Hepelū 9

1 Ko eni, naʻe maʻu moʻoni foki ʻe he ʻuluaki [fuakava ]ʻae ngaahi ngaue fakaʻeiki, pea mo e potu tapu kuo ʻo māmani.

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

2 He naʻe langa ʻae ʻuluaki fale fehikitaki; ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻae tuʻunga maama, mo e ʻaiʻanga meʻa, mo e mā ʻoe ʻao; ʻaia naʻe ui ko e potu tapu.

For a tabernacle was prepared. The first room, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the presence, was called the holy place.

3 Pea naʻe ʻi loto ʻi hono ua ʻoe puipui, ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻaia ʻoku ui ko e potu toputapu;

Behind the second curtain was another room, called the most holy place.

4 Naʻe ʻi ai ʻae ipu koula ʻaiʻanga afi, mo e puha ʻoe fuakava naʻe ʻuʻufi takatakai ʻaki ʻae koula, ʻaia naʻe ai ʻae ipu koula naʻe ʻi ai ʻae mana, mo e tokotoko ʻo ʻElone naʻe moto, mo e ongo maka lafalafa ʻoe fuakava;

It had a golden altar for incense. It also had the ark of the covenant, which was completely overlaid with gold. Inside it was a golden jar holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

5 Pea naʻe ʻi ʻolunga ʻi ai ʻae ongo selupi ʻoe nāunau naʻe fakamalu ʻae nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofa; ʻaia ʻe ʻikai te mau faʻa fakamatala kotoa pē eni.

Above the ark of the covenant, glorious cherubim overshadowed the atonement lid, which we cannot now talk about in detail.

6 Pea kuo pehē hono teuteu ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni, pea hū maʻuaipē ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ki he ʻuluaki fale fehikitaki, ʻo fai ai ʻenau ngaahi ngaue.

After these things were prepared, the priests always entered the outer room of the tabernacle to perform their services.

7 Ka ko hono ua, naʻe ngata ʻi he taulaʻeiki lahi, ʻo liunga taha pe, ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē, ka naʻe ʻikai taʻehatoto, ʻaia ne ne ʻatu maʻana, mo e fai hala ʻae kakai:

But only the high priest entered the second room once each year, and not without blood that he offered for himself and for the people's unintentional sins.

8 Ko e fakaʻilo eni ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, naʻe teʻeki ai ke fakahā ʻae hala ki he potu tapu, ʻi he kei tuʻu ʻae ʻuluaki fale fehikitaki:

The Holy Spirit showed that the way into the most holy place had not yet appeared as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

9 ‌ʻAia ko e fakatātā ki he kuonga ko ia, pea naʻe ʻatu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa foaki mo e ngaahi feilaulau, ka naʻe ʻikai faʻa fai ia ke fakahaohaoa ʻae loto ʻo ia naʻe fai ki ai;

This was an illustration for the present time. Both the gifts and sacrifices that are now being offered are not able to perfect the worshiper's conscience.

10 Ko e ngaahi meʻakai mo inu pe, mo e ngaahi fufulu kehekehe, mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakasino, naʻe fokotuʻu kaeʻoua ke hoko ʻae kuonga ʻoe fakafoʻou.

They are only concerned with food and drink and various ceremonial washings, regulations for the body until the time of the new order.

11 Ka ʻi he hoko mai ʻa Kalaisi, ko e taulaʻeiki lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻe hoko, ʻi he fale fehikitaki ʻoku lahi hake mo haohaoa ʻaupito naʻe ʻikai ngaohi ʻaki ʻae nima, ko hono ʻuhinga, ʻoku ʻikai ʻoe māmani;

Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come. He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that was not made by human hands, one not belonging to this created world.

12 Pea naʻe ʻikai ʻi he toto ʻoe fanga kosi mo e ʻuhikiʻi pulu, ʻa ʻene hū ʻo liunga taha pe ki he potu tapu, ka ʻi hono taʻataʻa ʻoʻona, kuo ne lavaʻi ʻae huhuʻi taʻengata. (aiōnios g166)

It was not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood that he entered into the most holy place once for all and secured our eternal redemption. (aiōnios g166)

13 He kapau naʻe fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻae taʻemaʻa ki he fakamaʻa ʻoe sino, ʻi he luluku ʻaki ʻae toto ʻoe fanga pulu tangata mo e fanga kosi, mo e efu ʻoe pulu fefine:

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes on those who have become unclean sets them apart to God for the cleansing of their flesh,

14 E fēfē hono lahi hake ʻoe fakamaʻa homou loto mei he ngaahi ngaue mate ʻe he taʻataʻa ʻo Kalaisi, ʻaia naʻa ne feilaulau ʻaki ia taʻehanomele ʻi he Laumālie taʻengata ki he ʻOtua, ke mou tauhi ʻae ʻOtua moʻui? (aiōnios g166)

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (aiōnios g166)

15 Pea ko e meʻa eni kuo hoko ai ia ko e fakalaloa ʻoe fuakava foʻou, kae fai ʻi he pekia ʻae totongi ki he ngaahi angahala naʻe fai ʻi he ʻuluaki fuakava, pea maʻu ʻekinautolu kuo ui ʻae talaʻofa ʻoe nofoʻanga taʻengata. (aiōnios g166)

For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. This is so that, since a death has taken place to free those under the first covenant from their sins, those who are called will receive the promise of an eternal inheritance. (aiōnios g166)

16 He ka ʻi ai ha fuakava, ʻoku totonu ke ʻi ai foki mo e mate ʻo ia ʻoku ne fakamoʻoni ʻae fuakava.

For where there is a will, the death of the person who made it must be proven.

17 He ʻoku mālohi ʻae fuakava ko e hili ʻae mate: ka ʻi he kei moʻui ʻae fakamoʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito hano mālohi.

For a will is only in force when there has been a death, because it has no force while the one who made it is still alive.

18 Ko ia naʻe ʻikai fakamoʻoni ʻae ʻuluaki [fuakava ]ka ʻi he toto pe.

So not even the first covenant was established without blood.

19 He kuo leaʻaki ʻe Mōsese ʻae fekau kotoa pē ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau ki he fono, pea toʻo ʻe ia ʻae toto ʻoe fanga ʻuhikiʻi pulu mo e fanga kosi, fakataha mo e vai, mo e fulufuluʻi sipi kulokula, mo e ʻisope, ʻo ne luluku ʻaki ʻae tohi, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē,

For when Moses had given every command in the law to all the people, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water, red wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people.

20 ‌ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e toto eni ʻoe fuakava ʻaia kuo fekau ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu.”

Then he said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you.”

21 Pea naʻa ne luluku foki ʻaki ʻae toto ʻae fale fehikitaki, mo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻaki ʻae ngaue.

In the same manner, he sprinkled the blood on the tabernacle and all the containers used in the service.

22 Pea kuo mei ʻosi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻi hono fakamaʻa ʻaki ʻae toto ʻo fakatatau ki he fono; pea ka ʻikai lilingi ʻae toto ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamolemole.

According to the law, almost everything is cleansed with blood. Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

23 Ko ia naʻe totonu ai ke fakamaʻa ʻaki eni ʻae ngaahi fakatātā ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ʻi he langi; ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he langi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi feilaulau ʻoku lelei lahi hake.

Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in heaven should be cleansed with these animal sacrifices. However, the heavenly things themselves had to be cleansed with much better sacrifices.

24 He naʻe ʻikai hū ʻa Kalaisi ki he potu tapu naʻe ngaohi ʻaki ʻae nima, [ʻaia ]ko e fakatātā [pe ]ki he moʻoni; ka ki he loto langi, ke ne fakahā eni ia ʻi he ʻao ʻae ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kitautolu.

For Christ did not enter into the most holy place made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one. Instead he entered into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence for us.

25 Pea naʻe ʻikai foki ke ne feilaulau ʻaki ia ʻo liunga lahi, ʻo hangē ko e hū ʻae taulaʻeiki lahi ki he potu tapu ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē mo e toto kehe;

He did not go there in order to offer himself many times, as does the high priest, who enters the most holy place year by year with the blood of another.

26 He ka ne pehē, Ta ʻe liunga lahi ʻene mamahi talu hono fakatupu ʻo māmani: ka ko eni, kuo ne fakahā ia ʻo tuʻo taha ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani, ke ne ʻave ʻae angahala ʻi he feilaulau ʻaki ia ʻe ia. (aiōn g165)

If that had been the case, then he would have had to suffer many times since the beginning of the world. But now he has appeared at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. (aiōn g165)

27 Pea hangē kuo pau ke mate ʻo tuʻo taha ʻae kakai, kae hili ia ko e fakamaau:

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that comes judgment,

28 Pea pehē foki, kuo feilaulau ʻaki ʻa Kalaisi ʻo liunga taha, ke ne fua ʻae ngaahi hia ʻae tokolahi; pea ʻe fakahā ia ko hono liunga ua, kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻamanaki kiate ia, ki he fakamoʻui, ka ʻe ʻikai [ke ʻave ]ʻae angahala.

so also, Christ was offered once to take away the sins of many, and will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but for the salvation of those who are waiting for him.