Ahibirania 2
1 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, nĩtwagĩrĩirwo kũrũmbũiya mũno ũhoro ũrĩa twanaigua, nĩguo tũtikae gũtũgũgio tweherio kuuma harĩ guo.
Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, so we do not drift away.
2 Tondũ-rĩ, angĩkorwo ũhoro ũrĩa waririo nĩ araika warĩ mũrũmu-rĩ, na mũndũ o wothe wareganaga na ũhoro ũcio na akaũremera nĩaherithagio o ũrĩa kwagĩrĩire-rĩ,
For, if the message which was delivered by angels had its authority confirmed, so that every offense against it, or neglect of it, met with a fitting requital,
3 tũngĩkĩaga atĩa kũherithio tũngĩnyarara ũhonokio mũnene ũũ? Ũhonokio ũyũ, ũrĩa waambire kũhunjio nĩ Mwathani, nĩwacookire gwĩkĩrwo hinya kũrĩ ithuĩ nĩ andũ arĩa maamũiguire.
how can we, of all people, expect to escape, if we disregard so great a salvation? It was the Master who at the outset spoke of this salvation, and its authority was confirmed for us by those who heard him,
4 Ningĩ Ngai agĩĩkĩra ũhoro ũyũ ũira atĩ nĩ wa ma na ũndũ wa kuonania marũũri na morirũ, o na kũringa ciama cia mĩthemba mĩingĩ, na akĩheana iheo cia Roho Mũtheru kũrĩ andũ kũringana na wendi wake.
while God himself added his testimony to it by signs, and marvels, and many different miracles, as well as by imparting the Holy Spirit as he saw fit.
5 Thĩ ĩrĩa tũkwaria ũhoro wayo, araika tio maaheetwo wathani wayo.
God has not given to angels the control of that future world of which we are speaking!
6 No nĩ harĩ mũndũ mũna ũheanĩte ũira handũ hamwe akoiga atĩrĩ: “Mũndũ akĩrĩ kĩ tondũ ũikaraga ũkĩmwĩciiragia, nake mũrũ wa mũndũ akĩrĩ kĩ atĩ nĩkĩo ũmũmenyagĩrĩra?
No; a writer has declared somewhere – ‘What are mere mortals that you should remember them? Or human beings that you should care for them?
7 Watũmire atigie o hanini aiganane na araika, na ũkĩmũhumba thũmbĩ ya riiri o na gĩtĩĩo,
You have made them, for a while, lower than angels; with glory and honor you have crowned them; you have set them over all that your hands have made;
8 na ũkĩiga indo ciothe rungu rwa magũrũ make aciathage.” Nake akĩiga indo ciothe rungu rwa mũndũ-rĩ, hatirĩ kĩndũ o na kĩrĩkũ Ngai aatigire gĩtarĩ watho-inĩ wa mũndũ. No rĩu tũtionaga indo ciothe irĩ watho-inĩ wa mũndũ.
you have placed all things beneath their feet.’ This ‘placing of everything’ under humanity means that there was nothing which was not placed under them. As yet, however, we do not see everything placed under humanity.
9 No tuonaga Jesũ, ũrĩa gwa kahinda kanini watuĩtwo mũnini gũkĩra araika, no rĩu ekĩrĩtwo thũmbĩ ya riiri na ya gĩtĩĩo nĩ tondũ nĩanyariirĩkire na agĩkua, nĩgeetha, nĩ ũndũ wa Wega wa Ngai atuĩke wa gũcama gĩkuũ handũ ha andũ othe.
What our eyes do see is Jesus, who was made for a while lower than angels, now, because of his sufferings and death, crowned with glory and honor; so that his tasting the bitterness of death should, in God’s loving kindness, be on behalf of all humanity.
10 Nĩgũkorwo nĩ kwagĩrĩire atĩ Ngai, ũrĩa wombire indo ciothe na itũũraga nĩ ũndũ wake-rĩ, atũme mwambĩrĩria wa ũhonokio wao aagĩrĩre kũna kũna na ũndũ wa kũnyamario nĩguo arehe ciana nyingĩ riiri-inĩ wake.
It was, indeed, fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, should, when leading many children to glory, make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
11 Jesũ ũrĩa ũtũmaga andũ matuĩke atheru, o hamwe na acio matuĩtwo atheru, othe matuĩkaga andũ a nyũmba ĩmwe. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jesũ ndaconokaga akĩmeeta ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe.
For he who purifies, and those whom he purifies, all spring from One; and therefore he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.
12 Akoiga atĩrĩ, “Nĩngoimbũra rĩĩtwa rĩaku kũrĩ ariũ na aarĩ a Baba; nĩngainaga nyĩmbo cia gũkũgooca ndĩ kĩũngano-inĩ.”
He says – ‘I will tell of your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.’
13 Ningĩ akoiga atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ngũiga mwĩhoko wakwa harĩ Ngai.” O na ningĩ akoiga atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ũyũ haha, na ciana iria Ngai aaheete.”
And again – ‘As for me, I will put my trust in God.’ And yet again – ‘See, here am I and the children whom God gave me.’
14 Kuona atĩ ciana icio irĩ na mwĩrĩ na thakame-rĩ, we o nake aatuĩkire o tao mwĩrĩ-inĩ, nĩgeetha na ũndũ wa gĩkuũ gĩake ahote kwananga ũrĩa ũrĩ na hinya wa gĩkuũ, nake nĩwe mũcukani,
Therefore, since human nature is the common heritage of the children, Jesus also shared it, in order that by death he might render powerless him whose power lies in death – that is, the devil –
15 na ohore arĩa matũire mohetwo ũkombo-inĩ matukũ mao mothe nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtigĩra gĩkuũ.
and so might deliver all those who, from fear of death, had all their lives been living in slavery.
16 Nĩgũkorwo ti-itherũ ti araika ateithagia, no ateithagia rũciaro rwa Iburahĩmu.
It was not, surely, to the help of the angels that Jesus came, but to the help of the descendants of Abraham.
17 Na nĩ ũndũ ũcio no nginya angĩahaananirio na ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe maũndũ-inĩ mothe, nĩguo atuĩke mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa mũnene ũiyũrĩtwo nĩ tha na mwĩhokeku agĩtungatĩra Ngai, na nĩguo arute horohio nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma kĩrĩndĩ.
And consequently it was necessary that he should in all points be made like his brothers and sisters, in order that he might prove a merciful as well as a faithful high priest in humanity’s relations with God, for the purpose of expiating the sins of his people.
18 Nĩgũkorwo we mwene nĩathĩĩnĩkire rĩrĩa aageragio-rĩ, nĩahotaga gũteithia andũ arĩa mageragio.
The fact that he himself suffered under temptation enables him to help those who are tempted.
