1 W e may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,
¶ Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 f or we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them, but it did not profit those that heard the word without mixing it with faith.
3 f or we do enter into the rest -- we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest --;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,
(For we who have believed do enter into the rest) as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 f or He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'
For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day like this, And God rested the seventh day from all his works.
5 a nd in this again, `If they shall enter into My rest --;'
And in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest.
6 s ince then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief --
Seeing, therefore, it remains that some must enter therein, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter in because of disobedience;
7 a gain He doth limit a certain day, `To-day,' (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,'
Again, he determines a certain day, saying, Today, by David so long a time afterward; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 f or if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;
For if Jesus had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 t here doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,
There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
10 f or he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 M ay we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,
¶ Let us therefore make haste to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
12 f or the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;
For the word of God is alive and efficient and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 a nd there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.
Neither is there any created thing that is not manifested in his presence, but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him of whom we speak.
14 H aving, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession,
Having, therefore, a great high priest who penetrated the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast this profession of our hope.
15 f or we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 w e may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace -- for seasonable help.
Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of his grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.