The High Priest of a New Covenant
1Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.
3Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. 4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. 5They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”8:5 Exodus 25:40 6But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
7For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8But God found fault with the people and said8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.:
“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
9It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
11No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”8:12 Jer. 31:31-34
13By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
የአዲስ ኪዳን ሊቀ ካህናት
1እንግዲህ የምንናገረው ዋናው ነገር ይህ ነው፤ በሰማያት በግርማው ዙፋን ቀኝ የተቀመጠ እንዲህ ያለ ሊቀ ካህናት አለን፤ 2እርሱም በሰው ሳይሆን በጌታ በተተከለችው፣ እውነተኛ ድንኳን በሆነችው ቤተ መቅደስ አገልጋይ ነው።
3እያንዳንዱ ሊቀ ካህናት የሚሾመው መባንና መሥዋዕትን ለማቅረብ ነው፤ ስለዚህ ይህኛውም ሊቀ ካህን የሚያቀርበው ነገር ያስፈልገዋል። 4እርሱ በምድር ቢኖር ኖሮ ካህን ባልሆነም ነበር፤ ምክንያቱም በሕግ በታዘዘው መሠረት መባን የሚያቀርቡ ሰዎች አሉ። 5እነርሱ ያገለገሉት በሰማይ ላለችው መቅደስ ምሳሌና ጥላ በሆነችው ውስጥ ነው፤ ሙሴ ድንኳኒቱን ለመሥራት በተነሣ ጊዜ፣ “በተራራው ላይ በተገለጠልህ ምሳሌ መሠረት ሁሉን ነገር እንድታደርግ ተጠንቀቅ” የሚል ትእዛዝ የተሰጠው በዚህ ምክንያት ነበር። 6ነገር ግን ኢየሱስ መካከለኛ የሆነበት ኪዳን ከቀድሞው እንደሚበልጥ ሁሉ፣ የተቀበለውም አገልግሎት ከእነርሱ አገልግሎት ይበልጣል፤ ይህም የተመሠረተው በተሻለ የተስፋ ቃል ላይ ነው።
7የመጀመሪያው ኪዳን ምንም ጕድለት ባይገኝበት ኖሮ፣ ለሁለተኛው ስፍራ ባልተፈለገም ነበር። 8ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር በሕዝቡ ላይ ጕድለት በማግኘቱ እንዲህ ይላቸዋል8፥8 አንዳንድ የጥንት ቅጆች ጕድለት በማግኘቱ ለሕዝቡ እንዲህ ይላቸዋል፤
“ከእስራኤል ቤት ጋር፣
ከይሁዳም ቤት ጋር፣
አዲስ ኪዳን የምገባበት፣
ጊዜ ይመጣል፤ ይላል ጌታ።
9ይህም እነርሱን ከግብፅ ምድር
ለማውጣት እጃቸውን በያዝሁ ጊዜ፣
ከቀድሞ አባቶቻቸው ጋር እንደ ገባሁት ኪዳን አይደለም፤
ምክንያቱም እነርሱ በኪዳኔ አልጸኑም፤
እኔም ከእነርሱ ዘወር አልሁ፤
ይላል ጌታ።
10ከዚያን ጊዜ በኋላ፣
ከእስራኤል ቤት ጋር የምገባው ኪዳን ይህ ነው፤ ይላል ጌታ፤
ሕጌን በአእምሯቸው አኖራለሁ፤
በልባቸውም እጽፈዋለሁ።
እኔ አምላካቸው እሆናለሁ፤
እነርሱም ሕዝቤ ይሆናሉ።
11ከእንግዲህ ማንም ሰው ጎረቤቱን
ወይም ወንድሙን፣ ‘ጌታን ዕወቅ’ ብሎ አያስተምርም፤
ምክንያቱም ከታናሹ ጀምሮ እስከ ታላቁ ድረስ፣
ሁሉም ያውቁኛል።
12በደላቸውን ይቅር እላለሁ፤ ኀጢአታቸውን
ከእንግዲህ አላስብም።”
13ይህን ኪዳን፣ “አዲስ” በማለቱ የፊተኛውን ኪዳን አሮጌ አድርጎታል፤ ስለዚህ ያረጀ ያፈጀው የሚጠፋበት ጊዜ ተቃርቧል።
