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1 Temiamo adunque che talora, poichè vi resta una promessa d'entrar nel riposo d'esso, alcun di voi non paia essere stato lasciato addietro.
[The Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest]. But [God] has still promised us that we can enter the place of resting [in heaven eternally]. So we must beware [of the possibility] that [God] may consider that some of you have failed to enter the [place of] resting [eternally as the Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest].
2 Poichè è stato evangelizzato a noi ancora, come a coloro; ma la parola della predicazione non giovò loro nulla, non essendo incorporata per la fede in coloro che [l]'aveano udita.
We have heard the message [about Christ], just like [the Israelites] heard [what God promised]. But [just like] the message did not benefit [most of] those who heard it because they did not believe it as [Joshua and Caleb did, it] will not [benefit us eternally if we do not keep believing it].
3 Perciocchè noi, che abbiam creduto, entriamo nel riposo (siccome egli disse: Talchè io giurai nell'ira mia: Se [giammai] entrano nel mio riposo); e [questo disse] benchè le sue opere fossero compiute fin dalla fondazione del mondo.
We who have believed [in Christ] are able to enter the place of resting [eternally. We know there is a place where we will rest eternally] because God said, Because I was angry with them, I solemnly declared, “They will not enter [the land where] I would let them rest.” [God said that] even though he ceased his work [of creating things] after he created the world.
4 Poichè egli ha in un certo luogo detto del settimo [giorno]: E Iddio si riposò al settimo giorno da tutte le opere sue.
What someone wrote somewhere [in the Scriptures] about the seventh day [after he had spent six days creating the world], supports that: Then, on the seventh day, God rested from his work [of creating everything].
5 E in questo [luogo egli dice] ancora: Se [giammai] entrano nel mio riposo.
But note again what God said about the Israelites [in the] passage that I quoted previously: They will not enter [the land where] I would let them rest.
6 Poichè dunque resta che alcuni entrino in esso, e quelli a cui fu prima evangelizzato per incredulità non [vi] entrarono,
Some people experience entering that [place of resting eternally. But] those [Israelites] who first had the good message preached to them {first heard the good message} [about what God promised them] did not enter [that place of resting], because they refused to believe [God].
7 egli determina di nuovo un giorno: Oggi, in Davide, dicendo, dopo cotanto tempo, come s'è già detto: Oggi, se udite la sua voce, non indurate i cuori vostri.
[But God] appointed another time [when we may enter that place of resting]. That time is now! [We know that is true because] much later than when [the Israelites rebelled against God in the desert], he caused [King] David to write what I have already quoted, Now, when you understand what God is saying [to you], do not stubbornly disobey him.
8 Perciocchè, se Giosuè li avesse messi nel riposo, [Iddio] non avrebbe dipoi parlato d'altro giorno.
If Joshua had led the Israelites to enter the place of resting, God would not have spoken later about another [time when we could rest] [MET]. [So we know God was speaking about another time when some people would enter that place of resting eternally].
9 Egli resta adunque un riposo di sabato al popolo di Dio.
So, just like [God rested on] the seventh day [after he finished making everything], there remains a time when God’s people will rest eternally.
10 Perciocchè colui che entra nel riposo d'esso si riposa anch'egli dalle sue opere, come Iddio dalle sue.
Specifically, whoever enters God’s place of resting has ceased doing things [to gain God’s favor], just like God ceased doing his work [of creating everything].
11 Studiamoci adunque d'entrare in quel riposo, acciocchè niuno cada per un medesimo esempio d'incredulità.
God severely punished the [Israelites because they disbelieved his message]. So we must strive to experience entering that [place of] resting [eternally], in order that he will not severely punish any of us for not believing [his message].
12 Perciocchè la parola di Dio [è] viva, ed efficace, e vie più acuta che qualunque spada a due tagli; e giunge fino alla divisione dell'anima e dello spirito, e delle giunture e delle midolle; ed [è] giudice de' pensieri e delle intenzioni del cuore.
[Beware of being insincere about doing this], because the message God [has given us] very powerfully penetrates our thinking more than a two-edged sword [penetrates flesh] [MET]. It penetrates [deeply] into our souls and spirits, as [a sharp sword can penetrate] into our joints and marrow. That [is, by his message God] [PRS] discerns all that we think about, and he discerns all that we desire [to do] [MTY] (OR, [His message] exposes [to us] all our thoughts and all our desires).
13 E non vi è creatura alcuna occulta davanti a colui al quale abbiamo da render ragione; anzi tutte le cose [son] nude e scoperte agli occhi suoi.
God knows everything about everyone. Everything is completely exposed [DOU] to him, [and he is] the one [SYN] who will say whether he approves of what we have done.
14 AVENDO adunque un gran sommo sacerdote, ch'è entrato ne' cieli, Gesù, il Figliuol di Dio, riteniamo fermamente la professione[della nostra fede].
We have a great Supreme Priest who ascended through the heavens [when he returned to God’s presence]. He is Jesus, (God’s Son/the man who is also God). So let us firmly profess [what we believe about him].
15 Perciocchè noi non abbiamo un sommo sacerdote, che non possa compatire alle nostre infermità; anzi, che è stato tentato in ogni cosa simigliantemente, senza peccato.
Our Supreme Priest can indeed [LIT] compassionately deal with us who tend to sin easily, because he also was tempted [to sin] in every way that we are [tempted to sin], and yet he did not sin.
16 Accostiamoci adunque con confidanza al trono della grazia, acciocchè otteniamo misericordia, e troviamo grazia, per soccorso opportuno.
So, let us come boldly to [Christ] [MTY], who rules [MET] [from heaven] and does for us what we do not deserve, in order that we might experience [his acting] mercifully [toward us], and in order that we might experience his helping us in a kind way whenever we need [help].
