Hebrifo 8
1 Asɛm a yegyina so kasa no ne sɛ: Yɛwɔ Ɔsɔfopanyin a ɔte Otumfo a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no ahengua no nifa,
And the sum concerning the things spoken of [is]: we have such a Chief Priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Greatness in the heavens,
2 na ɔsom sɛ Ɔsɔfopanyin wɔ Kronkronbea a ɛyɛ nokware ntamadan a ɛnyɛ onipa biara na osii, sɛ Awurade no mu hɔ.
a servant of the holy places, and of the true dwelling place, which the LORD set up, and not man,
3 Woyi Ɔsɔfopanyin biara sɛ ɔmfa akyɛde ne mmoa mmɔ Onyankopɔn afɔre. Ɛno nti, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn Sɔfopanyin nya biribi a ɔde bɛbɔ afɔre.
for every chief priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, from where [it is] necessary for this One to also have something that He may offer;
4 Sɛ Yesu wɔ asase so a, anka ɔrenyɛ ɔsɔfo koraa efisɛ asɔfo wɔ hɔ a wɔde afɔrebɔde ma, sɛnea Yudafo mmara kyerɛ no.
for if, indeed, He were on earth, He would not be a priest (there being the priests who are offering the gifts according to the Law,
5 Nanso dwuma a wodi sɛ asɔfo no yɛ ɔsoro nsusuwso bi kwa. Eyi nti na wɔbɔɔ Mose kɔkɔ bere a ɔpɛɛ sɛ osi ntamadan no, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Si no sɛnea merekyerɛ wo wɔ bepɔw no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.”
who to an example and shadow serve of the heavenly things, as Moses has been divinely warned, being about to construct the Dwelling Place, for, “See,” He says, “[that] you will make all things according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain”),
6 Afei de, wɔama Yesu asɔfodwuma a ɛso kyɛn wɔn de no. Yesu yɛ apam a ɛkyɛn so a wogyina bɔhyɛ a ɛkyɛn so so hyɛe no ntamgyinafo.
but now He has obtained a more excellent service, how much He is also mediator of a better covenant, which has been sanctioned on better promises,
7 Sɛ na apam a edi kan no ye a, anka ɛho nhia sɛ wɔbɛyɛ apam a ɛto so abien no.
for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.
8 Nanso Onyankopɔn huu mfomso wɔ ne nkurɔfo ho bere a ɔkae se, “Nna bi reba, Awurade na ose, a me ne Israelfo ne Yuda abusuakuw bɛhyehyɛ apam foforo.
For finding fault, He says to them, “Behold, days come, says the LORD, and I will complete with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant,
9 Ɛrenyɛ sɛ apam a me ne wɔn agyanom yɛɛ no bere a misoo wɔn nsa dii wɔn anim fii Misraim no. Wɔanni apam a me ne wɔn hyehyɛɛ no ho nokware, ɛno nti mantew mʼani anhwɛ wɔn, Awurade na ose.
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of My taking [them] by their hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt—because they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not regard them, says the LORD—
10 Afei eyi ne apam a me ne Israelfo bɛhyehyɛ wɔ bere a ɛreba no mu, Awurade na ose: Mede me mmara bɛhyɛ wɔn adwene mu na makyerɛw agu wɔn koma mu. Mɛyɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn na wɔayɛ me nkurɔfo.
because this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, says the LORD, giving My laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be to them for a God, and they will be to Me for a people;
11 Wɔn mu biara renka nkyerɛ ne yɔnko anaa ne kuromni se, ‘Hu Awurade!’ Efisɛ wɔn nyinaa behu me fi akumaa so kosi ɔkɛse so.
and they will not each teach his neighbor, and each his brother, saying, Know the LORD, because they will all know Me—from the small one of them to the great one of them,
12 Mehu wɔn mmɔbɔ wɔ wɔn bɔne ho; na merenkae wɔn bɔne bio.”
because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins and their lawlessnesses no more.”
13 Frɛ a wɔfrɛ saa apam yi “Foforo” no ama nea wɔyɛɛ kan no ayɛ dedaw; na biribiara a enyin yɛ dedaw no nkyɛ yera.
In the saying “new,” He has made the first obsolete, and what is becoming obsolete and growing old [is] near disappearing.
