¹Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

¹ፊተኛይቱም ደግሞ የአገልግሎት ስርዓትና የዚህ ዓለም የሆነው መቅደስ ነበራት።

²For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

²የመጀመሪያይቱ ድንኳን ተዘጋጅታ ነበርና፥ በእርስዋም ቅድስት በምትባለው ውስጥ መቅረዙና ጠረጴዛው የመስዋዕቱም ኅብስት ነበረባት፤

³And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

³ከሁለተኛውም መጋረጃ ወዲያ ቅድስተ ቅዱሳን የምትባለው ድንኳን ነበረች፥

⁴Which 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;

⁴በዚያም ውስጥ የወርቅ ማዕጠንት ነበረ ሁለንተናዋም በወርቅ የተለበጠች የኪዳን ታቦት፤ በእርስዋም ውስጥ መና ያለባት የወርቅ መሶብና የበቀለች የአሮን በትር የኪዳኑም ጽላት ነበሩ፥

⁵And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

⁵በላይዋም ማስተስሪያውን የሚጋርዱ የክብር ኪሩቤል ነበሩ፤ ስለ እነዚህም ስለ እያንዳንዳቸው ልንናገር አሁን አንችልም።

⁶Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

⁶ይህም እንደዚህ ተዘጋጅቶ ሳለ፥ ካህናት አገልግሎታቸውን እየፈጸሙ ዘወትር በፊተኛይቱ ድንኳን ይገቡባታል፤

⁷But 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:

⁷በሁለተኛይቱ ግን ሊቀ ካህናት ብቻውን በዓመት አንድ ጊዜ ይገባባታል፥ እርሱም ሰለ ራሱና ስለ ሕዝቡ ስሕተት የሚያቀርበውን ደም ሳይዝ አይገባም፤

⁸The 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:

⁸ፊተኛይቱም ድንኳን በዚህ ገና ቆማ ሳለች፥ ወደ ቅድስት የሚወስደው መንገድ ገና እንዳልተገለጠ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ያሳያል።

⁹Which 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;

⁹ይህም ለአሁኑ ጊዜ ምሳሌ ነው፥ እንደዚህም መባና መስዋዕት ይቀርባሉ፤ እነዚህም እስከ መታደስ ዘመን ድረስ የተደረጉ፥ ስለ ምግብና ስለ መጠጥም ስለ ልዩ ልዩ መታጠብም የሚሆኑ የሥጋ ሥርዓቶች ብቻ ናቸውና የሚያመልከውን በህሊና ፍጹም ሊያደርጉት አይችሉም።

¹⁰Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

¹¹ነገር ግን ክርስቶስ ይመጣ ዘንድ ላለው መልካም ነገር ሊቀ ካህናት ሆኖ፥ በምትበልጠውና በምትሻለው በእጆችም ባልተሠራች ማለት ለዚህ ፍጥረት ባልሆነች ድንኳን፥

¹¹But 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;

¹²የዘላለምን ቤዛነት አግኝቶ አንድ ጊዜ ፈጽሞ ወደ ቅድስት በገዛ ደሙ ገባ እንጂ በፍየሎችና በጥጆች ደም አይደለም።

¹²Neither 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.

¹³የኮርማዎችና የፍየሎች ደም በረከሱትም ላይ የተረጨ የጊደር አመድ ሥጋን ለማንጻት የሚቀድሱ ከሆኑ፥

¹³For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

¹⁴ነውር የሌለው ሆኖ በዘላለም መንፈስ ራሱን ለእግዚአብሔር ያቀረበ የክርስቶስ ደም እንዴት ይልቅ ሕያውን እግዚአብሔርን ልታመልኩ ከሞተ ሥራ ሕሊናችሁን ያነጻ ይሆን?

¹⁴How 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?

¹⁵ስለዚህም የፊተኛው ኪዳን ሲጸና ሕግን የተላለፉትን የሚቤዥ ሞት ስለ ሆነ፥ የተጠሩት የዘላለምን ርስት የተስፋ ቃል እንዲቀበሉ እርሱ የአዲስ ኪዳን መካከለኛ ነው።

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶ኑዛዜ ያለ እንደሆነ የተናዛዡን ሞት ማርዳት የግድ ነውና፤

¹⁶For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

¹⁷ሰው ሲሞት ኑዛዜው ይጸናልና፥ ተናዛዡ በሕይወት ሲኖር ግን ከቶ አይጠቅምም።

¹⁷For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

¹⁸ስለዚህም ፊተኛው ኪዳን እንኳ ያለ ደም አልተመረቀም።

¹⁸Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

¹⁹ሙሴም ትእዛዛትን ሁሉ እንደ ሕጉ ለሕዝቡ ሁሉ ከተናገረ በኋላ፥ የጥጆችንና የፍየሎችን ደም ከውኃና ከቀይ የበግ ጠጕር ከሂሶጵም ጋር ይዞ። እግዚአብሔር ያዘዘላችሁ የኪዳን ደም ይህ ነው ብሎ በመጽሐፉና በሕዝቡ ሁሉ ላይ ረጨው።

¹⁹For 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,

²¹እንዲሁም በድንኳኒቱና በማገልገያው ዕቃ ሁሉ ደምን ረጨ።

²⁰Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

²²እንደ ሕጉም ከጥቂቶች በቀር ነገር ሁሉ በደም ይነጻል፥ ደምም ሳይፈስ ስርየት የለም።

²¹Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

²³እንግዲህ በሰማያት ያሉትን የሚመስለው ነገር በዚህ ሊነጻ እንጂ በሰማያት ያሉቱ ራሳቸው ከእርሱ ይልቅ በሚበልጥ መስዋዕት ሊነጹ የግድ ነበረ።

²²And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

²⁴ክርስቶስ በእጅ ወደ ተሰራች፥ የእውነተኛይቱ ምሳሌ ወደ ምትሆን ቅድስት አልገባምና፥ ነገር ግን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ስለ እኛ አሁን ይታይ ዘንድ ወደ እርስዋ ወደ ሰማይ ገባ።

²³It 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.

²⁵ሊቀ ካህናትም በየዓመቱ የሌላውን ደም ይዞ ወደ ቅድስት እንደሚገባ፥ ራሱን ብዙ ጊዜ ሊያቀርብ አልገባም፤

²⁴For 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:

²⁶እንዲህ ቢሆንስ፥ ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ ብዙ ጊዜ መከራ ሊቀበል ባስፈለገው ነበር፤ አሁን ግን በዓለም ፍጻሜ ራሱን በመሠዋት ኃጢአትን ሊሽር አንድ ጊዜ ተገልጦአል።

²⁵Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

²⁷ለሰዎችም አንድ ጊዜ መሞት ከእርሱ በኋላም ፍርድ እንደ ተመደበባቸው፥

²⁶For 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.

²⁸እንዲሁ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ፥ የብዙዎችን ኃጢአት ሊሸከም አንድ ጊዜ ከተሰዋ በኋላ፥ ያድናቸው ዘንድ ለሚጠባበቁት ሁለተኛ ጊዜ ያለ ኃጢአት ይታይላቸዋል።

²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

²⁸So 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.