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Ang Pagsimba Dinhi sa Yuta ug Didto sa Langit

Karon, ang una nga kasabotan may mga tulumanon mahitungod sa pagsimba ug may simbahan nga gibuhat sa mga tawo. Kadtong Tolda nga Simbahan nga ilang gipatindog may duha ka kuwarto. Ang una nga kuwarto gitawag nga Balaang Dapit. Didto nahimutang ang suga, ang lamisa, ug ang mga pan nga halad ngadto sa Dios. Ang ikaduha nga kuwarto nga atua sa luyo sa tabil mao ang gitawag nga Labing Balaang Dapit. Atua didto ang bulawan nga halaran nga sunoganan sa insenso, ug ang sudlanan sa Kasabotan nga hinaklapan usab ug bulawan. Didto sa kahon nasulod ang bulawan nga tibod nga gisudlan sa manna, ug ang sungkod ni Aaron nga nanalingsing. Atua usab ang lagpad nga mga bato nga gisulatan sa kasugoan sa Dios. Didto sa ibabaw sa kahon may mga gitawag nga kerubin. Nagpaila kini nga atua didto ang Dios. Ang pako sa mga kerubin nagapandong ibabaw sa dapit diin ginapasaylo sa Dios ang mga sala sa mga tawo.[a] Apan dili pa namo mapasabot kining tanan kaninyo karon. Ingon niini ang hulagway didto sulod sa Tolda nga Simbahan. Ug kada adlaw gayod mosulod ang mga pari didto sa unang kuwarto aron himuon ang ilang katungdanan. Apan sa Labing Balaang Dapit, ang pangulong pari lang gayod ang makasulod didto, ug kausa lang gayod sa usa ka tuig. Ug kon mosulod siya didto magdala gayod siya ug dugo nga ihalad ngadto sa Dios alang sa iyang kaugalingon nga mga sala ug alang usab sa mga sala sa katawhan nga wala masayod nga sala ang ilang gihimo. Pinaagi niini gitudloan kita sa Espiritu Santo nga ang yano nga mga tawo dili gayod makasulod sa Labing Balaang Dapit samtang nagbarog pa ang daang Tolda nga Simbahan. Kini nga simbahan hulagway lang sa atong panahon karon. Tungod kay ang tinuod, ang tanang mga halad lakip ang mga mananap nga ilang gihalad sa Dios dili gayod makahinlo sa konsensya sa mga nagasimba sa maong pamaagi. 10 Ang ilang gipangbuhat pulos mahitungod sa mga pagkaon ug ilimnon, ug mahitungod sa paghinlo sa lawas. Kini nga mga regulasyon panggawas lang ug hangtod lang sa panahon nga bag-ohon sa Dios ang tanan.

11-12 Apan karon miabot na si Cristo, ang atong pangulong pari sa mas maayo nga pamaagi. Misulod siya sa tolda nga mas hingpit. Dili kini hinimo sa tawo, ug wala kini dinhi niining kalibotana. Kausa lang gayod naghalad si Cristo sa Labing Balaang Dapit ug wala na gayod niya kini usba pa. Dili dugo sa mga kanding ug sa mga lating baka ang iyang gihalad kondili ang iyang dugo mismo. Ug tungod niini gitubos niya kita aron nga mahimong maayo ang atong kahimtang ug bisan kanus-a dili na kita masilotan tungod sa atong mga sala. 13 Sumala sa Kasugoan, kon ang tawo mahugawan tungod kay miduol siya sa patay nga tawo, kinahanglan wisikan siyag dugo sa kanding ug sa torong baka ug sa abo sa sinunog nga nating baka aron mahinloan siya sa iyang pagkahugaw. 14 Karon, kon kana gani makahinlo, mas labi pa gayod nga makahinlo ang dugo ni Cristo. Kay pinaagi sa walay kataposang Espiritu Santo gihalad ni Cristo ang iyang kaugalingon ingon nga hingpit nga halad ngadto sa Dios. Ang iyang dugo maoy maghinlo sa atong kasingkasing ug hunahuna aron talikdan nato ang atong gibuhat nga walay pulos ug alagaron nato ang Dios nga buhi.

15 Busa si Cristo mao ang tigpataliwala tali kanato ug sa Dios sa bag-o nga kasabotan. Kay pinaagi sa iyang kamatayon gitubos niya ang mga tawo nga naglapas sa una nga kasabotan. Mao kana nga ang mga gitawag sa Dios makadawat na sa mga butang nga iyang gisaad nga maangkon nila sa walay kataposan.

16-17 Ang panig-ingnan niini sama sa tawo nga naghimo ug testamento kon kinsa ang manunod sa iyang kabtangan kon mamatay na siya. Samtang buhi pa siya dili pa mapuslanon kana nga testamento, kay ang testamento mapuslan lang kon mapamatud-an nga namatay na ang naghimo niini. 18 Mao kana nga bisan ang una nga kasabotan nagkinahanglan usab ug dugo aron mapalig-on. 19 Kay human sa pagtudlo ni Moises sa mga tawo sa tanang mga sugo sa Kasugoan, nagkuha siya ug dugo sa mga lating baka ug sa mga kanding ug gisagolan kini niya ug tubig. Human niini, giwisikan niya ang gisulatan sa Kasugoan ug ang mga tawo. Ang iyang gigamit sa pagwisik balhibo sa karnero nga gitina ug pula ug gihigot diha sa isopo nga tanom. 20 Dayon miingon si Moises sa mga tawo, “Mao kini ang dugo nga nagpalig-on sa kasabotan nga gihatag sa Dios aron inyong tumanon.”[b] 21 Ug giwisikan usab niya ang Tolda nga Simbahan lakip ang tanan nga galamiton sa pagsimba sa Dios. 22 Sumala sa Kasugoan, halos tanan hinloan pinaagi sa dugo. Ug kon walay dugo nga giula isip halad ngadto sa Dios walay kapasayloan ang sala.

23 Busa kinahanglan nga hinloan sa mao nga pamaagi ang mga butang nga atua sulod niadtong simbahan nga hulagway lang sa mga butang nga atua sa langit. Apan ang mga butang nga atua sa langit nagakinahanglan ug mas maayo pang halad. 24 Kay si Cristo wala mosulod sa balaan nga lugar nga hinimo lang sa tawo nga hulagway lang sa atua sa langit kondili sa langit mismo siya misulod. Ug karon atua siya didto nangatubang sa Dios alang kanato. 25 Ang pangulong pari sa mga Judio nagasulod sa Labing Balaang Dapit kada tuig nga nagadala ug dugo sa mga mananap. Apan si Cristo kausa lang gayod naghalad sa iyang kaugalingon, ug wala na gayod niya kini usba pa. 26 Tungod kay kon kinahanglan pa nga usab-usabon, nan kadaghan na unta siya nagaantos sukad pa sa pagmugna sa kalibotan. Apan kausa lang gayod siya mianhi dinhi sa kalibotan aron sa pagwagtang sa atong mga sala pinaagi sa iyang paghalad sa iyang kaugalingon. Kini gibuhat niya niining kataposang panahon. 27 Ang tawo kausa lang gayod mamatay, ug pagkahuman hukman siya sa Dios. 28 Busa si Cristo kausa lang gayod namatay isip halad aron makuha ang mga sala sa mga tawo. Tinuod nga mobalik siya pag-usab dinhi sa kalibotan, apan dili aron sa paghalad pag-usab aron makuha ang atong mga sala, kondili aron sa pagluwas sa mga tawo nga nagahulat kaniya.

Footnotes

  1. 9:5 dapit diin ginapasaylo sa Dios ang mga sala sa mga tawo: mao kini ang tabon sa kahon nga nagsimbolo sa presensya sa Dios dinhi sa kalibotan.
  2. 9:20 Tan-awa usab ang Exo. 24:8.

The Earthly Holy Place

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and (A)an earthly place of holiness. For (B)a tent[a] was prepared, the first section, in which were (C)the lampstand and (D)the table and (E)the bread of the Presence.[b] It is called the Holy Place. Behind (F)the second curtain was a second section[c] called the Most Holy Place, having the golden (G)altar of incense and (H)the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was (I)a golden urn holding the manna, and (J)Aaron's staff that budded, and (K)the tablets of the covenant. Above it were (L)the cherubim of glory overshadowing (M)the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

These preparations having thus been made, (N)the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, but into the second only (O)the high priest goes, and he but (P)once a year, and not without taking blood, (Q)which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. By this the Holy Spirit indicates that (R)the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing (which is symbolic for the present age).[d] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered (S)that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with (T)food and drink and (U)various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest (V)of the good things that have come,[e] then through (W)the greater and more perfect tent ((X)not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he (Y)entered (Z)once for all into the holy places, not by means of (AA)the blood of goats and calves but (AB)by means of his own blood, (AC)thus securing an eternal redemption. 13 For if (AD)the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with (AE)the ashes of a heifer, sanctify[f] for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will (AF)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit (AG)offered himself without blemish to God, (AH)purify our[g] conscience (AI)from dead works (AJ)to serve the living God.

15 Therefore he is (AK)the mediator of a new covenant, so that (AL)those who are called may (AM)receive the promised eternal inheritance, (AN)since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.[h] 16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For (AO)a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated (AP)without blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took (AQ)the blood of calves and goats, (AR)with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, (AS)“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both (AT)the tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and (AU)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

23 Thus it was necessary for (AV)the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places (AW)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God (AX)on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as (AY)the high priest enters (AZ)the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, (BA)he has appeared (BB)once for all (BC)at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as (BD)it is appointed for man to die once, and (BE)after that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once (BF)to bear the sins of (BG)many, will appear (BH)a second time, (BI)not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly (BJ)waiting for him.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:2 Or tabernacle; also verses 11, 21
  2. Hebrews 9:2 Greek the presentation of the loaves
  3. Hebrews 9:3 Greek tent; also verses 6, 8
  4. Hebrews 9:9 Or which is symbolic for the age then present
  5. Hebrews 9:11 Some manuscripts good things to come
  6. Hebrews 9:13 Or For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies
  7. Hebrews 9:14 Some manuscripts your
  8. Hebrews 9:15 The Greek word means both covenant and will; also verses 16, 17

The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary

Now the first covenant,[a] in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared, the outer one,[b] which contained[c] the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this[d] is called the Holy Place. And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies. It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark[e] were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. And above the ark[f] were the cherubim[g] of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail. So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent[h] as they perform their duties. But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent,[i] and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.[j] The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the Holy Place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle[k] was standing. This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They served only for matters of food and drink[l] and various ritual washings; they are external regulations[m] imposed until the new order came.[n]

Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary

11 But now Christ has come[o] as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, 12 and he entered once for all into the Most Holy Place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured[p] eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,[q] 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[r] consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

15 And so he is the mediator[s] of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised,[t] since he died[u] to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant. 16 For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.[v] 17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive. 18 So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.[w] 19 For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”[x] 21 And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood. 22 Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. 23 So it was necessary for the sketches[y] of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices,[z] but the heavenly things themselves required[aa] better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands—the representation[ab] of the true sanctuary[ac]—but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us. 25 And he did not enter to offer[ad] himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice. 27 And just as people[ae] are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,[af] 28 so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many,[ag] to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin[ah] but to bring salvation.[ai]

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:1 tn Grk “the first” (referring to the covenant described in Heb 8:7, 13). In the translation the referent (covenant) has been specified for clarity.
  2. Hebrews 9:2 tn Grk “the first,” in order of approach in the ritual.
  3. Hebrews 9:2 tn Grk “in which [were].”
  4. Hebrews 9:2 tn Grk “which,” describing the outer tent.
  5. Hebrews 9:4 tn Grk “in which”; in the translation the referent (the ark) has been specified for clarity.
  6. Hebrews 9:5 tn Grk “above it”; in the translation the referent (the ark) has been specified for clarity.
  7. Hebrews 9:5 sn The cherubim (pl.) were an order of angels mentioned repeatedly in the OT but only here in the NT. They were associated with God’s presence, glory, and holiness. Their images that sat on top of the ark of the covenant are described in Exod 25:18-20.
  8. Hebrews 9:6 tn Grk “the first tent.”
  9. Hebrews 9:7 tn Grk “the second tent.”
  10. Hebrews 9:7 tn Or perhaps “the unintentional sins of the people”; Grk “the ignorances of the people.” Cf. BDAG 13 s.v. ἀγνόημα, “sin committed in ignorance/unintentionally.” This term seems to be simply a synonym for “sins” (cf. Heb 5:2) and does not pick up the distinction made in Num 15:22-31 between unwitting sin and “high-handed” sin. The Day of Atonement ritual in Lev 16 covered all the sins of the people, not just the unwitting ones.
  11. Hebrews 9:8 tn Grk “the first tent.” The literal phrase “the first tent” refers to either (1) the outer chamber of the tabernacle in the wilderness (as in vv. 2, 6) or (2) the entire tabernacle as a symbol of the OT system of approaching God. The second is more likely given the contrast that follows in vv. 11-12.
  12. Hebrews 9:10 tn Grk “only for foods and drinks.”
  13. Hebrews 9:10 tc Most witnesses (D1 M) have “various washings, and external regulations” (βαπτισμοῖς καὶ δικαιώμασιν, baptismois kai dikaiōmasin), with both nouns in the dative. The translation “washings; they are…regulations” renders βαπτισμοῖς, δικαιώματα (baptismois, dikaiōmata; found in such significant mss as P46 א* A I P 0278 33 1739 1881 al sa) in which case δικαιώματα is taken as the nominative subject of the participle ἐπικείμενα (epikeimena). It seems far more likely that scribes would conform δικαιώματα to the immediately preceding datives and join it to them by καί than they would to the following nominative participle. Both on external and internal evidence the text is thus secure as reading βαπτισμοῖς, δικαιώματα.
  14. Hebrews 9:10 tn Grk “until the time of setting things right.”
  15. Hebrews 9:11 tn Grk “But Christ, when he came,” introducing a sentence that includes all of Heb 9:11-12. The main construction is “Christ, having come…, entered…, having secured…,” and everything else describes his entrance.
  16. Hebrews 9:12 tn This verb occurs in the Greek middle voice, which here intensifies the role of the subject, Christ, in accomplishing the action: “he alone secured”; “he and no other secured.”
  17. Hebrews 9:13 tn Grk “for the purifying of the flesh.” The “flesh” here is symbolic of outward or ritual purity in contrast to inner purity, that of the conscience (cf. Heb 9:9).
  18. Hebrews 9:14 tc The reading adopted by the translation is attested by many authorities (A D* K P 365 1739* al). But many others (א D2 0278 33 1739c 1881 M lat sa) read “your” instead of “our.” The diversity of evidence makes this a difficult case to decide from external evidence alone. The first and second person pronouns differ by only one letter in Greek, as in English, also making this problem difficult to decide based on internal evidence and transcriptional probability. In the context, the author’s description of sacrificial activities seems to invite the reader to compare his own possible participation in OT liturgy as over against the completed work of Christ, so the second person pronoun “your” might make more sense. On the other hand, TCGNT 599 argues that “our” is preferable because the author of Hebrews uses direct address (i.e., the second person) only in the hortatory sections. What is more, the author seems to prefer the first person in explanatory remarks or when giving the logical grounds for an assertion (cf. Heb 4:15; 7:14). It is hard to reach a definitive conclusion in this case, but the data lean slightly in favor of the first person pronoun.
  19. Hebrews 9:15 tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesitēs, “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.
  20. Hebrews 9:15 tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”
  21. Hebrews 9:15 tn Grk “a death having occurred.”
  22. Hebrews 9:16 tn Grk “there is a necessity for the death of the one who made it to be proven.”
  23. Hebrews 9:18 sn The Greek text reinforces this by negating the opposite (“not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood”), but this double negation is not used in contemporary English.
  24. Hebrews 9:20 tn Grk “which God commanded for you (or in your case).”sn A quotation from Exod 24:8.
  25. Hebrews 9:23 tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.
  26. Hebrews 9:23 tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.
  27. Hebrews 9:23 tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”
  28. Hebrews 9:24 tn Or “prefiguration.”
  29. Hebrews 9:24 tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.
  30. Hebrews 9:25 tn Grk “and not that he might offer,” continuing the previous construction.
  31. Hebrews 9:27 tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anthrōpois) has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).
  32. Hebrews 9:27 tn Grk “and after this—judgment.”
  33. Hebrews 9:28 sn An allusion to Isa 53:12.
  34. Hebrews 9:28 tn Grk “without sin,” but in context this does not refer to Christ’s sinlessness (as in Heb 4:15) but to the fact that sin is already dealt with by his first coming.
  35. Hebrews 9:28 tn Grk “for salvation.” This may be construed with the verb “await” (those who wait for him to bring them salvation), but the connection with “appear” (as in the translation) is more likely.

Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.(A) A tabernacle(B) was set up. In its first room were the lampstand(C) and the table(D) with its consecrated bread;(E) this was called the Holy Place.(F) Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,(G) which had the golden altar of incense(H) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.(I) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,(J) Aaron’s staff that had budded,(K) and the stone tablets of the covenant.(L) Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,(M) overshadowing the atonement cover.(N) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly(O) into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered(P) the inner room,(Q) and that only once a year,(R) and never without blood,(S) which he offered for himself(T) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(U) The Holy Spirit was showing(V) by this that the way(W) into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. This is an illustration(X) for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered(Y) were not able to clear the conscience(Z) of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food(AA) and drink(AB) and various ceremonial washings(AC)—external regulations(AD) applying until the time of the new order.

The Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ came as high priest(AE) of the good things that are now already here,[a](AF) he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle(AG) that is not made with human hands,(AH) that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;(AI) but he entered the Most Holy Place(AJ) once for all(AK) by his own blood,(AL) thus obtaining[b] eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls(AM) and the ashes of a heifer(AN) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(AO) offered himself(AP) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences(AQ) from acts that lead to death,[c](AR) so that we may serve the living God!(AS)

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator(AT) of a new covenant,(AU) that those who are called(AV) may receive the promised(AW) eternal inheritance(AX)—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.(AY)

16 In the case of a will,[d] it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.(AZ) 19 When Moses had proclaimed(BA) every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves,(BB) together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.(BC) 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”[e](BD) 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,(BE) and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.(BF)

23 It was necessary, then, for the copies(BG) of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one;(BH) he entered heaven itself,(BI) now to appear for us in God’s presence.(BJ) 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place(BK) every year with blood that is not his own.(BL) 26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world.(BM) But he has appeared(BN) once for all(BO) at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.(BP) 27 Just as people are destined to die once,(BQ) and after that to face judgment,(BR) 28 so Christ was sacrificed once(BS) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,(BT) not to bear sin,(BU) but to bring salvation(BV) to those who are waiting for him.(BW)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:11 Some early manuscripts are to come
  2. Hebrews 9:12 Or blood, having obtained
  3. Hebrews 9:14 Or from useless rituals
  4. Hebrews 9:16 Same Greek word as covenant; also in verse 17
  5. Hebrews 9:20 Exodus 24:8