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 the sum of the things that have been said is this, that we have such an high-priest, who is sat down at 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 minister of holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath raised, 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 gifts and sacrifices; wherefore it was necessary that He also should 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。

For if He were on earth, He could not be a priest, seeing there are priests already that offer 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 worship under the representation and shadow of heavenly things; as Moses was ordered by God, when he was about to finish the tabernacle. For see, saith He, that thou make all according to the model shewn thee in the mount.

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 hath obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which is established upon better promises.

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 covenant had been unexceptionable, there had been no room 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，

as we see there was, for after complaining of them, He adds, "Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that 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 which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith 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。

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and I will inscribe them on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a 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。

And they shall not teach every one his neighbour, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the lest even 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 forgive their crimes, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember 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。

Now by saying, a new covenant, He hath antiquated the first: and what is antiquated, and groweth old, is near it's exit.