Wahebrania 10
1 Kwa vile sheria ni kivuli cha mambo mema yajayo, si yale yaliyo halisi. Sheria kamwe haiwezi kuwakamilisha wale ambao wanaomkaribia Mungu kwa njia ya dhabihu zilezile ambazo makuhani waliendelea kutoa mwaka baada ya mwaka.
For the Law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not their very substance, its priests cannot with the same sacrifice which year after year they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
2 Au vinginevyo dhabihu hizo zisingeweza kukoma kutolewa? Kwa kigezo hicho waabuduo, wakiwa wamesafishwa mara moja, wasingelikuwa na utambuzi zaidi wa dhambi.
Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshippers having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sin.
3 Bali katika dhabihu hizo kuna ukumbusho wa dhambi zilizotendwa mwaka baada ya mwaka.
But on the other hand, in these sacrifices sins are called to memory, year after year.
4 Kwa kuwa haiwezekani kwa damu ya mafahari na mbuzi kuziondoa dhambi.
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin.
5 Wakati Kristo alipokuja duniani, alisema, “Hamkutamani matoleo au dhabihu, badala yake, mliandaa mwili kwa ajili yangu.
It is for this reason that the Christ, on coming into the world, declared. Sacrifice and offerings thou dost not desire, But a body didst thou prepare for me;
6 Hamkuwa na thamani katika matoleo yote ya kuteketezwa au dhabihu kwa ajili ya dhambi.
In whole burnt offerings and sin offerings Thou hast taken no pleasure.
7 Kisha nilisema, “Ona, hapa ninayafanya mapenzi yako, Mungu, kama ilivyoandikwa kunihusu mimi katika gombo”.
Then I said, "I am come - in the roll of the book it is written of me- -To do thy will, O God."
8 Alisema kama ilivyo semwa hapo juu: “Hamkutamani dhabihu, matoleo, au sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa ajili ya dhambi, wala hukuona furaha ndani yake” dhabihu ambazo zinatolewa kulingana na sheria.
First when it is said, Thou hast no longing for, thou takest no delight in Sacrifices and offerings, or whole burnt offerings and sin offerings,
9 Kisha alisema, “Ona, niko hapa kufanya mapenzi yako”. Ameweka pembeni taratibu zilizo za awali ili kuimarisha zile za pili.
(offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order that he may establish the second.
10 Katika taratibu za pili, tumekwisha tengwa kwa Mungu kwa mapenzi yake kupitia kujitoa kwa mwili wa Yesu Kristo mara moja kwa nyakati zote.
And it is by this will that we have been sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 Ni kweli, kila kuhani husimama kwa huduma siku kwa siku, akitoa dhabihu ile ile, ambayo, kwa vyovyote, kamwe isingeweza kuziondoa dhambi.
For while every priest stands, day after day, at his ministrations, and many times repeats the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
12 Lakini baada ya Kristo kutoa dhabihu mara moja kwa dhambi milele yote, aliketi mkono wa kuume wa Mungu,
this Priest, after offering one Sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on God’s right hand;
13 akisubiri mpaka maadui zake watiwe chini na kufanywa kiti kwa ajili ya miguu yake.
henceforth waiting until his enemies be put as the footstool of his feet.
14 Kwa kuwa kwa njia ya toleo moja amewakamilisha milele wale ambao wametengwa kwa Mungu.
For by one single offering he has perfected forever those whom he is sanctifying.
15 Na Roho Mtakatifu pia ashuhudia kwetu. Kwa kuwa kwanza alisema,
And the Holy Spirit also gives his testimony, when he said.
16 “Hili ni agano nitakalofanya pamoja nao baada ya siku hizo; asema Bwana: nitaweka sheria zangu ndani ya mioyo yao, na nitaziandika katika akili zao”.
"This is the covenant I will make with them After those days," says the Lord. "I will set my laws upon their hearts, And I will inscribe them on their minds."
17 Kisha alisema, “Hawatazikumbuka tena dhambi na matendo yao mafu”.
Then he adds, And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Sasa mahali palipo na msamaha kwa hawa, hakuna tena dhabihu yoyote kwa ajili ya dhambi.
But when these have been remitted, there is no more any offering for sin.
19 Kwa hiyo, ndugu, tunao ujasiri wa kuingia mahali patakatifu zaidi kwa damu ya Yesu.
Since, then, we have a cheerful confidence, brothers, to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 Hiyo ni njia ambayo ameifungua kwa ajili yetu kwa njia ya mwili wake, mpya na hai inayopitia kwenye pazia.
by the way which he dedicated for us, that new and living way, through the veil (that is, his flesh);
21 Na kwa sababu tunaye kuhani mkuu juu ya nyumba ya Mungu,
and since we have a great High Priest over the house of God;
22 na tumkaribie na moyo wa kweli katika utimilifu wa uhakika wa imani tukiwa na mioyo iliyonyunyiziwa safi kutoka uovu wa dhamiri na kuwa na miili yetu iliyooshwa kwa maji safi.
let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from and evil conscience, and our bodies bathed in pure water.
23 Basi na tushikilie kwa uthabiti katika ungamo la ujasiri wa tumaini letu, bila ya kugeuka, kwa sababu Mungu aliyeahidi ni mwaminifu.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope, unwavering (for He is faithful who promised);
24 Na tuzidi kutafakari namna ya kumtia moyo kila mmoja kupenda na matendo mema.
and let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and good works;
25 Na tusiache kukusanyika pamoja, kama wafanyavyo wengine. Badala yake, kutiana moyo kila mmoja zaidi na zaidi, kama muonavyo siku inakaribia.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom of some, but exhorting one another; all the more as you behold the Day drawing near.
26 Kama tukifanya makusudi kuendelea kutenda dhambi baada ya kuwa tumepokea elimu ya ukweli, Dhabihu nyingine ya dhambi haisalii tena.
For if we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any other sacrifice for sins,
27 Badala yake, kuna tarajio pekee la hukumu ya kutisha, na ukali wa moto ambao utawateketeza maadui wa Mungu.
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fiery indignation which is about to devour the adversaries.
28 Yeyote ambaye ameikataa sheria ya Musa hufa bila rehema mbele ya ushuhuda wa mashahidi wawili au watatu.
Any one who set at naught the law of Moses was put to death without pity, on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 kiwango gani zaidi cha adhabu unafikiri kinamstahiri kilammoja ambaye amemdharau mwana wa Mungu, yeyote aliyeitendea damu ya agano kama kitu kisicho kitakatifu, damu ambayo kwayo aliiweka wakfu kwa Mungu - yeyote ambaye amemtukana Roho wa neema?
How much surer, think you, will be the punishment of one who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has profaned that covenant blood with which he was sanctified, and has done despite to the spirit of grace?
30 Kwakuwa tunajua mmoja ambaye aliyesema, “Kisasi ni changu, nitalipa”. Na tena, “Bwana atawahukumu watu wake”.
For we know Him who said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge his people.
31 Ni jambo la kuogofya mtu kuangukia katika mikono ya Mungu aliye hai!
IT IS A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD!
32 Lakini kumbuka siku zilizopita, baada ya kutiwa kwenu nuru, ni jinsi gani mliweza kuvumilia maumivu makali.
But ever call to mind the former days, in which, after having been enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings;
33 Mlikuwa mmewekwa wazi katika dhihaka ya matukano na mateso, na mlikuwa washiriki pamoja na wale waliopitia mateso kama hayo.
partly by being made a public spectacle in reproaches and afflictions, and partly by sharing the fortunes of those that were so used.
34 Kwa kuwa mlikuwa na moyo wa huruma kwa hao waliokuwa wafungwa, na mlipokea kwa furaha adhabu ya urithi wenu, mkijua kwamba ninyi wenyewe mlikuwa na urithi bora na wa kudumu milele.
For you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you did take joyfully the confiscation of your goods; conscious that you had for yourselves greater, even lasting possessions.
35 Kwa hiyo msiutupe ujasiri wenu, ulio na zawadi kuu.
Now do not fling away your bold confidence, for it has a great recompense of reward.
36 Kwa kuwa mnahitaji uvumilivu, ili kwamba mpate kupokea ambacho Mungu amekiahidi, baada ya kuwa mmekwisha yatenda mapenzi yake.
For you need stedfastness, so that after having done the will of God, you may receive the promise,
37 Kwa kuwa baada ya kitambo kidogo, mmoja anayekuja, atakuja hakika na hatakawia.
For yet a very, very little while, and then The Coming One will have come, without delay.
38 Mwenye haki wangu ataishi kwa imani. Kama atarudi nyuma, sitapendezwa naye.”
But it is by faith that my Righteous One will live, And if he draws back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.
39 Lakini sisi si kama wale warudio nyuma kwa kuangamia. Badala yake, sisi ni baadhi ya wale tulio na imani ya kuzilinda roho zetu.
"But we are not of defections unto perdition, but of faith unto the gaining of the soul."
