Bhaebhulania 8
1 Shipundile kwa gutubheleketago ni kuti, tukwete Bhakulungwa Bhaabhishila, bhaatama kunkono nnilo gwa Upalume gwa ukonjelo gwa a Nnungu kunnungu.
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 Bhenebho bhanakamula liengo lya ubhishila pa ukonjelo, yani nniema liene lya a Nnungu libhishilwe na Bhakulungwa na nngabha naka mundu.
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 Kila bhakulungwa bhaabhishila bhanabhikwa nkupinga bhashoye mbepei na shukilo kwa a Nnungu, kwa nneyo bhakulungwa bhetu bhaabhishila bhanaapinjikwa bhakole shindu sha shoya.
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 Monaga bhenebho bhakaaliji bha pa shilambolyo pano, ngubhakaliji bhaabhishila, pabha tayali bhapalinji bhaabhishila bhananji bhaashoyanga mbepei malinga shiishite lajiywa na shalia.
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 Bhanaatendanga liengo pa ukonjelo, pali mbuti shiwili sha gaatendeka kunnungu. Pabha a Musha pubhaaliji tome na alaya liema lila, a Nnungu gubhaabhalanjile, “Nng'alaye indu yowe malinga shinnangwilwe kushitumbi kula.”
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 Ikabheje nnaino a Yeshu bhashipegwa liengo lya bhishila lili lya mmbone kupunda liengo lya bhaabhishila bhala, malinga bhenebho bhashibha bhaapatanisha bha malagano ga mmbone kaje kupunda malagano ga bhukala gala. Malagano gakwete miadi ja a Nnungu jili ja mmbone kaje.
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 Kaliji malagano ga ntai gakanakole shitubhile, gakanapinjikwe malagano ga bhili.
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 Ikabheje a Nnungu gubhaibhwene ilebho kubhandu bhabho nigubhashite, “Ganakwiya mobha, Pushindende malagano ga ambi na bhandunji bha Ishilaeli, na bha Yuda.
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 Gene malaganogo gakabha malinga gunatendile na ashinakulu bhabhonji, Lyubha linaakamulenje nkono nikwaashoyanga ku Mishili. Pabha bhangatolelelanga malagano gangu, Na nne gunaaleshilenje, bhakuti Bhakulungwa.
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 Gegano ni malagano gushindende na bhandunji bha Ishilaeli, Mobha gakwiyago, Shimishe shalia yangu nng'aniyo yabhonji, Na jandika mmitima jabhonji. Na nne shime a Nnungu bhabhonji Na bhalabhonji shibhabhanganje bhandunji bhangu.
“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 Jwakwapi ashannjiganye nshilambo nnjakwe, eu ashannugulile mpwakwe, ‘Gwaamanye Bhakulungwa.’ Pabha bhowe, shibhamanyanje nne. Kutandubhila jwanshoko, mpaka jwankulungwa.
[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 Pabha shinaaleshelelanje ilebho yabhonji, Na ngakumbushila kabhili yambi yabhonji.”
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 Kwa lugula ga malagano ga ambi, a Nnungu bhashinkutenda malagano ga ntai gala gabhe ga makongopa, na shoshowe shikongopala shikakabha kumala ninngabhoneka.
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].
