Ebre 3
1 Se poutèt sa, frè m' yo, nou menm k'ap viv apa pou Bondye, nou menm Bondye te rele pou antre ansanm nan syèl la, fikse je nou sou Jezi, moun Bondye te voye pou sèvi nou granprèt nan konfyans nou genyen an.
Therefore, my Christian friends, you who, all alike, have received the call from heaven, fix your attention on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our religion.
2 Paske li pa t' twonpe Bondye ki te chwazi l' pou travay sa a. Li fè travay li byen tankou Moyiz ki te fè tout travay li byen nan kay Bondye a.
See how faithful he was to the God who appointed him, as Moses was in the whole house of God.
3 Moun ki bati yon kay resevwa plis lwanj pase kay la. Konsa tou, Jezi resevwa yon pi gwo lwanj pase Moyiz.
He has been deemed worthy of far higher honour than Moses, just as the founder of the house is held in greater regard than the house itself.
4 Chak kay gen yon moun ki bati li. Men, se Bondye ki fè tout bagay.
For every house has its founder, and the founder of the universe is God.
5 Moyiz te fè travay li byen nan tout kò kay Bondye a. Li te yon senp sèvitè ki te la pou pale sou bagay Bondye tapral di pita.
While the faithful service of Moses in the whole house of God was that of a servant, whose duty was to bear testimony to a message still to come,
6 Men, Jezikri te fè travay li tankou yon pitit Bondye te mete chèf kay li. Se nou menm ki kay Bondye a, depi nou pa janm dekouraje, depi nou pa janm pèdi konfyans, depi nou pa janm wont sa n'ap tann lan.
the faithfulness of Christ was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are his house – if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope.
7 Se poutèt sa, jan Sentespri te di l' la: Si nou tande vwa Bondye jòdi a,
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says – “If today you hear God’s voice,
8 pa kenbe tèt ak li, menm jan zansèt nou yo te fè l', lè yo te chache kont ak Bondye a, tankou lè, nan dezè a, yo te vle wè jouk ki bò Bondye ye ak yo.
harden not your hearts, as when Israel provoked me on the day when they tried my patience in the desert,
9 Lè sa a, zansèt nou yo te tante m', yo te sonde m' atout yo te deja wè tou sa m' t'ap fè depi karantan.
Where your ancestors tried my forbearance, and saw my mighty deeds for forty years.
10 Se sak fè, mwen te fache sou moun sa yo. Mwen te di: Moun sa yo toujou ap fè move lide nan tèt yo. Yo derefize obeyi kòmandman m' yo.
Therefore I was sorely vexed with that generation, and I said – ‘Their hearts are always straying; they have never learned my ways’;
11 Mwen te fè kòlè, mwen te fè sèman: Yo pa janm mete pye yo kote pou yo poze kò yo ansanm ak mwen an.
While in my wrath I swore – ‘They will never enter upon my rest.’”
12 Frè m' yo, atansyon pou okenn nan nou pa rive gen move santiman nan kè l' ki pou fè l' pèdi konfyans nan Bondye, pou lè sa a, li pa vire do bay Bondye vivan an.
Be careful, friends, that there is never found in anyone of you a wicked and faithless heart, shown by that person separating themselves from the living God.
13 Okontrè, chak jou, se pou nou yonn ankouraje lòt toutotan n'ap viv nan epòk Liv la rele jòdi a. Piga nou yonn kite peche detounen nou, pou lè sa a nou pa rive nan kenbe tèt ak Bondye.
Rather encourage one another daily – while there is a today – to prevent anyone among you from being hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
14 Paske, nou se moun k'ap mache ansanm ak Kris la, depi nou kenbe fèm nan konfyans nou te genyen depi nan konmansman an jouk sa kaba.
For we now all share in the Christ, if indeed we retain, unshaken to the end, the confidence that we had at the first.
15 Men sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Si nou tande vwa Bondye jòdi a, pa kenbe tèt ak li, tankou lè nou te chache kont ak Bondye a.
To use the words of scripture – “If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts, as when Israel provoked me.”
16 Kilès sa yo ki te tande vwa Bondye men ki apre sa te chache kont ak li? Se tout moun Moyiz te fè soti nan peyi Lejip la.
Who were they who heard God speak and yet provoked him? Were not they all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses?
17 Sou ki moun Bondye te fè kòlè pandan karantan an? Se sou moun ki te fè peche yo. Tout moun sa yo tonbe, yo mouri nan dezè a.
And with whom was it that God was sorely vexed for forty years? Was not it with those who had sinned, and who fell dead in the desert?
18 Lè Bondye te fè sèman sa a, kilès li t'ap pale? Li t'ap pale sou moun ki te chache kont ak li yo.
And who were they to whom God swore that they should not enter upon his rest, if not those who had proved faithless?
19 Nou wè vre, yo yonn pa t' kapab mete pye yo kote sa a, paske yo pa t' gen konfyans.
We see, then, that they failed to enter upon it because of their want of faith.
