1 T herefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, 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 who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.

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

3 F or this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor 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 who built 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 indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward,

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, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. Be Faithful

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 T herefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice,

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

8 D o not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial 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 tested Me, tried 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 angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in 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 My rest.’”

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

12 B eware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing 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 have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to 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 you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers

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 who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?

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

17 N ow with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses 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 did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?

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 unbelief.

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