Waebulaniya 8
1 Su shitwatira sha mana ndo ashi shatulonga, twenga twanayu mtambika mkulu gwa ntambu ayi, mweni kalikali uwega wa kumliwu mwa shibanta sha Utuwa sha Ukulu kumpindi.
Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the Majesty's throne in heaven,
2 Yomberi kankutenda lihengu lya Mtambika Mkulu pahala pananagala nentu, yani mngati mwa lipamanda lilii lya nakaka lyalinyawitwi na Mtuwa, kumbiti na muntu ndiri.
where he serves as a minister of the holy places and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord, not by man.
3 Kila Mtambika Mkulu kasyagulwa kumlavilira Mlungu malaviwu na tambiku, na hangu mtambika mkulu ayu mpaka nayomberi kaweri na shintu cha kulaviya.
For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore, it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
4 Handa yomberi mekaweri gwa pasipanu mekaweri ndiri nakamu mtambika, tembera kwana watambika wamonga yawalaviya tambiku kulawirana na Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa.
For if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
5 Weni utambika wawu uweriti mfanu na shivuni sha galii yagawera kumpindi. Toziya Musa pakaweriti sambira kulinyawa lipamanda lilii, Mlungu kamgambiriti, “Gunyawi kila shintu ntambu yanukulanguziyiti shipindi paguweriti kulugongu kulii.”
They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to build the tabernacle, he was warned by God, “Be sure to make everything according to the pattern that was shown to yoʋ on the mountain.”
6 Kumbiti vinu Yesu wampanana lihengu lya utambika yawuwera uherepa kuliku wa womberi, su kawera mkolaniziya wa lipatanu liherepa lyakalyanjiti kwa malagilu gaherepa.
But as it is, the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to the old priesthood as the covenant he mediates is superior to the old covenant, since it has been enacted on better promises.
7 Toziya handa lipatanu lilii lya kwanja meliweri lyahera likosa, meliweri ndiri na nfiru ya lipatanu lya pili.
For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one.
8 Kumbiti Mlungu kawawona na makosa pakalongiti, “Mtuwa kalonga, mashaka gankwiza, Peni hantendi lipatanu lya syayi na wantu wa Israeli na wantu wa Yuda.
But finding fault with it, God says to the people, “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
9 Lipatanu ali haliweri ndiri gambira lilii lyalitenditwi na wambuyi wawu lishaka panuwakoliti liwoku lyawu, nuwalonguziyiti kulawa Misri. Waweriti ndiri wajimirika mulipatanu lyangu, na hangu neni nuwashera ndiri.
not like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, so I had no regard for them, says the Lord.
10 Na ali ndo lipatanu hanulitendi na wantu wa Israeli, mashaka gankwiza, hantuli malagaliru gangu mumahala mwawu, na kulilemba mumyoyu mwawu, na neni haweri Mlungu gwawu, na womberi hawaweri wantu waneni.
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
11 Kwahera muntu yakamfunda muyaguwi, ama hakamgambiri muyaguwi, ‘Gummani Mtuwa.’ Toziya woseri hawamani neni, wantu yawamanika na wantu yawamanika ndiri.
No longer will a man teach his fellow citizen or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.
12 Hanuwalekiziyi matendu gawu gadoda, na hapeni nuviholi kayi vidoda vyawu.”
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities; their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
13 Pakalongiti kwa lipatanu lya syayi, Mlungu kalisakaziya lilii lya kwanja, na shoseri shashisakaziwa na kuwera shigona sambira hashiwuki.
In speaking of “a new covenant,” he has made the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old will soon disappear.
