The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless

先前的条例，因软弱无益，所以废掉了，

一方面，先前的诫命因软弱无能而废掉了，

一方面，先前的诫命因软弱无能而废掉了，

以前的条例由于本身的弱点和无益被废除了，

一方面，从前的条例因为软弱，没有用处，就废弃了；

原来，一方面，先前的条例因着本身的软弱和无用，就被废弃了，

先前的條例，因軟弱無益，所以廢掉了，

一方面，先前的誡命因軟弱無能而廢掉了，

一方面，先前的誡命因軟弱無能而廢掉了，

以前的條例由於本身的弱點和無益被廢除了，

一方面，從前的條例因為軟弱，沒有用處，就廢棄了；

這一來，一方面因規條之劣弱和無益，先前的條例就被廢掉（

原來，一方面，先前的條例因著本身的軟弱和無用，就被廢棄了，

夫前誡因荏弱無益而廢、

夫舊法無益、罔有功效、則遂廢弛、

前之法度、輕弱無益、故廢之、

是則舊制由於荏弱無能、而遭廢棄、

The old rule is set aside. It was weak and useless.

For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness

Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless.

So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable

For, on the one hand, there is the nullification of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,

For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,

Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.

But now that you know God— or rather are known by God— how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood— and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood— why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.

( for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.But God found fault with the people and said:“ The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord.This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another,‘ Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”By calling this covenant“ new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming— not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:“ Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased.Then I said,‘ Here I am— it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’”First he said,“ Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”— though they were offered in accordance with the law.Then he said,“ Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second.

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so.

Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?

This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings— external regulations applying until the time of the new order.