Hebrews 3

1 WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, contemplate the apostle and high-priest whom ye confess, Jesus Christ;

For this reason, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and Chief Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

2 who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was in all his house.

being faithful to Him who appointed Him, as also Moses [was] in all His house.

3 For this personage hath been counted worthy of higher glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built it, hath greater honour than the house.

For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who builds it has more honor than the house.

4 For every house is built by some person; but he who is the architect of all things is God.

For every house is built by someone, and He who built all things [is] God,

5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all that house of his as a servant, to bear testimony of the things which should be after spoken;

and Moses [was] indeed steadfast in all His house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken—

6 but Christ as a son over his own house: whose house are we, if we hold firmly the confidence and glorying of hope stedfast unto the end.

but Christ, as a Son over His house, whose house we are, if we hold fast the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope to the end.

7 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

For this reason, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you may hear His voice—

8 harden not your hearts, as in that bitter provocation, at the day of the temptation in the wilderness;

you may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

9 when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works during forty years.

in which your fathers tempted Me; they proved Me, and saw My works [for] forty years;

10 Wherefore I was provoked against that generation, and said, They are always deluded in heart, and they have not known my ways:

for this reason I was grieved with that generation and said, They always go astray in [their] heart, and these have not known My ways;

11 so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

so I swore in My anger, They will [not] enter into My rest.”

12 Take heed, brethren, that there be not in any one of you a wicked heart of infidelity, evident in departure from the living God:

Watch out, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

13 but exhort one another daily, whilst to-day remains, that no one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

but exhort one another every day, while [it] is called “Today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,

14 For we are partakers with Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end;

for we have become partakers of the Christ, if we may hold fast the confidence [we had] at the beginning to the end,

15 while it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.

as it is said, “Today, if you may hear His voice, you may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation.”

16 For some, though they had heard, provoked him; yet not all who came out of Egypt by Moses.

For who [were those], having heard, [that] provoked, but not all those having come out of Egypt through Moses?

17 But against whom was he incensed forty years? Was it not against those who had sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?

But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

18 And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who did not believe?

And to whom did He swear that they will not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe?

19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.