Ndị Hibru 9
1 Ọgbụgba ndụ nke mbụ nwere usoro ofufe na ebe nsọ nke ụwa nke a e jiri aka wuo.
[To continue]: In the first [covenant, God] regulated how people [should perform] rituals, and [he told them to make] [MTY] a sanctuary.
2 E guzobere ụlọ ikwu. Nʼọnụụlọ nke mbụ nʼụlọ ikwu ahụ, e nwere ihe ịdọba iheọkụ, na tebul, na achịcha e doro nsọ. Aha ọnụụlọ nke mbụ a bụ Ebe Nsọ.
[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’.
3 Nʼazụ akwa mgbochi nke abụọ ka e nwere ọnụụlọ a na-akpọ Ebe Kachasị Nsọ,
Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
4 nke nwere ebe ịchụ aja mgbaisiọma e ji ọlaedo wuo, na igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ nke e jiri ọlaedo machie ahụ ya niile. Ihe dị nʼime ite ahụ bụ mánà na mkpanaka Erọn nke ahụ puputara ahịhịa, ya na mbadamba nkume e dekwasịrị iwu ọgbụgba ndụ.
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.
5 Ihe dị nʼelu igbe a bụ cherubim nke ebube ya, na-ekpuchite oche amara ahụ. Ma anyị enweghị ike ịkọwacha ihe niile ndị a nʼozuzu oke ugbu a.
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.
6 Mgbe e doro ihe niile ndị a nʼusoro, onye nchụaja na-abata mgbe ọbụla nʼime ọnụụlọ nke mbụ nke ụlọ ikwu a. Nʼebe a ka ọ na-arụ ọrụ o ketara ịrụ.
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.
7 Ma ọ bụ naanị onyeisi nchụaja na-abanye nʼime ọnụụlọ nsọ nke abụọ, naanị otu ugboro nʼafọ. Ọ na-ejikwa ọbara na-aba nʼebe ahụ, iji chụọ aja maka onwe ya na nʼihi mmehie ndị mmadụ mere na-amaghị ama.
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].
8 Site na nke a, Mmụọ Nsọ na-egosi na ụzọ e si abanye nʼEbe Kachasị Nsọ ahụ bụ ihe na a ka apụtabeghị ihe, ebe ọ bụ na ụlọ ikwu nke mbụ ahụ ka na-eguzo.
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].
9 Nke a bụ ihe ilu banyere oge ugbu a. Site na nhazi nke a, onyinye na aja niile a na-achụ enweghị ike ime ka akọnuche onye na-efe ofufe zuo oke.
[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.
10 Kama ha bụ naanị usoro iwu metụtara ihe oriri na ihe ọṅụṅụ na ụdị baptizim dị iche iche nke anụ ahụ, bụ nke e nyere ka a na-eme ya ruo mgbe a ga-edozigharị ihe niile.
[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.
11 Mgbe Kraịst bịara dị ka onyeisi nchụaja nke ezi ihe ahụ dị ugbu a, site nʼụlọ ikwu dị ukwuu zuruoke nke a na-ejighị aka mee, nke na-esoghị nʼihe e kere eke,
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].
12 o jighị ọbara ụmụ ewu na nke ụmụ ehi banye nʼebe ahụ, kama o ji ọbara nke ya onwe ya banye nʼEbe ahụ Kachasị Nsọ naanị otu mgbe, jiri ya wetara anyị niile mgbapụta ebighị ebi. (aiōnios g166)
[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)
13 Ma ọ bụrụ na ọbara ewu na nke oke ehi dị iche iche, ya na ntụ nwa agbọghọ ehi, nke e fekwasịrị ndị rụrụ arụ, pụrụ ido ha nsọ, meekwa ka ha dị ọcha nʼelu ahụ.
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.
14 Ọbara Kraịst onye sitere na Mmụọ dị ebighị ebi were onwe ya chụọrọ Chineke aja nʼenweghị ntụpọ ọbụla, ọ ga-esi aṅaa ghara ịsachapụ omume ruru unyi nke akọnuche anyị, ka anyị nwee ike ife Chineke dị ndụ. (aiōnios g166)
[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)
15 Nʼihi nke a, ọ bụ onye ogbugbo nke ọgbụgba ndụ ọhụrụ, ka ndị a kpọrọ site na ya nata ihe nketa ebighị ebi ahụ bụ nke e kwere ha na nkwa. A pụrụ ime nke a nʼihi ọ nwụọla ọnwụ gbapụta ụmụ mmadụ site nʼikpe ọmụma nke mmehie ha mere nʼokpuru ọgbụgba ndụ nke mbụ ahụ. (aiōnios g166)
[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)
16 Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ ekee ekpe mgbe ọ nọ ndụ, a na-ebu ụzọ achọpụta ma onye kere ekpe ahụ ọ nwụọla.
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.
17 Ekpe na-amalite ịdị ire mgbe onye kere ekpe ahụ nwụrụ, nʼihi na ihe mmadụ kere nʼekpe anaghị adị ire mgbe onye kere ya ka dị ndụ.
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.
18 Ọ bụ nke a mere ọ bụladị ọgbụgba ndụ ochie ahụ jiri bụrụ ihe na-adịghị ire ruokwa mgbe ọbara batara na ya.
And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
19 Mgbe Mosis kwupụtachara ndị mmadụ iwu ahụ, o weere ọbara ụmụ ehi na ewu, ya na mmiri, ogbo uhie na hisọp fesaa nʼakwụkwọ iwu ahụ nakwa nʼelu mmadụ niile.
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,
20 Na-ekwu, “Nke a bụ ọbara ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ nke Chineke nyere unu iwu.”
saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
21 Nʼotu aka ahụ, o fesakwara ọbara ahụ nʼelu ụlọ ikwu na nʼelu ihe niile dị nʼụlọ ikwu, bụ ihe niile e ji efe ofufe.
Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
22 Nʼikwu eziokwu, dịka iwu si dị, ọ dịghị ihe ọbụla nke a na-adịghị eji ọbara edo ọcha. Ọ bụrụ na a wụsịghị ọbara, mgbaghara mmehie adịghị.
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].
23 O kwesiri ka e si otu a mee ka ihe ndị a yiri ihe ndị dị nʼeluigwe dị ọcha, ma ihe ndị dị nʼeluigwe nʼonwe ha kwesiri ka e nye ha aja dị mma karịa.
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.
24 Nʼihi na ọ bụghị nʼebe nsọ nke mmadụ jiri aka wuo, nke yiri nke dị nʼeluigwe, ka Kraịst banyere, kama ọ banyere nʼime eluigwe nʼonwe ya, bụ ebe ọ na-anọchite anya anyị ugbu a nʼihu Chineke.
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.
25 Ọ banyeghị na ya ka o were onwe ya chụọ aja ọtụtụ ugboro, dị ka onyeisi nchụaja na-eji ọbara na-abụghị nke ya na-abanye nʼEbe ahụ Kachasị Nsọ kwa afọ.
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.
26 Ọ bụrụ na o si otu a dịrị, ọ gaara abụ onye na-ahụ ahụhụ mgbe kemgbe e kere ụwa. Ma, dị ka o si dị, ọ bịara naanị otu ugboro nʼọgwụgwụ oge ndị a, iwezuga mmehie site nʼiji onwe ya chụọ aja. (aiōn g165)
[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)
27 Dị ka ọ bụ ihe a kwadooro mmadụ ọbụla ịnwụ naanị otu ugboro, ma e mesịa ikpe esochie,
All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
28 otu a ka e si chụọ Kraịst dị ka aja naanị otu ugboro iwepụ mmehie ọtụtụ mmadụ. Ọ ga-abịaghachi nke ugboro abụọ, ma ọ bụghị nʼihi ibu mmehie, kama ọ bụ nʼihi iweta nzọpụta nye ndị ahụ niile na-eche ọbịbịa ya.
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.
