Hebrejcem 2

1 Zato nam je treba tolikanj bolj paziti na to, kar smo slišali, da nam ne uide.

For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

2 Če je namreč beseda po angelih govorjena postala gotova, in je vsak prestopek in neposluh dobil zasluženo plačilo,

Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;

3 Kako uidemo mi, v nemar pustivši toliko blaginjo, katero je s konca oznanil Gospod, a oni, ki so jo čuli, potrdili so jo do nas;

What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

4 Zraven pa je Bog pričal sè znamenji in čudeži, in mnogoterimi močmi, in svetega Duha podeljevanjih, po volji svoji.

And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

5 Kajti ni angelom podložil sveta prihodnjega, o katerem govorimo;

For he did not make the angels rulers over the world to come, of which I am writing.

6 Pričal pa je nekdo nekjé, govoreč: "Kaj je človek, da se ga spominjaš, ali sin človekov, da ga obiskuješ?

But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

7 Za malo časa si ga ponižal pod angele: sè slavo in častjo si ga venčal, in postavil si ga nad dela rok svojih;

You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:

8 Vse si podložil pod noge njegove." Kajti podloživši mu vse, ni pustil ničesar ne podloženega mu; sedaj pa ne vidimo še, da bi mu bilo vse podloženo.

You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

9 Njega pa, ki je za malo časa ponižan pod angele, gledamo Jezusa, po trpljenji smrtnem, sè slavo in častjo venčanega, da po milosti Božji okusi smrt za vse.

But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.

10 Kajti spodobilo se mu je, za katerega je vse in po katerem je vse, ko je mnogo sinov v slavo peljal, početnika njih zveličanja popolniti s trpljenjem.

Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.

11 Kajti posvečujoči in posvečeni so iz enega vsi; za to se ne sramuje imenovati jih brate, govoreč:

For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,

12 Oznanjal bodem ime tvoje bratom svojim, sredi občine bodem ti prepeval."

Saying, I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers, I will make a song of praise to you before the church.

13 In zopet: "Jaz mu bodem zaupal." in zopet: "Glej, jaz in otročiči, katere mi je Bog dal."

And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.

14 Ker so torej otročiči udeležili se mesa in krvi, je tudi enako udeležil se njih, da bi sè smrtjo uničil njega, ki je imel smrti moč, to je: hudiča,

And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;

15 In rešil tiste, kateri so v strahu smrti v vsem življenji bili v sužnjosti sponah.

And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.

16 Saj se pač ne poteza za angele, nego za seme Abramovo se poteza.

For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham.

17 Zato se je moral v vsem enacega storiti bratom, da postane usmiljen in zvest višji duhovnik pred Bogom, da poravná ljudstva grehe.

Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.

18 Kajti v kolikor je sam trpel in izkušen bil, more pomagati izkušanim.

For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.