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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.
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
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Kama ndivyo, je! Dhabihu hazingekoma kutolewa; kwa maana waabuduo, wakiisha kusafishwa mara moja, wasingejiona tena kuwa na dhambi?
If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
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Lakini katika dhabihu hizo liko kumbukumbu la dhambi kila mwaka.
Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
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Maana haiwezekani damu ya mafahali na mbuzi kuondoa dhambi.
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
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Kwa hiyo ajapo ulimwenguni, asema, Dhabihu na toleo hukutaka, Lakini mwili uliniwekea tayari;
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
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Sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za dhambi hukupendezwa nazo;
In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
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Ndipo niliposema, Tazama, nimekuja (katika gombo la chuo nimeandikiwa) Niyafanye mapenzi yako, Mungu.
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
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Hapo juu asemapo, Dhabihu na matoleo na sadaka za kuteketezwa na hizo za dhambi hukuzitaka, wala hukupendezwa nazo (zitolewazo kama ilivyoamuru torati),
In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
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ndipo aliposema, Tazama, nimekuja niyafanye mapenzi yako. Aondoa la kwanza, ili kusudi alisimamishe la pili.
Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
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Katika mapenzi hayo mmepata utakaso, kwa kutolewa mwili wa Yesu Kristo mara moja tu.
And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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Na kila kuhani husimama kila siku akifanya ibada, na kutoa dhabihu zile zile mara nyingi; ambazo haziwezi kabisa kuondoa dhambi.
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
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Lakini huyu, alipokwisha kutoa kwa ajili ya dhambi dhabihu moja idumuyo hata milele, aliketi mkono wa kuume wa Mungu;
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
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tangu hapo akingojea hata adui zake wawekwe kuwa chini ya miguu yake.
Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
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Maana kwa toleo moja amewakamilisha hata milele hao wanaotakaswa.
because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
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Na Roho Mtakatifu naye amshuhudia; kwa maana, baada ya kusema,
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
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Hili ni agano nitakaloagana nao baada ya siku zile, anena Bwana, Nitatia sheria zangu mioyoni mwao, Na katika nia zao nitaziandika; ndipo anenapo,
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
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Dhambi zao na uasi wao sitaukumbuka tena kabisa.
Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
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Basi, ondoleo la hayo likiwapo, hapana toleo tena kwa ajili ya dhambi.
And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
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Basi, ndugu, kwa kuwa tuna ujasiri wa kupaingia patakatifu kwa damu ya Yesu,
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
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njia ile aliyotuanzia iliyo mpya, iliyo hai, ipitayo katika pazia, yaani, mwili wake;
by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
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na kuwa na kuhani mkuu juu ya nyumba ya Mungu;
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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na tukaribie wenye moyo wa kweli, kwa utimilifu wa imani, hali tumenyunyiziwa mioyo tuache dhamiri mbaya, tumeoshwa miili kwa maji safi.
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Na mlishike sana ungamo la tumaini letu, lisigeuke; maana yeye aliyeahidi ni mwaminifu;
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
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tukaangaliane sisi kwa sisi na kuhimizana katika upendo na kazi nzuri;
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
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wala tusiache kukusanyika pamoja, kama ilivyo desturi ya wengine; bali tuonyane; na kuzidi kufanya hivyo, kwa kadiri mwonavyo siku ile kuwa inakaribia.
Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
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Maana, kama tukifanya dhambi kusudi baada ya kuupokea ujuzi wa ile kweli, haibaki tena dhabihu kwa ajili ya dhambi;
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
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bali kuna kuitazamia hukumu yenye kutisha, na ukali wa moto ulio tayari kuwala wao wapingao.
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
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Mtu aliyeidharau sheria ya Musa hufa pasipo huruma, kwa neno la mashahidi wawili au watatu.
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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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?
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
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Maana twamjua yeye aliyesema, Kupatiliza kisasi ni juu yangu, mimi nitalipa. Na tena, Bwana atawahukumu watu wake.
For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
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Ni jambo la kutisha kuanguka katika mikono ya Mungu aliye hai.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Lakini zikumbukeni siku za kwanza, ambazo, mlipokwisha kutiwa nuru, mlistahimili mashindano makubwa ya maumivu;
Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
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pindi mlipotwezwa kwa mashutumu na dhiki, na pindi mliposhirikiana na wale waliotendewa hayo.
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
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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.
You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
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Basi msiutupe ujasiri wenu, kwa maana una thawabu kuu.
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
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Maana mnahitaji saburi, ili kwamba mkiisha kuyafanya mapenzi ya Mungu mpate ile ahadi.
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
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Kwa kuwa bado kitambo kidogo sana, Yeye ajaye atakuja, wala hatakawia.
For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
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Lakini mwenye haki wangu ataishi kwa imani; Naye akisita-sita, roho yangu haina furaha naye.
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
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Lakini sisi hatumo miongoni mwao wasitao na kupotea, bali tumo miongoni mwa hao walio na imani ya kutuokoa roho zetu.
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.