1 N ow even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.

تَضَمَّنَ العَهدُ الأوَّلُ تَوجِيهاتٍ لِلعِبادَةِ وَمَكاناً مُقَدَّساً بَشَرِيَّ الصُّنْعِ.

2 F or there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place.

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

3 B ehind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

وَخَلفَ السِّتارَةِ الثّانِيَةِ كانَ هُناكَ الْقِسْمُ الثّاني الَّذيْ يُدعَىْ: «قُدسَ الأقداسِ،»

4 h aving a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant;

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

5 a nd above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

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

6 N ow when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle performing the divine worship,

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

7 b ut into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

أمّا 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.

8 T he Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing,

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

9 w hich is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience,

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

10 s ince they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.

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

11 B ut when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

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

12 a nd not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

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

13 F or if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh,

فَإنْ كانَ دَمُ التُّيُوسِ وَالثِّيْرانِ وَالعُجُولِ المَرشُوشُ عَلَى النَّجِسِيْنَ قادِراً أنْ يُقَدِّسَهُمْ فَيَصِيْرُوا طاهِرِينَ خارِجِيّاً،

14 h ow much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

ألا 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.

15 F or this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

لِذَلِكَ 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.

16 F or where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it.

وَحَيثُ تُوجَدُ وَصِيَّةٌ، يَنبَغي إثباتُ مَوتِ صاحِبِ الوَصِيَّةِ.

17 F or a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.

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

18 T herefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

لِذَلِكَ حَتَّى العَهدُ الأوَّلُ يَتِمُّ تَدشِينُهُ أيضاً بِالدَّمِ.

19 F or when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to 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,

فَبَعدَ 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

20 s aying, “ This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.”

وَقالَ: «هَذا هُوَ دَمُ العَهدِ الَّذِي أوصاكُمُ اللهُ أنْ تُطِيعُوهُ.»

21 A nd in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.

وَكَذَلِكَ رَشَّ خَيمَةَ العِبادَةِ، وَجَمِيعَ الأدَواتِ المُستَخدَمَةِ فِي العِبادَةِ.

22 A nd according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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

23 T herefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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

24 F or Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

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

25 n or was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.

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

26 O therwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

وَلَو 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.

27 A nd inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,

وَكَما أنَّ النّاسَ يَمُوتُونَ مَرَّةً، ثُمَّ يُواجِهُونَ الدَّينُونَةَ،

28 s o Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

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