| 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 majesty in the heavens, | 1 Capitulum autem super ea quæ dicuntur : Talem habemus pontificem, qui consedit in dextera sedis magnitudinis in cælis, |
| 2 A minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath pitched, and not man. | 2 sanctorum minister, et tabernaculi veri, quod fixit Dominus, et non homo. |
| 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer. | 3 Omnis enim pontifex ad offerendum munera, et hostias constituitur : unde necesse est et hunc habere aliquid, quod offerat. |
| 4 If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest: seeing that there would be others to offer gifts according to the law, | 4 Si ergo esset super terram, nec esset sacerdos : cum essent qui offerent secundum legem munera, |
| 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabernacle: See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewn thee on the mount. | 5 qui exemplari, et umbræ deserviunt cælestium. Sicut responsum est Moysi, cum consummaret tabernaculum : Vide (inquit) omnia facito secundum exemplar, quod tibi ostensum est in monte. |
| 6 But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises. | 6 Nunc autem melius sortitus est ministerium, quanto et melioris testamenti mediator est, quod in melioribus repromissionibus sancitum est. |
| 7 For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second. | 7 Nam si illud prius culpa vacasset, non utique secundi locus inquireretur. |
| 8 For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament: | 8 Vituperans enim eos dicit : Ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus : et consummabo super domum Israël, et super domum Juda, testamentum novum, |
| 9 Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. | 9 non secundum testamentum quod feci patribus eorum in die qua apprehendi manum eorum ut educerem illos de terra Ægypti : quoniam ipsi non permanserunt in testamento meo : et ego neglexi eos, dicit Dominus. |
| 10 For this is the testament which I will make to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my laws into their mind, and in their heart will I write them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: | 10 Quia hoc est testamentum quod disponam domui Israël post dies illos, dicit Dominus : dando leges meas in mentem eorum, et in corde eorum superscribam eas : et ero eis in Deum, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum : |
| 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 of them: | 11 et non docebit unusquisque proximum suum, et unusquisque fratrem suum, dicens : Cognosce Dominum : quoniam omnes scient me a minore usque ad majorem eorum : |
| 12 Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more. | 12 quia propitius ero iniquitatibus eorum, et peccatorum eorum jam non memorabor. |
| 13 Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old, is near its end. | 13 Dicendo autem novum : veteravit prius. Quod autem antiquatur, et senescit, prope interitum est. |