Hebrews 9

1 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

1 حَقّاً كَانَ الْعَهْدُ الْعَتِيقُ يَتَضَمَّنُ طُقُوساً وَقَوَانِينَ تُنَظِّمُ عِبَادَةَ اللهِ فِي خَيْمَةٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ مَنْصُوبَةٍ عَلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ.

2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

2 وَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْخَيْمَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ تَحْتَوِي عَلَى قِسْمَيْنِ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمَا الْحِجَابُ. الْقِسْمُ الأَوَّلُ، وَاسْمُهُ «الْقُدْسُ»، كَانَ يَحْتَوِي عَلَى مَنَارَةٍ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ، وَمَائِدَةٍ يُوضَعُ عَلَيْهَا خُبْزٌ مُقَرَّبٌ لِلهِ.

3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

3 أَمَّا الْقِسْمُ الثَّانِي، الْوَاقِعُ وَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ، فَكَانَ يُسَمَّى «قُدْسَ الأَقْدَاسِ»،

4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

4 وَيَحْتَوِي عَلى مَوْقِدٍ لِلْبَخُورِ مَصْنُوعٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَتَابُوتٍ مُغَشّىً بِالذَّهَبِ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، يُدْعَى «تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ». وَكَانَ فِي دَاخِلِ التَّابُوتِ إِنَاءٌ مَصْنُوعٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ يَحْتَوِي عَلَى بَعْضِ الْمَنِّ؛ وَعَصَا هَرُونَ الَّتِي أَنْبَتَتْ وَرَقاً أَخْضَرَ؛ وَاللَّوْحَانِ الْمَنْقُوشَةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَصَايَا الْعَهْدِ.

5 Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

5 أَمَّا فَوْقَ التَّابُوتِ، فَكَانَ يُوْجَدُ كَرُوبَا الْمَجْدِ (تِمْثَالانِ لِمَلاكَيْنِ)، يُخَيِّمَانِ بِأَجْنِحَتِهِمَا عَلَى غِطَاءِ الصُّنْدُوقِ الَّذِي كَانَ يُدْعَى «كُرْسِيَّ الرَّحْمَةِ»، وَهُنَا، نَكْتَفِي بِهَذَا الْمِقْدَارِ مِنَ التَّفَاصِيلِ. فَالْمَجَالُ لَا يَتَّسِعُ لِلْمَزِيدِ.

6 When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

6 وَبِمَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ كَانَتْ مُرَتَّبَةً هَكَذَا، كَانَ الْكَهَنَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ دَائِماً إِلَى الْقِسْمِ الأَوَّلِ، حَيْثُ يَقُومُونَ بِوَاجِبَاتِ خِدْمَتِهِمْ.

7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

7 أَمَّا الْقِسْمُ الثَّانِي، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْخُلُهُ إِلّا رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَحْدَهُ، مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ. وَكَانَ مِنَ الْوَاجِبِ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ دَماً يَرُشُّهُ عَلَى «كُرْسِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ» تَكْفِيراً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَعَنِ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا الشَّعْبُ عَنْ جَهْلٍ.

8 By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

8 وَبِهَذَا، يُشِيرُ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ إِلَى أَنَّ الطَّرِيقَ الْمُؤَدِّيَةَ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» الْحَقِيقِيِّ فِي السَّمَاءِ، كَانَتْ غَيْرَ مَفْتُوحَةٍ بَعْدُ. ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الْمَسْكَنَ الأَوَّلَ مَازَالَ قَائِماً.

9 It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

9 وَمَا هَذَا إِلّا صُورَةٌ لِلْوَقْتِ الْحَاضِرِ الَّذِي فِيهِ مَازَالَتِ التَّقْدِمَاتُ وَالذَّبَائِحُ تُقَرَّبُ وَفْقاً لِنِظَامِ الْعَهْدِ الْعَتِيقِ. وَلكِنَّهَا لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُطَهِّرَ ضَمَائِرَ الَّذِينَ يَتَقَرَّبُونَ بِها إِلَى اللهِ، وَلا أَنْ تُوصِلَهُمْ إِلَى الْكَمَالِ فَتُرِيحَ ضَمَائِرَهُمْ.

10 They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

10 إِذْ إِنَّ نِظَامَ الْعَهْدِ السَّابِقِ قَدِ اقْتَصَرَ عَلَى تَحْرِيمِ بَعْضِ الْمَأْكُولاتِ وَالْمَشْرُوبَاتِ وَتَحْلِيلِ غَيْرِهَا، وَعَلَى وَضْعِ النُّظُمِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِطُقُوسِ الاغْتِسَالِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ. بَلْ إِنَّ كُلَّ مَا ضَمَّهُ ذَلِكَ النِّظَامُ كَانَ قَوَانِينَ جَسَدِيَّةً يَنْتَهِي عَمَلُهَا حِينَ يَأْتِي وَقْتُ الإِصْلاحِ.

11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.

11 ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْبَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوِيَّةَ قَدْ تَحَقَّقَتْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ. فَهُوَ الآنَ كَاهِنُنَا الأَعْلَى الَّذِي يُؤَدِّي مُهِمَّتَهُ فِي الْخَيْمَةِ الْحَقِيقِيَّةِ، وَهِيَ أَعْظَمُ وَأَكْمَلُ مِنَ الْخَيْمَةِ الأَرْضِيَّةِ. إِنَّهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ. لَمْ تَصْنَعْهَا يَدٌ بَشَرِيَّةٌ، وَلَيْسَتْ مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ الْمَادِّيِّ.

12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

12 فَإِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» فِي هَذِهِ الْخَيْمَةِ، دَخَلَ الْمَسِيحُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، حَامِلاً دَمَ نَفْسِهِ، لَا دَمَ تُيُوسٍ وَعُجُولٍ. وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَمَا سَفَكَ دَمَهُ عِوَضاً عَنَّا. فَحَقَّقَ فِدَاءً أَبَدِيًّا.

13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

13 وَلا عَجَبَ! فَوَفْقاً لِلنِّظَامِ السَّابِقِ، كَانَ دَمُ الثِّيرَانِ وَالتُّيُوسِ يُرَشُّ عَلَى الْمُنَجَّسِينَ، مَعَ رَمَادِ عِجْلَةٍ مَحْرُوقَةٍ، فَيَصِيرُونَ طَاهِرِينَ طَهَارَةً جَسَدِيَّةً.

14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

14 فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى دَمُ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي قَدَّمَ نَفْسَهُ لِلهِ بِرُوحٍ أَزَلِيٍّ ذَبِيحَةً لَا عَيْبَ فِيهَا، يُطَهِّرُ ضَمَائِرَنَا مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَيِّتَةِ لِنَعْبُدَ اللهَ الْحَيَّ.

15 Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

15 وَلِذَلِكَ، فَالْمَسِيحُ هُوَ الْوَسِيطُ لِهَذَا الْعَهْدِ الْجَدِيدِ. فَبِمَا أَنَّهُ قَدْ تَّمَ الْمَوْتُ فِدَاءً لِلْمُخَالَفَاتِ الْحَاصِلَةِ تَحْتَ الْعَهْدِ الأَوَّلِ، يَنَالُ الْمَدْعُوُّونَ الْوَعْدَ بِالإِرْثِ الأَبَدِيِّ.

16 In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,

16 فَعِنْدَمَا يَمُوتُ أَحَدٌ وَيَتْرُكُ وَصِيَّةً، لابُدَّ مِنْ إِثْبَاتِ مَوْتِهِ لِلاسْتِفَادَةِ مِنْ وَصِيَّتِهِ.

17 because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

17 إِذْ لَا قُوَّةَ لِلْوَصِيَّةِ عَلَى الإِطْلاقِ مَادَامَ صَاحِبُهَا حَيًّا. فَلا تَثْبُتُ الْوَصِيَّةُ إِلّا بِمَوْتِ صَاحِبِهَا.

18 That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

18 وَهَكَذَا، فَحَتَّى الْعَهْدُ الْعَتِيقُ لَمْ يَبْدَأْ تَنْفِيذُهُ إِلّا بِرَشِّ الدَّمِ.

19 For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

19 فَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّ مُوسَى، بَعْدَ تِلاوَةِ وَصَايَا الشَّرِيعَةِ كُلِّهَا عَلَى الشَّعْبِ، أَخَذَ دَمَ الْعُجُولِ وَالتُّيُوسِ مَعَ بَعْضِ الْمَاءِ، وَرَشَّهُ عَلَى كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَعَلَى أَفْرَادِ الشَّعْبِ، بِبَاقَةٍ مِنْ نَبَاتِ الزُّوفَا وَصُوفٍ أَحْمَرِ اللَّوْنِ.

20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

20 وَقَالَ: هَذَا دَمُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَوْصَاكُمُ اللهُ بِحِفْظِهِ.

21 In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

21 وَقَدْ رَشَّ مُوسَى الدَّمَ أَيْضاً عَلَى خَيْمَةِ الْعِبَادَةِ، وَعَلَى أَدَوَاتِ الْخِدْمَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا.

22 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

22 فَالشَّرِيعَةُ تُوصِي بِأَنْ يَتَطَهَّرَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ تَقْرِيباً بِالدَّمِ. وَلا غُفْرَانَ إِلّا بِسَفْكِ الدَّمِ!

23 So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

23 وَبِمَا أَنَّ تَطْهِيرَ الْخَيْمَةِ الأَرْضِيَّةِ كَانَ يَتَطَلَّبُ رَشَّ دَمِ الذَّبَائِحِ الْحَيَوَانِيَّةِ، فَإِنَّ الْخَيْمَةَ الْحَقِيقِيَّةَ لابُدَّ أَنْ تَتَطَلَّبَ دَمَ ذَبِيحَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ الأُخْرَى.

24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

24 فَالْمَسِيحُ، رَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا، لَمْ يَدْخُلْ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» الأَرْضِيِّ، الَّذِي صَنَعَتْهُ يَدٌ بَشَرِيَّةٌ وَمَا هُوَ إِلّا ظِلٌّ لِلْحَقِيقَةِ، بَلْ دَخَلَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ عَيْنِهَا، حَيْثُ يَقُومُ الآنَ بِتَمْثِيلِنَا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ بِالذَّاتِ.

25 Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

25 وَهُوَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ لِيُقَدِّمَ نَفْسَهُ ذَبِيحَةً مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، كَمَا كَانَ الْكَاهِنُ الأَعْلَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَدْخُلُ مَرَّةً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» بِدَمٍ غَيْرِ دَمِهِ.

26 Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

26 وَإلَّا لَكَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ الْمَسِيحُ مُتَأَلِّماً مَرَّاتٍ كَثِيرَةً مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ الْعَالَمِ! وَلَكِنَّهُ الآنَ، عِنْدَ انْتِهَاءِ الأَزْمِنَةِ، ظَهَرَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً لِيُبْطِلَ قُوَّةَ الْخَطِيئَةِ بِتَقْدِيمِ نَفْسِهِ ذَبِيحَةً لِلهِ.

27 Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

27 فَكَمَا أَنَّ مَصِيرَ النَّاسِ الْمَحْتُومَ، هُوَ أَنْ يَمُوتُوا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ تَأْتِي الدَّيْنُونَةُ،

28 so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

28 كَذَلِكَ الْمَسِيحُ أَيْضاً: مَاتَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَامِلاً خَطَايَا كَثِيرِينَ، مُقَدِّماً نَفْسَهُ عِوَضاً عَنْهُمْ. وَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَعُودَ إِلَى الظُّهُورِ. لَا لِيُعَالِجَ الْخَطَايَا، بَلْ لِيُحَقِّقَ الْخَلاصَ النِّهَائِيَّ لِجَمِيعِ مُنْتَظِرِيهِ!