Hebreus 8

1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law, 5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."✝8:5 Exodus 25:40 6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 For finding fault with them, he said,

"Behold,*8:8 "Behold", from "ἰδοὺ", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. the days are coming", says the Lord,

"that 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 that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;

for they didn’t continue in my covenant,

and I disregarded them," says the Lord.

10 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days," says the Lord:

"I will put my laws into their mind;

I will also write them on their heart.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

11 They will not teach every man his fellow citizen*8:11 TR reads "neighbor" instead of "fellow citizen"

and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’

for all will know me,

from their least to their greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness.

I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more."✝8:12 Jeremiah 31:31-34

13 In that he says, "A new covenant", he has made the first obsolete. But that which is becoming obsolete and grows aged is near to vanishing away.

Ko Īhu, tō Mātou Tohunga Nui

1 Nā, ko te tino tēnei o ēnei kōrero; he tohunga pērā tō tātou, kua noho ki matau o te torōna o te Nui i ngā rangi; 2 he minita mō te wāhi tapu, mō te tapenākara pono, tōna kaiwhakaara nei ko te Ariki, ehara i te tangata.

3 Ko ngā tohunga nui katoa hoki, he mea whakarite hei tāpae atu i ngā whakahere, i ngā patunga tapu; nā konei hoki i tika ai kia whai mea anō tēnei tohunga nui hei tāpaenga atu māna. 4 Me i runga hoki ia i te whenua, kāhore ōna tohungatanga; tēnei hoki ngā tohunga hei tāpae i ngā whakahere i runga i tā te ture. 5 Ko tā rātou mahi he ritenga, he ātārangi nō ngā mea i te rangi, he pērā anō me te mea i tohutohungia ki a Mohi, i a ia meāke hanga i te tapenākara, i mea hoki ia, "Kia mahara kia hangā e koe ngā mea katoa kia rite ki te tauira i whakakitea ki a koe i runga i te maunga." 6 Tēnā ko tēnei, he nui kē te mahi minita kua riro nei i a ia, he pai rawa hoki te kawenata ko tōna takawaenga nei ko ia, he pai rawa anō hoki ngā kupu whakaari, i whakatakotoria ai taua kawenata.

7 Mehemea hoki kīhai i whai hē taua kawenata ō mua, e kore e rapua he wāhi mō te tuarua. 8 I a ia hoki e whakahē ana, i mea ia ki a rātou:

"Nanā, tēnei ake ko ngā rā, e ai tā te Ariki,

e whakaritea ai e ahau he kawenata hou ki te whare o Īharaira,

ki te whare anō hoki o Hūrā.

9 E kore e rite ki te kawenata i whakaritea e ahau ki ō rātou mātua,

i te rā i mau ai ahau ki ō rātou ringaringa,

i ārahi mai ai i a rātou i te whenua o Īhipa.

Kīhai nei hoki rātou i ū ki tāku kawenata,

ā, kore ake ōku whakaaro ki a rātou,

e ai tā te Ariki.

10 Ko te kawenata hoki tēnei e whakarite ai ahau ki te whare o Īharaira

i muri iho i aua rā, e ai tā te Ariki:

Ka hoatu e ahau āku ture ki ō rātou hinengaro,

ka tuhituhia anō hoki ki ō rātou ngākau.

Ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou

ko rātou hoki hei iwi māku.

11 I kore anō hoki rātou e whakaako i tōna hoa,

i tōna hoa, i tōna teina, i tōna tuakana, e mea,

‘Kia mātau koe ki te Ariki,’

e mātau katoa hoki rātou ki ahau,

te nohinohi o rātou, te nui anō hoki o rātou.

12 Ka mahi tohu hoki ahau ki ō rātou kino,

e kore anō hoki e maharatia e ahau ō rātou hara ā mua ake nei."

13 I a ia i mea, "He kawenata hou," kua whakatawhitotia e ia te mea tuatahi. Nā, ko te mea kua tawhitotia, kua koroheketia, ka tata te memeha.