Hebrews 8

1 The 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,

1 我们所讲的要点是：我们有这样一位大祭司，祂现在已经坐在天上至高上帝的宝座右边，

2 and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

2 并在圣所里供职。这圣所就是真正的圣幕，不是人建立的，而是主亲手建立的。

3 And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

3 所有的大祭司都是为了向上帝献礼物和祭物而设立的，因此我们这位大祭司也必须有所献上。

4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

4 祂如果是在地上，根本不会做祭司，因为地上已经有照律法向上帝献礼物的祭司了。

5 The place where they serve 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.”

5 这些祭司的事奉都是仿效和反映天上的事，正如摩西建圣幕的时候，上帝警告他说： “你务要照着在山上指示你的样式造各样器具。”

6 Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

6 但如今，耶稣得到了一个更超越的职任，正如祂担任了更美之约的中保，这约是根据更美的应许所立的。

7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

7 因为如果第一个约没有缺点，就不必另立新约了。

8 But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

8 然而，上帝指责祂的子民，说： “主说，看啊，时候将到， 我要与以色列家和犹大家另立新约，

9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

9 这约不同于我与他们祖先所立的约， 那是我牵着他们祖先的手领他们离开埃及时所立的。 因为他们不持守我的约， 所以我不再理会他们。 这是主说的。

10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

10 主又说，那些日子以后， 我将与以色列家立这样的约， 我要把我的律法放在他们脑中， 写在他们心上。 我要做他们的上帝， 他们要做我的子民。

11 No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

11 谁都无需再教导自己的邻居和弟兄， 说，‘你要认识主。’ 因为他们无论尊卑都必认识我。

12 For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

12 我要赦免他们的过犯， 忘掉他们的罪恶。”

13 By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

13 上帝既然说要立新约，就是把第一个约当作旧的了，那渐渐陈旧过时的很快就会消失。