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Final Appeals

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Don’t forget to welcome outsiders. By doing that, some people have welcomed angels without knowing it. Keep on remembering those in prison. Do this as if you were together with them in prison. And remember those who are treated badly as if you yourselves were suffering.

All of you should honor marriage. You should keep the marriage bed pure. God will judge the person who commits adultery. He will judge everyone who commits sexual sins. Don’t be controlled by love for money. Be happy with what you have. God has said,

“I will never leave you.
    I will never desert you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)

So we can say boldly,

“The Lord helps me. I will not be afraid.
    What can mere human beings do to me?” (Psalm 118:6,7)

Remember your leaders. They spoke God’s word to you. Think about the results of their way of life. Copy their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you astray. It is good that God’s grace makes our hearts strong. Don’t try to grow strong by eating foods that the law requires. They have no value for the people who eat them. 10 The priests, who are Levites, worship at the holy tent. But we have an altar that they have no right to eat from.

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Room. He brings their blood as a sin offering. But the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 Jesus also suffered outside the city gate. He suffered to make the people holy by spilling his own blood. 13 So let us go to him outside the camp. Let us be willing to suffer the shame he suffered. 14 Here we do not have a city that lasts. But we are looking for the city that is going to come.

15 So let us never stop offering to God our praise through Jesus. Let us talk openly about our faith in him. Then our words will be like an offering to God. 16 Don’t forget to do good. Don’t forget to share with others. God is pleased with those kinds of offerings.

17 Trust in your leaders. Put yourselves under their authority. Do this, because they keep watch over you. They know they are accountable to God for everything they do. Do this, so that their work will be a joy. If you make their work a heavy load, it won’t do you any good.

18 Pray for us. We feel sure we have done what is right. We desire to live as we should in every way. 19 I beg you to pray that I may return to you soon.

Final Blessing and Greetings

20 Our Lord Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep. The God who gives peace brought him back from the dead. He did it because of the blood of the eternal covenant. Now may God 21 supply you with everything good. Then you can do what he wants. May he do in us what is pleasing to him. We can do it only with the help of Jesus Christ. Give him glory for ever and ever. Amen.

22 Brothers and sisters, I beg you to accept my word. It tells you to be faithful. Accept my word because I have written to you only a short letter.

23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

24 Greet all your leaders. Greet all the Lord’s people.

The believers from Italy send you their greetings.

25 May grace be with you all.

Autres recommandations

13 Que votre amour fraternel demeure vivant. Ne négligez pas de pratiquer l’hospitalité[a]. Car certains, en l’exerçant, ont accueilli des anges sans le savoir.

Ayez le souci de ceux qui sont en prison, comme si vous étiez en prison avec eux, et de ceux qui sont maltraités, puisque vous aussi vous partagez leur condition terrestre.

Que chacun respecte le mariage et que les époux restent fidèles l’un à l’autre, car Dieu jugera les débauchés et les adultères.

Que votre conduite ne soit pas guidée par l’amour de l’argent. Contentez-vous de ce que vous avez présentement. Car Dieu lui-même a dit : Je ne te laisserai pas : non, je ne t’abandonnerai jamais[b]. Aussi pouvons-nous dire avec assurance :

Le Seigneur vient à mon secours,je n’aurai pas de crainte,
que me feraient les hommes[c] ?

Souvenez-vous de vos anciens conducteurs qui vous ont annoncé la Parole de Dieu. Considérez l’aboutissement de toute leur vie[d] et imitez leur foi.

Jésus-Christ est le même hier, aujourd’hui et pour toujours. Ne vous laissez pas entraîner par toutes sortes de doctrines qui sont étrangères à notre foi. Ce qui est bien, en effet, c’est que notre cœur soit affermi par la grâce divine et non par des aliments qui n’ont jamais profité à ceux qui avaient coutume de les consommer. 10 Nous avons un autel, mais les prêtres qui servent dans le sanctuaire n’ont pas le droit de manger ce qui y est offert. 11 En effet, le sang des animaux offerts en sacrifice pour le péché est apporté dans le sanctuaire par le grand-prêtre, mais leurs corps sont brûlés à l’extérieur du camp[e]. 12 C’est pourquoi Jésus, lui aussi, est mort à l’extérieur de la ville pour purifier le peuple par son propre sang.

13 Allons donc à lui en sortant à l’extérieur du camp, et acceptons d’être méprisés comme lui 14 car, ici-bas, nous n’avons pas de cité permanente : c’est la cité à venir que nous recherchons. 15 Par Jésus, offrons donc en tout temps à Dieu un sacrifice de louange[f] qui consiste à célébrer son nom. 16 Ne négligez pas de pratiquer la bienfaisance et l’entraide : voilà les sacrifices auxquels Dieu prend plaisir.

17 Obéissez à vos conducteurs et soumettez-vous à eux, car ils veillent sur vous en sachant qu’ils devront un jour rendre compte à Dieu de leur service. Qu’ils puissent ainsi s’acquitter de leur tâche avec joie et non pas en gémissant, ce qui ne vous serait d’aucun avantage.

18 Priez pour nous ! Car nous sommes convaincus d’avoir une bonne conscience, puisque nous sommes résolus à bien nous conduire en toute occasion. 19 Je vous demande tout particulièrement de prier pour que je vous sois bien vite rendu.

Salutations

20 Le Dieu qui donne la paix a ressuscité notre Seigneur Jésus qui est devenu le grand berger des brebis en scellant de son sang une alliance éternelle. 21 Que ce Dieu vous rende capables de faire le bien sous toutes ses formes, pour que vous accomplissiez sa volonté. Qu’il réalise lui-même en nous, par Jésus-Christ, ce qui lui est agréable. A lui soit la gloire pour l’éternité ! Amen !

22 Je vous le demande, frères et sœurs, accueillez avec patience la parole d’encouragement que je vous adresse. Je vous ai d’ailleurs écrit brièvement. 23 Sachez que notre frère Timothée a été libéré. S’il arrive assez tôt, j’irai vous voir avec lui.

24 Saluez tous vos dirigeants et tous ceux qui font partie du peuple saint. Les frères et sœurs d’Italie[g] vous saluent.

25 Que la grâce de Dieu vous accompagne tous[h] !

Footnotes

  1. 13.2 Envers les chrétiens qui voyageaient, comme Abraham l’a fait envers les anges qu’il a accueillis (voir Gn 18.1-8).
  2. 13.5 Jos 1.5.
  3. 13.6 Ps 118.6 cité selon l’ancienne version grecque.
  4. 13.7 Autre traduction : la manière dont ils ont vécu et sont morts.
  5. 13.11 Lv 16.27.
  6. 13.15 Ps 50.14, 23.
  7. 13.24 Il s’agit sans doute de chrétiens originaires d’Italie qui saluent leurs compatriotes au pays. C’est l’un des indices qui ont amené certains à penser que la lettre a été adressée à une partie de l’Eglise de Rome. D’autres pensent que l’auteur se trouve en Italie, probablement à Rome, lorsqu’il écrit la lettre aux Hébreux qui serait alors adressée à des chrétiens d’origine juive vivant en Israël.
  8. 13.25 Certains manuscrits ajoutent : Amen !

13 Let brotherly love continue.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.

25 Grace be with you all. Amen.