1 ف َيا أيُّها الإخوَةُ المُقَدَّسُونَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَكْتُمْ جَمِيعاً بِدَعوَةِ اللهِ لَكُمْ، تَأمَّلُوا يَسُوعَ الَّذِي أرسَلَهُ اللهُ لِيَكُونَ رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ لِلإيمانِ الَّذِي نَعتَرِفُ بِهِ.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,

2 ف َقَدْ كانَ أمِيناً للهِ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ، كَما كانَ مُوسَى أمِيناً فِي خِدمَةِ كُلِّ بَيتِ اللهِ.

who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.

3 أ مّا يَسُوعُ فَقَدْ وُجِدَ أكثَرَ استِحقاقاً لِلكَرامَةِ مِنْ مُوسَى، حَيْثُ إنَّ بانِيَ البَيتِ لَهُ كَرامَةٌ أكثَرَ مِنَ البَيتِ نَفسِهِ.

For he has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.

4 ف َكُلُّ البُيوتِ يَبْنيها البَشَرُ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ بَنَى كُلَّ شَيءٍ.

For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things God.

5 و َمُوسَى كانَ أمِيناً فِي الاهتِمامِ بِأهلِ بَيتِ اللهِ باعْتِبارِهِ خادِماً. وَقَدْ شَهِدَ عنْ ما سَيَقُولُهُ اللهُ مُستَقبَلاً.

And Moses indeed faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;

6 أ مّا المَسِيحُ فَأمِينٌ باعْتِبارِهِ ابْناً مَسؤُولاً عَنْ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَنَحنُ أهلُ بَيتِ اللهِ، إنْ تَمَسَّكْنا بِالجُرأةِ وَالافتِخارِ فِي الرَّجاءِ الَّذِي عِندَنا. الثَّباتُ في الإيمان

but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.

7 ل ِهَذا يَقُولُ الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ: «اليَومَ، إنْ سَمِعْتُمْ صَوتَ اللهِ،

Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

8 ل ا تُقَسُّوا قُلوبَكُمْ كَما حَدَثَ في الماضي، يَومَ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ، يَومَ جَرَّبَهُ شَعبُهُ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ.

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

9 ه ُناكَ امتَحَنَنِي آباؤُكُمْ وَجَرَّبُونِي، مَعَ أنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا أعمالِيَ العَظِيمَةَ أربَعِيْنَ عاماً!

where your fathers tempted, by proving, and saw my works forty years.

10 ل ِذَلِكَ غَضِبتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الجَيلِ وَقُلتُ: إنَّ أفكارَهُمْ تَضِلُّ دائِماً عَنِ الصَّوابِ، لَمْ يَعرِفوا طُرُقِي.

Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and they have not known my ways;

11 و َلِهَذا أقسَمتُ غاضِباً: لَنْ يَدخُلُوا راحَتِي.›»

so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.

12 ف َاحْتَرِسُوا أيُّها الإخوَةُ مِنْ أنْ يَكُونَ لِأيٍّ مِنكُمْ قَلبٌ شِرِّيرٌ غَيْرُ مُؤمِنٍ يَبتَعِدُ عَنِ اللهِ الحَيِّ،

See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from living God.

13 ب َلْ شَجِّعُوا بَعضُكُمْ بَعضاً كُلَّ يَومٍ ما دامَ الوَقتُ يُدعَى «اليَومَ،» لِئَلّا تَحتالَ عَلَيكُمُ الخَطِيَّةُ فَتَتَقَسَّى قُلُوبُكُمْ.

But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

14 ف َنَحنُ جَمِيعاً شُرَكاءٌ مَعَ المَسِيحِ، بِشَرطِ أنْ نَتَمَسَّكَ بِثَباتٍ حَتَّى النِّهايَةِ بِالثِّقَةِ الَّتِي كانَتْ لَدَينا فِي البِدايَةِ.

For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;

15 ف َكَما قالَ الكِتابُ: «اليَومَ، إنْ سَمِعْتُمْ صَوتَ اللهِ، لا تُقَسُّوا قُلوبَكُمْ كَما حَدَثَ في الماضي، يَومَ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ.»

in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;

16 ف َمَنْ هُمْ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا صَوتَهُ وَتَمَرَّدوا عَليهِ؟ ألَيسُوا هُمُ الَّذِينَ أخرَجَهُمْ مُوسَى مِنْ مِصْرَ؟

(for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?

17 و َمِمَّنْ غَضِبَ اللهُ أربَعِينَ عاماً؟ ألِيسَ مِنْ كُلِّ الَّذِينَ أخطَأُوا، فَسَقَطُوا جُثَثاً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ؟

And with whom was he wroth forty years? not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18 و َمَنْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أقْسَمَ اللهُ بِأنْ لا يُدخِلَهُمْ راحَتَهُ المَوعُودَةَ أبَداً؟ ألَيسُوا هُمُ الَّذِيْنَ عَصَوا؟

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?

19 ف َنَحنُ نَرَى أنَّ أُولَئِكَ لَمْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يَدخُلُوا راحَةَ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ إيمانِهِمْ.

And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief;)