Mga Hebreo 9
1 Ngayon kahit sa unang tipan ay may lugar para sa pagsamba dito sa lupa at mga alituntunin ukol sa pagsamba.
[To continue]: In the first [covenant, God] regulated how people [should perform] rituals, and [he told them to make] [MTY] a sanctuary.
2 Sapagkat may silid na inihanda sa loob ng tabernakulo, ang panlabas na silid, ang tinatawag na banal na lugar. Nakalagay sa lugar na ito ang ilawan, ang mesa at ang tinapay na handog.
[That sanctuary] was a tent that [the Israelites] set up. In its outer room there was the lampstand and the table [on which they put] the bread that [the priests] presented [to God. That room] was called ‘the holy place’.
3 At sa likod ng pangalawang tabing ay isa pang silid na tinatawag na kabanal-banalang lugar.
Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
4 Mayroon itong gintong altar para sa insenso. Nandito rin ang kaban ng tipan na nababalutan ng ginto. Sa loob nito ay sisidlang ginto na may lamang manna, ang namulaklak na tungkod ni Aaron at ang mga tapyas na bato ng tipan.
It had an altar, [made from] gold, [for burning] incense. [It also had the chest which they called] the chest of the covenant. All its sides were covered with gold. In it was the golden pot which contained [pieces of the food they called] manna. [That was the food with which God miraculously fed the people before they entered the promised land]. In the chest there was also Aaron’s walking stick that budded [to prove that he was God’s true priest]. In the chest were also the stone tablets [on which God had written] the Ten Commandments.
5 Sa itaas ng kaban ng tipan ay anyo ng kerubim ng kaluwalhatian na umaaligid sa takip ng pagsisisi, na hindi muna namin ngayon mailalarawan.
On top of [the chest] were [figures of] winged creatures [that symbolized God’s] glory. Their [wings] overshadowed the chest’s lid where [the high priest sprinkled the blood] (to [atone for/to forgive]) [those who had sinned. I] do not [need] to write about these things in detail now.
6 Pagkatapos na maihanda ang mga bagay na ito, palaging pumapasok ang mga pari sa panlabas na silid ng tabernakulo upang isagawa ang kanilang mga tungkulin.
After all those things were prepared {After they had prepared all those things like that} [in the two rooms of the tent], the [Jewish] priests habitually went into the outer [room of the] tent to perform their rituals.
7 Ngunit ang pinaka-punong pari ay pumapasok na nag-iisa sa pangalawang silid minsan sa isang taon, at may dalang maihahandog na dugo para sa kaniyang sarili at para sa hindi sinasadyang mga paglabag ng mga tao.
But into the inner room, only the Supreme Priest [went], once a year. He always took [LIT] the blood [of animals that they had slaughtered]. He offered them [to God] for his own [sins] and for the sins that other people had committed. They included sins that they did not realize [were sinful].
8 Ipinapakita ng Banal na Espiritu na ang daan patungo sa kabanal-banalang lugar ay hindi pa ipinapahayag habang nananatili pang nakatayo ang unang tabernakulo.
By those things the Holy Spirit indicated that [just like God] did not reveal the way [for ordinary people] to enter into the inner room while the outer room still existed [MET], [similarly he did not reveal the way for ordinary people to enter the presence of God while the Jewish system of offering sacrifices was in effect].
9 Isa itong paglalarawan sa kasalukuyang panahon. Parehong walang kakayahang gawing ganap ng mga kaloob at mga handog ang budhi ng mga sumasamba.
[The things that the priests did inside the outer room] [MTY] symbolized [what was true] during the time [when the first covenant was in effect]. According to [the first covenant] (OR, [In that outer room]), [priests] offered gifts and other sacrifices to God. But [by offering them], the people who brought them were unable to make themselves feel that they were no longer guilty for having sinned.
10 Mga pagkain at inumin lamang ang mga ito na kaugnay ng iba't-ibang uri ng seremonya ng paglilinis. Ang lahat ng ito ay alituntunin para sa laman na inilaan hanggang sa maganap ang bagong kaayusan.
[They brought those gifts and made those sacrifices] according to [regulations concerning] things to eat and drink, and [according to rules that required people to] wash various things. [God] declared that those regulations about our bodies were to be in effect until [he put into effect the new covenant]; that was a better system.
11 Dumating si Cristo bilang pinaka-punong pari ng mabubuting bagay na darating, sa pamamagitan ng mas dakila at higit na ganap na sagradong tolda na hindi gawa sa mga kamay ng tao, na hindi kabilang sa mundong nilikha.
But when Christ came as our Supreme Priest, [he brought] the good things that are now available. When he appeared, [he went into God’s presence in heaven. That is like a] [MET] very great and perfect tent not made by humans {which no human made} [SYN]; that is, it is not part of the world [God] created. It was better [than the tent Moses set up here on earth].
12 Hindi ito sa pamamagitan ng dugo ng mga kambing at mga guya, ngunit sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang sariling dugo kaya minsan lamang pumasok si Cristo sa kabanal-banalang lugar para sa lahat at tiyakin ang ating walang hanggang katubusan. (aiōnios g166)
[When a Supreme Priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes] goats’ blood and calves’ blood [to offer as a sacrifice]. But Christ did not [do that. It was as though] he went into that very holy place only once, taking his own blood with him. By doing that, he eternally redeemed us. (aiōnios g166)
13 Sapagkat kung ang dugo ng mga kambing at mga toro at ang pagwiwisik ng mga abo sa mga taong may dungis ay naghahandog sa kanila sa Diyos at ginagawang malinis ang kanilang katawan,
The priests sprinkle on people goats’ blood and bulls’ blood and [the water that has been filtered through] the ashes of a [red] heifer that has been [completely burned. By performing that ritual, they can ritually] cleanse the bodies of those who are [ceremonially] unclean. Furthermore, performing those rituals enabled people to have fellowship with God again.
14 gaano pa kaya ang dugo ni Cristo, na sa pamamagitan ng walang hanggang Espiritu ay inialay ang kaniyang sarili na walang dungis sa Diyos, na luminis sa ating budhi mula sa mga gawang patay upang makapaglingkod sa Diyos na buhay? (aiōnios g166)
[So, because we know what] Christ [accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died for us] [PRS, MTY], we will be very certain that we are not guilty [of having] done those things [that those who are spiritually] dead do. [As a result], we can serve God, who is all-powerful. [The priests always offer to God animals] with no defects. Similarly, when Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] to God, he was sinless [MET]. He did that as a result of [God’s] eternal Spirit [helping him]. (aiōnios g166)
15 Sa kadahilanang ito, si Cristo ang tagapamagitan ng bagong tipan. Ito ay dahil may isang kamatayan na nangyari upang palayain ang mga napapasailalim sa lumang tipan mula sa kabayaran ng kanilang mga kasalanan, sa gayon ang lahat ng mga tinawag ng Diyos ay tatanggap ng walang hanggang pamana na kaniyang ipinangako. (aiōnios g166)
[By] dying [for us], [Christ] ([redeemed/] free from the penalty for their sins) even those who disobeyed the [conditions of] (OR, [during the time of]) the first covenant. So, [because] no [one could be made perfect by obeying the old covenant], now Christ establishes [between God and people] a new covenant. He does that in order that those whom God has chosen may eternally have [the blessings that God] has promised them. (aiōnios g166)
16 Sapagkat kung saan iniwan ng isang tao ang kaniyang testamento, kailangan na mapatunayan ang kamatayan ng taong gumawa nito.
A covenant [is like a will. In the case of a will], [in order to put its provisions into effect], someone must prove that the one who made it has died.
17 Sapagkat nagkakabisa lamang ang testamento kung saan mayroong kamatayan dahil wala pang bisa ito habang buhay pa ang gumawa.
A will goes into effect [only when the one who makes the will] has died. It is not in effect when the one who made it is still alive.
18 Kaya hindi naitatag ang lumang tipan nang walang dugo.
And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
19 Sapagkat nang maibigay ni Moises ang bawat alituntunin ng kautusan sa lahat ng mga tao, kinuha niya ang dugo ng mga guya at mga kambing na may tubig, mapulang balahibo, hisopo at parehong winisikan ang balumbon ng kasulatan at ang lahat ng tao.
After Moses had declared to all the Israelites everything that God commanded in the laws [that God gave him], he took calves’ and goats’ blood [mixed] with water. He [dipped into it] scarlet wool [that he tied around] a sprig of hyssop. Then he sprinkled [with some of the blood] the scroll itself containing God’s laws. Then he sprinkled [more of that blood on all the] people,
20 At sinabi niya, “Ito ang dugo ng tipan kung saan ibinigay ng Diyos sa inyo ang mga kautusan.”
saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
21 Sa ganito ring paraan, winisikan niya ng dugo ang tabernakulo at ang lahat ng sisidlan na ginagamit ng mga pari sa paglilingkod.
Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
22 At ayon sa kautusan, halos lahat ay nilinis ng dugo. Walang kapatawaran kung walang pagbubuhos ng dugo.
It was by [sprinkling] blood that they [ritually] cleansed almost everything. That was what [was stated in] God’s laws. If blood is not shed [when people offer a sacrifice, God] cannot forgive [the person who is making the sacrifice].
23 Samakatwid kinakailangan nga na ang mga bagay na kahalintulad nang nasa langit ay dapat na malinis nitong mga hayop na handog. Gayunman, dapat na linisin ng mas mabuting handog ang mga bagay na panlangit.
So, by rituals like that, it was necessary for [the priests] to cleanse the things that symbolized what Christ does [MTY] in heaven. But God has to [consecrate] the [people who will enter] [MTY] heaven [by means of] better sacrifices than those.
24 Sapagkat hindi pumasok si Cristo sa kabanal-banalang lugar na gawa ng mga kamay, na kahalintulad lamang ng tunay. Sa halip, pumasok siya sa langit mismo, na ngayon ay nasa harapan ng Diyos para sa atin.
Christ did not enter a sanctuary that humans made. That one only represented the true [sanctuary]. Instead, he entered heaven itself, in order to now be in God’s presence [to plead with] God for us.
25 Hindi siya nagpunta doon upang madalas na ihandog ang kaniyang sarili, katulad ng ginagawa ng pinakapunong pari, na pumapasok sa kabanal-banalang lugar taun-taon na may dalang dugo.
The [Jewish] Supreme Priest enters the very holy place once every year, taking blood that is not his own, [to offer it as a sacrifice]. But when Christ entered heaven, it was not in order to offer himself repeatedly like that.
26 Kung iyan ay totoo, kakailanganin niyang maghirap ng maraming ulit mula pa ng likhain ang mundo. Ngunit ngayon minsan na lamang siyang naipahayag hanggang sa katapusan ng panahon upang alisin ang kasalanan sa pamamagitan ng pag-aalay ng kaniyang sarili. (aiōn g165)
[If that were so], he would have needed to suffer [and shed his blood] repeatedly since [the time when God] created the world. But instead, in this final age, [Christ] has appeared once in order that by sacrificing himself he could cause [that people] no longer will be [punished for their] sins. (aiōn g165)
27 Tulad ng bawat tao ay itinakda na mamatay minsan, at pagkatapos ay ang paghatol,
All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
28 gayon din si Cristo, na minsang naihandog upang alisin ang mga kasalanan ng marami, darating siya sa pangalawang pagkakataon, hindi upang ihandog muli sa kasalanan, kundi para sa kaligtasan ng mga matiyagang naghihintay sa kaniya.
Likewise, when Christ [died], [God] offered him once to be a sacrifice, to punish him instead of the many [people who had] sinned. He will come [to earth] a second time, not [in order to sacrifice himself again for those who] have sinned, but in order to [complete] his saving those who expectantly wait for him.
