Epistula ad Hebraeos, 3
1. Unde, fratres sancti, vocationis caelestis participes, considerate apostolum et pontificem confessionis nostrae Iesum,
1. Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly call, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
2. qui fidelis est ei, qui fecit illum, sicut et Moyses in tota domo illius.
2. He was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in God's house.
3. Amplioris enim gloriae iste prae Moyse dignus est habitus, quanto ampliorem honorem habet quam domus, qui fabricavit illam.
3. Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.
4. Omnis namque domus fabricatur ab aliquo; qui autem omnia fabricavit, Deus est.
4. (For every house is built by some one, but the builder of all things is God.)
5. Et Moyses quidem fidelis erat in tota domo eius tamquam famulus in testimonium eorum, quae dicenda erant,
5. Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,
6. Christus vero tamquam Filius super domum illius; cuius domus sumus nos, si fiduciam et gloriationem spei retineamus.
6. but Christ was faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope.
7. Quapropter, sicut dicit Spiritus Sanctus: “Hodie, si vocem eius audieritis,
7. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, when you hear his voice,
8. nolite obdurare corda vestra sicut in exacerbatione, secundum diem tentationis in deserto,
8. do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
9. ubi tentaverunt me patres vestri in probatione et viderunt opera mea
9. where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.
10. quadraginta annos. Propter quod infensus fui generationi huic et dixi: Semper errant corde. Ipsi autem non cognoverunt vias meas;
10. Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, `They always go astray in their hearts; they have not known my ways.'
11. sicut icut iuravi in ira mea: Non introibunt in requiem meam”.
11. As I swore in my wrath, `They shall never enter my rest.'"
12. Videte, fratres, ne forte sit in aliquo vestrum cor malum incredulitatis discedendi a Deo vivo,
12. Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
13. sed adhortamini vosmetipsos per singulos dies, donec illud “hodie” vocatur, ut non obduretur quis ex vobis fallacia peccati;
13. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
14. participes enim Christi effecti sumus, si tamen initium substantiae usque ad finem firmum retineamus,
14. For we share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end,
15. dum dicitur: “Hodie, si vocem eius audieritis, nolite obdurare corda vestra quemadmodum in illa exacerbatione”.
15. while it is said, "Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."
16. Qui sunt enim qui audientes exacerbaverunt? Nonne universi, qui profecti sunt ab Aegypto per Moysen?
16. Who were they that heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses?
17. Quibus autem infensus fuit quadraginta annos? Nonne illis, qui peccaverunt, quorum membra ceciderunt in deserto?
17. And with whom was he provoked forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
18. Quibus autem iuravit non introire in requiem ipsius, nisi illis, qui increduli fuerunt?
18. And to whom did he swear that they should never enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
19. Et videmus quia non potuerunt introire propter incredulitatem.
19. So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.
