希伯來書 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
耶穌超越摩西
3 因此，同蒙天召的聖潔的弟兄姊妹，你們應當仔細思想那位我們公認為特使和大祭司的耶穌。 2 祂向委任祂的上帝盡忠，就好像摩西向上帝的全家盡忠一樣。 3 然而祂卻比摩西配得更大的榮耀，因為建造房子的人當然比房子更尊貴。 4 所有的房子都有建造者，但建造萬物的是上帝。 5 摩西以僕人的身分向上帝的全家盡忠，為將來要宣告的事做見證。 6 但基督是以兒子的身分忠心治理上帝的家。我們若堅強勇敢，持定引以為榮的盼望，我們就是祂的家了。
不可存剛硬的心
7 因此，正如聖靈說：
「你們今天若聽見祂的聲音，
8 不可心裡頑固，
像從前在曠野試探祂、悖逆祂一樣。
9 當時，你們的祖先試我、探我，
觀看我的作為達四十年之久。
10 所以，我向那世代的人發怒，
說，『他們總是執迷不悟，
不認識我的道路。』
11 我就在憤怒中起誓說，
『他們絕不可進入我的安息。』」
12 弟兄姊妹，要謹慎，免得你們當中有人心存惡念，不肯相信，背棄了永活的上帝。 13 趁著還有今日，要天天互相勸勉，免得有人被罪迷惑，心裡變得剛硬。 14 如果我們將起初的信念堅持到底，便在基督裡有份了。
15 聖經上說：
「你們今日若聽見祂的聲音，
不可像從前那樣硬著心悖逆祂。」
16 聽見祂的聲音卻又悖逆祂的是誰呢？不就是摩西從埃及領出來的那些人嗎？ 17 四十年之久惹上帝發怒的是誰呢？不就是那些犯罪作惡並倒斃在曠野的人嗎？ 18 上帝起誓不准誰進入祂的安息呢？不就是那些不肯信從的人嗎？ 19 可見，他們不能進入上帝的安息是因為不信的緣故。
Hebrews 3
The Message
The Centerpiece of All We Believe
3 1-6 So, my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus. He’s the centerpiece of everything we believe, faithful in everything God gave him to do. Moses was also faithful, but Jesus gets far more honor. A builder is more valuable than a building any day. Every house has a builder, but the Builder behind them all is God. Moses did a good job in God’s house, but it was all servant work, getting things ready for what was to come. Christ as Son is in charge of the house.
6-11 Now, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we’re the house! That’s why the Holy Spirit says,
Today, please listen;
don’t turn a deaf ear as in “the bitter uprising,”
that time of wilderness testing!
Even though they watched me at work for forty years,
your ancestors refused to let me do it my way;
over and over they tried my patience.
And I was provoked, oh, so provoked!
I said, “They’ll never keep their minds on God;
they refuse to walk down my road.”
Exasperated, I vowed,
“They’ll never get where they’re going,
never be able to sit down and rest.”
12-14 So watch your step, friends. Make sure there’s no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. For as long as God’s still calling it Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn’t slow down your reflexes. If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul.
These words keep ringing in our ears:
Today, please listen;
don’t turn a deaf ear as in the bitter uprising.
15-19 For who were the people who turned a deaf ear? Weren’t they the very ones Moses led out of Egypt? And who was God provoked with for forty years? Wasn’t it those who turned a deaf ear and ended up corpses in the wilderness? And when he swore that they’d never get where they were going, wasn’t he talking to the ones who turned a deaf ear? They never got there because they never listened, never believed.
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson