Hiperu 10

1 I te mea ko to te ture he atarangi no nga mea pai e puta ana mai i muri, ehara i te ahua pu o aua mea, e kore e whai mana i aua patunga tapu e whakaeketia tonutia ana e ratou i tenei tau, i tenei tau, e tino tika ai te hunga e whakatata ana.

Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of those things, the same sacrifices offered year after year can never perfect those who draw near to worship.

2 Penei e kore ranei e mutu te whakaeke? me i oti hoki te hunga nana taua karakia te mea kia ma, kua kore o ratou mahara ki nga hara?

Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once and for all, and would no longer have any consciousness of their sins?

3 I aua patunga tapu ia e hokihoki ana te mahara ki nga hara i ia tau, i ia tau.

But year after year they are reminded of their sins by these sacrifices.

4 E kore hoki e tau ma nga toto o nga puru, o nga koati e whakakahore nga hara.

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

5 Na reira i a ia e haere mai ana ki te ao, ka mea ia, Kihai i matenuitia e koe te patunga tapu me te whakahere, kua rite mai i a koe he tinana moku.

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering yoʋ did not desire, but a body yoʋ prepared for me;

6 Kihai koe i ahuareka ki nga tahunga tinana ki nga whakahere hara:

in whole burnt offerings and sin offerings yoʋ took no pleasure.

7 Katahi ahau ka mea atu, Tenei ahau te haere atu nei, kei roto i te upoko o te pukapuka te tuhituhinga moku, ki te mea i tau i pai ai, e te Atua.

Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do yoʋr will, O God, as it is written about me in the scroll of the book.’”

8 I tana meatanga i mua ake, Kihai koe i matenui ki te patunga tapu, ki te whakahere, ki nga tahunga tinana, ki nga whakahere hara, kahore ano hoki ou ahuareka mai, he mea nei e tapaea ana i runga i te ture;

In the passage above he says, “Sacrifice and offering, and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor did you take pleasure in them” (although they are offered according to the law),

9 Katahi ia ka mea, Tenei ahau te haere atu nei ki te mea i tau i pai ai, e te Atua. E tangohia ana e ia te tuatahi, kia whakaturia ai e ia te tuarua.

Then he adds, “Behold, I have come to do yoʋr will, O God.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

10 Na taua pai nei i oti ai tatou te whakatapu, he meatanga na te tapaenga atu kotahi o te tinana o Ihu Karaiti.

By God's will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 Na, ko nga tohunga katoa, e tu ana ratou, e minita ana i tenei ra, i tenei ra, he maha ano hoki a ratou whakaekenga atu i aua patunga tapu ra ano, e kore rawa nei e tau hei tango i nga hara:

Now every priest stands daily at service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins.

12 Ko tenei ia, kotahi nei tana patunga tapu i whakaeke atu ai mo nga hara, noho tonu atu i te ringa matau o te Atua;

But when Christ had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

13 I muri nei he tatari tana kia waiho ra ano ona hoariri hei takahanga mo ona waewae.

where he is now waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.

14 Kotahi nei hoki tana whakahere, a tika tonu i a ia ake ake te hunga ka oti te whakatapu.

For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

15 Hei kaiwhakaatu ano te Wairua Tapu mo tenei ki a tatou: i muri mai i tana kiinga mai,

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says,

16 Ko te kawenata tenei e whakaritea e ahau ki a ratou i muri i aua ra, e ki ana te Ariki, ka hoatu e ahau aku ture ki o ratou ngakau, ka tuhituhia hoki e ahau ki o ratou hinengaro; a ka mea ano ia,

“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds.”

17 E kore hoki e maharatia e ahau o ratou hara, o ratou kino a mua ake.

Then he adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

18 Na, ki te murua enei, kahore he whakahere mo nga hara i muri iho.

Now where there is remission of these, an offering for sin is no longer needed.

19 Na, e oku teina, ka ai nei nga toto o Ihu hei take e maia ai tatou te tomo ki te tino wahi tapu;

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

20 Hei ara hou mo tatou, ara hei ara ora, he mea whakatapu nana, e tika atu ana na te arai, ara na tona kikokiko;

by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil (that is, through his flesh),

21 A, i te mea he nui to tatou tohunga mo te whare o te Atua;

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

22 Kia whakatata atu tatou, i runga i te ngakau pono, i te whakapono e tino u ana, he mea tauhiuhi te ngakau, kia kore ai te hinengaro kino, he mea horoi ano hoki te tinana ki te wai marama.

let us draw near with true hearts, in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Kia mau ta tatou whakaae ki te mea e tumanakohia atu nei, kei ngaueue; he pono hoki ta te kaiwhakaari mai;

Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

24 Kia whai whakaaro ano tatou tetahi ki tetahi, kia whakaohokia te aroha me nga mahi pai:

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good works,

25 Kei mahue te huihui i a tatou ano, kei pera me te hanga a etahi; engari me whakahauhau tetahi i tetahi: kia nui rawa ano hoki i te mea ka kite koutou ka tata te ra.

not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

26 Ki te hara hoki tatou i muri iho i to tatou whiwhinga ki te matauranga ki te pono, kahore atu hoki he patunga tapu i mahue mo nga hara;

For if we continue sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

27 Engari ka tatari ahua mataku ki te whakawa, ki te riri kino ano na te ahi, e whakangaromia ai nga hoariri.

but only a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume God's adversaries.

28 Ko te tangata i takahi i te ture a Mohi kihai i tohungia, ka mate i runga i te kupu a nga kaiwhakaatu tokorua, tokotoru ranei:

Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29 Ki to koutou whakaaro, e kore ranei e tika kia rahi ake te whiu mo te tangata i takahia ai te Tama a te Atua, i meinga ai hei mea noa nga toto o te kawenata i whakatapua ai ia, a whakaiti ana i te Wairua o te aroha noa?

How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by someone who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

30 E matau ana hoki tatou na wai tenei kupu, Maku te rapu utu; maku te hoatu utu, e ai ta te Ariki: me tenei ano, E whakawa te Ariki mo tana iwi.

For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

31 He mea mataku te taka ki roto ki nga ringaringa o te Atua ora.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32 Engari kia mahara ki nga ra o mua, i a koutou i whakamaramatia ra, he nui noa atu nga rauhanga a te mate, i whakaririka kau na koutou;

But remember the earlier days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle in the face of suffering.

33 Ko tetahi wahi, i a koutou i meinga e nga tawainga, e nga tukinotanga hei mea matakitaki; ko tetahi wahi, i a koutou i meinga hei hoa mo te hunga i peratia.

At times you were publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and at other times you were partners with those who were treated that way.

34 I mamae tahi hoki koutou me te hunga i te herehere, i hari hoki ki te pahuatanga o o koutou taonga, i mahara hoki tera atu he taonga mo koutou, he mea pai ake, he mea pumau tonu.

For you sympathized with me when I was in prison, and you accepted the plundering of your possessions with joy, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession in heaven.

35 Na, kaua e whakarerea to koutou maia, he rahi hoki tona utu.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

36 Ko te mea hoki hei matenuitanga ma koutou he manawanui; kia oti ai i a koutou te mahi ta te Atua i pai ai, e riro tonu ai i a koutou nga mea i whakaaria mai ra.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what was promised.

37 Potopoto kau ake hoki, a ka tae mai tenei e haere mai nei, e kore ano e whakaroa.

“For in just a little while, he who is coming will come and not delay.

38 Ma te whakapono ia e ora ai te tangata tika: a ki te hoki tetahi ki muri, e kore toku wairua e ahuareka ki a ia.

But the righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, my soul will take no pleasure in him.”

39 Otiia ehara tatou i te hunga e hoki ana ki muri, ki te whakangaromanga, engari no te hunga e whakapono ana, a ora ana te wairua.

But we are not among those who shrink back and are destroyed, but among those who have faith and preserve their souls.