Lielāks par Mozu
1 Tādēļ, mīļie brāļi, debesu aicinājuma līdzdalībnieki, pievērsiet savas domas Jēzum, mūsu ticības apliecinājuma apustulim un augstajam priesterim, 2 kas ir uzticams tam, kas viņu iecēlis, un tāpat kā Mozus bija uzticams visā Dieva namā. 3 Viņš ir daudz lielāka goda cienīgs nekā Mozus, tāpat kā lielāka cieņa pienākas nama cēlājam, nevis namam. 4 Katru namu kāds ir cēlis, bet Dievs ir tas, kurš radījis visu. 5 Mozus bija gan uzticams visā viņa namā kā kalpotājs, lai liecinātu par to, kas tiks pasludināts nākotnē, 6 bet Kristus ir kā Dēls pār visu viņa namu, viņa nams esam mēs, ja vien paturam līdz galam paļāvību un lepnumu par savu cerību.
Neapcietiniet savas sirdis neticībā!
7 Kā saka Svētais Gars:
kad jūs dzirdat viņa balsi šodien,
8 neapcietiniet savas sirdis kā tajā sarūgtinājumā pret Dievu,
toreiz kārdināšanas dienā tuksnesī,
9 kad jūsu tēvi pārbaudīdami mani izaicināja,
kaut arī redzēja manus darbus četrdesmit gadus.
10 Tādēļ es apskaitos uz šo paaudzi
un sacīju: tie nemitīgi maldās savā sirdī,
manus ceļus viņi nav atzinuši;
11 tādēļ es esmu zvērējis savās dusmās:
tie neieies manā mierā!
12 Pielūkojiet, brāļi, lai nevienam no jums sirds nekļūtu ļauna neticībā, atkrītot no dzīvā Dieva, 13 bet pamudiniet viens otru ik dienas, kamēr vien var teikt: šodien. Lai nevienam no jums sirds netiktu grēka viltības apcietināta. 14 Mēs esam Kristus līdzdalībnieki, mums vajag vien sākotnējo pamatu cieši paturēt līdz pat piepildījumam. 15 Tādēļ ir sacīts:
kad jūs dzirdat viņa balsi šodien,
neapcietiniet savas sirdis kā toreiz sarūgtinājumā pret Dievu.
16 Kas tad bija tie, kas dzirdēja Dieva balsi un sarūgtinājās pret viņu, vai tad ne visi, kas ar Mozu izgāja no Ēģiptes? 17 Uz ko tad Dievs bija apskaities četrdesmit gadus? Vai ne uz tiem, kas bija apgrēkojušies un kuru miesas palika tuksnesī? 18 Par kuriem viņš sacīja, zvērēdams, ka tie neieies viņa mierā? Vai ne par tiem, kas nepaklausīja? 19 Un 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.
