¹Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on 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 teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during,

³እግዚአብሔርም ቢፈቅድ ይህን እናደርጋለን።

³and this we will do, if God may permit,

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

⁴for [it is] impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit,

⁵መልካሙንም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃልና ሊመጣ ያለውን የዓለም ኃይል የቀመሱትን

⁵and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age,

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

⁶and having fallen away, again to renew [them] to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame.

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

⁷For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God,

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

⁸and that which is bearing thorns and briers [is] disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end [is] for burning;

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

⁹and we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we 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 the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

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

¹¹and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

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

¹²that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

¹⁵እንዲሁም እርሱ ከታገሰ በኋላ ተስፋውን አገኘ።

¹³For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

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

¹⁴saying, `Blessing indeed 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, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

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

¹⁶for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation [is] the oath,

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

¹⁷in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

¹⁸that through two immutable things, in which [it is] impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before [us],

¹⁹which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and entering into that within the vail,

²⁰whither a forerunner for us did enter — Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become — to the age.