who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

For to which of the messengers said He ever, 'My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee?' and again, 'I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?'

and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, 'And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;'

and as a mantle Thou shall roll them together, and they shall be changed, and Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.'

how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving -- to be spoken through the Lord -- by those having heard was confirmed to us,

and him who was made some little less than messengers we see -- Jesus -- because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.

saying, 'I will declare Thy name to my brethren, in the midst of an assembly I will sing praise to Thee;' and again, 'I will be trusting on Him;'

wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build is God,

and Moses indeed was stedfast in all his house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken,

See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;

and no one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron:

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered -- the obedience,

having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek,

for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation is the oath,

in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed,

and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --

If indeed, then, perfection were through the Levitical priesthood -- for the people under it had received law -- what further need, according to the order of Melchisedek, for another priest to arise, and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?

by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining;

for if, indeed, he were upon earth, he would not be a priest -- (there being the priests who are offering according to the law, the gifts,

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of My taking them by their hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt -- because they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not regard them, saith the Lord, --

because this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people;

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he both the book itself and all the people did sprinkle,

It is necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;

for not into holy places made with hands did the Christ enter -- figures of the true -- but into the heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;

For the law having a shadow of the coming good things -- not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near,

since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?

for by one offering he hath perfected to the end those sanctified;

any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,

of how much sorer punishment shall he be counted worthy who the Son of God did trample on, and the blood of the covenant did count a common thing, in which he was sanctified, and to the Spirit of the grace did despite?

and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

By faith Enoch was translated -- not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to -- that he had pleased God well,

By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that is by the sea-shore -- the innumerable.

but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.

By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

of whom it was said -- 'In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;

by faith Jacob dying -- each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;

by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.

By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;

by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,

having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,

by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;

by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;

by faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days;

by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, 'My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising us, and we were reverencing them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.

and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,

and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard did entreat that a word might not be added to them,

for they were not bearing that which is commanded, 'And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'

wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith -- considering the issue of the behaviour -- be imitating,

with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for it is good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.

and more abundantly do I call upon you to do this, that more quickly I may be restored to you.