Epistula ad Hebraeos, 4
1. Timeamus ergo, ne forte, relicta pollicitatione introeundi in re quiem eius, existimetur aliquis ex vobis deesse;
1. Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.
2. etenim et nobis evangelizatum est quemadmodum et illis, sed non profuit illis sermo auditus, non commixtis fide cum iis, qui audierant.
2. For good news came to us just as to them; but the message which they heard did not benefit them, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers.
3. Ingredimur enim in requiem, qui credidimus, quemadmodum dixit: “Sicut iuravi in ira mea: Non introibunt in requiem meam”, et quidem operibus ab institutione mundi factis.
3. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, `They shall never enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4. Dixit enim quodam loco de die septima sic: “Et requievit Deus die septima ab omnibus operibus suis”;
4. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."
5. et in isto rursum: “Non introibunt in requiem meam”.
5. And again in this place he said, "They shall never enter my rest."
6. Quoniam ergo superest quosdam introire in illam, et hi, quibus prioribus evangelizatum est, non introierunt propter inoboedientiam,
6. Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,
7. iterum terminat diem quendam, “Hodie”, in David dicendo post tantum temporis, sicut supra dictum est: “Hodie, si vocem eius audieritis, nolite obdurare corda vestra”.
7. again he sets a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, "Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
8. Nam, si eis Iesus requiem praestitisset, non de alio loqueretur posthac die.
8. For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak later of another day.
9. Itaque relinquitur sabbatismus populo Dei;
9. So then, there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God;
10. qui enim ingressus est in requiem eius, etiam ipse requievit ab operibus suis, sicut a suis Deus.
10. for whoever enters God's rest also ceases from his labors as God did from his.
11. Festinemus ergo ingredi in illam requiem, ut ne in idipsum quis incidat inoboedientiae exemplum.
11. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, that no one fall by the same sort of disobedience.
12. Vivus est enim Dei sermo et efficax et penetrabilior omni gladio ancipiti et pertingens usque ad divisionem animae ac spiritus, compagum quoque et medullarum, et discretor cogitationum et intentionum cordis;
12. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
13. et non est creatura invisibilis in conspectu eius, omnia autem nuda et aperta sunt oculis eius, ad quem nobis sermo.
13. And before him no creature is hidden, but all are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14. Habentes ergo pontificem magnum, qui penetravit caelos, Iesum Filium Dei, teneamus confessionem.
14. Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
15. Non enim habemus pontificem, qui non possit compati infirmitatibus nostris, tentatum autem per omnia secundum similitudinem absque peccato;
15. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
16. adeamus ergo cum fiducia ad thronum gratiae, ut misericordiam consequamur et gratiam inveniamus in auxilium opportunum.
16. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
