< Hebrews 2 >
1 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].
අතෝ වයං යද් භ්රමස්රෝතසා නාපනීයාමහේ තදර්ථමස්මාභි ර්යද්යද් අශ්රාවි තස්මින් මනාංසි නිධාතව්යානි|
2 [God’s laws that] were given by angels were valid, and God justly punished all who rejected them and all who disobeyed [DOU] them.
යතෝ හේතෝ දූතෛඃ කථිතං වාක්යං යද්යමෝඝම් අභවද් යදි ච තල්ලඞ්ඝනකාරිණේ තස්යාග්රාහකාය ච සර්ව්වස්මෛ සමුචිතං දණ්ඩම් අදීයත,
3 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}.
තර්හ්යස්මාභිස්තාදෘශං මහාපරිත්රාණම් අවඥාය කථං රක්ෂා ප්රාප්ස්යතේ, යත් ප්රථමතඃ ප්රභුනා ප්රෝක්තං තතෝ(අ)ස්මාන් යාවත් තස්ය ශ්රෝතෘභිඃ ස්ථිරීකෘතං,
4 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.
අපරං ලක්ෂණෛරද්භුතකර්ම්මභි ර්විවිධශක්තිප්රකාශේන නිජේච්ඡාතඃ පවිත්රස්යාත්මනෝ විභාගේන ච යද් ඊශ්වරේණ ප්රමාණීකෘතම් අභූත්|
5 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.
වයං තු යස්ය භාවිරාජ්යස්ය කථාං කථයාමඃ, තත් තේන් දිව්යදූතානාම් අධීනීකෘතමිති නහි|
6 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]
කින්තු කුත්රාපි කශ්චිත් ප්රමාණම් ඊදෘශං දත්තවාන්, යථා, "කිං වස්තු මානවෝ යත් ස නිත්යං සංස්මර්ය්යතේ ත්වයා| කිං වා මානවසන්තානෝ යත් ස ආලෝච්යතේ ත්වයා|
7 [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.
දිව්යදතගණේභ්යඃ ස කිඤ්චින් න්යූනඃ කෘතස්ත්වයා| තේජෝගෞරවරූපේණ කිරීටේන විභූෂිතඃ| සෘෂ්ටං යත් තේ කරාභ්යාං ස තත්ප්රභුත්වේ නියෝජිතඃ|
8 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.
චරණාධශ්ච තස්යෛව ත්වයා සර්ව්වං වශීකෘතං|| " තේන සර්ව්වං යස්ය වශීකෘතං තස්යාවශීභූතං කිමපි නාවශේෂිතං කින්ත්වධුනාපි වයං සර්ව්වාණි තස්ය වශීභූතානි න පශ්යාමඃ|
9 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].
තථාපි දිව්යදූතගණේභ්යෝ යඃ කිඤ්චින් න්යූනීකෘතෝ(අ)භවත් තං යීශුං මෘත්යුභෝගහේතෝස්තේජෝගෞරවරූපේණ කිරීටේන විභූෂිතං පශ්යාමඃ, යත ඊශ්වරස්යානුග්රහාත් ස සර්ව්වේෂාං කෘතේ මෘත්යුම් අස්වදත|
10 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.
අපරඤ්ච යස්මෛ යේන ච කෘත්ස්නං වස්තු සෘෂ්ටං විද්යතේ බහුසන්තානානාං විභවායානයනකාලේ තේෂාං පරිත්රාණාග්රසරස්ය දුඃඛභෝගේන සිද්ධීකරණමපි තස්යෝපයුක්තම් අභවත්|
11 [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].
යතඃ පාවකඃ පූයමානාශ්ච සර්ව්වේ ඒකස්මාදේවෝත්පන්නා භවන්ති, ඉති හේතෝඃ ස තාන් භ්රාතෘන් වදිතුං න ලජ්ජතේ|
12 [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!
තේන ස උක්තවාන්, යථා, "ද්යෝතයිෂ්යාමි තේ නාම භ්රාතෘණාං මධ්යතෝ මම| පරන්තු සමිතේ ර්මධ්යේ කරිෂ්යේ තේ ප්රශංසනං|| "
13 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.
පුනරපි, යථා, "තස්මින් විශ්වස්ය ස්ථාතාහං| " පුනරපි, යථා, "පශ්යාහම් අපත්යානි ච දත්තානි මහ්යම් ඊශ්වරාත්| "
14 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.
තේෂාම් අපත්යානාං රුධිරපලලවිශිෂ්ටත්වාත් සෝ(අ)පි තද්වත් තද්විශිෂ්ටෝ(අ)භූත් තස්යාභිප්රායෝ(අ)යං යත් ස මෘත්යුබලාධිකාරිණං ශයතානං මෘත්යුනා බලහීනං කුර්ය්යාත්
15 [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.
යේ ච මෘත්යුභයාද් යාවජ්ජීවනං දාසත්වස්ය නිඝ්නා ආසන් තාන් උද්ධාරයේත්|
16 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.
ස දූතානාම් උපකාරී න භවති කින්ත්විබ්රාහීමෝ වංශස්යෛවෝපකාරී භවතී|
17 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.
අතෝ හේතෝඃ ස යථා කෘපාවාන් ප්රජානාං පාපශෝධනාර්ථම් ඊශ්වරෝද්දේශ්යවිෂයේ විශ්වාස්යෝ මහායාජකෝ භවේත් තදර්ථං සර්ව්වවිෂයේ ස්වභ්රාතෘණාං සදෘශීභවනං තස්යෝචිතම් ආසීත්|
18 [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].
යතඃ ස ස්වයං පරීක්ෂාං ගත්වා යං දුඃඛභෝගම් අවගතස්තේන පරීක්ෂාක්රාන්තාන් උපකර්ත්තුං ශක්නෝති|