1 T here were special ways of worship and a special holy place made by man for the Old Way of Worship.

Ora, também o primeiro pacto tinha ordenanças de serviço sagrado, e um santuário terrestre.

2 A big tent was built and set up. It was called the holy place. It had a light and a table, and the holy bread was on the table.

Pois foi preparada uma tenda, a primeira, na qual estavam o candeeiro, e a mesa, e os pães da proposição; a essa se chama o santo lugar;

3 B ehind the second curtain there was another tent. This was called the Holiest Place of All.

mas depois do segundo véu estava a tenda que se chama o santo dos santos,

4 I n the inside tent there was an altar where special perfume was burned. There was also a large box made of wood called the box of the Way of Worship. Both of these were covered with gold inside and out. Inside the box was a pot made of gold with the bread from heaven. It also had in it Aaron’s stick that once started to grow. The stones on which the Law of Moses was written were in it.

que tinha o incensário de ouro, e a arca do pacto, toda coberta de ouro em redor; na qual estava um vaso de ouro, que continha o maná, e a vara de Arão, que tinha brotado, e as tábuas do pacto;

5 A bove the box were the cherubim of honor. Their wings were spread up and over and met in the center. On the top of the box and under the shadow of their wings was the mercy-seat. We cannot tell anymore about these things now.

e sobre a arca os querubins da glória, que cobriam o propiciatório; das quais coisas não falaremos agora particularmente.

6 W hen everything was finished, the Jewish religious leaders went in and out of the outside tent to do the things which had to be done to worship God.

Ora, estando estas coisas assim preparadas, entram continuamente na primeira tenda os sacerdotes, celebrando os serviços sagrados;

7 O nce each year the head religious leader would go into the inside tent alone. He would not go in without blood. He gave this blood to God as a gift in worship for his own sins and for the sins of all the people who sinned without knowing it.

mas na segunda só o sumo sacerdote, uma vez por ano, não sem sangue, o qual ele oferece por si mesmo e pelos erros do povo;

8 A nd so the Holy Spirit is teaching that, with the Old Way of Worship, the people could not go into the Holiest Place of All as long as the outside tent and its Old Way of Worship were being used.

dando o Espírito Santo a entender com isso, que o caminho do santuário não está descoberto, enquanto subsiste a primeira tenda,

9 T he outside tent is a picture of that day. With the Old Way of Worship, animals killed and gifts given in worship to God could not take away the guilty feeling of sin.

que é uma parábola para o tempo presente, conforme a qual se oferecem tando dons como sacrifícios que, quanto ã consciência, não podem aperfeiçoar aquele que presta o culto;

10 T he Old Way of Worship was made up of Laws about what to eat and drink. These Laws told how to wash and other things to do with the body. These things had to be done until Christ came to bring a better way of worship. The New Way of Worship Has a Better Gift

sendo somente, no tocante a comidas, e bebidas, e várias abluções, umas ordenanças da carne, impostas até um tempo de reforma.

11 B ut Christ came as the Head Religious Leader of the good things God promised. He made the way for man to go to God. He was a greater and more perfect tent. He was not made by human hands and was not a part of this earth.

Mas Cristo, tendo vindo como sumo sacerdote dos bens já realizados, por meio do maior e mais perfeito tabernáculo (não feito por mãos, isto é, não desta criação),

12 C hrist went into the Holiest Place of All one time for all people. He did not take the blood of goats and young cows to give to God as a gift in worship. He gave His own blood. By doing this, He bought us with His own blood and made us free from sin forever.

e não pelo sangue de bodes e novilhos, mas por seu próprio sangue, entrou uma vez por todas no santo lugar, havendo obtido uma eterna redenção.

13 W ith the Old Way of Worship, the blood and ashes of animals could make men clean after they had sinned.

Porque, se a aspersão do sangue de bodes e de touros, e das cinzas duma novilha santifica os contaminados, quanto ã purificação da carne,

14 H ow much more the blood of Christ will do! He gave Himself as a perfect gift to God through the Spirit that lives forever. Now your heart can be free from the guilty feeling of doing work that is worth nothing. Now you can work for the living God.

quanto mais o sangue de Cristo, que pelo Espírito eterno se ofereceu a si mesmo imaculado a Deus, purificará das obras mortas a vossa consciência, para servirdes ao Deus vivo?

15 C hrist is the One Who gave us this New Way of Worship. All those who have been called by God may receive life that lasts forever just as He promised them. Christ bought us with His blood when He died for us. This made us free from our sins which we did under the Old Way of Worship.

E por isso é mediador de um novo pacto, para que, intervindo a morte para remissão das transgressões cometidas debaixo do primeiro pacto, os chamados recebam a promessa da herança eterna.

16 W hen a man wants to give his money to someone after he dies, he writes it all down on paper. But that paper is worth nothing until the man is dead.

Pois onde há testamento, necessário é que intervenha a morte do testador.

17 T hat piece of paper means nothing as long as he is alive. It is good only when he dies.

Porque um testamento não tem torça senão pela morte, visto que nunca tem valor enquanto o testador vive.

18 T he Old Way of Worship had to have a death to make it good. The blood of an animal was used.

Pelo que nem o primeiro pacto foi consagrado sem sangue;

19 M oses told the people all the things they had to obey in the Law. Then he took the blood of animals together with water and put it on the Book of the Law and on all the people. He used special branches and red wool as he put it on them.

porque, havendo Moisés anunciado a todo o povo todos os mandamentos segundo a lei, tomou o sangue dos novilhos e dos bodes, com água, lã purpúrea e hissopo e aspergiu tanto o próprio livro como todo o povo,

20 M oses said, “This is the blood of the Way of Worship which God said you must obey.”

dizendo: este é o sangue do pacto que Deus ordenou para vós.

21 I n the same way, Moses put the blood on the tent and on all the things used in worship.

Semelhantemente aspergiu com sangue também o tabernáculo e todos os vasos do serviço sagrado.

22 T he Law says that almost everything is made clean by blood. Sins are not forgiven unless blood is given. One Perfect Gift

E quase todas as coisas, segundo a lei, se purificam com sangue; e sem derramamento de sangue não há remissão.

23 T he tent to worship in and the things inside to worship with were like the things in heaven. They were made clean by putting blood on them. But the things in heaven were made clean by a much better gift of worship.

Era necessário, portanto, que as figuras das coisas que estão no céu fossem purificadas com tais sacrifícios, mas as próprias coisas celestiais com sacrifícios melhores do que estes.

24 F or Christ did not go into the Holiest Place of All that was made by men, even if it was like the true one in heaven. He went to heaven itself and He is before God for us.

Pois Cristo não entrou num santuário feito por mãos, figura do verdadeiro, mas no próprio céu, para agora comparecer por nós perante a face de Deus;

25 C hrist has not given Himself many times, as the head religious leader here on earth went into the Holiest Place of All each year with blood that was not his own.

nem também para se oferecer muitas vezes, como o sumo sacerdote de ano em ano entra no santo lugar com sangue alheio;

26 F or then Christ would have had to die many times since the world began. But He came once at the end of the Old Way of Worship. He gave Himself once for all time. He gave Himself to destroy sin.

doutra forma, necessário lhe fora padecer muitas vezes desde a fundação do mundo; mas agora, na consumação dos séculos, uma vez por todas se manifestou, para aniquilar o pecado pelo sacrifício de si mesmo.

27 I t is in the plan that all men die once. After that, they will stand before God and be judged.

E, como aos homens está ordenado morrerem uma só vez, vindo depois o juízo,

28 I t is the same with Christ. He gave Himself once to take away the sins of many. When He comes the second time, He will not need to give Himself again for sin. He will save all those who are waiting for Him.

assim também Cristo, oferecendo-se uma só vez para levar os pecados de muitos, aparecerá segunda vez, sem pecado, aos que o esperam para salvação.