Jesus Is Greater than Moses
1 My friends, God has chosen you to be his holy people. So think about Jesus, the one we call our apostle and high priest! 2 Jesus was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in serving all God's people. 3 But Jesus deserves more honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves more honor than the house. 4 Of course, every house is built by someone, and God is really the one who built everything.
5 Moses was a faithful servant and told God's people what would be said in the future. 6 But Christ is the Son in charge of God's people. And we are those people, if we keep on being brave and don't lose hope.
A Rest for God's People
7 It is just as the Holy Spirit says,
“If you hear God's voice today,
8 don't be stubborn!
Don't rebel like those people
who were tested
in the desert.
* 9 For forty years your ancestors
tested God and saw
the things he did.
10 “Then God got tired of them
and said,
‘You people never
show good sense,
and you don't understand
what I want you to do.’
11 God became angry
and told the people,
‘You will never enter
my place of rest!’ ”
12 My friends, watch out! Don't let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God. 13 You must encourage one another each day. And you must keep on while there is still a time that can be called “today.” If you don't, then sin may fool some of you and make you stubborn. 14 We were sure about Christ when we first became his people. So let's hold tightly to our faith until the end. 15 The Scriptures say,
“If you hear his voice today,
don't be stubborn
like those who rebelled.”
16 Who were those people that heard God's voice and rebelled? Weren't they the same ones that came out of Egypt with Moses? 17 Who were the people that made God angry for 40 years? Weren't they the ones that sinned and died in the desert? 18 And who did God say would never enter his place of rest? Weren't they the ones that disobeyed him? 19 We see that those people did not enter the place of rest because they did not have faith.
يسوع أعظم من موسى
1 فيا إخوَتي القِدّيسينَ المُشتَرِكينَ في دَعوَةِ اللهِ، تأمّلوا يَسوعَ رَسولَ إيمانِنا ورَئيسَ كَهنَتِهِ، 2 فهوَ أمينٌ للذي اَخْتارَهُ، كما كانَ موسى أمينًا لِبَيتِ اللهِ أجمَعَ. 3 ولكنّ يَسوعَ كانَ أهلاً لِمَجدٍ يَفوقُ مَجدَ موسى بِمِقدارِ ما لِباني البَيتِ مِنْ كرامَةٍ تَفوقُ كرامَةَ البَيتِ. 4 فكُلّ بَيتٍ لَه مَنْ يَبنيهِ، وباني كُلّ شيءٍ هوَ اللهُ. 5 وكانَ موسى أمينًا لِبَيتِ اللهِ أجمعَ لِكونِهِ خادِمًا يَشهَدُ على ما سيُعلِنُهُ اللهُ. 6 أمّا المَسيحُ، فهوَ أمينٌ لِبَيتِ اللهِ لِكَونِهِ اَبنَ اللهِ، ونَحنُ بَيتُهُ، إنْ تَمَسّكنا بِالثّقَةِ والفَخرِ بِما لنا مِنْ رَجاءٍ.
الدخول في راحة الله
7 لذلِكَ، كما يَقولُ الرّوحُ القُدُسُ: «اليومَ، إذا سَمِعتُم صوتَ اللهِ، 8 فلا تُقَسّوا قُلوبَكُم كما فَعَلتُم يومَ العِصيانِ، يومَ التّجرِبَةِ في الصّحراءِ، 9 حَيثُ جَرّبَني آباؤُكُم واَمتَحنوني ورَأَوْا أعمالي مُدّةَ أربَعينَ سنَةً. 10 لذلِكَ غَضِبتُ على ذلِكَ الجِيلِ وقُلتُ: قُلوبُهُم بَقِـيَتْ في الضّلالِ وما عَرَفوا طُرُقي، 11 فأَقسَمتُ في غَضَبـي أنْ لا يَدخُلوا في راحَتي».
12 فاَنتَبِهوا، أيّها الإخوَةُ، أنْ لا يكونَ بَينَكُم مَنْ لَه قَلبٌ شرّيرٌ غَيرُ مُؤمِنٍ فيَرتَدّ عَنِ اللهِ الحَيّ، 13 بَلْ لِـيُشَجّعْ بَعضُكُم بَعضًا كُلّ يومٍ، ما دامَت لكُم كَلِمَةُ «اليومِ» التي في الكِتابِ، لِئَلاّ تُغريَ الخَطيئةُ أحَدكُم فيَقسوَ قلبُه. 14 فنَحنُ كُلّنا شُركاءُ المَسيحِ إذا تَمَسّكنا إلى المُنتَهى بِالثّقَةِ التي كانَت لنا في البَدءِ. 15 فالكِتابُ يَقولُ: «اليومَ، إذا سَمِعتُم صوتَ اللهِ فلا تُقَسّوا قُلوبكُم كما فَعَلتُم يومَ العِصيانِ».
16 فمَنْ هُمُ الذينَ تَمَرّدوا علَيهِ بَعدَما سَمِعوا صَوتَهُ؟ أما هُم جميعُ الذينَ خَرَجَ بِهِم موسى مِنْ مِصْرَ؟ 17 وعلى مَنْ غَضِبَ اللهُ مُدّةَ أربعينَ سنَةً؟ أما كانَ على الذينَ خَطِئوا فسَقَطَتْ جُثَثُهُم في الصّحراءِ؟ 18 ولمِنْ أقسَمَ اللهُ «أنْ لا يَدخُلوا في راحَتي؟» أما كانَ لِلمُتَمَرّدينَ علَيهِ؟ 19 ونَرى أنّهُم ما قَدِروا على الدّخولِ لِقِلّةِ إيمانِهِم.
