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Cristo superiore a Mosè

(A)Perciò, fratelli santi, che siete partecipi della celeste vocazione, considerate [Cristo] Gesù, l’apostolo e il sommo sacerdote della fede che professiamo[a], il quale è fedele a colui che lo ha costituito, come anche lo fu Mosè, in {tutta} la casa di Dio[b]. Gesù, anzi, è stato ritenuto degno di una gloria tanto più grande di quella di Mosè quanto chi costruisce una casa ha maggior onore della casa stessa. Certo ogni casa è costruita da qualcuno, ma chi ha costruito tutte le cose è Dio. Mosè fu fedele in tutta la casa di Dio[c] come servitore per rendere testimonianza di ciò che doveva essere annunciato, ma Cristo lo è come Figlio, sopra la sua casa; e la sua casa siamo noi se manteniamo ferma [sino alla fine] la nostra franchezza e la speranza di cui ci vantiamo.

Il riposo di Dio

(B)Perciò, come dice lo Spirito Santo:

«Oggi, se udite la sua voce,
non indurite i vostri cuori come nel giorno della ribellione, come nel giorno della tentazione nel deserto,
dove i vostri padri mi tentarono mettendomi alla prova, pur avendo visto le mie opere per quarant’anni!
10  Perciò mi disgustai di quella generazione e dissi: “Sono sempre traviati di cuore, non hanno conosciuto le mie vie”;
11 così giurai nella mia ira: “Non entreranno nel mio riposo!”»[d].

12 Badate, fratelli, che non ci sia in nessuno di voi un cuore malvagio e incredulo che vi allontani dal Dio vivente; 13 ma esortatevi a vicenda ogni giorno, finché si può dire: «Oggi», perché nessuno di voi s’indurisca per la seduzione del peccato. 14 Infatti siamo divenuti partecipi di Cristo, a condizione che manteniamo ferma sino alla fine la fiducia che avevamo da principio, 15 mentre ci viene detto:

«Oggi, se udite la sua voce, non indurite i vostri cuori, come nel giorno della ribellione»[e].

16 Infatti, chi furono quelli che dopo averlo udito si ribellarono? Non furono forse tutti quelli che erano usciti dall’Egitto, sotto la guida di Mosè? 17 Chi furono quelli di cui Dio si disgustò per quarant’anni? Non furono quelli che peccarono, i cui cadaveri caddero nel deserto[f]? 18 A chi giurò che non sarebbero entrati nel suo riposo, se non a quelli che furono disubbidienti? 19 Infatti vediamo che non vi poterono entrare a causa della loro incredulità.

Footnotes

  1. Ebrei 3:1 Della fede che professiamo, lett. della nostra confessione.
  2. Ebrei 3:2 +Nu 12:7; in tutta la casa di Dio, lett. in tutta la sua casa.
  3. Ebrei 3:5 +Nu 12:7; in tutta la casa di Dio, lett. in tutta la sua casa.
  4. Ebrei 3:11 +Sl 95:8-11.
  5. Ebrei 3:15 +Sl 95:8.
  6. Ebrei 3:17 +Nu 14:32.

Jesús, superior a Moisés

Por lo tanto, hermanos santos, que tienen parte del llamamiento celestial, consideren a Cristo Jesús, el apóstol y sumo sacerdote de la fe que profesamos. Él es fiel al que lo constituyó, como lo fue también Moisés en toda la casa de Dios.(A) Pero a Jesús se le ha concedido más honor que a Moisés, así como al que hace una casa se le rinde más honor que a la casa misma. Porque toda casa es hecha por alguien, pero el que hizo todas las cosas es Dios. Como siervo, Moisés fue fiel en toda la casa de Dios, para dar testimonio de lo que se iba a decir. Cristo, en cambio, como hijo es fiel sobre su casa, que somos nosotros, si mantenemos la confianza firme hasta el fin y nos gloriamos en la esperanza.

El reposo del pueblo de Dios

Por eso, como dice el Espíritu Santo:

«Si ustedes oyen hoy su voz,
no endurezcan su corazón,
como lo hicieron en el desierto,
en el día de la tentación,
cuando me provocaron.
Allí los antepasados de ustedes
me tentaron, me pusieron a prueba,
aun cuando durante cuarenta años
habían visto mis obras.
10 Por eso me disgusté contra ellos,
y dije: “Su corazón siempre divaga;
no han reconocido mis caminos.”
11 Por eso, en mi furor juré:
“No entrarán en mi reposo.”»(B)

12 Hermanos, cuiden de que no haya entre ustedes ningún corazón pecaminoso e incrédulo, que los lleve a apartarse del Dios vivo. 13 Más bien, anímense unos a otros día tras día, mientras se diga «Hoy», para que el engaño del pecado no endurezca a nadie. 14 Nosotros hemos llegado a participar de Cristo, siempre y cuando retengamos firme hasta el fin la confianza que tuvimos al principio. 15 Como ya se ha dicho:

«Si ustedes oyen hoy su voz,
No endurezcan su corazón,
como cuando me provocaron.»(C)

16 ¿Y quiénes fueron los que lo provocaron, aun después de haberlo oído? ¿No fueron acaso todos los que salieron de Egipto por mediación de Moisés? 17 ¿Y con quiénes estuvo él disgustado durante cuarenta años? ¿No fue acaso con los que pecaron, cuyos cadáveres quedaron tendidos en el desierto? 18 ¿Y a quiénes les juró que no entrarían en su reposo, sino a aquellos que desobedecieron?(D) 19 Como podemos ver, no pudieron entrar por causa de su incredulidad.

We are Jesus’ house

Therefore, brothers and sisters who are partners in the heavenly calling, think about Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession. Jesus was faithful to the one who appointed him just like Moses was faithful in God’s house. But he deserves greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of the house deserves more honor than the house itself. Every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant in order to affirm the things that would be spoken later. But Jesus was faithful over God’s house as a Son. We are his house if we hold on to the confidence and the pride that our hope gives us.

Respond to Jesus’ voice now

So, as the Holy Spirit says,

Today, if you hear his voice,
    don’t have stubborn hearts
        as they did in the rebellion,
        on the day when they tested me in the desert.
That is where your ancestors challenged and tested me,
        though they had seen my work for forty years.
10 So I was angry with them.
I said,Their hearts always go off course,
        and they don’t know my ways.
11 Because of my anger I swore:
        They will never enter my rest![a]

12 Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that none of you have an evil, unfaithful heart that abandons the living God. 13 Instead, encourage each other every day, as long as it’s called “today,” so that none of you become insensitive to God because of sin’s deception. 14 We are partners with Christ, but only if we hold on to the confidence we had in the beginning until the end.

15 When it says,

Today, if you hear his voice, don’t have stubborn hearts
        as they did in the rebellion.[b]

16 Who was it who rebelled when they heard his voice? Wasn’t it all of those who were brought out of Egypt by Moses? 17 And with whom was God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it with the ones who sinned, whose bodies fell in the desert? 18 And against whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest, if not against the ones who were disobedient? 19 We see that they couldn’t enter because of their lack of faith.

Jesus Greater Than Moses

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) He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.(E) 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. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(G) “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. 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

So, as the Holy Spirit says:(N)

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts(O)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,
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:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts
    as you did in the rebellion.”[c](Y)

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

  1. Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7
  2. Hebrews 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11
  3. Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8