Bahebera 8

1 Se re se buang ke se: Keresete yo boperesiti jwa gagwe re setseng re tswa go bo tlhalosa, ke Moperesiti wa rona yo Mogolo, ebile o kwa legodimong kwa bonnong jwa tlotlo e kgolo thata gaufi le Modimo ka sebele.

Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2 O dira mo tempeleng e e kwa legodimong, lefelo la boammaaruri la kobamelo le le agilweng ke Morena e seng ke diatla tsa batho.

a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.

3 Mme ka moperesiti mongwe le mongwe yo mogolo a tlhophelwa go ntsha dineo le ditlhabelo, Keresete le ene o tshwanetse go ntsha setlhabelo.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

4 Setlhabelo se a se ntshang se botoka thata go gaisa ditlhabelo tse di ntshiwang ke baperesiti ba lefatshe. Mme le fa go ntse jalo, fa a ka bo a ne a le mo lefatsheng o ne a ka se ka a letlelelwa go nna moperesiti gonne mo lefatsheng baperesiti ba santse ba latela mokgwa wa bogologolo wa Sejuta wa ditlhabelo.

For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the Torah,

5 Tiro ya bone e ka fa tsamaisong ya motlaagana wa selefatshe o o leng moriti wa motlaagana tota o o kwa legodimong; gonne erile fa Moshe a ipaakanyetsa go aga motlaagana Modimo o ne wa mo tlhagisa gore a dire motlaagana o o tshwanang le motlaagana wa legodimo jaaka a ne a bontshiwa kwa Thabeng ya Senai.

who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”

6 Mme Keresete, jaaka e le moperesiti kwa legodimong, o duetswe ka tiro e e botlhokwa thata go gaisa ba ba dirang ka fa melaong e megologolo, gonne Kgolagano e ncha e a e fetiseditseng kwa go rona e tswa kwa Modimong e na le ditsholofetso tse di molemo thata.

But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Torah.

7 Kgolagano e kgologolo ga e ise e ke e bo e nne le thuso epe. Fa e ka bo e ne e na le thuso, go ka bo go ne ga seka ga tlhokega gore kgolagano e ncha e nne teng.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

8 Mme Modimo ka sebele o ne wa bona phoso mo kgolaganong e kgologolo, gonne o ne wa re, “Letsatsi le tlaa tla la gore ke dire kgolagano e ncha le batho ba Iseraele le batho ba Juda.

For finding fault with them, he said, “Behold, the days are coming”, says the Lord, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

9 Kgolagano e ncha e ga e kitla e tshwana le e kgologolo e ke neng ka e neela borraabo ka letsatsi le ke neng ka ba tshwara ka seatla go ba etelela pele ke ba ntsha mo lefatsheng la Egepeto; ga ba a ka ba tlhomama mo kgolaganong eo; jalo ka tshwanelwa ke go e tlosolosa.

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.

10 Mme Morena a re, kgolagano e ke tlaa e dirang le batho ba Iseraele ke e: Ke tlaa kwala melao ya me mo megopolong ya bone gore ba tle ba itse se ke batlang ba se dira kwa ntle ga go ba bolelela, mme ke tlaa nna Modimo wa bone le bone ba tlaa nna batho ba me.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord: “I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

11 Mme ga go na ope yo o tlaa tlhokang go bua le tsala ya gagwe kgotsa molekane kgotsa morwa rraagwe, a re, ‘Le wena o tshwanetse go itse Morena’ gonne mongwe le mongwe, yo mogolo le yo monnye, ba tlaa bo ba setse ba nkitse.

They will not teach every man his fellow citizen and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest.

12 Mme ke tlaa ba utlwela botlhoko mo ditirong tsa bone tse di bosula, ebile ga ke na go tlhola ke gakologelwa dibe tsa bone”.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”

13 Modimo o bua ka ditsholofetso tse di ncha tse, tsa kgolagano e ncha e, gore di tsaya maemo a kgolagano e kgologolo; gonne e beetswe kwa thoko ka bosakhutleng.

In that he says, “A new covenant”, he has made the first obsolete. But that which is becoming obsolete and grows aged is near to vanishing away.