Hebraeos 9

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Habuit quidem et prius justificationes culturæ, et Sanctum sæculare.	1 The first covenant also had its laws governing worship and its sanctuary, a sanctuary on this earth.
2 Tabernaculum enim factum est primum, in quo erant candelabra, et mensa, et propositio panum, quæ dicitur Sancta.	2 There was a tent which comprised two compartments: the first, in which the lamp-stand, the table andthe loaves of permanent offering were kept, was cal ed the Holy Place;
3 Post velamentum autem secundum, tabernaculum, quod dicitur Sancta sanctorum :	3 then beyond the second veil, a second compartment which was called the Holy of Holies
4 aureum habens thuribulum, et arcam testamenti circumtectam ex omni parte auro, in qua urna aurea habens manna, et virga Aaron, quæ fronduerat, et tabulæ testamenti,	4 to which belonged the gold altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant, plated al over with gold. Inthis were kept the gold jar containing the manna, Aaron's branch that grew the buds, and the tables of thecovenant.
5 superque eam erant cherubim gloriæ obumbrantia propitiatorium : de quibus non est modo dicendum per singula.	5 On top of it were the glorious winged creatures, overshadowing the throne of mercy. This is not the timeto go into detail about this.
6 His vero ita compositis, in priori quidem tabernaculo semper introibant sacerdotes, sacrificiorum officia consummantes :	6 Under these provisions, priests go regularly into the outer tent to carry out their acts of worship,
7 in secundo autem semel in anno solus pontifex non sine sanguine, quem offert pro sua et populi ignorantia :	7 but the second tent is entered only once a year, and then only by the high priest who takes in the bloodto make an offering for his own and the people's faults of inadvertence.
8 hoc significante Spiritu Sancto, nondum propalatam esse sanctorum viam, adhuc priore tabernaculo habente statum :	8 By this, the Holy Spirit means us to see that as long as the old tent stands, the way into the holy placeis not opened up;
9 quæ parabola est temporis instantis : juxta quam munera, et hostiæ offeruntur, quæ non possunt juxta conscientiam perfectum facere servientem, solummodo in cibis, et in potibus,	9 it is a symbol for this present time. None of the gifts and sacrifices offered under these regulations canpossibly bring any worshipper to perfection in his conscience;
10 et variis baptismatibus, et justitiis carnis usque ad tempus correctionis impositis.	10 they are rules about outward life, connected with food and drink and washing at various times, whichare in force only until the time comes to set things right.
11 Christus autem assistens pontifex futurorum bonorum, per amplius et perfectius tabernaculum, non manufactum, id est, non hujus creationis :	11 But now Christ has come, as the high priest of al the blessings which were to come. He has passedthrough the greater, the more perfect tent, not made by human hands, that is, not of this created order;
12 neque per sanguinem hircorum aut vitulorum, sed per proprium sanguinem introivit semel in Sancta, æterna redemptione inventa.	12 and he has entered the sanctuary once and for all, taking with him not the blood of goats and bulcalves, but his own blood, having won an eternal redemption.
13 Si enim sanguis hircorum et taurorum, et cinis vitulæ aspersus inquinatos sanctificat ad emundationem carnis :	13 The blood of goats and bul s and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on those who have incurreddefilement, may restore their bodily purity.
14 quanto magis sanguis Christi, qui per Spiritum Sanctum semetipsum obtulit immaculatum Deo, emundabit conscientiam nostram ab operibus mortuis, ad serviendum Deo viventi ?	14 How much more wil the blood of Christ, who offered himself, blameless as he was, to God throughthe eternal Spirit, purify our conscience from dead actions so that we can worship the living God.
15 Et ideo novi testamenti mediator est : ut morte intercedente, in redemptionem earum prævaricationum, quæ erant sub priori testamento, repromissionem accipiant qui vocati sunt æternæ hæreditatis.	15 This makes him the mediator of a new covenant, so that, now that a death has occurred to redeem thesins committed under an earlier covenant, those who have been cal ed to an eternal inheritance may receive thepromise.
16 Ubi enim testamentum est, mors necesse est intercedat testatoris.	16 Now wherever a wil is in question, the death of the testator must be established;
17 Testamentum enim in mortuis confirmatum est : alioquin nondum valet, dum vivit qui testatus est.	17 a testament comes into effect only after a death, since it has no force while the testator is stil alive.
18 Unde nec primum quidem sine sanguine dedicatum est.	18 That is why even the earlier covenant was inaugurated with blood,
19 Lecto enim omni mandato legis a Moyse universo populo, accipiens sanguinem vitulorum et hircorum cum aqua, et lana coccinea, et hyssopo, ipsum quoque librum, et omnem populum aspersit,	19 and why, after Moses had promulgated al the commandments of the Law to the people, he took thecalves' blood, the goats' blood and some water, and with these he sprinkled the book itself and all the people,using scarlet wool and hyssop;
20 dicens : Hic sanguis testamenti, quod mandavit ad vos Deus.	20 saying as he did so: This is the blood of the covenant that God has made with you.
21 Etiam tabernaculum et omnia vasa ministerii sanguine similiter aspersit.	21 And he sprinkled both the tent and all the liturgical vessels with blood in the same way.
22 Et omnia pene in sanguine secundum legem mundantur : et sine sanguinis effusione non fit remissio.	22 In fact, according to the Law, practical y every purification takes place by means of blood; and if thereis no shedding of blood, there is no remission.
23 Necesse est ergo exemplaria quidem cælestium his mundari : ipsa autem cælestia melioribus hostiis quam istis.	23 Only the copies of heavenly things are purified in this way; the heavenly things themselves have to bepurified by a higher sort of sacrifice than this.
24 Non enim in manufacta Sancta Jesus introivit exemplaria verorum : sed in ipsum cælum, ut appareat nunc vultui Dei pro nobis :	24 It is not as though Christ had entered a man-made sanctuary which was merely a model of the realone; he entered heaven itself, so that he now appears in the presence of God on our behalf.
25 neque ut sæpe offerat semetipsum, quemadmodum pontifex intrat in Sancta per singulos annos in sanguine alieno :	25 And he does not have to offer himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the sanctuary yearafter year with the blood that is not his own,
26 alioquin oportebat eum frequenter pati ab origine mundi : nunc autem semel in consummatione sæculorum, ad destitutionem peccati, per hostiam suam apparuit.	26 or else he would have had to suffer over and over again since the world began. As it is, he has madehis appearance once and for al , at the end of the last age, to do away with sin by sacrificing himself.
27 Et quemadmodum statutum est hominibus semel mori, post hoc autem judicium :	27 Since human beings die only once, after which comes judgement,
28 sic et Christus semel oblatus est ad multorum exhaurienda peccata : secundo sine peccato apparebit exspectantibus se, in salutem.	28 so Christ too, having offered himself only once to bear the sin of many, will manifest himself a secondtime, sin being no more, to those who are waiting for him, to bring them salvation.