Jevrejima 2
1 Zato treba da mi svesrdnije prianjamo uz ono što čusmo da ne bismo promašili.
Therefore ought we more diligently to observe the things which we have heard, lest perhaps we should let them slip.
2 Jer ako je riječ po anđelima izrečena bila čvrsta te je svaki prijestup i neposluh primio pravednu plaću,
For if the word, spoken by angels, became steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward:
3 kako li ćemo mi umaći ako zanemarimo toliko spasenje? Spasenje koje je počeo propovijedati Gospodin, koje su nam potvrdili slušatelji,
How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? which having begun to be declared by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.
4 a suposvjedočio Bog znamenjima i čudesima, najrazličitijim silnim djelima i darivanjima Duha Svetoga po svojoj volji.
God also bearing them witness by signs, and wonders, and divers miracles, and distributions of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.
5 Nije doista anđelima podložio budući svijet o kojem govorimo.
For God hath not subjected unto angels the world to come, whereof we speak.
6 Netko negdje posvjedoči: Što je čovjek da ga se spominješ, sin čovječji te ga pohađaš.
But one in a certain place hath testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him: or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
7 Ti ga tek za malo učini manjim od anđela, slavom i časti njega ovjenča,
Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels: thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands:
8 njemu pod noge sve podloži. Kad mu, doista, sve podloži, ništa ne ostavi što mu ne bi bilo podloženo. Sad još ne vidimo da mu je sve podloženo,
Thou hast subjected all things under his feet. For in that he hath subjected all things to him, he left nothing not subject to him. But now we see not as yet all things subject to him.
9 ali Njega, za malo manjeg od anđela, Isusa, vidimo zbog pretrpljene smrti slavom i časti ovjenčana da milošću Božjom bude svakome na korist što je on smrt okusio.
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God, he might taste death for all.
10 Dolikovalo je doista da Onaj radi kojega je sve i po kojemu je sve - kako bi mnoge sinove priveo k slavi - po patnjama do savršenstva dovede Početnika njihova spasenja.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author of their salvation, by his passion.
11 Ta i Posvetitelj i posvećeni - svi su od jednoga! Zato se on i ne stidi zvati ih braćom,
For both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:
12 kad veli: Braći ću svojoj naviještat ime tvoje, hvalit ću te usred zbora.
I will declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
13 I još: Ja ću se u njega uzdati, i još: Evo, ja i djeca koju mi Bog dade.
And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold I and my children, whom God hath given me.
14 Pa budući da djeca imaju zajedničku krv i meso, i sam on tako postade u tome sudionikom da smrću obeskrijepi onoga koji imaše moć smrti, to jest đavla,
Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil:
15 pa oslobodi one koji - od straha pred smrću - kroza sav život bijahu podložni ropstvu.
And might deliver them, who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to servitude.
16 Ta ne zauzima se dašto za anđele, nego se zauzima za potomstvo Abrahamovo.
For no where doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.
17 Stoga je trebalo da u svemu postane braći sličan, da milosrdan bude i ovjerovljen Veliki svećenik u odnosu prema Bogu kako bi okajavao grijehe naroda.
Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.
18 Doista, u čemu je iskušan trpio, može iskušavanima pomoći.
For in that, wherein he himself hath suffered and been tempted, he is able to succour them also that are tempted.
