Hebreus 8

6 Tēnā ko tēnei, he nui kē te mahi minita kua riro nei i a ia, he pai rawa hoki te kawenata ko tōna takawaenga nei ko ia, he pai rawa anō hoki ngā kupu whakaari, i whakatakotoria ai taua kawenata.

7 Mehemea hoki kīhai i whai hē taua kawenata ō mua, e kore e rapua he wāhi mō te tuarua. 8 I a ia hoki e whakahē ana, i mea ia ki a rātou:

"Nanā, tēnei ake ko ngā rā, e ai tā te Ariki,

e whakaritea ai e ahau he kawenata hou ki te whare o Īharaira,

ki te whare anō hoki o Hūrā.

9 E kore e rite ki te kawenata i whakaritea e ahau ki ō rātou mātua,

i te rā i mau ai ahau ki ō rātou ringaringa,

i ārahi mai ai i a rātou i te whenua o Īhipa.

Kīhai nei hoki rātou i ū ki tāku kawenata,

ā, kore ake ōku whakaaro ki a rātou,

e ai tā te Ariki.

10 Ko te kawenata hoki tēnei e whakarite ai ahau ki te whare o Īharaira

i muri iho i aua rā, e ai tā te Ariki:

Ka hoatu e ahau āku ture ki ō rātou hinengaro,

ka tuhituhia anō hoki ki ō rātou ngākau.

Ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou

ko rātou hoki hei iwi māku.

11 I kore anō hoki rātou e whakaako i tōna hoa,

i tōna hoa, i tōna teina, i tōna tuakana, e mea,

‘Kia mātau koe ki te Ariki,’

e mātau katoa hoki rātou ki ahau,

te nohinohi o rātou, te nui anō hoki o rātou.

12 Ka mahi tohu hoki ahau ki ō rātou kino,

e kore anō hoki e maharatia e ahau ō rātou hara ā mua ake nei."

13 I a ia i mea, "He kawenata hou," kua whakatawhitotia e ia te mea tuatahi. Nā, ko te mea kua tawhitotia, kua koroheketia, ka tata te memeha.