Wahebrania 9
1 Sasa hata agano la kwanza lilikuwa na sehemu ya ibada hapa duniani na taratibu za ibada.
Now even the first covenant had its ordinances of public worship, and its sanctuary, a material one.
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 tent was built, the outer one called the Holy Place, in which were the lamp and the table and the loaves of the Presence;
3 Na nyuma ya pazia la pili kulikuwa na chumba kingine, paliitwa mahali patakatifu zaidi.
and behind the second veil was the tent 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.
In it was the golden altar of incense, and also the Ark of the Covenant covered all over with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables 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.
while above it, overshadowing the mercy-seat, were the cherubim of glory. But I must not speak about these in detail.
6 Baada ya vitu hivi kuwa vimekwisha andaliwa, Makuhani kawaida huingia chumba cha nje cha hema kutoa huduma zao.
Such then were the arrangements. Into the outer tent the priests enter continually in the performance of their duties;
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 inner tent the high priest only goes alone, once a year, and that not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the ignorances of the people.
8 Roho Mtakatifu anashuhudia kwamba, njia ya mahali patakatifu zaidi bado haijafunuliwa kwa vile ile hema la kwanza bado linasimama.
The Holy Spirit teaching by this that the way into the Holiest has not yet been disclosed while the first tent is still standing.
9 Hili ni kielelezo cha muda huu wa sasa. Vyote zawadi na dhabihu ambavyo vinatolewa sasa haviwezi kukamilisha dhamiri ya anayeabudu.
This is a parable, for the present time, according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered that are not able, as far as conscience is concerned, to perfect the worshiper;
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.
since they consist only in meats and drinks and various ablutions, carnal ordinances, imposed until the 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 when Christ came, a High Priest of good things to come, he passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is to say, not of this material 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)
not taking the blood of goats and oxen, but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy Place, obtaining for us an 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 sprinkled on those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleansing 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 shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-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 the Mediator of a new testament, in order that, since a death has taken place to atone for offenses committed under the first testament, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. (aiōnios g166)
16 Kama kuna agano linadumu, ni lazima kuthibitishwa kwa kifo cha mtu yule aliyelifanya.
For where there is a testament, there must also be brought forward in evidence the death of the testator.
17 Kwani agano linakuwa na nguvu mahali kunatokea mauti, kwa sababu hakuna nguvu wakati mwenye kulifanya akiwa anaishi.
For a testament is only of force in case of the dead, being never valid so long as the testator lives.
18 Hivyo hata si lile agano la kwanza lilikuwa limewekwa pasipo damu.
Accordingly we find that not without blood was the first testament enacted.
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 after every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses to the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and 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 that testament which God commanded in regard to you.
21 Katika hali ileile, aliinyunyiza damu juu ya hema na vyombo vyote vilivyotumiwa kwa huduma ya ukuhani.
Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of service he sprinkled likewise, and indeed, according to the Law,
22 Na kulingana na sheria, karibu kila kitu kinatakaswa kwa damu. Pasipo kumwaga damu hakuna msamaha.
almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.
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.
While, then, it was necessary that the copies of the heavenly things should be cleansed by such sacrifices, the heavenly things themselves required nobler 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 it was not into a Sanctuary made by hands, a mere type of the reality, that Christ entered, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf.
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,
Nor did he enter to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest entered into the sanctuary, year after year, with blood that was not his own;
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)
(for in that case he would have needed to suffer repeatedly, ever since the foundation of the world; )but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, he has appeared to abolish sin, but the offering of himself. (aiōn g165)
27 Kama ilivyo kwa kila mtu kufa mara moja, na baada ya hiyo huja hukumu,
And since it is appointed to men once to die, and after that the 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, after being once for all offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who wait for him for salvation.
