Hebrews 3
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
3 So then, brethren, consecrated and set apart for God, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest Whom we confessed [as ours when we embraced the Christian faith].
2 [See how] faithful He was to Him Who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses was also faithful in the whole house [of God].(A)
3 Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater honor and glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house [itself].
4 For [of course] every house is built and furnished by someone, but the Builder of all things and the Furnisher [of the entire equipment of all things] is God.
5 And Moses certainly was faithful in the administration of all God’s house [but it was only] as a ministering servant. [In his entire ministry he was but] a testimony to the things which were to be spoken [the revelations to be given afterward in Christ].(B)
6 But Christ (the Messiah) was faithful over His [own Father’s] house as a Son [and Master of it]. And it is we who are [now members] of this house, if we hold fast and firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts, as [happened] in the rebellion [of Israel] and their provocation and [a]embitterment [of Me] in the day of testing in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tried [My patience] and tested [My forbearance] and [b]found I stood their test, and they saw My works for forty years.
10 And so I was provoked (displeased and sorely grieved) with that generation, and said, They always err and are led astray in their hearts, and they have not perceived or recognized My ways and become progressively better and more experimentally and intimately acquainted with them.
11 Accordingly, I swore in My wrath and indignation, They shall not enter into My rest.(C)
12 [Therefore beware] brethren, take care, lest there be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to cleave to, trust in, and rely on Him], leading you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living God.
13 But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him].
14 For we [c]have become fellows with Christ (the Messiah) and share in all He has for us, if only we hold our first newborn confidence and original assured expectation [in virtue of which we are believers] firm and unshaken to the end.
15 Then while it is [still] called Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion [in the desert, when the people provoked and irritated and embittered God against them].(D)
16 For who were they who heard and yet were rebellious and provoked [Him]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?
17 And with whom was He irritated and provoked and grieved for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose [d]dismembered bodies were strewn and left in the desert?
18 And to whom did He swear that they should not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [who had not listened to His word and who refused to be compliant or be persuaded]?
19 So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest], because of their unwillingness to adhere to and trust in and rely on God [unbelief had shut them out].(E)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 3:8 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon of the Greek New Testament.
- Hebrews 3:9 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People.
- Hebrews 3:14 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Hebrews 3:17 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
Hebreerne 3
En Levende Bok
Jesus er større enn Moses
3 Kjære søsken, dere tilhører Gud og har blitt innbudt til å leve i evig fellesskap med ham. Tenk på Jesus som vi bekjenner som vår øversteprest. Det var ham Gud sendte til jorden.
2 Tenk på hvordan Gud valgte ut Jesus til øversteprest, og hvor trofast Jesus var mot Gud. På samme måten var Moses trofast mot Gud i oppgaven med å lede Guds folk[a]. 3 Likevel var oppdraget Jesus har fått, mer ære verdt enn Moses sitt. Det er på samme måten som at en byggmester må bli mer æret enn det huset han har bygget. 4 Ja, hvert hus har en byggmester, og Gud er byggmesteren som står bak alt.
5 Visst nok var Moses trofast i å tjene alt Guds folk, men han ble likevel bare en tjener. Hans tjeneste var et forbilde på sannhetene Gud seinere ville avsløre. 6 Jesus Kristus[b] derimot er Guds sønn. Han er trofast i oppgaven med å regjere over Guds folk. Dette folket er vi en del av dersom vi uten frykt holder fast ved håpet om å bli frelst for evig.
Advarsel mot de troløse
7 Etter som Jesus Kristus nå er Herre over alle ting, sier Guds Hellige Ånd til oss:
”Om dere i dag hører stemmen hans, da må dere lytte.
8 Vær ikke harde og kalde som Israels folk var da de gjorde opprør
og satte meg på prøve i ørkenen.
9 Der testet de min tålmodighet og utfordret meg.
Det til tross for at i 40 års tid hadde de sett meg gjøre utallige mirakler.
10 Derfor ble jeg sint på den generasjonen som da levde, og sa:
’De handler alltid imot min vilje.
De nekter å følge den loven jeg har gitt.’
11 I mitt sinne sverget jeg derfor en ed og sa:
’De skal ikke få komme til hvileplassen der de kan få ro sammen med meg.’ ”[c]
12 Pass derfor på, kjære søsken, at dere ikke blir fylt av onde tanker. Dere må ikke være troløse og slutter å holde dere til Gud, han som gir liv. 13 I dag lyder kallet fra Kristus: Hold ut dag etter dag med å oppmuntre hverandre mens dere ennå har muligheten, slik at ingen blir fristet til å synde og bli harde og kalde. 14 Dersom vi helt til siste øyeblikk holder fast på den overbevisningen vi hadde da vi begynte å tro på Kristus, skal vi få del i alt godt sammen med ham.
15 Glem ikke advarselen:
”Dersom dere hører hans stemme i dag,
da må dere lytte til ham.
Vær ikke harde og kalde som Israels folk var da de gjorde opprør.”
16 Hvem var det som hørte Guds stemme og likevel gjorde opprør mot ham? Jo, det var de som sammen med Moses ble ledet ut av Egypt. 17 Og hvem var det som Gud seinere ble sint på i 40 år? Jo, det var de samme menneskene. De syndet mot Gud og måtte derfor dø i ørkenen. 18 Og hvem tenkte Gud på da han til slutt sverget eden sin og sa: ”De skal ikke få komme inn til hvileplassen der de kan få ro sammen med meg.” Jo, det var de samme menneskene. De nektet å tro på Gud. 19 Vi ser altså at det var på grunn av sin troløshet disse menneskene ikke fikk komme inn til hvileplassen Gud hadde forberedt for dem.
Footnotes
- 3:2 På gresk: Guds hus. Guds hus er Guds folk, det vil si alle som tilhører hans husholdning. Se Fjerde Mosebok 12:7. Ordet ”hus” kommer tilbake i det greske språk i v.3 6.
- 3:6 ”Kristus” betyr ”den salvede” på gresk. Blant Israels folk ble konger, prester og profeter salvet med olje før de begynte oppgaven sin. Gud hadde ved profetene lovet å sende en salvet konge som skulle herske over alle folk. Det hebraisk ordet ”Messias” betyr også ”den salvede”.
- 3:11 Se Salmenes bok 95:7-11.
Hebrews 3
King James Version
3 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
3 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.
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6 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.
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 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.
Hebrews 3
New King James Version
The Son Was Faithful
3 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as (A)Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as (B)He who built the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but (C)He who built all things is God. 5 (D)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as (E)a servant, (F)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, 6 but Christ as (G)a Son over His own house, (H)whose house we are (I)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.
Be Faithful(J)
7 Therefore, as (K)the Holy Spirit says:
(L)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but [b]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:
(M)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers
16 (N)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, (O)whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And (P)to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of (Q)unbelief.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end
- Hebrews 3:13 encourage
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