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1 umbram enim habens lex bonorum futurorum non ipsam imaginem rerum per singulos annos hisdem ipsis hostiis quas offerunt indesinenter numquam potest accedentes perfectos facere
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For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.
2 alioquin non cessassent offerri ideo quod nullam haberent ultra conscientiam peccati cultores semel mundati
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For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.
3 sed in ipsis commemoratio peccatorum per singulos annos fit
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But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.
4 inpossibile enim est sanguine taurorum et hircorum auferri peccata
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For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
5 ideo ingrediens mundum dicit hostiam et oblationem noluisti corpus autem aptasti mihi
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Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me.
6 holocaustomata et pro peccato non tibi placuit
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In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.
7 tunc dixi ecce venio in capitulo libri scriptum est de me ut faciam Deus voluntatem tuam
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Then I said, 'Behold, I have come-- In the volume of the book it is written of Me-- To do Your will, O God.' "
8 superius dicens quia hostias et oblationes et holocaustomata et pro peccato noluisti nec placita sunt tibi quae secundum legem offeruntur
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Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law),
9 tunc dixit ecce venio ut faciam Deus voluntatem tuam aufert primum ut sequens statuat
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then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may establish the second.
10 in qua voluntate sanctificati sumus per oblationem corporis Christi Iesu in semel
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By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 et omnis quidem sacerdos praesto est cotidie ministrans et easdem saepe offerens hostias quae numquam possunt auferre peccata
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And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12 hic autem unam pro peccatis offerens hostiam in sempiternum sedit in dextera Dei
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But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,
13 de cetero expectans donec ponantur inimici eius scabillum pedum eius
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from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.
14 una enim oblatione consummavit in sempiternum sanctificatos
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For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
15 contestatur autem nos et Spiritus Sanctus postquam enim dixit
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But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,
16 hoc autem testamentum quod testabor ad illos post dies illos dicit Dominus dando leges meas in cordibus eorum et in mente eorum superscribam eas
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"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"
17 et peccatorum et iniquitatium eorum iam non recordabor amplius
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then He adds, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."
18 ubi autem horum remissio iam non oblatio pro peccato
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Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
19 habentes itaque fratres fiduciam in introitu sanctorum in sanguine Christi
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Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 quam initiavit nobis viam novam et viventem per velamen id est carnem suam
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by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,
21 et sacerdotem magnum super domum Dei
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and having a High Priest over the house of God,
22 accedamus cum vero corde in plenitudine fidei aspersi corda a conscientia mala et abluti corpus aqua munda
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let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 teneamus spei nostrae confessionem indeclinabilem fidelis enim est qui repromisit
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Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
24 et consideremus invicem in provocationem caritatis et bonorum operum
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And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
25 non deserentes collectionem nostram sicut est consuetudinis quibusdam sed consolantes et tanto magis quanto videritis adpropinquantem diem
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not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
26 voluntarie enim peccantibus nobis post acceptam notitiam veritatis iam non relinquitur pro peccatis hostia
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For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
27 terribilis autem quaedam expectatio iudicii et ignis aemulatio quae consumptura est adversarios
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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.
28 irritam quis faciens legem Mosi sine ulla miseratione duobus vel tribus testibus moritur
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Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 quanto magis putatis deteriora mereri supplicia qui Filium Dei conculcaverit et sanguinem testamenti pollutum duxerit in quo sanctificatus est et Spiritui gratiae contumeliam fecerit
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Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 scimus enim qui dixit mihi vindictam ego reddam et iterum quia iudicabit Dominus populum suum
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For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The Lord will judge His people."
31 horrendum est incidere in manus Dei viventis
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 rememoramini autem pristinos dies in quibus inluminati magnum certamen sustinuistis passionum
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But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:
33 et in altero quidem obprobriis et tribulationibus spectaculum facti in altero autem socii taliter conversantium effecti
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partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated;
34 nam et vinctis conpassi estis et rapinam bonorum vestrorum cum gaudio suscepistis cognoscentes vos habere meliorem et manentem substantiam
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for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.
35 nolite itaque amittere confidentiam vestram quae magnam habet remunerationem
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Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
36 patientia enim vobis necessaria est ut voluntatem Dei facientes reportetis promissionem
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For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
37 adhuc enim modicum quantulum qui venturus est veniet et non tardabit
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"For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
38 iustus autem meus ex fide vivit quod si subtraxerit se non placebit animae meae
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Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him."
39 nos autem non sumus subtractionis in perditionem sed fidei in adquisitionem animae
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But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
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