Mga Hebreo 2

1 Kaya nararapat na pagtuunan natin ng pansin kung ano ang ating mga narinig, upang hindi tayo matangay palayo dito.

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 Sapagkat kung ang mensahe na sinabi sa pamamagitan ng mga anghel ay totoo, at ang bawat paglabag at pagsuway ay tatanggap ng nararapat na kaparusahan,

[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 paano tayo makakatakas kung ating babalewalain ang dakilang kaligtasan? —kaligtasan na unang ipinahayag ng Panginoon at pinatunayan sa atin ng mga nakarinig nito.

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 Pinatunayan din ito ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng mga tanda, mga kamangha-manghang gawa, at sa pamamagitan ng iba't- ibang mga makapangyarihang gawa, at sa pamamagitan ng kaloob ng Banal na Espiritu na kaniyang ipinamahagi ayon sa kaniyang kalooban.

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 Hindi ipinamahala ng Diyos sa mga anghel ang sanlibutang darating na aming tinutukoy.

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 Sa halip, may nagpatunay mula sa isang dako at nagsabing, “Ano ba ang tao, na iyong inaalala? O ang anak ng tao, na iyong pinapahalagahan?

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 Ginawa mo ang taong bahagyang mas mababa kaysa sa mga anghel; kinoronahan mo siya ng kaluwalhatian at karangalan. (Nilagay mo siya sa ilalim ng gawa ng iyong mga kamay.)

[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 Inilagay mo ang lahat na mapasailalim sa kaniyang mga paa”. Sapagkat ipinasailalim ng Diyos ang lahat sa sangkatauhan. Wala siyang iniwan na anuman na hindi naipasailalim sa kaniya. Ngunit ngayon, hindi pa natin makita ang lahat na ipinasailalim sa kaniya.

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 Gayon pa man, nakikita natin ang isa na ginawa sa maikling panahon, na mababa kaysa mga anghel— si Jesus, dahil sa kaniyang paghihirap at kamatayan ay kinoronahan ng kaluwalhatian at karangalan. Kaya ngayon sa pamamagitan ng biyaya ng Diyos, naranasan ni Jesus ang kamatayan para sa bawat tao.

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 Sapagkat nararapat na ang Diyos, dahil para sa kaniya at sa pamamagitan niya ay nagkaroon ng lahat ng mga bagay, sa pagdadala ng maraming mga anak tungo sa kaluwalhatian, ay gawing sakdal ang nagtatag ng kanilang kaligtasan sa pamamagitan ng pagdurusa.

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 Sapagkat parehong ang tagapaghandog at mga ihinahandog ay iisa lang ang pinanggalingan, ang Diyos. Dahil dito, ang tagapaghandog nila sa Diyos ay hindi nahihiyang tawagin silang mga kapatid.

[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 Sinasabi niya, “Ipapahayag ko ang iyong pangalan sa aking mga kapatid, aawitin ko ang tungkol saiyo sa loob ng pagpupulong.”

[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 At sinasabi niyang muli, “Magtitiwala ako sa kaniya.” At muli, “Masdan ninyo, heto ako at ang mga anak na ibinigay sa akin ng Diyos.”

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 Kaya, dahil lahat ng mga anak ng Diyos ay kabahagi ng laman at dugo, nakibahagi rin si Jesus sa mga bagay na ito, upang sa pamamagitan ng kamatayan ay maaari niyang mapawalang bisa ang may kapangyarihan ng kamatayan, na ibig sabihin, ay ang diyablo.

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 Ito ay upang mapalaya niya ang lahat na sa pamamagitan ng pagkatakot sa kamatayan ay napasailalim sa pagkaalipin sa buong buhay nila.

[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 Sapagkat tunay nga na hindi ang mga anghel ang tinutulungan niya. Sa halip, tinutulungan niya ang mga kaapu-apuhan ni Abraham.

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 Kaya kinakailangan niyang maging katulad ng kaniyang mga kapatid sa lahat ng paraan, upang siya ay maging maawain at tapat na pinakapunong pari sa mga bagay para sa Diyos, at upang maaari niyang makamit ang kapatawaran para sa kasalanan ng mga tao.

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 Dahil si Jesus mismo ay naghirap, noong siya ay tinukso, kaya niyang tulungan ang mga natukso.

[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].