Wahebrania 2
1 Kwa hiyo ni lazima tuweke kipaumbele zaidi kwa yale tuliyosikia, ili kwamba tusije tukatengwa mbali nayo.
Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, so we do not drift away.
2 Kwa maana ikiwa ujumbe uliozungumzwa na malaika ni halali, na kila kosa na uasi hupokea adhabu tu,
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 tutapataje kuepuka kama tusipojali wokovu huu mkuu? —wokuvu ambao kwanza ulitangazwa na Bwana na kuthibitishwa kwetu na wale waliousikia.
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 Mungu pia aliuthibitisha kwa ishara, maajabu, na kwa matendo makuu mbalimbali, na kwa zawadi za Roho Mtakatifu alizozigawa kulingana na mapenzi yake mwenyewe.
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 Mungu hakuuweka ulimwengu ujao, ambao tunaongelea habari zake, chini ya malaika.
God has not given to angels the control of that future world of which we are speaking!
6 Badala yake, mtu fulani ameshuhudia mahali fulani akisema, “Mtu ni nani, hata uweze kumkumbuka? Au mwana wa mtu, hata umtunze?
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 mtu kuwa mdogo kuliko malaika; umemvika taji ya utukufu na heshima. (Zingatia: Katika nakala halisi za kwanza, mstari huu haupo. “Na umemuweka juu ya kazi ya mikono yako.)
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 Umeweka kila kitu chini ya miguu yake.” Kwa hiyo Mungu ameweka kila kitu chini ya mtu. Hakuacha kitu chochote ambacho hakiko chini yake. Lakini sasa hivi hatuoni bado kila kitu kikiwa chini yake.
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 Hata hivyo, tunaona ambaye alikuwa amefanywa kwa muda, chini kuliko malaika—Yesu, ambaye, kwa sababu ya mateso yake na kifo chake, amevikwa taji ya utukufu na heshima. Hivyo sasa kwa neema ya Mungu, Yesu ameonja kifo kwa ajili ya kila mtu.
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 Ilikuwa sahihi kwamba Mungu, kwa sababu kila kitu kipo kwa ajili yake na kupitia yeye, alipaswa kuwaleta watoto wengi katika utukufu, na kwamba alipaswa kumfanya kiongozi katika wokovu wao kuwa mkamilifu kupitia mateso yake.
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 Kwa maana wote wawili yule anayeweka wakfu na wale ambao wanawekwa wakfu, wote wanatoka kwenye asili moja, Mungu. Kwa sababu hii yule anayewaweka wakfu kwa Mungu haoni aibu kuwaita ndugu.
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 Anasema, “Nitatangaza jina lako kwa ndugu zangu, nitaimba kuhusu wewe kutoka ndani ya kusanyiko.”
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 Tena asema, “Nitaamini katika yeye.” Na tena, “Tazama, hapa nipo na watoto ambao Mungu amenipa.”
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 Kwa hiyo, kwa kuwa watoto wa Mungu wote hushiriki mwili na damu, kadhalika Yesu alishiriki vitu vilevile, ili kwamba kupitia kifo apate kumdhohofisha yule ambaye ana mamlaka juu ya mauti, ambaye ni ibilisi.
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 Hii ilikuwa hivyo ili awaweke huru wale wote ambao kupitia hofu ya kifo waliishi maisha yao yote katika utumwa.
and so might deliver all those who, from fear of death, had all their lives been living in slavery.
16 Kwa hakika siyo malaika anaowasaidia. Badala yake, anawasaidia wazao wa Abraham.
It was not, surely, to the help of the angels that Jesus came, but to the help of the descendants of Abraham.
17 Kwa hiyo, ilikuwa lazima yeye awe kama ndugu zake katika njia zote, ili aweze kuwa kuhani mkuu mwenye huruma na mwaminifu kwa vitu vya Mungu, na ili kwamba awe na uwezo wa kutoa msamaha kwa dhambi za watu.
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 Kwa sababu Yesu mwenyewe ameteseka, na kujaribiwa, ana uwezo wa kuwasaidia wale wanaojaribiwa.
The fact that he himself suffered under temptation enables him to help those who are tempted.
