结尾的劝勉

13 你们当常存弟兄之爱。 不要忘记款待客旅,因为曾经有些人这样做,在无意中就招待了天使。 你们要顾念那些被囚禁的人,好像与他们一同被囚禁;要记念那些受虐待的人,好像你们自己也是在肉体中受虐待。 婚姻当受所有人尊重,床也不可玷污,因为神将要审判淫乱和通奸的人。 你们行事为人不要爱钱财,要以现有的为满足,因为神自己说过:“我绝不撇下你,也绝不离弃你。”[a] 所以,我们可以满怀勇气地说:

“主是我的帮助,
我就不惧怕,
人能把我怎么样呢?”[b]

你们当记住那些带领你们、把神的话语[c]传给你们的人;要仔细观察他们行事为人的结果,效法他们的信仰。 耶稣基督昨天、今天、直到永远,都是一样的。 你们不要被各种怪异的教导引入歧途[d],因为人的心靠恩典,不靠食物规定得以确立才是好的;那靠食物规定[e]而行事的人,从来没有得到什么益处。 10 我们有一个祭坛,这坛上的祭物[f],是那些在会幕中事奉的人没有权利吃的。 11 原来动物的血由大祭司带进圣所,是为了赎罪,而动物的身体却在营地外面被烧掉; 12 所以耶稣为了藉着自己的血使子民分别为圣,也在城门外受难。 13 因此,让我们到营地外面他那里去,担当他所受的责骂。 14 因为在这里,我们没有长存的城;相反,我们是在寻求那将要来临的城。 15 这样,让我们藉着耶稣,常常以颂赞为祭物献给神,这祭物就是承认他名的嘴唇所结的[g]果子。 16 你们不可忘记行善和分享[h],因为这样的祭物是蒙神喜悦的。 17 你们要信任那些带领你们的人,要服从他们,因为他们做为要交账的人,要为你们的灵魂时刻警醒。你们要让他们能怀着喜乐的心做这事,而不至叹息,因为让他们叹息,对你们并没有益处。 18 请为我们祷告;因为我们深信自己有无愧的良心,愿意在一切事上行事正直。 19 我特别请求你们祷告,好让我能快一点回到你们那里。

问候与祝福

20 愿赐平安的神,就是藉着永恒之约的血,把群羊的大牧人我们的主耶稣从死人中领上来的那一位, 21 在一切美善之事上使你们完备,好遵行他的旨意。愿神藉着耶稣基督,在我们里面行他看为喜悦的事。愿荣耀归于他,直到永永远远!阿们。

22 弟兄们,我恳求你们容忍我这劝勉的话,因为我只是简略地写信给你们。 23 你们要知道,我们的弟兄提摩太已经被释放了。如果他能快一点来,我就与他一起去看你们。 24 请问候所有带领你们的人和所有的圣徒。从意大利来的那些人也问候你们。 25 愿恩典与你们大家同在![i]

Footnotes

  1. 希伯来书 13:5 《申命记》31:6。
  2. 希伯来书 13:6 《诗篇》118:6。
  3. 希伯来书 13:7 神的话语——或译作“神的道”。
  4. 希伯来书 13:9 引入歧途——有古抄本作“被带走”或“被摇动”。
  5. 希伯来书 13:9 规定——辅助词语。
  6. 希伯来书 13:10 祭物——辅助词语。
  7. 希伯来书 13:15 所结的——辅助词语。
  8. 希伯来书 13:16 分享——或译作“相契合”。
  9. 希伯来书 13:25 有古抄本附“阿们。”

13  Kia mau tonu te aroha ki nga teina.

Kei wareware ki te atawhai manuhiri: na tenei hoki i whakamanuhiri anahera ai etahi, kihai ano i matau atu.

Maharatia nga herehere, me te mea no koutou tahi te hereherenga; me te hunga hoki e whakatupuria kinotia ana, kei te tinana na hoki koutou.

Meinga te marena hei mea honore ma te katoa, a kaua te moenga e tukua kia poke: ko te hunga moepuku ia, me te hunga puremu, e whakataua e te Atua te he ki a ratou.

Whakakahoretia atu te mahi apo taonga; kati ano nga mea ma koutou ko nga mea i a koutou na: kua mea mai hoki ia, E kore ahau e whakarere i a koe, e kore ano hoki e mawehe i a koe.

Heoi ka maia tatou ki te ki ake, Kei toku taha te Ariki, e kore ahau e mataku ki ta te tangata e mea ai ki ahau.

Kia mahara ki te hunga e tohutohu ana i a koutou, kua korero nei i te kupu a te Atua ki a koutou: tirohia te tukunga iho o ta ratou whakahaere, kia rite to koutou ki to ratou whakapono.

Tuturu tonu a Ihu Karaiti inanahi, inaianei, a ake ake.

Kei kahakihakina koutou e nga whakaakoranga maha, e nga mea poka hou ake: he mea pai hoki kia whakaukia te ngakau ki runga i te aroha noa; ehara i te mea ki nga kai, kahore hoki he pai o ena mea mo te hunga na ratou nei tera mahi.

10 He aata ano ta tatou, e kore nei e tika kia kainga tona e te hunga e mahi ana i ta te tapenakara.

11 Na, ko nga kararehe no ratou nei nga toto e mauria ana e te tohunga nei mo te hara ki roto ki te wahi tino tapu, e tahuna ana nga tinana o era ki waho o te puni.

12 Na reira hoki a Ihu, i tana whakatapunga i te iwi ki ona toto ake ano, i mamae ai ki waho o te kuwaha.

13 Na, kia haere atu tatou ki a ia ki waho o te puni, me te mau ano tatou i tona tawainga:

14 Kahore hoki he pa tumau mo tatou i konei, engari e rapu ana tatou i tetahi i roto i nga wa a muri nei.

15 Na, kia tapaea atu e tatou ki runga ki a ia i nga wa katoa te whakamoemiti ki te Atua hei whakahere, ara te hua o nga ngutu e whakawhetai ana ki tona ingoa.

16 Kei wareware hoki ki te mahi pai, ki te atawhai: e manakohia ana hoki e te Atua nga patunga tapu pera.

17 Kia ngohengohe ki o koutou kaitohutohu, kia ngawari ki ta ratou kupu; e mataara ana hoki ratou ki o koutou wairua, a me korero ano e ratou a mua te tikanga o a ratou mahi: kia hari ai ratou ina mea i tenei, kia kaua hoki e pouri: kahore hoki he pai o tenei mo koutou.

18 Inoi mo matou: u tonu hoki to matou whakaaro ki to matou hinengaro he pai, e hiahia ana hoki matou kia tika ta matou whakahaere i nga mea katoa.

19 I kaha rawa ai taku whakahau ki a koutou kia meatia tenei, he mea kia wawe ai ahau te whakahokia atu ki a koutou.

20 Na, ma te Atua o te rangimarie, nana nei i whakahoki mai i roto i te hunga mate to tatou Ariki, a Ihu, taua Hepara nui o nga hipi, he meatanga na nga toto o te kawenata mutungakore,

21 Mana koutou e mea kia tino tika i runga i nga mahi pai katoa, kia mahia ano e koutou tana i pai ai; mana e mahi i roto i a koutou te mea e ahuareka ana ki tana titiro, i roto ano i a Ihu Karaiti; waiho atu i a ia te kororia ake ake. Amine.

22 He kupu ano tenei naku ki a koutou, e oku teina, ata whakarangona mai te kupu whakahau: he torutoru nei hoki nga kupu kua tuhituhia atu nei e ahau ki a koutou.

23 Kia matau koutou kua tukua ki waho to tatou teina, a Timoti. Ki te haere wawe mai ia, ko maua tahi e kite i a koutou.

24 Oha atu ki te hunga katoa e tohutohu ana i a koutou, ki te hunga tapu katoa ano hoki. Tenei te oha atu nei ki a koutou te hunga o Itari.

25 Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou katoa. Amine.

Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A) Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(B) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(C) Continue to remember those in prison(D) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

Marriage should be honored by all,(E) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(F) Keep your lives free from the love of money(G) and be content with what you have,(H) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](I)

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](J)

Remember your leaders,(K) who spoke the word of God(L) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(M) their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(N)

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(O) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(P) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(Q) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(R) 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(S) have no right to eat.(T)

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(U) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(V) 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate(W) to make the people holy(X) through his own blood.(Y) 13 Let us, then, go to him(Z) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.(AA) 14 For here we do not have an enduring city,(AB) but we are looking for the city that is to come.(AC)

15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(AD) of praise—the fruit of lips(AE) that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others,(AF) for with such sacrifices(AG) God is pleased.

17 Have confidence in your leaders(AH) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(AI) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

18 Pray for us.(AJ) We are sure that we have a clear conscience(AK) and desire to live honorably in every way. 19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.(AL)

Benediction and Final Greetings

20 Now may the God of peace,(AM) who through the blood of the eternal covenant(AN) brought back from the dead(AO) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,(AP) 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(AQ) and may he work in us(AR) what is pleasing to him,(AS) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(AT)

22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.(AU)

23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy(AV) has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

24 Greet all your leaders(AW) and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy(AX) send you their greetings.

25 Grace be with you all.(AY)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
  2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7

13 Let brotherly love continue.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.

25 Grace be with you all. Amen.