Hebrews 10
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
1Sheria ya Wayahudi si picha kamili ya mambo yale halisi: ni kivuli tu cha mema yanayokuja. Dhabihu zilezile hutolewa daima, mwaka baada ya mwaka. Sheria yawezaje, basi, kwa njia ya dhabihu hizo, kuwafanya wale wanaoabudu wawe wakamilifu?
2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
2Kama hao watu wanaomwabudu Mungu wangekuwa wametakaswa dhambi zao kweli, hawangejisikia tena kuwa na dhambi, na dhabihu hizo zote zingekoma.
3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
3Lakini dhabihu hizo hufanyika kila mwaka kuwakumbusha watu dhambi zao.
4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
4Maana damu ya fahali na mbuzi haiwezi kamwe kuondoa dhambi.
5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
5Ndiyo maana Kristo alipokuwa anakuja ulimwenguni, alimwambia Mungu: “Hukutaka dhabihu wala sadaka, lakini umenitayarishia mwili.
6In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
6Sadaka za kuteketezwa au za kuondoa dhambi hazikupendezi.
7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
7Hapo nikasema: Niko hapa ee Mungu, tayari kufanya mapenzi yako kama ilivyoandikwa juu yangu katika kitabu cha Sheria.”
8In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
8Kwanza alisema: “Hutaki, wala hupendezwi na dhabihu na sadaka, sadaka za kuteketezwa na za kuondoa dhambi.” Alisema hivyo ingawa sadaka hizi zote hutolewa kufuatana na Sheria.
9Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
9Kisha akasema: “Niko hapa, ee Mungu, tayari kufanya mapenzi yako.” Hivyo Mungu alibatilisha dhabihu za zamani na mahali pake akaweka dhabihu nyingine moja.
10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
10Kwa kuwa Yesu Kristo alitimiza mapenzi ya Mungu, sisi tunatakaswa dhambi zetu kwa ile dhabihu ya mwili wake aliyotoa mara moja tu, ikatosha.
11Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
11Kila kuhani Myahudi humhudumia Mungu kila siku, akitoa dhabibu zilezile mara nyingi, dhabibu ambazo haziwezi kuondoa dhambi.
12But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
12Lakini Kristo alitoa dhabihu moja tu kwa ajili ya dhambi, dhabihu ifaayo milele, kisha akaketi upande wa kulia wa Mungu.
13Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
13Huko anangoja mpaka adui zake watakapowekwa kama kibao chini ya miguu yake.
14because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
14Basi, kwa dhabihu yake moja tu, amewafanya kuwa wakamilifu milele wale wanaotakaswa dhambi zao.
15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
15Naye Roho Mtakatifu anatupa ushahidi wake. Kwanza anasema:
16“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
16“Hili ndilo agano nitakalofanya nao, katika siku zijazo, asema Bwana: Nitaweka sheria zangu mioyoni mwao, na kuziandika akilini mwao.”
17Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
17Kisha akaongeza kusema: “Sitakumbuka tena dhambi zao, wala vitendo vyao vya uhalifu.”
18And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
18Basi, dhambi zikisha ondolewa, hakutakuwa na haja tena ya kutoa dhabihu za kuondoa dhambi.
19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
19Basi, ndugu, kwa damu ya Yesu tunapewa moyo thabiti wa kuingia Mahali Patakatifu.
20by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
20Yeye ametufungulia njia mpya na yenye uzima kupitia lile pazia, yaani kwa njia ya mwili wake mwenyewe.
21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
21Basi, tunaye kuhani maarufu aliye na mamlaka juu ya nyumba ya Mungu.
22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
22Kwa hiyo tumkaribie Mungu kwa moyo mnyofu na imani timilifu, kwa mioyo iliyotakaswa dhamiri mbaya, na kwa miili iliyosafishwa kwa maji safi.
23Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
23Tushikilie imara tumaini lile tunalokiri, maana Mungu aliyefanya ahadi zake ni mwaminifu.
24And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
24Tujitahidi kushughulikiana kwa ajili ya kuongezeana bidii ya kupendana na kutenda mema.
25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
25Tusiache ile desturi ya kukutana pamoja, kama vile wengine wanavyofanya. Bali tunapaswa kusaidiana kwani, kama mwonavyo, Siku ile ya Bwana inakaribia.
26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
26Maana, tukiendelea kutenda dhambi makusudi baada ya kufahamu ukweli, hakuna dhabihu iwezayo kutolewa tena kwa ajili ya kuondoa dhambi.
27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
27Linalobaki ni kungojea tu kwa hofu hukumu ya Mungu na moto mkali utakaowaangamiza wote wanaompinga.
28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
28Mtu yeyote asiyeitii Sheria ya Mose, huuawa bila ya huruma kukiwa na ushahidi wa watu wawili au watatu.
29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
29Je, mtu yule anayempuuza Mwana wa Mungu na kuidharau damu ya agano la Mungu iliyomtakasa, mtu anayemtukana Roho wa Mungu, anastahili kupata adhabu kali ya namna gani?
30For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
30Maana tunamfahamu yule aliyesema, “Mimi nitalipiza kisasi, mimi nitalipiza,” na ambaye alisema pia, “Bwana atawahukumu watu wake.”
31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
31Kuanguka mikononi mwa Mungu aliye hai ni jambo la kutisha mno!
32Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
32Kumbukeni yaliyotokea siku zile za kwanza mlipoangaziwa mwanga wa Mungu. Ingawa siku zile mlipatwa na mateso mengi, ninyi mlistahimili.
33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
33Mara nyingine mlitukanwa na kufedheheshwa hadharani; mara nyingine mlikuwa radhi kuungana na wale walioteswa namna hiyohiyo.
34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
34Mlishiriki mateso ya wafungwa, na mliponyang'anywa mali yenu mlistahimili kwa furaha, maana mlijua kwamba mnayo mali bora zaidi na ya kudumu milele.
35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
35Basi, msipoteze uhodari wenu, maana utawapatieni tuzo kubwa.
36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
36Mnahitaji kuwa na uvumilivu, ili mweze kufanya anayotaka Mungu na kupokea kile alichoahidi.
37For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
37Maana kama yasemavyo Maandiko: “Bado kidogo tu, na yule anayekuja, atakuja, wala hatakawia.
38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
38Lakini mtu wangu aliye mwadilifu ataamini na kuishi; walakini akirudi nyuma, mimi sitapendezwa naye.”
39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
39Basi, sisi hatumo miongoni mwa wale wanaorudi nyuma na kupotea, ila sisi tunaamini na tunaokolewa.
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