Hebræos 8

1 Capitulum autem super ea, quae dicuntur: Talem habemus Pontificem, qui consedit in dextera sedis magnitudinis in caelis,

And the sum concerning the things spoken of [is]: we have such a chief priest, who did sit down at the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens,

2 sanctorum minister, et tabernaculi veri, quod fixit Deus, et non homo.

of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,

3 Omnis enim pontifex ad offerendum munera, et hostias constituitur: unde necesse est et hunc habere aliquid, quod offerat:

for every chief priest to offer both gifts and sacrifices is appointed, whence [it is] necessary for this one to have also something that he may offer;

4 si ergo esset super terram, nec esset sacerdos: cum essent qui offerent secundum legem munera,

for if, indeed, he were upon earth, he would not be a priest — (there being the priests who are offering according to the law, the gifts,

5 qui exemplari, et umbrae deserviunt caelestium. Sicut responsum est Moysi, cum consummaret tabernaculum: Vide (inquit) omnia facito secundum exemplar, quod tibi ostensum est in monte.

who unto an example and shadow do serve of the heavenly things, as Moses hath been divinely warned, being about to construct the tabernacle, for 'See (saith He) thou mayest make all things according to the pattern that was shewn to thee in the mount;') —

6 Nunc autem melius sortitus est ministerium, quanto et melioris testamenti mediator est, quod in melioribus repromissionibus sancitum est.

and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

7 Nam si illud prius culpa vacasset: non utique secundi locus inquireretur.

for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.

8 Vituperans enim eos dicit: Ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus: et consummabo super domum Israel, et super domum Iuda testamentum novum,

For finding fault, He saith to them, 'Lo, days come, saith the Lord, and I will complete with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant,

9 non secundum testamentum, quod feci patribus eorum in die, qua apprehendi manum eorum ut educerem illos de Terra Aegypti: quoniam ipsi non permanserunt in testamento meo: et ego neglexi eos, dicit Dominus:

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of My taking [them] by their hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt — because they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not regard them, saith the Lord, —

10 Quia hoc est testamentum, quod disponam domui Israel post dies illos, dicit Dominus: Dabo leges meas in mentem eorum, et in corde eorum superscribam eas: et ero eis in Deum, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum:

because this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people;

11 et non docebit unusquisque proximum suum, et unusquisque fratrem suum, dicens: Cognosce Dominum: quoniam omnes scient me a minore usque ad maiorem eorum:

and they shall not teach each his neighbour, and each his brother, saying, Know thou the Lord, because they shall all know Me from the small one of them unto the great one of them,

12 quia propitius ero iniquitatibus eorum, et peccatorum eorum iam non memorabor.

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' —

13 Dicendo autem novum: veteravit prius. Quod autem antiquatur, et senescit, prope interitum est.

in the saying 'new,' He hath made the first old, and what doth become obsolete and is old [is] nigh disappearing.