Vaebrania 9
1 Lino nambe iagano ja kwasia likale nikighavo kya lufunyo apa pa iisi nuvutavike vwa lufunyo.
[To continue]: In the first [covenant, God] regulated how people [should perform] rituals, and [he told them to make] [MTY] a sanctuary.
2 Mulihema pekilyale ikyumba kivikilue, kyumba kya kunji, pakatambulivuagha kighavo kyimike. Mu kisala iki pakale nikinala kya tala, imesa na makate gha wonyesho.
[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 Nakuluhengo lwa lipazia lwa vuvili kwekilyale ikyumba ikinge, kikale kighavo kyimike fijo.
Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
4 Pelikale ilitekelelo lya sahabu kwa ku pulila uvu vumba. kange mwelilyalye ni lisanduka lya agano, lino likajengilue ni sahabu jene munkate muvene mwejilyale ibakuli ja sahabu inya manna, ulukongojo lwa Haruni luno lukamelile amatundu, ni mbavo sila sa mavue gha agano.
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 Pakyanya pa lisanduka lya agano amaumbo gha masarafi va vwimike vikupikila amapapatilo ghasene pavulongolo pakitengo kya vusambano, kino unsiki ughu natughwesia pikwolelela fijo.
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 Vwimila vwa finu ifi kuti vafiling'anisie, aVatekesi vavikwingila ku mukyumba kya kunji ikya lihema kukuvavombela imbombo sivanave.
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 Looli untekesi umbaha ikwingila ikyumba ikya vuvili kyene lwakama ku kwa maaka, nakisila kuleka kuhumia idhabihu vwimila umwene jujuo, na kunyivi sa vaanhu sino vakavombile kisila vu kagusi.
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 U Mhepo u Mwimike ikuvolelela kuuti, panji pa kighavo ikyimike fijoji jikyale pifwikulua ulwakuva ilihema lila ilya kwasia lijighe likwima.
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 Iki kye kivalilo kya nsiki ughu. Fyoni luvonolo lwa dhabihu fino fivonolevua lino nafianga linganie uludonyo lujuno ikufunya.
[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 Fye fyakulia fya luhuje lweene lugadingine nuvutavike vwa nyifunyo sa kukwilanila. Fyoni ifi fikale muvutavike vwa m'biili fino fikale vuling'anio vwa m'bili vino vakafiling'anisie kuuti jise indaghilo imia jino jikuvavika pakighavo kya mwene.
[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 UKilisite akisile ndavule untekesi um'baha ghwa masio amanono ghano ghisile kukilila uvuvaha nuvu kwilanisi vwablihema ilivaaha lino nalikavombilue na mavoko gha vaanhu, vano nava mu iisi muno jino jikapelilue.
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 Najilyale ku danda ja mhene nambe ngwada looli kudanda ja mwene jujuo kuuti u Kilisite ingile mukimenyule ikyimike fijo ng'haning'hani ku voni na na kukutuvonia uvupoki vwitu vwa kuvusila na kusila. (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 Nave ku danda ja mhene ni ng'ombe na kumisulila amapembo gha figwada mu isio ilamafu vakadagilue kwa Nguluve na mulukolo luvanave ulunono,
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 Nave kwekukila kyongo idanda ja Kilisite jino jikilila uMhepo wa kuvusila kusila alihumisie jujuo kisila mawaa kwa Nguluve, kusuka uludonyo lwitu kuhuma mu mbumbo sino sifuile kum'bombela uNguluve umwumi? (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 Pauluo, uKilisite mitike ghwa agano imia ulu vwimila vwa vufue vuvalekile uvwavuke vooni vano va agano lya kwasia kuhuma muvuhihi vwa nyivi save, neke kuuti vooni vano vakemelilue nu Nguluve neke vupile ulifingo lwa vuhaasi vuvanave vwabkuvusila kusila. (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 Nave kuli agano nalinangika, lazima luvonesie kuvufue vwa muunhu jula juno alivombile.
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 Kuti i agano jiliva ningufu ku kighavo kuno vuhuma uvufue, ulwakuva kusila ngufu ulwakuti juno alivombile ajighe ikukala.
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 Apuo nambe lila ili agano lya kwasia liva livikilue pasila danda.
And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
19 Unsikibghuno uMusa alyahumisie ululaghilo lwa ndaghilo ku vaanhu vooni, akatola idanda ja ng'ombe ni mhene, palikimo namalenga, ikitambala ikilangali, ni hisopo, na pikuvamisulila igombo lilio na vaanhu vooni.
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 Pe akajova, “Iiji je danda ja agano jino uNguluve avapelile indaghilo mulyumue”.
saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
21 Mu hali jilajila, akamisila idanda pakyanya pa hema ni fyombo fyoni fino fikatumikagha kutanga avatekesi.
Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
22 Kuling'ana ni ndaghilo, pipi ni finu fyoni fivalasivua ni danda. Pasila kukung'a idanda pasila lusaghilo.
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 Pauluo jilyale lasima kuti inakala sa finu fya vulanga shariti fivarasivue ku iji dhabihu ja fikanu. Pa uluo, ifinu fya kukyanya fifio fikanoghilue kuvalasivua ku dhabihu iji ija fikanu. Pa uluo, ifinu fya kukyanya fyene finoghilue ku valasivua ni dhabihu jino nofu kyongo.
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 Ulwakuva uKilisite nakingile pa kimenyule ikyimike fijo pano pakavombilue na mavoko, jino nakala ja kinu kikio. Pa uluo pe akingila kukyanya kukuo, pakimenyule kino isalisi kwale pavulongolo pa maso gha Nguluve vwimila vwitu.
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 Nakingile kula vwimila vwa kuhumia ilitekelo lwa mwene na kinga, ndavule ivomba untekesi um'baha, juna ikwingila pa kimenyule ikyimike kyongo mwaka yeghukilile umwaka palikimo ni danda ju junge,
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 ndavula anala jilyale lweli, nave jisava lasima kwa mwene kupumusivua kakinga kyongo kuvutengulilo vwa vwasio vwa iisi. Looli lino mala kamo kufika kuvusilo vwa maka ghano akasetulile kuvusiabinyivi kwa dhahibu yake mwenyewe. (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 Ndavule lulivuo kwa muunhu ghweni kufua lwakamo, pambele pa uluo lukwisa uluhighi,
All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
28 ghwevulevule kwa Kilisite jono alya humisivue kamo kudagha inyivi sa vinga, ilihumila ulwa vuvili, sio makusudi lwa kuvombela inyivi, looli kuvupoki vano vikumughulila nulu ghulilo.
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.
