العبرانيين 6
1 لِهَذا لِنَترُكْ وَراءَنا التَّعالِيْمَ الابْتِدائِيَّةَ عَنِ المَسِيْحِ، وَلْنَتَقَدَّمْ عَلَى طَرِيْقِ الكَمالِ، فَلا حاجَةَ بِنا إلَى الحَدِيثِ ثانِيَةً عَنِ التَّوبَةِ عَنِ الأعمالِ الَّتِي تُؤَدِّي إلَى المَوتِ وَعَنِ الإيمانِ بِاللهِ.
2 وَتَعلِيْمِ المَعمُودِيّاتِ، وَوَضْعِ الأيدِي، وَقِيامَةِ الأمواتِ، وَالدَّيْنُونَةِ الأبَدِيَّةِ.
3 وَسَنَتَقَدَّمُ بِالفِعلِ بِإذْنِ اللهِ.
4 فَالَّذِيْنَ استَنارُوا يُوماً، وَاختَبَرُوا المَوهِبَةَ السَّماوِيَّةَ، وَصارتْ لَهُمْ شَرَكَةٌ فِي الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ،
5 وَذاقُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ وَاختَبَرُوا قُوّاتِ العَصْرِ الآتِي،
6 ثُمَّ ارْتَدُّوا، لا يُمكِنُ أنْ تُجَدِّدَهُمْ ثانِيَةً وَتَرُدَّهُمْ إلَى التَّوبَةِ، لِأنَّهُمْ بِذَلِكَ يَصلِبُونَ ابنَ اللهِ ثانِيَةً لِضَرَرِهِمْ، وَيُعَرِّضُونَهُ لِلعارِ عَلَى المَلِأ.
7 فَحِيْنَ تَشرَبُ الأرْضُ المَطَرَ الَّذِي يَسقُطُ عَلَيْها وَتُعطِي مَحصُولاً نافِعاً لِلَّذِيْنَ يَفلَحُونَها، فَإنَّ اللهَ يُبارِكُها.
8 أمّا إذا أنبَتَتْ شَوكاً وَحَسَكاً فَلا قِيْمَةَ لَها، وَسَيَلْعَنُها اللهُ، وَتكونُ النّارُ مَصيرَها!
9 لَكِنَّنا أيُّها الأحِبّاء نَتَوَقَّعُ مِنكَمْ أُمُوراً أفضَلَ مِنْ جِهَةِ خَلاصِكُمْ.
10 فَاللهُ لَيْسَ ظالِماً حَتَّى يَنسَى جُهُودَكُمْ، وَالمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي أظهَرْتُمُوها لَهُ بِما خَدَمْتُمْ وَتَخدِمُونَ شَعبَهُ المُقَدَّسَ.
11 لَكِنْ ما نَتَمَنّاهُ هُوَ أنْ يُظهِرَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنكُمْ هَذا الاجتِهادَ نَفْسَهُ حَتَّى النِّهايَةِ، لِكَي يَتَحَقَّقُ الرَّجاءُ.
12 لا نُرِيْدُكُمْ أنْ تَكُونُوا كَسالَى، بَلْ نُرِيْدُكُمْ أنْ تَقتَدُوا بِالَّذِيْنَ يَرِثُونَ وُعُودَ اللهِ بِالإيمانِ وَالمُثابِرَةِ.
13 لَمّا قَطَعَ اللهُ وَعداً لإبراهِيْمَ أقْسَمَ بِنَفسِهِ، إذْ لَيْسَ هُناكَ مَنْ هُوَ أعظَمُ مِنْهُ فَيُقسِمَ بِهِ.
14 قالَ اللهُ لإبْراهيمَ:
«سَأُبارِكُكَ بِكُلِّ بَرَكَةٍ.
وَسَأُعطِيْكَ نَسلاً كَثِيراً جِدّاً.»
15 وَإذِ انتَظَرَ إبراهِيْمُ بِصَبْرٍ، نالَ ما وَعَدَهُ بِهِ اللهُ.
16 فَالنّاسُ يُقسِمُونَ بِمَنْ هُوَ أعظَمُ مِنهُمْ. وَالقَسَمُ يُثَبِّتُ ما يَقُولُونَهُ مُنهِياً كُلَّ جَدَلٍ.
17 لِذَلِكَ عِنْدَما أرادَ اللهُ أنْ يُوضِحَ لِكُلِّ وَرَثَةِ الوَعدِ أنَّ نَواياهُ لا تَتَغَيَّرُ أبَداً، ثَبَّتَ وَعْدَهُ بِقَسَمٍ.
18 استَخدَمَ اللهُ أمرَيْنِ لا يَتَغَيَّرانِ وَلا يُمكِنُ أنْ يُكذَبَ فِيْهِما، وَهُما وَعدُهُ وَقَسَمُهُ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ يُشَجِّعَنا، نَحنُ الَّذِيْنَ أسرَعْنا إلَى التَّمَسُّكِ بِالرَّجاءِ المُقَدَّمِ لَنا.
19 وَهَذا الرَّجاءُ مِرساةٌ ثابِتَةٌ وَآمِنَةٌ لِحَياتِنا، يَصِلُ بِنا إلَى خَلفِ السِّتارَةِ،t إلَى مَقدِسِ اللهِ الدّاخِلِيِّ،
20 حَيثُ دَخَلَ يَسُوعُ مِنْ أجلِنا كَرائِدٍ لَنا. وَقَدْ صارَ رَئِيْسَ كَهَنَةٍ إلَى الأبَدِ عَلَى رُتْبَةِ مَلْكِيصادَقَ.
Hebrews 6
The Peril of Falling Away
1 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.3 And this we will do, if God permits.4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.7 For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.
Better Things for You
9 But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,12 so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,14 saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."15 And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.16 For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.17 In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,20 where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.