希伯来书 8
1 我们所讲的事，其中第一要紧的，就是我们有这样的大祭司，已经坐在天上至大者宝座的右边，
The main point of what we're saying is this: We have just such a high priest who is seated at the right hand of God, who sits in majesty on his throne in heaven.
2 在圣所，就是真帐幕里，作执事；这帐幕是主所支的，不是人所支的。
He serves in the sanctuary, the true Tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not by human beings.
3 凡大祭司都是为献礼物和祭物设立的，所以这位大祭司也必须有所献的。
Since it's the responsibility of every high priest to offer gifts and sacrifices, this high priest must also have something to offer.
4 他若在地上，必不得为祭司，因为已经有照律法献礼物的祭司。
Now if he was here on earth, he wouldn't be a priest at all, because there are already priests to present the offerings that the law requires.
5 他们供奉的事本是天上事的形状和影像，正如摩西将要造帐幕的时候，蒙 神警戒他，说：“你要谨慎，作各样的物件都要照着在山上指示你的样式。”
The place they serve is a copy, a mere shadow of what is in heaven. That's what God told Moses when he was going to set up the Tabernacle: “Be careful to make everything according to the blueprint you were shown on the mountain.”
6 如今耶稣所得的职任是更美的，正如他作更美之约的中保；这约原是凭更美之应许立的。
But Jesus has been given a far better ministry just as he is the one who mediates a far better agreed relationship between us and God, which is based on much better promises.
7 那前约若没有瑕疵，就无处寻求后约了。
If that first agreement had been perfect, then a second wouldn't have been necessary.
8 所以主指责他的百姓说： 日子将到， 我要与以色列家和犹大家另立新约，
Pointing out their failings, God told his people, “Pay attention, says the Lord, because the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.
9 不像我拉着他们祖宗的手， 领他们出埃及的时候， 与他们所立的约。 因为他们不恒心守我的约， 我也不理他们。 这是主说的。
This will not be like the agreement I made with their forefsathers when I led them by the hand out of the land of Egypt. For they didn't keep their part of the agreed relationship, so I gave up on them, says the Lord.
10 主又说： 那些日子以后， 我与以色列家所立的约乃是这样： 我要将我的律法放在他们里面， 写在他们心上； 我要作他们的 神； 他们要作我的子民。
The relationship I promise to the house of Israel is this: After that time, says the Lord, I will place my laws inside them, and write them in their minds. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
11 他们不用各人教导自己的乡邻和自己的弟兄， 说：你该认识主； 因为他们从最小的到至大的，都必认识我。
No one will need to teach their neighbor, and no one will need to teach anyone in their family, telling them, ‘You ought to know the Lord.’ For everyone will know me, from the smallest to the greatest.
12 我要宽恕他们的不义， 不再记念他们的罪愆。
I will be merciful when they do wrong, and I will forget about their sins.”
13 既说新约，就以前约为旧了；但那渐旧渐衰的，就必快归无有了。
By saying, “A new agreed relationship,” he makes the first agreement out-of-date. The one that's old and worn out has almost disappeared.
