希伯來書 第 8 章

¹我們所講的事，其中第一要緊的，就是我們有這樣的大祭司，已經坐在天上至大者寶座的右邊，Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

²在聖所，就是真帳幕裡，作執事；這帳幕是主所支的，不是人所支的。A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

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的。For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

⁴他若在地上，必不得為祭司，因為已經有照律法獻禮物的祭司。For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

⁵他們供奉的事本是天上事的形狀和影像，正如摩西將要造帳幕的時候，蒙神警戒他，說：你要謹慎，作各樣的物件都要照著在山上指示你的樣式。Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

⁶如今耶穌所得的職任是更美的，正如他作更美之約的中保；這約原是憑更美之應許立的。But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

⁷那前約若沒有瑕疵，就無處尋求後約了。For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

⁸所以主指責他的百姓說（或作：所以主指前約的缺欠說）：日子將到，我要與以色列家和猶大家另立新約，For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

⁹不像我拉著他們祖宗的手，領他們出埃及的時候，與他們所立的約。因為他們不恆心守我的約，我也不理他們。這是主說的。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 continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

¹⁰主又說：那些日子以後，我與以色列家所立的約乃是這樣：我要將我的律法放在他們裡面，寫在他們心上；我要作他們的神；他們要作我的子民。For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

¹¹他們不用各人教導自己的鄉鄰和自己的弟兄，說：你該認識主；因為他們從最小的到至大的，都必認識我。And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

¹²我要寬恕他們的不義，不再記念他們的罪愆。For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

¹³既說新約。就以前約為舊了；但那漸舊漸衰的，就必快歸無有了。In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.