Hebrews 8 – NIVUK & AKCB

New International Version – UK

Hebrews 8:1-13

The high priest of a new covenant

1Now the main point of what we are saying is this: we do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

3Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. 4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. 5They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: ‘See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.’8:5 Exodus 25:40 6But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

7For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8But God found fault with the people and said8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.:

‘The days are coming, declares the Lord,

when I will make a new covenant

with the people of Israel

and with the people of Judah.

9It will not be like the covenant

I made with their ancestors

when I took them by the hand

to lead them out of Egypt,

because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,

and I turned away from them,

declares the Lord.

10This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel

after that time, declares the Lord.

I will put my laws in their minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

11No longer will they teach their neighbours,

or say to one another, “Know the Lord,”

because they will all know me,

from the least of them to the greatest.

12For I will forgive their wickedness

and will remember their sins no more.’8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

13By calling this covenant ‘new’, he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible

Hebrifo 8:1-13

Wɔde Kristo Bɔɔ Afɔre

1Asɛm a yegyina so kasa no ne sɛ: Yɛwɔ Ɔsɔfopanyin a ɔte Otumfo a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no ahengua no nifa, 2na ɔsom sɛ Ɔsɔfopanyin wɔ Kronkronbea a ɛyɛ nokware ntamadan a ɛnyɛ onipa biara na osii, sɛ Awurade no mu hɔ.

3Woyi Ɔsɔfopanyin biara sɛ ɔmfa akyɛde ne mmoa mmɔ Onyankopɔn afɔre. Ɛno nti, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn Sɔfopanyin nya biribi a ɔde bɛbɔ afɔre. 4Sɛ Yesu wɔ asase so a, anka ɔrenyɛ ɔsɔfo koraa efisɛ asɔfo wɔ hɔ a wɔde afɔrebɔde ma, sɛnea Yudafo mmara kyerɛ no. 5Nanso dwuma a wodi sɛ asɔfo no yɛ ɔsoro nsusuwso bi kwa. Eyi nti na wɔbɔɔ Mose kɔkɔ bere a ɔpɛɛ sɛ osi ntamadan no, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Si no sɛnea merekyerɛ wo wɔ bepɔw no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.” 6Afei de, wɔama Yesu asɔfodwuma a ɛso kyɛn wɔn de no. Yesu yɛ apam a ɛkyɛn so a wogyina bɔhyɛ a ɛkyɛn so so hyɛe no ntamgyinafo.

7Sɛ na apam a edi kan no ye a, anka ɛho nhia sɛ wɔbɛyɛ apam a ɛto so abien no. 8Nanso Onyankopɔn huu mfomso wɔ ne nkurɔfo ho bere a ɔkae se,

“Nna bi reba, Awurade na ose,

a me ne Israelfo ne Yuda abusuakuw

bɛhyehyɛ apam foforo.

9Ɛrenyɛ sɛ apam a

me ne wɔn agyanom yɛɛ no

bere a misoo wɔn nsa

dii wɔn anim fii Misraim no.

Wɔanni apam a me ne wɔn hyehyɛɛ no ho nokware,

ɛno nti mantew mʼani anhwɛ wɔn,

Awurade na ose.

10Afei eyi ne apam a me ne Israelfo bɛhyehyɛ wɔ

bere a ɛreba no mu, Awurade na ose:

Mede me mmara bɛhyɛ wɔn adwene mu

na makyerɛw agu wɔn koma mu.

Mɛyɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn

na wɔayɛ me nkurɔfo.

11Wɔn mu biara renka nkyerɛ ne yɔnko

anaa ne kuromni se, ‘Hu Awurade!’

Efisɛ wɔn nyinaa behu me fi

akumaa so kosi ɔkɛse so.

12Mehu wɔn mmɔbɔ wɔ wɔn bɔne ho;

na merenkae wɔn bɔne bio.”

Nhyehyɛe Dedaw No

13Frɛ a wɔfrɛ saa apam yi “Foforo” no ama nea wɔyɛɛ kan no ayɛ dedaw; na biribiara a enyin yɛ dedaw no nkyɛ yera.