu, nke na-elekọta ụlọ Chineke,
and, since we have in him ‘a great priest set over the house of God,’
22 ka anyị bịaruo nso site nʼobi dị ọcha, na ntụkwasị obi zuru ezu nke okwukwe, ka anyị bụrụ ndị a sachara obi ha site nʼakọnuche rụrụ arụ, ka anyị bụrụkwa ndị e ji mmiri dị ezigbo ọcha sachaa ahụ anyị.
let us draw near to God in all sincerity of heart and in perfect faith, with our hearts purified by the sprinkled blood from all consciousness of wrong, and with our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Ya mere, ka anyị jidesie nkwupụta nke olileanya anyị ike, nʼihi na onye ahụ kwere nkwa kwesiri ntụkwasị obi.
Let us maintain the confession of our hope unshaken, for he who has given us his promise will not fail us.
24 Ka anyị tụgharịa uche otu anyị ga-esi kpalie ibe anyị nʼịhụnanya na ezi ọrụ.
Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions.
25 Ka anyị gharakwa ichefu nzukọ anyị dị ka ụfọdụ na-eme, kama ka anyị na-agbarịta onwe anyị ume, karịsịa, ugbu a ụbọchị ahụ na-abịa nso.
And let us not, as some do, cease to meet together; but, on the contrary, let us encourage one another, and all the more, now that you see the day drawing near.
26 Ọ bụrụ na anyị akpachapụ anya na-anọgide na mmehie mgbe anyị matachara eziokwu ahụ, o nwekwaghị aja ọzọ fọdụrụ a ga-achụ banyere mmehie niile.
Remember, if we sin willfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin;
27 Kama naanị ikpe dị oke egwu, nke ga-adị ka ọkụ na-ere ike ike, nke ga-erechapụ ndị niile bụ ndị iro.
there is only a fearful anticipation of judgment, and a burning indignation which will destroy all opponents.
28 Onye ọbụla dara iwu Mosis, na-anwụ na-enweghị ebere, site nʼakaebe mmadụ abụọ maọbụ atọ gbara megide ya.
When someone disregarded the Law of Moses, they were, on the evidence of two or three witnesses, put to death without pity.
29 Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị otu a, olee ụdị ahụhụ unu chere na a ga-enye onye lelịrị Ọkpara Chineke, gịnị ka a ga-eme onye merụrụ ọbara nke ọgbụgba ndụ nke e ji doo ya nsọ, na onye kpasuru mmụọ nke amara ahụ iwe?
How much worse then, think you, will be the punishment deserved by those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God, who have treated the blood that rendered the covenant valid – the blood by which they were purified – as if it were not holy, and who have outraged the Spirit of love?
30 Nʼihi na anyị maa onye ahụ kwurunụ, “Ịbọ ọbọ dịrị m, aga m akwụghachi,” ọzọkwa, “Onyenwe anyị ga-ekpe ndị ya ikpe.”
We know who it was that said – ‘It is for me to avenge, I will requite’; and again – ‘The Lord will judge his people.’
31 Ọ bụ ihe dị oke egwu ịdaba nʼaka Chineke dị ndụ.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Ma chetakwanụ ụbọchị mbụ ndị ahụ, mgbe unu natachara ìhè, unu nọgidesikwara ike nʼagbanyeghị oke ahụhụ niile unu tara.
Call to mind those early days in which, after you had received the light, you patiently underwent a long and painful conflict.
33 Mgbe ụfọdụ, a kparịrị unu nʼihu ọha, unu natakwara mkpagbu. Nʼoge ọzọ, unu soro ndị e si otu a mesoo mmeso.
Sometimes, in consequence of the taunts and injuries heaped on you, you became a public spectacle; and sometimes you suffered through having shown yourselves to be the friends of people who were in the same position in which you had been.
34 Unu were obi ebere soro ndị nọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ taa ahụhụ, unu jikwa ọṅụ nabata ya mgbe a nakọrọchara unu ihe niile unu nwere, nʼihi na unu onwe unu matara na unu nwere ihe ka mma, nke na-anọgide.
For you not only sympathised with those who were in prison, but you even took the confiscation of your possessions joyfully, knowing, as you did, that you had in yourselves a greater possession and a lasting one.
35 Ya mere, unu ahapụkwala ntụkwasị obi unu ahụ, nʼihi na ọ na-eweta ụgwọ ọrụ dị ukwuu.
Do not, therefore, abandon the confidence that you have gained, for it has a great reward awaiting it.
36 Nʼihi ya, unu kwesiri inwe ndidi ka ọ ga-abụ na mgbe unu mere uche Chineke unu ga-anata ihe e kwere na nkwa.
You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God’s will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.
37 Nʼihi, “Na oge na-adịghị anya, onye ahụ nke na-abịa ga-abịa ọ gaghị anọkwa ọdụ.”
‘For there is indeed but a very little while before he who is coming will have come, without delay;
38 Ma, “Onye ezi omume nkem ga-esite nʼokwukwe dị ndụ. Mkpụrụobi m agaghị e nwee mmasị nʼime onye ọbụla na-alaghachi azụ.”
and through faith the righteous will find life, but, if anyone draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in them.’
39 Ma anyị abụghị ndị na-alaghachi azụ si otu a laa nʼiyi. Kama anyị dịnyere ndị nwere okwukwe, bụrụkwa ndị a zọpụtara.
But we do not belong to those who draw back, to their ruin, but to those who have faith, to the saving of their souls.
