Hebrews 8
1 Nísinsin yìí, kókó ohun tí à ń sọ nìyí. Àwa ní irú olórí àlùfáà bẹ́ẹ̀, tí ó jókòó lọ́wọ́ ọ̀tún ìtẹ́ Ọláńlá nínú àwọn ọ̀run,
Now in connexion with what we have been saying the chief point is that we have a High Priest who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God's Majesty in the heavens,
2 Ìránṣẹ́ ibi mímọ́, àti ti àgọ́ tòótọ́, tí Olúwa pa, kì í ṣe ènìyàn.
and ministers in the Holy place and in the true tabernacle which not man, but the Lord pitched.
3 Nítorí a fi olórí àlùfáà kọ̀ọ̀kan jẹ láti máa mú ẹ̀bùn wá láti máa rú ẹbọ, nítorí náà ó ṣe pàtàkì fún eléyìí náà láti ní nǹkan tí ó máa fi sílẹ̀.
Every High Priest, however, is appointed to offer both bloodless gifts and sacrifices. Therefore this High Priest also must have some offering to present.
4 Tí ó bá jẹ́ pé ó wà ní ayé ni, òun kì bá ti jẹ́ àlùfáà, nítorí pé àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó ń fi ẹ̀bùn sílẹ̀ ti wà bí òfin ṣe là á sílẹ̀.
If then He were still on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since here there are already those who present the offerings in obedience to the Law,
5 Àwọn ẹni tí ń jọ́sìn nínú pẹpẹ kan tí ó jẹ́ àpẹẹrẹ àti òjìji ohun tí ń bẹ ní ọ̀run. Ìdí abájọ nìyí tí a fi kìlọ̀ fún Mose nígbà tí ó fẹ́ kọ́ àgọ́, nítorí ó wí pé, “Kíyèsí i, kí ìwọ kí ó ṣe wọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí àpẹẹrẹ wọn, ti a fi hàn ọ́ ni orí òkè.”
and serve a copy and type of the heavenly things, just as Moses was divinely instructed when about to build the tabernacle. For God said, "See that you make everything in imitation of the pattern shown you on the mountain."
6 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí o ti gba iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ tí ó ni ọlá jù, níwọ̀n bí o ti jẹ pé alárinà májẹ̀mú tí o dára jù ní i ṣe, èyí tí a fi ṣe òfin lórí ìlérí tí o sàn jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ.
But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a sublimer covenant, based upon sublimer promises.
7 Nítorí ìbá ṣe pé májẹ̀mú ìṣáájú nì kò ní àbùkù, ǹjẹ́ a kì bá ti wá ààyè fún èkejì.
For if that first Covenant had been free from imperfection, there would have been no attempt to introduce another.
8 Nítorí tí ó rí àbùkù lára wọn, ó wí pé, “Ìgbà kan ń bọ̀, ni Olúwa wí, tí Èmi yóò bá ilé Israẹli àti ilé Juda dá májẹ̀mú tuntun.
For, being dissatisfied with His people, God 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 Kì í ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí májẹ̀mú tí mo ti bá àwọn baba baba wọn dá, nígbà tí mo fà wọ́n lọ́wọ́ láti mú wọn jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, nítorí wọn kò jẹ́ olóòtítọ́ sí májẹ̀mú mi èmi kò sì ta wọ́n nu, ni Olúwa wí.
a Covenant unlike the one which I made with their forefathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt; for they would not remain faithful to that.' 'So I turned from them,' says the Lord.
10 Nítorí èyí ni májẹ̀mú tí èmi yóò bá ilé Israẹli dá lẹ́yìn àwọn ọjọ́ wọ̀nyí, ni Olúwa wí. Èmi ó fi òfin mi sí inú wọn, èmi ó sì kọ wọ́n sí ọkàn wọn, èmi ó sì máa jẹ́ Ọlọ́run fún wọn, wọn ó sì máa jẹ́ ènìyàn fún mi.
'But this is the Covenant that I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days,' says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds and will write them upon their hearts. And I will indeed be their God and they shall be My People.
11 Olúkúlùkù kò ní tún máa kọ́ ara ìlú rẹ̀, tàbí olúkúlùkù arákùnrin rẹ̀, pé, ‘Mọ Olúwa,’ nítorí pé gbogbo wọn ni yóò mọ̀ mí, láti kékeré dé àgbà.
And there shall be no need for them to teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, Know the Lord. For all will know Me from the least of them to the greatest;
12 Nítorí pé èmi ó ṣàánú fún àìṣòdodo wọn, àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn àti àìṣedéédéé wọn lèmi ki yóò sì rántí mọ́.”
Because I will be merciful to their wrongdoings, and their sins I will remember no longer.'"
13 Ní èyí tí ó wí pé, májẹ̀mú títún ó ti sọ ti ìṣáájú di ti láéláé. Ṣùgbọ́n èyí tí ó ń di i ti láéláé tí ó sì ń gbó, o múra àti di asán.
By using the words, "a new Covenant," He has made the first one obsolete; but whatever is decaying and showing signs of old age is not far from disappearing altogether.
