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1 vyavasthA bhaviSyanmaggalAnAM chAyAsvarUpA na ca vastUnAM mUrttisvarUpA tatO hEtO rnityaM dIyamAnairEkavidhai rvArSikabalibhiH zaraNAgatalOkAn siddhAn karttuM kadApi na zaknOti|

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the real forms of those things themselves. Those who approach God can never be made perfect by the same sacrifices that the priests continually bring year after year.

2 yadyazakSyat tarhi tESAM balInAM dAnaM kiM na nyavarttiSyata? yataH sEvAkAriSvEkakRtvaH pavitrIbhUtESu tESAM kO'pi pApabOdhaH puna rnAbhaviSyat|

Otherwise, would the sacrifices not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed one time and would no longer have any consciousness of sin.

3 kintu tai rbalidAnaiH prativatsaraM pApAnAM smAraNaM jAyatE|

But with those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year.

4 yatO vRSANAM chAgAnAM vA rudhirENa pApamOcanaM na sambhavati|

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

5 EtatkAraNAt khrISTEna jagat pravizyEdam ucyatE, yathA, "nESTvA baliM na naivEdyaM dEhO mE nirmmitastvayA|

When Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me;

6 na ca tvaM balibhi rhavyaiH pApaghnai rvA pratuSyasi|

with burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not take pleasure.

7 avAdiSaM tadaivAhaM pazya kurvvE samAgamaM| dharmmagranthasya sargE mE vidyatE likhitA kathA| Iza manO'bhilASastE mayA sampUrayiSyatE|"

Then I said, 'See, here I am— as it is written about me in the scroll— to do your will.'”

8 ityasmin prathamatO yESAM dAnaM vyavasthAnusArAd bhavati tAnyadhi tEnEdamuktaM yathA, balinaivEdyahavyAni pApaghnanjcOpacArakaM, nEmAni vAnjchasi tvaM hi na caitESu pratuSyasIti|

First he said, “It was neither sacrifices, nor offerings, nor whole burnt offerings, nor sacrifices for sin that you desired. Nor did you take pleasure in them.” These are sacrifices that are offered according to the law.

9 tataH paraM tEnOktaM yathA, "pazya manO'bhilASaM tE karttuM kurvvE samAgamaM;" dvitIyam Etad vAkyaM sthirIkarttuM sa prathamaM lumpati|

Then he said, “See, here I am to do your will.” He takes away the first practice in order to establish the second practice.

10 tEna manO'bhilASENa ca vayaM yIzukhrISTasyaikakRtvaH svazarIrOtsargAt pavitrIkRtA abhavAma|

By that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 aparam EkaikO yAjakaH pratidinam upAsanAM kurvvan yaizca pApAni nAzayituM kadApi na zakyantE tAdRzAn EkarUpAn balIn punaH punarutsRjan tiSThati|

Day after day every priest stands and performs his service to God. He offers the same sacrifices again and again—sacrifices that can never take away sins.

12 kintvasau pApanAzakam EkaM baliM datvAnantakAlArtham Izvarasya dakSiNa upavizya

But when Christ offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.

13 yAvat tasya zatravastasya pAdapIThaM na bhavanti tAvat pratIkSamANastiSThati|

He is waiting until his enemies are made a stool for his feet.

14 yata EkEna balidAnEna sO'nantakAlArthaM pUyamAnAn lOkAn sAdhitavAn|

For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

15 Etasmin pavitra AtmApyasmAkaM pakSE pramANayati

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us. First he said,

16 "yatO hEtOstaddinAt param ahaM taiH sArddham imaM niyamaM sthirIkariSyAmIti prathamata uktvA paramEzvarENEdaM kathitaM, tESAM cittE mama vidhIn sthApayiSyAmi tESAM manaHsu ca tAn lEkhiSyAmi ca,

“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.

17 aparanjca tESAM pApAnyaparAdhAMzca punaH kadApi na smAriSyAmi|"

Their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”

18 kintu yatra pApamOcanaM bhavati tatra pApArthakabalidAnaM puna rna bhavati|

Now where there is forgiveness for these, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin.

19 atO hE bhrAtaraH, yIzO rudhirENa pavitrasthAnapravEzAyAsmAkam utsAhO bhavati,

Therefore, brothers, we have confidence to enter into the most holy place by the blood of Jesus.

20 yataH sO'smadarthaM tiraskariNyArthataH svazarIrENa navInaM jIvanayuktanjcaikaM panthAnaM nirmmitavAn,

That is the new and living way that he has opened for us through the curtain, that is, by means of his flesh.

21 aparanjcEzvarIyaparivArasyAdhyakSa EkO mahAyAjakO'smAkamasti|

Because we have a great priest over the house of God,

22 atO hEtOrasmAbhiH saralAntaHkaraNai rdRPhavizvAsaiH pApabOdhAt prakSAlitamanObhi rnirmmalajalE snAtazarIraizcEzvaram upAgatya pratyAzAyAH pratijnjA nizcalA dhArayitavyA|

let us approach with true hearts in the full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

23 yatO yastAm aggIkRtavAn sa vizvasanIyaH|

Let us also hold tightly to the confession of our hope without wavering, because God, who has promised, is faithful.

24 aparaM prEmni satkriyAsu caikaikasyOtsAhavRddhyartham asmAbhiH parasparaM mantrayitavyaM|

Let us consider how to motivate one another to love and good deeds.

25 aparaM katipayalOkA yathA kurvvanti tathAsmAbhiH sabhAkaraNaM na parityaktavyaM parasparam upadESTavyanjca yatastat mahAdinam uttarOttaraM nikaTavartti bhavatIti yuSmAbhi rdRzyatE|

Let us not stop meeting together, as some have done. Instead, encourage one another more and more, and all the more as you see the day coming closer.

26 satyamatasya jnjAnaprAptEH paraM yadi vayaM svaMcchayA pApAcAraM kurmmastarhi pApAnAM kRtE 'nyat kimapi balidAnaM nAvaziSyatE

For if we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, a sacrifice for sins no longer exists.

27 kintu vicArasya bhayAnakA pratIkSA ripunAzakAnalasya tApazcAvaziSyatE|

Instead, there is only a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies.

28 yaH kazcit mUsasO vyavasthAm avamanyatE sa dayAM vinA dvayOstisRNAM vA sAkSiNAM pramANEna hanyatE,

Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29 tasmAt kiM budhyadhvE yO jana Izvarasya putram avajAnAti yEna ca pavitrIkRtO 'bhavat tat niyamasya rudhiram apavitraM jAnAti, anugrahakaram AtmAnam apamanyatE ca, sa kiyanmahAghOrataradaNPasya yOgyO bhaviSyati?

How much worse punishment do you think one deserves who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, who treated the blood of the covenant as unholy—the blood by which he was sanctified—and insulted the Spirit of grace?

30 yataH paramEzvaraH kathayati, "dAnaM phalasya matkarmma sUcitaM pradadAmyahaM|" punarapi, "tadA vicArayiSyantE parEzEna nijAH prajAH|" idaM yaH kathitavAn taM vayaM jAnImaH|

For we know the one who said, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay back.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

31 amarEzvarasya karayOH patanaM mahAbhayAnakaM|

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

32 hE bhrAtaraH, pUrvvadinAni smarata yatastadAnIM yUyaM dIptiM prApya bahudurgatirUpaM saMgrAmaM sahamAnA EkatO nindAklEzaiH kautukIkRtA abhavata,

But remember the former days, after you were enlightened, how you endured a great struggle in suffering.

33 anyatazca tadbhOginAM samAMzinO 'bhavata|

You were exposed to public ridicule by insults and persecution, and you were sharing with those who went through such suffering.

34 yUyaM mama bandhanasya duHkhEna duHkhinO 'bhavata, yuSmAkam uttamA nityA ca sampattiH svargE vidyata iti jnjAtvA sAnandaM sarvvasvasyApaharaNam asahadhvanjca|

For you had compassion on those who were prisoners, and you accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions. You knew that you yourselves had a better and everlasting possession.

35 ataEva mahApuraskArayuktaM yuSmAkam utsAhaM na parityajata|

So do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

36 yatO yUyaM yEnEzvarasyEcchAM pAlayitvA pratijnjAyAH phalaM labhadhvaM tadarthaM yuSmAbhi rdhairyyAvalambanaM karttavyaM|

For you need patience, so that you may receive what God has promised, after you have done his will.

37 yEnAgantavyaM sa svalpakAlAt param AgamiSyati na ca vilambiSyatE|

“For in a very little while, the one who is coming will indeed come and not delay.

38 "puNyavAn janO vizvAsEna jIviSyati kintu yadi nivarttatE tarhi mama manastasmin na tOSaM yAsyati|"

My righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.”

39 kintu vayaM vinAzajanikAM dharmmAt nivRttiM na kurvvANA AtmanaH paritrANAya vizvAsaM kurvvAmahE|

But we are not any of those who turn back to destruction. Instead, we are some of those who have faith for keeping our soul.