1Vem tas txuj kevcai yog yaam tswm txaj kws yuav lug tom qaab tug duab xwb, tsw yog tug tseem, mas txuj kevcai kws has kuas naj xyoo muab tsaj xyeem le qub tsw tu ncua ua tsw tau rua cov kws lug cuag Vaajtswv ua tuabneeg zoo kawg nkaus. 2Yog ua tau, tes puab kuj tseg tsw muab tsaj xyeem los tsw yog? Yog tug kws pe hawm Vaajtswv raug muab ntxuav kuas dawb huv ib zag lawm, puab kuj yuav tsw xaav tas tseed muaj lub txem ntxwv moog. 3Tassws qhov kws xyeem tsaj hov qha kuas naj xyoo ncu txug lub txem. 4Tsua qhov ntshaav txwv nyuj ntshaav tshws rws tsw tau lub txem moog hlo le. 5Vem le nuav thaus Kheto lug rua huv lub nplajteb lawd, nwg has tas, “Koj tsw xaav yuav tej tsaj hab tej hov txhua chaw kws muab xyeem, tassws koj npaaj lub cev rua kuv. 6Qhov kws tua tsaj hlawv xyeem hab xyeem daws txem koj tsw txaus sab. 7Kuv has tas, ‘ Au Vaajtswv, kuv tuaj lawm, yuav ua lawv le koj lub sab nyam, lawv le kws sau txug kuv rua huv thooj ntawv.’ ”⚓ 8Nwg xub has tas, “Tej tsaj kws tua xyeem hab tej hov txhua chaw kws muab xyeem hab tej kws hlawv xyeem hab tej kws xyeem daws txem, koj tsw xaav yuav hab koj tsw txaus sab rua,” tej nuav yog tej kws muab xyeem lawv le txuj kevcai xwb. 9Hab nwg has tas, “Kuv tuaj lawm, yuav ua lawv le koj lub sab nyam.” Nwg txhad rhuav txuj qub kev hov lawm sub txhad rhawv tau txuj tshab. 10Vem Yexu ua lawv le Vaajtswv lub sab nyam, peb txhad raug muab cais ua tuabneeg dawb huv vem qhov kws muab Yexu Kheto lub cev xyeem tuab zag xwb kuj txaus lawm. 11Txhua tug pov thawj kuj naj nub sawv ntsug ua nwg teg num, hab coj tuab yaam qub tuaj xyeem tsw tu ncua le, tej hov yeej rws tsw tau lub txem moog hlo le. 12Tassws thaus Kheto xyeem tuab zag xwb daws tau moog ib txhws, nwg nyob tsawg ntawm Vaajtswv saab teg xws, 13tog txug thaus nwg cov yeeb ncuab raug muab lug ua chaw tag nwg xwb taw.⚓14Qhov kws muab nwg xyeem tuab zag xwb, Yexu kuj ua rua cov kws saamswm muab cais ua dawb huv ua tau tuabneeg zoo kawg nkaus moog ib txhws. 15Vaaj Ntsuj Plig kws dawb huv kuj ua timkhawv rua peb. Nwg xub has tas, 16“Nuav yog tej lug cog tseg kws kuv yuav cog rua puab ua qaab ncua swjhawm ntawd. Tug Tswv has le nuav ntaag. Kuv yuav muab kuv txuj kevcai tso rua huv puab hab sau ca rua huv puab lub sab.” 17Hab nwg has tas, “Kuv yuav tsw cim ntsoov puab lub txem hab puab tej kev txhum dua le lawm.”⚓ 18Thaus muaj kev zaam txem lawm kuj tsw txug muaj kev xyeem daws txem dua le lawm.
Tej lug ntuag
19Vem le nuav, cov kwvtij, vem muaj Yexu cov ntshaav peb txhad muaj cuabkaav nkaag moog rua huv lub chaw Dawb Huv Kawg Nkaus, 20yog taug txujkev tshab hab txujkev muaj txujsa kws nwg qheb rua peb hlaa daim ntaub moog, vem muaj nwg lub cev. 21Hab vem peb muaj ib tug pov thawj luj kaav Vaajtswv tsev tuabneeg lawm, 22peb ca le ua lub sab dawb paug nkaag moog ze hab muaj lub sab ntseeg ruaj, muaj lub sab kws raug muab ntshaav nchus kuas tsw muaj ib qho phem hlo le hab muaj lub cev kws raug dej ntshab ntxuav kuas dawb huv. 23Peb ca le tuav txujkev vaam kws peb leeg yuav hov ruaj tsw xob ywj faab ywj fwj, vem tug kws cog lug tseg hov tso sab tau. 24Peb ca le ua tuab zoo saib yuav ua le caag ib leeg txhad txhawb tau ib leeg tug zug kuas sws hlub hab ua num zoo, 25hab tsw xob tseg qhov kws tuaj txoos ua ke yaam le qee leej txeev tseg, tassws ib leeg yuav tsum txhawb ib leeg lub sab, hab yimfuab yuav tsum ua tej nuav vem mej paub tas nub kws teem ca lug ze lawm. 26Thaus peb tub paub txujkev tseeb lawm, yog peb tseed txhob txwm ua txhum kuj tsw muaj ib yaam daabtsw kws muab xyeem daws tau peb lub txem dua le lawm, 27tsuas muaj kws yuav tog txujkev teem txem kws ntshai quas rwg hab suavtawg kws cig hlub heev kws yuav kub cov kws tawm tsaam Vaajtswv. 28Tug kws tso Mauxe txuj kevcai tseg yog muaj ob leeg lossws peb leeg ua timkhawv lawm, tug hov yuav raug muab tua tuag tsw khuvleej le.⚓29Mej swm xaav saib tug kws tsuj Vaajtswv tug Tub hab ua qas puag tsuas cov ntshaav kws cog lug tseg kws muab nwg cais ua dawb huv lawm hab saib tsw taug Vaaj Ntsuj Plig kws pub txujkev hlub mas tswm nyog tug hov yuav raug txem nyaav heev dua npaum le caag? 30Tsua qhov peb paub Vaajtswv tug kws has tas, “Qhov kws pauj taub yog kuv le feem hab kuv yuav pauj rua.” Hab has dua tas, “Tug Tswv yuav txav txem rua nwg haiv tuabneeg.”⚓31Qhov kws poob rua huv Vaajtswv kws muaj txujsa nyob txhais teg yog qhov kws txaus ntshai kawg. 32Tassws mej ca le ncu txug yaav tom ntej kws mej tau txais txujkev kaaj lawm mej tau tiv thev tej kev txom nyem luj kawg, 33qee zag mej raug thuaj hab raug tswm txom taab meeg suavdawg, hab qee zag mej kuj nrug cov kws raug tswm txom le hov koom ua ke. 34Tsua qhov mej kuj mob sab cov kws raug kaw, hab thaus luas lws mej tej cuab txhaj cuab taam coj moog mej kuj zoo sab hlo, vem mej paub tas mej muaj cuab txhaj cuab taam kws zoo dua le tej ntawd hab yuav nyob moog le. 35Vem le nuav tsw xob muab mej lub sab tuab kws yuav coj nqe zug ntau heev lug rua mej tso tseg. 36Vem mej yuav tsum muaj lub sab thev taug sub mej txhad ua tau lawv le Vaajtswv lub sab hab mej txhad tau tej kws cog lug ca lawd. 37Tshuav tsw ntev, “tug kws yuav lug yeej yuav lug, nwg yuav tsw tog ntev. 38Tassws tug kws kuv suav tas ncaaj nceeg yuav muaj txujsa nyob vem nwg ntseeg Vaajtswv. Yog nwg thim rov qaab, kuv yuav tsw txaus sab rua nwg.”⚓ 39Tassws peb tsw yog cov kws thim rov qaab hab raug kev puam tsuaj. Peb yog cov kws ntseeg txhad tuav tau peb txujsa.
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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
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 stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; 6with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. 7Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’ ”⚓ 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, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 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 when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. 15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he 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.”⚓ 17Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”⚓ 18And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
A Call to Persevere in Faith
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 opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 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 unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 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. 26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 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, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”⚓ and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”⚓31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 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. 35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”⚓ 38And, “But my righteous⚓ one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”⚓ 39But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.