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Ebrei 11
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Ebrei 11
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
La fede esemplare degli antenati
11 La fede è fondamento delle cose che si sperano e prova di quelle che non si vedono. 2 Per mezzo di questa fede gli antichi ricevettero buona testimonianza.
3 Per fede noi sappiamo che i mondi furono formati dalla parola di Dio, sì che da cose non visibili ha preso origine quello che si vede.
4 Per fede Abele offrì a Dio un sacrificio migliore di quello di Caino e in base ad essa fu dichiarato giusto, attestando Dio stesso di gradire i suoi doni; per essa, benché morto, parla ancora.
5 Per fede Enoch fu trasportato via, in modo da non vedere la morte; e non lo si trovò più, perché Dio lo aveva portato via. Prima infatti di essere trasportato via, ricevette la testimonianza di essere stato gradito a Dio. 6 Senza la fede però è impossibile essergli graditi; chi infatti s'accosta a Dio deve credere che egli esiste e che egli ricompensa coloro che lo cercano.
7 Per fede Noè, avvertito divinamente di cose che ancora non si vedevano, costruì con pio timore un'arca a salvezza della sua famiglia; e per questa fede condannò il mondo e divenne erede della giustizia secondo la fede.
8 Per fede Abramo, chiamato da Dio, obbedì partendo per un luogo che doveva ricevere in eredità, e partì senza sapere dove andava.
9 Per fede soggiornò nella terra promessa come in una regione straniera, abitando sotto le tende, come anche Isacco e Giacobbe, coeredi della medesima promessa. 10 Egli aspettava infatti la città dalle salde fondamenta, il cui architetto e costruttore è Dio stesso.
11 Per fede anche Sara, sebbene fuori dell'età, ricevette la possibilità di diventare madre perché ritenne fedele colui che glielo aveva promesso. 12 Per questo da un uomo solo, e inoltre gia segnato dalla morte, nacque una discendenza numerosa come le stelle del cielo e come la sabbia innumerevole che si trova lungo la spiaggia del mare.
13 Nella fede morirono tutti costoro, pur non avendo conseguito i beni promessi, ma avendoli solo veduti e salutati di lontano, dichiarando di essere stranieri e pellegrini sopra la terra. 14 Chi dice così, infatti, dimostra di essere alla ricerca di una patria. 15 Se avessero pensato a quella da cui erano usciti, avrebbero avuto possibilità di ritornarvi; 16 ora invece essi aspirano a una migliore, cioè a quella celeste. Per questo Dio non disdegna di chiamarsi loro Dio: ha preparato infatti per loro una città.
17 Per fede Abramo, messo alla prova, offrì Isacco e proprio lui, che aveva ricevuto le promesse, offrì il suo unico figlio, 18 del quale era stato detto: In Isacco avrai una discendenza che porterà il tuo nome. 19 Egli pensava infatti che Dio è capace di far risorgere anche dai morti: per questo lo riebbe e fu come un simbolo.
20 Per fede Isacco benedisse Giacobbe ed Esaù anche riguardo a cose future.
21 Per fede Giacobbe, morente, benedisse ciascuno dei figli di Giuseppe e si prostrò, appoggiandosi all'estremità del bastone.
22 Per fede Giuseppe, alla fine della vita, parlò dell'esodo dei figli d'Israele e diede disposizioni circa le proprie ossa.
23 Per fede Mosè, appena nato, fu tenuto nascosto per tre mesi dai suoi genitori, perché videro che il bambino era bello; e non ebbero paura dell'editto del re.
24 Per fede Mosè, divenuto adulto, rifiutò di esser chiamato figlio della figlia del faraone, 25 preferendo essere maltrattato con il popolo di Dio piuttosto che godere per breve tempo del peccato. 26 Questo perché stimava l'obbrobrio di Cristo ricchezza maggiore dei tesori d'Egitto; guardava infatti alla ricompensa.
27 Per fede lasciò l'Egitto, senza temere l'ira del re; rimase infatti saldo, come se vedesse l'invisibile.
28 Per fede celebrò la pasqua e fece l'aspersione del sangue, perché lo sterminatore dei primogeniti non toccasse quelli degli Israeliti.
29 Per fede attraversarono il Mare Rosso come fosse terra asciutta; questo tentarono di fare anche gli Egiziani, ma furono inghiottiti.
30 Per fede caddero le mura di Gerico, dopo che ne avevano fatto il giro per sette giorni.
31 Per fede Raab, la prostituta, non perì con gl'increduli, avendo accolto con benevolenza gli esploratori.
32 E che dirò ancora? Mi mancherebbe il tempo, se volessi narrare di Gedeone, di Barak, di Sansone, di Iefte, di Davide, di Samuele e dei profeti, 33 i quali per fede conquistarono regni, esercitarono la giustizia, conseguirono le promesse, chiusero le fauci dei leoni, 34 spensero la violenza del fuoco, scamparono al taglio della spada, trovarono forza dalla loro debolezza, divennero forti in guerra, respinsero invasioni di stranieri. 35 Alcune donne riacquistarono per risurrezione i loro morti. Altri poi furono torturati, non accettando la liberazione loro offerta, per ottenere una migliore risurrezione. 36 Altri, infine, subirono scherni e flagelli, catene e prigionia. 37 Furono lapidati, torturati, segati, furono uccisi di spada, andarono in giro coperti di pelli di pecora e di capra, bisognosi, tribolati, maltrattati - 38 di loro il mondo non era degno! -, vaganti per i deserti, sui monti, tra le caverne e le spelonche della terra.
39 Eppure, tutti costoro, pur avendo ricevuto per la loro fede una buona testimonianza, non conseguirono la promessa: 40 Dio aveva in vista qualcosa di meglio per noi, perché essi non ottenessero la perfezione senza di noi.
К Евреям 11
Russian Synodal Version
К Евреям 11
Russian Synodal Version
11 Вера же есть осуществление ожидаемого и уверенность в невидимом.
2 В ней свидетельствованы древние.
3 Верою познаём, что веки устроены словом Божиим, так что из невидимого произошло видимое.
4 Верою Авель принес Богу жертву лучшую, нежели Каин; ею получил свидетельство, что он праведен, как засвидетельствовал Бог о дарах его; ею он и по смерти говорит еще.
5 Верою Енох переселен был так, что не видел смерти; и не стало его, потому что Бог переселил его. Ибо прежде переселения своего получил он свидетельство, что угодил Богу.
6 А без веры угодить Богу невозможно; ибо надобно, чтобы приходящий к Богу веровал, что Он есть, и ищущим Его воздает.
7 Верою Ной, получив откровение о том, что еще не было видимо, благоговея приготовил ковчег для спасения дома своего; ею осудил он (весь) мир, и сделался наследником праведности по вере.
8 Верою Авраам повиновался призванию идти в страну, которую имел получить в наследие, и пошел, не зная, куда идет.
9 Верою обитал он на земле обетованной, как на чужой, и жил в шатрах с Исааком и Иаковом, сонаследниками того же обетования;
10 ибо он ожидал города, имеющего основание, которого художник и строитель Бог.
11 Верою и сама Сарра (будучи неплодна) получила силу к принятию семени, и не по времени возраста родила, ибо знала, что верен Обещавший.
12 И потому от одного, и притом омертвелого, родилось так много, как [много] звезд на небе и как бесчислен песок на берегу морском.
13 Все сии умерли в вере, не получив обетований, а только издали видели оные, и радовались, и говорили о себе, что они странники и пришельцы на земле;
14 ибо те, которые так говорят, показывают, что они ищут отечества.
15 И если бы они в мыслях имели то [отечество], из которого вышли, то имели бы время возвратиться;
16 но они стремились к лучшему, то есть к небесному; посему и Бог не стыдится их, называя Себя их Богом: ибо Он приготовил им город.
17 Верою Авраам, будучи искушаем, принес в жертву Исаака и, имея обетование, принес единородного,
18 о котором было сказано: в Исааке наречется тебе семя.
19 Ибо он думал, что Бог силен и из мертвых воскресить, почему и получил его в предзнаменование.
20 Верою в будущее Исаак благословил Иакова и Исава.
21 Верою Иаков, умирая, благословил каждого сына Иосифова и поклонился на верх жезла своего.
22 Верою Иосиф, при кончине, напоминал об исходе сынов Израилевых и завещал о костях своих.
23 Верою Моисей по рождении три месяца скрываем был родителями своими, ибо видели они, что дитя прекрасно, и не устрашились царского повеления.
24 Верою Моисей, придя в возраст, отказался называться сыном дочери фараоновой,
25 и лучше захотел страдать с народом Божиим, нежели иметь временное греховное наслаждение,
26 и поношение Христово почел большим для себя богатством, нежели Египетские сокровища; ибо он взирал на воздаяние.
27 Верою оставил он Египет, не убоявшись гнева царского, ибо он, как бы видя Невидимого, был тверд.
28 Верою совершил он Пасху и пролитие крови, дабы истребитель первенцев не коснулся их.
29 Верою перешли они Чермное море, как по суше, --на что покусившись, Египтяне потонули.
30 Верою пали стены Иерихонские, по семидневном обхождении.
31 Верою Раав блудница, с миром приняв соглядатаев (и проводив их другим путем), не погибла с неверными.
32 И что еще скажу? Недостанет мне времени, чтобы повествовать о Гедеоне, о Вараке, о Самсоне и Иеффае, о Давиде, Самуиле и (других) пророках,
33 которые верою побеждали царства, творили правду, получали обетования, заграждали уста львов,
34 угашали силу огня, избегали острия меча, укреплялись от немощи, были крепки на войне, прогоняли полки чужих;
35 жены получали умерших своих воскресшими; иные же замучены были, не приняв освобождения, дабы получить лучшее воскресение;
36 другие испытали поругания и побои, а также узы и темницу,
37 были побиваемы камнями, перепиливаемы, подвергаемы пытке, умирали от меча, скитались в милотях и козьих кожах, терпя недостатки, скорби, озлобления;
38 те, которых весь мир не был достоин, скитались по пустыням и горам, по пещерам и ущельям земли.
39 И все сии, свидетельствованные в вере, не получили обещанного,
40 потому что Бог предусмотрел о нас нечто лучшее, дабы они не без нас достигли совершенства.
Hebrews 11
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Hebrews 11
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Faith in Action
11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(A) and assurance about what we do not see.(B) 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.(C)
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(D) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(E) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(F) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(G)
5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a](H) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(I) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(J) in holy fear built an ark(K) to save his family.(L) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(M)
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(N) obeyed and went,(O) even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land(P) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(Q) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(R) 10 For he was looking forward to the city(S) with foundations,(T) whose architect and builder is God.(U) 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(V) was enabled to bear children(W) because she[b] considered him faithful(X) who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(Y) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(Z)
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(AA) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(AB) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(AC) 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.(AD) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(AE) Therefore God is not ashamed(AF) to be called their God,(AG) for he has prepared a city(AH) for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.(AI) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[c](AJ) 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,(AK) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.(AL)
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,(AM) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.(AN)
23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,(AO) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.(AP)
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(AQ) 25 He chose to be mistreated(AR) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(AS) for the sake of Christ(AT) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(AU) 27 By faith he left Egypt,(AV) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer(AW) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.(AX)
29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(AY)
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(AZ)
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[d](BA)
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(BB) Barak,(BC) Samson(BD) and Jephthah,(BE) about David(BF) and Samuel(BG) and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms,(BH) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(BI) 34 quenched the fury of the flames,(BJ) and escaped the edge of the sword;(BK) whose weakness was turned to strength;(BL) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(BM) 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again.(BN) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(BO) and even chains and imprisonment.(BP) 37 They were put to death by stoning;[e](BQ) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.(BR) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,(BS) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves(BT) and in holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended(BU) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,(BV) 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us(BW) would they be made perfect.(BX)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24
- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
- Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12
- Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
- Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;
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