Hebrews 4
1 We must, therefore, be very careful, though there is a promise still standing that we will enter upon God’s rest, that none of you even appear to have missed it.
Bojmo se torej, da se ne bi komurkoli izmed vas zdelo, da je zamudil obljubo o vstopu v njegov počitek, ki nam je bila zapuščena.
2 For we have had the good news told us just as they had. But the message which they heard did them no good, since they did not share the faith of those who were attentive to it.
Kajti evangelij je bil oznanjen nam kakor tudi njim. Toda oznanjena beseda tem ni koristila, ker ni bila pridružena veri tistih, ki so jo slišali.
3 Upon that rest we who have believed are now entering. As God has said – ‘In my wrath I swore – “They will never enter upon my rest;”’ Although God’s work was finished at the creation of the world;
Kajti mi, ki smo verovali, vstopamo v počitek, kakor pravi: »Kakor sem prisegel v svojem besu, če bodo vstopili v moj počitek; « čeprav so bila dela končana od ustanovitve sveta.
4 for, in a passage referring to the seventh day, you will find these words – ‘God rested on the seventh day after all his work.’
Kajti na nekem mestu je o sedmem dnevu govoril na ta način: »In Bog je počival sedmi dan od vseh svojih del.«
5 On the other hand, we read in that passage – ‘They will never enter upon my rest.’
In na tem mestu ponovno: »Če bodo vstopili v moj počitek.«
6 Since, then, there is still a promise that some will enter upon this rest, and since those who were first told the good news did not enter upon it, because of their disbelief,
Ker torej ostaja to, da morajo nekateri vstopiti vanj in tisti, ki jim je bilo to najprej oznanjeno, zaradi nevere niso vstopili;
7 again God fixed a day. ‘Today,’ he said, speaking after a long interval through the mouth of David, in the passage already quoted – ‘If today you hear God’s voice harden not your hearts.’
znova omejuje nek dan, rekoč v Davidu: »Danes, « po tako dolgem času; kakor je rečeno: »Če boste danes zaslišali njegov glas, ne zakrknite svojih src.«
8 Now if Joshua had given ‘rest’ to the people, God would not have spoken of another and later day.
Kajti če jim je Jezus dal počitek, potem pozneje ne bi govoril o drugem dnevu.
9 There is, then, a Sabbath rest still awaiting God’s people.
Zaradi tega ostaja [šabatni] počitek za Božje ljudi.
10 For the person who enters upon God’s rest do themselves rest after their work, just as God did.
Kajti kdor je vstopil v njegov počitek, je tudi prenehal s svojimi lastnimi deli, kakor je Bog s svojimi.
11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter upon that rest, so that none of us fall through such disbelief as that of which we have had an example.
Trudimo se torej, da vstopimo v ta počitek, da ne bi katerikoli človek padel po istem zgledu nevere.
12 God’s message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way until it penetrates soul and spirit – not the joints only but the marrow – and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.
Kajti Božja beseda je živa in močna in ostrejša kakor vsak dvorezen meč, ki prodre celó do ločitve duše in duha, sklepov in mozga ter je razpoznavalka misli in namenov srca.
13 There is no created thing that can hide itself from the sight of God. Everything is exposed and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we have to give account.
Niti ni nobene stvari, ki se ne razpozna v njegovem pogledu, temveč so vse stvari razgaljene in odprte očem tistega, s katerim imamo opraviti.
14 We have, then, in Jesus, the Son of God, a great high priest who has passed into the highest heaven; let us, therefore, hold fast to the faith which we have professed.
Ker imamo veličastnega vélikega duhovnika, ki je prešel v nebesa, Jezusa, Božjega sina, torej trdno držimo svojo veroizpoved.
15 Our high priest is not one unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has in every way been tempted, exactly as we have been, but without sinning.
Kajti nimamo vélikega duhovnika, ki ne more biti ganjen z občutenjem naših slabosti; temveč je bil skušan v vseh ozirih, podobno kakor smo mi, vendar brez greha.
16 Therefore, let us draw near boldly to the throne of love, to find pity and love for the hour of need.
Pristopimo torej pogumno k prestolu milosti, da bomo lahko dosegli usmiljenje in našli milost za pomoč v času potrebe.
