1 ¶ Therefore, brethren, saints, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

2 w ho was faithful to him that appointed him over all his house, as also Moses was faithful.

being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house,

3 F or this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built the house has more honour than the house.

for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it,

4 F or every house is built by someone, but he that created all things is God.

for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build God,

5 A nd Moses verily was faithful over all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after,

and Moses indeed stedfast in all his house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken,

6 b ut Christ as a son over his own house, which house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorious hope firmly until the end.

and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

7 ¶ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, Today if ye will hear his voice,

Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear --

8 h arden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

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

9 W here your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;

10 T herefore, I was indignant with that generation and said, They do always err from their heart, and they have not known my ways.

wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, Always do they go astray in heart, and these have not known My ways;

11 S o I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

so I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest --!')

12 T ake heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unfaithfulness, to depart from the living God.

See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

13 B ut exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

14 F or we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;

for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,

15 w hile it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

in its being said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,'

16 F or some of those that came out of Egypt with Moses, when they had heard, did provoke; howbeit not all.

for certain having heard did provoke, but not all who did come out of Egypt through Moses;

17 B ut with whom was he indignant forty years? Was it not with those that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

18 A nd to whom he swore that they should not enter into his rest, but to those that disobeyed?

and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? --

19 S o we see that they could not enter in because of their unbelief.

and we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.