Hebreus 9

He Karakia nō te Whenua, he Karakia nō te Rangi

1 Nā, ko te kawenata tuatahi he tikanga karakia anō ōna, me tētahi wāhi tapu, he mea nō te ao nei. 2 I hangā hoki tētahi tapenākara, te tuatahi, i reira te tūranga rama, me te tēpu, me te taro aroaro, tōna ingoa ko te Wāhi Tapu. 3 I tua atu hoki o te rua o ngā ārai, ko te tapenākara, e huaina ana ko te Wāhi Tino Tapu. 4 He tahu kakara kōura i reira me te āka o te kawenata, he mea whakakikorua ngā wāhi katoa ki te kōura, i roto anō i taua mea ko te oko kōura i te mana, ko te tokotoko o Ārona i pihi rā, ko ngā papa o te kawenata. 5 I runga atu i tēnei ko ngā Kerupima o te korōria, e whakamarumaru ana i te taumata o te whakamārietanga. E kore aua mea e taea te kōrero takitahi ināianei.

6 Heoi, ka āta rite nei ēnei mea, ka hāereere ngā tohunga i ngā wā katoa ki te tapenākara tuatahi, i a rātou e mahi ana i ngā ritenga karakia; 7 ki te tuarua ia kotahi anō te haerenga atu i te tau, o te tohunga nui anake, kīhai anō i mahue ngā toto; i tāpaea atu hoki mōna, mō ngā hē anō o te iwi. 8 Ko tā te Wairua Tapu hoki tēnei i whakaatu ai, kīanō te huarahi ki te Wāhi Tino Tapu i whakakitea mai, i te mea e tū ana anō te tapenākara tuatahi. 9 He āhua tērā mō tēnei wā nei, e tāpaea ai ngā whakahere me ngā patunga tapu, kāhore nei e tau hei mea i te tangata nāna tērā mahi kia tino tika te hinengaro; 10 heoi anō o ērā he kainga, he inumanga, he horoinga maha, he tikanga nā te kikokiko, he mea whakarite mai, ā taea noatia te wā whakatikatika.

11 I te taenga mai ia o te Karaiti hei tohunga nui mō ngā mea pai e whai mai ana i muri, he nui atu anō hoki, he tino tika te tapenākara, ehara i te mea hangā nā te ringaringa, arā ehara i te mea nō tēnei hanganga. 12 Ehara anō hoki i te mea nō ngā koati ngā toto, nō ngā kūao kau rānei, engari nōna ake ngā toto i haere atu ai ia, kotahi tonu te haerenga, ki roto ki te Wāhi Tino Tapu, i te mea ka whiwhi ki tāna mea hei hoko mai i a tātou mō ake tonu atu. 13 Ki te mea hoki mā ngā toto o ngā pūru, o ngā koati, mā ngā pungarehu rānei o te kūao kau, he mea tāuhiuhi ki te hunga kua poke, ka tapu ai, ka mā ai te kikokiko. 14 Tērā atu tō ngā toto o te Karaiti, nāna nei i tāpae atu a ia anō, he mea kohakore, ki te Atua, i runga i tā te Wairua ora tonu; mā ērā e mā ai ō koutou hinengaro i ngā mahi mate, e mahi ai koutou ki te Atua ora.

15 Mō konei anō ia i meinga ai hei Takawaenga mō te kawenata hou, kia mate ai ia hei utu mō ngā hē i raro i te kawenata tuatahi, kia riro ai i te hunga e karangatia ana te wāhi tūturu mō rātou i kōrerotia i mua.

16 He ōhākī hoki, ko te mea e whai tikanga ai ko te matenga o te tangata nāna i whakatakoto. 17 Kia mate hoki te tangata, kātahi ka whai mana te ōhākī; ka ū tonu rānei i te mea e ora ana te tangata nāna i whakatakoto? 18 Koia hoki te mahue ai te toto i te whakatapunga o te kawenata tuatahi. 19 I te mutunga hoki o tā Mohi kōrero i ngā tikanga katoa ki te iwi katoa, hei whakarite i tā te ture, ka mau ia ki ngā toto o ngā kūao kau, o ngā koati, ki te wai, ki te huruhuru whero, ki te hihopa, ā, tāuhiuhia ana e ia te pukapuka, me te iwi katoa; 20 me tāna kī anō, "Ko ngā toto ēnei o te kawenata kua whakaakona mai nei e te Atua ki a koutou." 21 I tāuhiuhia anō hoki e ia ki ngā toto te tapenākara, me ngā oko katoa mō te mahi minita. 22 I runga hoki i te ture, e tata ana ka kīia, e purea ana ngā mea katoa ki te toto; ki te kāhore hoki he ringihanga toto, kāhore he murunga hara.

Te Tāpaenga a Īhu, te Whakakāhore i te Hara

23 Koia, i tika ai kia purea ki ēnei ngā ritenga o ngā mea i te rangi; ko ngā tino mea ia o te rangi ki ngā patunga tapu, pai rawa atu i ēnei. 24 Ehara hoki i te mea kua tomo a te Karaiti ki te wāhi tapu i hanga e te ringaringa, ki te tauira o te tino wāhi; engari ki te tino rangi pū anō, puta ai ki te aroaro o te Atua, mō tātou. 25 Ehara anō i te mea kia maha āna tāpaenga i a ia, kia pērā me te tohunga nui e haere nei ki roto ki te Wāhi Tino Tapu i tēnei tau, i tēnei tau, nō ētahi atu anō hoki ngā toto; 26 pēnei kia maha he mamaetanga mōna, he mea tīmata i te hanganga rā anō o te ao. Tēnā ko tēnei, kotahi tonu tōna whakakitenga mai i te mutunga o ngā wā, hei whakakāhore i te hara, i a ia ka meinga hei patunga tapu. 27 Nā, kua takoto nei te tikanga mō ngā tāngata kia kotahi tonu te matenga, ā muri iho i tēnei ko te whakawā; 28 waihoki ko te Karaiti, kotahi tonu tōna tāpaenga atu hei pīkau i ngā hara o te tini, ā, tēnei ake ko te rua o ōna whakakitenga mai, kāhore anō he hara, hei whakaora i te hunga e tatari ana ki a ia.

1 Now even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world. 2 For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place. 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies; 4 having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 5 and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally. 6 Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services; 7 but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people: 8 the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing; 9 which is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect, 10 being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

11 But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it. 17 For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth. 18 Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood. 19 For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward. 21 Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood. 22 And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

23 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us: 25 nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own; 26 else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment; 28 so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.