Hebrews 2
1 through/because of this/he/she/it be necessary more excessively to watch out me the/this/who to hear not once/when (to drift away *N(k)O*)
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 if for the/this/who through/because of angel to speak word to be firm and all transgression and disobedience to take just recompense
[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 how! me to escape so great to neglect salvation who/which beginning to take to speak through/because of the/this/who lord: God by/under: by the/this/who to hear toward me to confirm
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 to testify with the/this/who God sign and/both and wonders and various power and spirit/breath: spirit holy division according to the/this/who it/s/he will
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 no for angel to subject the/this/who world the/this/who to ensue about which to speak
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 to testify solemnly then somewhere one to say which? to be a human that/since: that to remember it/s/he or son a human that/since: that to visit/care for it/s/he
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 to make less it/s/he little one from/with/beside angel glory and honor to crown it/s/he (and to appoint/conduct it/s/he upon/to/against the/this/who work the/this/who hand you *KO*)
[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 all to subject under the/this/who foot it/s/he in/on/among the/this/who for to subject it/s/he the/this/who all none to release: leave it/s/he insubordinate now then not yet to see: see it/s/he the/this/who all to subject
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 the/this/who then little one from/with/beside angel to make less to see Jesus through/because of the/this/who suffering the/this/who death glory and honor to crown that (grace *NK(O)*) God above/for all to taste death
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 be proper for it/s/he through/because of which the/this/who all and through/because of which the/this/who all much son toward glory to bring the/this/who founder the/this/who salvation it/s/he through/because of suffering to perfect
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 the/this/who and/both for to sanctify and the/this/who to sanctify out from one all through/because of which cause/charge no be ashamed of brother it/s/he to call: call
[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 to say to announce the/this/who name you the/this/who brother me in/on/among midst assembly to praise you
[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 and again I/we to be to persuade upon/to/against it/s/he and again look! I/we and the/this/who child which me to give the/this/who God
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 since therefore/then the/this/who child to participate blood and flesh and it/s/he similarly to share the/this/who it/s/he in order that/to through/because of the/this/who death to abate the/this/who the/this/who power to have/be the/this/who death this/he/she/it to be the/this/who devilish/the Devil
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 and to release this/he/she/it just as/how much fear death through/because of all the/this/who to live liable for to be slavery
[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 no for so somewhere angel to catch but seed: offspring Abraham to catch
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 whence to owe according to all the/this/who brother to liken in order that/to merciful to be and faithful high-priest the/this/who to/with the/this/who God toward the/this/who to propitiate the/this/who sin the/this/who a people
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 in/on/among which for to suffer it/s/he to test/tempt: tempt be able the/this/who to test/tempt: tempt to help
[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].
