1Now even the first [covenant] had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.
1原來前約有禮拜的條例和屬世界的聖幕。
2For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which [were] the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place.
2因為有預備的帳幕，頭一層叫作聖所，裡面有燈臺、桌子，和陳設餅。
3Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
3第二幔子後又有一層帳幕，叫作至聖所，
4having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron's rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant;
4有金香爐（或作：壇），有包金的約櫃，櫃裡有盛嗎哪的金罐和亞倫發過芽的杖，並兩塊約版；
5and above it [were] the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
5櫃上面有榮耀基路伯的影罩著施恩（原文作：蔽罪）座。這幾件我現在不能一一細說。
6Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle performing the divine worship,
6這些物件既如此預備齊了，眾祭司就常進頭一層帳幕，行拜神的禮。
7but into the second, only the high priest [enters] once a year, not without [taking] blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
7至於第二層帳幕，惟有大祭司一年一次獨自進去，沒有不帶著血為自己和百姓的過錯獻上。
8The Holy Spirit [is] signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing,
8聖靈用此指明，頭一層帳幕仍存的時候，進入至聖所的路還未顯明。
9which [is] a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience,
9那頭一層帳幕作現今的一個表樣，所獻的禮物和祭物，就著良心說，都不能叫禮拜的人得以完全。
10since they [relate] only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.
10這些事，連那飲食和諸般洗濯的規矩，都不過是屬肉體的條例，命定到振興的時候為止。
11But when Christ appeared [as] a high priest of the good things to come, [He entered] through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
11但現在基督已經來到，作了將來美事的大祭司，經過那更大更全備的帳幕，不是人手所造、也不是屬乎這世界的；
12and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
12並且不用山羊和牛犢的血，乃用自己的血，只一次進入聖所，成了永遠贖罪的事。
13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh,
13若山羊和公牛的血，並母牛犢的灰，灑在不潔的人身上，尚且叫人成聖，身體潔淨，
14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
14何況基督藉著永遠的靈，將自己無瑕無疵獻給神，他的血豈不更能洗淨你們的心（原文是良心），除去你們的死行，使你們事奉那永生神麼？
15For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were [committed] under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
15為此，他作了新約的中保，既然受死贖了人在前約之時所犯的罪過，便叫蒙召之人得著所應許永遠的產業。
16For where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it.
16凡有遺命必須等到留遺命（遺命：原文與約字同）的人死了；
17For a covenant is valid [only] when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.
17因為人死了，遺命才有效力，若留遺命的尚在，那遺命還有用處麼？
18Therefore even the first [covenant] was not inaugurated without blood.
18所以，前約也不是不用血立的；
19For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
19因為摩西當日照著律法將各樣誡命傳給眾百姓，就拿朱紅色絨和牛膝草，把牛犢山羊的血和水灑在書上，又灑在眾百姓身上，說：
20saying, 'THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU.'
20這血就是神與你們立約的憑據。
21And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.
21他又照樣把血灑在帳幕和各樣器皿上。
22And according to the Law, [one may] almost [say], all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
22按著律法，凡物差不多都是用血潔淨的；若不流血，罪就不得赦免了。
23Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
23照著天上樣式作的物件必須用這些祭物去潔淨；但那天上的本物自然當用更美的祭物去潔淨。
24For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a [mere] copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
24因為基督並不是進了人手所造的聖所（這不過是真聖所的影像），乃是進了天堂，如今為我們顯在神面前；
25nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.
25也不是多次將自己獻上，像那大祭司每年帶著牛羊的血（牛羊的血：原文作不是自己的血）進入聖所，
26Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
26如果這樣，他從創世以來，就必多次受苦了。但如今在這末世顯現一次，把自己獻為祭，好除掉罪。
27And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this [comes] judgment,
27按著定命，人人都有一死，死後且有審判。
28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without [reference to] sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
28像這樣，基督既然一次被獻，擔當了多人的罪，將來要向那等候他的人第二次顯現，並與罪無關，乃是為拯救他們。