¹ Let us therefore fear, lest at any time, although there is left behind a promise of entering into his rest,—any one from amongst you should be deemed, to have come short;

² For we have had delivered to us the joyful message, just as even, they; but the word which was heard did not profit them, they not having been blended, by faith, with the things heard.

³ For we who have believed, are to enter into the rest, according as he hath said—So I sware in mine anger, They shall not enter into my rest; And yet, the works, from the foundation of the world, had been brought into existence,

⁴ For he hath spoken, somewhere, concerning the seventh [day], thus—And God rested, on the seventh day, from all his works;

⁵ And in this again—They shall not enter into my rest.

⁶ Seeing, therefore, that it is left over for, some, to enter into it, and, they who formerly had delivered to them the joyful message, entered not in by reason of obstinacy,—

⁷ Again, he marketh out a certain day, To-day, in David, saying—after so long a time as this,—according as it hath been said before:—To-day, if, unto his voice, ye would hearken, do not harden your hearts.

⁸ For, if, unto them, Joshua had given rest, it had not in that case, concerning another day, been speaking, after, these things.

⁹ Hence there is, left over, a Sabbath-keeping, for the people of God.

¹⁰ For, he that hath entered into his rest, He too, hath rested from his works, just as, from his own, God, [rested] .

¹¹ Let us, therefore, give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall into the same example, of obstinacy.

¹² For, living, is the word of God, and, energetic, and more cutting than any knife with two edges, and penetrating as far as a dividing asunder of soul and spirit, of joints also, and marrow, and able to judge the impulses and designs of the heart;

¹³ And there is, no created thing, can be secreted before him, but, all things, are naked and exposed to his eyes:—as to whom is, our discourse.

¹⁴ Having then a great high-priest who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession;

¹⁵ For we have not a high-priest unable to have fellow-feeling with our weaknesses, but one tested in all respects, by way of likeness, apart from sin.

¹⁶ Let us, then, be approaching with freedom of speech, unto the throne of favour, that we may receive mercy, and, favour, may find, for seasonable succour.