ibriNaH 3

1 he svargIyasyAhvAnasya sahabhAginaH pavitrabhrAtaraH, asmAkaM dharmmapratij nAyA dUto. agrasarashcha yo yIshustam AlochadhvaM|

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of [the] heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,

2 mUsA yadvat tasya sarvvaparivAramadhye vishvAsya AsIt, tadvat ayamapi svaniyojakasya samIpe vishvAsyo bhavati|

who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.

3 parivArAchcha yadvat tatsthApayituradhikaM gauravaM bhavati tadvat mUsaso. ayaM bahutaragauravasya yogyo bhavati|

For he has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.

4 ekaikasya niveshanasya parijanAnAM sthApayitA kashchid vidyate yashcha sarvvasthApayitA sa Ishvara eva|

For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things [is] God.

5 mUsAshcha vakShyamANAnAM sAkShI bhR^itya iva tasya sarvvaparijanamadhye vishvAsyo. abhavat kintu khrIShTastasya parijanAnAmadhyakSha iva|

And Moses indeed [was] faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;

6 vayaM tu yadi vishvAsasyotsAhaM shlAghana ncha sheShaM yAvad dhArayAmastarhi tasya parijanA bhavAmaH|

but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.

7 ato hetoH pavitreNAtmanA yadvat kathitaM, tadvat, "adya yUyaM kathAM tasya yadi saMshrotumichChatha|

Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

8 tarhi purA parIkShAyA dine prAntaramadhyataH| madAj nAnigrahasthAne yuShmAbhistu kR^itaM yathA| tathA mA kurutedAnIM kaThinAni manAMsi vaH|

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

9 yuShmAkaM pitarastatra matparIkShAm akurvvata| kurvvadbhi rme. anusandhAnaM tairadR^ishyanta matkriyAH| chatvAriMshatsamA yAvat kruddhvAhantu tadanvaye|

where your fathers tempted [me], by proving [me], and saw my works forty years.

10 avAdiSham ime lokA bhrAntAntaHkaraNAH sadA| mAmakInAni vartmAni parijAnanti no ime|

Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and they have not known my ways;

11 iti hetorahaM kopAt shapathaM kR^itavAn imaM| prevekShyate janairetai rna vishrAmasthalaM mama||"

so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.

12 he bhrAtaraH sAvadhAnA bhavata, amareshvarAt nivarttako yo. avishvAsastadyuktaM duShTAntaHkaraNaM yuShmAkaM kasyApi na bhavatu|

See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from [the] living God.

13 kintu yAvad adyanAmA samayo vidyate tAvad yuShmanmadhye ko. api pApasya va nchanayA yat kaThorIkR^ito na bhavet tadarthaM pratidinaM parasparam upadishata|

But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

14 yato vayaM khrIShTasyAMshino jAtAH kintu prathamavishvAsasya dR^iDhatvam asmAbhiH sheShaM yAvad amoghaM dhArayitavyaM|

For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;

15 adya yUyaM kathAM tasya yadi saMshrotumichChatha, tarhyAj nAla NghanasthAne yuShmAbhistu kR^itaM yathA, tathA mA kurutedAnIM kaThinAni manAMsi va iti tena yaduktaM,

in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;

16 tadanusArAd ye shrutvA tasya kathAM na gR^ihItavantaste ke? kiM mUsasA misaradeshAd AgatAH sarvve lokA nahi?

(for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but [was it] not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?

17 kebhyo vA sa chatvAriMshadvarShANi yAvad akrudhyat? pApaM kurvvatAM yeShAM kuNapAH prAntare. apatan kiM tebhyo nahi?

And with whom was he wroth forty years? [Was it] not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18 pravekShyate janairetai rna vishrAmasthalaM mameti shapathaH keShAM viruddhaM tenAkAri? kim avishvAsinAM viruddhaM nahi?

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?

19 ataste tat sthAnaM praveShTum avishvAsAt nAshaknuvan iti vayaM vIkShAmahe|

And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief; )