VaHebheru 8
1 Zvino shoko guru pazvinhu zvatataura ndirori: Tine mupristi mukuru wakadai wakagara kuruoko rwerudyi rwechigaro cheushe cheMukuru kumatenga,
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 mushumiri wenzvimbo tsvene, newetabhenakeri yechokwadi Ishe yaakadzika, kwete munhu.
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 Nokuti mupristi mukuru umwe neumwe wakagadzirwa kubaira zvipo nezvibairo; naizvozvo zvakafanira kuti naye ave nechimwe chaangabaira.
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 Nokuti kana aiva panyika, angadai asina kutombova mupristi, vapristi zvavaripo, vanobaira zvipo zvinoenderana nemurairo;
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 vanoshumira zviratidzo nemumvuri wezvinhu zvekudenga, Mozisi sezvaakarairwa naMwari oda kugadzira tabhenakeri; nokuti wakati: Chenjera kuti uite zvese zvichienderana nemufananidzo wawakaratidzwa mugomo.
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 Asi ikozvino wakawana ushumiri hwakanyanyisa kunaka, sezvaariwo murevereri wesungano inopfuura pakunaka, yakasimbiswa pazvivimbiso zvinopfuura pakunaka.
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 Nokuti dai iya yekutanga yakange isina chaingapomerwa, dai pasina nzvimbo yakatsvakirwa yechipiri.
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 Nokuti achivapa mhosva, anoti: Tarira, mazuva anouya, anotaura Ishe, zvino ndichaita sungano itsva neimba yaIsraeri uye neimba yaJudha.
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 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.
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 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;
“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 uye havangatongozodzidzisi umwe neumwe umwe wake, neumwe neumwe hama yake, achiti: Ziva Ishe; nokuti vese vachandiziva, kubva kumudiki wavo kusvikira kumukuru wavo.
[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 Nokuti ndichava netsitsi pakusarurama kwavo, nezvivi zvavo nezvakaipa zvavo handichatongozorangariri.
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 Pakuti: Sungano itsva, yakasakadza yekutanga. Zvino chosakarawo chova chakare, chava pedo kurova.
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].
