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

¹Zvino zvirokwazvo sungano yekutanga yakanga ine zviga zvekushumira Mwari, nenzvimbo tsvene yenyika.

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

²Nekuti tende rekutanga rakagadzirwa raiva nechigadziko chemwenje, netafura, nezvingwa zvekuratidza; ndiyo inonzi nzvimbo tsvene.

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

³Zvino mberi kwevheiri rechipiri kwakange kune tende rainzi nzvimbo tsvene kune dzose,

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;

⁴yakanga ine mudziyo wendarama wezvinonhuhwira, neareka yesungano yakanga yakanamwa nhivi dzose nendarama, imomo makanga mune hari yendarama yakanga ine mana, netsvimbo yaAroni yakadeya kutunga, nemahwendefa esungano;

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

⁵pamusoro payo makerubhi okubwinya, akadzikatira chigaro chetsitsi; chatisingagoni kurondedzera tichiita chimwe chimwe ikozvino.

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

⁶Zvinhu izvi zvakati zvagadzirwa saizvozvo, vaparista vaipinda nguva dzose mutende rekutanga, vachiperedzera mabasa ekushumira Mwari;

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:

⁷asi kune yechipiri mupristi mukuru waipinda ari oga kamwe pagore, kwete asina ropa, raaizvibayirira iye nezvitadzo zvevanhu;

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:

⁸Mweya Mutsvene achiratidza ichi, kuti nzira inoenda kunzvimbo tsvene kune dzose yakanga isati yataridzwa tende rekutanga richimire;

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;

⁹wakange uri mufananidzo wenguva iyo yavaibayira nayo zvose zvipo nezvibayiro, zvisingagoni kuperedzera iye unoshumira pahana yake,

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

¹⁰nekuti zvinongova zvechikafu, nezvimwiwa, nekushamba kwakasiyana siyana nezviga zvenyama zvavakatemwa kusvikira panguva yekuvandudzwa.

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;

¹¹Asi Kristu wakati asvika ari mupristi mukuru wezvinhu zvakanaka zvinozouya, netende rakapfuura pakukura nepakuperedzerwa, risina kuitwa nemaoko, ndiko kuti risati riri rekusikwa kuno,

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.

¹²kwete neropa rembudzi kana mhuru, asi neropa rake pachake wakapinda kamwe, panzvimbo tsvene, atiwanira rudzikinuro rwusingaperi.

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:

¹³Nekuti kana ropa renzombe nerembudzi nemadota etsiru, kana zvichisaswa pavakasvibiswa, zvichivaita vatsvene kusvika pakunatswa panyama,

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?

¹⁴zvikuru sei ropa raKrsitu, iye kubudikidza neMweya wekusingaperi wakazvipa sechibayiro kuna Mwari, chisina gwapa kuti richanatsa hana dzenyu pamabasa akafa, kuti mushumire Mwari mupenyu.

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.

¹⁵uye nemhaka iyi ndiye murevereri wesungano itsva, kuti nenzira yerufu kuitira rudzikunuro pakudarika pasi pesungano yekutanga, avo vakadamwa vagopiwa chivimbiso chenhaka isingaperi.

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

¹⁶Nekuti apo pane rugwaro rwenhaka, panofanira kuvapowo rufu rwaiye wakaiita.

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

¹⁷Nekuti testamendi ine simba kune vakafa; nekuti haitongovi nesimba kana wakaiita achiri mupenyu.

¹⁸Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

¹⁸Naizvozvo kana yekutanga haina kugadzwa pasina ropa.

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,

¹⁹Nekuti zviga zvose zvakati zvataurwa kuvanhu vose naMozisi zvichienderana nemurairo, wakatora ropa remhuru nembudzi, nemvura nemakushe matsvuku, nehisopi*, akasasa zvose bhuku romene nevanhu vose,

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

²⁰achiti: Iri iropa resungano yamakarairwa naMwari.

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

²¹saizvozvo wakasasa neropa zvose tende nemidziyo yose yekushumira.

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

²²Zvinhu zvinenge zvose zvinonatswa nemurairo neropa; uye pasina kuteurwa kweropa, hapana kangamwiro.

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.

²³Naizvozvo zvakafanira kuti mifananidzo yezvinhu zviri kumatenga inatswe nezvizvi; asi zvinhu zvekudenga pachazvo zvinatswe nezvibayiro zvakanaka kupfuura izvi.

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:

²⁴Nekuti Kristu haana kupinda panzvimbo tsvene yakaitwa nemaoko, inofananidza iyo iri chaiyo, asi wakapinda kudenga komene, kuti ikozvino aonekwe pamberi paMwari nekuda kwedu;

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

²⁵kwetewo kuti azvibayire kazhinji, semupristi mukuru unopinda panzvimbo tsvene gore rimwe nerimwe neropa rezvimwe;

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.

²⁶dai zvakanga zvakadaro, waifanira kutambura kazhinji kubva pakuvambwa kwenyika; asi zvino wakaonekwa kamwe pakupedzisira kwenguva, kuti abvise chivi nechibayiro chake omene.

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

²⁷Uye sezvazvakatemerwa vanhu kuti vafe kamwe, shure kwezvizvi kutongwa;

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.

²⁸saizvozvo Kristu abayirwa kamwe kuti atakure zvivi zvevazvinji, uchazoonekwa rwechipiri, asina chivi, naivo vanomutarira, guve ruponeso.