1 و َخُلاصَةُ الكَلامِ، هُوَ أنَّ لَنا رَئِيْسَ كَهَنَةٍ بِهَذِهِ الميزاتِ جالِساً عَنْ يَمِيْنِ عَرْشِ الجَلالَةِ فِي السَّماواتِ.

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

2 و َهُوَ يَخدِمُ كَرَئِيْسِ كَهَنَةٍ فِي أقْدَسِ مَكانٍ، أيْ فِي خَيْمَةِ العِبادَةِ الحَقِيْقِيَّةِ. وَهِيَ خَيْمَةٌ لَمْ يَبنِها إنسانٌ، بَلِ الرَّبُّ نَفسُهُ.

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

3 و َيُعَيَّنُ كُلُّ رَئِيْسِ كَهَنَةٍ بِقَصْدِ تَقدِيْمِ تَقدِماتٍ وَذَبائِحَ. وَلِهَذا كانَ ضَرُورِيّاً أنْ يَكُونَ لِرَئِيْسِ كَهَنَتِنا ما يُقَدِّمُهُ أيضاً.

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

4 و َلَوْ كانَ هُنا عَلَى الأرْضِ الآنَ لَما صَلُحَ أنْ يَكُونَ كاهِناً، فَهُناكَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِيْنَ يُقَدِّمُونَ التَّقدِماتِ الَّتِي تَنُصُّ عَلَيْها الشَّرِيْعَةُ!

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

5 و َما الخِدمَةُ الَّتِي يُؤَدُّونَها إلّا نُسخَةٌ وَظِلٌّ لِما يَجرِي فِي السَّماءِ. وَلِهَذا نَبَّهَ اللهُ مُوسَى عِندَما كانَ عَلَى وَشَكِ أنْ يَنصُبَ خَيْمَةَ العِبادَةِ الأرْضِيَّةِ وَقالَ لَهُ: «احرِصْ عَلَى أنْ تَصنَعَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ حَسَبَ النَّمُوذَجِ الَّذِي أرَيْتُكَ إيّاهُ عَلَى الجَبَلِ.»

who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

6 ل َكِنَّ يَسُوعَ قَدْ أُعطِيَ خِدمَةً أعظَمَ جِدّاً مِنْ خِدمَةِ أُولَئِكَ الكَهَنَةِ، وَذَلِكَ بِمِقدارِ تَفَوُّقِ العَهدِ الجَدِيدِ الَّذِي وَسِيطُهُ يَسُوعَ عَلَى العَهدِ القَدِيمِ. وَهَذا العَهدُ الجَدِيدُ مُؤَسَّسٌ عَلَى وُعُودٍ أفضَلَ.

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 ف َلَو كانَ العَهدُ الأوَّلُ بِلا عَيْبٍ لَما كانَتْ هُناكَ حاجَةٌ إلَى عَهدٍ آخَرَ يَحِلُّ مَحَلَّهُ.

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

8 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ وَجَدَهُمْ مَلُومِينَ فَقالَ: «ها تَأْتِي أيّامٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ ، حِيْنَ أقطَعُ عَهداً جَدِيداً مَعَ بَنِي إسرائِيلَ وَمَعَ بَنِي يَهُوذا.

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 ل َنْ يَكُونَ كَالعَهْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَ آبائِهِمْ عِندَما أمسَكْتُهُمْ بِيَدِهِمْ لِأُخرِجَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ. فَهُمْ لَمْ يَظَلُّوا مُخلِصِيْنَ لِعَهدِي، فابْتَعَدْتُ عَنهُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

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 و َهَذا هُوَ العَهدُ الَّذِي سَأقطَعُهُ مَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بَعدَ تِلكَ الأيّامِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: سَأزرَعُ شَرائِعِي فِي عُقُولِهِمْ، وَسَأكتُبُها عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ. سَأكُونُ إلَهَهُمْ، وَهُمْ سَيَكُونُونَ شَعبِي.

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 و َلَنْ تَكُونَ هُناكَ حاجَةٌ لأنْ يُعَلِّم أحَدٌ قَرِيْبَهُ وَيَقولَ لَهُ: ‹اعرِفِ الرَّبَّ.› إذْ سَيَعرِفُونَنِي جَمِيعاً، مِنْ صَغِيْرِهِمْ إلَى كَبِيْرِهِمْ.

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

12 ف َأنا سَأغفِرُ آثامَهُمْ، وَلَنْ أعُودَ أذكُرُ خَطاياهُمْ.»

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

13 ف َحِيْنَ يَدعُو اللهَ هَذا العَهدَ «جَدِيداً،» فَإنَّهُ يَجعَلُ الأوَّلَ «قَدِيْماً.» وَما هُوَ قَدِيمٌ وَبِلا نَفْعٍ، يَزُولُ سَرِيعاً.

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