| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near. | 1The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming--not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. |
| 2Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins? | 2Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. |
| 3But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. | 3But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. |
| 4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. | 4It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. |
| 5Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; | 5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; |
| 6IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE. | 6with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. |
| 7"THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME (IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'" | 7Then I said, 'Here I am--it is written about me in the scroll-- I have come to do your will, my God.'" |
| 8After saying above, "SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them" (which are offered according to the Law), | 8First he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them"--though they were offered in accordance with the law. |
| 9then He said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL." He takes away the first in order to establish the second. | 9Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. |
| 10By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. | 10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. |
| 11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; | 11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. |
| 12but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, | 12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, |
| 13waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET. | 13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. |
| 14For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. | 14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. |
| 15And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying, | 15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: |
| 16"THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," He then says, | 16"This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds." |
| 17"AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE." | 17Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." |
| 18Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin. | 18And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary. |
| 19Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, | 19Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, |
| 20by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, | 20by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, |
| 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, | 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, |
| 22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. | 22let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. |
| 23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; | 23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. |
| 24and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, | 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, |
| 25not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. | 25not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. |
| 26For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, | 26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, |
| 27but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. | 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. |
| 28Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. | 28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. |
| 29How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? | 29How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? |
| 30For we know Him who said, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY." And again, "THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE." | 30For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people." |
| 31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God. | 31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. |
| 32But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, | 32Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. |
| 33partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. | 33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. |
| 34For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one. | 34You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. |
| 35Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. | 35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. |
| 36For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. | 36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. |
| 37FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY. | 37For, "In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay." |
| 38BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM. | 38And, "But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back." |
| 39But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul. | 39But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved. |
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