Jevrejima 9
1 Tako i prvi zavjet imaše pravde bogomoljstva i svetinju zemaljsku.
[To continue]: In the first [covenant, God] regulated how people [should perform] rituals, and [he told them to make] [MTY] a sanctuary.
2 Jer skinija bješe naèinjena prva, u kojoj bijaše svijeænjak i trpeza i postavljeni hljebovi, što se zove svetinja.
[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 A za drugijem zavjesom bijaše skinija, koja se zove svetinja nad svetinjama,
Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
4 Koja imaše zlatnu kadionicu, i kovèeg zavjeta okovan svuda zlatom, u kome bijaše zlatan sud s manom, i palica Aronova, koja se bješe omladila, i ploèe zavjeta.
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 A više njega bijahu heruvimi slave, koji osjenjavahu oltar; o èemu se ne može sad govoriti redom.
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 A kad ovo bijaše tako ureðeno, ulažahu sveštenici svagda u prvu skiniju i savršivahu službu Božiju.
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 A u drugu ulažaše jednom u godini sam poglavar sveštenièki, ne bez krvi, koju prinosi za sebe i za narodna neznanja.
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 Ovijem pokazivaše Duh sveti da se još nije otvorio put svetijeh, dokle prva skinija stoji;
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 Koja ostade prilika za sadašnje vrijeme, u koje se prinose dari i žrtve, i ne mogu da se svrše po savjesti onoga koji služi,
[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 Osim u jelima i piæima, i razliènom umivanju i pravdanju tijela, koje je postavljeno do vremena popravljenja.
[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 Ali došavši Hristos, poglavar sveštenièki dobara koja æe doæi, kroz bolju i savršeniju skiniju, koja nije rukom graðena, to jest, nije ovoga stvorenja,
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 Ni s krvlju jarèijom, niti teleæom, nego kroz svoju krv uðe jednom u svetinju, i naðe vjeèni otkup. (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 Jer ako krv junèija i jarèija, i pepeo junièin, pokropivši njom opoganjene, osveæuje na tjelesnu èistotu;
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 Akamoli neæe krv Hrista, koji Duhom svetijem sebe prinese bez krivice Bogu, oèistiti savjest našu od mrtvijeh djela, da služimo Bogu živome i istinome? (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 I zato je novome zavjetu posrednik, da kroz smrt, koja bi za otkup od prestupaka u prvome zavjetu, obeæanje vjeènoga našljedstva prime zvani. (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 Jer gdje je zavjet valja da bude i smrt onoga koji èini zavjet.
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 Jer je zavjet po smrti potvrðen: buduæi da nema nikakve sile dok je živ onaj koji ga je naèinio.
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 Jer ni prvi nije utvrðen bez krvi.
And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
19 Jer kad Mojsije izgovori sve zapovijesti po zakonu svemu narodu, onda uze krvi jarèije i teleæe, s vodom i vunom crvenom i isopom, te pokropi i knjigu i sav narod
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 Govoreæi: ovo je krv zavjeta koji Bog naèini s vama.
saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
21 A tako i skiniju i sve sudove službene pokropi krvlju.
Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
22 I gotovo sve se krvlju èisti po zakonu, i bez proljeva krvi ne biva oproštenje.
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 Tako je trebalo da se oblièja nebeskijeh ovima èiste, a sama nebeska boljijem žrtvama od ovijeh.
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 Jer Hristos ne uðe u rukotvorenu svetinju, koja je prilika prave, nego u samo nebo, da se pokaže sad pred licem Božijim za nas;
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 Niti da mnogo puta prinosi sebe, kao što poglavar sveštenièki ulazi u svetinju svake godine s krvlju tuðom:
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 Inaèe bi on morao mnogo puta stradati od postanja svijeta; a sad jednom na svršetku vijeka javi se da svojom žrtvom satre grijeh. (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 I kao što je ljudima odreðeno jednom umrijeti, a potom sud:
All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
28 Tako se i Hristos jednom prinese, da uzme mnogijeh grijehe; a drugom æe se javiti bez grijeha na spasenije onima koji ga èekaju.
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.
