¹ፊተኛይቱም ደግሞ የአገልግሎት ስርዓትና የዚህ ዓለም የሆነው መቅደስ ነበራት።

¹Now indeed even the first TR adds “tabernacle” covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.

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

²For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.

³ከሁለተኛውም መጋረጃ ወዲያ ቅድስተ ቅዱሳን የምትባለው ድንኳን ነበረች፥

³After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

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

⁴having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;

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

⁵and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

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

⁶Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,

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

⁷but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.

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

⁸The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;

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።

⁹which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect;

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

¹⁰being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

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

¹¹But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

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

¹²nor 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.

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

¹³For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:

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

¹⁴how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

¹⁶ኑዛዜ ያለ እንደሆነ የተናዛዡን ሞት ማርዳት የግድ ነውና፤

¹⁵For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

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

¹⁶For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.

¹⁸ስለዚህም ፊተኛው ኪዳን እንኳ ያለ ደም አልተመረቀም።

¹⁷For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

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።

¹⁸Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.

²¹እንዲሁም በድንኳኒቱና በማገልገያው ዕቃ ሁሉ ደምን ረጨ።

¹⁹For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to 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,

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

²⁰saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.” Exodus 24:8

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

²¹Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in the same way with the blood.

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

²²According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

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

²³It 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.

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

²⁴For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

²⁷ለሰዎችም አንድ ጊዜ መሞት ከእርሱ በኋላም ፍርድ እንደ ተመደበባቸው፥

²⁵nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,

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

²⁶or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

²⁷Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

²⁸so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, Isaiah 53:13 will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.