Kiri heebrealastele 8

Uue lepingu Ülempreester

1 Aga meie praeguse kõne peamine mõte on see: meil on ülempreester, kes on istunud Ausuuruse trooni paremale käele taevas 2 ning teenib pühamus, tõelises kohtumistelgis, mida ei ole püstitanud ükski inimene, vaid Issand.

3 Iga ülempreester seatakse ametisse, et tuua Jumala ette ande ja ohvreid. Ja nii peab ka see ülempreester midagi ohvriks tooma. 4 Kui ta maa peal viibiks, siis ei oleks ta preester, sest siin juba on preestrid, kes Seaduses nõutud ande toovad. 5 Nad teenivad selles, mis on taevase pühamu jäljend ja vari. Seepärast manitseti ka Moosest, kui ta hakkas telki valmistama: „Vaata, et sa teed kõik sulle mäel näidatud eeskuju järgi!" 6 Ent nüüd on Jeesus saanud seda aulisema ameti, mida parema lepingu vahendaja ta on, mis on kehtestatud paremate tõotuste alusel.

7 Sest kui esimene leping olnuks laitmatu, siis ei oleks otsitud selle asemele teist. 8 Sest neid laites ütleb Jumal rahvale:

„Vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand,

mil ma teen Iisraeli sooga

ja Juuda sooga uue lepingu.

9 See ei ole niisugune leping,

nagu ma tegin teie esiisadega siis

kui ma nad kättpidi viisin välja Egiptusest,

sest nad ei jäänud minu lepingule ustavaks,

ja ma pöördusin neist ära, ütleb Issand.

10 See on leping, mille ma sõlmin Iisraeli sooga

pärast neid päevi, ütleb Issand:

ma vajutan oma seadused nende teadvusse

ja kirjutan need neile südamesse.

Siis olen mina nende Jumalaks

ja nemad on minu rahvaks.

11 Siis ei õpeta nad enam oma ligimest

ega ütle üksteisele: „Tunne Issandat!"

sest nad kõik tunnevad mind,

nii väikesed kui suured.

12 Sest ma andestan nende kurjuse

ega tuleta enam meelde nende patte."

13 Uuest lepingust rääkides on Jumal kuulutanud eelmise lepingu aegunuks. Aga mis aegub ja iganeb, lakkab peagi olemast.

1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.