The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.

他们又藐视那美地，不信他的话，

他们又藐视那美地，不信他的话，

他们又藐视那美地，不信他的话，

他们藐视那佳美之地，不相信祂的应许。

他们又轻视那美地，不信他的应许。

他们厌弃那宝贵的土地，不相信他的话语；

他們又藐視那美地，不信他的話，

他們又藐視那美地，不信他的話，

他們又藐視那美地，不信他的話，

他們藐視那佳美之地，不相信祂的應許。

他們又輕視那美地，不信他的應許。

他們竟棄絕了那可喜愛之地，不信上帝的話，

他們厭棄那美好之地，不相信他的話語；

民亦蔑視美地、不信其言、

維彼腴壤、民藐視之、主之所言、人弗信從兮、

民又藐視美地、不信服主言、

惡性難改。罔悛於心。藐視樂土。不信佳音。

Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.

Later on, they refused to enter the pleasant land of Canaan. They didn’t believe God’s promise.

Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.

They despised the pleasant land and did not believe his promise.

Then they rejected the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,

They despised the pleasant land and did not believe His promise.

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,

And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him?So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.

“‘ You said your children would be carried off as plunder. Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised.

“ But even after all he did, you refused to trust the Lord your God,

I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and explored for them— a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands anywhere.

“ I thought to myself,‘ I would love to treat you as my own children!’ I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land— the finest possession in the world. I looked forward to your calling me‘ Father,’ and I wanted you never to turn from me.

Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal.

But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.

So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land of flowing streams and pools of water, with fountains and springs that gush out in the valleys and hills.It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey.It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills.

So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.

For this good news— that God has prepared this rest— has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God.

Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.

Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain—a land that the Lord your God cares for. He watches over it through each season of the year!

And the Lord said to Moses,“ How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them?

And at Kadesh barnea the Lord sent you out with this command:‘ Go up and take over the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him.

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.

So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites:“ The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge.