¹Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

¹ስለዚህ፥ ከሰማያዊው ጥሪ ተካፋዮች የሆናችሁ ቅዱሳን ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ የሃይማኖታችንን ሐዋርያና ሊቀ ካህናት ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ተመልከቱ፤

²being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house,

²ሙሴ ደግሞ በቤቱ ሁሉ የታመነ እንደሆነ፥ እርሱ ለሾመው የታመነ ነበረ።

³for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it,

³ቤትን የሚያዘጋጀው ከቤቱ ይልቅ የሚበልጥ ክብር እንዳለው መጠን፥ እንዲሁ እርሱ ከሙሴ ይልቅ የሚበልጥ ክብር የተገባው ሆኖ ተቆጥሮአልና።

⁴for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build [is] God,

⁴እያንዳንዱ ቤት በአንድ ሰው ተዘጋጅቶአልና፥ ሁሉን ያዘጋጀ ግን እግዚአብሔር ነው።

⁵and Moses indeed [was] stedfast in all his house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken,

⁵ሙሴስ በኋላ ስለሚነገረው ነገር ምስክር ሊሆን በቤቱ ሁሉ እንደ ሎሌ የታመነ ነበረ፥ ክርስቶስ ግን እንደ ልጅ በቤቱ ላይ የታመነ ነው፤

⁶and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

⁶እኛም የምንደፍርበትን የምንመካበትንም ተስፋ እስከ መጨረሻው አጽንተን ብንጠብቅ ቤቱ ነን።

⁷Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear —

⁷ስለዚህ መንፈስ ቅዱስ እንደሚል።

⁸ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

⁸ዛሬ ድምፁን ብትሰሙት፥ አባቶቻችሁ እኔን የፈተኑበት የመረመሩበትም አርባ ዓመትም ሥራዬን ያዩበት በምድረ በዳ በፈተና ቀን በማስመረር እንደ ሆነ፥ ልባችሁን እልከኛ አታድርጉ።

⁹in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;

¹⁰ስለዚህ ያን ትውልድ ተቆጥቼ። ዘወትር በልባቸው ይስታሉ መንገዴን ግን አላወቁም አልሁ፤

¹⁰wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, Always do they go astray in heart, and these have not known My ways;

¹¹እንዲሁ። ወደ ዕረፍቴ አይገቡም ብዬ በቍጣዬ ማልሁ።

¹¹so I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest — !`)

¹²ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ምናልባት ሕያው እግዚአብሔርን የሚያስክዳችሁ ክፉና የማያምን ልብ ከእናንተ በአንዳችሁ እንዳይኖር ተጠንቀቁ፤

¹²See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

¹³ነገር ግን ከእናንተ ማንም በኃጢአት መታለል እልከኛ እንዳይሆን፥ ዛሬ ተብሎ ሲጠራ ሳለ፥ በእያንዳንዱ ቀን እርስ በርሳችሁ ተመካከሩ፤

¹³but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

¹⁴የመጀመሪያ እምነታችንን እስከ መጨረሻው አጽንተን ብንጠብቅ፥ የክርስቶስ ተካፋዮች ሆነናልና፤

¹⁴for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,

¹⁵እየተባለ። ዛሬ ድምጹን ብትሰሙት፥ በማስመረር እንደሆነ ልባችሁን እልከኛ አታድርጉ።

¹⁵in its being said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,`

¹⁶ሰምተው ያስመረሩት እነማን ነበሩ? በሙሴ ተመርተው ከግብጽ የወጡ ሁሉ አይደሉምን?

¹⁶for certain having heard did provoke, but not all who did come out of Egypt through Moses;

¹⁷አርባ አመትም የተቆጣባቸው እነማን ነበሩ? ሬሳቸው በምድረ በዳ የወደቀ፥ ኃጢአትን ያደረጉት እነርሱ አይደሉምን?

¹⁷but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

¹⁸ካልታዘዙትም በቀር ወደ እረፍቱ እንዳይገቡ የማለባቸው እነማን ነበሩ?

¹⁸and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? —

¹⁹ባለማመናቸውም ጠንቅ ሊገቡ እንዳልተቻላቸው እናያለን።

¹⁹and we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.