Hebreeën 9
1 Zo had dan wel ook het eerste verbond rechten van de gods dienst, en het wereldlijk heiligdom.
[To continue]: In the first [covenant, God] regulated how people [should perform] rituals, and [he told them to make] [MTY] a sanctuary.
2 Want de tabernakel was toebereid, namelijk de eerste, in welken was de kandelaar, en de tafel, en de toonbroden, welke genaamd wordt het heilige;
[That sanctuary] was a tent that [the Israelites] set up. In its outer room there was the lampstand and the table [on which they put] the bread that [the priests] presented [to God. That room] was called ‘the holy place’.
3 Maar achter het tweede voorhangsel was de tabernakel, genaamd het heilige der heiligen;
Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
4 Hebbende een gouden wierookvat, en de ark des verbonds, alom met goud overdekt, in welke was de gouden kruik, daar het Manna in was, en de staf van Aaron, die gebloeid had, en de tafelen des verbonds.
It had an altar, [made from] gold, [for burning] incense. [It also had the chest which they called] the chest of the covenant. All its sides were covered with gold. In it was the golden pot which contained [pieces of the food they called] manna. [That was the food with which God miraculously fed the people before they entered the promised land]. In the chest there was also Aaron’s walking stick that budded [to prove that he was God’s true priest]. In the chest were also the stone tablets [on which God had written] the Ten Commandments.
5 En boven over deze ark waren de cherubijnen der heerlijkheid, die het verzoendeksel beschaduwden; van welke dingen wij nu van stuk tot stuk niet zullen zeggen.
On top of [the chest] were [figures of] winged creatures [that symbolized God’s] glory. Their [wings] overshadowed the chest’s lid where [the high priest sprinkled the blood] (to [atone for/to forgive]) [those who had sinned. I] do not [need] to write about these things in detail now.
6 Deze dingen nu, aldus toebereid zijnde, zo gingen wel de priesters in den eersten tabernakel, te allen tijde, om de gods diensten te volbrengen;
After all those things were prepared {After they had prepared all those things like that} [in the two rooms of the tent], the [Jewish] priests habitually went into the outer [room of the] tent to perform their rituals.
7 Maar in den tweeden tabernakel ging alleen de hogepriester, eenmaal des jaars, niet zonder bloed, hetwelk hij offerde voor zichzelven en voor des volks misdaden.
But into the inner room, only the Supreme Priest [went], once a year. He always took [LIT] the blood [of animals that they had slaughtered]. He offered them [to God] for his own [sins] and for the sins that other people had committed. They included sins that they did not realize [were sinful].
8 Waarmede de Heilige Geest dit beduidde, dat de weg des heiligdoms nog niet openbaar gemaakt was, zolang de eerste tabernakel nog stand had;
By those things the Holy Spirit indicated that [just like God] did not reveal the way [for ordinary people] to enter into the inner room while the outer room still existed [MET], [similarly he did not reveal the way for ordinary people to enter the presence of God while the Jewish system of offering sacrifices was in effect].
9 Welke was een afbeelding voor dien tegenwoordigen tijd, in welken gaven en slachtofferen geofferd werden, die dengene, die den dienst pleegde, niet konden heiligen naar het geweten;
[The things that the priests did inside the outer room] [MTY] symbolized [what was true] during the time [when the first covenant was in effect]. According to [the first covenant] (OR, [In that outer room]), [priests] offered gifts and other sacrifices to God. But [by offering them], the people who brought them were unable to make themselves feel that they were no longer guilty for having sinned.
10 Bestaande alleen in spijzen, en dranken, en verscheidene wassingen en rechtvaardigmakingen des vleses, tot op den tijd der verbetering opgelegd.
[They brought those gifts and made those sacrifices] according to [regulations concerning] things to eat and drink, and [according to rules that required people to] wash various things. [God] declared that those regulations about our bodies were to be in effect until [he put into effect the new covenant]; that was a better system.
11 Maar Christus, de Hogepriester der toekomende goederen, gekomen zijnde, is door den meerderen en volmaakten tabernakel, niet met handen gemaakt, dat is, niet van dit maaksel,
But when Christ came as our Supreme Priest, [he brought] the good things that are now available. When he appeared, [he went into God’s presence in heaven. That is like a] [MET] very great and perfect tent not made by humans {which no human made} [SYN]; that is, it is not part of the world [God] created. It was better [than the tent Moses set up here on earth].
12 Noch door het bloed der bokken en kalveren, maar door Zijn eigen bloed, eenmaal ingegaan in het heiligdom, een eeuwige verlossing teweeggebracht hebbende. (aiōnios g166)
[When a Supreme Priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes] goats’ blood and calves’ blood [to offer as a sacrifice]. But Christ did not [do that. It was as though] he went into that very holy place only once, taking his own blood with him. By doing that, he eternally redeemed us. (aiōnios g166)
13 Want indien het bloed der stieren en bokken, en de as der jonge koe, besprengende de onreinen, hen heiligt tot de reinigheid des vleses;
The priests sprinkle on people goats’ blood and bulls’ blood and [the water that has been filtered through] the ashes of a [red] heifer that has been [completely burned. By performing that ritual, they can ritually] cleanse the bodies of those who are [ceremonially] unclean. Furthermore, performing those rituals enabled people to have fellowship with God again.
14 Hoeveel te meer zal het bloed van Christus, Die door den eeuwigen Geest Zichzelven Gode onstraffelijk opgeofferd heeft, uw geweten reinigen van dode werken, om den levenden God te dienen? (aiōnios g166)
[So, because we know what] Christ [accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died for us] [PRS, MTY], we will be very certain that we are not guilty [of having] done those things [that those who are spiritually] dead do. [As a result], we can serve God, who is all-powerful. [The priests always offer to God animals] with no defects. Similarly, when Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] to God, he was sinless [MET]. He did that as a result of [God’s] eternal Spirit [helping him]. (aiōnios g166)
15 En daarom is Hij de Middelaar des nieuwen testaments, opdat, de dood daartussen gekomen zijnde, tot verzoening der overtredingen, die onder het eerste testament waren, degenen, die geroepen zijn, de beloftenis der eeuwige erve ontvangen zouden. (aiōnios g166)
[By] dying [for us], [Christ] ([redeemed/] free from the penalty for their sins) even those who disobeyed the [conditions of] (OR, [during the time of]) the first covenant. So, [because] no [one could be made perfect by obeying the old covenant], now Christ establishes [between God and people] a new covenant. He does that in order that those whom God has chosen may eternally have [the blessings that God] has promised them. (aiōnios g166)
16 Want waar een testament is, daar is het noodzaak, dat de dood des testamentmakers tussen kome;
A covenant [is like a will. In the case of a will], [in order to put its provisions into effect], someone must prove that the one who made it has died.
17 Want een testament is vast in de doden, dewijl het nog geen kracht heeft, wanneer de testamentmaker leeft.
A will goes into effect [only when the one who makes the will] has died. It is not in effect when the one who made it is still alive.
18 Waarom ook het eerste niet zonder bloed is ingewijd.
And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
19 Want als al de geboden, naar de wet van Mozes, tot al het volk uitgesproken waren, nam hij het bloed der kalveren en bokken, met water, en purperen wol, en hysop, besprengde beide het boek zelf, en al het volk,
After Moses had declared to all the Israelites everything that God commanded in the laws [that God gave him], he took calves’ and goats’ blood [mixed] with water. He [dipped into it] scarlet wool [that he tied around] a sprig of hyssop. Then he sprinkled [with some of the blood] the scroll itself containing God’s laws. Then he sprinkled [more of that blood on all the] people,
20 Zeggende: Dit is het bloed des testaments, hetwelk God aan ulieden heeft geboden.
saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
21 En hij besprengde desgelijks ook den tabernakel, en al de vaten van den dienst met het bloed.
Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
22 En alle dingen worden bijna door bloed gereinigd naar de wet, en zonder bloedstorting geschiedt geen vergeving.
It was by [sprinkling] blood that they [ritually] cleansed almost everything. That was what [was stated in] God’s laws. If blood is not shed [when people offer a sacrifice, God] cannot forgive [the person who is making the sacrifice].
23 Zo was het dan noodzaak, dat wel de voorbeeldingen der dingen, die in de hemelen zijn, door deze dingen gereinigd werden, maar de hemelse dingen zelve door betere offeranden dan deze.
So, by rituals like that, it was necessary for [the priests] to cleanse the things that symbolized what Christ does [MTY] in heaven. But God has to [consecrate] the [people who will enter] [MTY] heaven [by means of] better sacrifices than those.
24 Want Christus is niet ingegaan in het heiligdom, dat met handen gemaakt is, hetwelk is een tegenbeeld van het ware, maar in den hemel zelven, om nu te verschijnen voor het aangezicht van God voor ons;
Christ did not enter a sanctuary that humans made. That one only represented the true [sanctuary]. Instead, he entered heaven itself, in order to now be in God’s presence [to plead with] God for us.
25 Noch ook, opdat Hij Zichzelven dikwijls zou opofferen, gelijk de hogepriester alle jaar in het heiligdom ingaat met vreemd bloed;
The [Jewish] Supreme Priest enters the very holy place once every year, taking blood that is not his own, [to offer it as a sacrifice]. But when Christ entered heaven, it was not in order to offer himself repeatedly like that.
26 (Anders had Hij dikwijls moeten lijden van de grondlegging der wereld af) maar nu is Hij eenmaal in de voleinding der eeuwen geopenbaard, om de zonde te niet te doen, door Zijnszelfs offerande. (aiōn g165)
[If that were so], he would have needed to suffer [and shed his blood] repeatedly since [the time when God] created the world. But instead, in this final age, [Christ] has appeared once in order that by sacrificing himself he could cause [that people] no longer will be [punished for their] sins. (aiōn g165)
27 En gelijk het den mensen gezet is, eenmaal te sterven, en daarna het oordeel;
All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
28 Alzo ook Christus, eenmaal geofferd zijnde, om veler zonden weg te nemen, zal ten anderen male zonder zonde gezien worden van degenen, die Hem verwachten tot zaligheid.
Likewise, when Christ [died], [God] offered him once to be a sacrifice, to punish him instead of the many [people who had] sinned. He will come [to earth] a second time, not [in order to sacrifice himself again for those who] have sinned, but in order to [complete] his saving those who expectantly wait for him.
