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.
永远的赎罪祭
1律法只是将来美事的一个投影，并非本体的真像，所以年复一年地献同样的祭物，绝不能使前来敬拜的人纯全， 2否则，献祭的事早已终止了。因为敬拜的人若献一次祭就能彻底得到洁净，早就不会再觉得有罪了。 3然而，每年献祭，都会使人想起自己的罪来， 4因为公牛和山羊的血根本不能除去人的罪。
5所以，基督来到世上时曾说：
“上帝啊，祭物和供物非你所悦，
你为我预备了身体。
6燔祭和赎罪祭非你所爱。
7于是我说，
‘上帝啊，我来是要遵行你的旨意，
我的事都记在圣经上了。’10:7 诗篇40:6‑8。”
8基督首先说：“祭物、供物、燔祭和赎罪祭都不是你想要的，也不是你喜爱的。”这些都是依照律法献上的。 9然后祂又说：“看啊，我来是要遵行你的旨意。”可见祂为了设立后者，废除了前者。 10靠着上帝的旨意，耶稣基督只一次献上自己的身体，便使我们永远圣洁了。
11祭司都要天天站着供职，一次次地献上同样的祭物，只是这些祭物根本不能除罪。 12而基督一次献上自己成为永远的赎罪祭后，就坐在上帝的右边， 13等待祂的仇敌成为祂的脚凳。 14祂凭一次牺牲，使那些得以圣洁的人永远纯全。
15圣灵也向我们做见证，说：
16“主说：‘那些日子以后，
我将与他们立这样的约，
我要把我的律法放在他们心上，
写在他们脑中。10:16 耶利米书31:33。
17我要忘掉他们的罪恶和过犯。’10:17 耶利米书31:34。”
18既然过犯和罪恶已经得到赦免，就不需要再为罪献祭了。
坚忍到底
19-20弟兄姊妹，耶稣为我们开辟了一条又新又活的路，使我们可以靠着祂的血穿过幔子，就是祂的身体，坦然进入至圣所。 21并且，我们有一位大祭司管理上帝的家， 22祂洁净了我们被罪困扰的良心，用清水洗净了我们的身体。因此，我们要信心十足、真诚地到上帝面前。 23我们要坚定不移地持守我们所认定的盼望，因为赐应许的那位是信实的。 24我们要想办法彼此相顾，激发爱心，勉励行善。 25不要像那些停止惯了的人一样停止聚会，要互相鼓励，既然知道主再来的日子近了，更要如此。
26因为我们知道了真理以后，若仍然故意犯罪，就再没有赎罪祭了， 27只有可怕的审判和烧灭敌对者的烈火等候我们。 28人违背摩西的律法，经两三个人指证后，尚且被毫不留情地处死， 29更何况人践踏上帝的儿子，轻看那使人圣洁的立约之血，又藐视赐人恩典的圣灵？这等人该受多么重的刑罚啊！ 30我们知道上帝说过：“申冤在我，我必报应。”10:30 申命记32:35。祂又说：“主要审判祂的子民。”10:30 申命记32:36；诗篇135:14。 31落在永活上帝的手中是可怕的！
32你们要回想当初的日子，那时你们蒙了光照以后，忍受了各种苦难的煎熬。 33有时候，你们在众目睽睽之下被辱骂，受迫害；有时候，你们和遭受这样苦难的人相依为伴。 34你们体恤那些坐牢的人，即使你们的家业被抢夺，仍然甘心忍受，因为你们知道自己有更美的、永远长存的家业。 35所以切勿失去勇敢的心，因为勇敢的心会给你们带来大赏赐。 36你们需要坚忍到底，这样你们遵行了上帝的旨意后，便可以得到祂的应许。
37因为“将要来临的那位很快要来了，绝不迟延。10:37 以赛亚书26:20；哈巴谷书2:3、4。 38属我的义人必靠信心而活。他若畏缩退后，我必不喜悦他。”10:38 哈巴谷书2:3、4。 39但我们都不是退后走向灭亡的人，而是因为有信心而灵魂得救的人。
