Ŵaebulania 2
1 Nipele, tukuŵajilwa kuukamulichisya nnope usyene utwaupilikene kuti tukaupelela.
So, [since that is true], we must pay very careful attention to what we have heard [about God’s Son], in order that we do not drift away from it, [as a boat drifts off its course when people do not guide it] [MET].
2 Pakuŵa aula utenga uwatangeswe ni achikatumetume ŵa kwinani kalakala waliji wa usyene, ni mundu jwalijose jwanganajitichisya ŵalamulikwe yaikuti pakusachilwa.
[God’s laws that] were given by angels were valid, and God justly punished all who rejected them and all who disobeyed [DOU] them.
3 Nipele, ana uwe chitulame chinauli natukuunyosya ukulupusyo wekulu wati nyi? Kundanda waŵechetekwe ni Ambuje nsyene, ni aŵala ŵaŵapilikene ŵala ŵatusalile kuti uli usyene.
So, we will certainly not escape [God punishing us] if we ignore such a great [message about how God] [MTY] saves us! [RHQ] This [new message] was first spoken by the Lord [Jesus] {The Lord [Jesus] first spoke this [message]}. Then it was confirmed to us by those who heard [what the Lord told them] {those who heard [what the Lord told them] confirmed it to us}.
4 Iyoyo Akunnungu akulosya kuti ili isyene, kwa kutenda imanyisyo ni yakusimonjeka, ni kwapa ŵandu mituuka ja Mbumu jwa Akunnungu malinga ni iŵasachile nsyene.
God also confirmed to us [that this message was true] by [enabling believers to do] many things that showed God’s power, to do other miraculous things [DOU], and [to do other things] by the gifts that the Holy Spirit distributed to them according to what [God] desired.
5 Akunnungu nganiŵapa achikatumetume ŵa kwinani ulamusi wa kuchilongosya chilambo chachikwika, achila chitukuchisala.
God has determined that the angels will not rule over everything. [Instead, he has determined that Christ] will rule in the new world that [God] will [create]. [That is the new world] about which I am writing.
6 Nambo kwana liuto line Mmalembo ga Akunnungu likusala, “Ana mundu ali chindu chachi, chati mwakumbuchile, atamuno Mwana jwa mundu ali chindu chachi, chati mwagose?
Someone spoke to [God about this] somewhere [in the Scriptures], saying, (No one is worthy enough for you to think about him!/Who is [worthy enough] for you to think about him?) [RHQ] (No human is [worthy enough] for you to care for him!/Is any human [worthy enough] for you to care for him?) [RHQ]
7 Nganimumpa mundu ukombole nti aula wa achikatumetume ŵa kwinani. Munchimbichisye kwannope mpela mwenye yakuti pakuchimbichikwa kwa kuwasikwa chindu mpela singwa.
[So it is surprising that] you have caused people to be for a little while inferior in rank to angels. You have greatly honored [DOU] them [MET], as [kings are honored with] a crown.
8 Mwaiŵisile yose paasi pa sajo syakwe.” Paikusalikwa kuti Akunnungu ŵambisile mundu jwakulongosya indu yose pangasigasya namuno chimo. Namose yeleyo mpaka sambano ngatukuwona achilongosyaga indu yose.
You have put everything under people’s control [MET]. God has determined that people will rule over absolutely everything [LIT]. But now, at this present time, we perceive that people do not yet have authority over everything.
9 Nambo chitwawone Che Yesu ŵati kwa katema kakajipi nganapegwa ukombole nti wa achikatumetume ŵa kwinani kuti kwa umbone wa Akunnungu awe kwa liwamba lya ŵandu wose. Ni kwa ligongo lya masauko mpaka chiwa chao, sambano tukwawona ŵawasisye chindu mpela singwa ja ukulu ni luchimbichimbi.
But we do know about Jesus, [who truly has authority over everything]! Hebrews 2:9b-13 Jesus, for a little while, became inferior [in rank] to angels in order to die on behalf of [MET] everyone. He became inferior when he suffered [and] died, as God kindly [planned]. But now he has been greatly [honored] [DOU] [by being] crowned [as kings are].
10 Yawoneche yambone kuti Akunnungu ŵaigumbile indu yose ni kuiŵika mpela yaitite kuwa. Ŵantesile Che Yesu aŵe jwamalilwe kwa litala lya masauko, kuti ŵaichisye ŵandu ŵajinji mu ukulu wakwe, pakuŵa Che Yesu ni jwakwalongosya ŵandu mu ukulupusyo.
It was fitting that [God] make [Jesus] (perfect/all that God intended him to be). God was enabling many people who would belong to him [MET] to share his glory. God [is the one who] created all things, and [he is the one] for whom all things [exist]. [He perfected Jesus] by causing him to suffer [and die]. [Jesus] is the one whom [God] uses to save people.
11 Ŵelewo akwaswejesya ŵandu sambi syao, ni ŵelewo pamo ni aŵala ŵaŵaswejekwe, wose Atati ŵao ŵamope. Kwa ligongo lyo ngasikwatenda soni kwaŵilanga ŵandu wo achalongo achinjakwe.
[Jesus] is the one who (makes people holy/sets people apart for God), and they all belong to God’s family. [As a result, Christ] gladly [LIT] proclaims them to be [like] his own brothers [and sisters].
12 Ŵaasalile Akunnungu, “Chingaasalile ŵandu ŵangu aila intesile, chinanlape pakusongangana kunlamba.”
[The Psalmist wrote what Christ said to God about us becoming] his brothers, in these words: I will proclaim to my brothers how awesome you are (OR, what you ([are like/have done])) [MTY]. I will sing praise to you in the presence of the congregation!
13 Sooni akuti, “Chinaaŵichile Akunnungu chilolelo changu.” Ni sooni akuti, “Une ndili apano pamo ni ŵanache ŵambele Akunnungu kuti aŵe achiŵanangu.”
And a prophet wrote [in] another [Scripture passage what Christ said about God], I will trust him. And in another [Scripture passage, Christ said about those who are like his] children, I and the ones that God has given me are here.
14 Nipele, pakuŵa ŵanache ŵa mpela ila inkuti pakwaŵilanga ali ŵandu ŵaali ni chiilu ni miasi, Che Yesu asyene ŵaiche ni ŵaliji mpela ŵanyawo ni kulumbikana nawo mu undu wao. Ŵatesile yeleyo kuti kwa litala lya chiwa chao, ampunde Jwaulamba jwaali ni machili nkati chiwa,
So, since those [whom God calls his] children are all human beings [MTY], Jesus also became a human being [just like them]. The devil has the power to cause people [to be afraid] to die, but Christ became human in order that by his dying he might make the devil powerless.
15 kuti ŵakulupusye aŵala ŵaŵaliji mpela achikapolo mu utame wao wose kwa kuchijogopa chiwa.
[Jesus did that] to free all of us who are like slaves [MET] all the time we live, because we are [forced to] be afraid to die.
16 Pakuŵa isyene nganaika kukwakamuchisya achikatumetume ŵa kwinani, nambo ŵaiche kukwakamuchisya uŵelesi u che Iblahimu.
Because [Jesus became a human being], it is not angels whom he wants to help. No, it is we who trust God as Abraham did whom he wants to help.
17 Ligongo lyo, ŵaliji mpela ŵandu yaali mu indu yose, kuti aŵe Jwambopesi jwao Jwankulu jwakukulupilichika ni jwali ni chanasa mu kwatumichila Akunnungu, kuti sambi sya ŵandu silecheleswe.
So, [since he came to help humans, not angels], he had to be made exactly like [us whom he calls] his own brothers [and sisters]. He wants to be a Supreme Priest who [acts] mercifully [to all people] and who faithfully does what God wants, so that people who had sinned would be declared no longer guilty.
18 Ni pakuŵa asyene wo ŵalageswe paŵalinjikwe, akukombola kwakamuchisya aŵala ŵakulinjikwa.
[Specifically], he is able to help those/us who are tempted [to sin]. He can do that because he suffered, and he was also tempted [to sin like we are tempted to sin].
