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 American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 10
One Sacrifice Instead of Many. 1 [a]Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come,[b] and not the very image of them, it can never make perfect those who come to worship by the same sacrifices that they offer continually each year.(A) 2 Otherwise, would not the sacrifices have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, once cleansed, would no longer have had any consciousness of sins? 3 But in those sacrifices there is only a yearly remembrance of sins,(B) 4 for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats take away sins.(C) 5 For this reason, when he came into the world, he said:[c]
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,(D)
but a body you prepared for me;
6 holocausts and sin offerings you took no delight in.
7 Then I said, ‘As is written of me in the scroll,
Behold, I come to do your will, O God.’”
8 First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings,[d] you neither desired nor delighted in.” These are offered according to the law.(E) 9 Then he says, “Behold, I come to do your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.(F) 10 By this “will,” we have been consecrated through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.(G)
11 [e]Every priest stands daily at his ministry, offering frequently those same sacrifices that can never take away sins.(H) 12 But this one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God;(I) 13 [f]now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated.(J) 15 [g]The holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying:
16 “This is the covenant I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord:
‘I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them upon their minds,’”(K)
17 he also says:[h]
“Their sins and their evildoing
I will remember no more.”(L)
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin.
Recalling the Past.[i] 19 Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary(M) 20 [j]by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil,(N) that is, his flesh, 21 [k](O)and since we have “a great priest over the house of God,” 22 let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience[l] and our bodies washed in pure water.(P) 23 Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy.(Q) 24 We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works. 25 We should not stay away from our assembly,[m] as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.(R)
26 [n](S)If we sin deliberately after receiving knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains sacrifice for sins 27 but a fearful prospect of judgment and a flaming fire that is going to consume the adversaries.(T) 28 Anyone who rejects the law of Moses[o] is put to death without pity on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(U) 29 Do you not think that a much worse punishment is due the one who has contempt for the Son of God, considers unclean the covenant-blood by which he was consecrated, and insults the spirit of grace?(V) 30 We know the one who said:
“Vengeance is mine; I will repay,”
and again:
“The Lord will judge his people.”(W)
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.(X)
32 Remember the days past when, after you had been enlightened,[p] you endured a great contest of suffering.(Y) 33 At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and affliction; at other times you associated yourselves with those so treated.(Z) 34 You even joined in the sufferings of those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you had a better and lasting possession.(AA) 35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence; it will have great recompense.(AB) 36 You need endurance to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.(AC)
37 “For, after just a brief moment,[q]
he who is to come shall come;
he shall not delay.(AD)
38 But my just one shall live by faith,
and if he draws back I take no pleasure in him.”(AE)
39 We are not among those who draw back and perish, but among those who have faith and will possess life.
Footnotes
- 10:1–10 Christian faith now realizes that the Old Testament sacrifices did not effect the spiritual benefits to come but only prefigured them (Hb 10:1). For if the sacrifices had actually effected the forgiveness of sin, there would have been no reason for their constant repetition (Hb 10:2). They were rather a continual reminder of the people’s sins (Hb 10:3). It is not reasonable to suppose that human sins could be removed by the blood of animal sacrifices (Hb 10:4). Christ, therefore, is here shown to understand his mission in terms of Ps 40:6–8, cited according to the Septuagint (Hb 10:5–7). Jesus acknowledged that the Old Testament sacrifices did not remit the sins of the people and so, perceiving the will of God, offered his own body for this purpose (Hb 10:8–10).
- 10:1 A shadow of the good things to come: the term shadow was used in Hb 8:5 to signify the earthly counterpart of the Platonic heavenly reality. But here it means a prefiguration of what is to come in Christ, as it is used in the Pauline literature; cf. Col 2:17.
- 10:5–7 A passage from Ps 40:7–9 is placed in the mouth of the Son at his incarnation. As usual, the author follows the Septuagint text. There is a notable difference in Hb 10:5 (Ps 40:6), where the Masoretic text reads “ears you have dug for me” (“ears open to obedience you gave me,” NAB), but most Septuagint manuscripts have “a body you prepared for me,” a reading obviously more suited to the interpretation of Hebrews.
- 10:8 Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings: these four terms taken from the preceding passage of Ps 40 (with the first two changed to plural forms) are probably intended as equivalents to the four principal types of Old Testament sacrifices: peace offerings (Lv 3, here called sacrifices); cereal offerings (Lv 2, here called offerings); holocausts (Lv 1); and sin offerings (Lv 4–5). This last category includes the guilt offerings of Lv 5:14–19.
- 10:11–18 Whereas the levitical priesthood offered daily sacrifices that were ineffectual in remitting sin (Hb 10:11), Jesus offered a single sacrifice that won him a permanent place at God’s right hand. There he has only to await the final outcome of his work (Hb 10:12–13; cf. Ps 110:1). Thus he has brought into being in his own person the new covenant prophesied by Jeremiah (Jer 31:33–34) that has rendered meaningless all other offerings for sin (Hb 10:14–18).
- 10:13 Until his enemies are made his footstool: Ps 110:1 is again used; the reference here is to the period of time between the enthronement of Jesus and his second coming. The identity of the enemies is not specified; cf. 1 Cor 15:25–27.
- 10:15–17 The testimony of the scriptures is now invoked to support what has just preceded. The passage cited is a portion of the new covenant prophecy of Jer 31:31–34, which the author previously used in Hb 8:8–12.
- 10:17 He also says: these words are not in the Greek text, which has only kai, “also,” but the expression “after saying” in Hb 10:15 seems to require such a phrase to divide the Jeremiah text into two sayings. Others understand “the Lord says” of Hb 10:16 (here rendered says the Lord) as outside the quotation and consider Hb 10:16b as part of the second saying. Two ancient versions and a number of minuscules introduce the words “then he said” or a similar expression at the beginning of Hb 10:17.
- 10:19–39 Practical consequences from these reflections on the priesthood and the sacrifice of Christ should make it clear that Christians may now have direct and confident access to God through the person of Jesus (Hb 10:19–20), who rules God’s house as high priest (Hb 10:21). They should approach God with sincerity and faith, in the knowledge that through baptism their sins have been remitted (Hb 10:22), reminding themselves of the hope they expressed in Christ at that event (Hb 10:23). They are to encourage one another to Christian love and activity (Hb 10:24), not refusing, no matter what the reason, to participate in the community’s assembly, especially in view of the parousia (Hb 10:25; cf. 1 Thes 4:13–18). If refusal to participate in the assembly indicates rejection of Christ, no sacrifice exists to obtain forgiveness for so great a sin (Hb 10:26); only the dreadful judgment of God remains (Hb 10:27). For if violation of the Mosaic law could be punished by death, how much worse will be the punishment of those who have turned their backs on Christ by despising his sacrifice and disregarding the gifts of the holy Spirit (Hb 10:28–29). Judgment belongs to the Lord, and he enacts it by his living presence (Hb 10:30–31). There was a time when the spirit of their community caused them to welcome and share their sufferings (Hb 10:32–34). To revitalize that spirit is to share in the courage of the Old Testament prophets (cf. Is 26:20; Hb 2:3–4), the kind of courage that must distinguish the faith of the Christian (Hb 10:35–39).
- 10:20 Through the veil, that is, his flesh: the term flesh is used pejoratively. As the temple veil kept people from entering the Holy of Holies (it was rent at Christ’s death, Mk 15:38), so the flesh of Jesus constituted an obstacle to approaching God.
- 10:21 The house of God: this refers back to Hb 3:6, “we are his house.”
- 10:22 With our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience: as in Hb 9:13 (see note there), the sprinkling motif refers to the Mosaic rite of cleansing from ritual impurity. This could produce only an external purification, whereas sprinkling with the blood of Christ (Hb 9:14) cleanses the conscience. Washed in pure water: baptism is elsewhere referred to as a washing; cf. 1 Cor 6:11; Eph 5:26.
- 10:25 Our assembly: the liturgical assembly of the Christian community, probably for the celebration of the Eucharist. The day: this designation for the parousia also occurs in the Pauline letters, e.g., Rom 2:16; 1 Cor 3:13; 1 Thes 5:2.
- 10:26 If we sin deliberately: verse 29 indicates that the author is here thinking of apostasy; cf. Hb 3:12; 6:4–8.
- 10:28 Rejects the law of Moses: evidently not any sin against the law, but idolatry. Dt 17:2–7 prescribed capital punishment for idolaters who were convicted on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- 10:32 After you had been enlightened: “enlightenment” is an ancient metaphor for baptism (cf. Eph 5:14; Jn 9:11), but see Hb 6:4 and the note there.
- 10:37–38 In support of his argument, the author uses Hb 2:3–4 in a wording almost identical with the text of the Codex Alexandrinus of the Septuagint but with the first and second lines of Hb 10:4 inverted. He introduces it with a few words from Is 26:20: after just a brief moment. Note the Pauline usage of Hb 2:4 in Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11.
Hebrews 10
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus Christ—the Only Sacrifice We Need
10 The law gave us only an unclear picture of the good things coming in the future. The law is not a perfect picture of the real things. The law tells people to offer the same sacrifices every year. Those who come to worship God continue to offer those sacrifices. But the law can never make them perfect. 2 If the law could make people perfect, those sacrifices would have already stopped. They would already be clean from their sins, and they would not still feel guilty. 3 But that’s not what happens. Their sacrifices make them remember their sins every year, 4 because it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 So when Christ came into the world he said,
“You don’t want sacrifices and offerings,
but you have prepared a body for me.
6 You are not pleased with the sacrifices of animals killed and burned
or with offerings to take away sins.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am, God.
It is written about me in the book of the law.
I have come to do what you want.’” (A)
8 Christ first said, “You don’t want sacrifices and offerings. You are not pleased with animals killed and burned or with sacrifices to take away sin.” (These are all sacrifices that the law commands.) 9 Then he said, “Here I am, God. I have come to do what you want.” So God ends that first system of sacrifices and starts his new way. 10 Jesus Christ did the things God wanted him to do. And because of that, we are made holy through the sacrifice of Christ’s body. Christ made that sacrifice one time—enough for all time.
11 Every day the priests stand and do their religious service. Again and again they offer the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But Christ offered only one sacrifice for sins, and that sacrifice is good for all time. Then he sat down at the right side of God. 13 And now Christ waits there for his enemies to be put under his power.[a] 14 With one sacrifice Christ made his people perfect forever. They are the ones who are being made holy.
15 The Holy Spirit also tells us about this. First he says,
16 “This is the agreement[b] I will make
with my people in the future, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts.
I will write my laws in their minds.” (B)
17 Then he says,
“I will forget their sins
and never again remember the evil they have done.” (C)
18 And after everything is forgiven, there is no more need for a sacrifice to pay for sins.
Come Near to God
19 And so, brothers and sisters, we are completely free to enter the Most Holy Place.[c] We can do this without fear because of the blood sacrifice of Jesus. 20 We enter through a new way that Jesus opened for us. It is a living way that leads through the curtain—Christ’s body. 21 And we have a great priest who rules the house of God. 22 Sprinkled with the blood of Christ, our hearts have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere heart, full of confidence because of our faith in Christ. 23 We must hold on to the hope we have, never hesitating to tell people about it. We can trust God to do what he promised.
Help Each Other Be Strong
24 We should think about each other to see how we can encourage each other to show love and do good works. 25 We must not quit meeting together, as some are doing. No, we need to keep on encouraging each other. This becomes more and more important as you see the Day getting closer.
Don’t Turn Away From God’s Son
26 If we decide to continue sinning after we have learned the truth, then there is no other sacrifice that will take away sins. 27 If we continue sinning, all that is left for us is a fearful time of waiting for the judgment and the angry fire that will destroy those who live against God. 28 Whoever refused to obey the Law of Moses was found guilty from the testimony given by two or three witnesses. Such people were not forgiven. They were killed. 29 So think how much more punishment people deserve who show their hate for the Son of God—people who show they have no respect for the blood sacrifice that began the new agreement and once made them holy or who insult the Spirit of God’s grace. 30 We know that God said, “I will punish people for the wrongs they do; I will repay them.”[d] And he also said, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e] 31 It is a terrible thing to face punishment from the living God.
Keep the Courage and Patience You Had
32 Remember the days when you first learned the truth. You had a hard struggle with much suffering, but you continued strong. 33 Sometimes people said hateful things to you and mistreated you in public. And sometimes you helped others who were being treated that same way. 34 Yes, you helped them in prison and shared in their suffering. And you were still happy when everything you owned was taken away from you. You continued to be happy, because you knew that you had something much better—something that would continue forever.
35 So don’t lose the courage that you had in the past. Your courage will be rewarded richly. 36 You must be patient. After you have done what God wants, you will get what he promised you. 37 He says,
“Very soon now, the one who is coming
will come and will not be late.
38 The person who is right with me
will live by trusting in me.
But I will not be pleased with the one
who turns back in fear.” (D)
39 But we are not those who turn back and are lost. No, we are the people who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:13 to be put under his power Literally, “to be made a footstool for his feet.”
- Hebrews 10:16 agreement The new and better agreement that God has given to his people through Jesus. See “agreement” in the Word List.
- Hebrews 10:19 Most Holy Place Literally, “holies” for “holy of holies,” the spiritual place where God lives and is worshiped.
- Hebrews 10:30
Quote from Deut. 32:35. - Hebrews 10:30
Quote from Deut. 32:36.
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