< Ibrani 6 >
1 Jadi, karena kalian memerlukan ajaran-ajaran yang mendewasakanmu secara rohani, saya tidak akan mengulangi lagi ajaran-ajaran dasar tentang Kristus. Marilah kita sekarang meningkatkan pemahaman kepada ajaran yang lebih tinggi. Saya tidak akan mengulangi ajaran-ajaran dasar ini: tentang pertobatan dari segala macam perbuatan yang mematikan orang secara rohani, tentang percaya kepada Allah,
So, we [(inc)] must not keep [discussing] the elementary principles about Christ. Instead, we must proceed [to the teaching that will make us spiritually] mature [MTY]. We must not [be people who always need someone to teach them] the elementary truths [about Christ that are like] [MET] a foundation. [I am referring to the teaching that people who do sinful] things must turn away from their sinful behavior, things that [those who are spiritually] [MET] dead do. [I am referring to the teaching] that people must believe in God.
2 tentang perbedaan antara baptisan agama Yahudi, baptisan Yohanes, dan baptisan sebagai pengikut Kristus, tentang berbagai macam pemberkatan dengan menumpangkan tangan, tentang kebangkitan orang mati, dan tentang hukuman kekal yang akan diberikan Allah kepada setiap orang berdosa. (aiōnios )
[I am referring to the teaching about what] various [Jewish and Christian] rituals for purifying people [signify. I am referring to the teaching about how elders enable people to receive spiritual gifts by] laying hands [on them] [MTY]. [I am referring to the teaching that God will] ([cause] those who have died to live again/raise people from the dead). And [I am referring to the teaching that God] will judge [some people and punish them] eternally. (aiōnios )
3 Dengan pertolongan Allah, saya hendak memberikan ajaran yang lebih tinggi untuk mendewasakan kalian secara rohani!
[Instead of continuing to discuss these elementary truths], we [(inc)] (OR, I) will [go on to give people mature teaching], if God allows it.
4 Hati-hatilah! Jangan sampai ada di antara kalian yang kembali pada kehidupan yang gelap! Karena orang yang seperti itu tidak mungkin kita bimbing kembali untuk bertobat seperti ketika dia baru mengikut Kristus. Dia sudah pernah menerima kebaikan hati Allah melalui Yesus dan sudah mengalami pertolongan Roh Kudus.
[I will explain why it is important to do that. Some] people have at one time fully understood [the message about Christ] [MET]. They have experienced [a relationship with Jesus Christ] that God [EUP/MTY] gave [to them]. They have received the Holy Spirit the same as [others have].
5 Dia juga sudah mencicipi indahnya Firman Allah serta kemampuan-kemampuan rohani yang akan kita nikmati pada zaman yang akan datang. Kalau orang seperti itu meninggalkan Kristus, tidak mungkin dia bertobat lagi. Karena ketika dia meninggalkan Kristus, dia seakan menginjak-injak Anak Allah di muka umum. (aiōn )
They have experienced that God’s message is good. And by what they have experienced [now], they know how [God will work] powerfully in the future. If those people reject [the message about Christ], it will not be possible for anyone to persuade them to turn away from their sinful behavior again! (aiōn )
6 Bila orang seperti itu hendak bertobat, dia seolah menyuruh Yesus, “Salibkanlah diri-Mu sekali lagi bagiku, supaya Engkau menebus dosa-dosa yang aku perbuat selama meninggalkan Engkau!”
What those [believers who later renounce the message about Christ do is as though] [MET] they themselves are nailing the Son of God to a cross again! They are causing others to publicly despise Christ.
7 Kehidupan rohani kita ibarat ladang. Ketika sebuah ladang menerima berkat hujan dari Allah, lalu menjadi subur dan menghasilkan banyak tanaman bagi para petani, maka Allah akan terus memberkati ladang itu.
Think about this: It is land on which rain has frequently fallen [PRS] and on which plants grow [PRS] that is useful for the people who prepare the land that God has blessed. [Similarly, it is those believers who have received many good things from God and who do good deeds/things that please God, whom God will bless] [MET].
8 Namun, kalau hasilnya hanya alang-alang dan tanaman berduri, maka ladang itu akan dianggap tidak berguna, dan akhirnya dikutuk Allah lalu dibakar.
But [what will happen to believers who do deeds/things that do not please God will be like what happens to land] on which [only] thorns and thistles grow [MET]. [Such land] is worthless. It has almost become land that God will curse, and eventually he will burn [its vegetation] [MTY].
9 Saudara-saudari yang terkasih, janganlah kecewa! Meskipun saya menuliskan hal-hal yang keras tadi kepada kalian, saya yakin bahwa kalian bukanlah orang-orang yang meninggalkan Yesus. Kalian termasuk bagian dari kita yang diselamatkan.
Although I am writing [to you] like this as a [warning], I am certain concerning you whom I love that [you are doing] better than that. Specifically, I am sure that [you are doing] the things that are appropriate [for those whom God] has saved.
10 Allah itu adil. Dia selalu ingat apa pun yang sudah kamu lakukan bagi-Nya, terutama ketika kamu berbuat kasih kepada sesama umat Allah untuk memuliakan Dia. Allah memperhatikan bagaimana kamu sudah sering melayani mereka dan masih terus melakukannya sampai sekarang. Dia tidak akan pernah lupa memberkatimu.
Since God always acts justly [LIT], he will not overlook all you have done [for him. He will also not overlook] [MTY] [your showing that you love] him by the way you helped your fellow believers and [by the way you still] help them. [Instead, God will reward you for doing good deeds].
11 Yang sangat saya harapkan adalah supaya kamu terus bersemangat dalam berbuat kasih sampai akhir hidupmu, karena dengan begitu, kamu memastikan bahwa di surga nanti kamu akan menerima apa yang kita harapkan.
I very much want each of you to diligently continue to fully expect to receive [what God has provided for you], until you finally [receive everything that you have confidently expected to receive].
12 Jangan malas berjuang. Ikutilah teladan saudara-saudari seiman kita yang sudah lebih dulu meninggal dunia dan sekarang hidup bersama Tuhan Yesus. Perhatikanlah bahwa mereka teguh bertahan dalam keyakinan penuh kepada Kristus sampai akhir hidup mereka. Pikirkanlah betapa sekarang mereka sedang menikmati semua janji Allah.
I do not want you to be lazy. [Instead, I want] you to imitate those who, because they patiently continued to trust in [God], are receiving what he promised them.
13 Abraham adalah contoh bagi kita. Allah berjanji kepadanya dengan “bersumpah demi diri-Nya sendiri,” sewaktu Allah berkata, “Aku bersumpah demi diri-Ku sendiri: Aku sungguh-sungguh berjanji akan memberkatimu dan memberikan banyak keturunan kepadamu.”
When God promised to [do things for] Abraham, he said that he would punish himself [if he did not do that], because there was no one of greater importance to ask to punish him [if he did not do it].
14 Sesudah menunggu dengan sabar dan penuh keyakinan, Abraham pun menerima janji Allah itu. Yang membuat dia yakin akan janji tersebut adalah karena Allah menguatkan janji-Nya dengan “bersumpah demi diri-Nya sendiri.”
He said [to Abraham], “I will certainly bless you [(sg)], and I will certainly increase [the number of] your [descendants] [SYN].”
15 Memang tidak ada yang lebih besar daripada Allah. Itulah sebabnya Dia menguatkan janji-Nya atas nama diri-Nya sendiri.
As a result, after Abraham patiently waited [for God to do what he promised], he received what [God] promised him.
16 Kita tahu bahwa ketika manusia bersumpah, mereka tentu menyebut nama seseorang yang lebih berkuasa, dan biasanya menyebut nama Allah. Bila di pengadilan seseorang bersumpah dengan menyebut nama Allah, itu sumpah yang tertinggi dan kesaksiannya dianggap benar.
[Keep in mind that when people promise something], they ask a more important person to punish them if they do not do what they promise. Furthermore, when people ask God to punish them [if they do not tell the truth], that causes people who are disputing to stop disputing.
17 Demikian juga, waktu Allah hendak menguatkan kebenaran janji-Nya, Dia menguatkan janji itu dengan sumpah. Karena Dia ingin supaya kita, keturunan Abraham secara rohani, meyakini bahwa apa pun yang Allah janjikan pasti ditepati.
So, when God wanted to demonstrate very clearly (to us/to those people) who would receive what he had promised that he would not change what he had purposed [to do], he solemnly guaranteed that he would declare himself guilty if he did not do what he promised.
18 Itulah sebabnya Allah sudah memberikan janji dan sumpah-Nya. Dua hal itu tidak mungkin berubah karena Allah mustahil berdusta. Dengan begitu, kita yang bergantung penuh pada kebaikan hati Allah mendapat kekuatan karena pengharapan bahwa Allah pasti menepati semua janji-Nya kepada kita!
He did that to strongly encourage us as a result of our [knowing] that [God has done] two things that cannot change. [Namely, he promised to bless us, and he solemnly declared that he would declare himself guilty if he did not bless us]. We [know] that God, who did those things, cannot lie. We have fled [to him] in order that we might continue confidently to expect to receive what he promised us.
19 Biarlah harapan itu berfungsi seperti jangkar yang mengamankan diri kita, supaya kita terpancang kuat dan tidak terbawa oleh arus apa pun. Karena Pengharapan kita yang sebenarnya adalah Yesus sendiri. Dia sudah membuka jalan bagi kita ke dalam ruang mahakudus di rumah Allah di surga.
[Our confidently expecting] [SYN] [to receive what he has promised is like] an anchor [MET] that very firmly [DOU] [holds us fast. The one we confidently expect to help us] [SYN] [is Jesus, who] goes into [God’s very presence, just like the Supreme Priests went] behind the curtain into the innermost [part of the tent in the barren area] [MET].
20 Jadi, sekarang kita bisa langsung mendekat kepada-Nya melalui doa, karena Yesus sudah bertugas sebagai Imam Agung bagi kita untuk selama-lamanya, sesuai dengan pola Imam Melkisedek. (aiōn )
Jesus went [into God’s presence] ahead of us [(inc)] to [help] us when he became a Supreme Priest eternally in the way that Melchizedek was a Supreme Priest. (aiōn )