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But de as it is nyn, he has obtained tynchanō a superior diaphoros ministry leitourgia, since the covenant diathēkē of which hosos · kai he is mediator mesitēs is eimi better kreittōn, since it hostis has been enacted nomotheteō on the basis of epi better kreittōn promises epangelia.

For gar if ei · ho that ekeinos first prōtos covenant had been eimi blameless amemptos, then no ou occasion topos would an have been sought zēteō for a second deuteros. For gar finding fault memphomai, God says legō to them autos, “ Behold idou, days hēmera are coming erchomai, declares legō the Lord kyrios, when kai I will establish synteleō a new kainos covenant diathēkē with epi the ho house oikos of Israel Israēl and kai with epi the ho house oikos of Judah Ioudas.

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But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(A) of which he is mediator(B) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(C) But God found fault with the people and said[a]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(D)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.