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

تَضَمَّنَ العَهدُ الأوَّلُ تَوجِيهاتٍ لِلعِبادَةِ وَمَكاناً مُقَدَّساً بَشَرِيَّ الصُّنْعِ.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.

وَحَيثُ تُوجَدُ وَصِيَّةٌ، يَنبَغي إثباتُ مَوتِ صاحِبِ الوَصِيَّةِ.

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

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

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

لِذَلِكَ حَتَّى العَهدُ الأوَّلُ يَتِمُّ تَدشِينُهُ أيضاً بِالدَّمِ.

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.

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

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

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

وَكَذَلِكَ رَشَّ خَيمَةَ العِبادَةِ، وَجَمِيعَ الأدَواتِ المُستَخدَمَةِ فِي العِبادَةِ.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

وَكَما أنَّ النّاسَ يَمُوتُونَ مَرَّةً، ثُمَّ يُواجِهُونَ الدَّينُونَةَ،

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.

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