1 T hen indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary.

تَضَمَّنَ العَهدُ الأوَّلُ تَوجِيهاتٍ لِلعِبادَةِ وَمَكاناً مُقَدَّساً بَشَرِيَّ الصُّنْعِ.

2 F or a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary;

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

3 a nd behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All,

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

4 w hich had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets 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. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. Limitations of the Earthly Service

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

6 N ow when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services.

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 part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins 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 indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.

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

9 I t was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience—

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

10 c oncerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. The Heavenly Sanctuary

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 Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, 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 N ot with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most 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 bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,

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

14 h ow much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot 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 A nd for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. The Mediator’s Death Necessary

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 there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

وَحَيثُ تُوجَدُ وَصِيَّةٌ، يَنبَغي إثباتُ مَوتِ صاحِبِ الوَصِيَّةِ.

17 F or a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.

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

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

لِذَلِكَ حَتَّى العَهدُ الأوَّلُ يَتِمُّ تَدشِينُهُ أيضاً بِالدَّمِ.

19 F or when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, 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 has commanded you.”

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

21 T hen likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.

وَكَذَلِكَ رَشَّ خَيمَةَ العِبادَةِ، وَجَمِيعَ الأدَواتِ المُستَخدَمَةِ فِي العِبادَةِ.

22 A nd according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice

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

23 T herefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified 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 has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, 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 ot that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—

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

26 H e then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared 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 as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

وَكَما أنَّ النّاسَ يَمُوتُونَ مَرَّةً، ثُمَّ يُواجِهُونَ الدَّينُونَةَ،

28 s o Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

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