希伯來書 9
1 第一個盟約固然也有行敬禮的規程，和屬於世界的聖殿，
It had, indeed, then (even the first dwelling place) ordinances of service, also a worldly sanctuary,
2 因為有支搭好了的帳幕，前邊的帳幕稱為聖所，裏面設有燈台、桌子和供餅；
for a dwelling place was prepared, the first, in which was both the lampstand, and the table, and the Bread of the Presentation—which is called “Holy”;
3 在第了層帳幔後邊，還有一個帳幕，稱為至聖所，
and after the second veil a dwelling place that is called “Holy of Holies,”
4 裏面設有金香壇包金的約櫃，櫃內有盛「瑪納」的金罐，和亞郎開花的棍杖及約版。
having a golden censer, and the Ark of the Covenant overlaid all over with gold, in which [is] the golden pot having the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tablets of the covenant,
5 櫃上有天主榮耀的「革魯賓」，遮著贖罪蓋：關於這一切，現今不必一一細講。
and over it cherubim of the glory, overshadowing the propitiatory covering, concerning which we are not to particularly speak now.
6 這一切既如此安置了，司祭們就常進前邊的帳幕去行敬禮；
And these things having been thus prepared, into the first dwelling place, indeed, the priests go in at all times, performing the services,
7 至於後邊的帳幕，惟獨大司祭一年一次進去，為自己和為人民的過犯奉獻。
and into the second, once in the year, only the chief priest, not apart from blood, which he offers for himself and the errors of the people.
8 聖神藉此指明：幾時前邊的帳幕還存在，到天上聖殿的道路就還沒有打開。
By this the Holy Spirit was making evident that the way of the holy [places] has not yet been revealed, the first dwelling place yet having a standing,
9 以上所述是現今時期的預表，表示所奉獻的供物和犧牲，不能使行敬禮的人，在良心上得到成全，
which [is] an allegory in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,
10 因為這一切都是屬於外表的規程，只著重食品、飲料和樣的洗禮，立定為改良的時期。
only on the basis of food, and drinks, and different immersions, and fleshly ordinances—until the time of reformation imposed on [them].
11 可是基督一到，就作了未來鴻恩的大司祭，衪經過了那更大、更齊全的，不是人手所造，不屬於受造世界的帳幕，
But Christ having come, Chief Priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect dwelling place not made with hands—that is, not of this creation—
neither through blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, entered in once into the holy places, having obtained continuous redemption; (aiōnios g166)
13 假如公山羊和牛犢的血，以及母牛的灰燼，灑在那些受玷污的人身上，可淨化他們得到肉身的潔淨，
for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those defiled, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh,
how much more will the blood of the Christ (who through the perpetual Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (aiōnios g166)
And because of this, He is mediator of a new covenant, that [His] death having come for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the continuous inheritance, (aiōnios g166)
16 凡是遺囑，必須提供立遺囑者的死亡，
for where a covenant [is], [it is] necessary to establish the death of the [one] having made [it],
17 因為有了死亡，遺囑才能生效，幾時立遺囑者還活著，總不得生效。
for a covenant is affirmed at death, since it is not in force at all when the [one] having made [it] lives,
18 因此，連先前的盟約也得用血開創。
for which reason, not even the first has been initiated apart from blood,
19 當日梅瑟向全民眾按法律宣讀了一切誡命之後，就用朱紅線和牛膝草，蘸上牛犢和公山羊的血和水，灑在約書和全民眾身上，說：
for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,
20 『這是天主向你們命定的盟的血。』
saying, “This [is] the blood of the covenant that God enjoined to you,”
21 連帳幕和為敬禮用的一切器皿，衪也照樣灑上了血，
and he sprinkled both the Dwelling Place and all the vessels of the service with blood in like manner,
22 並且按照法律，幾乎一切都是用血潔淨的，若沒有流血，就沒有赦免。
and with blood almost all things are purified according to the Law, and forgiveness does not come apart from blood-shedding.
23 那麼，既然連那些天上事[物的模型還必須這樣潔淨，而那天上的本物，自然更須要用比這些更高貴的犧牲，
[It is] necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;
24 因為基督並非進入了一座人手所造的聖殿，而是進入了上天本境，今後出現在天主面前，為我們轉求。
for the Christ did not enter into holy places made with hands—figures of the true—but into Heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;
25 衪無須再三奉獻自己，好像大司祭每年應帶著不是自己的血進入聖殿一樣，
nor that He may offer Himself many times, even as the chief priest enters into the holy places every year with blood of others,
otherwise it was necessary for Him to suffer many times from the foundation of the world, but now He has been revealed once, at the full end of the ages, for [the] annulling of sin through His sacrifice; (aiōn g165)
27 就如規定人只死一次，這以後就是審判；
and as it is reserved for men to die once, and after this—judgment,
28 同樣，基督也只一次奉獻了自己，為除免大眾的罪過；將來衪要再次顯現，與罪過無關，而是要向那些期待衪的人施行救恩。
so also the Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, apart from a sin-offering, for salvation to those waiting for Him!
