Hepelū 9
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Berean Standard Bible
1Ko eni, naʻe maʻu moʻoni foki ʻe he ʻuluaki fuakava ʻae ngaahi ngaue fakaʻeiki, pea mo e potu tapu kuo ʻo māmani.
1Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
2He naʻe langa ʻae ʻuluaki fale fehikitaki; ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻae tuʻunga maama, mo e ʻaiʻanga meʻa, mo e mā ʻoe ʻao; ʻaia naʻe ui ko e potu tapu.
2A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
3Pea naʻe ʻi loto ʻi hono ua ʻoe puipui, ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻaia ʻoku ui ko e potu toputapu;
3Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
4Naʻe ʻi ai ʻae ipu koula ʻaiʻanga afi, mo e puha ʻoe fuakava naʻe ʻuʻufi takatakai ʻaki ʻae koula, ʻaia naʻe ai ʻae ipu koula naʻe ʻi ai ʻae mana, mo e tokotoko ʻo ʻElone naʻe moto, mo e ongo maka lafalafa ʻoe fuakava;
4containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
5Pea naʻe ʻi ʻolunga ʻi ai ʻae ongo selupi ʻoe nāunau naʻe fakamalu ʻae nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa; ʻaia ʻe ʻikai te mau faʻa fakamatala kotoa pē eni.
5Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
6Pea kuo pehē hono teuteu ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni, pea hū maʻuaipē ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ki he ʻuluaki fale fehikitaki, ʻo fai ai ʻenau ngaahi ngaue.
6When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
7Ka ko hono ua, naʻe ngata ʻi he taulaʻeiki lahi, ʻo liunga taha pe, ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē, ka naʻe ʻikai taʻehatoto, ʻaia ne ne ʻatu maʻana, mo e fai hala ʻae kakai:
7But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
8Ko e fakaʻilo eni ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, naʻe teʻeki ai ke fakahā ʻae hala ki he potu tapu, ʻi he kei tuʻu ʻae ʻuluaki fale fehikitaki:
8By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
9ʻAia ko e fakatātā ki he kuonga ko ia, pea naʻe ʻatu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa foaki mo e ngaahi feilaulau, ka naʻe ʻikai faʻa fai ia ke fakahaohaoa ʻae loto ʻo ia naʻe fai ki ai;
9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
10Ko e ngaahi meʻakai mo inu pe, mo e ngaahi fufulu kehekehe, mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakasino, naʻe fokotuʻu kaeʻoua ke hoko ʻae kuonga ʻoe fakafoʻou.
10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
11Ka ʻi he hoko mai ʻa Kalaisi, ko e taulaʻeiki lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻe hoko, ʻi he fale fehikitaki ʻoku lahi hake mo haohaoa ʻaupito naʻe ʻikai ngaohi ʻaki ʻae nima, ko hono ʻuhinga, ʻoku ʻikai ʻoe māmani;
11But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
12Pea naʻe ʻikai ʻi he toto ʻoe fanga kosi mo e ʻuhikiʻi pulu, ʻa ʻene hū ʻo liunga taha pe ki he potu tapu, ka ʻi hono taʻataʻa ʻoʻona, kuo ne lavaʻi ʻae huhuʻi taʻengata.
12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
13He kapau naʻe fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻae taʻemaʻa ki he fakamaʻa ʻoe sino, ʻi he luluku ʻaki ʻae toto ʻoe fanga pulu tangata mo e fanga kosi, mo e efu ʻoe pulu fefine:
13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
14E fēfē hono lahi hake ʻoe fakamaʻa homou loto mei he ngaahi ngaue mate ʻe he taʻataʻa ʻo Kalaisi, ʻaia naʻa ne feilaulau ʻaki ia taʻehanomele ʻi he Laumālie taʻengata ki he ʻOtua, ke mou tauhi ʻae ʻOtua moʻui?
14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
15Pea ko e meʻa eni kuo hoko ai ia ko e fakalaloa ʻoe fuakava foʻou, kae fai ʻi he pekia ʻae totongi ki he ngaahi angahala naʻe fai ʻi he ʻuluaki fuakava, pea maʻu ʻekinautolu kuo ui ʻae talaʻofa ʻoe nofoʻanga taʻengata.
15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
16He ka ʻi ai ha fuakava, ʻoku totonu ke ʻi ai foki mo e mate ʻo ia ʻoku ne fakamoʻoni ʻae fuakava.
16In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,
17He ʻoku mālohi ʻae fuakava ko e hili ʻae mate: ka ʻi he kei moʻui ʻae fakamoʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito hano mālohi.
17because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
18Ko ia naʻe ʻikai fakamoʻoni ʻae ʻuluaki fuakava ka ʻi he toto pe.
18That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
19He kuo leaʻaki ʻe Mōsese ʻae fekau kotoa pē ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau ki he fono, pea toʻo ʻe ia ʻae toto ʻoe fanga ʻuhikiʻi pulu mo e fanga kosi, fakataha mo e vai, mo e fulufuluʻi sipi kulokula, mo e ʻisope, ʻo ne luluku ʻaki ʻae tohi, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē,
19For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
20ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e toto eni ʻoe fuakava ʻaia kuo fekau ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu.”
20saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
21Pea naʻa ne luluku foki ʻaki ʻae toto ʻae fale fehikitaki, mo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻaki ʻae ngaue.
21In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
22Pea kuo mei ʻosi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻi hono fakamaʻa ʻaki ʻae toto ʻo fakatatau ki he fono; pea ka ʻikai lilingi ʻae toto ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamolemole.
22According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
23Ko ia naʻe totonu ai ke fakamaʻa ʻaki eni ʻae ngaahi fakatātā ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ʻi he langi; ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he langi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi feilaulau ʻoku lelei lahi hake.
23So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24He naʻe ʻikai hū ʻa Kalaisi ki he potu tapu naʻe ngaohi ʻaki ʻae nima, ʻaia ko e fakatātā pe ki he moʻoni; ka ki he loto langi, ke ne fakahā eni ia ʻi he ʻao ʻae ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kitautolu.
24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
25Pea naʻe ʻikai foki ke ne feilaulau ʻaki ia ʻo liunga lahi, ʻo hangē ko e hū ʻae taulaʻeiki lahi ki he potu tapu ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē mo e toto kehe;
25Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
26He ka ne pehē, Ta ʻe liunga lahi ʻene mamahi talu hono fakatupu ʻo māmani: ka ko eni, kuo ne fakahā ia ʻo tuʻo taha ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani, ke ne ʻave ʻae angahala ʻi he feilaulau ʻaki ia ʻe ia.
26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
27Pea hangē kuo pau ke mate ʻo tuʻo taha ʻae kakai, kae hili ia ko e fakamaau:
27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
28Pea pehē foki, kuo feilaulau ʻaki ʻa Kalaisi ʻo liunga taha, ke ne fua ʻae ngaahi hia ʻae tokolahi; pea ʻe fakahā ia ko hono liunga ua, kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻamanaki kiate ia, ki he fakamoʻui, ka ʻe ʻikai ke ʻave ʻae angahala.
28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
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