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κεφαλαιον δε επι τοις λεγομενοις τοιουτον εχομεν αρχιερεα ος εκαθισεν εν δεξια του θρονου της μεγαλωσυνης εν τοις ουρανοις

των αγιων λειτουργος και της σκηνης της αληθινης ην επηξεν ο κυριος και ουκ ανθρωπος

πας γαρ αρχιερευς εις το προσφερειν δωρα τε και θυσιας καθισταται οθεν αναγκαιον εχειν τι και τουτον ο προσενεγκη

ει μεν γαρ ην επι γης ουδ αν ην ιερευς οντων των ιερεων των προσφεροντων κατα τον νομον τα δωρα

οιτινες υποδειγματι και σκια λατρευουσιν των επουρανιων καθως κεχρηματισται μωσης μελλων επιτελειν την σκηνην ορα γαρ φησιν ποιησης παντα κατα τον τυπον τον δειχθεντα σοι εν τω ορει

νυνι δε διαφορωτερας τετευχεν λειτουργιας οσω και κρειττονος εστιν διαθηκης μεσιτης ητις επι κρειττοσιν επαγγελιαις νενομοθετηται

ει γαρ η πρωτη εκεινη ην αμεμπτος ουκ αν δευτερας εζητειτο τοπος

μεμφομενος γαρ αυτοις λεγει ιδου ημεραι ερχονται λεγει κυριος και συντελεσω επι τον οικον ισραηλ και επι τον οικον ιουδα διαθηκην καινην

ου κατα την διαθηκην ην εποιησα τοις πατρασιν αυτων εν ημερα επιλαβομενου μου της χειρος αυτων εξαγαγειν αυτους εκ γης αιγυπτου οτι αυτοι ουκ ενεμειναν εν τη διαθηκη μου καγω ημελησα αυτων λεγει κυριος

10 οτι αυτη η διαθηκη ην διαθησομαι τω οικω ισραηλ μετα τας ημερας εκεινας λεγει κυριος διδους νομους μου εις την διανοιαν αυτων και επι καρδιας αυτων επιγραψω αυτους και εσομαι αυτοις εις θεον και αυτοι εσονται μοι εις λαον

11 και ου μη διδαξωσιν εκαστος τον πλησιον αυτου και εκαστος τον αδελφον αυτου λεγων γνωθι τον κυριον οτι παντες ειδησουσιν με απο μικρου αυτων εως μεγαλου αυτων

12 οτι ιλεως εσομαι ταις αδικιαις αυτων και των αμαρτιων αυτων και των ανομιων αυτων ου μη μνησθω ετι

13 εν τω λεγειν καινην πεπαλαιωκεν την πρωτην το δε παλαιουμενον και γηρασκον εγγυς αφανισμου

2. LA SUPERIORITA' DEL CULTO, DEL SANTUARIO E DELLA MEDIAZIONE DEL CRISTO SACERDOTE

Il nuovo sacerdozio e il nuovo santuario

Il punto capitale delle cose che stiamo dicendo è questo: noi abbiamo un sommo sacerdote così grande che si è assiso alla destra del trono della maestà nei cieli, ministro del santuario e della vera tenda che il Signore, e non un uomo, ha costruito.

Ogni sommo sacerdote infatti viene costituito per offrire doni e sacrifici: di qui la necessità che anch'egli abbia qualcosa da offrire. Se Gesù fosse sulla terra, egli non sarebbe neppure sacerdote, poiché vi sono quelli che offrono i doni secondo la legge. Questi però attendono a un servizio che è una copia e un'ombra delle realtà celesti, secondo quanto fu detto da Dio a Mosè, quando stava per costruire la Tenda: Guarda, disse, di fare ogni cosa secondo il modello che ti è stato mostrato sul monte.

Il Cristo mediatore di un'alleanza migliore

Ora invece egli ha ottenuto un ministero tanto più eccellente quanto migliore è l'alleanza di cui è mediatore, essendo questa fondata su migliori promesse. Se la prima infatti fosse stata perfetta, non sarebbe stato il caso di stabilirne un'altra. Dio infatti, biasimando il suo popolo, dice:

Ecco vengono giorni, dice il Signore,
quando io stipulerò con la casa d'Israele
e con la casa di Giuda
un'alleanza nuova;
non come l'alleanza che feci con i loro padri,
nel giorno in cui li presi per mano
per farli uscire dalla terra d'Egitto;
poiché essi non son rimasti fedeli alla mia alleanza,
anch'io non ebbi più cura di loro, dice il Signore.
10 E questa è l'alleanza che io stipulerò con la casa
d'Israele
dopo quei giorni, dice il Signore:
porrò le mie leggi nella loro mente
e le imprimerò nei loro cuori;
sarò il loro Dio
ed essi saranno il mio popolo.
11 Né alcuno avrà più da istruire il suo concittadino,
né alcuno il proprio fratello, dicendo:
Conosci il Signore!
Tutti infatti mi conosceranno,
dal più piccolo al più grande di loro.
12 Perché io perdonerò le loro iniquità
e non mi ricorderò più dei loro peccati.

13 Dicendo però alleanza nuova, Dio ha dichiarato antiquata la prima; ora, ciò che diventa antico e invecchia, è prossimo a sparire.

κεφαλαιον δε επι τοις λεγομενοις τοιουτον εχομεν αρχιερεα ος εκαθισεν εν δεξια του θρονου της μεγαλωσυνης εν τοις ουρανοις

των αγιων λειτουργος και της σκηνης της αληθινης ην επηξεν ο κυριος ουκ ανθρωπος

πας γαρ αρχιερευς εις το προσφερειν δωρα τε και θυσιας καθισταται οθεν αναγκαιον εχειν τι και τουτον ο προσενεγκη

ει μεν ουν ην επι γης ουδ αν ην ιερευς οντων των προσφεροντων κατα νομον τα δωρα

οιτινες υποδειγματι και σκια λατρευουσιν των επουρανιων καθως κεχρηματισται μωυσης μελλων επιτελειν την σκηνην ορα γαρ φησιν ποιησεις παντα κατα τον τυπον τον δειχθεντα σοι εν τω ορει

νυν δε διαφορωτερας τετυχεν λειτουργιας οσω και κρειττονος εστιν διαθηκης μεσιτης ητις επι κρειττοσιν επαγγελιαις νενομοθετηται

ει γαρ η πρωτη εκεινη ην αμεμπτος ουκ αν δευτερας εζητειτο τοπος

μεμφομενος γαρ αυτους λεγει ιδου ημεραι ερχονται λεγει κυριος και συντελεσω επι τον οικον ισραηλ και επι τον οικον ιουδα διαθηκην καινην

ου κατα την διαθηκην ην εποιησα τοις πατρασιν αυτων εν ημερα επιλαβομενου μου της χειρος αυτων εξαγαγειν αυτους εκ γης αιγυπτου οτι αυτοι ουκ ενεμειναν εν τη διαθηκη μου καγω ημελησα αυτων λεγει κυριος

10 οτι αυτη η διαθηκη ην διαθησομαι τω οικω ισραηλ μετα τας ημερας εκεινας λεγει κυριος διδους νομους μου εις την διανοιαν αυτων και επι καρδιας αυτων επιγραψω αυτους και εσομαι αυτοις εις θεον και αυτοι εσονται μοι εις λαον

11 και ου μη διδαξωσιν εκαστος τον πολιτην αυτου και εκαστος τον αδελφον αυτου λεγων γνωθι τον κυριον οτι παντες ειδησουσιν με απο μικρου εως μεγαλου αυτων

12 οτι ιλεως εσομαι ταις αδικιαις αυτων και των αμαρτιων αυτων ου μη μνησθω ετι

13 εν τω λεγειν καινην πεπαλαιωκεν την πρωτην το δε παλαιουμενον και γηρασκον εγγυς αφανισμου

The High Priest of a New Covenant

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest,(A) who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,(B) and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle(C) set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

Every high priest(D) is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,(E) and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.(F) If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.(G) They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy(H) and shadow(I) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned(J) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[a](K) But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(L) of which he is mediator(M) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(N) But God found fault with the people and said[b]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(O)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors(P)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant(Q) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(R)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(S)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(T)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.(U)[c](V)

13 By calling this covenant “new,”(W) he has made the first one obsolete;(X) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40
  2. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
  3. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

耶穌是更美的約的中保

我們所講論的重點,就是我們有這樣的一位大祭司,他已經坐在眾天之上至尊者的寶座右邊, 在至聖所和真會幕裡供職;這真會幕是主支搭的,不是人支搭的。 所有大祭司都是為了獻禮物和祭品而設立的,所以這位大祭司,也必須有所獻上的。 如果他在地上,就不會作祭司,因為已經有按照律法獻禮物的祭司了。 這些祭司所供奉的職事,不過是天上的事物的副本和影像,就如摩西將要造會幕的時候, 神曾經警告他說:“你要留心,各樣物件,都要照著在山上指示你的樣式去作。” 但是現在耶穌得了更尊貴的職分,正好像他是更美的約的中保,這約是憑著更美的應許立的。 如果頭一個約沒有缺點,就沒有尋求另一個約的必要了。 可是 神指責他們,說:

“看哪,主說,日子要到了,

我要與以色列家

和猶大家訂立新約。

這新約不像從前我拉他們祖先的手,

領他們出埃及的日子與他們所立的約。

因為他們沒有遵守我的約,

我就不理會他們。這是主說的。

10 主說:‘因為在那些日子以後,

我要與以色列家所立的約是這樣:

我要把我的律法放在他們的心思裡面,

寫在他們的心上。

我要作他們的 神,

他們要作我的子民。

11 他們各人必不用教導自己的鄰居,

和自己的同胞,說:

你要認識主。

因為所有的人,從最小到最大的,

都必認識我。

12 我也要寬恕他們的不義,

決不再記著他們的罪惡。’”

13  神既然說到新的約,就是把前約當作舊的了;那變成陳舊衰老的,就快要消逝了。