Hebrews 8

1 The main point of [all] that [I] have written is that we have a Supreme Priest like that. He has sat down to rule [MTY] with God [EUP] at the place of greatest honor in heaven.

١ وَخُلاصَةُ الْقَوْلِ، أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ هُوَ رَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا الَّذِي وَصَفْنَا كَهَنُوتَهُ هُنَا. إِنَّهُ الآنَ جَالِسٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ عَنْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ.

2 He ministers in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the true place [of worship in heaven]. That is a place that [Moses’] tent [represented]. The Lord set up the true place of worship. No human [set it up].

٢ وَهُوَ يَقُومُ بِمُهِمَّتِهِ هُنَاكَ، فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ: فِي خَيْمَةِ الْعِبَادَةِ الْحَقِيقِيَّةِ الَّتِي نَصَبَهَا الرَّبُّ، لَا الإِنْسَانُ.

3 Every Supreme Priest was appointed {[God] appointed every Supreme Priest} to offer [to God] gifts and sacrifices [for people who sinned]. So, since [Christ became a Supreme Priest], he also had to offer something.

٣ فَمُهِمَّةُ كُلِّ رَئِيسِ كَهَنَةٍ هِيَ أَنْ يُقَرِّبَ لِلهِ التَّقْدِمَاتِ وَالذَّبَائِحَ. وَعَلَيْهِ، فَمِنَ الضَّرُورِيِّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِرَئِيسِ كَهَنَتِنَا مَا يُقَدِّمُهُ.

4 Since there are already [Jewish] priests who offer gifts as God’s laws [require], if Christ were [now living] on the earth, he would not be a Supreme Priest.

٤ فَلَوْ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ كَانَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، لَمَا كَانَ كَاهِناً. إِذْ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يُقَدِّمُونَ الْقَرَابِينَ حَسَبَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَهُمْ مِنْ نَسْلِ لاوِي حَصْرِيًّا.

5 The [Jewish] priests perform rituals which are only a model [DOU] of [what Christ would do in heaven] [MTY]. What [God] told Moses when Moses was about to set up the tent [for worshipping him supports the idea that those rituals were only a model. God said], “Be sure that you [(sg)] make everything according to the model that I showed you on [Sinai] Mountain!”

٥ وَهَؤُلاءِ يَقُومُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ مَا يُشَكِّلُ رَمْزاً وَظِلًّا لِلأُمُورِ الَّتِي فِي السَّمَاءِ. وَهَذَا وَاضِحٌ مِنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ لِمُوسَى قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ خَيْمَةَ الْعِبَادَةِ. إِذْ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: «انْتَبِهْ! عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَصْنَعَ الْخَيْمَةَ وَمَا فِيهَا وَفْقاً لِلْمِثَالِ الَّذِي أَظْهَرْتُهُ لَكَ عَلَى الْجَبَلِ!»

6 But now as it is, [Christ] ministers in a more excellent way [than the Jewish priests do]. Likewise, the [new] covenant that he established [between God and people] is better [than the old one. When the new covenant was established] {[God established the new covenant]}, he promised us better things [than the laws that God gave Moses did].

٦ فَرَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا، إِذَنْ، قَدْ حَصَلَ عَلَى خِدْمَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ خِدْمَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ الأَرْضِيِّ، لِكَوْنِهِ الْوَسِيطَ الَّذِي أَعْلَنَ لَنَا قِيَامَ عَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَهْدِ السَّابِقِ، وَلِكَوْنِ هَذَا الْعَهْدِ الْجَدِيدِ يَنْطَوِي عَلَى وُعُودٍ أَفْضَلَ.

7 If that first covenant had been perfectly adequate [LIT], God would not have thought that he needed another [covenant/agreement to replace it]. But [it was not adequate, so he needed a new one].

٧ فَلَوْ كَانَ الْعَهْدُ السَّابِقُ بِلا عَيْبٍ، لَمَا ظَهَرَتْ الْحَاجَةُ إِلَى عَهْدٍ آخَرَ يَحُلُّ مَحَلَّهُ.

8 Because God declared [that the Israelites] were guilty [of not obeying the first covenant, he wanted a new covenant. This is what] ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) [wrote about that]: The Lord says, “Listen! There will soon be a time when I will make a new covenant with the people [MTY] of Israel and the people [MTY] of Judah.

٨ وَالْوَاقِعُ أَنَّ اللهَ يَلُومُ شَعْبَهُ قَائِلاً: «لابُدَّ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ أَيَّامٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أُبْرِمُ فِيهَا عَهْداً جَدِيداً مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَنِي يَهُوذَا.

9 That covenant will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt [MET] [like a father leads a child] by the hand. They did not continue to [obey] my covenant, so I rejected them,” says the Lord.

٩ هَذَا الْعَهْدُ الْجَدِيدُ لَيْسَ كَالْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمْتُهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ، حِينَ أَمْسَكْتُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَخْرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. فَبِمَا أَنَّهُمْ خَرَقُوا ذَلِكَ الْعَهْدَ، أَهْمَلْتُهُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ!

10 “This is the covenant that I will make with the Israelites [MTY], after [the first covenant has ended] [MTY],” says the Lord: “I will enable them to understand my laws [MTY], and I will enable them to obey them (OR, truly know them) [MTY] sincerely. I will be their God, and they will be my people [DOU].

١٠ فَهَذَا هُوَ الْعَهْدُ الَّذِي أُبْرِمُهُ مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَعْدَ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: أَضَعُ شَرَائِعِي دَاخِلَ ضَمَائِرِهِمْ، وَأَكْتُبُهَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَأَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً، وَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً.

11 [As a result], no one will [need to] teach a fellow citizen or tell his fellow kinsmen, ‘[You need to] know the Lord,’ because all [my people] will know me: [My people] of every status [will know me].

١١ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، لَا يُعَلِّمُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمُ ابْنَ وَطَنِهِ وَلا أَخَاهُ قَائِلاً: تَعَرَّفْ بِالرَّبِّ! ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الْجَمِيعَ سَوْفَ يَعْرِفُونَنِي، مِنَ الصَّغِيرِ فِيهِمْ إِلَى الْعَظِيمِ.

12 I will mercifully [forgive them for] the wicked things they have done. I will no longer [consider] that [they are guilty for] [DOU] [their] sins.”

١٢ لأَنِّي سَأَصْفَحُ عَنْ آثَامِهِمْ، وَلا أَعُودُ أَبَداً إِلَى تَذَكُّرِ خَطَايَاهُمْ وَمُخَالَفَاتِهِمْ!»

13 Since God spoke about a new [covenant], he considered that the first [covenant] was no longer in use, and that it would soon disappear, just like [anything that] gets old [will disappear] [MET, DOU].

١٣ وَاللهُ بِكَلامِهِ عَنْ عَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ، جَعَلَ الْعَهْدَ السَّابِقَ عَتِيقاً. وَطَبِيعِيٌّ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا عَتَقَ وَشَاخَ، يَكُونُ فِي طَرِيقِهِ إِلَى الزَّوَالِ!