Hebrews 8

1 The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

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，

2 and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

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。

3 And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

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。

4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

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。

5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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。』

6 Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

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，

7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

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。

8 But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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，

9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them,

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。

10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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。

11 No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

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。

12 For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

因為我要寬赦他們的過犯，不再記憶他們的罪惡。』

13 By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

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。