Greek: New Testament (NAS)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 8
The Heavenly Sanctuary and the Better Covenant
| 1 Κεφάλαιον δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις, τοιοῦτον ἔχομεν ἀρχιερέα, ὃς ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θρόνου τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, 2 τῶν ἁγίων λειτουργὸς καὶ τῆς σκηνῆς τῆς ἀληθινῆς, ἣν ἔπηξεν ὁ κύριος, οὐκ ἄνθρωπος. 3 πᾶς γὰρ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰς τὸ προσφέρειν δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας καθίσταται· ὅθεν ἀναγκαῖον ἔχειν τι καὶ τοῦτον ὃ προσενέγκῃ. 4 εἰ μὲν οὖν ἦν ἐπὶ γῆς, οὐδ' ἄν ἦν ἱερεύς, ὄντων τῶν προσφερόντων κατὰ νόμον τὰ δῶρα· 5 οἵτινες ὑποδείγματι καὶ σκιᾷ λατρεύουσιν τῶν ἐπουρανίων, καθὼς κεχρημάτισται Μωϋσῆς μέλλων ἐπιτελεῖν τὴν σκηνήν, Ὅρα γάρ φησιν, ποιήσεις πάντα κατὰ τὸν τύπον τὸν δειχθέντα σοι ἐν τῷ ὄρει· {Exodus 25:40} |
| 1Now the main point of what is being said is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. 3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; therefore, it is necessary for this one also to have something to offer. 4Now if He were on earth, He would not even be a priest, since there are already those who offer the gifts according to the law. 5These serve as a copy and a shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle; for He says, “See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.” {Exodus 25:40} |
| 6 νῦν δὲ διαφορωτέρας τέτυχεν λειτουργίας, ὅσῳ καὶ κρείττονός ἐστιν διαθήκης μεσίτης, ἥτις ἐπὶ κρείττοσιν ἐπαγγελίαις νενομοθέτηται. |
| 6But as it is, He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the degree that He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legally enacted on better promises. |
The Promise of a New Covenant
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7
Εἰ
γὰρ
ἡ
πρώτη
ἐκείνη
ἦν
ἄμεμπτος,
οὐκ
ἄν
δευτέρας
ἐζητεῖτο
τόπος.
8
μεμφόμενος
γὰρ
αὐτοὺς
λέγει,
Ἰδοὺ
ἡμέραι
ἔρχονται,
λέγει
κύριος,
καὶ συντελέσω ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ἰούδα διαθήκην καινήν, 9 οὐ κατὰ τὴν διαθήκην, ἣν ἐποίησα τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπιλαβομένου μου τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ὅτι αὐτοὶ οὐκ ἐνέμειναν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ μου, κἀγὼ ἠμέλησα αὐτῶν, λέγει κύριος· 10 ὅτι αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη, ἣν διαθήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραὴλ μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας, λέγει κύριος· διδοὺς νόμους μου εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίας αὐτῶν ἐπιγράψω αὐτούς, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς εἰς θεόν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι εἰς λαόν· 11 καὶ οὐ μὴ διδάξωσιν ἕκαστος τὸν πολίτην αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ λέγων, Γνῶθι τὸν κύριον, ὅτι πάντες εἰδήσουσίν με ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου αὐτῶν, 12 ὅτι ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἔτι. {Jer. 31:31-34} |
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7For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second.
8But finding fault with them, He says:
“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 9not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not remain in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds and write them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11And they shall not teach, each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” {Jer. 31:31-34} |
| 13 ἐν τῷ λέγειν Καινὴν πεπαλαίωκεν τὴν πρώτην· τὸ δὲ παλαιούμενον καὶ γηράσκον ἐγγὺς ἀφανισμοῦ. |
| 13In saying “New,” He has made the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is near to disappearing. |