Hebrews 3
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus Is Greater Than Moses
3 So, my brothers and sisters, those chosen by God to be his holy people, think about Jesus. He is the one we believe God sent to save us and to be our high priest. 2 God made him our high priest, and he was faithful to God just as Moses was. He did everything God wanted him to do in God’s house. 3 When someone builds a house, people will honor the builder more than the house. It is the same with Jesus. He should have more honor than Moses. 4 Every house is built by someone, but God built everything. 5 Moses was faithful as a servant in God’s whole house. He told people what God would say in the future. 6 But Christ is faithful in ruling God’s house as the Son. And we are God’s house, if we remain confident of the great hope we are glad to say we have.
We Must Continue to Follow God
7 So it is just as the Holy Spirit says:
“If you hear God’s voice today,
8 don’t be stubborn as you were in the past,
when you turned against God.
That was the day you tested God in the desert.
9 For 40 years in the desert, your people saw what I did.
But they tested me and my patience.
10 So I was angry with them.
I said, ‘Their thoughts are always wrong.
They have never understood my ways.’
11 So I was angry and made a promise:
‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” (A)
12 So, brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has the evil thoughts that cause so much doubt that you stop following the living God. 13 But encourage each other every day, while you still have something called “today.[a]” Help each other so that none of you will be fooled by sin and become too hard to change. 14 We have the honor of sharing in all that Christ has if we continue until the end to have the sure faith we had in the beginning. 15 That’s why the Spirit said,
“If you hear God’s voice today,
don’t be stubborn as in the past
when you turned against God.” (B)
16 Who were those who heard God’s voice and turned against him? It was all the people Moses led out of Egypt. 17 And who was God angry with for 40 years? He was angry with those who sinned. And their dead bodies were left in the desert. 18 And which people was God talking to when he promised that they would never enter his place of rest? He was talking to those who did not obey him. 19 So we see that they were not allowed to enter and have God’s rest, because they did not believe.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 3:13 today This word is taken from verse 7. It means it is important to do this now, while there is still opportunity.
Ebrei 3
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
II. GESU' SOMMO SACERDOTE FEDELE E MISERICORDIOSO
Il Cristo superiore a Mosè
3 Perciò, fratelli santi, partecipi di una vocazione celeste, fissate bene lo sguardo in Gesù, l'apostolo e sommo sacerdote della fede che noi professiamo, 2 il quale è fedele a colui che l'ha costituito, come lo fu anche Mosè in tutta la sua casa. 3 Ma in confronto a Mosè, egli è stato giudicato degno di tanta maggior gloria, quanto l'onore del costruttore della casa supera quello della casa stessa. 4 Ogni casa infatti viene costruita da qualcuno; ma colui che ha costruito tutto è Dio. 5 In verità Mosè fu fedele in tutta la sua casa come servitore, per rendere testimonianza di ciò che doveva essere annunziato più tardi; 6 Cristo, invece, lo fu come figlio costituito sopra la sua propria casa. E la sua casa siamo noi, se conserviamo la libertà e la speranza di cui ci vantiamo.
La fede introduce nel riposo di Dio
7 Per questo, come dice lo Spirito Santo:
Oggi, se udite la sua voce,
8 non indurite i vostri cuori come nel giorno della
ribellione,
il giorno della tentazione nel deserto,
9 dove mi tentarono i vostri padri mettendomi alla prova,
pur avendo visto per quarant'anni le mie opere.
10 Perciò mi disgustai di quella generazione
e dissi: Sempre hanno il cuore sviato.
Non hanno conosciuto le mie vie.
11 Così ho giurato nella mia ira:
Non entreranno nel mio riposo.
12 Guardate perciò, fratelli, che non si trovi in nessuno di voi un cuore perverso e senza fede che si allontani dal Dio vivente. 13 Esortatevi piuttosto a vicenda ogni giorno, finché dura quest'oggi, perché nessuno di voi si indurisca sedotto dal peccato. 14 Siamo diventati infatti partecipi di Cristo, a condizione di mantenere salda sino alla fine la fiducia che abbiamo avuta da principio. 15 Quando pertanto si dice:
Oggi, se udite la sua voce,
non indurite i vostri cuori come nel giorno della
ribellione,
16 chi furono quelli che, dopo aver udita la sua voce, si ribellarono? Non furono tutti quelli che erano usciti dall'Egitto sotto la guida di Mosè? 17 E chi furono coloro di cui si è disgustato per quarant'anni? Non furono quelli che avevano peccato e poi caddero cadaveri nel deserto? 18 E a chi giurò che non sarebbero entrati nel suo riposo, se non a quelli che non avevano creduto? 19 In realtà vediamo che non vi poterono entrare a causa della loro mancanza di fede.
К Евреям 3
Russian Synodal Version
3 Итак, братия святые, участники в небесном звании, уразумейте Посланника и Первосвященника исповедания нашего, Иисуса Христа,
2 Который верен Поставившему Его, как и Моисей во всем доме Его.
3 Ибо Он достоин тем большей славы пред Моисеем, чем большую честь имеет в сравнении с домом тот, кто устроил его,
4 ибо всякий дом устрояется кем-либо; а устроивший всё [есть] Бог.
5 И Моисей верен во всем доме Его, как служитель, для засвидетельствования того, что надлежало возвестить;
6 а Христос--как Сын в доме Его; дом же Его--мы, если только дерзновение и упование, которым хвалимся, твердо сохраним до конца.
7 Почему, как говорит Дух Святый, ныне, когда услышите глас Его,
8 не ожесточите сердец ваших, как во время ропота, в день искушения в пустыне,
9 где искушали Меня отцы ваши, испытывали Меня, и видели дела Мои сорок лет.
10 Посему Я вознегодовал на оный род и сказал: непрестанно заблуждаются сердцем, не познали они путей Моих;
11 посему Я поклялся во гневе Моем, что они не войдут в покой Мой.
12 Смотрите, братия, чтобы не было в ком из вас сердца лукавого и неверного, дабы вам не отступить от Бога живаго.
13 Но наставляйте друг друга каждый день, доколе можно говорить: 'ныне', чтобы кто из вас не ожесточился, обольстившись грехом.
14 Ибо мы сделались причастниками Христу, если только начатую жизнь твердо сохраним до конца,
15 доколе говорится: 'ныне, когда услышите глас Его, не ожесточите сердец ваших, как во время ропота'.
16 Ибо некоторые из слышавших возроптали; но не все вышедшие из Египта с Моисеем.
17 На кого же негодовал Он сорок лет? Не на согрешивших ли, которых кости пали в пустыне?
18 Против кого же клялся, что не войдут в покой Его, как не против непокорных?
19 Итак видим, что они не могли войти за неверие.
Hebrews 3
New International Version
Jesus Greater Than Moses
3 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters,(A) who share in the heavenly calling,(B) fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge(C) as our apostle and high priest.(D) 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.(E) 3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,(F) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(G) 5 “Moses was faithful as a servant(H) in all God’s house,”[a](I) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son(J) over God’s house. And we are his house,(K) if indeed we hold firmly(L) to our confidence and the hope(M) in which we glory.
Warning Against Unbelief
7 So, as the Holy Spirit says:(N)
“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts(O)
as you did in the rebellion,
during the time of testing in the wilderness,
9 where your ancestors tested and tried me,
though for forty years they saw what I did.(P)
10 That is why I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
and they have not known my ways.’
11 So I declared on oath in my anger,(Q)
‘They shall never enter my rest.’ (R)”[b](S)
12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.(T) 13 But encourage one another daily,(U) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(V) 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold(W) our original conviction firmly to the very end.(X) 15 As has just been said:
16 Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?(Z) 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?(AA) 18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest(AB) if not to those who disobeyed?(AC) 19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.(AD)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7
- Hebrews 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11
- Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8
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