1 Tāpēc, svētie brāļi, debesu aicinājuma dalībnieki, ņemiet vērā Dieva sūtni un augsto priesteri Jēzu, ko mēs apliecinām,
2 Kas uzticīgs tam, kas viņu iecēlis, kā arī Mozus visā viņa namā.
3 Bet šim ir piešķirta daudz lielāka godība nekā Mozum, kā jau arī lielāks gods nekā namam ir tā cēlējam.
4 Jo katru namu kāds cēlējs uzceļ, bet kas visu ir uzcēlis, ir Dievs.
5 Un Mozus gan ir bijis uzticīgs visā viņa namā kā kalps, lai apliecinātu to, par ko vēlāk sludinās,
6 Bet Kristus kā dēls pār viņa namu; viņa nams esam mēs, ja drosmi un cerību, ar ko lepojamies, stipru paglabājam līdz galam.
7 Tāpēc, kā Svētais Gars saka: „Šodien, ja dzirdēsit viņa balsi,
8 Neapcietinait savas sirdis kā sarūgtinājumā kārdināšanas dienā tuksnesī,
9 Kur jūsu tēvi mani kārdinājuši pārbaudīdami,
10 Kaut gan bija redzējuši manus darbus četrdesmit gadu. Tāpēc es sa-šutu par šo paaudzi un teicu. Vienmēr viņi maldās savās sirdīs, bet manus ceļus viņi nav atzinuši,
11 Tāpēc es esmu zvērējis savās dusmās: tiem nebūs ieiet manā atdusā.“
12 Pielūkojiet, brāp, ka kādā no jums nebūtu neticības ļaunā sirds, atkāpjoties no dzīvā Dieva,
13 Bet pamācait cits citu katru dienu, kamēr vēl saka šodien, lai kādam no jums sirds netiktu apcietināta ar grēka viltību.
14 Jo mēs esam tapuši Kristus līdzdalībnieki, ja tikai paļaušanos paturēsim no sākuma līdz galam stipru.
15 Ja saka: „Šodien, ja jūs viņa balsi dzirdēsit, neapcietinait savas sirdis kā sarūgtinājumā!“
16 Kufi no dzirdējušiem sajuta rūgtumu? Vai ne visi, kas Mozus vadībā bija izgājuši no Ēģiptes?
17 Par kuriem viņs bija sašutis četrdesmit gadu? Vai ne par tiem, kas grēkojuši, kupu miesas kritušas tuksnesī?
18 Par kuriem tad viņš ir zvērējis, ka tiem nebūs ieiet viņa atdusā, ja ne par tiem, kas nebija klausījuši?
19 Tā mēs redzam, ka viņi nav varējuši ieiet neticības dēļ.
Jesus Is Greater than Moses
1 My Christian friends, who also have been called by God! Think of Jesus, whom God sent to be the High Priest of the faith we profess. 2 He was faithful to God, who chose him to do this work, just as Moses was faithful in his work in God's house. 3 A man who builds a house receives more honor than the house itself. In the same way Jesus is worthy of much greater honor than Moses. 4 Every house, of course, is built by someone—and God is the one who has built all things. 5 Moses was faithful in God's house as a servant, and he spoke of the things that God would say in the future. 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son in charge of God's house. We are his house if we keep up our courage and our confidence in what we hope for.
A Rest for God's People
7 So then, as the Holy Spirit says,
“If you hear God's voice today,
8 do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were when they rebelled against God,
as they were that day in the desert when they put him to the test.
9 There they put me to the test and tried me, says God,
although they had seen what I did for forty years.
10 And so I was angry with those people and said,
‘They are always disloyal
and refuse to obey my commands.’
11 I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest!’”
12 My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God. 13 Instead, in order that none of you be deceived by sin and become stubborn, you must help one another every day, as long as the word “Today” in the scripture applies to us. 14 For we are all partners with Christ if we hold firmly to the end the confidence we had at the beginning.
15 This is what the scripture says:
“If you hear God's voice today,
do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were
when they rebelled against God.”
16 Who were the people who heard God's voice and rebelled against him? All those who were led out of Egypt by Moses. 17 With whom was God angry for forty years? With the people who sinned, who fell down dead in the desert. 18 When God made his solemn promise, “They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest”—of whom was he speaking? Of those who rebelled. 19 We see, then, that they were not able to enter the land, because they did not believe.
