¹Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

¹ስለዚህ የክርስቶስን ነገር መጀመሪያ የሚናገረውን ቃል ትተን ወደ ፍጻሜ እንሂድ፤ መሠረትን ደግመን አንመሥርት፥ እርሱም ከሞተ ሥራ ንስሐና በእግዚአብሔር እምነት፥ ስለ ጥምቀቶችና እጆችንም ስለ መጫን ስለ ሙታንም ትንሣኤ ስለ ዘላለም ፍርድም ትምህርት ነው።

²Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

³እግዚአብሔርም ቢፈቅድ ይህን እናደርጋለን።

³And this will we do, if God permit.

⁴አንድ ጊዜ ብርሃን የበራላቸውን ሰማያዊውንም ስጦታ የቀመሱትን ከመንፈስ ቅዱስም ተካፋዮች ሆነው የነበሩትን

⁴For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

⁵መልካሙንም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃልና ሊመጣ ያለውን የዓለም ኃይል የቀመሱትን

⁵And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

⁶በኋላም የካዱትን እንደገና ለንስሐ እነርሱን ማደስ የማይቻል ነው፤ ለራሳቸው የእግዚአብሔርን ልጅ ይሰቅሉታልና ያዋርዱትማልና።

⁶If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

⁷ብዙ ጊዜ በእርስዋ ላይ የሚወርደውን ዝናብ የምትጠጣ መሬት፥ ለሚያርሱአትም ደግሞ የምትጠቅምን አትክልት የምታበቅል፥ ከእግዚአብሔር በረከትን ታገኛለችና፤

⁷For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

⁸እሾህና ኵርንችትን ግን ብታወጣ፥ የተጣለች ናት ለመረገምም ትቀርባለች፥ መጨረሻዋም መቃጠል ነው።

⁸But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

⁹ስለ እናንተ ግን፥ ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ ምንም እንኳ እንዲሁ ብንናገር፥ አብልጦ የሚሻለውና ለመዳን የሚሆነው እንዲሆንላችሁ ተረድተናል።

⁹But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

¹⁰እግዚአብሔር፥ ቅዱሳንን ስላገለገላችሁ እስከ አሁንም ስለምታገለግሉአቸው፥ ያደረጋችሁትን ሥራ ለስሙም ያሳያችሁትን ፍቅር ይረሳ ዘንድ ዓመፀኛ አይደለምና።

¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

¹¹በእምነትና በትዕግሥትም የተስፋውን ቃል የሚወርሱትን እንድትመስሉ እንጂ ዳተኞች እንዳትሆኑ፥ ተስፋ እስኪሞላ ድረስ እያንዳንዳችሁ ያን ትጋት እስከ መጨረሻ እንድታሳዩ እንመኛለን።

¹¹And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

¹³እግዚአብሔርም ለአብርሃም ተስፋ በሰጠው ጊዜ። በእውነት እየባረክሁ እባርክሃለሁ እያበዛሁም አበዛሃለሁ ብሎ፥ ከእርሱ በሚበልጥ በማንም ሊምል ስላልቻለ፥ በራሱ ማለ፤

¹²That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

¹⁵እንዲሁም እርሱ ከታገሰ በኋላ ተስፋውን አገኘ።

¹³For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

¹⁶ሰዎች ከእነርሱ በሚበልጠው ይምላሉና፥ ለማስረዳትም የሆነው መሐላ የሙግት ሁሉ ፍጻሜ ይሆናል፤

¹⁴Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

¹⁷ስለዚህም እግዚአብሔር፥ የተስፋውን ቃል ለሚወርሱ ፈቃዱ እንደ ማይለወጥ አብልጦ ሊያሳያቸው ስለ ፈቀደ፥ እግዚአብሔር ሊዋሽ በማይቻል በሁለት በማይለወጥ ነገር፥ በፊታችን ያለውን ተስፋ ለመያዝ ለሸሸን ለእኛ ብርቱ መጽናናት ይሆንልን ዘንድ፥ በመሓላ በመካከል ገባ፤

¹⁵And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

¹⁹ይህም ተስፋ እንደ ነፍስ መልሕቅ አለን እርሱም እርግጥና ጽኑ የሆነ ወደ መጋረጃውም ውስጥ የገባ ነው፤

¹⁶For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

²⁰በዚያም ኢየሱስ እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ለዘላለም ሊቀ ካህናት የሆነው፥ ስለ እኛ ቀዳሚ ሆኖ ገባ።

¹⁷Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

¹⁸That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

¹⁹Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

²⁰Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.