Hebræos 8

1 Capitulum autem super ea, quae dicuntur: Talem habemus Pontificem, qui consedit in dextera sedis magnitudinis in caelis,

Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

2 sanctorum minister, et tabernaculi veri, quod fixit Deus, et non homo.

A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

3 Omnis enim pontifex ad offerendum munera, et hostias constituitur: unde necesse est et hunc habere aliquid, quod offerat:

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore [it is] of necessity that this man should have somewhat also to offer.

4 si ergo esset super terram, nec esset sacerdos: cum essent qui offerent secundum legem munera,

For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, seeing there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

5 qui exemplari, et umbrae deserviunt caelestium. Sicut responsum est Moysi, cum consummaret tabernaculum: Vide (inquit) omnia facito secundum exemplar, quod tibi ostensum est in monte.

Who serve to the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See (saith he) [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shown to thee in the mount.

6 Nunc autem melius sortitus est ministerium, quanto et melioris testamenti mediator est, quod in melioribus repromissionibus sancitum est.

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

7 Nam si illud prius culpa vacasset: non utique secundi locus inquireretur.

For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for the second.

8 Vituperans enim eos dicit: Ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus: et consummabo super domum Israel, et super domum Iuda testamentum novum,

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 non secundum testamentum, quod feci patribus eorum in die, qua apprehendi manum eorum ut educerem illos de Terra Aegypti: quoniam ipsi non permanserunt in testamento meo: et ego neglexi eos, dicit Dominus:

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 Quia hoc est testamentum, quod disponam domui Israel post dies illos, dicit Dominus: Dabo leges meas in mentem eorum, et in corde eorum superscribam eas: et ero eis in Deum, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum:

For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11 et non docebit unusquisque proximum suum, et unusquisque fratrem suum, dicens: Cognosce Dominum: quoniam omnes scient me a minore usque ad maiorem eorum:

And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12 quia propitius ero iniquitatibus eorum, et peccatorum eorum iam non memorabor.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 Dicendo autem novum: veteravit prius. Quod autem antiquatur, et senescit, prope interitum est.

In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and groweth old [is] ready to vanish away.