希伯來書 8
1 我們所論述的要點即是：我們有這樣一位大司祭，衪已在天上「尊威」的寶座上右邊，
Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
2 在聖所，即真會幕裏作臣僕；這會幕是上主而是人手所支搭的。
a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.
3 凡大司祭都是為奉獻供物和犧牲所立的，因此一切也必須有所奉獻。
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
4 假使衪在地上，衪就不必當司祭，因為已有了按法律奉獻供物的司祭。
Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the Law;
5 這些人所行的敬禮，只是天上事物的模與影子，就如梅瑟要製造會幕時，曾獲得神示說：『要留心──上主說──應一一照在在山上指示你的式樣去作。』
who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."
6 現今尸已得了一個更卓絕的職分，因為衪作了一個更好的，並建立在更好的恩許之上的盟約的中保，
But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Law.
7 如果那第一個盟約是沒有缺點的，那麼，為第二個就沒有餘地了。
For if the first had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
8 其實天主卻指責依民說：『看，時日將到──上主說──我必要與以色列家和猶大家訂立新約，
For finding fault with them, he said, "Look, the days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
9 不像我昔日握住他們的手，領他們出離埃及時，與他們的祖先所訂立的一樣，因為他們沒有痕恆心守我的盟約，我也就不照管他們了──上主說。
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them," says the Lord.
10 這是我在那些時日後，與以色列家訂立的盟約──上主說──我要將我的法律放在他們的明悟中，寫在他們的心頭上 ；我要做他們的天主，他們要做我的人民。
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
11 那時，誰也不再教訓自己的同鄉，誰也不再教訓自己的弟兄說：「你要認識上主。」因為不論大小，人人都必須認識我。
They will not 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 of them.
12 因為我要寬赦他們的過犯，不再記憶他們的罪惡。』
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins no more."
13 一說「新的，」就把先前的，宣希為舊的了；但凡是舊的和老的，都已臨近了滅亡。
In that he says, "new," he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.
