¹We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

¹እንግዲህ ወደ ዕረፍቱ ለመግባት ተስፋ ገና ቀርቶልን ከሆነ፥ ምናልባት ከእናንተ ማንም የማይበቃ መስሎ እንዳይታይ እንፍራ።

²for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

²ለእነዚያ ደግሞ እንደ ተነገረ ለእኛ የምስራች ተሰብኮልናልና፤ ዳሩ ግን የሰሙት ቃል ከሰሚዎቹ ጋር በእምነት ስላልተዋሐደ አልጠቀማቸውም።

³for we do enter into the rest — we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest — ;` and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

³ሥራው ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ ምንም እንኳ ቢፈጸም። እንዲህ። ወደ ዕረፍቴ አይገቡም ብዬ በቁጣዬ ማልሁ እንዳለ፥ እኛስ ያመንን ወደ ዕረፍቱ እንገባለን።

⁴for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh [day] thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;`

⁴ስለ ሰባተኛው ቀን በአንድ ስፍራ። እግዚአብሔርም በሰባተኛው ቀን ከሥራው ሁሉ ዐረፈ ብሎአልና፤

⁵and in this [place] again, `If they shall enter into My rest — ;`

⁵በዚህ ስፍራም ደግሞ። ወደ ዕረፍቴ አይገቡም።

⁶since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief —

⁶እንግዲህ አንዳንዶች በዚያ እንዲገቡ ስለ ቀሩ፥ ቀድሞም የምስራች የተሰበከላቸው ባለመታዘዝ ጠንቅ ስላልገቡ።

⁷again He doth limit a certain day, `To-day,` (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,`

⁷ዛሬ ድምፁን ብትሰሙት ልባችሁን እልከኛ አታድርጉ በፊት እንደ ተባለ፥ ይህን ከሚያህል ዘመን በኋላ በዳዊት ሲናገር። ዛሬ ብሎ አንድ ቀን እንደ ገና ይቀጥራል።

⁸for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;

⁸ኢያሱ አሳርፎአቸው ኖሮ ቢሆንስ፥ ከዚያ በኋላ ስለ ሌላ ቀን ባልተናገረ ነበር።

⁹there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,

⁹እንግዲያስ የሰንበት ዕረፍት ለእግዚአብሔር ሕዝብ ቀርቶላቸዋል።

¹⁰for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.

¹⁰ወደ ዕረፍቱ የገባ፥ እግዚአብሔር ከሥራው እንዳረፈ፥ እርሱ ደግሞ ከሥራው አርፎአልና።

¹¹May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

¹¹እንግዲህ እንደዚያ እንደ አለመታዘዝ ምሳሌ ማንም እንዳይወድቅ ወደዚያ ዕረፍት ለመግባት እንትጋ።

¹²for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

¹²የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ሕያው ነውና፥ የሚሠራም፥ ሁለትም አፍ ካለው ሰይፍ ሁሉ ይልቅ የተሳለ ነው፥ ነፍስንና መንፈስንም ጅማትንና ቅልጥምንም እስኪለይ ድረስ ይወጋል፥ የልብንም ስሜትና አሳብ ይመረምራል፤

¹³and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things [are] naked and open to His eyes — with whom is our reckoning.

¹³እኛን በሚቆጣጠር በእርሱ ዓይኖቹ ፊት ሁሉ ነገር የተራቆተና የተገለጠ ነው እንጂ፥ በእርሱ ፊት የተሰወረ ፍጥረት የለም።

¹⁴Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens — Jesus the Son of God — may we hold fast the profession,

¹⁴እንግዲህ በሰማያት ያለፈ ትልቅ ሊቀ ካህናት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ኢየሱስ ስላለን፥ ጸንተን ሃይማኖታችንን እንጠብቅ።

¹⁵for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but [one] tempted in all things in like manner — apart from sin;

¹⁵ከኃጢአት በቀር በነገር ሁሉ እንደ እኛ የተፈተነ ነው እንጂ፥ በድካማችን ሊራራልን የማይችል ሊቀ ካህናት የለንም።

¹⁶we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace — for seasonable help.

¹⁶እንግዲህ ምሕረትን እንድንቀበል በሚያስፈልገንም ጊዜ የሚረዳንን ጸጋ እንድናገኝ ወደ ጸጋው ዙፋን በእምነት እንቅረብ።