Hebrews 10
1 For the Torah, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
You see, the Law is but a shadow of the good things to come, not their actual matter, so it can never perfect those who approach with the same sacrifices that they offer endlessly, year after year.
2 Or else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?
Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have had no more consciousness of sins, having been cleansed once for all?
3 But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins.
However, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
4 For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “You didn’t desire sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me.
Therefore, upon coming into the world He[S] says: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for me;
6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.
with burnt offerings and sin offerings You were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’”
Then I said, ‘Yes indeed, I have come to do Your will, O God —thus it is written about me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 Previously saying, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn’t desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the Torah),
First He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor were You pleased with them” (which are offered according to the Law),
9 then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
then He says, “Yes indeed, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He removes the first in order to establish the second.
10 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Yeshua the Messiah once for all.
By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
Now every priest has stood ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices that can never take away sins;
12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God,
but He Himself, having offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, sat down at God's right.
13 from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.
Since that time He is waiting until His enemies are placed as a footstool for His feet,
14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
because by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
Now the Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this, after having foreseen it:
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;” then he says,
“‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,’ says the Lord, ‘I will put my laws on their hearts and I will write them on their minds,
17 “I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”
and I will not at all remember their sins and lawless deeds.’”
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Yeshua,
Therefore, brothers, having courage to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
by a new and living way that He inaugurated for us, through the curtain, that is to say, His flesh,
21 and having a great priest over God’s house,
and having a Great Priest over the house of God,
22 let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our body washed with pure water,
let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts having been sprinkled from an evil conscience and our body having been washed with clean water.
23 let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
Let us hold fast the confession of the Hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
24 Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
And let us contemplate one another, for the stirring up of love and good works,
25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves (like some are doing), but exhorting one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
Because, if we deliberately keep on sinning after having received the real knowledge of the Truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgement, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
just a certain fearful anticipation of judgment and fierce fire that is ready to consume the hostiles.
28 A man who disregards the Torah of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
Anyone who rejected Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be deemed worthy who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me. I will repay,” says the Lord. Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
For we know Him who said, “‘Vengeance is up to me,’ says the Lord, ‘I will repay.’” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God!
32 But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:
However, remember those earlier days in which, having been enlightened, you endured a great struggle of sufferings:
33 partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions, and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.
partly being publicly exposed to both insults and oppression, and partly siding with those who were so treated.
34 For you both had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
Indeed, you also shared in the suffering of my chains; you even accepted the plundering of your possessions with joy, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and enduring possession in the heavens.
35 Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
So do not throw away your confidence, which has a great recompense.
36 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
You need perseverance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
37 “In a very little while, he who comes will come and will not wait.
For in a very little while: “He who is coming will come and will not delay.
38 But the righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
Now the righteous one will live by faith, yet if he backs away, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
But we are not of those who back away into ruin, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
