1 ف َلَيسَ لَدَى الشَّرِيعَةِ إلّا ظِلُّ الخَيراتِ الآتِيَةِ. فَهِيَ لا تَحمِلُ نَفسَ جَوهَرِ الأشياءِ الحَقِيقِيَّةِ. فَالشَّرِيعَةُ لا تَقدِرُ أبَداً، بِنَفسِ الذَّبائِحِ الَّتِي تُقَدَّمُ سَنَةً بَعدَ أُخْرَى، أنْ تُكَمِّلَ الَّذِيْنَ يَقتَرِبُونَ مِنَ اللهِ فِي العِبادَةِ.

For since the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the good things to come—instead of fully expressing those things—it can never by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year make perfect those who approach.

2 و َلَو كانَ فِي مَقدُورِها أنْ تُكَمِّلَهُمْ، أفَما كانُوا يَتَوَقَّفُونَ عَنْ تَقدِيمِها؟ فَلَو تَطَهَّرُوا بِشَكلٍ نِهائِيٍّ مِنْ خَطاياهُمْ، لَما شَعَرُوا بِذَنبِ خَطاياهُمْ!

For if it were otherwise, would not have stopped being offered? Since the worshipers had once for all been cleansed, they would no longer have any guilt or consciousness of sin.

3 ل َكِنَّ الذَّبائِحَ هِيَ تَذكارٌ لِخَطاياهُمْ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ.

But these sacrifices annually bring a fresh remembrance of sins,

4 ف َلا يُمكِنُ لِدَمِ الثِّيْرانِ وَالتُّيوسِ أنْ يَنزِعُ الخَطايا.

Because the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take sins away.

5 ل ِهَذا عِندَما جاءَ المَسِيحُ إلَى العالَمِ قالَ للهِ: «أنتَ لَمْ تُرِدْ ذَبِيْحَةً وَتَقدِمَةً، لَكِنَّكَ أعدَدْتَ لِي جَسَداً.

Hence, when He entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me;

6 ل َمْ تَسُرَّكَ الذَّبائِحُ الصَّاعِدَةُ وَقَرابِيْنُ الخَطِيَّةِ.

In burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight.

7 ث ُمَّ قُلْتُ: ‹فَكَما هُوَ مَكتُوبٌ عَنِّي فِي مَخطُوطَةِ الكِتابِ: ها أنا قَدْ جِئْتُ لأفعَلَ مَشِيئَتَكَ يا اللهُ.›»

Then I said, Behold, here I am, coming to do Your will, O God— what is written of Me in the volume of the Book.

8 ق الَ أوَّلاً: «أنتَ لا تُرِيْدُ ذَبائِحَ وَتَقدِماتٍ، ذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةً وَقَرابِيْنَ خَطِيَّةٍ، وَلا تُسَرُّ بِها،» مَعَ أنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ كانَتْ تَطلُبُ تَقدِيْمَ هَذِهِ الذَّبائِحِ.

When He said just before, You have neither desired, nor have You taken delight in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings—all of which are offered according to the Law—

9 ث ُمَّ قالَ: «هَأنَذا قَدْ جِئْتُ لِأفعَلَ مَشِيئَتَكَ.» وَهُوَ بِهَذا يَضَعُ النِّظامَ الأوَّلَ جانِباً لِكَيْ يُؤَسِّسَ الثّانِيَ.

He then went on to say, Behold, I am, coming to do Your will. Thus He does away with and annuls the first (former) order so that He might inaugurate and establish the second (latter) order.

10 ف َبِهَذِهِ المَشِيئَةِ نَحْنُ مُقَدَّسُونَ، بِذَبِيْحَةِ جَسَدِ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ مَرَّةً واحِدَةً إلَى الأبَدِ.

And in accordance with this will, we have been made holy (consecrated and sanctified) through the offering made once for all of the body of Jesus Christ (the Anointed One).

11 ف َكُلُّ كاهِنٍ يَهُودِيٍّ يَقِفُ لِيُؤَدِّيَ وَاجِباتِهِ الدِّيْنِيَّةَ كُلَّ يَومٍ، فَيُقَدِّمَ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ المَرَّةِ نَفسَ الذَّبائِحِ الَّتِي لا تَقدِرُ أنْ تَنزَعَ الخَطايا.

Furthermore, every priest stands ministering daily, offering the same sacrifices over and over again, which never are able to strip the sins and take them away—

12 أ مّا المَسيحُ، فَبَعدَ أنْ قَدَّمَ ذَبِيحَةً مُفرَدَةً عَنِ الخَطايا مَرَّةً واحِدَةً إلَى الأبَدِ، جَلَسَ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللهِ.

Whereas this One, after He had offered a single sacrifice for our sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,

13 و َهُوَ الآنَ يَنتَظِرُ أنْ يُجْعَلَ أعداؤُهُ مِسنَداً لِقَدَمَيْهِ.

Then to wait until His enemies should be made a stool beneath His feet.

14 ف َبِذَبِيْحَةٍ واحِدَةٍ جَعَلَ المُؤمِنينَ المُقَدَّسينَ كامِلِيْنَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

For by a single offering He has forever completely cleansed and perfected those who are consecrated and made holy.

15 و َيَشهَدُ لَنا الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الحَقيقَةِ أيضاً فَيَقُولُ أوَّلاً:

And also the Holy Spirit adds His testimony to us. For having said,

16 « هَذا هُوَ العَهدُ الَّذِي سَأقطَعُهُ مَعَهُمْ بَعدَ تِلكَ الأيّامِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: سَأضَعُ شَرائِعِي فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَأكتُبُها فِي عُقُولِهِمْ.»

This is the agreement (testament, covenant) that I will set up and conclude with them after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their hearts, and I will inscribe them on their minds (on their inmost thoughts and understanding),

17 ث ُمَّ يَقولُ: «وَلَنْ أعُودَ أذكُرُ خَطاياهُمْ وَآثامَهُمْ.»

He then goes on to say, And their sins and their lawbreaking I will remember no more.

18 ف َعِندَما تَكُونُ هُناكَ مَغفِرَةٌ لِهَذِهِ الخَطايا وَالآثامِ، لا تَعُودُ هُناكَ حاجَةٌ لِقُربانٍ عَنِ الخَطايا. الدُّخُولُ إلَى مَحضَرِ الله

Now where there is absolute remission (forgiveness and cancellation of the penalty) of these, there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin.

19 ل ِهَذا أيُّها الإخوَةُ، لَنا جُرأةٌ لِلدُّخُولِ إلَى قُدسِ الأقداسِ بِدَمِ يَسُوعَ.

Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the Holies in the blood of Jesus,

20 ف َنَحنُ نَدخُلُ طَرِيقاً جَدِيداً حَيّاً فَتَحَهُ يَسوعُ أمامَنا عَبْرَ السِّتارَةِ، أيْ جَسَدِهِ.

By this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies), that is, through His flesh,

21 إ ذْ لَنا كاهِنٌ عَظِيْمٌ يَتَوَلَّى مَسؤُولِيَّةَ بَيتِ اللهِ،

And since we have a great and wonderful and noble Priest over the house of God,

22 ف َلْنَدخُلْ إذاً مَحضَرَ اللهِ بِقَلْبٍ مُخلِصٍ، وَبِيَقِيْنٍ نابِعٍ مِنَ الإيمانِ. إذْ إنَّ قُلُوبَنا قَدْ رُشَّتْ فَتَطَهَّرَتْ مِنَ الضَّميرِ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَأجسادَنا غُسِلَتْ بِماءٍ نَقِيٍّ.

Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water.

23 ف َلِنَتَمَسَّكْ إذاً بِقُوَّةٍ بِالرَّجاءِ الَّذِي نَعْتَرِفُ بِهِ، لأنَّ مَنْ وَعَدَناَ أمينٌ. شَدِّدُوا بَعضُكُمْ بَعضا

So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.

24 ف َلْيَنتَبِهْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ إلَى الآخَرِ مُحَرِّضاً إيّاهُ عَلَى المَزِيْدِ مِنَ المَحَبَّةِ وَالأعمالِ الصّالِحَةِ.

And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities,

25 ف َلا يَنبَغِي أنْ نَتَوَقَّفَ عَنْ الِاجتِماعِ مَعاً، كَما يَفعَلُ بَعضُهُمْ. بَلْ لِنَجتَمِعْ لِكَي يُشَجِّعَ أحَدُنا الآخَرَ أكثَرَ فَأكثَرْ، خاصَّةً أنَّ يَومَ الرَّبِّ يَقتَرِبُ! التَّمَسُّكُ بِالنِّعمَة

Not forsaking or neglecting to assemble together, as is the habit of some people, but admonishing (warning, urging, and encouraging) one another, and all the more faithfully as you see the day approaching.

26 ف َإنَّهُ إنْ تَعَمَّدْنا الاسْتِمَرارَ فِي الخَطِيَّةِ، بَعْدَ أنْ تَلَقَّينا مَعْرِفَةَ الحَقِّ، فَلَنْ تُقْبَلَ ذَبيحَةٌ أُخْرَى عَنْ خَطايانا،

For if we go on deliberately and willingly sinning after once acquiring the knowledge of the Truth, there is no longer any sacrifice left to atone for sins.

27 ب َلْ يَبقَىْ أنْ نَتَوَقَّعَ دَيْنُونَةً وَناراً هائِجَةً سَتَلتَهِمُ الَّذِيْنَ يُعادُونَ اللهَ!

but a kind of awful and fearful prospect and expectation of divine judgment and the fury of burning wrath and indignation which will consume those who put themselves in opposition.

28 م َنْ كانَ يُخالِفُ شَرِيْعَةَ مُوسَى، كانَ يُنَفَّذُ فِيْهِ حُكْمُ المَوتِ بِلا رَأْفَةٍ بِناءً عَلَى شَهادَةِ شاهِدَينِ أوْ ثَلاثَةِ شُهُودٍ.

Any person who has violated and rejected and set at naught the Law of Moses is put to death without pity or mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

29 ف َتَصَوَّرُوا ما يَستَحِقُّهُ مِنْ عِقابٍ أشَدَّ مَنْ داسَ ابنَ اللهِ، وَاحتَقَرَ دَمَ العَهدِ الَّذي قَدَّسَهُ، وَأهانَ رُوحَ النِّعمَةِ!

How much worse (sterner and heavier) punishment do you suppose he will be judged to deserve who has spurned and trampled underfoot the Son of God, and who has considered the covenant blood by which he was consecrated common and unhallowed, thus profaning it and insulting and outraging the Spirit grace (the unmerited favor and blessing of God)?

30 ف َنَحنُ نَعرِفُ اللهَ الَّذِي قالَ: «لِيَ الانتِقامُ، وَأنا الَّذِي سَيُجازِي.» وَنَعرِفُ مَنْ قالَ أيضاً: «الرَّبُّ سَيَحكُمُ عَلَى شَعبِهِ.»

For we know Him Who said, Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge and determine and solve and settle the cause and the cases of His people.

31 ف َما أفظَعَ الوُقُوعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِّ اللهِ الحَيِّ! الصَّبرُ وَالإيمان

It is a fearful (formidable and terrible) thing to incur the divine penalties and be cast into the hands of the living God!

32 ت َذَكَّرُوا تِلكَ الأيّامَ الأُولَى لإيمانِكُمْ، عِندَما استُنِرْتُمْ بِنُورِ البِشارَةِ، فَصَبَرْتُمْ عَلَى الآلامِ الكَثيرَةِ.

But be ever mindful of the days gone by in which, after you were first spiritually enlightened, you endured a great and painful struggle,

33 ت َعَرَّضْتُمْ أحْياناً لِلإهاناتِ وَالمُضايَقاتِ العَلَنِيَّةِ، وَكُنتُمْ تَتَعاطَفُونَ أحياناً أُخْرَى مَعَ الَّذِينَ عُومِلُوا بِهَذِهِ الطَّريقَةِ.

Sometimes being yourselves a gazingstock, publicly exposed to insults and abuse and distress, and sometimes claiming fellowship and making common cause with others who were so treated.

34 و َأنتُمْ لَمْ تَتَألَّمُوا بِسَبَبِ الَّذِيْنَ سُجِنُوا فَحَسْبُ، لَكِنَّكُمْ قَبِلتُمْ بِفَرَحٍ مُصادَرَةَ مُمتَلَكاتِكُمْ أيضاً، لِأنَّكُمْ عَرَفْتُمْ أنَّ لَكُمْ شَيئاً أفضَلَ، شَيئاً سَيَدُومُ.

For you did sympathize and suffer along with those who were imprisoned, and you bore cheerfully the plundering of your belongings and the confiscation of your property, in the knowledge and consciousness that you yourselves had a better and lasting possession.

35 ف َلا تَخْسَروا ثِقَتَكُمُ الَّتِي سَتَعُودُ عَلَيكُمْ بِمُكافَأةٍ عَظِيْمَةٍ.

Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.

36 ل ا بُدَّ لَكُمْ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ حَتَّى تَنالُوا ما وَعَدَ اللهُ بِهِ، بَعدَ أنْ تَكُونُوا قَدْ أطَعتُمُوهُ.

For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away what is promised.

37 ل َمْ يَبقَ الآنَ إلّا القَلِيلُ مِنَ الوَقتِ، «وَسَيَأْتِي مَنْ وَعَدَ بِالمَجِيءِ. وَلَنْ يَتَأخَّرَ.

For still a little while (a very little while), and the Coming One will come and He will not delay.

38 ا لبارُّ بِالإيمانِ يَحيا. وَإنِ ارْتَدَّ فَلَنْ أُسَرَّ بِهِ.»

But the just shall live by faith '> by his conviction respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, and holy fervor born of faith and conjoined with it]; and if he draws back and shrinks in fear, My soul has no delight or pleasure in him.

39 ل َكِنَّنا لَسنا مِنْ بَينِ الَّذِينَ يَرتَدُّونَ فَيَهلِكُونَ، بَلْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ لَهُمُ الإيمانُ فَيَخلُصُونَ.

But our way is not that of those who draw back to eternal misery (perdition) and are utterly destroyed, but we are of those who believe and by faith preserve the soul.