永遠的贖罪祭
1律法只是將來美事的一個投影，並非本體的真像，所以年復一年的獻祭不能使前來敬拜的人純全。 2否則，獻祭的事早已終止了，因為敬拜的人若獻一次祭就能徹底得到潔淨，他們就不再覺得有罪了。 3然而，每年獻祭的事都使人想起自己的罪來， 4因為公牛和山羊的血根本不能除去人的罪。
5所以，基督來到世上的時候曾說：
「上帝啊，祭物和供物非你所悅，
你為我預備了身體。
6你並非喜愛燔祭和贖罪祭。
7於是我說，
『上帝啊，我來是要遵行你的旨意，
我的事都記在聖經上了。』」
8基督首先說：「祭物、供物、燔祭和贖罪祭都不是你想要的，也不是你喜悅的。」這些都是依照律法獻上的。 9然後祂又說：「我來是要遵行你的旨意。」這樣，祂廢除了前者，為要設立後者。 10上帝的旨意是：耶穌基督只一次獻上自己的身體，便使我們永遠聖潔了。
11祭司都要天天站著供職，一次次地獻上同樣的祭物，只是這些祭物根本不能除罪。 12而基督一次獻上自己成為永遠的贖罪祭後，就坐在上帝的右邊， 13等待祂的仇敵成為祂的腳凳。 14祂憑自己的一次犧牲，使那些得以聖潔的人永遠純全。
15聖靈也向我們做見證，說：
16「主說，那些日子以後，
我將與他們立這樣的約，
我要把我的律例放在他們心中，
寫在他們腦中。
17我要忘記他們的過犯和罪惡。」
18既然過犯和罪惡已經得到赦免，就不需要再為罪獻祭了。
堅忍到底
19-20弟兄姊妹，耶穌已用寶血為我們開闢了一條又新又活的路，使我們可以穿過幔子，就是祂的身體，坦然進入至聖所。 21並且，我們有一位大祭司管理上帝的家， 22祂潔淨了我們被罪困擾的良心，用清水洗淨了我們的身體。因此，我們要信心十足、真誠地到上帝面前。 23我們要堅定不移地持守我們所認定的盼望，因為賜應許的那位是信實的。 24我們要想辦法彼此相顧，激發愛心，勉勵行善。 25不要停止聚會，像那些停止慣了的人，要互相鼓勵，特別是你們知道主再來的日子近了。
26因為我們知道了真理以後，若仍然故意犯罪，就再沒有贖罪祭了， 27只有可怕的審判和燒滅敵對者的烈火等候我們。 28人違犯摩西的律法，經兩三個人指證後，尚且被毫不留情地處死， 29更何況人踐踏上帝的兒子，輕看那使人聖潔的立約之血，又藐視賜人恩典的聖靈？這等人該受多麼重的刑罰啊！ 30我們知道上帝說過：「伸冤在我，我必報應。」祂又說：「主要審判祂的百姓。」 31落在永活上帝的手中是可怕的！
32你們要回想當初的日子，那時你們蒙了光照以後，忍受了各種苦難的煎熬。 33有時候，你們在眾目睽睽之下被辱駡，受迫害；有時候，你們和遭受這樣苦難的人同舟共濟。 34你們體恤那些坐牢的人，即使你們的家業被搶奪，仍然甘心忍受，因為你們知道自己有更美的、永遠長存的家業。 35所以切勿失去勇敢的心，因為勇敢的心會給你們帶來大賞賜。 36你們需要堅忍到底，這樣你們遵行了上帝的旨意後，便可以得到祂的應許。
37因爲「將要來臨的那位很快要來了，絕不遲延。 38屬我的義人必靠信心而活。他若畏縮退後，我必不喜悅他。」 39但我們都不是退後走向滅亡的人，而是因為有信心而靈魂得救的人。
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
1The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
6with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’ ”10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
8First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16“This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”10:16 Jer. 31:33
17Then he adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more.”10:17 Jer. 31:34
18And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
A Call to Persevere in Faith
19Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”10:30 Deut. 32:35 and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14 31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37For,
“In just a little while,
he who is coming will come
and will not delay.”10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
38And,
“But my righteous10:38 Some manuscripts But the righteous one will live by faith.
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)
39But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
