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Isang Pamamahingang Sabat para sa Bayan ng Diyos

Kaya nga, dapat tayong matakot, yamang may nanana­tiling pangako na tayo ay makapasok sa kaniyang kapahingahan. Baka mayroon ilan sa inyo na maaring hindi makapasok.

Sapagkat may ipinangangaral na ebanghelyo sa atin at gayundin sa kanila. Subalit hindi naging kapakina­bangan sa kanila ang salita na ipinangaral. Sapagkat sila na nakinig ay hindi ito sinamahan ng pananampalataya. Sapagkat tayo na mga sumasampalataya ay pumasok sa kapahingahang iyon. Katulad ng sinabi niya:

Kaya nga, sa aking pagkapoot ay sumumpa ako: Kailanman ay hindi sila papasok sa aking kapahingahan.

Gayunman, ang mga gawa ay natapos mula sa pagkakatatag ng sanlibutan.

Sapagkat sa isang dako ng Kasulatan, siya ay nagsalita ng ganito patungkol sa ika-pitong araw:

At sa ikapitong araw ay nagpahinga ang Diyos sa lahat ng kaniyang mga gawa.

At muli, sa dako ring iyon:

Sila ay hindi maka­papasok sa aking kapa­hingahan.

Kaya nga, nananatili pa na ang iba ay makakapasok sa kapahingahang iyan sapagkat ang mga nakarinig ng ebanghelyo noong una ay hindi sumampalataya. Muli, nagta­laga siya ng isang takdang araw, nang siya ay nagsalita kay David pagka­lipas ng matagal na panahon. Ang tinawag dito ay Ngayon. Gaya ng sinalita niya noong una, sinabi niya:

Ngayon, kung marinig ninyo ang kaniyang tinig, huwag ninyong pagmatigasin ang inyong mga puso.

Sapagkat kung binigyan sila ni Josue ng kapahingahan, hindi na sana siya nagsalita ng iba pang araw, pagkatapos niyaon. Kaya nga, mayroon pang kapahingahang nananatili para sa mga tao ng Diyos. 10 Ito ay sapagkat ang sinumang pumapasok sa kaniyang kapahingahan, siya rin naman ay nagpahinga sa kaniyang mga gawa kung paanong ang Diyos ay nagpahinga mula sa kaniyang mga gawa. 11 Kaya nga, sikapin nating makapasok sa kapahingahang iyon upang walang sinumang bumagsak sa ganoon ding halimbawa ng pagsuway.

12 Sapagkat buhay at mabisa ang salita ng Diyos at higit na matalas ito kaysa sa alin mang tabak na may dalawang talim. Bumabaon ito hanggang sa ikapaghihiwalay ng kaluluwa at ng espiritu at ng kasu-kasuan at utak ng buto. Nakakatalos ito ng mga pag-iisip at mga saloobin ng puso. 13 At walang anumang nilikha ang makakapagkubli ng kaniyang mga gawa sa paningin ng Diyos. Ang lahat ay lantad at hayag sa kaniyang mga mata. At tayo ay magbibigay-sulit sa kaniya.

Si Jesus ang Dakilang Pinakapunong-saserdote

14 Kaya nga, yamang tayo ay may isang dakilang pinakapunong-saserdote, si Jesus na Anak ng Diyos na dumaan sa mga langit, tayo ay magpakatatag sa ating ipinahahayag.

15 Sapagkat wala tayong pinakapunong-saserdote na hindi maaaring makiramay sa ating mga kahinaan. Siya ay sinubok sa lahat ng paraan katulad natin ngunit siya ay hindi nagkasala. 16 Kaya nga, dumulog tayo sa trono ng biyaya na may malaking pagtitiwala upang tayo ay tumanggap ng habag at biyaya na makatutulong sa atin sa panahon ng panganga­ilangan.

Enter the rest

Therefore, since the promise that we can enter into rest is still open, let’s be careful so that none of you will appear to miss it. We also had the good news preached to us, just as the Israelites did. However, the message they heard didn’t help them because they weren’t united in faith with the ones who listened to it. We who have faith are entering the rest. As God said,

And because of my anger I swore:
        They will never enter into my rest![a]

And yet God’s works were completed at the foundation of the world. Then somewhere he said this about the seventh day of creation: God rested on the seventh day from all his works.[b] But again, in the passage above, God said, They will never enter my rest![c] Therefore, it’s left open for some to enter it, and the ones who had the good news preached to them before didn’t enter because of disobedience. Just as it says in the passage above, God designates a certain day as “today,” when he says through David much later,

Today, if you hear his voice,
        don’t have stubborn hearts.[d]

If Joshua gave the Israelites rest, God wouldn’t have spoken about another day later on. So you see that a sabbath rest is left open for God’s people. 10 The one who entered God’s rest also rested from his works, just as God rested from his own.

First summary of the message

11 Therefore, let’s make every effort to enter that rest so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience, 12 because God’s word is living, active, and sharper than any two-edged sword. It penetrates to the point that it separates the soul from the spirit and the joints from the marrow. It’s able to judge the heart’s thoughts and intentions. 13 No creature is hidden from it, but rather everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of the one to whom we have to give an answer.

14 Also, let’s hold on to the confession since we have a great high priest who passed through the heavens, who is Jesus, God’s Son; 15 because we don’t have a high priest who can’t sympathize with our weaknesses but instead one who was tempted in every way that we are, except without sin.

16 Finally, let’s draw near to the throne of favor with confidence so that we can receive mercy and find grace when we need help.

A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.(A) For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.[a](B) Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,

“So I declared on oath in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”[b](C)

And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”[c](D) And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”(E)

Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience,(F) God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts.”[d](G)

For if Joshua had given them rest,(H) God would not have spoken(I) later about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[e](J) just as God did from his.(K) 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.(L)

12 For the word of God(M) is alive(N) and active.(O) Sharper than any double-edged sword,(P) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.(Q) 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.(R) Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Jesus the Great High Priest

14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest(S) who has ascended into heaven,[f](T) Jesus the Son of God,(U) let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.(V) 15 For we do not have a high priest(W) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are(X)—yet he did not sin.(Y) 16 Let us then approach(Z) God’s throne of grace with confidence,(AA) so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:2 Some manuscripts because those who heard did not combine it with faith
  2. Hebrews 4:3 Psalm 95:11; also in verse 5
  3. Hebrews 4:4 Gen. 2:2
  4. Hebrews 4:7 Psalm 95:7,8
  5. Hebrews 4:10 Or labor
  6. Hebrews 4:14 Greek has gone through the heavens