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

¹The first therefore also indeed had ordinances of service, and the sanctuary, a worldly one.

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

²For a tabernacle was set up; the first, in which [were] both the candlestick and the table and the exposition of the loaves, which is called Holy;

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

³but after the second veil a tabernacle which is called 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 censer, and the ark of the covenant, covered round in every part with gold, in which [were] the golden pot that had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tables of the covenant;

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

⁵and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now [the time] to speak in detail.

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

⁶Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, 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 only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers 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 shewing this, that the way of the [holy of] holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has [its] standing;

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

⁹the which [is] an image for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices, unable to perfect as to conscience him that worshipped, are offered,

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

¹⁰[consisting] only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until [the] time of setting things right.

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 being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (that is, not of this creation,)

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

¹²nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the [holy of] holies, having found an 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 a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies for the purity 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 rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship [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 reason he is mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

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

¹⁶(For where [there is] a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.

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

¹⁷For a testament [is] of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)

¹⁸Naizvozvo kana yekutanga haina kugadzwa pasina ropa.

¹⁸Whence neither the first was inaugurated 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 every commandment having been spoken according to [the] law by Moses to all the people; having taken the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he 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 has enjoined to you.

²¹saizvozvo wakasasa neropa zvose tende nemidziyo yose yekushumira.

²¹And the tabernacle too and all the vessels of service he sprinkled in like manner with blood;

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

²²and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission.

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

²³[It was] necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better 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 the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of 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 in order that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy places every 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.

²⁶since he had [then] been obliged often to suffer from the foundation of the world. But now once in the consummation of the ages he has been manifested for [the] putting away of sin by his sacrifice.

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

²⁷And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment;

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

²⁸thus the Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear to those that look for him the second time without sin for salvation.