having become by so much better than the angels, by as much as he has inherited a more excellent name than theirs.

who was faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses also [was] in his household.

For this one is considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the one who builds it has greater honor than the house.

And Moses [was] faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony to the things that would be spoken,

but Christ [was faithful] as a son over his house, whose house we are, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of.

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'"

But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.

{while it is said}, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

{For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us}, just as those also [did], but the message {they heard} did not benefit them, [because they] were not united with those who heard [it] in faith.

For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'" And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world.

again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God [did] from his own [works].

For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.

and because of it he is obligated to offer [sacrifices] for sins {for himself also, as well as for the people}.

And someone does not take for himself the honor, but is called by God, just as Aaron also [was].

just as also in another [place] he says, "You [are] a priest {forever} according to the order of Melchizedek,"

who in the days of his flesh offered up both prayers and supplications, with loud crying and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard as a result of his reverence.

For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham [as he] was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

And by as much as [this was] not without an oath (for these on the one hand {have become priests} without an oath,

For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted [above] the heavens,

For the law appoints men [as] high priests who have weakness, but the statement of the oath, after the law, [appoints] a Son, who is made perfect {forever}.

Now [this is] the main point in what has been said: we have a high priest such as this, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

who serve a sketch and shadow of the heavenly [things], just as Moses was warned [when he] was about to complete the tabernacle, for he says, "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain."

But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises.

Now these things having been prepared in this way, the priests enter into the first tent {continually} [as they] accomplish their service,

But Christ has arrived [as] a high priest of the good [things] to come. Through the greater and more perfect tent not made by hands, that is, not of this creation,

and not in order that he can offer himself many times, as the high priest enters into the sanctuary {year by year} with blood not his own,

And {just as} it is destined for people to die once, and after this, judgment,

not abandoning {our meeting together}, as [is] the habit of some, but encouraging [each other], and by so much more as you see the day drawing near.

By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing} to God.

By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.

And therefore these were fathered from one man, and [he] being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea.

having reasoned that God [was] able even to raise [him] from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol.

By faith Jacob, [as he] was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, [leaning] on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, [as he] was dying, mentioned about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as [if he] saw the invisible one.

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; the Egyptians, {when they made the attempt}, were drowned.

You have not yet resisted to the point of [shedding your] blood [as you] struggle against sin.

And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons? "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, or give up [when you] are corrected by him.

Endure [it] for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son [is there] whom a father does not discipline?

Do not neglect hospitality, because through this some have received angels as guests without knowing [it].

Remember the prisoners, as [though you were] fellow-prisoners; [remember] the mistreated, as [though] [you] yourselves also are being [mistreated] in the body.

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.