Jesus Our High Priest
1 The whole point of what we are saying is that we have such a High Priest, who sits at the right of the throne of the Divine Majesty in heaven. 2 He serves as high priest in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the real tent which was put up by the Lord, not by human hands.
3 Every high priest is appointed to present offerings and animal sacrifices to God, and so our High Priest must also have something to offer. 4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer the gifts required by the Jewish Law. 5 The work they do as priests is really only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the Sacred Tent, God told him, “Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.” 6 But now, Jesus has been given priestly work which is superior to theirs, just as the covenant which he arranged between God and his people is a better one, because it is based on promises of better things.
7 If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would have been no need for a second one. 8 But God finds fault with his people when he says,
“The days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt.
They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them,
and so I paid no attention to them.
10 Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel
in the days to come, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
11 None of them will have to teach their friends
or tell their neighbors,
‘Know the Lord.’
For they will all know me,
from the least to the greatest.
12 I will forgive their sins
and will no longer remember their wrongs.”
13 By speaking of a new covenant, God has made the first one old; and anything that becomes old and worn out will soon disappear.
1 Bet galvenais pārrunājamajā lietā ir tas, ka mums ir tāds augstais priesteris, kas nosēdies pa labo roku godības tronim debesis,
2 Svētnīcas un īstās telts kalpotājs, ko uzcēlis tas Kungs, ne cilvēks.
3 Jo katrs augstais priesteris tiek iecelts dāvanu un upuru nešanai, kāpēc nepieciešami, ka arī šim būtu ko upurēt.
4 Ja viņš būtu virs zemes, viņš nebūtu priesteris, tāpēc ka te ir tādi, kas nes dāvanas pēc bauslības,
5 Kas kalpo debesu svētnīcas atveidam un ēnai, kā arī Mozus bij saņēmis aizrādījumu, kad gribēja pabeigt telti, jo viņš saka: „Redzi, tu darīsi visu pēc tā parauga, kas tev kalnā tika parādīts.“
6 Bet nu viņam ir piešķirta pārāka kalpošana, jo viņš ir labākas derības starpmeks, kas uz labākiem apsolījumiem dibināta.
7 Jo, ja pirmā būtu bijusi bez trūkuma, tad nemeklētu vietu otrai.
8 Jo, tos norādams, viņš saka: „Redzi, nāk dienas, tas Kungs saka, kad es celšu jaunu derību ar Israēla namu un ar Jūdas namu,
9 Ne pēc tās derības parauga, ko es esmu cēlis viņu tēviem tai dienā, kad es viņu rokas satvēru, lai viņus izvestu no Ēģiptes zemes, jo viņi paši nav palikuši manā derībā, un es esmu viņus pametis, saka tas Kungs.
10 Šī ir tā derība, ko es celšu Israēla namam pēc šīm dienām, saka tas Kungs, es likšu savus baušļus viņu prātā un tos rakstīšu viņu sirdīs un būšu viņiem par Dievu, un viņi man būs par tautu.
11 Un viņi nemācīs katrs savu tuvāko un brālis brāli, sacīdami: „Atzīsti to Kungu; jo visi mani pazīs no mazā līdz lielajam viņu starpā.
12 Jo es būšu žēlīgs viņu netaisnībām un viņu grēkus vairs nepieminēšu.“
13 Sacīdams „jauns,“ viņš pirmo ir atzinis par vecu. Bet kas kļūst vecs un noveco, tas ir tuvu iznīkšanai.
