Hebrews:Chapter 4

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Hebrews:Chapter 4

希伯來書	Hebrews
¹所以，幾時進入他安息的恩許仍然存在，我們就應存戒心，免得你們中有人得不到安息，	¹Therefore let us fear while we are invited to enter the rest of God, lest any of you be left behind.
²因為我們也蒙受了喜訊，有如我們的祖先一樣；可是他們所聽到的話為他們毫無益處，因為他們聽的時候沒有懷着信德。	²We have been invited like them. But the message they heard did not benefit them because they did not hold to this belief.
³所以我們這些信了的人，必得進入安息，就如經上說的：「我在怒中起誓說：他們決不得進入我的安息。」其實天主的化工從創世時已經完成了，	³We are now to enter this rest because we believed, as it was said: I was angry and made a solemn vow: they will never enter my rest - that is the rest of God after he created the world.
⁴因為聖經某處論及第七日說：「天主在第七天停止了自己的一切工作，開始安息。」	⁴In another part it was said about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.
⁵但這裏又說：「他們決不得進入我的安息。」	⁵But now it is said: They will not enter my rest.
⁶那麼，既然這安息還保留着要一些人進入，而那些先聽到喜訊的人，因背信沒有進入；	⁶We must conclude that some will enter the rest of God and that those who first received the good news did not, because of their disobedience.
⁷因此天主重新指定了一個日子，即一個「今天」，就是在很久以後藉達味所宣示的，如上邊說過的：「今天你們如果聽從他的聲音，不要再心硬了。」	⁷Yet God again assigns a day when he says: today, and declares through David many years later: If you hear God's voice today, do not be stubborn.
⁸假使若蘇厄實在使祖先安息了，此後天主便不會再論及別的一個日子。	⁸So it was not Joshua who let them enter the land of rest; otherwise God would not have assigned another day later on.
⁹由此看來，為天主的百姓，還保留了一個安息的時日。	⁹Then some other rest, or sabbath, is reserved for the people of God.
¹⁰的確，誰進入了天主的安息，他也就停止自己的工作而安息，正如天主停止自己的工作而安息一樣。	¹⁰For those who enter this rest of God rest from all their works as God rests from his work.
¹¹所以我們要努力進入那安息，免得有人照樣因背信而趺倒。	¹¹Let us strive, then, to enter the rest and not to share the misfortune of those who disobeyed.
¹²天主的話確實是生活的，是有效力的，比各種雙刃的劍還銳利，直穿入靈魂和神魂，關節與骨髓的分離點，且可辨別心中的感覺和思念。	¹²For the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword. It pierces to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and judges the intentions and thoughts of the heart.
¹³沒有一個受造物，在天主面前不是明顯的，萬物在他眼前都是袒露敞開的，我們必須向他交賬。	¹³All creation is transparent to Him; everything is uncovered and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we render account.
¹⁴我們既然有一位偉大的，進入了諸天的司祭，天主子耶穌，我們就應堅持所信奉的真道，	¹⁴We have a great High Priest, Jesus, the Son of God, who has entered heaven. Let us, then, hold fast to the faith we profess.
¹⁵因為我們所有的，不是一位不能同情我們弱點的大司祭，而是一位在各方面與我們相似，受過試探的，只是沒有罪過。	¹⁵Our high priest is not indifferent to our weaknesses, for he was tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sinning.
¹⁶所以我們要懷着依恃之心，走近恩寵的寶座，以獲得仁慈，尋到恩寵，作及時的扶助。	¹⁶Let us, then, with confidence approach God, the giver of grace; we will obtain mercy and, through his favor, help in due time.

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