Wahebrania 8
1 Basi jambo tunalotaka kulisema ni hili: Tunaye Kuhani Mkuu ambaye ameketi mkono wa kuume wa kiti cha enzi cha Aliye Mkuu mbinguni,
Now in the things which we are saying the chief 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 yeye ahudumuye katika patakatifu, hema la kweli lililowekwa na Bwana, wala si na mwanadamu.
a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
3 Kila kuhani mkuu huwekwa ili atoe sadaka na dhabihu. Vivyo hivyo, ilikuwa jambo muhimu kwa huyu Kuhani naye awe na kitu cha kutoa.
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this [high priest] also have somewhat to offer.
4 Kama angekuwa duniani, hangekuwa kuhani, kwa sababu tayari wapo watu watoao sadaka kama ilivyoelekezwa na sheria.
Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;
5 Wanahudumu katika patakatifu palipo mfano na kivuli cha mambo ya mbinguni. Hii ndiyo sababu Mose alionywa alipokaribia kujenga hema, akiambiwa: “Hakikisha kuwa unavitengeneza vitu vyote kwa mfano ulioonyeshwa kule mlimani.”
who serve [that which is] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned [of God] when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was shewed thee in the mount.
6 Lakini huduma aliyopewa Yesu ni bora zaidi kuliko yao, kama vile agano ambalo yeye ni mpatanishi wake lilivyo bora zaidi kuliko lile la zamani, nalo limewekwa misingi wa ahadi zilizo bora zaidi.
But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.
7 Kwa maana kama hapakuwa na kasoro katika lile agano la kwanza, pasingekuwa na haja ya kutafuta nafasi kwa ajili ya jingine.
For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
8 Lakini Mungu aliona kosa kwa watu, naye akasema: “Siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakapofanya agano jipya na nyumba ya Israeli na nyumba ya Yuda.
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
9 Agano langu halitakuwa kama lile nililofanya na baba zao nilipowashika mkono kuwaongoza watoke nchi ya Misri, kwa sababu hawakuendelea kuwa waaminifu katika agano langu, nami nikawaacha, asema Bwana.
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 Hili ndilo agano nitakalofanya na nyumba ya Israeli baada ya siku zile, asema Bwana. Nitaziweka sheria zangu katika nia zao na kuziandika mioyoni mwao. Nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:
11 Mtu hatamfundisha tena jirani yake, wala mtu kumfundisha ndugu yake akisema, ‘Mjue Bwana,’ kwa sababu wote watanijua mimi, tangu aliye mdogo kabisa kwao, hadi aliye mkuu sana.
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 Kwa sababu nitasamehe uovu wao, wala sitazikumbuka dhambi zao tena!”
For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.
13 Kwa kuliita agano hili “jipya,” Mungu amefanya lile agano la kwanza kuwa kuukuu; nacho kitu kinachoanza kuchakaa na kuwa kikuukuu kiko karibu kutoweka.
In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.
