Hebreerbrevet 9
1 Hade ock väl det första sina rätter, och Gudstjenst, och utvärtes helighet.
[To continue]: In the first [covenant, God] regulated how people [should perform] rituals, and [he told them to make] [MTY] a sanctuary.
2 Ty det främre tabernaklet var der uppsatt; uti hvilko voro ljusastakarne, och bordet, och skådobröden; och detta kallades det Helga.
[That sanctuary] was a tent that [the Israelites] set up. In its outer room there was the lampstand and the table [on which they put] the bread that [the priests] presented [to God. That room] was called ‘the holy place’.
3 Men bak den andra förlåten var det tabernaklet, som man kallade det Aldrahelgasta;
Behind the curtain inside [the holy place] there was [another] room. That was called ‘the very holy place’.
4 Hvilket hade det gyldene rökelsekaret, och Testamentsens ark, på alla sidor beslagen med guld; uti hvilko var det gyldene ämbar, der det himmelsbrödet uti var, och Aarons staf, som blomstrats hade, och Testamentsens taflor;
It had an altar, [made from] gold, [for burning] incense. [It also had the chest which they called] the chest of the covenant. All its sides were covered with gold. In it was the golden pot which contained [pieces of the food they called] manna. [That was the food with which God miraculously fed the people before they entered the promised land]. In the chest there was also Aaron’s walking stick that budded [to prove that he was God’s true priest]. In the chest were also the stone tablets [on which God had written] the Ten Commandments.
5 Men der ofvanuppå voro härlighetenes Cherubim, som öfverskyggde Nådastolen; af hvilka stycker på denna tid icke besynnerliga är sägandes.
On top of [the chest] were [figures of] winged creatures [that symbolized God’s] glory. Their [wings] overshadowed the chest’s lid where [the high priest sprinkled the blood] (to [atone for/to forgive]) [those who had sinned. I] do not [need] to write about these things in detail now.
6 Då nu detta så beredt var, gingo Presterna alltid in i det främre tabernaklet, och uträttade Gudstjensten.
After all those things were prepared {After they had prepared all those things like that} [in the two rooms of the tent], the [Jewish] priests habitually went into the outer [room of the] tent to perform their rituals.
7 Men uti det andra gick allenast den öfverste Presten, en tid om året; icke utan blod, den han offrade för sina egna, och för folkens synder;
But into the inner room, only the Supreme Priest [went], once a year. He always took [LIT] the blood [of animals that they had slaughtered]. He offered them [to God] for his own [sins] and for the sins that other people had committed. They included sins that they did not realize [were sinful].
8 Der den Helge Ande med betydde, att helighetenes väg ändå icke uppenbar var, emedan det första tabernaklet stod;
By those things the Holy Spirit indicated that [just like God] did not reveal the way [for ordinary people] to enter into the inner room while the outer room still existed [MET], [similarly he did not reveal the way for ordinary people to enter the presence of God while the Jewish system of offering sacrifices was in effect].
9 Hvilket var en liknelse i den tiden, i hvilkom gåfvor och offer offrades, och kunde icke göra honom fullkommen, efter samvetet, som den Gudstjensten gjorde;
[The things that the priests did inside the outer room] [MTY] symbolized [what was true] during the time [when the first covenant was in effect]. According to [the first covenant] (OR, [In that outer room]), [priests] offered gifts and other sacrifices to God. But [by offering them], the people who brought them were unable to make themselves feel that they were no longer guilty for having sinned.
10 Allenast med mat och dryck, och mångahanda tvagning, och utvärtes helighet, som pålagda voro intill bättringenes tid.
[They brought those gifts and made those sacrifices] according to [regulations concerning] things to eat and drink, and [according to rules that required people to] wash various things. [God] declared that those regulations about our bodies were to be in effect until [he put into effect the new covenant]; that was a better system.
11 Men Christus är kommen, att han skall vara öfverste Prest till det tillkommande goda, genom ett större och fullkomligare tabernakel, det med händer icke gjordt är, det är, det icke så bygdt är;
But when Christ came as our Supreme Priest, [he brought] the good things that are now available. When he appeared, [he went into God’s presence in heaven. That is like a] [MET] very great and perfect tent not made by humans {which no human made} [SYN]; that is, it is not part of the world [God] created. It was better [than the tent Moses set up here on earth].
12 Icke heller genom bockablod, eller kalfvablod; utan han är genom sitt eget blod ena reso ingången uti det helga, och hafver funnit en evig förlossning. (aiōnios g166)
[When a Supreme Priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes] goats’ blood and calves’ blood [to offer as a sacrifice]. But Christ did not [do that. It was as though] he went into that very holy place only once, taking his own blood with him. By doing that, he eternally redeemed us. (aiōnios g166)
13 Ty hafver oxablod och bockablod, och strödd aska af kone, helgat de orena, till köttslig renhet;
The priests sprinkle on people goats’ blood and bulls’ blood and [the water that has been filtered through] the ashes of a [red] heifer that has been [completely burned. By performing that ritual, they can ritually] cleanse the bodies of those who are [ceremonially] unclean. Furthermore, performing those rituals enabled people to have fellowship with God again.
14 Huru mycket mer skall Christi blod, som hafver sig sjelf obesmittad, genom den Helga Anda, Gudi offrat, rena vårt samvet af de döda gerningar, till att tjena lefvandes Gud? (aiōnios g166)
[So, because we know what] Christ [accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died for us] [PRS, MTY], we will be very certain that we are not guilty [of having] done those things [that those who are spiritually] dead do. [As a result], we can serve God, who is all-powerful. [The priests always offer to God animals] with no defects. Similarly, when Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] to God, he was sinless [MET]. He did that as a result of [God’s] eternal Spirit [helping him]. (aiōnios g166)
15 Derföre är han ock Nya Testamentsens Medlare; på det de, som kallade äro, skulle få dess eviga arfsens löfte, i thy att hans död gick deremellan, till förlossning ifrå de öfverträdelser, som under det förra Testamentet voro. (aiōnios g166)
[By] dying [for us], [Christ] ([redeemed/] free from the penalty for their sins) even those who disobeyed the [conditions of] (OR, [during the time of]) the first covenant. So, [because] no [one could be made perfect by obeying the old covenant], now Christ establishes [between God and people] a new covenant. He does that in order that those whom God has chosen may eternally have [the blessings that God] has promised them. (aiōnios g166)
16 Ty hvar ett Testament är, måste ock hans död med vara, som Testamentet gjorde.
A covenant [is like a will. In the case of a will], [in order to put its provisions into effect], someone must prove that the one who made it has died.
17 Ty Testamentet blifver gildt genom döden; annars hafver det ännu ingen magt, så länge han lefver som Testamentet gjorde.
A will goes into effect [only when the one who makes the will] has died. It is not in effect when the one who made it is still alive.
18 Derföre var ock icke det första stiktadt utan blod.
And so [God] put the first covenant into effect only [LIT] by means of [animals’] blood that was shed [when they were slaughtered].
19 Ty då Moses allo folkena föregifvit hade hvart och ett budord, efter lagen, tog han kalfvablod, och bockablod, med vatten, och purpurull, och hysop, och bestänkte bokena, och allt folket;
After Moses had declared to all the Israelites everything that God commanded in the laws [that God gave him], he took calves’ and goats’ blood [mixed] with water. He [dipped into it] scarlet wool [that he tied around] a sprig of hyssop. Then he sprinkled [with some of the blood] the scroll itself containing God’s laws. Then he sprinkled [more of that blood on all the] people,
20 Och sade: Detta är Testamentsens blod, det Gud hafver eder budit.
saying to them, “This is the blood [which brings into effect] the covenant that God commanded that you [obey].”
21 Och desslikes tabernaklet, och all kärile, der Gudstjenst plägade med göras, bestänkte han sammalunda med blod.
Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals.
22 Och varda mest all ting efter lagen ren gjord i blod; och utan blodsutgjutelse sker ingen förlåtelse.
It was by [sprinkling] blood that they [ritually] cleansed almost everything. That was what [was stated in] God’s laws. If blood is not shed [when people offer a sacrifice, God] cannot forgive [the person who is making the sacrifice].
23 Så är nu af nöden, att de himmelska tings eftersyner skola med sådant renade varda; men de himmelska tingen måste bättre offer hafva, än dessa voro.
So, by rituals like that, it was necessary for [the priests] to cleanse the things that symbolized what Christ does [MTY] in heaven. But God has to [consecrate] the [people who will enter] [MTY] heaven [by means of] better sacrifices than those.
24 Ty Christus är icke ingången i det helga, som med händer gjordt är, hvilket är en eftersyn till det sannskyldiga; utan in uti sjelfva himmelen, på det han skall nu vara i Guds åsyn för oss;
Christ did not enter a sanctuary that humans made. That one only represented the true [sanctuary]. Instead, he entered heaven itself, in order to now be in God’s presence [to plead with] God for us.
25 Icke, att han skall ofta offra sig, såsom öfverste Presten gick hvart år in uti det heliga, med annars blod;
The [Jewish] Supreme Priest enters the very holy place once every year, taking blood that is not his own, [to offer it as a sacrifice]. But when Christ entered heaven, it was not in order to offer himself repeatedly like that.
26 Eljest måste han skolat ofta lida, af verldenes begynnelse; men nu, på verldenes ändalykt, är han en gång uppenbarad, genom sitt eget offer, till att borttaga syndena. (aiōn g165)
[If that were so], he would have needed to suffer [and shed his blood] repeatedly since [the time when God] created the world. But instead, in this final age, [Christ] has appeared once in order that by sacrificing himself he could cause [that people] no longer will be [punished for their] sins. (aiōn g165)
27 Och såsom menniskomen är förelagdt en gång dö, men sedan domen;
All people must die once, and after that [God] will judge them [for their sins].
28 Så är ock Christus ena reso offrad, till att borttaga mångs mans synder; men en annan gång skall han låta se sig, utan synd, dem som honom vänta till salighet.
Likewise, when Christ [died], [God] offered him once to be a sacrifice, to punish him instead of the many [people who had] sinned. He will come [to earth] a second time, not [in order to sacrifice himself again for those who] have sinned, but in order to [complete] his saving those who expectantly wait for him.
