1 ف َما زالَ الوَعدُ بِالدُّخُولِ إلَى راحَةِ اللهِ قائِماً. فَلْنَحرِصْ عَلَى ألّا يَفشَلَ أحَدٌ بَينَكُمْ فِي الحُصُولِ عَلَى هَذا الوَعدِ.

Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

2 ف َنَحنُ قَدْ بُشِّرْنا كَما قَدْ بُشِّرَ بَنو إسرائِيلَ، لَكِنَّ الرِّسالَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعُوها لَمْ تَنفَعْهُمْ، لِأنَّهُمْ لَمّا سَمِعُوها، لَمْ يَقبَلُوها بِالإيمانِ.

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

3 أ مّا نَحنُ الَّذِينَ آمَنّا، فَنَدخُلُ تِلكَ الرّاحَةَ الَّتِي يَتَحَدَّثُ عَنها الكِتابُ، فَكَما قالَ اللهُ: «أقسَمتُ غاضِباً: لَنْ يَدخُلُوا راحَتِي.» قالَ هَذا مَعَ أنَّهُ انتَهَى مِنْ عَمَلِهِ مُنذُ خَلْقِ العالَمِ.

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

4 إ ذْ تَحَدَّثَ فِي مَوضِعٍ مِنَ الكِتابِ عَنِ اليَومِ السّابِعِ فَقالَ: «وَفِي اليَومِ السّابِعِ استَراحَ اللهُ مِنْ كُلِّ أعمالِهِ.»

For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works”;

5 ل َكِنَّهُ يَقولُ أيضاً: «لَنْ يَدخُلُوا راحَتِي.»

and in this place again, “They will not enter into my rest.”

6 إ ذاً بَقِيَتْ هُناكَ راحَةٌ سَيَدخُلُها بَعضُهُمْ. أمّا الَّذِينَ قَدْ سَبَقَ أنْ سَمِعُوا البِشارَةَ، فَلَمْ يَدخُلُوا راحَتَهُ بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ إيمانِهِمْ.

Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

7 ل ِهَذا يُحَدِّدُ اللهُ يَوماً يَدعُوهُ «اليَومَ.» وَهُوَ يَتَحَدَّثُ عَنهُ بَعدَ سَنَواتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ عَلَى لِسانِ داوُدَ كَما سَبَقَ أنْ ذَكَرْنا: «اليَومَ، إنْ سَمِعْتُمْ صَوتَ اللهِ، لا تُقَسُّوا قُلوبَكُمْ.»

he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”

8 ف َلَو كانَ يَشُوعُ قَدْ قادَهُمْ إلَى راحَةِ اللهِ المَوعُودَةِ، لَما تَكَلَّمَ اللهُ فِيما بَعْدُ عَنْ يَومٍ آخَرَ.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

9 إ ذاً مازالَ هُناكَ يَومُ راحَةٍ آتٍ لِشَعبِ اللهِ.

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

10 ف َكُلُّ مَنْ يَدخُلُ راحَةَ اللهِ يَستَرِيحُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ، كَما أنَّ اللهَ استَراحَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ.

For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

11 ف َلْنَجْتَهِدْ لِلدُّخُولِ إلَى تِلكَ الرّاحَةِ، فَلا يَسقُطُ أحَدٌ تابِعاً مِثالَ بَنِي إسرائِيلَ فِي العِصيانِ.

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

12 ف َكَلِمَةُ اللهِ حَيَّةٌ وَفَعّالَةٌ. إنَّها أمضَى مِنْ أيِّ سَيفٍ ذِي حَدَّيْنِ، فَتَختَرِقَ الحُدودَ الفاصِلَةَ بَينَ النَّفسِ وَالرُّوحِ، وَبَينَ المَفاصِلِ وَالنُّخاعِ. وَهِيَ تَحْكُمُ عَلَىْ أفكارِ القَلبِ وَمَشاعِرِهِ.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

13 و َما مِنْ شَيءٍ مَخلُوقٍ خافٍ عَنْ نَظَرِ اللهِ، بَلْ كُلُّ شَيءٍ عُريانٌ وَمَكشُوفٌ أمامَ عَينَيِّ اللهِ الَّذِي سَنُقَدِّمُ لَهُ حِساباً. يَسُوعُ يُعِينُنا عَلَى المُثُولِ أمامَ الله

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

14 إ نَّ لَنا رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ عَظِيماً دَخَلَ السَّماواتِ، هُوَ يَسُوعُ ابْنُ اللهِ. لِهَذا لِنَتَمَسَّكْ بِالإيمانِ الَّذِي نَعتَرِفُ بِهِ.

Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.

15 ف َرَئِيسُ الكَهَنَةِ الَّذي لَنا لَيسَ عاجِزاً عَنِ التَّعاطُفِ مَعَ أوجُهِ ضَعْفِنا، لأنَّهُ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ جُرِّبَ فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ مِثلَنا، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرتَكِبْ خَطِيَّةً.

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

16 إ ذاً فَلْنَتَقَدَّمْ بِجُرأةٍ إلَى عَرشِ نِعمَةِ اللهِ، لِكَي نَنالَ رَحمَةً وَنَجِدَ نِعمَةً تُعِينُنا وَقتَ الحاجَةِ.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.