Abaebbulaniya 2
1 Kyekivudde kitusaanira okussaayo ennyo omwoyo ku bintu bye twawulira, si kulwa nga tuwaba ne tubivaako.
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 Obanga ekigambo ekyayogerwa bamalayika kyakola, na buli eyayonoona era n’ajeemera ekigambo ekyo, yaweebwa ekibonerezo ekimusaanira,
[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 ffe tuliwona tutya bwe tuliragajjalira obulokozi obukulu obwenkana awo? Obulokozi obwo bwasooka okwogerwa Mukama waffe, ne bulyoka bukakasibwa abo abaabuwulira.
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 Katonda yakikakasiza mu bubonero ne mu by’ekitalo ne mu byamagero abitali bimu, era ne mu birabo ebya Mwoyo Mutukuvu bye yagaba nga bwe yayagala.
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 Ensi empya gye twogerako si yakufugibwa bamalayika.
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 Waliwo mu byawandiikibwa, omuntu we yagambira Katonda nti, “Omuntu kye ki ggwe okumujjukira? Oba Omwana w’Omuntu ye ani ggwe okumussaako omwoyo?
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 Wamussa obuteenkana nga bamalayika, okumala akaseera katono, wamutikkira engule ey’ekitiibwa n’ettendo,
[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 n’oteeka ebintu byonna wansi w’ebigere bye.” Katonda atadde buli kintu wansi we. Kyokka kaakano tetulaba bintu byonna nga biteekeddwa wansi we.
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 Naye tulaba Yesu eyassibwa wansi wa bamalayika okumala akaseera akatono. Olw’ekisa kya Katonda, yabonaabona n’afa, alyoke alege ku kufa ku lwa buli muntu, n’atikkirwa engule ey’ekitiibwa n’ettendo.
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 Katonda oyo eyatonderwa ebintu byonna, era mu oyo Yesu Kristo ebintu byonna mwe byatonderwa, eyalondebwa okuleeta abaana abangi mu kitiibwa. Era kyasaanira Yesu okubonyaabonyezebwa, ng’omukulembeze omutuukirivu, okubaleetera obulokozi.
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 Oyo atukuza era n’abo abatukuzibwa bava mu omu bonna. Noolwekyo takwatibwa nsonyi kubayita baganda be.
[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 Agamba nti, “Nditegeeza baganda bange erinnya lyo, era nnaakuyimbiranga ennyimba wakati mu kkuŋŋaaniro.”
[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 Era awalala agamba nti, “Nze nnaamwesiganga oyo.” Ate ne yeeyongera n’agamba nti, “Laba nze n’abaana Katonda be yampa.”
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 Olw’okubanga abaana balina omubiri n’omusaayi, naye yalina omubiri n’omusaayi, alyoke azikirize oyo alina amaanyi ag’okufa, ye Setaani.
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 Yakikola alyoke awe eddembe abo bonna abaali bamaze obulamu bwabwe bwonna mu buddu olw’entiisa y’okufa.
[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 Kubanga eky’amazima kiri nti tayamba bamalayika, ayamba zzadde lya Ibulayimu.
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 Kyekyava kimugwanira mu byonna okufaananyizibwa baganda be, alyoke abeerenga Kabona Asinga Obukulu asaasira era omwesigwa mu kuweereza Katonda. Ekyo yakikola alyoke atangirire ebibi by’abantu.
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 Yabonaabona, ye yennyini ng’akemebwa, alyoke ayambe abo abakemebwa.
[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].
