Hebrews 8

1 Now the principal thing among those of which we are speaking is this: We have such a high-priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

But the sum of them all (is)---We have a High Priest who hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven;

2 a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

and who hath become a Minister of the holy place, and of the true tabernacle, which Aloha hath framed, and not man.

3 For every high-priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; whence it is necessary that this one also have something which he may offer.

And every high priest is appointed to offer oblations and victims: hence it was right that this one should also have that which he might offer.

4 For if, indeed, he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are those that offer the gifts according to the Law;

But were he upon the earth, he would not be a priest, because there were priests who offered oblations as by the law;

5 who serve the mere delineation and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was admonished by God when he was about to make the tabernacle; for, “See,” saith he, “that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shown thee in the mount.”

they, (namely, ) who minister at an emblem and shadow of those (things) that are in heaven. As it was said unto Musha when he made the tabernacle, See and make every thing according to the pattern which was showed to thee in the mountain.

6 But now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, in proportion as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been established upon better promises.

But now a ministry which is better than that hath Jeshu Meshiha received, by so much as that covenant of which he is made the Mediator is better, and was given with better promises, than that.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then a place would not have been sought for a second.

For if the first covenant had been faultless, no place had there been for this second.

8 For finding fault with them, he saith: “Behold, the days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant;

For reprehending them he saith, Behold, the days are coming, saith the Lord, and I will complete with the family of the house of Israel, and with the family of the house of Jihuda,

9 not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

THE NEW COVENANT: not as was that covenant which I gave to their fathers in the day that I took them by their hand, and led them from the land of Metsreen; because they did not persevere in my covenant, therefore I have neglected them, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and on their hearts will I write them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

But this is the covenant that I will give to the family of the house of Israel after these days, saith the Lord: I will in-give my law in their minds, and upon their hearts will I inscribe it; and I will be to them, even I, Aloha, and they shall be unto me the people:

11 And they shall not teach every one his fellow-citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

and no man shall (have need to) teach the son of his city, nor his brother, and say, Know the Lord; because all shall know me, from the least of them to the eldest of them.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.”

And I will purify them from their unrighteousness, and their sins again will I not remember unto them.

13 In that he saith, “a new covenant,” he hath made the first old; but that which is becoming old, and worn out with age, is ready to vanish away.

In that he said, THE NEW, he hath made the former old: and that which is antiquated, and hath grown old, is nigh unto decay.