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

¹Now even a first [covenant] had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, [a sanctuary] of this world.

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

²For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein [were] the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.

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

³And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;

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;

⁴having 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;

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

⁵and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

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

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

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

⁷but 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:

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

⁸the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;

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

⁹which [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,

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

¹⁰[being] only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

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

¹¹But 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,

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

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.

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

¹³For 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:

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

¹⁴how 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?

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

¹⁵And 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.

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

¹⁶For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.

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

¹⁷For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

¹⁸Naizvozvo kana yekutanga haina kugadzwa pasina ropa.

¹⁸Wherefore even the first [covenant] hath not been dedicated without blood.

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

¹⁹For 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,

²⁰achiti: Iri iropa resungano yamakarairwa naMwari.

²⁰saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.

²¹saizvozvo wakasasa neropa zvose tende nemidziyo yose yekushumira.

²¹Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.

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

²²And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

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

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.

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

²⁴For 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:

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

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

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

²⁶else 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.

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

²⁷And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment;

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

²⁸so 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.