That’s because God had planned something better for us. So they would only be made perfect together with us.

因为神给我们预备了更美的事，叫他们若不与我们同得，就不能完全。

因为上帝给我们预备了更美好的事，若没有我们，他们就不能达到完全。

因为神给我们预备了更美好的事，若没有我们，他们就不能达到完全。

因为上帝为我们预备了更美的，要叫他们与我们一同得到才算完美。

因为神已经为我们预备了更美的事，使他们若不跟我们在一起，就不能完全。

因为神为我们预备了更美好的事，使他们没有我们，就不能得以完全。

因為神給我們預備了更美的事，叫他們若不與我們同得，就不能完全。

因為上帝給我們預備了更美好的事，若沒有我們，他們就不能達到完全。

因為神給我們預備了更美好的事，若沒有我們，他們就不能達到完全。

因為上帝為我們預備了更美的，要叫他們與我們一同得到才算完美。

因為神已經為我們預備了更美的事，使他們若不跟我們在一起，就不能完全。

因為上帝已經為了我們豫先供備更美好的事，要使他們、沒有我們、就不能得完全。

因為神為我們預備了更美好的事，使他們沒有我們，就不能得以完全。

蓋上帝為我儕所備尤善、使彼外乎我儕者、不得完全也、

蓋上帝為我備至善之福、然古人不有我今日、則福弗備、

蓋天主為我儕備至善之福、彼眾不得享福成全、必待與我儕同享之、或作蓋天主為我儕備更美之福彼眾享福若不與我儕同享則不能成全原文作天主為我儕備更美之事若非我儕與偕彼眾則不能成全

蓋天主夙為吾人備有更微妙之事、而古人之成全、實有待乎吾人者焉。

since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Then each of them was given a white robe.“ Wait a little longer,” they were told.“ There are still more of your believing brothers and sisters who will be killed. They will be killed just as you were.”

Day after day every priest stands and does his special duties. He offers the same sacrifices again and again. But they can never take away sins.Jesus our priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time. Then he sat down at the right hand of God.And since that time, he waits for his enemies to be put under his control.By that one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

The law didn’t make anything perfect. Now a better hope has been given to us. That hope brings us near to God.

So the copies of the heavenly things had to be made pure with these sacrifices. But the heavenly things themselves had to be made pure with better sacrifices.

In this way he was made perfect. Eternal salvation comes from him. He saves all those who obey him.

Because God gave his word, Jesus makes certain the promise of a better covenant.

But Jesus has been given a greater work to do for God. He is the go- between for the new covenant. This covenant is better than the old one. The new covenant is based on better promises.

God gave Christ as a sacrifice to pay for sins through the spilling of his blood. So God forgives the sins of those who have faith. God did all this to prove that he does what is right. He is a God of mercy. So he did not punish for their sins the people who lived before Jesus lived.God did all this to prove in our own time that he does what is right. He also makes right with himself those who believe in Jesus.

You have come to the church of God’s people. God’s first and only Son is over all things. God’s people share in what belongs to his Son. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the Judge of all people. You have come to the spirits of godly people who have been made perfect.You have come to Jesus. He is the go- between of a new covenant. You have come to the sprinkled blood. It promises better things than the blood of Abel.

Here is what the Holy Spirit was showing us. He was telling us that God had not yet clearly shown the way into the Most Holy Room. It would not be clearly shown as long as the first holy tent was still being used.That’s an example for the present time. It shows us that the gifts and sacrifices people offered were not enough. They were not able to remove the worshiper’s feelings of guilt.They deal only with food and drink and different kinds of special washings. They are rules people had to obey only until the new covenant came.But Christ came to be the high priest of the good things already here now. When he came, he went through the greater and more perfect holy tent. This tent was not made with human hands. In other words, it is not a part of this creation.He did not enter by spilling the blood of goats and calves. He entered the Most Holy Room by spilling his own blood. He did it once and for all time. In this way, he paid the price to set us free from sin forever.The blood of goats and bulls is sprinkled on people. So are the ashes of a young cow. They are sprinkled on people the law called“ unclean.” The people are sprinkled to make them holy. That makes them“ clean” on the outside.But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.That’s why Christ is the go- between of a new covenant. Now those God calls to himself will receive the eternal gift he promised. They will receive it now that Christ has died to save them. He died to set them free from the sins they committed under the first covenant.