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 Seepärast, pühad vennad ja õed, taevase kutsumise osasaajad, seadke oma mõtted Jeesusele, keda me tunnistame kui oma apostlit ja ülempreestrit! 2 Ta on ustav oma ametissemäärajale nagu Mooseski Jumala majapidamises. 3 Jeesus on Moosesest palju suurema austuse vääriline, nii nagu maja ehitajat austatakse enam kui maja ennast. 4 Iga maja on ju kellegi ehitatud, aga Jumal on ehitanud kõik. 5 Mooses oli ustav Jumala majapidamises kui sulane; tunnistuseks sellest, mida Jumal pidi tulevikus rääkima. 6 Kristus aga on kui ustav Poeg Jumala majapidamise üle. Tema majapidamine oleme meie, kui me peame kinni julgusest ja lootusest, millest me ka kiitleme.

7 Seepärast, nagu Püha Vaim ütleb:

„Täna, kui te kuulete tema häält,

8 ärge tehke oma südant kõvaks nii nagu vastuhaku ajal,

nõnda nagu kõrbes läbikatsumise päevil,

9 kus teie esiisad panid mind proovile,

kuigi nad nägid mu tegusid nelikümmend aastat.

10 Seepärast sain ma vihaseks selle sugupõlve peale

ja ütlesin: „Nende süda eksib üha kaugemale,

ja nad ei tunne minu teid."

11 Nii ma vandusin oma vihas:

„Iial ei saa nad minu hingamisse!" "

12 Vaadake ette, vennad ja õed, et kelleski teist ei oleks kuri uskmatu süda, mis loobub elavast Jumalast! 13 Selle asemel julgustage üksteist iga päev, niikaua kui veel öeldakse „täna", et keegi teist ei kalestuks patu petlikkuse läbi. 14 Sest meil kõigil on osa Kristusest, kui me vaid oma esimeses usus lõpuni kindlaks jääme. 15 Nii nagu äsja öeldi:

„Täna, kui te kuulete tema häält,

ärge tehke oma südant kõvaks nii nagu vastuhaku ajal!"

16 Kes siis olid need kuuljad, kes vastu hakkasid? Eks ju kõik need, kelle Mooses tõi välja Egiptusest? 17 Ja kelle peale oli ta vihane nelikümmend aastat? Eks ju nende peale, kes tegid pattu ja kelle ihud langesid kõrbes? 18 Ja kellele kinnitas Jumal vandega, et nad ei saa minna tema hingamisse, kui mitte neile, kes olid sõnakuulmatud? 19 Nii me näeme, et nad ei saanud sinna minna oma uskmatuse pärast.