Hebrews 4
1 THEREFORE, WHILE the promise of entering His rest still holds and is offered [today], let us be afraid [to distrust it], lest any of you should think he has come too late and has come short of [reaching] it.2 For indeed we have had the glad tidings [Gospel of God] proclaimed to us just as truly as they [the Israelites of old did when the good news of deliverance from bondage came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith (with the leaning of the entire personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) by those who heard it; neither were they united in faith with the ones [Joshua and Caleb] who heard (did believe). 3 For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those [who did not believe] should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although [His] works had been completed and prepared [and waiting for all who would believe] from the foundation of the world. 4 For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works. 5 And [they forfeited their part in it, for] in this [passage] He said, They shall not enter My rest. 6 Seeing then that the promise remains over [from past times] for some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were given the good news about it and the opportunity, failed to appropriate it and did not enter because of disobedience,7 Again He sets a definite day, [a new] Today, [and gives another opportunity of securing that rest] saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts. 8 [This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, He [God] would not speak afterward about another day.9 So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the [true] people of God;10 For he who has once entered [God’s] rest also has ceased from [the weariness and pain] of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own. 11 Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell].12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.13 And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do.14 Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has [already] ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith in Him].15 For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning.16 Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].
Hébreux 4
1 Craignons donc qu'une promesse ayant été laissée d'entrer dans son repos, quelqu'un d'entre vous paraisse ne pas l'atteindre;2 car nous aussi, nous avons été évangélisés de même que ceux-là; mais la parole qu'ils entendirent ne leur servit de rien, n'étant pas mêlée avec de la foi dans ceux qui l'entendirent.3 Car nous qui avons cru, nous entrons dans le repos, comme il a dit: "Ainsi je jurai dans ma colère: S'ils entrent dans mon repos", bien que les oeuvres aient été faites dès la fondation du monde.4 Car il a dit ainsi quelque part touchant le septième jour: "Et Dieu se reposa de toutes ses oeuvres au septième jour";5 et encore dans ce passage: "S'ils entrent dans mon repos!"6 Puis donc qu'il reste que quelques-uns y entrent, et que ceux qui auparavant avaient été évangélisés ne sont pas entrés à cause de leur désobéissance,7 une fois il détermine un certain jour, disant, en David, si longtemps après: "Aujourd'hui", comme il a été dit auparavant: "Aujourd'hui, si vous entendez sa voix, n'endurcissez pas vos coeurs."8 Car si Josué leur avait donné le repos, il n'aurait pas parlé après cela d'un autre jour.9 Il reste donc un repos sabbatique pour le peuple de Dieu.10 Car celui qui est entré dans son repos, lui aussi s'est reposé de ses oeuvres, comme Dieu s'est reposé des siennes propres.
11 Appliquons-nous donc à entrer dans ce repos-là, afin que personne ne tombe en imitant une semblable désobéissance.12 Car la parole de Dieu est vivante et opérante, et plus pénétrante qu'aucune épée à deux tranchants, et atteignant jusqu'à la division de l'âme et de l'esprit, des jointures et des moelles; et elle discerne les pensées et les intentions du coeur.13 Et il n'y a aucune créature qui soit cachée devant lui, mais toutes choses sont nues et découvertes aux yeux de celui à qui nous avons affaire.14 Ayant donc un grand souverain sacrificateur qui a traversé les cieux, Jésus, le Fils de Dieu, tenons ferme notre confession;15 car nous n'avons pas un souverain sacrificateur qui ne puisse sympathiser à nos infirmités, mais nous en avons un qui a été tenté en toutes choses comme nous, à part le péché.16 Approchons-nous donc avec confiance du trône de la grâce, afin que nous recevions miséricorde et que nous trouvions grâce pour avoir du secours au moment opportun.
