1 The first therefore also indeed had ordinances of service, and the sanctuary, a worldly one.

2 For a tabernacle was set up; the first, in which {were} both the candlestick and the table and the exposition of the loaves, which is called Holy;

3 but after the second veil a tabernacle which is called Holy of holies,

4 having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant, covered round in every part with gold, in which {were} the golden pot that had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tables of the covenant;

5 and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now {the time} to speak in detail.

6 Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, accomplishing the services;

7 but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people:

8 the Holy Spirit shewing this, that the way of the {holy of} holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has {its} standing;

9 the which {is} an image for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices, unable to perfect as to conscience him that worshipped, are offered,

10 {consisting} only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until {the} time of setting things right.

11 But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (that is, not of this creation,)

12 nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the {holy of} holies, having found an eternal redemption.

13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies for the purity of the flesh,

14 how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship {the} living God?

15 And for this reason he is mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

16 (For where {there is} a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.

17 For a testament {is} of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)

18 Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.

19 For every commandment having been spoken according to {the} law by Moses to all the people; having taken the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

20 saying, This {is} the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined to you.

21 And the tabernacle too and all the vessels of service he sprinkled in like manner with blood;

22 and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission.

23 {It was} necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.

24 For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

25 nor in order that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy places every year with blood not his own;

26 since he had {then} been obliged often to suffer from the foundation of the world. But now once in the consummation of the ages he has been manifested for {the} putting away of sin by his sacrifice.

27 And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment;

28 thus the Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear to those that look for him the second time without sin for salvation.

1 Esimesel lepingul olid ju ka oma Jumalateenistuse korraldused ja oma maine pühamu.

2 Sest enne valmistati esimene telk, milles olid küünlajalg ja laud ja vaateleivad laual; seda kutsutakse „pühaks paigaks."

3 Ent teise eesriide taga oli telk, mida kutsutakse „kõige pühamaks paigaks."

4 Seal oli kuldne suitsutusaltar ja seaduselaegas, mis oli üleni kullaga karratud; selle sees oli kuldkruus mannaga ja Aaroni kepp, mis oli õitsenud, ja seaduselauad.

5 Ent laeka peal olid auhiilguse keerubid, kes varjasid lepituskaant. Sellest kõigest ei ole nüüd tarvis üksikasjalikult rääkida.

6 Et need kõik nõnda on korrastatud, siis lähevad eestelki alati preestrid, kes toimetavad Jumalateenistusi,

7 aga teise läheb korra aastas üksnes ülempreester, mitte ilma vereta, mille ta ohverdab oma ja rahva eksimuste eest.

8 Sel kombel näitab Püha Vaim, et tee pühasse paika veel ei ole avatud, niikaua kui esimene telk veel on olemas.

9 See on praeguse aja kohta võrdum, mille kohaselt ohverdatakse ande ja ohvreid, mis ei suuda teha südametunnistuse poolest täiuslikuks seda, kes toimetab teenistust,

10 vaid mis samuti nagu toidud ja joogid ja mitmesugused pesemised on ainult liha korraldused, kehtivad seniks, kui kätte jõuab uuendatud korra aeg.

11 Aga Kristus, kui Tema tuli tulevaste heade andide Ülempreestrina, suurema ja täiuslikuma telgiga, mis ei ole kätega tehtud, see on, mis ei ole pärit sellest loomisest,

12 ja ka mitte sikkude ega vasikate verega, vaid Iseenese Verega, läks ükskord sinna pühasse paika ning saavutas igavese lunastuse.

13 Sest kui sikkude ja härgade veri ja lehma tuhk, mis riputatakse nende peale, kes on rüvetunud, pühitseb liha puhtuseks,

14 kui palju enam Kristuse Veri, Kes igavese Vaimu läbi Iseenese veatuna ohverdas Jumalale, puhastab meie südametunnistuse surnud tegudest teenima elavat Jumalat.

15 Ja sellepärast on Tema uue lepingu vahemees, et pärast Tema surma, mis oli lunastuseks esimese lepingu ajal olnud üleastumistest, need, kes on kutsutud, kätte saaksid igavese pärandi.

16 Sest seal, kus on olemas testament, on hädavajalik, et tõendataks ka testamenditegija surm.

17 Sest testament hakkab kehtima pärast surma; sest see ei ole kunagi jõus, niikaua kui testamenditegija on elus.

18 Sellepärast ei ole ka esimest lepingut pühitsetud ilma vereta.

19 Sest kui Mooses kõigele rahvale oli ette lugenud kogu käsu käsuõpetuse järgi, võttis ta vasikate ja sikkude vere ühes vee ja punase villa ja iisopiga ja piserdas seda niihästi raamatu enese kui ka kõige rahva peale

20 ning ütles: „See on selle lepingu veri, mille Jumal on seadnud teie jaoks!"

21 Ja samuti ta piserdas verd ka telgi ja kõigi Jumalateenistuseriistade peale.

22 Ja peaaegu kõik puhastatakse verega käsuõpetuse järgi, ja ilma verd valamata ei ole andeksandmist olemas.

23 Nii on siis tarvis, et taevalike asjade kujud puhastatakse sel teel, aga taevasi asju endid puhastatakse paremate ohvritega kui need.

24 Sest Kristus ei läinud kätega tehtud pühamusse kui tõelise püha paiga kujusse, vaid taevasse Enesesse, et nüüd ilmuda Jumala palge ette meie eest,

25 aga mitte Ennast mitu korda ohverdama, nõnda nagu ülempreester igal aastal läks pühasse paika võõra verega,

26 sest muidu oleks Ta pidanud mitu korda kannatama maailma rajamisest alates; aga nüüd on Ta maailmaajastute lõpul korra ilmunud, et Oma ohvriga kaotada patt.

27 Ja otsekui inimestele on määratud kord surra, aga pärast seda kohus,

28 nõnda ka Kristus, Kes üks kord tõi Enese ohvriks, et ära võtta paljude patud, ilmub teist korda ilma patuta neile, kes Teda ootavad õndsuseks.