希伯来书 10
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
完美的祭
10 既然律法带有那将要来的美好事物的影子，它不是那些事物的本像，就绝不能藉着年年不断地献上同样的祭物，使近前来的人得以完全。 2 否则，事奉的人因为一次性地被洁净，不再觉得有罪孽，难道不早就停止献祭了吗？ 3 然而这些祭物使人年年都想起罪孽来， 4 因为公牛和山羊的血，不可能把罪孽除去。
5 所以，基督进入世界的时候，他说：
8 上文说：祭物、供物、燔祭和赎罪祭不是你所希望的，也不是你所喜悦的，尽管这些都是照着律法献上的； 9 接着又说：“看哪[c]，我来了！是要遵行你的旨意！”神废除前者，是为了确立后者。 10 我们凭着这旨意，藉着耶稣基督身体做供物，就已经一次性地被分别为圣了。
11 所有的祭司天天都站着服事，再三地献上同样的祭物，但这些祭物绝不能把罪孽除掉， 12 而这一位为赎罪孽献上了一个永远的祭物，就在神的右边坐下了， 13 此后一直等候他的敌人被放在他的脚下做脚凳。 14 事实上，他藉着一个供物，使那些被分别为圣的人永远得以完全。 15 圣灵也向我们做见证，因为他说过[d]：
16 “主说：‘在那些日子以后，
我要与他们订立这样的约：
我要把我的法则放在他们的心上，
刻在他们的意念中。’”[e]
17 然后又说：
18 所以在哪里这些罪得了赦免，在哪里就不再有赎罪的供物了。
敬神的劝勉
19 因此，弟兄们，我们藉着耶稣的血，可以坦然无惧地进入至圣所。 20 他为我们开辟了一条又新又活的道路，从幔子经过；这幔子就是他的身体。 21 既然我们有一位伟大的祭司管理神的家， 22 既然我们的心被血[h]洒过，脱离了罪恶感，身体也被清水洗净了，就让我们怀着真诚的心，以确信不移的信仰近前来； 23 让我们毫不动摇地持守所告白的盼望，因为向我们应许的那一位是信实的； 24 让我们彼此看顾，好激励爱心和美好的工作。 25 你们不要放弃自己的聚会，像某些人所习惯的那样，而要彼此鼓励；你们既然看见那日子[i]临近，就更应该这样。
警告明知故犯的罪
26 要知道，我们领受了真理的知识以后，如果还故意犯罪，就不再有赎罪的祭物被保留下来； 27 只保留了对审判的可怕等待，和那将要吞灭敌对者的嫉恨之火。 28 任何拒绝摩西律法的人，凭两个或三个见证人的见证，就得不到怜悯而死， 29 何况一个人践踏了神的儿子，把那使自己成圣的立约之血看做是俗物，又侮辱了恩典的圣灵，你们想想，这个人难道不该受更厉害的惩罚吗？ 30 因为我们认识曾说过“报应在我，我将回报[j]”[k]的那一位，他又说过“主要审判自己的子民。”[l] 31 落在永生神的手中实在可怕。
32 你们要回想原先的日子：当你们蒙了光照以后，忍受了许多痛苦挣扎； 33 有时候当众受责骂、受患难；有时候陪伴那些受到同样遭遇的人。 34 的确，你们不但同情了那些被囚禁的人[m]，而且当自己所拥有的被夺去时，你们也甘心接受了，因为知道你们在天上[n]有更好的、长存的产业。 35 所以，不要丢弃你们的确信，这确信带来极大的报偿。 36 其实，你们需要忍耐，好在你们行完神的旨意以后，可以领受所应许的。
37 要知道，还有一点点时候，
“要来的那一位就要来临，他不会迟延。
38 我的义人将因信而活；
如果他退缩，
我的心就不喜悦他。”[o]
39 然而，我们不是退缩以致灭亡[p]的人，而是有信仰以致保全灵魂[q]的人。
Footnotes
- 希伯来书 10:5 神哪——辅助词语。
- 希伯来书 10:7 《诗篇》40:6-8。
- 希伯来书 10:9 看哪——有古抄本作“看，神哪”。
- 希伯来书 10:15 说过——有古抄本作“预先说过”。
- 希伯来书 10:16 《耶利米书》31:33。
- 希伯来书 10:17 罪恶——原文直译“不法”。
- 希伯来书 10:17 《耶利米书》31:34。
- 希伯来书 10:22 血——辅助词语。
- 希伯来书 10:25 日子——指“基督再来的日子”。
- 希伯来书 10:30 有古抄本附“——这是主说的”。
- 希伯来书 10:30 《申命记》32:35。
- 希伯来书 10:30 《申命记》32:36。
- 希伯来书 10:34 那些被囚禁的人——有古抄本作“被囚禁的我”。
- 希伯来书 10:34 有古抄本没有“在天上”。
- 希伯来书 10:38 《哈巴谷书》2:3-4。
- 希伯来书 10:39 灭亡——或译作“沉沦”。
- 希伯来书 10:39 灵魂——或译作“生命”。
Hebrews 10
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 10
A Unique Sacrifice[a]
The Law Was a Shadow. 1 The Law contains little more than a shadow of the good things to come and not the true image of them. These sacrifices that are offered year after year can never bring the worshipers to perfection. 2 If they could, those sacrifices would no longer be offered, for the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all and would no longer feel guilty for sins.
3 However, in these sacrifices sins are brought to mind year after year, 4 because sins cannot be taken away by the blood of bulls and goats.
One Sacrifice for Sins. 5 That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you have prepared for me.
6 You took no delight
in holocausts and sin offerings.
7 Then I said, ‘As it is written of me in the scroll,
behold, I have come to do your will, O God.’ ”
8 First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in,” even though they are offered according to the Law. 9 Then he adds, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He thus abolishes the first to establish the second. 10 And it was by this “will” that we have been consecrated through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 [b]Day after day every priest stands to perform his ministry, offering over and over again the same sacrifices that can never remove sins. 12 But Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, and then took his seat at the right hand of God, 13 where he now waits until his enemies are made his footstool. 14 Therefore, by a single offering he has made perfect forever those who are being sanctified.
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For he first says,
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord.
I will place my laws in their hearts
and inscribe them on their minds.”
17 Then he also asserts,
“Their sins and their lawless acts
I will remember no more.”
18 When these have been forgiven, there are no longer any offerings for sins.
Perseverance in Faith[c]
The Need To Stand Firm
19 Let Us Approach with Sincerity of Heart.[d] Therefore, brethren, the blood of Jesus has given us confidence to enter the sanctuary 20 by the new and living way that he has opened for us through the veil, that is, through his flesh. 21 Since we have a great priest over the household of God, 22 let us approach with sincerity of heart and the full assurance of faith, with hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and bodies washed in pure water.
23 Let us remain firm in the confession of our hope without wavering, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy. 24 And let us consider how to spur one another to love and good works. 25 Do not neglect to attend your assemblies, as some do, but rather encourage one another, especially since you can see the Day[e] approaching.
26 Apostasy Remains Unforgiven.[f] If we deliberately persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, then there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins. 27 There is only a terrifying expectation of judgment and of a fierce fire that will consume the adversaries.
28 Anyone who violates the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more punishment do you think is deserved by the one who has contempt for the Son of God, profanes the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the one who said,
“Vengeance is mine; I will repay,”
and
“The Lord will judge his people.”
31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Do Not Abandon Your Assurance.[g] Remember the days gone by when, after you had been enlightened,[h] you endured a difficult struggle filled with suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes you were companions of those who were treated in the same way. 34 You not only had compassion upon those who were in prison but also cheerfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you realized that you possessed something better and more lasting.
35 Therefore, do not lose your confidence now, since your reward will be so great. 36 You need to be steadfast if you want to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.
37 “For, after a little while,
he who is to come will do so,
and he will not delay.
38 My righteous one shall live by faith,
but if he shrinks back,
I will not be pleased with him.”
39 But we are not among those who draw back and are lost. Rather, we are among those who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:1 The great, endless act of self-giving that extends through the entire existence of Christ is the authentic priestly act, the authentic sacrifice of Christ. He takes away sin and restores the bond with God in his own person, in his own living experience. He founds the New Covenant, the new people who have access to God.
- Hebrews 10:11 Every priest stands to perform his ministry . . . Jesus . . . took his seat: members of the Levitical priesthood always “stood” because their work was never finished; Jesus “took his seat” because his work was completed.
- Hebrews 10:19 A definitive event has been realized for the world: the Death and Resurrection of Christ. The Letter to the Hebrews makes us aware of this by presenting it as the act of the authentic priesthood, the authentic sacrifice, while at the same time downgrading the status of the preceding religious regime, although that too had been established by God. So, too, faith in Christ is a decisive step forward in the life of a human being. The believer is henceforth engaged in a march toward the full encounter with the Lord. In the midst of temptations, fears, and risks, the Christian life is not a simple fidelity to a past but a thrust forward toward the future, toward God. These chapters are a pressing invitation not to let such perspectives be obscured.
- Hebrews 10:19 The path that leads to God is a person, Christ recognized under the characteristics of a high priest. Once baptized, Christians are associated with the Son of God. They must strengthen their conviction and the links of mutual love. May the signs of crises be a call for them to prepare for the return of the Lord.
- Hebrews 10:25 The Day: this refers to the Day of the Lord at the end of time.
- Hebrews 10:26 Once again the author repeats this somber warning (see Heb 6:1-8; Mt 12:31). Those who rebel against Christ exclude themselves from Christ’s forgiveness, from his life, and from his grace. Let them, therefore, meditate on the threats of God’s vengeance about which the Bible speaks, and especially the texts cited here (see Ex 24:8; Deut 17:6; 32:35f; Isa 26:11).
- Hebrews 10:32 As soon as they were baptized and enlightened, believers sacrificed everything for Christ and confronted all difficulties. Now is not the time for them to be discouraged. The Lord will come and he is the recompense for all who do not weaken. Faith is the courageous commitment to Christ.
- Hebrews 10:32 Been enlightened: an ancient phrase for “been baptized”; “enlightenment” or “illumination” was an ancient term for Baptism (see Heb 6:4; Eph 5:14).
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