1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. 4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, 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 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because 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.