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1 Timeamus ergo ne forte relicta pollicitatione introeundi in requiem eius, existimetur aliquis ex vobis deesse.
Let us fear, therefore, lest while there is a firm promise of entering into his rest, any among you should be found coming short of entering.
2 Etenim et nobis nunciatum est, quemadmodum et illis. Sed non profuit illis sermo auditus, non admistus fidei ex iis, quæ audierunt.
For to us also is the announcement, as well as to them: but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not mingled with the faith of those who heard it.
3 Ingrediemur enim in requiem, qui credidimus: quemadmodum dixit: Sicut iuravi in ira mea: Si introibunt in requiem meam: et quidem operibus ab institutione mundi perfectis.
But we, who have believed, do enter into rest. But as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my rest: for lo, the works of God existed from the foundation of the world.
4 Dixit enim in quodam loco de die septima sic: Et requievit Deus die septima ab omnibus operibus suis.
As he said of the sabbath, God rested on the seventh day from all his works.
5 Et in isto rursum: Si introibunt in requiem meam.
And here again, he said, They shall not enter into my rest.
6 Quoniam ergo superest introire quosdam in illam, et ii, quibus prioribus annunciatum est, non introierunt propter incredulitatem:
Therefore, because there was a place, whither one and another might enter; and those earlier persons, to whom the announcement was made, entered not, because they believed not:
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.
again he established another day, a long time afterwards; as above written, that David said, Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 Nam si eis Iesus requiem præstitisset, numquam de alia loqueretur, posthac, die.
For if Joshua, the son of Nun, had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterwards of another day.
9 Itaque relinquitur Sabbatismus populo Dei.
Therefore it is established, that the people of God are to have a sabbath.
10 Qui enim ingressus est in requiem eius: etiam ipse requievit ab operibus suis, sicut a suis Deus.
For he who had entered into his rest, hath also rested from his works, as God did from his.
11 Festinemus ergo ingredi in illam requiem: ut ne in idipsum quis incidat incredulitatis exemplum.
Let us, therefore, strive to enter into that rest; lest we fall short, after the manner of them who believed not.
12 Vivus est enim Sermo Dei, et efficax, et penetrabilior omni gladio ancipiti: et pertingens usque ad divisionem animæ ac spiritus, compagum quoque ac medullarum, et discretor cogitationum et intentionum cordis.
For the word of God is living, and all-efficient, and sharper than a two-edged sword, and entereth even to the severance of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the marrow and the bones, and judgeth the thoughts and reasonings of the heart:
13 Et non est ulla creatura invisibilis in conspectu eius: omnia autem nuda et aperta sunt oculis eius, ad quem nobis sermo.
neither is there any creature, which is concealed from before him; but every thing is naked and manifest before his eyes, to whom we are to give account.
14 Habentes ergo Pontificem magnum, qui penetravit cælos, Iesum Filium Dei: teneamus confessionem.
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, Jesus the Messiah, the son of God, who hath ascended to heaven; let us persevere in professing him.
15 Non enim habemus pontificem, qui non possit compati infirmitatibus nostris: tentatum autem per omnia pro similitudine absque peccato.
For we have not a high priest, who cannot sympathize with our infirmity; but one who was tempted in all respects like us, aside from sin.
16 Adeamus ergo cum fiducia ad thronum gratiæ: ut misericordiam consequamur, et gratiam inveniamus in auxilio opportuno.
Let us, therefore, approach with assurance to the throne of his grace, that we may obtain mercy, and may find grace for assistance in the time of affliction.
