Hebrews 8
1 Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of majesty in the heavens,
我们所讲论的重点，就是我们有这样的一位大祭司，他已经坐在众天之上至尊者的宝座右边，
2 A minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath pitched, and not man.
他在圣所和真正的礼拜堂中供职；这真正的礼拜堂是主建造的，而非人。
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer.
因为所有大祭司都是为献礼和祭品而设立，所以这位大祭司必须也要有所献奉。
4 If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest: seeing that there would be others to offer gifts according to the law,
如果他在人间，就不会作祭司，因为已经有按照律法献礼物的祭司了。
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabernacle: See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewn thee on the mount.
这些祭司所供奉的地方，不过是天上的复制品和影像，就像摩西将要造礼拜堂的时候，上帝曾经警告他说：“你要留心，各样物件都要按山上指示你的那样去做。”
6 But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises.
但是，耶稣被赋予了一个好得多的事奉，既然他是我们与上帝之间更美约定关系的中间人，这约定凭着更美的承诺而立。
7 For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second.
如果头一个约定很完美，就不必寻求另一个约定。
8 For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:
但上帝指出他们的错误，说：“注意了，主说，因为那日子要到了，我要与以色列家和犹大家订立新约定。
9 Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
这新约定不像从前的约定，那时候我曾拉着他们祖先的手，领他们走出埃及。因为他们没有遵守我的约，我就放弃他们。这是主说的。
10 For this is the testament which I will make to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my laws into their mind, and in their heart will I write them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
我要与以色列家所立的约是这样：在那之后，主说，我要把我的律法放在他们心里，写在他们的心上。我要作他们的上帝，他们要作我的子民。
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me from the least to the greatest of them:
每个人都不需要教导自己的邻居，也不需要教导自己的家庭成员，不要说：你要认识主。因为所有人，从最渺小到最伟大，都认识我。
12 Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.
我将宽恕他们的错误，决不记着他们的罪恶。”
13 Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old, is near its end.
上帝既然说“一个新的约定关系”，就是把之前的约定废弃；那个约定已变成陈旧，即将消逝。
