1 ت َضَمَّنَ العَهدُ الأوَّلُ تَوجِيهاتٍ لِلعِبادَةِ وَمَكاناً مُقَدَّساً بَشَرِيَّ الصُّنْعِ.

Now even a first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.

2 إ ذْ نُصِبَ الْقِسْمُ الأوَّلُ مِنَ الْخَيمَةِ حَيثُ وُضِعَتِ المَنارَةُ وَالمائِدَةُ وَعَلَيْها الخُبزُ المُقَدَّمُ للهِ. وَيُدْعَىْ ذَلِكَ الْقِسْمُ: «المَكانَ المُقَدَّسَ.»

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.

3 و َخَلفَ السِّتارَةِ الثّانِيَةِ كانَ هُناكَ الْقِسْمُ الثّاني الَّذيْ يُدعَىْ: «قُدسَ الأقداسِ،»

And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;

4 ح َيثُ يُوجَدُ مَذبَحٌ ذَهَبِيٌّ لِلبَخُورِ، وَصُندُوقُ العَهدِ المُغَشَّىْ بِالذَّهَبِ. وَفِيهِ جَرَّةٌ ذَهَبِيَّةٌ تَحتَوِي عَلَى المَنِّ، وَعَصا هارُونَ الَّتِي أورَقَتْ، وَلَوحا العَهدِ الحَجَرِيّانِ.

having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

5 و َفَوقَهُ تِمثالانِ لِمَلائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ. يُظهِرانِ مَجدَ اللهِ وَيُظَلِّلانِ عَرْشَ الرَّحمَةِ. وَلا مَجالٌ لِلدُّخُولِ فِي تَفاصِيلِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ الآنَ.

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

6 و َبَعدَ أنْ تُرَتَّبَ هَذِهِ الأشياءُ بِهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ، كانَ الكَهَنَةُ يَدخُلُونَ إلَى الْقِسْمِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الخَيْمَةِ بانتِظامٍ، لِيُؤَدُّوا فُرُوضَ العِبادَةِ.

Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;

7 أ مّا الْقِسْمُ الثّانيْ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدخُلُهُ إلّا رَئِيْسُ الكَهَنَةِ وَحدَهُ مَرَّةً واحِدَةً فِي السَّنَةِ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدخُلُ هُناكَ دُونَ أنْ يَأخُذَ مَعَهُ دَماً يُقَدِّمُهُ عَنْ خَطاياهُ، وَعَنْ خَطايا الشَّعبِ الَّتِي ارتَكَبُوها فِي جَهلِهِمْ.

but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people:

8 و َبِهَذا يُظهِرُ الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ أنَّ الدُّخُولَ إلَى قُدسِ الأقداسِ غَيْرُ مُمكِنٍ ما دامَ الْقِسْمُ الأوَّلُ مِنَ الْخَيمَةِ قائِماً.

the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;

9 و َهَذا كُلُّهُ رَمزٌ لِلزَّمَنِ الحالِيِّ. وَهُوَ يَعنِي أنَّ التَّقدِماتِ وَالذَّبائِحَ المُقَدَّمَةَ للهِ كانَتْ عاجِزَةً عَنْ جَعلِ ضَمِيْرِ العابِدِ صالِحاً تَماماً.

which is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,

10 ل ِأنَّها قائِمَةٌ عَلَى أطعِمَةٍ وَأشرِبَةٍ وَغُسُولاتٍ طَقْسيَّةٍ مُتَنَوِّعَةٍ. وَما هَذِهِ إلّا فَرائِضُ خارِجِيَّةٌ تَسرِي إلَى وَقتِ النِّظامِ الجَدِيدِ. العِبادَةُ تَحتَ العَهدِ الجَدِيد

being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

11 أ مّا الآنَ فَقَدْ جاءَ المَسِيحُ رَئِيْسَ كَهَنَةٍ لِلخَيْراتِ المَوعُودَةِ. وَدَخَلَ خَيمَةً أعظَمَ وَأكمَلَ غَيْرَ مَصنُوعَةٍ بِأيدٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ، أيْ خَيمَةً لَيسَتْ جُزءاً مِنْ هَذا العالَمِ المَخلُوقِ.

But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

12 و َهُوَ لَمْ يَدخُلْ بِدَمِ تُيُوسٍ وَعُجُولٍ، بَلْ دَخَلَ مَرَّةً واحِدَةً حاسِمَةً إلَى قُدسِ الأقداسِ بِدَمِ نَفسِهِ، فَضَمِنَ لَنا فِداءً أبَدِيّاً.

nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.

13 ف َإنْ كانَ دَمُ التُّيُوسِ وَالثِّيْرانِ وَالعُجُولِ المَرشُوشُ عَلَى النَّجِسِيْنَ قادِراً أنْ يُقَدِّسَهُمْ فَيَصِيْرُوا طاهِرِينَ خارِجِيّاً،

For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh:

14 أ لا يَكُونُ دَمُ المَسِيْحِ أعظَمَ؟ فَقَدْ قَدَّمَ نَفسَهُ بِرُوحٍ أزَلِيٍّ، ذَبِيْحَةً كامِلَةً للهِ، لِكَيْ يُطَهِّرَ ضَمائِرَنا مِنْ أعمالٍ تُؤَدِّي إلى المَوتِ، وَهَكَذا نَستَطيعُ الآنَ أنْ نَعبُدَ اللهَ الحَيَّ.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

15 ل ِذَلِكَ فَإنَّ المَسِيْحَ هُوَ وَسِيْطُ عَهدٍ جَدِيدٍ. فَالآنَ، وَقَدْ ماتَ المَسيحُ لِفِداءِ البَشَرِ مِنَ الخَطايا المُرتَكَبَةِ تَحتَ العَهدِ الأوَّلِ، يُمكِنُ لأولئِكَ الَّذينَ دَعاهُمُ اللهُ أنْ يَنالوا المِيْراثَ الأبَدِيَّ المَوعُودَ.

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

16 و َحَيثُ تُوجَدُ وَصِيَّةٌ، يَنبَغي إثباتُ مَوتِ صاحِبِ الوَصِيَّةِ.

For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.

17 ف َالوَصِيَّةَ لا تُصبِحُ سارِيَةَ المَفعُولِ إلّا عِندَ المَوتِ، حَيْثُ إنَّها لا تَكُونُ نافِذَةَ المَفعُولِ فِي حَياةِ المُوصِي.

For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

18 ل ِذَلِكَ حَتَّى العَهدُ الأوَّلُ يَتِمُّ تَدشِينُهُ أيضاً بِالدَّمِ.

Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

19 ف َبَعدَ أنْ قَرَأ مُوسَى كُلَّ وَصايا الشَّرِيْعَةِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الشَّعبِ، أخَذَ دَمَ عُجُولٍ وُتُيُوسٍ مَعَ ماءٍ وَصُوفٍ قُرمُزِيٍّ وَنَباتَ زُوفا، ثُمَّ رَشَّ عَلَى كِتابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ نَفسِهِ، وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ الشَّعبِ

For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

20 و َقالَ: «هَذا هُوَ دَمُ العَهدِ الَّذِي أوصاكُمُ اللهُ أنْ تُطِيعُوهُ.»

saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.

21 و َكَذَلِكَ رَشَّ خَيمَةَ العِبادَةِ، وَجَمِيعَ الأدَواتِ المُستَخدَمَةِ فِي العِبادَةِ.

Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.

22 و َتَشتَرِطُ الشَّرِيْعَةُ أنْ يَتَطَهَّرَ كُلُّ شَيءٍ تَقرِيْباً بِالدَّمِ، وَبِغَيْرِ سَفكِ دَمٍ لا يُوجَدُ غُفرانٌ. ذَبِيحَةُ المَسِيحِ تَنزَعُ الخَطايا

And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

23 إ ذاً كانَ ضَرُورِيّاً أنْ تُطَهَّرَ بِهَذِهِ الذَّبائِحِ النُّسَخُ الأرْضِيَّةُ لِلأشياءِ الحَقِيقِيَّةِ فِي السَّماءِ، أمّا الأشياءُ السَّماوِيَّةُ نَفسُها فَيَنبَغِي أنْ تُطَهَّرَ بِذَبائِحَ أفضَلَ مِنْ هَذِهِ.

It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

24 ف َالمَسِيحُ لَمْ يَدخُلْ قُدْسَ أقداسٍ صَنَعَتْهُ أيدٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ نُسخَةً عَنِ قُدْسِ الأقْداسِ الحَقِيقِيِّ، بَلْ دَخَلَ السَّماءَ عَينَها، لِكَي يَقِفَ الآنَ أمامَ حَضْرَةِ اللهِ لأجلِنا.

For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

25 و َهُوَ لَمْ يَدخُلْ لِيُقَدِّمَ نَفسَهُ مَرَّةً تِلوَ الأُخرَى كَما يَدخُلُ رَئِيْسُ الكَهَنَةِ قُدسَ الأقداسِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ بِدَمٍ غَيْرِ دَمِهِ.

nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own;

26 و َلَو كانَ الأمرُ كَذَلِكَ، لَكانَ عَلَيهِ أنْ يَتَألَّمَ مَرّاتٍ كَثِيْرَةً جِدّاً مُنذُ خَلقِ العالَمِ. لَكِنَّهُ ظَهَرَ مَرَّةً واحِدَةً عِندَ اقْتِرابِ نِهايَةِ التّارِيخِ لِكَيْ يُزِيلَ الخَطِيَّةَ بِذَبِيحَةِ نَفسِهِ.

else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

27 و َكَما أنَّ النّاسَ يَمُوتُونَ مَرَّةً، ثُمَّ يُواجِهُونَ الدَّينُونَةَ،

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

28 ف َقَدْ قُدِّمَ المَسِيحُ ذَبِيْحَةً مَرَّةً واحِدَةً فَقَطْ لِكَيْ يَنْزِعَ خَطايا كَثِيرِينَ. وَسَيَظهَرُ مَرَّةً ثانِيَةً، لا مِنْ أجلِ الخَطِيَّةَ، وَإنَّما لِيُخَلِّصَ الَّذِينَ يَتَرَقَّبُونَ قُدُومَهُ.

so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.