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።

¹Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

³እግዚአብሔርም ቢፈቅድ ይህን እናደርጋለን።

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

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

³This will we do, if God permits.

⁵መልካሙንም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃልና ሊመጣ ያለውን የዓለም ኃይል የቀመሱትን

⁴For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

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

⁵and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

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

⁶and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

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

⁷For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;

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

⁸but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

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

⁹But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

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

¹⁰For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

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

¹¹We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

¹⁵እንዲሁም እርሱ ከታገሰ በኋላ ተስፋውን አገኘ።

¹²that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

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

¹³For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

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፤

¹⁴saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” Genesis 22:17

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

¹⁵Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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

¹⁶For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

¹⁷In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

¹⁸that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

¹⁹This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

²⁰where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.