Wahebrania 8
1 Basi, jambo muhimu katika hayo tunayosema ni hili: sisi tunaye Kuhani Mkuu wa namna hiyo, ambaye anaketi upande wa kulia wa kiti cha enzi cha Mwenyezi Mungu mbinguni.
The pith of all that we have been saying is this; we do have such a High Priest; and he has taken his seat on the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,
2 Yeye hutoa huduma ya Kuhani Mkuu katika Mahali Patakatifu sana, yaani ndani ya ile hema ya kweli iliyojengwa na Bwana, siyo na binadamu.
a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
3 Kila Kuhani Mkuu ameteuliwa kumtolea Mungu vipawa na dhabihu, na hivyo Kuhani Mkuu wetu lazima pia awe na kitu cha kutolea.
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; whence it follows that this High Priest also must have some offering to make.
4 Kama yeye angekuwa wa hapa duninani, asingekuwa kamwe kuhani, kwani wako makuhani wengine wanaotoa sadaka kufuatana na Sheria.
Now were he on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are here those who present the gifts according to the Law -
5 Huduma zao za kikuhani ni mfano tu na kivuli cha yale yaliyoko mbinguni. Ndivyo pia ilivyokuwa kwa Mose. Wakati alipokuwa karibu kuitengeneza ile hema, Mungu alimwambia: “Tengeneza kila kitu kufuatana na ule mfano ulioonyeshwa kule mlimani.”
those priests who serve a mere outline and shadow of the heavenly reality, just as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to build the Tabernacle. "See", he says, "that you make everything on the pattern showed you on the mountain."
6 Lakini sasa Yesu amepewa huduma ya kikuhani iliyo bora zaidi kuliko yao, kama vile agano alilothibitisha kati ya watu na Mungu ni bora zaidi, kwani lina msingi wake katika ahadi za mambo yaliyo bora zaidi.
But Jesus has obtained a better ministry, by so much as he is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.
7 Maana kama lile agano la kwanza halingalikuwa na dosari, hakungalikuwa na haja ya agano la pili.
For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second.
8 Lakini Mungu aliwalaumu watu wake aliposema: “Siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, ambapo nitafanya agano jipya na watu wa Israeli na kabila la Yuda.
But finding fault with them, He says. "There are days coming," says the Lord, "When I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant;
9 Agano hili halitakuwa kama lile nililofanya na babu zao siku ile nilipowaongoza kwa mkono kutoka nchi ya Misri. Hawakuwa waaminifu kwa agano langu; na hivyo mimi sikuwajali, asema Bwana.
Not according tot he covenant which I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in my covenant, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord.
10 Na hili ndilo agano nitakalofanya na watu wa Israeli siku zijazo, asema Bwana: Nitaweka sheria zangu akilini mwao, na kuziandika mioyoni mwao. Mimi nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.
"For this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel, After these days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their minds, And upon their hearts will I write them; And I will be their God, And they shall be my people;
11 Hakuna mtu atakayemfundisha mwananchi mwenzake, wala atakayemwambia ndugu yake: Mjue Bwana. Maana watu wote, wadogo na wakubwa, watanijua mimi.
And they shall not teach every man his fellow citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.
12 Nitawasamehe makosa yao, wala sitakumbuka tena dhambi zao.”
For I will have mercy upon their wrong-doings, And their sins I will remember no more."
13 Kwa kusema juu ya agano jipya, Mungu alilichakaza lile la kwanza; na chochote kinachochakaa na kuwa kikuukuu kitatoweka karibuni.
By calling the covenant "new," He has made the first one obsolete; and whatever is becoming obsolete and aged, is near to vanishing.
