1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of {the} heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,2 who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.3 For *he* has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.4 For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things {is} God.5 And Moses indeed {was} faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;6 but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are *we*, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.7 Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,8 harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;9 where your fathers tempted {me}, by proving {me}, and saw my works forty years.10 Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and *they* have not known my ways;11 so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.12 See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from {the} living God.13 But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.14 For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;15 in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;16 (for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but {was it} not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?17 And with whom was he wroth forty years? {Was it} not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?19 And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief;)

1 Daarom, heilige broeders, deelgenote van die hemelse roeping, let op die Apostel en Hoëpriester van ons belydenis, Christus Jesus,2 wat getrou was aan Hom wat Hom aangestel het, net soos Moses ook in sy hele huis.3 Want Hy is meer heerlikheid waardig geag as Moses, namate hy wat die huis gebou het, meer eer het as die huis;4 want elke huis word deur iemand gebou, maar Hy wat alle dinge gebou het, is God.5 En Moses was wel getrou in sy hele huis as 'n dienaar, om te getuig van wat nog gespreek sou word,6 maar Christus as Seun oor sy huis. En ons is sy huis as ons net die vrymoedigheid en die roem van die hoop tot die einde toe onwrikbaar vashou.7 Daarom, soos die Heilige Gees spreek: Vandag as julle sy stem hoor,8 verhard julle harte nie soos in die verbittering, in die dag van die versoeking in die woestyn nie,9 waar julle vaders My versoek, My beproef het en my werke veertig jaar lank gesien het.10 Daarom het Ek vertoornd geword op daardie geslag en gesê: Altyd dwaal hulle met die hart. Maar hulle het my weë nie leer ken nie,11 sodat Ek in my toorn gesweer het: Hulle sal in my rus nie ingaan nie.12 Sorg daarvoor, broeders, dat daar nie miskien in een van julle 'n bose en ongelowige hart is deurdat hy van die lewende God afvallig word nie.13 Maar vermaan mekaar elke dag so lank as dit vandag genoem word, sodat niemand van julle deur die verleiding van die sonde verhard word nie.14 Want ons het deelgenote van Christus geword, as ons net die begin van ons vertroue tot die einde toe onwrikbaar vashou;15 omdat daar gesê word: Vandag as julle sy stem hoor, verhard julle harte nie soos in die verbittering nie.16 Wie was dit dan wat gehoor het en Hom verbitter het? Was dit nie almal wat onder leiding van Moses uit Egipte gegaan het nie?17 En op wie was Hy veertig jaar lank vertoornd? Was dit nie op die wat gesondig het, wie se lyke in die woestyn geval het nie?18 En aan wie het Hy gesweer dat hulle in sy rus nie sal ingaan nie, behalwe aan die ongehoorsames?19 En ons sien dat hulle deur ongeloof nie kon ingaan nie.