1 Seadus on vaid tulevaste hüvede vari, mitte tegelikkuse tõeline kuju. Seadus ei suuda iial teha jäävalt täiuslikuks neid, kes tulevad Jumala ette aasta-aastalt nendesamade ohvritega. 2 Vastasel korral, kas nad ei oleks siis ohverdamast lakanud? Sest jumalateenijad oleksid lõplikult puhtaks saanud ja neil ei oleks enam olnud patust südametunnistust. 3 Ent ohvrid on vaid iga-aastaseks meeldetuletuseks patust. 4 Härgade ja kitsede verel on võimatu patte ära võtta.

5 Seepärast ütles Kristus maailma tulles:

„Ohvrit ega andi sa ei tahtnud,

aga valmistasid mulle ihu:

6 põletus- ja patuohvritest

ei olnud sul hea meel.

7 Siis ma ütlesin: „Vaata, ma tulen –

rullraamatus on minust kirjutatud –

tegema sinu tahtmist, Jumal!" "

8 Esimeses pooles ütleb ta: „Ohvreid, ande, põletus- ja patuohvreid sa ei tahtnud ega olnud sul hea meel neist" – mida ju ohverdatakse Seaduse järgi. 9 Siis aga ütleb ta: „Ma olen tulnud tegema sinu tahtmist." Ta tühistab esimese, et kehtestada teine. 10 Selles tahtmises on meid pühitsetud Jeesuse Kristuse ihu ohvriga üks kord ja lõplikult.

11 Iga preester seisab päevast päeva oma teenistuses ja toob korduvalt samu ohvreid, mis ei suuda iial ära võtta patte. 12 Kristus aga ohverdas üheainsa, alati kehtiva ohvri pattude eest, ja on jäädavalt istunud Jumala paremale käele 13 ja ootab sellest ajast alates, kuni ta vaenlased paisatakse põrmu ta jalge alla. 14 Sest üheainsa ohvriga on ta jäädavalt teinud täiuslikuks need, keda pühitsetakse.

15 Seda tunnistab meile ka Püha Vaim; sest kui ta oli öelnud:

16 „See on leping, mille ma sõlmin teiega

pärast neid päevi, ütleb Issand.

Ma panen oma seadused neile südamesse

ja kirjutan need nende teadvusse."

17 Siis ta lisab:

„Ja ma ei mäleta enam

nende patte ega ülekohtutegusid."

18 Aga kui need on kord andeks antud, seal ei ole enam vaja mingit ohvrit pattude eest.

19 Vennad ja õed, Jeesuse vere läbi on meil julgus vabalt sisse minna kõige pühamasse paika. 20 Selle tee on ta meile avanud uuena ja elavana eesriide, see tähendab oma maise ihu kaudu. 21 Ja et meil on nõnda suur preester Jumala koja üle, 22 siis astugem Jumala ette siira südamega, täielikus usus, olles südame poolest piserdamisega puhastatud kurjast südametunnistusest ja ihu poolest pestud puhta veega! 23 Hoidkem kõikumatult kinni lootusest, mida me tunnistame, sest ustav on see, kes seda on tõotanud. 24 Ja mõelgem, kuidas üksteist ergutada armastusele ja headele tegudele! 25 Ärgem jäägem eemale oma koguduse kokkusaamistelt, nagu mõnel on kombeks, vaid julgustagem selleks üksteist, ja seda enam, et näete kohtupäeva lähenevat.

26 Sest kui me teeme tahtlikult pattu pärast seda, kui oleme õppinud tundma tõde, siis ei ole enam ohvrit pattude lepituseks, 27 vaid ainult mingi kohutav kohtu ootamine ja vihatuli, mis neelab Jumalale vastupanijad. 28 Igaüks, kes hülgab Moosese Seaduse, peab ilma halastuseta surema kahe või kolme tunnistaja ütluse peale. 29 Kui palju rängema karistuse väärib siis teie meelest see, kes Jumala Poega on jalgadega tallanud ega ole kalliks pidanud lepingu verd, millega teda on pühitsetud, ning on teotanud armu Vaimu? 30 Me ju tunneme teda, kes ütleb: „Mulle kuulub kättemaks, minu käest tuleb karistus." Ja veel: „Issand mõistab kohut oma rahva üle."

31 Hirmus on langeda elava Jumala kätte!

32 Tuletage meelde endisi päevi, mil te äsja valgustatuna pidite taluma rasket ja kannatusrohket võitlust! 33 Mõnikord olite ise avaliku pilke ja ahistamise all, mõnikord näitasite oma ühtekuuluvust nendega, keda nõnda koheldi. 34 Te olete kannatanud koos vangidega ja rõõmuga vastu võtnud oma vara riisumise, teades, et teil on parem ja püsivam varandus. 35 Seepärast ärge kaotage oma julgust, sest see saab suure palga!

36 Teil läheb vaja kannatlikkust, et teha Jumala tahtmist ja saada kätte tema tõotused. 37 Sest

„Veel õige pisut aega,

siis tuleb see, kes on tulemas,

ega viivita enam."

38 Aga

„Minu õige jääb usust elama,

ja kui ta taganeb,

ei tunne ma temast head meelt."

39 Meie aga ei ole need, kes taganevad ja hukkuvad, vaid meie usume ja jääme elama.

1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having an high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.