1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Basi torati, kwa kuwa ni kivuli cha mema yatakayokuwa, wala si sura yenyewe ya mambo hayo, kwa dhabihu zile zile wanazozitoa kila mwaka daima, haiwezi wakati wo wote kuwakamilisha wakaribiao.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
Kama ndivyo, je! Dhabihu hazingekoma kutolewa; kwa maana waabuduo, wakiisha kusafishwa mara moja, wasingejiona tena kuwa na dhambi?
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
Lakini katika dhabihu hizo liko kumbukumbu la dhambi kila mwaka.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Maana haiwezekani damu ya mafahali na mbuzi kuondoa dhambi.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not,
But a body hast thou prepared me:
Kwa hiyo ajapo ulimwenguni, asema, Dhabihu na toleo hukutaka, Lakini mwili uliniwekea tayari;
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za dhambi hukupendezwa nazo;
7 Then said I, Lo, I come
(In the volume of the book it is written of me,)
To do thy will, O God.
Ndipo niliposema, Tazama, nimekuja (katika gombo la chuo nimeandikiwa) Niyafanye mapenzi yako, Mungu.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein ; which are offered by the law;
Hapo juu asemapo, Dhabihu na matoleo na sadaka za kuteketezwa na hizo za dhambi hukuzitaka, wala hukupendezwa nazo (zitolewazo kama ilivyoamuru torati),
9 then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
ndipo aliposema, Tazama, nimekuja niyafanye mapenzi yako. Aondoa la kwanza, ili kusudi alisimamishe la pili.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all .
Katika mapenzi hayo mmepata utakaso, kwa kutolewa mwili wa Yesu Kristo mara moja tu.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
Na kila kuhani husimama kila siku akifanya ibada, na kutoa dhabihu zile zile mara nyingi; ambazo haziwezi kabisa kuondoa dhambi.
12 but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Lakini huyu, alipokwisha kutoa kwa ajili ya dhambi dhabihu moja idumuyo hata milele, aliketi mkono wa kuume wa Mungu;
13 from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
tangu hapo akingojea hata adui zake wawekwe kuwa chini ya miguu yake.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Maana kwa toleo moja amewakamilisha hata milele hao wanaotakaswa.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
Na Roho Mtakatifu naye amshuhudia; kwa maana, baada ya kusema,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them
After those days, saith the Lord,
I will put my laws into their hearts,
And in their minds will I write them;
Hili ni agano nitakaloagana nao baada ya siku zile, anena Bwana, Nitatia sheria zangu mioyoni mwao, Na katika nia zao nitaziandika; ndipo anenapo,
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Dhambi zao na uasi wao sitaukumbuka tena kabisa.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Basi, ondoleo la hayo likiwapo, hapana toleo tena kwa ajili ya dhambi.
Draw Near in Faith
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Basi, ndugu, kwa kuwa tuna ujasiri wa kupaingia patakatifu kwa damu ya Yesu,
20 by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
njia ile aliyotuanzia iliyo mpya, iliyo hai, ipitayo katika pazia, yaani, mwili wake;
21 and having an high priest over the house of God;
na kuwa na kuhani mkuu juu ya nyumba ya Mungu;
22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
na tukaribie wenye moyo wa kweli, kwa utimilifu wa imani, hali tumenyunyiziwa mioyo tuache dhamiri mbaya, tumeoshwa miili kwa maji safi.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Na mlishike sana ungamo la tumaini letu, lisigeuke; maana yeye aliyeahidi ni mwaminifu;
24 and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
tukaangaliane sisi kwa sisi na kuhimizana katika upendo na kazi nzuri;
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one another : and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
wala tusiache kukusanyika pamoja, kama ilivyo desturi ya wengine; bali tuonyane; na kuzidi kufanya hivyo, kwa kadiri mwonavyo siku ile kuwa inakaribia.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Maana, kama tukifanya dhambi kusudi baada ya kuupokea ujuzi wa ile kweli, haibaki tena dhabihu kwa ajili ya dhambi;
27 but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
bali kuna kuitazamia hukumu yenye kutisha, na ukali wa moto ulio tayari kuwala wao wapingao.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Mtu aliyeidharau sheria ya Musa hufa pasipo huruma, kwa neno la mashahidi wawili au watatu.
29 of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Mwaonaje? Haikumpasa adhabu iliyo kubwa zaidi mtu yule aliyemkanyaga Mwana wa Mungu, na kuihesabu damu ya agano aliyotakaswa kwayo kuwa ni kitu ovyo, na kumfanyia jeuri Roho wa neema?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
Maana twamjua yeye aliyesema, Kupatiliza kisasi ni juu yangu, mimi nitalipa. Na tena, Bwana atawahukumu watu wake.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Ni jambo la kutisha kuanguka katika mikono ya Mungu aliye hai.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Lakini zikumbukeni siku za kwanza, ambazo, mlipokwisha kutiwa nuru, mlistahimili mashindano makubwa ya maumivu;
33 partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
pindi mlipotwezwa kwa mashutumu na dhiki, na pindi mliposhirikiana na wale waliotendewa hayo.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
Maana mliwaonea huruma wale waliokuwa katika vifungo, tena mkakubali kwa furaha kunyang'anywa mali zenu, mkijua kwamba nafsini mwenu mna mali iliyo njema zaidi, idumuyo.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Basi msiutupe ujasiri wenu, kwa maana una thawabu kuu.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Maana mnahitaji saburi, ili kwamba mkiisha kuyafanya mapenzi ya Mungu mpate ile ahadi.
37 For yet a little while,
And he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Kwa kuwa bado kitambo kidogo sana, Yeye ajaye atakuja, wala hatakawia.
38 Now the just shall live by faith:
But if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Lakini mwenye haki wangu ataishi kwa imani; Naye akisita-sita, roho yangu haina furaha naye.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Lakini sisi hatumo miongoni mwao wasitao na kupotea, bali tumo miongoni mwa hao walio na imani ya kutuokoa roho zetu.
