6 now but more excellent he has obtained a service by as much also of a better he is covenant a mediator, which on better promises has been instituted.

7 If for the first that was faultless, not would a second be seeking a place.

8 Finding fault for to them he says: Lo, days are coming, says a Lord, and I will finish with the house Israel and with the house of Judah a covenant new;

9 not according to the covenant which I made with the fathers of them, in a day having laid hold of me of the hand of them, to lead out them out of land of Egypt; because they not did abide in the covenant of me, and I cared not for them, says a Lord.

10 For this the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel after the days those, says Lord, giving laws of me into the mind of them, and on hearts of them I will write them; and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to me for a people.

11 And not not they may teach each one the fellowcitizen of himself, and each one the brother of himself, saying: Know you the Lord; because all shall know me, from least of them even to greatest of them.

12 Because merciful I will be to the unrighteousnesses of them, and of the sins of them and of the iniquities of them not not I will remember more.

13 By the to say new, he has declared old the first; that but becoming old and advancing in age, near disappearing.

6 Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry. The covenant that he arranged between God and his people is a better one, because it is based on promises of better things.

7 If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would not have been a need for a second one.

8 God finds fault with his people and said to them: »The time is coming, says Jehovah, when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. (Jeremiah 31:31)

9 »It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them, and so I paid no attention to them.

10 »This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, said Jehovah: I will put my teachings laws in their mind, I will write them upon their hearts deep thoughtunderstanding. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Jeremiah 31:32)

11 »They will not teach a neighbor or brother saying: »Know Jehovah.« All will know me from the little one among them to the great among them. (Hosea 2:20)

12 »I will forgive their wickedness and I will remember their sins no more.«

13 By calling this covenant »new,« he has made the first one old obsolete. That which grows old and aged will soon disappear.