Ebrei 4
La Nuova Diodati
4 Perciò, poiché rimane ancora una promessa di entrare nel suo riposo, abbiamo timore perché qualcuno di voi non ne resti escluso.
2 Infatti a noi come pure a loro è stata annunziata la buona novella, ma la parola della predicazione non giovò loro nulla, non essendo stata congiunta alla fede in coloro che l'avevano udita.
3 Noi infatti, che abbiamo creduto, entriamo nel riposo come egli disse: «Cosí giurai nella mia ira: Non entreranno nel mio riposo». E cosí disse, sebbene le sue opere fossero terminate fin dalla fondazione del mondo.
4 In qualche luogo infatti, a proposito del settimo giorno, egli disse cosí: «E Dio si riposò nel settimo giorno da tutte le sue opere»;
5 e ancora in questo passo: «Non entreranno nel mio riposo».
6 Poiché dunque rimane per alcuni di entrarvi, mentre quelli a cui prima fu annunziata la buona novella non vi entrarono a motivo della loro incredulità,
7 egli determina di nuovo un giorno: Oggi dicendo dopo tanto tempo, come è stato detto prima per mezzo di Davide: «Oggi, se udite la sua voce, non indurite i vostri cuori».
8 Perché, se Giosué avesse dato loro riposo, Dio non avrebbe in seguito parlato di un altro giorno.
9 Resta dunque un riposo di sabato per il popolo di Dio.
10 Chi infatti è entrato nel suo riposo, si è riposato anch'egli dalle proprie opere, come Dio dalle sue.
11 Diamoci da fare dunque per entrare in quel riposo, affinché nessuno cada seguendo lo stesso esempio di disubbidienza,
12 La parola di Dio infatti è vivente ed efficace, piú affilata di qualunque spada a due tagli e penetra fino alla divisione dell'anima e dello spirito, delle giunture e delle midolla, ed è in grado di giudicare i pensieri e le intenzioni del cuore.
13 E non vi è alcuna creatura nascosta davanti a lui, ma tutte le cose sono nude e scoperte agli occhi di colui al quale dobbiamo rendere conto.
14 Avendo dunque un gran sommo sacerdote che è passato attraverso i cieli, Gesú, il Figlio di Dio, riteniamo fermamente la nostra confessione di fede.
15 Infatti, noi non abbiamo un sommo sacerdote che non possa simpatizzare con le nostre infermità, ma uno che è stato tentato in ogni cosa come noi, senza però commettere peccato.
16 Accostiamoci dunque con piena fiducia al trono della grazia, affinché otteniamo misericordia e troviamo grazia per ricevere aiuto al tempo opportuno.
Hebrews 4
International Standard Version
We Must Enter the Rest
4 Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail[a] to reach it, 2 because we have had the good news told to us as well as to them. But the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it. 3 We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said,
“So in my anger I swore a solemn oath
that they would never enter my rest,”[b]
even though his actions had been finished since the creation[c] of the world. 4 Somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day as follows: “On the seventh day God rested from all his actions,”[d] 5 and again in this passage,[e] “They will never enter my rest.”[f] 6 Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience, 7 he again fixes a definite day—“Today”—saying long afterward through David, as already quoted,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”[g]
8 For if Joshua[h] had given them rest, he would not have spoken later about another day.
9 There remains, therefore, a Sabbath rest for the people of God to keep, 10 because the one who enters God’s[i] rest has himself rested from his own actions, just as God did[j] from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart. 13 No creature can hide from him, but everyone is exposed and helpless before the eyes of the one to whom we must give a word of explanation.
Our Compassionate High Priest
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us live our lives consistent with[k] our confession of faith.[l] 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. Instead, we have one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet he never sinned. 16 So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 4:1 Lit. afraid lest someone among you fails
- Hebrews 4:3 Cf. Ps 95:11
- Hebrews 4:3 Lit. foundation; or beginning
- Hebrews 4:4 Cf. Gen 2:2
- Hebrews 4:5 The Gk. lacks passage
- Hebrews 4:5 Cf. Ps 95:11
- Hebrews 4:7 Ps 95:7-8
- Hebrews 4:8 The Gk. name Jesus appears to be a word play on the Heb. name Joshua.
- Hebrews 4:10 Lit. his
- Hebrews 4:10 The Gk. lacks did
- Hebrews 4:14 Lit. us hold tightly to
- Hebrews 4:14 The Heb. lacks of faith
Hebrews 4
Modern English Version
4 Therefore, since the promise of entering His rest remains, let us fear lest any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For the gospel was preached to us as well as to them. But the word preached did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith in those who heard it. 3 For we who have believed have entered this rest, as He has said,
“As I have sworn in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”[a]
However, His works have been finished since the creation of the world. 4 For He spoke somewhere about the seventh day like this: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.”[b] 5 And again in the present passage He said, “They shall not enter My rest.”[c]
6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and they to whom it was first preached did not enter due to unbelief, 7 again He establishes a certain day, “Today,” saying through David, after so long a time, as it has been said:
“Today, if you will hear His voice,
do not harden your hearts.”[d]
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have later spoken of another day. 9 Therefore a rest remains for the people of God. 10 For whoever enters His rest will also cease from his own works, as God did from His. 11 Let us labor therefore to enter that rest, lest anyone fall by the same pattern of unbelief.
12 For the word of God is alive, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 There is no creature that is not revealed in His sight, for all things are bare and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Jesus the Great High Priest
14 Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then come with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Footnotes
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