Hebrews 8
New King James Version
The New Priestly Service
8 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, (A)who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a Minister of (B)the [a]sanctuary and of (C)the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
3 For (D)every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore (E)it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5 who serve (F)the copy and (G)shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, (H)“See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” 6 But now (I)He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a (J)better covenant, which was established on better promises.
A New Covenant(K)
7 For if that (L)first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: (M)“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the (N)Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and (O)I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 (P)None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the (Q)Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, (R)and their sins [b]and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
13 (S)In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 8:2 Lit. holies
- Hebrews 8:12 NU omits and their lawless deeds
Hebrews 8
Lexham English Bible
The Mediator of a New and Better Covenant
8 Now this is the main point in what has been said: we have a high priest such as this, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord set up, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices; therefore it was[a] necessary for this one also to have something that he offers. 4 Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because there[b] are those who offer the gifts according to the law, 5 who serve a sketch and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he[c] was about to complete the tabernacle, for he says, “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.”[d] 6 But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, occasion would not have been sought for a second. 8 For in finding fault with them he says,
“Behold, days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah,
9 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers
on the day I took hold of them by my hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt,
because they did not continue in my covenant
and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant that I will decree with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I am putting my laws in their minds
and I will write them on their hearts,
and I will be their[e] God
and they will be my[f] people.
11 And they will not teach each one his fellow citizen
and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings,
and I will not remember their sins any longer.”
13 In calling it new, he has declared the former to be old. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is near to disappearing.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 8:3 Or “it is”; either a present or a past tense verb may be supplied here
- Hebrews 8:4 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as causal
- Hebrews 8:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“about”)
- Hebrews 8:5 A quotation from Exod 25:40
- Hebrews 8:10 Literally “to them for”
- Hebrews 8:10 Literally “to me for”
希伯來書 8
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
更新更美之約的大祭司
8 我們所講的事，其中第一要緊的就是：我們有這樣一位大祭司，他已經坐在天上至大者寶座的右邊， 2 在聖所，就是在真帳幕裏作僕役；這帳幕是主所支搭的，不是人所支搭的。 3 凡大祭司都是為獻禮物和祭物設立的，所以這位大祭司也必須有所獻上。 4 他若在地上，就不用作祭司，因為已經有照律法獻禮物的祭司了。 5 他們所供奉的本是天上之事的樣式和影像，正如摩西將要造帳幕的時候， 神警戒他，說：「要謹慎，一切都要照着在山上指示你的樣式去做。」 6 如今耶穌已經得了更優越的事奉，正如他作更美之約的中保；這約原是憑更美之應許立的。
7 第一個約若沒有瑕疵，就無須尋求第二個約了。 8 所以 神指責他們說：
「主說，看哪，日子將到，
我要與以色列家
和猶大家另立新的約；
9 不像我拉着他們祖宗的手
領他們出埃及地的時候，
與他們所立的約；
因為他們不恆心守我的約，
所以我也不理他們；這是主說的。
10 主又說：
那些日子以後，
我與以色列家所立的約是這樣：
我要將我的律法放在他們的心思裏，
寫在他們的心上；
我要作他們的 神，
他們要作我的子民。
11 他們各人不用教導自己的鄉親和自己的弟兄，說：你要認識主；
因為從最小的到最大的，
他們都要認識我。
12 我要寬恕他們的不義，
絕不再記得他們的罪惡。」
13 既然 神提到「新的約」，那麼第一個約就成為舊的了；而那漸舊漸衰的必然很快消逝了。
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