希伯来书 13
蒙上帝悦纳的事奉
1 你们务要常存弟兄相爱的心。 2 不可忘记用爱心接待旅客，因为曾经有人这样做，在无意中接待了天使。 3 要记念受监禁的人，好像与他们同受监禁；要记念受虐待的人，好像你们也亲身受虐待一样。 4 婚姻，人人都当尊重，共眠的床也不可污秽，因为淫乱和通奸的人，上帝必审判。 5 不可贪爱钱财，要以自己所有的为满足，因为上帝曾说：“我绝不撇下你，也绝不丢弃你。” 6 所以，我们可以勇敢地说： “主是我的帮助， 我必不惧怕。 人能把我怎么样呢？”
7 从前引导你们、传上帝的道给你们的人，你们要记念他们，效法他们的信心，回顾他们为人的结局。 8 耶稣基督昨日、今日，一直到永远，是一样的。 9 你们不要被种种怪异的教训勾引了去，因为人的心靠恩典得坚固才是好的，并不是靠饮食。那在饮食上用心的，从来没有得到益处。 10 我们有一祭坛，上面的祭物是那些在会幕中供职的人无权可吃的。 11 因为牲畜的血被大祭司带入至圣所作赎罪祭，牲畜的体却在营外烧掉。 12 所以，耶稣也在城门外受苦，为要用自己的血使百姓成圣。 13 这样，我们也当走出营外，到他那里去，忍受他所受的凌辱。 14 在这里，我们本没有永存的城，而是在寻求那将要来的城。 15 我们应当藉着耶稣，常常以颂赞为祭献给上帝，这是那宣认他名的人嘴唇所结的果子。 16 只是不可忘记行善和分享，因为这样的祭物是上帝所喜悦的。
17 你们要服从那些引导你们的，并且要顺服，因为他们为你们的灵魂时刻警醒，像在上帝面前交账的人，让他们在交账的时候有喜乐，而不是叹息，叹息就对你们无益了。
18 请你们为我们祷告；因为我们自觉良心无亏，愿意凡事按正道而行。 19 我更求你们为我祷告，使我快些回到你们那里去。
祝福和问安
20 但愿赐平安t的上帝，就是那凭永约之血，把群羊的大牧人—我们主耶稣从死人中领出来的上帝， 21 在各样善事上装备你们，使你们遵行他的旨意；又藉着耶稣基督在我们t里面行他所喜悦的事。愿荣耀归给他，直到永永远远t。阿们！
22 弟兄们，我简略地写信给你们，希望你们听我劝勉的话。 23 你们该知道，我们的弟兄提摩太已经重获自由了；他若很快就来，我必同他去见你们。
24 请你们向带领你们的诸位和众圣徒问安。从意大利来的人也向你们问安。 25 愿恩惠与你们众人同在。t
HEBREWS 13
Service That Pleases God
1 Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord's followers should.
2 t Be sure to welcome strangers into your home. By doing this, some people have welcomed angels as guests, without even knowing it.
3 Remember the Lord's people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine you are there with them.
4 t Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner, because God will punish anyone who is immoral or unfaithful in marriage.
5 t Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.
6 t This should make you feel like saying,
“The Lord helps me!
Why should I be afraid
of what people
can do to me?”
7 Don't forget about your leaders who taught you God's message. Remember what kind of lives they lived and try to have faith like theirs.
8 Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's gift of undeserved grace than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them.
10 But we have an altar where even the priests who serve in the place of worship have no right to eat.
11 t After the high priest offers the blood of animals as a sin offering, the bodies of those animals are burned outside the camp. 12 Jesus himself suffered outside the city gate, so his blood would make people holy. 13 This is why we should go outside the camp to Jesus and share in his disgrace.
14 On this earth we don't have a city that lasts forever, but we are waiting for such a city.
15 Our sacrifice is to keep offering praise to God in the name of Jesus.
16 But don't forget to help others and to share your possessions with them. This too is like offering a sacrifice that pleases God.
17 Obey your leaders and do what they say. They are watching over you, and they must answer to God. So don't make them sad as they do their work. Make them happy. Otherwise, they won't be able to help you at all.
18 Pray for us. Our consciences are clear, and we always try to live right.
19 I especially want you to pray that I can visit you again soon.Final Prayers and Greetings
20 God gives peace, and he raised our Lord Jesus Christ from death. Now Jesus is like a Great Shepherd whose blood was used to make God's eternal agreement with his flock.t
21 t I pray God will make you ready to obey him and that you will always be eager to do right. May Jesus help you do what pleases God. To Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever! Amen.
22 My friends, I have written only a short letter to encourage you, and I beg you to pay close attention to what I have said.
23 By now you surely must know that our friend Timothy is out of jail. If he gets here in time, I will bring him with me when I come to visit you.
24 Please give my greetings to your leaders and to the rest of the Lord's people.
His followers from Italy send you their greetings.
25 I pray that God will be kind to all of you!t