The Greatness of His Ministry
1 Now 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 the Majesty in the heavens;
Basi, katika hayo tunayosema, neno lililo kuu ndilo hili: Tunaye kuhani mkuu wa namna hii, aliyeketi mkono wa kuume wa kiti cha enzi cha Ukuu mbinguni,
2 a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
mhudumu wa patakatifu, na wa ile hema ya kweli, ambayo Bwana aliiweka wala si mwanadamu.
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
Maana kila kuhani mkuu huwekwa ili atoe vipawa na dhabihu; kwa hiyo lazima huyu naye awe na kitu cha kutoa.
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
Kama angekuwa juu ya nchi, asingekuwa kuhani; maana wako watoao sadaka kama iagizavyo sheria;
5 who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
watumikiao mfano na kivuli cha mambo ya mbinguni, kama Musa alivyoagizwa na Mungu, alipokuwa tayari kuifanya ile hema; maana asema, Angalia ukavifanye vitu vyote kwa mfano ule ulioonyeshwa katika mlima.
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
Lakini sasa amepata huduma iliyo bora zaidi, kwa kadiri alivyo mjumbe wa agano lililo bora, lililoamriwa juu ya ahadi zilizo bora.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Maana kama lile la kwanza lingalikuwa halina upungufu, nafasi isingalitafutwa kwa lile la pili.
8 For finding fault with them, he saith,
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
When I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Maana, awalaumupo, asema Angalia, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, Nami nitawatimizia nyumba ya Israeli na nyumba ya Yuda agano jipya;
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
In the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
Because they continued not in my covenant,
And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Halitakuwa kama agano lile nililoagana na baba zao, Katika siku ile nilipowashika mikono yao niwatoe katika nchi ya Misri. Kwa sababu hawakudumu katika agano langu, Mimi nami sikuwajali asema Bwana.
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their mind,
And write them in their hearts:
And I will be to them a God,
And they shall be to me a people:
Maana hili ndilo agano nitakaloagana na nyumba ya Israeli Baada ya siku zile, asema Bwana; Nitawapa sheria zangu katika nia zao, Na katika mioyo yao nitaziandika; Nami nitakuwa Mungu kwao, Nao watakuwa watu wangu.
11 And 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.
Nao hawatafundishana kila mtu na jirani yake, Na kila mtu na ndugu yake, akisema, Mjue Bwana; Kwa maana wote watanijua, Tangu mdogo wao hata mkubwa wao.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,
And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Kwa sababu nitawasamehe maovu yao, Na dhambi zao sitazikumbuka tena.
13 In that he saith, A new covenant , he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Kwa kule kusema, Agano jipya, amelifanya lile la kwanza kuwa kuukuu. Lakini kitu kianzacho kuwa kikuukuu na kuchakaa ki karibu na kutoweka.
