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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,
The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
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mhudumu wa patakatifu, na wa ile hema ya kweli, ambayo Bwana aliiweka wala si mwanadamu.
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
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Maana kila kuhani mkuu huwekwa ili atoe vipawa na dhabihu; kwa hiyo lazima huyu naye awe na kitu cha kutoa.
And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
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Kama angekuwa juu ya nchi, asingekuwa kuhani; maana wako watoao sadaka kama iagizavyo sheria;
Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
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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.
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
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Lakini sasa amepata huduma iliyo bora zaidi, kwa kadiri alivyo mjumbe wa agano lililo bora, lililoamriwa juu ya ahadi zilizo bora.
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
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Maana kama lile la kwanza lingalikuwa halina upungufu, nafasi isingalitafutwa kwa lile la pili.
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
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Maana, awalaumupo, asema Angalia, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, Nami nitawatimizia nyumba ya Israeli na nyumba ya Yuda agano jipya;
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
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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.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
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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.
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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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.
No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
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Kwa sababu nitawasamehe maovu yao, Na dhambi zao sitazikumbuka tena.
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
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Kwa kule kusema, Agano jipya, amelifanya lile la kwanza kuwa kuukuu. Lakini kitu kianzacho kuwa kikuukuu na kuchakaa ki karibu na kutoweka.
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.