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¶ Therefore, brethren, saints, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

who was faithful to him that appointed him over all his house, as also Moses was faithful.

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built the house has more honour than the house.

For every house is built by someone, but he that created all things is God.

And Moses verily was faithful over all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after,

but Christ as a son over his own house, which house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorious hope firmly until the end.

¶ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, Today if ye will hear his voice,

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

10 Therefore, I was indignant with that generation and said, They do always err from their heart, and they have not known my ways.

11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unfaithfulness, to depart from the living God.

13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;

15 while it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

16 For some of those that came out of Egypt with Moses, when they had heard, did provoke; howbeit not all.

17 But with whom was he indignant forty years? Was it not with those that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

18 And to whom he swore that they should not enter into his rest, but to those that disobeyed?

19 So we see that they could not enter in because of their unbelief.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Isus mai mare decât Moise

De aceea, fraţi sfinţi, care aveţi parte de chemarea cerească, gândiţi-vă cu mare atenţie la Isus, Apostolul şi Marele Preot al credinţei pe care o mărturisim. El a fost credincios Celui Ce L-a desemnat, aşa cum şi Moise a fost credincios în toată casa Lui. El a fost găsit vrednic de o slavă mai mare decât a lui Moise, aşa cum constructorul unei case are mai multă onoare decât casa însăşi. Căci orice casă este construită de cineva, însă Cel Ce le-a zidit pe toate este Dumnezeu. Moise a fost credincios ca slujitor în toată Casa lui Dumnezeu, ca să depună mărturie despre lucrurile care urmau a fi spuse, dar Cristos a fost credincios ca Fiu peste toată Casa lui Dumnezeu, iar Casa Lui suntem noi, dacă păstrăm într-adevăr cu fermitate încrederea şi lauda care aparţin nădejdii.

Avertizare împotriva necredinţei

De aceea, aşa cum spune Duhul Sfânt:

„Astăzi dacă auziţi glasul Lui,
nu vă împietriţi inimile, ca atunci când v-aţi răzvrătit,
    ca în ziua încercării în pustie,
când strămoşii voştri M-au pus la încercare şi M-au ispitit,
deşi Îmi văzuseră lucrările 10 timp de patruzeci de ani!
    De aceea M-am mâniat pe generaţia aceasta
şi am zis: «Ei întotdeauna s-au rătăcit în inimile lor
    şi n-au cunoscut căile Mele.»
11 De aceea am jurat în mânia Mea:
    «Nu vor intra în odihna Mea!»“[a]

12 Fiţi atenţi, fraţilor, ca nici unul dintre voi să nu aibă o inimă rea, necredincioasă, care să-l întoarcă de la Dumnezeul cel Viu, 13 ci încurajaţi-vă unul pe altul în fiecare zi, atâta timp cât se spune „astăzi“, astfel încât nici unul dintre voi să nu fie împietrit prin înşelăciunea păcatului! 14 Noi avem parte de Cristos dacă păstrăm cu fermitate, până la sfârşit, încrederea pe care am avut-o la început. 15 Este spus:

„Astăzi dacă auziţi glasul Lui,
    nu vă împietriţi inimile ca atunci când v-aţi răzvrătit!“[b]

16 Cine au fost cei ce au auzit şi s-au răzvrătit? Nu toţi cei ce au ieşit din Egipt prin Moise? 17 Şi pe cine s-a mâniat El timp de patruzeci de ani? Nu pe cei care au păcătuit şi ale căror trupuri moarte au căzut în pustie? 18 Cui a jurat El că nu vor intra în odihna Lui, dacă nu celor care nu au ascultat? 19 Vedem că ei n-au putut intra din cauza necredinţei.