عِبرانِيّين 9

١ 1 حَقّاً كَانَ الْعَهْدُ الْعَتِيقُ يَتَضَمَّنُ طُقُوساً وَقَوَانِينَ تُنَظِّمُ عِبَادَةَ اللهِ فِي خَيْمَةٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ مَنْصُوبَةٍ عَلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ.

Now even the first covenant had its ordinances of public worship, and its sanctuary, a material one.

٢ 2 وَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْخَيْمَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ تَحْتَوِي عَلَى قِسْمَيْنِ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمَا الْحِجَابُ. الْقِسْمُ الأَوَّلُ، وَاسْمُهُ «الْقُدْسُ»، كَانَ يَحْتَوِي عَلَى مَنَارَةٍ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ، وَمَائِدَةٍ يُوضَعُ عَلَيْهَا خُبْزٌ مُقَرَّبٌ لِلهِ.

For a tent was built, the outer one called the Holy Place, in which were the lamp and the table and the loaves of the Presence;

٣ 3 أَمَّا الْقِسْمُ الثَّانِي، الْوَاقِعُ وَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ، فَكَانَ يُسَمَّى «قُدْسَ الأَقْدَاسِ»،

and behind the second veil was the tent called the Holy of Holies.

٤ 4 وَيَحْتَوِي عَلى مَوْقِدٍ لِلْبَخُورِ مَصْنُوعٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَتَابُوتٍ مُغَشّىً بِالذَّهَبِ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، يُدْعَى «تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ». وَكَانَ فِي دَاخِلِ التَّابُوتِ إِنَاءٌ مَصْنُوعٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ يَحْتَوِي عَلَى بَعْضِ الْمَنِّ؛ وَعَصَا هَرُونَ الَّتِي أَنْبَتَتْ وَرَقاً أَخْضَرَ؛ وَاللَّوْحَانِ الْمَنْقُوشَةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَصَايَا الْعَهْدِ.

In it was the golden altar of incense, and also the Ark of the Covenant covered all over with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

٥ 5 أَمَّا فَوْقَ التَّابُوتِ، فَكَانَ يُوْجَدُ كَرُوبَا الْمَجْدِ (تِمْثَالانِ لِمَلاكَيْنِ)، يُخَيِّمَانِ بِأَجْنِحَتِهِمَا عَلَى غِطَاءِ الصُّنْدُوقِ الَّذِي كَانَ يُدْعَى «كُرْسِيَّ الرَّحْمَةِ»، وَهُنَا، نَكْتَفِي بِهَذَا الْمِقْدَارِ مِنَ التَّفَاصِيلِ. فَالْمَجَالُ لَا يَتَّسِعُ لِلْمَزِيدِ.

while above it, overshadowing the mercy-seat, were the cherubim of glory. But I must not speak about these in detail.

٦ 6 وَبِمَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ كَانَتْ مُرَتَّبَةً هَكَذَا، كَانَ الْكَهَنَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ دَائِماً إِلَى الْقِسْمِ الأَوَّلِ، حَيْثُ يَقُومُونَ بِوَاجِبَاتِ خِدْمَتِهِمْ.

Such then were the arrangements. Into the outer tent the priests enter continually in the performance of their duties;

٧ 7 أَمَّا الْقِسْمُ الثَّانِي، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْخُلُهُ إِلّا رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَحْدَهُ، مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ. وَكَانَ مِنَ الْوَاجِبِ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ دَماً يَرُشُّهُ عَلَى «كُرْسِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ» تَكْفِيراً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَعَنِ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا الشَّعْبُ عَنْ جَهْلٍ.

but into the inner tent the high priest only goes alone, once a year, and that not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the ignorances of the people.

٨ 8 وَبِهَذَا، يُشِيرُ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ إِلَى أَنَّ الطَّرِيقَ الْمُؤَدِّيَةَ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» الْحَقِيقِيِّ فِي السَّمَاءِ، كَانَتْ غَيْرَ مَفْتُوحَةٍ بَعْدُ. ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الْمَسْكَنَ الأَوَّلَ مَازَالَ قَائِماً.

The Holy Spirit teaching by this that the way into the Holiest has not yet been disclosed while the first tent is still standing.

٩ 9 وَمَا هَذَا إِلّا صُورَةٌ لِلْوَقْتِ الْحَاضِرِ الَّذِي فِيهِ مَازَالَتِ التَّقْدِمَاتُ وَالذَّبَائِحُ تُقَرَّبُ وَفْقاً لِنِظَامِ الْعَهْدِ الْعَتِيقِ. وَلكِنَّهَا لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُطَهِّرَ ضَمَائِرَ الَّذِينَ يَتَقَرَّبُونَ بِها إِلَى اللهِ، وَلا أَنْ تُوصِلَهُمْ إِلَى الْكَمَالِ فَتُرِيحَ ضَمَائِرَهُمْ.

This is a parable, for the present time, according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered that are not able, as far as conscience is concerned, to perfect the worshiper;

١٠ 10 إِذْ إِنَّ نِظَامَ الْعَهْدِ السَّابِقِ قَدِ اقْتَصَرَ عَلَى تَحْرِيمِ بَعْضِ الْمَأْكُولاتِ وَالْمَشْرُوبَاتِ وَتَحْلِيلِ غَيْرِهَا، وَعَلَى وَضْعِ النُّظُمِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِطُقُوسِ الاغْتِسَالِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ. بَلْ إِنَّ كُلَّ مَا ضَمَّهُ ذَلِكَ النِّظَامُ كَانَ قَوَانِينَ جَسَدِيَّةً يَنْتَهِي عَمَلُهَا حِينَ يَأْتِي وَقْتُ الإِصْلاحِ.

since they consist only in meats and drinks and various ablutions, carnal ordinances, imposed until the time of reformation.

١١ 11 ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْبَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوِيَّةَ قَدْ تَحَقَّقَتْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ. فَهُوَ الآنَ كَاهِنُنَا الأَعْلَى الَّذِي يُؤَدِّي مُهِمَّتَهُ فِي الْخَيْمَةِ الْحَقِيقِيَّةِ، وَهِيَ أَعْظَمُ وَأَكْمَلُ مِنَ الْخَيْمَةِ الأَرْضِيَّةِ. إِنَّهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ. لَمْ تَصْنَعْهَا يَدٌ بَشَرِيَّةٌ، وَلَيْسَتْ مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ الْمَادِّيِّ.

But when Christ came, a High Priest of good things to come, he passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is to say, not of this material creation,

١٢ 12 فَإِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» فِي هَذِهِ الْخَيْمَةِ، دَخَلَ الْمَسِيحُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، حَامِلاً دَمَ نَفْسِهِ، لَا دَمَ تُيُوسٍ وَعُجُولٍ. وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَمَا سَفَكَ دَمَهُ عِوَضاً عَنَّا. فَحَقَّقَ فِدَاءً أَبَدِيًّا. (aiōnios g166)

not taking the blood of goats and oxen, but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy Place, obtaining for us an eternal redemption. (aiōnios g166)

١٣ 13 وَلا عَجَبَ! فَوَفْقاً لِلنِّظَامِ السَّابِقِ، كَانَ دَمُ الثِّيرَانِ وَالتُّيُوسِ يُرَشُّ عَلَى الْمُنَجَّسِينَ، مَعَ رَمَادِ عِجْلَةٍ مَحْرُوقَةٍ، فَيَصِيرُونَ طَاهِرِينَ طَهَارَةً جَسَدِيَّةً.

For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleansing of the flesh,

١٤ 14 فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى دَمُ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي قَدَّمَ نَفْسَهُ لِلهِ بِرُوحٍ أَزَلِيٍّ ذَبِيحَةً لَا عَيْبَ فِيهَا، يُطَهِّرُ ضَمَائِرَنَا مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَيِّتَةِ لِنَعْبُدَ اللهَ الْحَيَّ. (aiōnios g166)

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God! (aiōnios g166)

١٥ 15 وَلِذَلِكَ، فَالْمَسِيحُ هُوَ الْوَسِيطُ لِهَذَا الْعَهْدِ الْجَدِيدِ. فَبِمَا أَنَّهُ قَدْ تَّمَ الْمَوْتُ فِدَاءً لِلْمُخَالَفَاتِ الْحَاصِلَةِ تَحْتَ الْعَهْدِ الأَوَّلِ، يَنَالُ الْمَدْعُوُّونَ الْوَعْدَ بِالإِرْثِ الأَبَدِيِّ. (aiōnios g166)

And because of this he is the Mediator of a new testament, in order that, since a death has taken place to atone for offenses committed under the first testament, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. (aiōnios g166)

١٦ 16 فَعِنْدَمَا يَمُوتُ أَحَدٌ وَيَتْرُكُ وَصِيَّةً، لابُدَّ مِنْ إِثْبَاتِ مَوْتِهِ لِلاسْتِفَادَةِ مِنْ وَصِيَّتِهِ.

For where there is a testament, there must also be brought forward in evidence the death of the testator.

١٧ 17 إِذْ لَا قُوَّةَ لِلْوَصِيَّةِ عَلَى الإِطْلاقِ مَادَامَ صَاحِبُهَا حَيًّا. فَلا تَثْبُتُ الْوَصِيَّةُ إِلّا بِمَوْتِ صَاحِبِهَا.

For a testament is only of force in case of the dead, being never valid so long as the testator lives.

١٨ 18 وَهَكَذَا، فَحَتَّى الْعَهْدُ الْعَتِيقُ لَمْ يَبْدَأْ تَنْفِيذُهُ إِلّا بِرَشِّ الدَّمِ.

Accordingly we find that not without blood was the first testament enacted.

١٩ 19 فَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّ مُوسَى، بَعْدَ تِلاوَةِ وَصَايَا الشَّرِيعَةِ كُلِّهَا عَلَى الشَّعْبِ، أَخَذَ دَمَ الْعُجُولِ وَالتُّيُوسِ مَعَ بَعْضِ الْمَاءِ، وَرَشَّهُ عَلَى كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَعَلَى أَفْرَادِ الشَّعْبِ، بِبَاقَةٍ مِنْ نَبَاتِ الزُّوفَا وَصُوفٍ أَحْمَرِ اللَّوْنِ.

For after every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses to the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people.

٢٠ 20 وَقَالَ: هَذَا دَمُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَوْصَاكُمُ اللهُ بِحِفْظِهِ.

saying, This is the blood of that testament which God commanded in regard to you.

٢١ 21 وَقَدْ رَشَّ مُوسَى الدَّمَ أَيْضاً عَلَى خَيْمَةِ الْعِبَادَةِ، وَعَلَى أَدَوَاتِ الْخِدْمَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا.

Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of service he sprinkled likewise, and indeed, according to the Law,

٢٢ 22 فَالشَّرِيعَةُ تُوصِي بِأَنْ يَتَطَهَّرَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ تَقْرِيباً بِالدَّمِ. وَلا غُفْرَانَ إِلّا بِسَفْكِ الدَّمِ!

almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.

٢٣ 23 وَبِمَا أَنَّ تَطْهِيرَ الْخَيْمَةِ الأَرْضِيَّةِ كَانَ يَتَطَلَّبُ رَشَّ دَمِ الذَّبَائِحِ الْحَيَوَانِيَّةِ، فَإِنَّ الْخَيْمَةَ الْحَقِيقِيَّةَ لابُدَّ أَنْ تَتَطَلَّبَ دَمَ ذَبِيحَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ الأُخْرَى.

While, then, it was necessary that the copies of the heavenly things should be cleansed by such sacrifices, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices than these.

٢٤ 24 فَالْمَسِيحُ، رَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا، لَمْ يَدْخُلْ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» الأَرْضِيِّ، الَّذِي صَنَعَتْهُ يَدٌ بَشَرِيَّةٌ وَمَا هُوَ إِلّا ظِلٌّ لِلْحَقِيقَةِ، بَلْ دَخَلَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ عَيْنِهَا، حَيْثُ يَقُومُ الآنَ بِتَمْثِيلِنَا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ بِالذَّاتِ.

For it was not into a Sanctuary made by hands, a mere type of the reality, that Christ entered, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf.

٢٥ 25 وَهُوَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ لِيُقَدِّمَ نَفْسَهُ ذَبِيحَةً مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، كَمَا كَانَ الْكَاهِنُ الأَعْلَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَدْخُلُ مَرَّةً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» بِدَمٍ غَيْرِ دَمِهِ.

Nor did he enter to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest entered into the sanctuary, year after year, with blood that was not his own;

٢٦ 26 وَإلَّا لَكَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ الْمَسِيحُ مُتَأَلِّماً مَرَّاتٍ كَثِيرَةً مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ الْعَالَمِ! وَلَكِنَّهُ الآنَ، عِنْدَ انْتِهَاءِ الأَزْمِنَةِ، ظَهَرَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً لِيُبْطِلَ قُوَّةَ الْخَطِيئَةِ بِتَقْدِيمِ نَفْسِهِ ذَبِيحَةً لِلهِ. (aiōn g165)

(for in that case he would have needed to suffer repeatedly, ever since the foundation of the world; )but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, he has appeared to abolish sin, but the offering of himself. (aiōn g165)

٢٧ 27 فَكَمَا أَنَّ مَصِيرَ النَّاسِ الْمَحْتُومَ، هُوَ أَنْ يَمُوتُوا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ تَأْتِي الدَّيْنُونَةُ،

And since it is appointed to men once to die, and after that the judgment;

٢٨ 28 كَذَلِكَ الْمَسِيحُ أَيْضاً: مَاتَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَامِلاً خَطَايَا كَثِيرِينَ، مُقَدِّماً نَفْسَهُ عِوَضاً عَنْهُمْ. وَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَعُودَ إِلَى الظُّهُورِ. لَا لِيُعَالِجَ الْخَطَايَا، بَلْ لِيُحَقِّقَ الْخَلاصَ النِّهَائِيَّ لِجَمِيعِ مُنْتَظِرِيهِ!

so also the Christ, after being once for all offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who wait for him for salvation.