Hebraeer 3
1 Darum, heilige Brüder, der himmlischen Berufung Genossen, achtet auf den Sendboten und Hohenpriester unseres Bekenntnisses, Jesus,
My fellow believers, [God] has set you apart and has chosen you, just like he chose me. So consider Jesus. [He is God’s] messenger to us. He is also the Supreme Priest whom we say we believe in.
2 wie er seinem Urheber treu war, so wie auch Moses in seinem ganzen Hause.
He faithfully [served God], who appointed him, just like Moses faithfully [served] God’s people [MTY].
3 Denn ihm kommt größere Herrlichkeit zu als Moses, in dem Maße als der an Würde über dem Hause steht, der dasselbe bereitet hat.
Just like every house is made by someone {as someone makes every house}, Jesus made everything, and he is God/Divine. So God has considered that Jesus is worthy [that people honor] him more than they honor Moses, just like the one who builds a house deserves that people honor him more than they should honor the house [he built].
4 Denn jedes Haus wird von jemand bereitet; der aber alles bereitet hat, ist Gott.
5 Und Moses ist in seinem ganzen Hause treu als ein Diener zum Zeugnis für das was verkündet werden sollte,
Moses very faithfully [served God as he] ([helped/cared for]) [MET] God’s people, just like a servant [faithfully serves his master]. The result was that Moses testified about what Jesus would say later.
6 Christus aber in seinem Hause; sein Haus sind wir, wenn wir die Zuversicht und den Ruhm der Hoffnung bis zum Ende fest bewahren.
But Christ [faithfully serves God as he] ([helps/cares for]) his own people [MTY, MET], just like a [son helps/cares for his own family]. And we are God’s people [MTY] if we continue to confidently [believe in Christ] and if we continue to confidently wait for [what God will do for us].
7 Darum wie der heilige Geist spricht: Heute, wenn ihr seine Stimme höret,
The Holy Spirit [caused the Psalmist to write these words in the Scriptures to the Israelites]: Now, when you [(pl)] hear God speaking to you [MTY],
8 so verhärtet nicht eure Herzen, wie in der Erbitterung am Tage der Versuchung in der Wüste,
do not stubbornly ([disobey/refuse to] obey [him]) [IDM], [as your Jewish ancestors stubbornly disobeyed him] when they rebelled against [him] in the desert. [At that time, God said to your ancestors], “They tried to determine how many [things that displeased me they could do] in the desert [without me punishing them].
9 da mich eure Väter versuchten mit Proben, die doch meine Werke sahen vierzig Jahre lang;
Your ancestors repeatedly tested [whether I would be patient with them, even though] for 40 years they saw all the amazing things I did.
10 darum zürnte ich diesem Geschlechte und sprach: allezeit gehen sie irre mit ihrem Herzen. Sie aber erkannten meine Wege nicht,
So, I became disgusted with those people who saw those things, and I said [about them], ‘They are constantly disloyal to me, and they do not understand how I [wanted them] to conduct their lives.’
11 so daß ich schwur in meinem Zorne: sie sollen nicht in meine Ruhe eingehen.
As a result, because I was angry with them, I solemnly declared, ‘They will not enter [the land of Canaan] where I would let them rest [MTY]!’”
12 Sehet zu, Brüder, daß nicht in einem von euch das böse Herz des Unglaubens aufkomme im Abfall vom lebendigen Gott,
So, my fellow believers, be careful that none of you is so evil that you stop trusting [in Christ]. That would cause you to reject God who is all-powerful.
13 sondern ermahnt euch jeden Tag, so lange man heute sagt, daß nicht einer von euch verhärtet werde durch Betrug der Sünde.
Instead, each of you must encourage each other every day, while [you still have] the opportunity [IDM], in order that none of you may stubbornly [reject God] by [letting others] deceive you (OR, as you deceive yourselves), [with the result that] you [(sg)] sin [PRS].
14 Denn wir sind Teilhaber an Christus geworden, sofern wir nämlich den Anfang unserer Zuversicht bis zum Ende fest behalten.
[We must encourage one another], because we [(inc)] benefit from [all] Christ [has done] only if we firmly keep trusting [in him] from the time when we first confidently [trusted in him] until [the time when] we die [EUP].
15 Wenn es heißt: Heute, wenn ihr seine Stimme höret, so verhärtet nicht eure Herzen, wie in der Erbitterung -
[We can do this] by paying attention to [what the Psalmist wrote in that Scripture passage in which] God said, Now, when you hear me speaking [to you(pl)] [MTY], do not stubbornly disobey me as [your ancestors stubbornly disobeyed me] when they rebelled [against me].
16 wer waren denn die Hörer, welche die Erbitterung gemacht haben? Waren es nicht alle, die aus Aegypten durch Moses kamen?
([You must keep trusting in God] because you must remember who it was who rebelled against God although they heard him speaking to them./Do you remember who it was who rebelled against God although they heard [him speaking to them]?) [RHQ] It was people who had certainly experienced [LIT] God’s power. It was all those people whom Moses led miraculously out of Egypt. [RHQ]
17 Wer sind die Leute, denen er zürnte vierzig Jahre? Nicht die, welche gesündigt hatten, deren Leiber fielen in der Wüste?
And ([you must remember] who it was that God was disgusted with for 40 years./do you [remember] who it was that God was disgusted with for 40years?) [RHQ] It was those same people who had sinned like that, and who as a result died in the desert! [RHQ]
18 Welchen hat er zugeschworen, sie sollen nicht in seine Ruhe kommen, als denen die ungehorsam waren?
And ([you must remember] about whom God solemnly declared, “They will not enter the land where I would let them rest.”/do you [remember] about whom [God] solemnly declared, “They will not enter the land where I [would let them] rest”?) [RHQ] It was those Israelites who disobeyed God.
19 Und wir sehen, daß es ihnen nicht gelang hineinzukommen, des Unglaubens wegen.
So, from that example we [(inc)] realize that it was because they did not keep trusting [in God] that they were unable to enter [the land where they would rest].
