VaHebheru 9

¹Zvino, neyiyi sungano yokutanga yakanga inemirairo yokushumira Mwari nayo, neimba tsvene yenyika.Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

²Nokuti tabhernakeri, yaiva yokutanga, yakagadzirwa, makanga munechigadziko chemwenje, netafura, nezvingwa zvokuratidza; ndipo panonzi Patsvene.For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

³Zvino mberi kwechidzitiro chechipiri pakanga panetabhernakeri yainzi Patsvene-tsvene;And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

⁴pakanga panendiro yendarama yezvinonhuwira, neareka yesungano, yakanga yakanamwa nhivi dzose nendarama, imomo makanga munehari yendarama, yakanga inemana, netsimbo yaAroni, yakadeya kutunga, namahwendefa esungano;Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

⁵pamusoro payo pakanga panamakerubhi okubwinya, akadzikatira chifunhiro chengoni; hatigoni kurondedzera izvozvo tichiita chimwe-chimwe zvino.And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

⁶Zvinhu izvi zvakati zvagadzirwa saizvozvo, vaparista vaipinda mutabernakeri yokutanga nguva dzose, vachibata mabasa okushumira Mwari;Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

⁷asi muneyechipiri muPirisita mukuru waipinda ari oga, kamwe chete negore, asingapindi asineropa, raaizvibayirira iye nezvivi zvavanhu;But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

⁸Mweya Mutsvene achiratidza chinhu ichi, kuti nzira inoenda kuNzvimbo Tsvene yakanga isati yataridzwa, tabernakeri yokutanga ichimire;The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

⁹wakanga uri mufananidzo wenguva inoyavanobayira nayo zvipo nezvibayiro, zvisingagoni kukwanisa pahana yake iye unoshumira;Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

¹⁰nokuti yaingova mirairo yenyama, yezvokudya, nezvokunwa, nokushamba kuzhinji, yavakatemerwa kusvikira panguva yokuvandudzwa.Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

¹¹Asi Kristu wakati asvika ari muPirisita mukuru wezvinhu zvakanaka zvinozovuya, akapinda napatabhernakeri yakapfuvura pakukura napakukwana, isina kuitwa namavoko, ndiko kuti isati iri yokusikwa kuno,But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

¹²haana kupinda neropa rembudzi kana remhuru, asi neropa rake chairo, kamwe , zvikapera, panzvimbo tsvene, akatiwanira rudzikinuro rusingaperi.Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

¹³Nokuti kana ropa rembudzi nerenzombe namadota etsiru, kana zvichisaswa pamusoro pavakasvibiswa, zvichivaita vatsvene, kuti vanatswe panyama,For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

¹⁴zvikuru sei ropa raKrsitu, iye wakazviita noMweya usingaperi chibayiro kunaMwari, chisina chachingapomerwa, richanatsa hana dzedu pamabasa akafa, kuti tishumire Mwari mupenyu.How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

¹⁵Nemhaka iyo, iye ndiMurevereri wesungano itsva, kuti, rufu zvarwakasvika kuzodzikinura avo vakadarika pasungano yokutanga, vakadanwa vagopiwa chipikirwa chenhaka isingaperi.And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

¹⁶Nokuti apo pane testamente, panofanira kuvapo vo rufu rwaiye wakaiita.For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

¹⁷Nokuti testamente inesimba kana vanhu vafa; nokuti haitongovi nesimba kana wakaiita achiri mupenyu.For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

¹⁸Naizvozvo nesungano yokutanga haina kuvambwa pasine ropa.Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

¹⁹Nokuti zvirevo zvose zvakati zvataurwa kuvanhu vose naMosesi sezvakareva murairo, iye akatora ropa remhuru nerembudzi, pamwe chete nemvura namakushe matsuku, nehisopi, akasasa bhuku imene navanhu vose,For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

²⁰achiti: Iri iropa resungano, yamakarairwa naMwari.Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

²¹Vuye zve, wakasasa saizvozvo neropa tabhernakeri nemidziyo yose yokushumira nayo.Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

²²Zvirokwazvo tingati pamurairo zvinhu zvinenge zvose zvinonatswa neropa; vuye kana kusineropa rinotevurwa, hakunekanganwiro.And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

²³Naizvozvo mifananidzo yezviri kudenga yaifanira kuti inatswe nezvibayiro izvi; asi zvinhu zvokudenga zvimene kuti zvinatswe nezvibayiro zvinopfuvura izvi nokunaka.It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

²⁴Nokuti Kristu haana kupinda panzvimbo tsvene yakaitwa namavoko, inofananidza iyo iri chaiyo, asi wakapinda kudenga kumene, kuti zvino azviise pamberi paMwari nokuda kwedu;For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

²⁵vuye haana kupinda kuti azviite chibayiro kazhinji, somuPirisita mukuru unopinda panzvimbo tsvene gore rimwe nerimwe, akabata ropa rezvimwe zvinhu;Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

²⁶nokuti dai zvakanga zvakadaro, ungadai aitambura kazhinji kubva pakuvambwa kwenyika; asi zvino wakavonekwa kamwe chete pakupedzisira kwenguva, kuti aparadze zvivi, nokuzviita chibairo kwake.For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

²⁷Vuye vanhu zvavakatemerwa kuti vafe kamwe chete, kutongeswa kugotevera,And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

²⁸saizvozvo Kristu, wakaitwa chibayiro kamwe chete, kuti atakure zvivi zvavanhu vazhinji, uchazovonekwa rwechipiri, asingatakuri zvivi, naivo vanomutarira kuti avaponese.So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.