Waebrania 8
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Basi, jambo muhimu katika hayo tunayosema ni hili: sisi tunaye Kuhani Mkuu wa namna hiyo, ambaye anaketi upande wa kulia wa kiti cha enzi cha Mwenyezi Mungu mbinguni.
1Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of majesty in the heavens,
2Yeye hutoa huduma ya Kuhani Mkuu katika Mahali Patakatifu sana, yaani ndani ya ile hema ya kweli iliyojengwa na Bwana, siyo na binadamu.
2A minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath pitched, and not man.
3Kila Kuhani Mkuu ameteuliwa kumtolea Mungu vipawa na dhabihu, na hivyo Kuhani Mkuu wetu lazima pia awe na kitu cha kutolea.
3For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer.
4Kama yeye angekuwa wa hapa duninani, asingekuwa kamwe kuhani, kwani wako makuhani wengine wanaotoa sadaka kufuatana na Sheria.
4If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest: seeing that there would be others to offer gifts according to the law,
5Huduma zao za kikuhani ni mfano tu na kivuli cha yale yaliyoko mbinguni. Ndivyo pia ilivyokuwa kwa Mose. Wakati alipokuwa karibu kuitengeneza ile hema, Mungu alimwambia: “Tengeneza kila kitu kufuatana na ule mfano ulioonyeshwa kule mlimani.”
5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabernacle: See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewn thee on the mount.
6Lakini sasa Yesu amepewa huduma ya kikuhani iliyo bora zaidi kuliko yao, kama vile agano alilothibitisha kati ya watu na Mungu ni bora zaidi, kwani lina msingi wake katika ahadi za mambo yaliyo bora zaidi.
6But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises.
7Maana kama lile agano la kwanza halingalikuwa na dosari, hakungalikuwa na haja ya agano la pili.
7For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second.
8Lakini Mungu aliwalaumu watu wake aliposema: “Siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, ambapo nitafanya agano jipya na watu wa Israeli na kabila la Yuda.
8For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:
9Agano hili halitakuwa kama lile nililofanya na babu zao siku ile nilipowaongoza kwa mkono kutoka nchi ya Misri. Hawakuwa waaminifu kwa agano langu; na hivyo mimi sikuwajali, asema Bwana.
9Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10Na hili ndilo agano nitakalofanya na watu wa Israeli siku zijazo, asema Bwana: Nitaweka sheria zangu akilini mwao, na kuziandika mioyoni mwao. Mimi nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.
10For this is the testament which I will make to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my laws into their mind, and in their heart will I write them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
11Hakuna mtu atakayemfundisha mwananchi mwenzake, wala atakayemwambia ndugu yake: Mjue Bwana. Maana watu wote, wadogo na wakubwa, watanijua mimi.
11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me from the least to the greatest of them:
12Nitawasamehe makosa yao, wala sitakumbuka tena dhambi zao.”
12Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.
13Kwa kusema juu ya agano jipya, Mungu alilichakaza lile la kwanza; na chochote kinachochakaa na kuwa kikuukuu kitatoweka karibuni.
13Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old, is near its end.
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