Hebrews 10

1. For the Law bore the shadow of the blessing destined to follow, it was not their human essence that they sacrificed, that is why they offered the sacrifices annually, for they could never sustain* those on whose behalf they made the sacrifices.
2. For if they were sustained, they would be at peace after their sacrifices, because their conscience would not allow them to think of sinning, those that were cleansed for a season.
3. Except it was through the sacrifices that they remembered their sins every season.
4. For the blood of bulls and sparrows cannot cleanse sins.
5. Because of that when He entered in the universe, He said,
"I am neither satisfied by sacrifices and offerings;
... as I am coming in the flesh.*
6. "Nor am I asking for the ultimate holocaust.*
7. "That is when I said, 'Behold, I am coming,
... just as the Scriptures* wrote about me,
To do your will, O, God.' "
8. From above He said that sacrifices, offerings and final holocausts I did not ask for on behalf of sins, those that were offered through the Law,
9. And after that He said that, behold, I am coming to do the will of God. With this He retired the First [Covenant] so as to inaugurate* the Second.
10. For by His will we were sanctified, by the sacrifice of His body, Eashoa the Messiah did it in one season.
11. For every leading King priest who rose to perform this service in his day,* he would offer the very same sacrifices, those that could never cleanse sins.
12. He, however, offered one sacrifice on behalf of sins, and He sat from the right of God forever.*
13. And He stands firm until His enemies are consecrated like the rug beneath His feet.
14. For with one offering He preserved those who are sanctified through Him forever.*
15. The holy Spirit also witnessed on our behalf, who said,
16. "This is the [New] Covenant
... that I will give them after these days," said the Lord,
They shall bear the Law in their minds,
... and on their hearts they shall write it,"
17. "And their abominable acts
... and their sins I shall not recall."
18. When there is the forgiveness of sins, however, there is no need for the offering on behalf of sins.
 
19. Hence we have been given this entry into the holy sanctuary by the blood of Eashoa, with uncovered faces,
20. And the road for life eternal that has been renewed by the entry through the two-sided door, which is His flesh.
21. And we have a King Priest who is Lord of His House of God.*
22. Let us, therefore, accept the offering with a sincere heart and through the testament of faith, as our hearts are sprinkled [with His blood] and our consciences are cleansed of evil and our bodies are washed by the cleansing Waters.
23. And let us become leavened by the celebration of our Hope without fail. For Faithful is He who sent us this Message of Hope.
24. And let us look at one another with the enthusiasm of love and the performance of good deeds.
25. And let us not leave our community, as is becoming the habit with certain people, except love one another from within,*
 
26. For if human beings commit sin of their own free will, after they have received the knowledge of the Truth, there is no sacrifice that can be offered on behalf of those sins,*
27. Except the power of the Judgment and the fervor of the Light was destined to consume the enemy.*
28. For if those who transgressed the Law of Moses died by the testimony of two or three witnesses who showed no mercy,
29. How much more do you expect those who trampled on [the Law] of the Son of God will receive upon their heads, thinking that His Covenant was like any other one,* [the Covenant] through which He bequeathed us in Spirit and Grace?*
30. For we know the One who said,
"Mine is the loyalty and I shall repay,"
and again,
"The Lord judges His people.
Great is the submission,
31. "To fall in the hands of the Living God."
32. Remember thus the early days, when you received the baptism and enthusiastically anticipated the great passion.
33. Through evictions and tribulations, so as you may develop vision.* And so you may also intermarry* with those who preach the Hope [of the Kingdom.]
34. And you took responsibility for those who were thus bound, and the seizers that left you bereft, you preached about with joy, because you know that you have a treasure in heaven that grows bigger and will not vanish.
35. Therefore, you shall never lose the moment when you will stand with your heads held high,* for you are destined for great rewards.*
36. For the love of that Hope is what you have had, to do the will of God and inherit the Kingdom.
37. For that season is short and very small, when He comes the One who Comes,
38. The righteous live by His faith, then. And if He cuts them down, He is not pleased in doing it,*
39. For we were not destined to be cut down and destined for oblivion, except for the faith that fulfills our soul.
*10:1 Lit. Ar. id.: "Develop."
*10:5 Lit. Ar. idiomatic construction: "However, I have been clad with the body."
*10:6 Lit. Ar. idiomatic expression: "Concluding holocausts."
*10: 7 Lit. Ar. idiomatic figure of speech: "By the had of the Scriptures."
*10:9 Lit. Ar. idiomatic figure of speech: "Raise."
*10:11 Lit. Ar. expression: "Everyday."
*10:12 Lit. Ar. idiomatic construction: "Sat at the right of God to the end of the universe."
*10:14 Lit. Ar. id.: "To the end of the universe."
*10:21 Lit. Ar. id. retained: "His sanctuary."
*10:25 Lit. Ar. idiomatic expression: "Love one from one."
*10:26 Lit. Ar. idiomatic construction retained: Paul is saying this is impossible.
*10:27 Lit. Ar. idiomatic construction: "Except it was destined that the judgment of the power and the zeal of the fire to eat the enemy."
*10:29.1 Lit. Ar. id.: "Human being."
*10:29.2 Concluding the rhetorical question stating the impossible condition of a person being saved, or as is in the Aramaic, a person who has received eternal life. Notice, verses 28 and 29 are one sentence.
*10:33.1 Lit. Ar. idiomatic construction: "Through ouster and tribulations and that you may become seers."
*10:33.2 Lit Ar. idiomatic figure of speech: "Associate."
*10:35 Lit. Ar. idiomatic expression: "With openness of face."
*10:38 Lit. Ar. idiomatic expression: "His soul is not satisfied with it."

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