Ebilunba 2

1 Lan yaapo li pundi tin kubi bonŋanla ya maama ke ti gbadi yeni, ke tin da yaadi ki fuagidi leni laa maama.

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 Kelima, ya maama ke Malekinba den waani ya den ba mi gbienma, ke ti tuonbiadi leni yiema buolu kuli mo ya den ba li panpaani,

[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 Lan wani, ti baa sani lede ki cia hali ti yaa yie ki fali laa tindimoanma? Laa maama den kpa ñani O Diedo ñoabu nni, ke yaaba n den cengi O den tieni ti po siedi ke mi tie moamoani.

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 U tienu den ye leni ba ki ciani bi siedo leni sinankeene, leni libonlidi kaala, leni mi bandicianma buolu buolu leni U tienu Fuoma yua paabu nani wan bua maama.

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 Kelima U tienu naa teni Malekinba ka n diedi ya ŋandunli n kpendi nne, tin maadi yaali yaa maama.

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 O nilo den teni siedi kaanu ba ki yedi: o nisaalo tie be hali ka baa tiani o po bi, o nisaalo biga tie be hali ka baa kubi o bonŋanla nante?

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 A den jiini o yogunu wamu po, ke Malekinba cie o, A go den jiini o po ti jigidi leni ti kpiagidi.

[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 A teni ke o diedi li bonli kuli nani wan ŋma yaala. kelima U tienu n dini o ke wan diedi li bonli kuli yeni, O naa ŋa li ba kuli ke wani o nisaalo ki diedi. ama, leni moala ti daa nua ke o diedi li bonli kuli.

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 Ama yua ke bi den jiinio, u yogunu waamu po ke Malekinba cie o. wani Jesu moala ti la ke O gbie leni ti kpiagidi, leni ti pagidi kelima wan la mi kuuma fala maama yaapo. lani n teni, leni U tienu ŋanbili, ke O den la fala ki kpe yua kuli po.

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 U tienu wan yua n die li bonli kuli ke li bonli kuli go ye O nunni, O go den jagi ke niba boncianla n tua O bila ki taani leni O, O kpiagidi nni. lani, O den teni ke Jesu dagidi ki ŋani cain kelima wan la ya fala yaapo. wan yua n tie bi tindima yudaano.

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 Kelima yua n ŋuudi ki ñandi ti tuonbiadi leni wan ŋuudi yaaba ya tuonbiadi kuli ñani baa yendo ya kani. lan yaapo O naa den jie fee ki yinba O waamu.

[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 Wan den yedi: N ba waani A yeli n waamu, n ba yiini ki pagi A yeli li nitaanli siiga.

[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 O go den yedi: n baa ya dugi a po O go den yedi: Mini nne, Mini leni yaa bila ke U tienu teni nni.

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 Lan wani, nani a bila n tie nisaaliba ki pia ti gbanandi leni misoama yeni, O moko leni O kuuma, O den paadi yua n pia mi kuuma paalu sutaani.

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 ki den faaba yaaba ke bi yema kuli bi den ye sutaani yonbidi nni kelima mi kuuma jawaandi po.

[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 Li doagidi cain ke waa den cua ki baa todi Malekinba ka, ama Abalahama puoliŋuani.

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 Lan yaapo, li bonli kuli nni O den nandi O waamu. yeni, O tua yaa kopadicianbado n gba mi ninñima ki go tiega U tienu tuonli nni, ki go padi i candanbaani padili ki ba sugili bi niba tuonbiadi kuli po.

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 Kelima wani O yaaba den la fala ban den tulini O yaa yogunu. O baa fidi moala ki todi moala yaaba ke bi tulinba.

[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].