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Paglilingkod na Nakalulugod sa Diyos

13 Patuloy kayong magmahalan bilang magkakapatid kay Cristo. Palaging(A) maging bukás ang inyong mga tahanan para sa mga taga-ibang bayan. May ilang tao noon na nakapagpatulóy ng mga anghel, lingid sa kanilang kaalaman. Alalahanin ninyo ang mga nakabilanggo, na parang kayo'y nakabilanggo ring kasama nila. Damayan din ninyo ang mga pinagmamalupitan, na parang kayo'y dumaranas din ng ganoon.

Dapat(B) ituring na marangal ng lahat ang pag-aasawa at maging tapat kayo sa isa't isa, sapagkat hahatulan ng Diyos ang mga nakikiapid at nangangalunya.

Huwag(C) kayong magmukhang pera; at masiyahan na kayo sa anumang nasa inyo. Sapagkat sinabi ng Diyos, “Hindi kita iiwan ni pababayaan man.” Kaya't(D) malakas ang loob nating masasabi,

“Ang Panginoon ang tumutulong sa akin,
    hindi ako matatakot.
Ano ang magagawa sa akin ng tao?”

Alalahanin ninyo ang mga namumuno sa inyo, na nagpahayag sa inyo ng salita ng Diyos. Isipin ninyo kung paano sila namuhay, at tularan ninyo ang kanilang pananampalataya. Kung sino si Jesu-Cristo noon ay siya rin ngayon at magpakailanman. Huwag kayong patangay sa mga sari-sari at kakaibang katuruan. Mas mabuti para sa atin ang mapanatag ang ating kalooban sa pamamagitan ng kagandahang-loob ng Diyos kaysa sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod sa mga walang pakinabang na mga utos tungkol sa pagkain.

10 Tayo'y may isang dambana, at ang mga paring naglilingkod sa sambahan ay hindi maaaring kumain ng mga inihandog sa dambanang ito. 11 Ang(E) dugo ng mga hayop ay dinadala ng pinakapunong pari sa Dakong Kabanal-banalan upang ialay bilang handog dahil sa kasalanan, ngunit ang katawan ng mga hayop ay sinusunog sa labas ng kampo. 12 Gayundin naman, namatay si Jesus sa labas ng lungsod upang linisin niya ang tao sa kanilang kasalanan, sa pamamagitan ng kanyang dugo. 13 Kaya't pumunta tayo sa kanya sa labas ng kampo at magtiis din ng kahirapang kanyang tiniis. 14 Sapagkat hindi rito sa lupa ang tunay na lungsod natin, at ang hinahanap natin ay ang lungsod na darating. 15 [Kaya't][a] lagi tayong mag-alay ng papuri bilang handog sa Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Jesus, papuring mula sa ating mga labi na nagpapahayag ng ating pagkilala sa kanyang pangalan. 16 At huwag nating kaligtaan ang paggawa ng mabuti at ang pagtulong sa kapwa, sapagkat iyan ang alay na kinalulugdan ng Diyos.

17 Pasakop kayo at sumunod sa mga namamahala sa inyo. Sila'y nangangalaga sa inyo, at mananagot sila sa Diyos sa gawaing ito. Kung sila'y susundin ninyo, magagalak sila sa pagtupad ng kanilang tungkulin; kung hindi, sila'y mamimighati, at hindi ito makakabuti sa inyo.

18 Ipanalangin ninyo kami. Nakakatiyak kaming malinis ang aming budhi at hinahangad naming mabuhay nang matuwid sa lahat ng panahon. 19 Higit sa lahat, hinihiling kong ipanalangin ninyo na ako'y makabalik agad sa inyo.

Panalangin

20 Ang Diyos ng kapayapaan ang siyang muling bumuhay sa ating Panginoong Jesus, na naging Dakilang Pastol ng mga tupa dahil sa kanyang dugo na nagpatibay sa walang hanggang tipan. 21 Nawa'y ipagkaloob niya sa inyo ang lahat ng kailangan ninyo upang maisagawa ang kanyang kalooban, at sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Cristo ay gawin niya sa atin ang nakalulugod sa kanya. Papurihan nawa si Cristo magpakailanman! Amen.

Panghuling Pangungusap

22 Mga kapatid, hinihiling ko na pagtiyagaan ninyong pakinggan ang mga pangaral kong ito sapagkat hindi naman gaanong mahaba ang sulat na ito. 23 Nais ko ring malaman ninyo na pinalaya na ang ating kapatid na si Timoteo, at kung darating siya agad, isasama ko siya pagpunta ko riyan.

24 Ikumusta ninyo kami sa mga namumuno sa inyo at sa lahat ng hinirang ng Diyos. Kinukumusta kayo ng mga kapatid sa Italia.

25 Nawa'y sumainyong lahat ang kagandahang-loob ng Diyos. [Amen.][b]

Footnotes

  1. Mga Hebreo 13:15 Kaya’t: Sa ibang manuskrito’y hindi nakasulat ang salitang ito.
  2. Mga Hebreo 13:25 Amen: Sa ibang manuskrito'y hindi nakasulat ang salitang ito.

Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A) Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(B) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(C) Continue to remember those in prison(D) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

Marriage should be honored by all,(E) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(F) Keep your lives free from the love of money(G) and be content with what you have,(H) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](I)

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](J)

Remember your leaders,(K) who spoke the word of God(L) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(M) their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(N)

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(O) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(P) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(Q) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(R) 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(S) have no right to eat.(T)

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(U) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(V) 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate(W) to make the people holy(X) through his own blood.(Y) 13 Let us, then, go to him(Z) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.(AA) 14 For here we do not have an enduring city,(AB) but we are looking for the city that is to come.(AC)

15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(AD) of praise—the fruit of lips(AE) that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others,(AF) for with such sacrifices(AG) God is pleased.

17 Have confidence in your leaders(AH) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(AI) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

18 Pray for us.(AJ) We are sure that we have a clear conscience(AK) and desire to live honorably in every way. 19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.(AL)

Benediction and Final Greetings

20 Now may the God of peace,(AM) who through the blood of the eternal covenant(AN) brought back from the dead(AO) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,(AP) 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(AQ) and may he work in us(AR) what is pleasing to him,(AS) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(AT)

22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.(AU)

23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy(AV) has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

24 Greet all your leaders(AW) and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy(AX) send you their greetings.

25 Grace be with you all.(AY)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
  2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

13 Let (A)brotherly love continue. (B)Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby (C)some have entertained angels unawares. (D)Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. (E)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge (F)the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life (G)free from love of money, and (H)be content with what you have, for he has said, (I)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say,

(J)“The Lord is my helper;
    (K)I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

Remember (L)your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and (M)imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is (N)the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be (O)led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, (P)not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. 10 We have an altar (Q)from which those who serve the tent[a] have no right to eat. 11 For (R)the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned (S)outside the camp. 12 So Jesus also (T)suffered (U)outside the gate in order to sanctify the people (V)through his own blood. 13 Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear (W)the reproach he endured. 14 For (X)here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. 15 (Y)Through him then let us continually offer up (Z)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (AA)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. 16 Do not neglect to do good and (AB)to share what you have, for such (AC)sacrifices are pleasing to God.

17 Obey (AD)your leaders and submit to them, (AE)for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to (AF)give an account. (AG)Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

18 (AH)Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. 19 I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order (AI)that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Benediction

20 Now (AJ)may the God of peace (AK)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, (AL)the great shepherd of the sheep, by (AM)the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 (AN)equip you with everything good that you may do his will, (AO)working in us[b] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, (AP)to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

22 I appeal to you, brothers,[c] bear with my word of exhortation, for (AQ)I have written to you briefly. 23 You should know that (AR)our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon. 24 Greet all (AS)your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings. 25 (AT)Grace be with all of you.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:10 Or tabernacle
  2. Hebrews 13:21 Some manuscripts you
  3. Hebrews 13:22 Or brothers and sisters