Wahebrania 10
1 Sheria ya Wayahudi si picha kamili ya mambo yale halisi: ni kivuli tu cha mema yanayokuja. Dhabihu zilezile hutolewa daima, mwaka baada ya mwaka. Sheria yawezaje, basi, kwa njia ya dhabihu hizo, kuwafanya wale wanaoabudu wawe wakamilifu?
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
2 Kama hao watu wanaomwabudu Mungu wangekuwa wametakaswa dhambi zao kweli, hawangejisikia tena kuwa na dhambi, na dhabihu hizo zote zingekoma.
If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
3 Lakini dhabihu hizo hufanyika kila mwaka kuwakumbusha watu dhambi zao.
Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
4 Maana damu ya fahali na mbuzi haiwezi kamwe kuondoa dhambi.
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Ndiyo maana Kristo alipokuwa anakuja ulimwenguni, alimwambia Mungu: “Hukutaka dhabihu wala sadaka, lakini umenitayarishia mwili.
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
6 Sadaka za kuteketezwa au za kuondoa dhambi hazikupendezi.
In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
7 Hapo nikasema: Niko hapa ee Mungu, tayari kufanya mapenzi yako kama ilivyoandikwa juu yangu katika kitabu cha Sheria.”
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
8 Kwanza alisema: “Hutaki, wala hupendezwi na dhabihu na sadaka, sadaka za kuteketezwa na za kuondoa dhambi.” Alisema hivyo ingawa sadaka hizi zote hutolewa kufuatana na Sheria.
In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
9 Kisha akasema: “Niko hapa, ee Mungu, tayari kufanya mapenzi yako.” Hivyo Mungu alibatilisha dhabihu za zamani na mahali pake akaweka dhabihu nyingine moja.
Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
10 Kwa kuwa Yesu Kristo alitimiza mapenzi ya Mungu, sisi tunatakaswa dhambi zetu kwa ile dhabihu ya mwili wake aliyotoa mara moja tu, ikatosha.
And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 Kila kuhani Myahudi humhudumia Mungu kila siku, akitoa dhabibu zilezile mara nyingi, dhabibu ambazo haziwezi kuondoa dhambi.
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12 Lakini Kristo alitoa dhabihu moja tu kwa ajili ya dhambi, dhabihu ifaayo milele, kisha akaketi upande wa kulia wa Mungu.
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
13 Huko anangoja mpaka adui zake watakapowekwa kama kibao chini ya miguu yake.
Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
14 Basi, kwa dhabihu yake moja tu, amewafanya kuwa wakamilifu milele wale wanaotakaswa dhambi zao.
because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 Naye Roho Mtakatifu anatupa ushahidi wake. Kwanza anasema:
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
16 “Hili ndilo agano nitakalofanya nao, katika siku zijazo, asema Bwana: Nitaweka sheria zangu mioyoni mwao, na kuziandika akilini mwao.”
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
17 Kisha akaongeza kusema: “Sitakumbuka tena dhambi zao, wala vitendo vyao vya uhalifu.”
Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
18 Basi, dhambi zikisha ondolewa, hakutakuwa na haja tena ya kutoa dhabihu za kuondoa dhambi.
And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
19 Basi, ndugu, kwa damu ya Yesu tunapewa moyo thabiti wa kuingia Mahali Patakatifu.
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
20 Yeye ametufungulia njia mpya na yenye uzima kupitia lile pazia, yaani kwa njia ya mwili wake mwenyewe.
by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
21 Basi, tunaye kuhani maarufu aliye na mamlaka juu ya nyumba ya Mungu.
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22 Kwa hiyo tumkaribie Mungu kwa moyo mnyofu na imani timilifu, kwa mioyo iliyotakaswa dhamiri mbaya, na kwa miili iliyosafishwa kwa maji safi.
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Tushikilie imara tumaini lile tunalokiri, maana Mungu aliyefanya ahadi zake ni mwaminifu.
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
24 Tujitahidi kushughulikiana kwa ajili ya kuongezeana bidii ya kupendana na kutenda mema.
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
25 Tusiache ile desturi ya kukutana pamoja, kama vile wengine wanavyofanya. Bali tunapaswa kusaidiana kwani, kama mwonavyo, Siku ile ya Bwana inakaribia.
Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
26 Maana, tukiendelea kutenda dhambi makusudi baada ya kufahamu ukweli, hakuna dhabihu iwezayo kutolewa tena kwa ajili ya kuondoa dhambi.
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
27 Linalobaki ni kungojea tu kwa hofu hukumu ya Mungu na moto mkali utakaowaangamiza wote wanaompinga.
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
28 Mtu yeyote asiyeitii Sheria ya Mose, huuawa bila ya huruma kukiwa na ushahidi wa watu wawili au watatu.
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 Je, mtu yule anayempuuza Mwana wa Mungu na kuidharau damu ya agano la Mungu iliyomtakasa, mtu anayemtukana Roho wa Mungu, anastahili kupata adhabu kali ya namna gani?
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 Maana tunamfahamu yule aliyesema, “Mimi nitalipiza kisasi, mimi nitalipiza,” na ambaye alisema pia, “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 Kuanguka mikononi mwa Mungu aliye hai ni jambo la kutisha mno!
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Kumbukeni yaliyotokea siku zile za kwanza mlipoangaziwa mwanga wa Mungu. Ingawa siku zile mlipatwa na mateso mengi, ninyi mlistahimili.
Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
33 Mara nyingine mlitukanwa na kufedheheshwa hadharani; mara nyingine mlikuwa radhi kuungana na wale walioteswa namna hiyohiyo.
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
34 Mlishiriki mateso ya wafungwa, na mliponyang'anywa mali yenu mlistahimili kwa furaha, maana mlijua kwamba mnayo mali bora zaidi na ya kudumu milele.
You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
35 Basi, msipoteze uhodari wenu, maana utawapatieni tuzo kubwa.
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
36 Mnahitaji kuwa na uvumilivu, ili mweze kufanya anayotaka Mungu na kupokea kile alichoahidi.
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
37 Maana kama yasemavyo Maandiko: “Bado kidogo tu, na yule anayekuja, atakuja, wala hatakawia.
For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
38 Lakini mtu wangu aliye mwadilifu ataamini na kuishi; walakini akirudi nyuma, mimi sitapendezwa naye.”
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
39 Basi, sisi hatumo miongoni mwa wale wanaorudi nyuma na kupotea, ila sisi tunaamini na tunaokolewa.
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
