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

Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at 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 erected, 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 appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something 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 would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the 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 the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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 He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. A New Covenant

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 no place would have been sought for a second.

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

Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the L ord, 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 did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the L ord.

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, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

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

None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

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

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will 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 says, “ A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.