我们的主

故此,蒙了属天召唤的同伴们,圣洁的弟兄们!你们应该思想我们信仰[a]告白中的使者和大祭司——耶稣[b] 他对委任他的那一位是忠心的,正如摩西在神的全家也是忠心的。 事实上,这个人被看为比摩西配得更大的荣耀,就像建造房屋的人比房屋本身更有尊荣那样, 因为每一座房屋都是由人建造的,而建造万有的就是神。 摩西是做为仆人,对神的全家忠心,为将被述说的事做见证; 但基督是做为儿子,忠心管理神的家。如果我们持守所确信的和所夸耀的盼望,[c]我们就是神的家。

提防不信

因此,就像圣灵所说的:

“今天,你们如果听见他的声音,
就不可硬着你们的心,
如同在那悖逆的时候,也像在那旷野试探的日子。
在那里,你们的祖先考验我、试探我,
并且看了我的作为四十年之久。
10 所以,我向那世代发怒,说:
‘他们的心总是被迷惑,
他们不认识我的道路’,
11 所以,我在自己的震怒中起誓说:
‘他们绝不能进入我的安息。’”[d]

12 弟兄们,你们要当心,免得你们中间有人存着不信的邪恶之心,以致离开永生的神。 13 只要日子还被称为“今天”,你们就要天天互相鼓励,免得你们当中有人被罪迷惑,心里刚硬。 14 因为我们如果把那起初的确信,坚定地持守到底,我们就成为基督的同伴了。 15 经上说:

“今天,你们如果听见他的声音,
就不可硬着你们的心,如同在那悖逆的时候。”[e]

16 到底是谁听见却悖逆了呢?难道不是被摩西埃及带领[f]出来的那一切人吗? 17 神又向谁发怒了四十年之久呢?难道不是那些犯了罪、尸首倒在旷野的人吗? 18 他又向谁起誓说,他们绝不能进入他的安息呢?难道不是向那些不肯信从的人吗? 19 这样我们就看出来:他们不能进入,是因不信的缘故。

Footnotes

  1. 希伯来书 3:1 信仰——辅助词语。
  2. 希伯来书 3:1 耶稣——有古抄本作“基督耶稣”。
  3. 希伯来书 3:6 有古抄本附“坚定地持守到底,”。
  4. 希伯来书 3:11 《诗篇》95:7-11。
  5. 希伯来书 3:15 《诗篇》95:7-8。
  6. 希伯来书 3:16 带领——辅助词语。

So Consider Jesus As Faithful, Like Moses. But He Is Worthy of More Glory Than Moses

Hence[a] holy brothers, partakers[b] of a heavenly calling, consider[c] the Apostle and High Priest of our confession— Jesus— as being faithful[d] to the One having appointed Him, as also was Moses in His[e] whole house. For this One has been considered-worthy of more glory than Moses— to the degree that the One[f] having built the house has more honor than the house.

For Moses Was Faithful As a Servant, But Christ Was Faithful As a Son

For every house is built by someone, but[g] the One[h] having built all things is God. And Moses was faithful in His[i] whole house as a servant[j], for[k] a testimony of the things which will[l] be spoken. But Christ was faithful as a Son over His house, whose house we are, if-indeed we hold-on-to our confidence and our boast of the hope.

Therefore Do Not Harden Your Hearts As Israel Once Did

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says[m] [in Ps 95:7-11]: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion during the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers tested Me with a trial and saw My works 10 for forty years. Therefore I was-angry with this generation and said, ‘They are always going-astray in the heart, and they did not know My ways’. 11 As I swore in My wrath, they will never[n] enter into My rest”.

Watch Out For an Evil Heart of Unbelief As Long As It Is Called “Today”

12 Be watching-out, brothers, so that there will not-ever be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing[o] from the living God. 13 But be exhorting yourselves each day, as long as it is called “Today”, in order that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

For We Are Partakers of Christ If We Hold On Until The End

14 For we have become[p] partakers[q] of Christ if-indeed we hold-on-to the beginning of our assurance[r] firm until the end— 15 in that it is[s] said [in Ps 95:7-8]: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion”.

For Israel Did Not Enter God’s Rest Because of Unbelief

16 For who having heard rebelled? But was it not all the ones having come out of Egypt through Moses? 17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with the ones having sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they will not enter into His rest, except to the ones having disobeyed? 19 And we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:1 This begins the conclusion and application of 1:1-2:18.
  2. Hebrews 3:1 Or, partners, sharers.
  3. Hebrews 3:1 Or, think carefully about.
  4. Hebrews 3:2 Jesus did not die an unfortunate death. He was faithful to what God appointed Him to do, just like Moses.
  5. Hebrews 3:2 That is, in God’s whole household. Or, Moses in his whole house.
  6. Hebrews 3:3 That is, Jesus, making Him the builder of the house of which Moses was a part. Or, the one, referring to a general proverb which illustrates the magnitude of Christ’s glory.
  7. Hebrews 3:4 Or, and.
  8. Hebrews 3:4 That is, the Son, the builder of the house (v 3), naming Him God; or, the Father, who is building His house through the Son.
  9. Hebrews 3:5 That is, God’s. Or, his.
  10. Hebrews 3:5 Or, freely serving assistant (not a slave). God used this term of Moses in Num 12:7.
  11. Hebrews 3:5 That is, to give.
  12. Hebrews 3:5 That is, in future days when the types given to Moses become reality in the Messiah.
  13. Hebrews 3:7 The writer concludes this section by quoting from Ps 95 and applying it to the subject at hand.
  14. Hebrews 3:11 Lit, if they will enter. This is the conclusion of a Hebrew oath, May [?] happen to me if they will enter.
  15. Hebrews 3:12 Or, withdrawing, deserting.
  16. Hebrews 3:14 The grammar means have become and continue to be.
  17. Hebrews 3:14 Or, partners of, sharers in.
  18. Hebrews 3:14 That is, our initial subjective confidence in God; or, the objective hope in which we initially believed.
  19. Hebrews 3:15 That is, in light of it being said; or, while it is being said. We must hold on until the end because the psalm says as long as it is called ‘Today’ we must not harden our hearts.

The Son Was Faithful

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as (A)Moses also was faithful in all His house. For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as (B)He who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but (C)He who built all things is God. (D)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as (E)a servant, (F)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as (G)a Son over His own house, (H)whose house we are (I)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.

Be Faithful(J)

Therefore, as (K)the Holy Spirit says:

(L)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but [b]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:

(M)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers

16 (N)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, (O)whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And (P)to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of (Q)unbelief.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end
  2. Hebrews 3:13 encourage