6 But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

7 For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.

8 For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;

9 Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; for they did not keep the agreement with me, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

10 For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

11 And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.

12 And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.

13 When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.

6 但是现在耶稣得了更尊贵的职分， 正好像他是更美的约的中保， 这约是凭着更美的应许立的。

7 如果头一个约没有缺点， 就没有寻求另一个约的必要了。

8 可是 神指责他们， 说： "看哪， 主说， 日子要到了， 我要与以色列家和犹大家订立新约。

9 这新约不像从前我拉他们祖先的手， 领他们出埃及的日子与他们所立的约。因为他们没有遵守我的约， 我就不理会他们。这是主说的。

10 主说： ‘因为在那些日子以后， 我要与以色列家所立的约是这样： 我要把我的律法放在他们的心思里面， 写在他们的心上。我要作他们的 神， 他们要作我的子民。

11 他们各人必不用教导自己的邻居， 和自己的同胞， 说： 你要认识主。因为所有的人， 从最小到最大的， 都必认识我。

12 我也要宽恕他们的不义， 决不再记着他们的罪恶。’"

13 神既然说到新的约， 就是把前约当作旧的了； 那变成陈旧衰老的， 就快要消逝了。