Hebrews 9 Darby Translation
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1 The first therefore also indeed had ordinances of service, and the sanctuary, a worldly one.
1 Εἶχε μὲν οὖν [καὶ] ἡ πρώτη σκηνὴ δικαιώματα λατρείας τό τε Ἅγιον κοσμικόν.
2 For a tabernacle was set up; the first, in which [were] both the candlestick and the table and the exposition of the loaves, which is called Holy;
2 σκηνὴ γὰρ κατεσκευάσθη ἡ πρώτη, ἐν ᾗ ἥ τε λυχνία καὶ ἡ τράπεζα καὶ ἡ πρόθεσις τῶν ἄρτων, ἥτις λέγεται Ἅγια.
3 but after the second veil a tabernacle which is called Holy of holies,
3 μετὰ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνὴ ἡ λεγομένη Ἅγια Ἁγίων,
4 having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant, covered round in every part with gold, in which [were] the golden pot that had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tables of the covenant;
4 χρυσοῦν ἔχουσα θυμιατήριον καὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης περικεκαλυμμένην πάντοθεν χρυσίῳ, ἐν ᾗ στάμνος χρυσῆ ἔχουσα τὸ μάννα καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος Ἀαρὼν ἡ βλαστήσασα καὶ αἱ πλάκες τῆς διαθήκης,
5 and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now [the time] to speak in detail.
5 ὑπεράνω δὲ αὐτῆς Χερουβὶμ δόξης κατασκιάζοντα τὸ ἱλαστήριον· περὶ ὧν οὐκ ἔστι νῦν λέγειν κατὰ μέρος.
6 Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, accomplishing the services;
6 Τούτων δὲ οὕτω κατεσκευασμένων εἰς μὲν τὴν πρώτην σκηνὴν διὰ παντὸς εἰσίασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὰς λατρείας ἐπιτελοῦντες,
7 but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people:
7 εἰς δὲ τὴν δευτέραν ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ μόνος ὁ ἀρχιερεύς, οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος, ὃ προσφέρει ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων,
8 the Holy Spirit shewing this, that the way of the [holy of] holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has [its] standing;
8 τοῦτο δηλοῦντος τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου, μήπω πεφανερῶσθαι τὴν τῶν Ἁγίων ὁδόν, ἔτι τῆς πρώτης σκηνῆς ἐχούσης στάσιν·
9 the which [is] an image for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices, unable to perfect as to conscience him that worshipped, are offered,
9 ἥτις παραβολὴ εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τὸν ἐνεστηκότα, καθ᾽ ὃν δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίαι προσφέρονται μὴ δυνάμεναι κατὰ συνείδησιν τελειῶσαι τὸν λατρεύοντα,
10 [consisting] only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until [the] time of setting things right.
10 μόνον ἐπὶ βρώμασι καὶ πόμασι καὶ διαφόροις βαπτισμοῖς καὶ δικαιώμασι σαρκός, μέχρι καιροῦ διορθώσεως ἐπικείμενα.
11 But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (that is, not of this creation,)
11 Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως,
12 nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the [holy of] holies, having found an eternal redemption.
12 οὐδὲ δι᾽ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ Ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος.
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies for the purity of the flesh,
13 εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα,
14 how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship [the] living God?
14 πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ Πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ Θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν Θεῷ ζῶντι;
15 And for this reason he is mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
15 Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο διαθήκης καινῆς μεσίτης ἐστίν, ὅπως, θανάτου γενομένου εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν ἐπὶ τῇ πρώτῃ διαθήκῃ παραβάσεων, τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν λάβωσιν οἱ κεκλημένοι τῆς αἰωνίου κληρονομίας.
16 (For where [there is] a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.
16 ὅπου γὰρ διαθήκη, θάνατον ἀνάγκη φέρεσθαι τοῦ διαθεμένου·
17 For a testament [is] of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)
17 διαθήκη γὰρ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς βεβαία, ἐπεὶ μήποτε ἰσχύει ὅτε ζῇ ὁ διαθέμενος.
18 Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.
18 Ὅθεν οὐδ᾽ ἡ πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐγκεκαίνισται·
19 For every commandment having been spoken according to [the] law by Moses to all the people; having taken the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
19 λαληθείσης γὰρ πάσης ἐντολῆς κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὑπὸ Μωϋσέως παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, λαβὼν τὸ αἷμα τῶν μόσχων καὶ τράγων μετὰ ὕδατος καὶ ἐρίου κοκκίνου καὶ ὑσσώπου, αὐτό τε τὸ βιβλίον καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ἐρράντισε
20 saying, This [is] the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined to you.
20 λέγων· τοῦτο τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεός·
21 And the tabernacle too and all the vessels of service he sprinkled in like manner with blood;
21 καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν δὲ καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τῆς λειτουργίας τῷ αἵματι ὁμοίως ἐρράντισε.
22 and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission.
22 καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν αἵματι πάντα καθαρίζεται κατὰ τὸν νόμον, καὶ χωρὶς αἱματεκχυσίας οὐ γίνεται ἄφεσις.
23 [It was] necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.
23 Ἀνάγκη οὖν τὰ μὲν ὑποδείγματα τῶν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τούτοις καθαρίζεσθαι, αὐτὰ δὲ τὰ ἐπουράνια κρείττοσι θυσίαις παρὰ ταύτας.
24 For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
24 οὐ γὰρ εἰς χειροποίητα Ἅγια εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Χριστός, ἀντίτυπα τῶν ἀληθινῶν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν οὐρανόν, νῦν ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν·
25 nor in order that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy places every year with blood not his own;
25 οὐδ᾽ ἵνα πολλάκις προσφέρῃ ἑαυτόν, ὥσπερ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰσέρχεται εἰς τὰ Ἅγια κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐν αἵματι ἀλλοτρίῳ·
26 since he had [then] been obliged often to suffer from the foundation of the world. But now once in the consummation of the ages he has been manifested for [the] putting away of sin by his sacrifice.
26 ἐπεὶ ἔδει αὐτὸν πολλάκις παθεῖν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου· νῦν δὲ ἅπαξ ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων εἰς ἀθέτησιν ἁμαρτίας διὰ τῆς θυσίας αὐτοῦ πεφανέρωται.
27 And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment;
27 καὶ καθ᾽ ὅσον ἀπόκειται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἅπαξ ἀποθανεῖν, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο κρίσις,
28 thus the Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear to those that look for him the second time without sin for salvation.
28 οὕτω καὶ ὁ Χριστός, ἅπαξ προσενεχθεὶς εἰς τὸ πολλῶν ἀνενεγκεῖν ἁμαρτίας, ἐκ δευτέρου χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας ὀφθήσεται τοῖς αὐτὸν ἀπεκδεχομένοις εἰς σωτηρίαν.
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 25:8; Hebrews 9:10–11; Hebrews 8:2; Leviticus 18:30; Leviticus 22:9
- 2 Exodus 40:4; Leviticus 24:5–8; Exodus 26:35; Exodus 40:18–20; Exodus 40:22–24
- 3 Exodus 26:31–33; Matthew 27:51; Exodus 40:21; Exodus 40:3; 1 Kings 8:6
- 4 Numbers 17:10; 2 Chronicles 5:10; Exodus 40:3; Leviticus 16:12; Exodus 26:33
- 5 Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 7:89; 1 Kings 8:6–7; Exodus 25:17–22; Psalm 99:1
- 6 Numbers 28:3; Exodus 27:21; Luke 1:8–11; 2 Chronicles 26:16–19; Daniel 8:11
- 7 Leviticus 16:34; Leviticus 5:18; Hebrews 7:27; Exodus 30:10; Hebrews 10:19–20
- 8 John 14:6; Hebrews 3:7; John 10:9; Hebrews 10:19–22; Ephesians 2:18
- 9 1 Peter 3:21; Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 10:11; Psalm 51:16–19; Romans 5:14
- 10 Colossians 2:16; Ephesians 2:15; Hebrews 7:16; Leviticus 11:2–47; Hebrews 2:5
- 11 Hebrews 9:23–24; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Acts 17:24–25; Hebrews 8:1–2; Hebrews 10:1
- 12 Hebrews 10:4; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Hebrews 9:15; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:24–26
- 13 Numbers 19:2–21; Leviticus 16:14–16; Acts 15:9; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Chronicles 30:19
- 14 Hebrews 10:22; 1 Peter 1:19; 1 John 1:7; Hebrews 9:12; 1 Peter 2:24
- 15 Romans 3:24–26; Romans 8:30; Hebrews 9:12; Romans 8:28; Hebrews 10:36
- 16 James 2:10; 1 Corinthians 15:22
- 17 Genesis 48:21; John 14:27; Galatians 3:15
- 18 Exodus 24:3–8; Hebrews 8:7–9; Hebrews 9:22; Hebrews 9:14; Exodus 12:22
- 19 Exodus 24:5–11; Hebrews 9:12; Numbers 19:18; Hebrews 10:4; Ezekiel 36:25
- 20 Exodus 24:8; Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 13:20; Deuteronomy 29:12; Zechariah 9:11
- 21 Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 8:19; Exodus 29:12; Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 9:18
- 22 Leviticus 17:11; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 4:35; Leviticus 5:18; Leviticus 14:14
- 23 1 Peter 1:19–21; Hebrews 10:4; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 9:9–12; Hebrews 9:24
- 24 Hebrews 9:11–12; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 9:23; Hebrews 8:2; John 16:28
- 25 Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 9:7; Hebrews 9:26; Hebrews 10:19
- 26 Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 10:4; 1 Peter 1:20; Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 9:14
- 27 2 Corinthians 5:10; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Acts 17:31; 2 Samuel 14:14
- 28 Titus 2:13; 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 6:10; Isaiah 25:9; 2 Timothy 4:8
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He has shown from the Priest, from the Priesthood, from the Covenant, that that [dispensation] was to have an end. From this point he shows it from the fashion of the tabernacle itself. How?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
"And the Lord," he saith, "will seek Him a man," meaning either David or the Mediator of the New Testament, who was figured in the chrism with which David also and his offspring was anointed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
After the flood, a covenant was made with Noah: a covenant for Israel from Mount Sinai, but with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
This is Jesus Christ who came a High-Priest of the good things to come; who for the bountifulness of His Godhead imparted His own title to us all.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)