Vaebulania 2
1 Ndava yeniyo yikutigana neju kugakamula neju uchakaka wetiuyuwini, muni tikotoka kuyaga.
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 Ujumbi wula wewajoviwi na vamitumu va kunani kwa Chapanga walolikini kuvya chakaka, hati mundu yeyoha mweaulandili lepi amala kuyidakila abuniwi ngati cheyaganikiwi.
[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 Tete tihotola wuli kulama ngati tikuusadika lepi usangula mkulu ngati uwu? Hoti Bambu ajovili usangula uwu, kangi vala vevauyuwini chakaka.
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 Mewawa Chapanga alangisi kuvya chakaka kwa kukita ulangisu ndalindali ya makangaso na gachinamtiti mu njila ya Mpungu Msopi kwa kuvapela vandu hipanji ngati cheaganili mwene.
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 Chapanga avavikili lepi vamitumu kulongosa mulima weubwela, ndi mulima wula wetikuulongelela malovi gaki.
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 Nambu mu Mayandiku Gamsopi pandu pangi gijova kuvya, “Wu, mundu ndi yani hati umuhololelayi? Wu, Mwana wa mundu ndi yani hati umyangalila?
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 Umhengili kuvya mdebe pahi ya vamitumu va kunani kwa Chapanga, umuwaliki njingwa na ukulu na utopesa.
[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 Na veve uvikili vindu vyoha pahi ya magendelu gaki” Yijovekana kuvya Chapanga amukitili kuvya chilongosi panani ya vindu vyoha ndi changali kuleka hati chindu chimonga. Pamonga hinu naha tilola lepi kuvya apewili uhotola panani ya vindu vyoha.
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 Nambu tikumlola Yesu mweavikiwi palukumbi kuvya pandu padebe kuliku vamitumu va kunani kwa Chapanga, muni kwa ubwina wa Chapanga afwayi ndava ya vandu voha. Na hinu tikumlola awalikwi njwinga ya ukulu na utopesa kwa lifwa leang'aikili.
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 Ndava ya kuvaleta vana vamahele mu ukulu waki, yamganisi Chapanga mweiwumba na kuyunga vindu vyoha amkamilisa Yesu Kilisitu mu njila ya mang'ahiso. Ndava Yesu ndi chilongosi mkulu wa usangula.
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 Mwene avanyambisa vandu vevakumbudila Chapanga, mwene na vala vevinyambiswa, voha vivya na Dadi mmonga. Ndava yeniyo Yesu ikola lepi soni kuvakemela vandu avo valongo vaki.
[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 Cheijova kwa Chapanga, “Veve Chapanga yati nikulikokosa liina laku kwa valongo vangu, yati nikuyimbila lunyimbu lwa kukulumba pagati ya mngonganu wavi.”
[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 Mewawa ijova, “Yati nikumvikila huvalila Chapanga.” Na kangi ijova, “Nene nivii penapa pamonga na vana veanipeli Chapanga vavyai vana vangu.”
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 Hinu, ndava muni vana avo ndi vandu vevavi na higa na ngasi, mewawa Yesu abwelili muni avyai ngati vene akahanganila muumundu wavi. Akitili chenicho muni mu njila ya lifwa, amhotola Setani mweavili na makakala ndava ya lifwa,
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 na mewa muni avalekekesa vala vevavi vavanda muwumi wavi woha, ndava ya kuyogopa lifwa.
[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 Muni chakaka kuvya mwene abwelili lepi ndava ya kuvatangatila vamitumu va kunani kwa Chapanga, nambu kuvatangatila chiveleku cha Ibulahimu.
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 Ndi muni yamganili abwela avyai ngati vandu vangi chevavili mukila chindu, muni avyai Mteta Mkulu wavi mweavi msadikika na lipyana mukumhengela Chapanga, muni kumbudila Chapanga kwa vandu kulekekeswai.
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 Ndava mwene anga'aiswi pala pealingiwa, ahotola kuvatangatila vala vevilingiwa.
[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].
