Wahebrania 8
1 Sasa jambo ambalo tunasema ni hili: tunaye kuhani mkuu aliyekaa chini katika mkono wa kulia wa kiti cha enzi Mbinguni.
Now a summation about the things being spoken is, we have such a high priest who was seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
2 Yeye ni mtumishi katika mahali patakatifu, hema la kweli ambalo Bwana ameliweka, siyo mtu yeyote wa kufa.
a minister of the holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord erected and not man.
3 Kwa maana kila kuhani mkuu huwekwa kutoa zawadi na dhabihu; kwa hiyo ni muhimu kuwa na kitu cha kutoa.
For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices, whereupon it is necessary for this man also to have something that he may offer.
4 Sasa kama Kristo alikuwa juu ya nchi, yeye asingekuwa kuhani zaidi ya hapo. Kwa kuwa walikuwa tayari wale waliotoa vipawa kulingana na sheria.
For certainly if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, there being the priests who offer the gifts according to the law,
5 Walihudumu kitu ambacho kilikuwa nakala na kivuli cha vitu vya mbinguni, sawa kama Musa alipoonywa na Mungu wakati alipotaka kujenga hema. “Ona,” Mungu akasema, “kwamba tengeneza kila kitu kulingana na muundo ulioonyeshwa juu ya mlima”.
who serve for an example and shadow of the heavenly things. Just as Moses who was divinely warned while going to complete the tabernacle, for he says, See thou make all things according to the pattern that was shown thee on the mountain.
6 Lakini sasa Kristo amepokea huduma bora zaidi kwa sababu yeye pia ni mpatanishi wa agano zuri, ambalo limekwisha kuimarishwa kwa ahadi nzuri.
But now he has obtained a superior ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a superior covenant, which has been enacted upon superior promises.
7 Hivyo kama agano la kwanza lisingekuwa na makosa, ndipo hakungekuwa na haja kutafuta agano la pili.
For if that first one was faultless, no place would have been sought for a second.
8 Kwa kuwa wakati Mungu alipogundua makosa kwa watu alisema, “Tazama, siku zinakuja, 'asema Bwana, 'wakati nitakapotengeneza agano jipya pamoja na nyumba ya Israeli, na nyumba ya Yuda.
For, finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, and I will perfect a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
9 Halitakuwa kama agano nililofanya pamoja na baba zao siku ambayo niliwachukua kwa mkono kuwaongoza kutoka nchi ya Misri. Kwa kuwa hawakuendelea katika agano langu, nami sikuwajali tena,' asema Bwana.
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
10 Kwa kuwa hili ndilo agano nitafanya kwa nyumba ya Israeli baada ya siku hizo,' asema Bwana. 'nitaweka sheria zangu mawazoni mwao, na nitaziandika mioyoni mwao. Nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.
Because this is the covenant that I will ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord, giving my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be to them for a God, and they will be to me for a people.
11 Hawatafundishana kila mmoja na jirani yake, na kila mmoja na ndugu, yake, akisema, “Mjue Bwana,” hivyo wote watanijua mimi, kutoka mdogo hadi mkubwa wao.
And they will, no, not teach each man his fellow citizen, and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, because all will know me, from their small as far as their great.
12 Hivyo nitaonyesha rehema kwa matendo yao yasiyo ya haki, na sizitazikumbuka dhambi zao tena.”
Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins and their lawlessness I will no, not further remember.
13 Kwa kusema “Mpya,” amelifanya agano la kwanza kuwa kuukuu. Na hilo ambalo amelitangaza kuwa kuukuu liko tayari kutoweka.
In saying, New, he has made the first old. And what is becoming old and obsolete is near disappearance.
