VaHebheru 8

1 Zvino shoko guru pazvinhu zvatataura ndirori: Tine mupristi mukuru wakadai wakagara kuruoko rwerudyi rwechigaro cheushe cheMukuru kumatenga,

The pith of all that we have been saying is this; we do have such a High Priest; and he has taken his seat on the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

2 mushumiri wenzvimbo tsvene, newetabhenakeri yechokwadi Ishe yaakadzika, kwete munhu.

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

3 Nokuti mupristi mukuru umwe neumwe wakagadzirwa kubaira zvipo nezvibairo; naizvozvo zvakafanira kuti naye ave nechimwe chaangabaira.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; whence it follows that this High Priest also must have some offering to make.

4 Nokuti kana aiva panyika, angadai asina kutombova mupristi, vapristi zvavaripo, vanobaira zvipo zvinoenderana nemurairo;

Now were he on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are here those who present the gifts according to the Law -

5 vanoshumira zviratidzo nemumvuri wezvinhu zvekudenga, Mozisi sezvaakarairwa naMwari oda kugadzira tabhenakeri; nokuti wakati: Chenjera kuti uite zvese zvichienderana nemufananidzo wawakaratidzwa mugomo.

those priests who serve a mere outline and shadow of the heavenly reality, just as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to build the Tabernacle. "See", he says, "that you make everything on the pattern showed you on the mountain."

6 Asi ikozvino wakawana ushumiri hwakanyanyisa kunaka, sezvaariwo murevereri wesungano inopfuura pakunaka, yakasimbiswa pazvivimbiso zvinopfuura pakunaka.

But Jesus has obtained a better ministry, by so much as he is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.

7 Nokuti dai iya yekutanga yakange isina chaingapomerwa, dai pasina nzvimbo yakatsvakirwa yechipiri.

For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second.

8 Nokuti achivapa mhosva, anoti: Tarira, mazuva anouya, anotaura Ishe, zvino ndichaita sungano itsva neimba yaIsraeri uye neimba yaJudha.

But finding fault with them, He says. "There are days coming," says the Lord, "When I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant;

9 Kwete zvichienderana nesungano yandakaita nemadzibaba avo, pazuva randakabata ruoko rwavo kuti ndivabudise munyika yeEgipita; nokuti havana kurambira musungano yangu, neni ndikasava nehanya navo, anoreva Ishe.

Not according tot he covenant which I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in my covenant, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord.

10 Nokuti iyi isungano yandichasungana nayo neimba yaIsraeri shure kwemazuva iwayo, anotaura Ishe; ndichaisa mirairo yangu mumurangariro wavo, nemuhana dzavo ndichainyora; uye ndichava kwavari Mwari, ivo vachavawo kwandiri vanhu;

"For this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel, After these days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their minds, And upon their hearts will I write them; And I will be their God, And they shall be my people;

11 uye havangatongozodzidzisi umwe neumwe umwe wake, neumwe neumwe hama yake, achiti: Ziva Ishe; nokuti vese vachandiziva, kubva kumudiki wavo kusvikira kumukuru wavo.

And they shall not teach every man his fellow citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.

12 Nokuti ndichava netsitsi pakusarurama kwavo, nezvivi zvavo nezvakaipa zvavo handichatongozorangariri.

For I will have mercy upon their wrong-doings, And their sins I will remember no more."

13 Pakuti: Sungano itsva, yakasakadza yekutanga. Zvino chosakarawo chova chakare, chava pedo kurova.

By calling the covenant "new," He has made the first one obsolete; and whatever is becoming obsolete and aged, is near to vanishing.