1 לָכֵן אַחַי הַקְּדוֹשִׁים חֲבֵרִים לַקְּרִיאָה שֶׁל־מַעְלָה הַבִּיטוּ אֶל־הַשָּׁלִיחַ וְכֹהֵן הוֹדָיָתֵנוּ הַגָּדוֹל אֶל־הַמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ | 1 Therefore, holy "brothers," sharing in a heavenly calling, reflect on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, |
2 אֲשֶׁר־הוּא נֶאֱמָן לְעֹשֵׂהוּ כְּמוֹ גַם־משֶׁה בְּכָל־בֵּיתוֹ | 2 who was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was "faithful in (all) his house." |
3 כִּי־כָבוֹד גָּדוֹל מִמּשֶׁה נָחַל־זֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר בֹּנֵה הַבַּיִת חָשׁוּב יוֹתֵר מִן־הַבָּיִת | 3 But he is worthy of more "glory" than Moses, as the founder of a house has more "honor" than the house itself. |
4 כִּי כָל־בַּיִת יֶשׁ־לוֹ בֹנֶה אֲבָל בּוֹנֵה כֹל הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים | 4 Every house is founded by someone, but the founder of all is God. |
5 וְהֵן משֶׁה נֶאֱמָן בְּכָל־בֵּיתוֹ כְּעֶבֶד לְעֵדוּת הַדְּבָרִים הָעֲתִידִים לְהֵאָמֵר | 5 Moses was "faithful in all his house" as a "servant" to testify to what would be spoken, |
6 אֲבָל הַמָּשִׁיחַ הוּא הַבֵּן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וַאֲנַחְנוּ בֵיתוֹ אִם־נַחֲזִיק בַּבִּטָּחוֹן וּבִתְהִלַּת הַתִּקְוָה וְלֹא־נַרְפֶּנָּה עַד־הַקֵּץ | 6 but Christ was faithful as a son placed over his house. We are his house, if (only) we hold fast to our confidence and pride in our hope. |
7 לָכֵן כְּמַאֲמַר רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַיּוֹם אִם־בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ | 7 Therefore, as the holy Spirit says: "Oh, that today you would hear his voice, |
8 אַל־תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָה כְּיוֹם מַסָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר | 8 'Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion in the day of testing in the desert, |
9 אֲשֶׁר נִסּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בְּחָנוּנִי גַּם־רָאוּ פָעֳלִי אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה | 9 where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works |
10 לָכֵן אָקוּט בַּדּוֹר וָאֹמַר עַם תֹּעֵי לֵבָב הֵם וְהֵם לֹא־יָדְעוּ דְרָכָי | 10 for forty years. Because of this I was provoked with that generation and I said, "They have always been of erring heart, and they do not know my ways." |
11 אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְאַפִּי אִם־יְבֹאוּן אֶל־מְנוּחָתִי | 11 As I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter into my rest."'" |
12 רְאוּ עַתָּה אֶחָי פֶּן־יֵשׁ בְּאֶחָד מִכֶּם לֶב־רַע וַחֲסַר אֱמוּנָה לָסוּר מֵאֱלֹהִים חַיִּים | 12 Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God. |
13 אַךְ־הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ יוֹם יוֹם עַד־שֶׁיִּקָּרֵא הַיּוֹם לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יַקְשֶׁה אִישׁ מִכֶּם אֶת־לִבּוֹ בְּמַדּוּחֵי פָשַׁע | 13 Encourage yourselves daily while it is still "today," so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin. |
14 כִּי נִתְחַבַּרְנוּ לַמָּשִׁיחַ אִם־נַחֲזִיק בְּרֵאשִׁית הַבִּטְחָה וְלֹא נַרְפֶּנָּה עַד־הַקֵּץ | 14 We have become partners of Christ if only we hold the beginning of the reality firm until the end, |
15 כַּאֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמַר הַיּוֹם אִם־בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ אַל־תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָה | 15 for it is said: "Oh, that today you would hear his voice: 'Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion.'" |
16 מִי אֵפוֹא אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ וַיָּרִיבוּ הֲלֹא כָּל־יֹצְאֵי מִצְרַיִם בְּיַד־משֶׁה | 16 Who were those who rebelled when they heard? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt under Moses? |
17 וּבְמִי הִתְקוֹטֵט אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה הֲלֹא בַחַטָּאִים אֲשֶׁר נָפְלוּ פִגְרֵיהֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר | 17 With whom was he "provoked for forty years"? Was it not those who had sinned, whose corpses fell in the desert? |
18 וּלְמִי נִשְׁבַּע לְבִלְתִּי־בֹא אֶל־מְנוּחָתוֹ אִם־לֹא לַסּוֹרְרִים | 18 And to whom did he "swear that they should not enter into his rest," if not to those who were disobedient? |
19 וַאֲנַחְנוּ רֹאִים כִּי לֹא יָכְלוּ לָבוֹא עַל־אֲשֶׁר לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ | 19 And we see that they could not enter for lack of faith. |