1 ¶ Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such a high priest who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

And the sum concerning the things spoken of: we have such a chief priest, who did sit down at the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens,

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

of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,

3 F or every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore, it is also necessary that this one have something to offer.

for every chief priest to offer both gifts and sacrifices is appointed, whence necessary for this one to have also something that he may offer;

4 F or if he were on earth, he should not even be a priest, being present still the other priests that offer gifts according to the law,

for if, indeed, he were upon earth, he would not be a priest -- (there being the priests who are offering according to the law, the gifts,

5 ( who serve as an example and shadow of the 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 showed unto thee in the mount);

who unto an example and shadow do serve of the heavenly things, as Moses hath been divinely warned, being about to construct the tabernacle, for `See (saith He) thou mayest make all things according to the pattern that was shewn to thee in the mount;') --

6 ¶ but now a more excellent ministry is his, in that he is the mediator of a better testament, which was established upon better promises.

and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

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

for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.

8 F or finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new testament with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

For finding fault, He saith to them, `Lo, days come, saith the Lord, and I will complete with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant,

9 n ot according to the testament 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 testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of My taking by their hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt -- because they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not regard them, saith the Lord, --

10 F or this is the testament that I will ordain to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my laws into their soul and write them upon their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

because this the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people;

11 a nd no one shall teach his neighbour nor anyone his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

and they shall not teach each his neighbour, and each his brother, saying, Know thou the Lord, because they shall all know Me from the small one of them unto the great one of them,

12 F or I will reconcile their iniquities and their sins, and their iniquities I will remember no more.

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

13 I n that he says, New, he has made the first old. Now that which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away.

in the saying `new,' He hath made the first old, and what doth become obsolete and is old nigh disappearing.