VaHebheru 8

¹Zvino, shoko guru panaizvozvo zvatataura, ndiro kuti: TinomuPirisita mukuru wakadai wakagara kurudyi rwechigaro chovushe chovumambo kudenga;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;

²iye mushumiri wezvinhu zvitsvene, nowetabhernakeri chaiyo, yakamiswa naShe, isina kumiswa nomunhu.A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

³Nokuti muPirisita mukuru mumwe nomumwe wakagadzwa, kuti abayire Mwari zvipo nezvibayiro; naizvozvo naiye waifanira kuti ave nechaangabayira vo;For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

⁴nokuti dai aiva panyika, ungadai asina kuva muPirisita, nokuti vaparista varipo, vanobayira Mwari zvipo sezvinorebwa nomurairo;For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

⁵ivo vanoshumira mufananidzo nomumvuri wezvokudenga, sezvaakarairwa iye Mosesi oda kuita tabhernakeri;nokuti wakati: Tarira, uite zvose nomufananidzo, wawakaratidzwa mugomo.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.

⁶Asi zvino wakapiwa basa rakanyanya kunaka, sezvaari Murevereri wesungano inopfuvura nokunaka, yakasimbiswa nezvipikirwa zvinopfuvura nokunaka.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.

⁷Nokuti dai iya yokutanga yakanga isina chaingapomerwa, yechipiri ingadai isina kutsvakirwa nzvimbo.For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

⁸Nokuti unovapa mhosva, achiti: Tarirai, mazuva anovuya, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Andichaita nawo sungano itsva neImba yaIsraeri, vuye neimba yaJudha.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:

⁹Isina kuita sesungano yandakaita Namadzibaba avo, Pazuva randakabata ruvoko rwavo, kuti ndivabudise munyika yeIjipiti;Nokuti havana kurambira musungano yangu, Neni ndikasava nehanya navo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe;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.

¹⁰Nokuti ndiyo sungano yandichaita neimba yaIsraeri Kana mazuva iwayo apfuvura, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe; Ndichaisa mirairo yangu pakufunga kwavo,Ivo vachava vanhu vangu;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:

¹¹Mumwe nomumwe haangazodzidzisi wokwake, Kana mumwe nomumwe hama yake, achiti: Ziva Ishe; Nokuti vose vachandiziva, Kubva kumuduku kusvikira kumukuru pakati pavo.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.

¹²Nokuti ndichava nengoni nokusarurama kwavo, Nezvivi zvavo nokuipa kwavo handichazozvirangariri.For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

¹³Zvaanoti: Sungano itsva, yakasakadza yokutanga; zvino chinhu chosakara, chova chakare, choda kurova.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.