Hebrews 8 — 3 originals side by side

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	Greek Greek New Testament	Latin Vulgate	Ge'ez Ge'ez Bible	English World English Bible
8:1	Κεφάλαιον δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις, τοιοῦτον ἔχομεν ἀρχιερέα, ὃς ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θρόνου τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς,	Capitulum autem super ea quae dicuntur : Talem habemus pontificem, qui consedit in dextera sedis magnitudinis in caelis,	እስመ ቀዳሚሁሰ ለዝንቱ ኵሉ ሊቀ ካህናቲነ ዘነበረ በየማነ መንበረ ኀይል በሰማያት።	Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
8:2	τῶν ἁγίων λειτουργὸς καὶ τῆς σκηνῆς τῆς ἀληθινῆς, ἣν ἔπηξεν ὁ κύριος, οὐκ ἄνθρωπος.	sanctorum minister, et tabernaculi veri, quod fixit Dominus, et non homo.	እንዘ ይቀውም ሎሙ ለቅዱሳን በደብተራ ጽድቅ እንተ እግዚአብሔር ተከላ ወአኮ ሰብእ።	a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.
8:3	πᾶς γὰρ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰς τὸ προσφέρειν δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας καθίσταται· ὅθεν ἀναγκαῖον ἔχειν τι καὶ τοῦτον ὃ προσενέγκῃ.	Omnis enim pontifex ad offerendum munera, et hostias constituitur : unde necesse est et hunc habere aliquid, quod offerat.	ወኵሉ ሊቀ ካህናት ይሠየም ከመ ያብእ መሥዋዕተ ወቍርባነ እስመ ግብሩ ውእቱ ከመ ያብእ ከመዝ።	For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
8:4	εἰ μὲν οὖν ἦν ἐπὶ γῆς, οὐδ’ ἂν ἦν ἱερεύς, ὄντων τῶν προσφερόντων κατὰ νόμον τὰ δῶρα·	Si ergo esset super terram, nec esset sacerdos : cum essent qui offerent secundum legem munera,	ሶበሁ በምድር ውእቱ እምኢኮነ ሊቀ ካህናት እስመ ሀለዉ ውስቴታ ካህናት እለ ያበውኡ መሥዋዕተ በሕገ ኦሪት።	For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law,
8:5	οἵτινες ὑποδείγματι καὶ σκιᾷ λατρεύουσιν τῶν ἐπουρανίων, καθὼς κεχρημάτισται Μωϋσῆς μέλλων ἐπιτελεῖν τὴν σκηνήν· ὅρα γάρ φησίν ποιήσεις πάντα κατὰ τὸν τύπον τὸν δειχθέντα σοι ἐν τῷ ὄρει·	qui exemplari, et umbrae deserviunt caelestium. Sicut responsum est Moysi, cum consummaret tabernaculum : Vide (inquit) omnia facito secundum exemplar, quod tibi ostensum est in monte.	እሙንቱ እለ ይፀመዱ ጽላሎታ ወአርኣያሃ ለእንተ በሰማያት በከመ አርአዮ ለሙሴ ዘከመ ይገብራ ለይእቲ ደብተራ ወይቤሎ ዑቅ እንከ ከመ ትግበር ኵሎ ዘከመ ርኢከ በውስተ ደብር አርኣያሃ።	who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”
8:6	νυνὶ δὲ διαφορωτέρας τέτυχεν λειτουργίας, ὅσῳ καὶ κρείττονός ἐστιν διαθήκης μεσίτης, ἥτις ἐπὶ κρείττοσιν ἐπαγγελίαις νενομοθέτηται.	Nunc autem melius sortitus est ministerium, quanto et melioris testamenti mediator est, quod in melioribus repromissionibus sancitum est.	ወይእዜሰ እንተ ትኄይስ መልእክተ አድምዐ ወለእንተ ተዐቢ ሥርዐት ኅሩየ ኮነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወሠርዐ ተስፋ እንተ ትኄይስ።	But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.
8:7	Εἰ γὰρ ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνη ἦν ἄμεμπτος, οὐκ ἂν δευτέρας ἐζητεῖτο τόπος·	Nam si illud prius culpa vacasset, non utique secundi locus inquireretur.	ሶበሁ ንጽሕተ ኮነት ቀዳሚት እምኢፈቀደ ካልእተ።	For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
8:8	μεμφόμενος γὰρ αὐτοὺς λέγει, ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, λέγει κύριος, καὶ συντελέσω ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ἰούδα διαθήκην καινήν,	Vituperans enim eos dicit : Ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus : et consummabo super domum Israël, et super domum Juda, testamentum novum,	ወባሕቱ ሐዪሶ ኪያሆሙ ይቤ «ናሁ ይመጽእ መዋዕል ይቤ እግዚአብሔር ወእሠርዕ ለቤተ እስራኤል ወለቤተ ይሁዳ ሕገ ሐዲሰ።	For finding fault with them, he said, “Behold, the days are coming”, says the Lord, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
8:9	οὐ κατὰ τὴν διαθήκην ἣν ἐποίησα τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπιλαβομένου μου τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ὅτι αὐτοὶ οὐκ ἐνέμειναν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ μου, κἀγὼ ἠμέλησα αὐτῶν, λέγει κύριος.	non secundum testamentum quod feci patribus eorum in die qua apprehendi manum eorum ut educerem illos de terra Aegypti : quoniam ipsi non permanserunt in testamento meo : et ego neglexi eos, dicit Dominus.	ወአኮ ከመ ዝንቱ ሕግ ዘሠራዕኩ ለአበዊሆሙ አመ አኀዝኩ በእደዊሆሙ ወአውፃእክዎሙ እምድረ ግብፅ እስመ እሙንቱኒ ኢነበሩ በሥርዐትየ ወአነኒ ተሀየይክዎሙ ይቤ እግዚአብሔር።	not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.
8:10	ὅτι αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη ἣν διαθήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραὴλ μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας, λέγει κύριος, διδοὺς νόμους μου εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἐπιγράψω αὐτούς, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς εἰς θεὸν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι εἰς λαόν.	Quia hoc est testamentum quod disponam domui Israël post dies illos, dicit Dominus : dando leges meas in mentem eorum, et in corde eorum superscribam eas : et ero eis in Deum, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum :	እስመ ዛቲ ይእቲ ሥርዐት እንተ እሠርዕ ለቤተ እስራኤል እምድኅረ እማንቱ መዋዕል ይቤ እግዚአብሔር እወዲ ሕግየ ውስተ ኅሊናሆሙ ወእጽሕፎ ውስተ ልቦሙ ወእከውኖሙ አምላኮሙ ወእሙንቱኒ ይከውኑኒ ሕዝብየ።	“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord: “I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
8:11	καὶ οὐ μὴ διδάξωσιν ἕκαστος τὸν πολίτην αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, λέγων, γνῶθι τὸν κύριον, ὅτι πάντες εἰδήσουσίν με ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου αὐτῶν.	et non docebit unusquisque proximum suum, et unusquisque fratrem suum, dicens : Cognosce Dominum : quoniam omnes scient me a minore usque ad majorem eorum :	ወኢይምህር እንከ እኍ እኅዋሁ እንዘ ይብል አእምርዎ ለእግዚአብሔር እስመ ኵሎሙ የአምሩኒ ንኡሶሙ ወዐቢዮሙ።	They will not teach every man his fellow citizen and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest.
8:12	ὅτι ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν, καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἔτι.	quia propitius ero iniquitatibus eorum, et peccatorum eorum jam non memorabor.	ከመ እሣሀሎሙ ወእስረይ ሎሙ ኀጢአቶሙ ወኢይዜከር ሎሙ አበሳሆሙ።»	For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”
8:13	ἐν τῷ λέγειν καινὴν πεπαλαίωκεν τὴν πρώτην· τὸ δὲ παλαιούμενον καὶ γηράσκον ἐγγὺς ἀφανισμοῦ.	Dicendo autem novum : veteravit prius. Quod autem antiquatur, et senescit, prope interitum est.	ወብሂለ ቃሉሰ በእንተ ሐዲስ ትእዛዝ ፈቂዶ እስመ ቀዳሚት በልየት ወዘሰ ይበሊ ወይረስእ ቅሩብ ውእቱ ለሙስና።	In that he says, “A new covenant”, he has made the first obsolete. But that which is becoming obsolete and grows aged is near to vanishing away.

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