Di Rest Wey Still Dey Stand
Di rest wey dem promise long time ago still dey open, and na dat one be di point, because di offer no expire with Joshua. Two famous pictures follow: our Papa word wey dey cut between soul and spirit, dey expose everything, and high priest wey dem test like us, so we fit come near with boldness.
4 1Since di promise to enter im rest still dey stand, make we take am well-well so dat nobody among una go look like person wey don miss am. 2We too, dem preach good news give us, just as dem preach am give dem. But di message wey dem hear no do dem any good, because dem no join am with faith, di way di people wey listen well do.
3We wey believe dey enter dat rest, just as e talk say: “For my vex I swear, dem no go ever enter my rest.” Yet im work don finish since wen e lay di foundation of di world.
4Because for one place e talk about di seventh day say: “And our Papa rest for di seventh day from all im work.”
5And again for di same place e talk say, “Dem no go ever enter my rest.”
6So since e remain say some people go still enter am, and di people wey first hear di good news no fit enter because dem no obey,
7so again e set anoda day, “Today,” wey e talk through David long time after, just as e don talk before say: “Today, if una hear im voice, no make una heart hard.”
8Because if Joshua bin don give dem rest, our Papa no for talk later about anoda day. 9So den, e still remain one Sabbath rest for di people of our Papa. 10Anybody wey don enter our Papa im rest don also rest from im own work, just as our Papa rest from im own. 11So make we try hard to enter dat rest, so dat nobody go fall di same way, by di same pattern of no-obey.
12Because di word of our Papa dey alive and e dey work, e sharp pass any sword wey get two mouth, e dey pierce reach to divide soul and spirit, joint and marrow, and e dey judge di tinking and intention wey dey inside person heart. a a v12 ‘Word of our Papa’ take di place of ‘word of God’ — Scripture na di living voice of di Papa wey sabi every tinking of im pikin dem. 13No creature dey hide from im eye; everytin dey naked and open for di eye of di One wey we go answer to.
14So since we get one great high priest wey don pass through di heavens—Jesus, di Pikin of our Papa—make we hold tight to di faith wey we dey confess.
Jesus, Our Great High Priest
15We no get one high priest wey no fit feel our weakness with us, but one wey dem test for every way just as dem test us, yet e no sin. 16So make we come near di throne of grace with bold face, so dat we go fit receive mercy and find grace wey go help us for di time wey we need am.
