عِبرانِيّين 8

١ 1 وَأَمَّا رَأْسُ ٱلْكَلَامِ فَهُوَ: أَنَّ لَنَا رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ مِثْلَ هَذَا،قَدْ جَلَسَ فِي يَمِينِ عَرْشِ ٱلْعَظَمَةِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ،

Now in connexion with what we have been saying the chief point is that we have a High Priest who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God's Majesty in the heavens,

٢ 2 خَادِمًا لِلْأَقْدَاسِ وَٱلْمَسْكَنِ ٱلْحَقِيقِيِّ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ لَا إِنْسَانٌ.

and ministers in the Holy place and in the true tabernacle which not man, but the Lord pitched.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّ كُلَّ رَئِيسِ كَهَنَةٍ يُقَامُ لِكَيْ يُقَدِّمَ قَرَابِينَ وَذَبَائِحَ. فَمِنْ ثَمَّ يَلْزَمُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِهَذَا أَيْضًا شَيْءٌ يُقَدِّمُهُ.

Every High Priest, however, is appointed to offer both bloodless gifts and sacrifices. Therefore this High Priest also must have some offering to present.

٤ 4 فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَمَا كَانَ كَاهِنًا، إِذْ يُوجَدُ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَدِّمُونَ قَرَابِينَ حَسَبَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ،

If then He were still on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since here there are already those who present the offerings in obedience to the Law,

٥ 5 ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْدِمُونَ شِبْهَ ٱلسَّمَاوِيَّاتِ وَظِلَّهَا، كَمَا أُوحِيَ إِلَى مُوسَى وَهُوَ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ ٱلْمَسْكَنَ. لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «ٱنْظُرْ أَنْ تَصْنَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَسَبَ ٱلْمِثَالِ ٱلَّذِي أُظْهِرَ لَكَ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ».

and serve a copy and type of the heavenly things, just as Moses was divinely instructed when about to build the tabernacle. For God said, "See that you make everything in imitation of the pattern shown you on the mountain."

٦ 6 وَلَكِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ قَدْ حَصَلَ عَلَى خِدْمَةٍ أَفْضَلَ بِمِقْدَارِ مَا هُوَ وَسِيطٌ أَيْضًا لِعَهْدٍ أَعْظَمَ، قَدْ تَثَبَّتَ عَلَى مَوَاعِيدَ أَفْضَلَ.

But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a sublimer covenant, based upon sublimer promises.

٧ 7 فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ بِلَا عَيْبٍ لَمَا طُلِبَ مَوْضِعٌ لِثَانٍ.

For if that first Covenant had been free from imperfection, there would have been no attempt to introduce another.

٨ 8 لِأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ لَائِمًا: «هُوَذَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، حِينَ أُكَمِّلُ مَعَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَعَ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا عَهْدًا جَدِيدًا.

For, being dissatisfied with His people, God says, "'There are days coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new Covenant--

٩ 9 لَا كَٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلْتُهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ يَوْمَ أَمْسَكْتُ بِيَدِهِمْ لِأُخْرِجَهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَثْبُتُوا فِي عَهْدِي، وَأَنَا أَهْمَلْتُهُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

a Covenant unlike the one which I made with their forefathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt; for they would not remain faithful to that.' 'So I turned from them,' says the Lord.

١٠ 10 لِأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْعَهْدُ ٱلَّذِي أَعْهَدُهُ مَعَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَجْعَلُ نَوَامِيسِي فِي أَذْهَانِهِمْ، وَأَكْتُبُهَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهًا، وَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْبًا.

'But this is the Covenant that I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days,' says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds and will write them upon their hearts. And I will indeed be their God and they shall be My People.

١١ 11 وَلَا يُعَلِّمُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ قَرِيبَهُ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَخَاهُ قَائِلًا: ٱعْرِفِ ٱلرَّبَّ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجَمِيعَ سَيَعْرِفُونَنِي مِنْ صَغِيرِهِمْ إِلَى كَبِيرِهِمْ.

And there shall be no need for them to teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, Know the Lord. For all will know Me from the least of them to the greatest;

١٢ 12 لِأَنِّي أَكُونُ صَفُوحًا عَنْ آثَامِهِمْ، وَلَا أَذْكُرُ خَطَايَاهُمْ وَتَعَدِّيَاتِهِمْ فِي مَا بَعْدُ».

Because I will be merciful to their wrongdoings, and their sins I will remember no longer.'"

١٣ 13 فَإِذْ قَالَ: «جَدِيدًا»، عَتَّقَ ٱلْأَوَّلَ. وَأَمَّا مَا عَتَقَ وَشَاخَ فَهُوَ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ ٱلِٱضْمِحْلَالِ.

By using the words, "a new Covenant," He has made the first one obsolete; but whatever is decaying and showing signs of old age is not far from disappearing altogether.