Hebrews 8

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 The main point of what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,	1 Now the main point in the things that have been stated is this: that we have so great a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,
2 a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.	2 who is the minister of holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which was established by the Lord, not by man.
3 Now every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus the necessity for this one also to have something to offer.	3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary for him also to have something to offer.
4 If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are those who offer gifts according to the law.	4 And so, if he were upon the earth, he would not be a priest, since there would be others to offer gifts according to the law,
5 They worship in a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, as Moses was warned when he was about to erect the tabernacle. For he says, "See that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."	5 gifts which serve as mere examples and shadows of the heavenly things. And so it was answered to Moses, when he was about to complete the tabernacle: “See to it,” he said, “that you make everything according to the example which was revealed to you on the mountain.”
6 Now he has obtained so much more excellent a ministry as he is mediator of a better covenant, enacted on better promises.	6 But now he has been granted a better ministry, so much so that he is also the Mediator of a better testament, which has been confirmed by better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second one.	7 For if the former one had been entirely without fault, then a place certainly would not have been sought for a subsequent one.
8 But he finds fault with them and says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will conclude a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.	8 For, finding fault with them, he says: “Behold, the days shall arrive, says the Lord, when I will consummate a New Testament over the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; for they did not stand by my covenant and I ignored them, says the Lord.	9 not according to the testament which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand, so that I might lead them away from the land of Egypt. For they did not remain in my testament, and so I disregarded them, says the Lord.
10 But this is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and I will write them upon their hearts. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.	10 For this is the testament which I will set before the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their minds, and I will inscribe my laws on their hearts. And so, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
11 And they shall not teach, each one his fellow citizen and kinsman, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all shall know me, from least to greatest.	11 And they will not teach, each one his neighbor, and each one his brother, saying: ‘Know the Lord.’ For all shall know me, from the least, even to the greatest of them.
12 For I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sins no more."	12 For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will no longer remember their sins.”
13 When he speaks of a "new" covenant, he declares the first one obsolete. And what has become obsolete and has grown old is close to disappearing.	13 Now in saying something new, he has made the former old. But that which decays and grows old is close to passing away.