Wahebrania 9
1 Sasa hata agano la kwanza lilikuwa na sehemu ya ibada hapa duniani na taratibu za ibada.
Now indeed therefore the first had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary.
2 Kwani katika hema kulikuwa na chumba kimeandaliwa, chumba cha nje, paliitwa mahali patakatifu. Katika eneo hili palikuwa na kinara cha taa, meza na mikate ya wonyesho.
For a tabernacle was prepared, the first in which was also the lampstand, and the table, and the presentation of the loaves, which is called the Holy place.
3 Na nyuma ya pazia la pili kulikuwa na chumba kingine, paliitwa mahali patakatifu zaidi.
And behind the second curtain, the tabernacle called the Holy of holies,
4 Mlikuwemo madhabahu ya dhahabu kwa kuvukizia uvumba. Pia mlikuwemo sanduku la agano, ambalo lilikuwa limejengwa kwa dhahabu tupu. Ndani yake kulikuwa na bakuli la dhahabu lenye manna, fimbo ya Haruni iliyoota majani, na zile mbao za mawe za agano.
having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid entirely in gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
5 Juu ya sanduku la agano maumbo ya maserafi wa utukufu wafunika mabawa yao mbele ya kiti cha upatanisho, ambacho kwa sasa hatuwezi kuelezea kwa kina.
And above it were cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of forgiveness, about which things it is not now to speak in detail.
6 Baada ya vitu hivi kuwa vimekwisha andaliwa, Makuhani kawaida huingia chumba cha nje cha hema kutoa huduma zao.
And these things thus having been prepared, the priests indeed enter into the first part of the tabernacle continually, accomplishing the services.
7 Lakini kuhani mkuu huingia kile chumba cha pili pekee mara moja kila mwaka, na pasipo kuacha kutoa dhabihu kwa ajili yake binafsi, na kwa dhambi za watu walizozitenda pasipo kukusudia.
But into the second part, the high priest alone, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people,
8 Roho Mtakatifu anashuhudia kwamba, njia ya mahali patakatifu zaidi bado haijafunuliwa kwa vile ile hema la kwanza bado linasimama.
this signifying from the Holy Spirit, the way into the holy things is not yet to be made known while the first tabernacle still remains.
9 Hili ni kielelezo cha muda huu wa sasa. Vyote zawadi na dhabihu ambavyo vinatolewa sasa haviwezi kukamilisha dhamiri ya anayeabudu.
Which is a figure for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that are not able to make the man officiating fully perfect in respect to conscience,
10 Ni vyakula na vinywaji pekee vimeunganishwa katika namna ya taratibu za ibada ya kujiosha. Vyote hivi vilikuwa taratibu za kimwili vilivyokuwa vimeandaliwa hadi ije amri mpya itakayowekwa mahali pake.
only in foods and drinks and various washings: carnal ordinances imposed until a time of reformation.
11 Kristo alikuja kama kuhani mkuu wa mambo mazuri ambayo yamekuja. kupitia ukuu na ukamilifu wa hema kuu ambayo haikufanywa na mikono ya watu, ambayo si wa ulimwengu huu ulioumbwa.
But Christ, having arrived a high priest of the good things that are coming, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,
12 Ilikuwa si kwa damu ya mbuzi na ndama, bali kwa damu yake mwenyewe kwamba Kristo aliingia mahali patakatifu zaidi mara moja kwa kila mmoja na kutuhakikishia ukombozi wetu wa milele. (aiōnios g166)
and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered in once into the Holy things, having found eternal redemption. (aiōnios g166)
13 Kama kwa damu ya mbuzi na mafahari na kunyunyiziwa kwa majivu ya ndama katika hao wasiosafi walitengwa kwa Mungu na kufanya miili yao safi,
For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those who were defiled, sanctifies for the purification of the flesh,
14 Je si zaidi sana damu ya Kristo ambaye kupitia Roho wa milele alijitoa mwenyewe bila mawaa kwa Mungu, kuosha dhamiri zetu kutoka matendo mafu kumtumikia Mungu aliye hai? (aiōnios g166)
how much more the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself unblemished to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order to serve a living God? (aiōnios g166)
15 Kwa sababu hiyo, Kristo ni mjumbe wa agano jipya. Hii ndiyo sababu mauti imewaacha huru wote walio wa agano la kwanza kutoka katika hatia ya dhambi zao, ili kwamba wote walioitwa na Mungu waweze kupokea ahadi ya urithi wao wa milele. (aiōnios g166)
And because of this he is mediator of a new covenant, so that a death having occurred for the redemption of the transgressions against the first covenant, those who are called might take the promise of the eternal inheritance. (aiōnios g166)
16 Kama kuna agano linadumu, ni lazima kuthibitishwa kwa kifo cha mtu yule aliyelifanya.
For where a covenant is, a necessity is to present the death of the man who made the covenant.
17 Kwani agano linakuwa na nguvu mahali kunatokea mauti, kwa sababu hakuna nguvu wakati mwenye kulifanya akiwa anaishi.
For a covenant is effective with the dead, since it is never enforced while the man who made the covenant lives.
18 Hivyo hata si lile agano la kwanza lilikuwa limewekwa pasipo damu.
Whereupon neither has the first been dedicated without blood.
19 Wakati Musa alipokuwa ametoa kila agizo la sheria kwa watu wote, alichukua damu ya ng'ombe na mbuzi, pamoja na maji, kitambaa chekundu, na hisopo, na kuwanyunyizia gombo lenyewe na watu wote.
For of every commandment according to law that was spoken by Moses to all the people, after taking the blood of the calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
20 Kisha alisema, “Hii ni damu ya agano ambayo Mungu amewapa amri kwenu”.
saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God made for you.
21 Katika hali ileile, aliinyunyiza damu juu ya hema na vyombo vyote vilivyotumiwa kwa huduma ya ukuhani.
And likewise he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the service.
22 Na kulingana na sheria, karibu kila kitu kinatakaswa kwa damu. Pasipo kumwaga damu hakuna msamaha.
And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood, and remission does not occur without bloodshed.
23 Kwa hiyo ilikuwa lazima kwamba nakala za vitu vya mbinguni sharti visafishwe kwa hii dhabihu ya wanyama. Hata hivyo, vitu vya mbinguni vyenyewe vilipaswa kusafishwa kwa dhabihu iliyo bora zaidi.
Indeed therefore, a necessity was for the models of the things in the heavens themselves to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things with better sacrifices than these.
24 Kwani Kristo hakuingia mahali patakatifu sana palipofanywa na mikono, ambayo ni nakala ya kitu halisi. Badala yake aliingia mbingu yenyewe, mahali ambapo sasa yuko mbele za uso wa Mungu kwa ajili yetu.
For the Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, representative of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
25 Hakuingia kule kwa ajili ya kujitoa sadaka kwa ajili yake mara kwa mara, kama afanyavyo kuhani mkuu, ambaye huingia mahali patakatifu zaidi mwaka baada ya mwaka pamoja na damu ya mwingine,
And not so that he might offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the Holy things each year with blood by another,
26 kama hiyo ilikuwa kweli, basi ingekuwa lazima kwake kuteswa mara nyingi zaidi tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu. Lakini sasa ni mara moja hadi mwisho wa miaka aliyojifunua kuiondoa dhambi kwa dhabihu yake mwenyewe. (aiōn g165)
since it would be necessary for him to suffer often, from the foundation of the world. But now once, at the end of the ages, he was made known for an annulment of sin by the sacrifice of himself. (aiōn g165)
27 Kama ilivyo kwa kila mtu kufa mara moja, na baada ya hiyo huja hukumu,
And inasmuch as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this, judgment,
28 ndivyo hivyo Kristo naye ambaye alitolewa mara moja kuziondoa dhambi za wengi, atatokea mara ya pili, si kwa kusudi la kushughulikia dhambi, bali kwa ukombozi kwa wale wamgojeao kwa saburi.
so also the Christ, having been offered once in order to take up the sins of many, will appear a second time, independent of sin, to those waiting for him for salvation.
