Hebraeer 3
1 Daher, ihr heiligen Brüder, Genossen einer himmlischen Berufung, betrachtet den Apostel und Hohenpriester unsres 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 welcher treu ist dem, der ihn gemacht hat, wie auch Mose, in seinem ganzen Hause.
He faithfully [served God], who appointed him, just like Moses faithfully [served] God’s people [MTY].
3 Denn dieser ist größerer Ehre wertgeachtet worden als Mose, wie ja doch der, welcher ein Haus bereitet hat, mehr Ehre verdient als das Haus selbst.
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 Auch Mose zwar ist treu gewesen in seinem ganzen Hause als Diener, zum Zeugnis dessen, was gesagt 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 als Sohn über sein eigenes Haus; sein Haus sind wir, wenn wir die Freimütigkeit und den Ruhm der Hoffnung bis zum Ende fest behalten.
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 hören werdet, so verstocket eure Herzen nicht,
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 wie in der Verbitterung am Tage der Versuchung in der Wüste, da mich eure Väter versuchten;
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 sie prüften mich und sahen meine Werke 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 ward ich entrüstet über dieses Geschlecht und sprach: Immerdar irren sie mit ihrem Herzen!
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 Sie aber erkannten meine Wege nicht, so daß ich schwur in meinem Zorn: Sie sollen nicht eingehen in meine Ruhe!»
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, ihr Brüder, daß nicht jemand von euch ein böses, ungläubiges Herz habe, im Abfall begriffen von dem 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 ermahnet einander jeden Tag, solange es «heute» heißt, damit nicht jemand unter euch verstockt 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 Christi Genossen geworden, wenn wir die anfängliche Zuversicht bis ans Ende festbehalten,
[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 solange gesagt wird: «Heute, wenn ihr seine Stimme hören werdet, so verstocket eure Herzen nicht, wie in der Verbitterung.»
[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 Welche wurden denn verbittert, als sie es hörten? Waren es denn nicht alle, die unter Mose aus Ägypten ausgezogen waren?
([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 Welchen zürnte er aber vierzig Jahre lang? Waren es nicht die, welche gesündigt hatten, deren Leiber in der Wüste fielen?
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 schwur er aber, daß sie nicht in seine Ruhe eingehen sollten, als nur denen, die ungehorsam gewesen 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 sie nicht eingehen konnten wegen des Unglaubens.
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].
