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].
Por lo cual debemos prestar mayor atención a las cosas que ( ahora ) hemos oído, no sea que nos deslicemos.
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.
Porque si la palabra anunciada por ángeles fue firme y toda transgresión y desobediencia recibió su justa retribución,
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}.
¿cómo escaparemos nosotros si tenemos en poco una salud tan grande? La cual habiendo principiado por la Palabra del Señor, nos fue confirmada por los que la oyeron;
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.
dando testimonio juntamente con ellos Dios, por señales, prodigios y diversos milagros y por dones del Espíritu Santo conforme a su voluntad.
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.
Porque no a ángeles sometió Él el orbe de la tierra venidero de que estamos hablando.
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]
Mas alguien testificó en cierto lugar diciendo: “¿Qué es el hombre para que te acuerdes de él, o el hijo del hombre para que lo visites?
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.
Lo rebajaste un momento por debajo de los ángeles; lo coronaste de gloria y honor, y lo pusiste sobre las obras de tus manos;
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.
todo sujetaste bajo sus pies”. Porque al someter a Él todas las cosas nada dejó que no le hubiera sometido. Al presente, empero, no vemos todavía sujetas a Él todas las cosas;
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].
pero sí vemos a Aquel que fue hecho un momento menor que los ángeles: a Jesús, coronado de gloria y honor, a causa de la pasión de su muerte, para que por la gracia de Dios padeciese la muerte por todos.
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.
Pues convenía que Aquel para quien son todas las cosas, y por quien todas subsisten, queriendo llevar muchos hijos a la gloria, consumase al autor de la salud de ellos por medio de padecimientos.
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].
Porque todos, tanto el que santifica, como los que son santificados, vienen de uno solo, por lo cual no se avergüenza de llamarlos hermanos,
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!
diciendo: “Anunciaré tu nombre a mis hermanos, en medio de la asamblea cantaré tu alabanza”.
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.
Y otra vez: “Yo pondré mi confianza en Él”. Y de nuevo: “Heme aquí a mí y a los hijos que Dios me ha dado”.
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.
Así que, como los hijos participan de sangre y carne, también Él participó igualmente de ellas, a fin de que por medio de la muerte destruyese a aquel que tiene el imperio de la muerte, esto es, al diablo,
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.
y librase a todos los que, por temor de la muerte, durante toda su vida estaban sujetos a servidumbre.
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.
Porque en manera alguna toma sobre sí a los ángeles, sino al linaje de Abrahán.
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.
Por lo cual tuvo que ser en todo semejante a sus hermanos a fin de que, en lo tocante a Dios, fuese un sumo sacerdote misericordioso y fiel para expiar los pecados del pueblo,
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].
pues, en las mismas cosas que Él padeció siendo tentado, puede socorrer a los que sufren pruebas.
