Vēstule Ebrējiem 2
1 Tāpēc mums būs jo vairāk vērā ņemt to vārdu, ko esam dzirdējuši, ka jel netopam aizrauti pazušanā.
Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, so we do not drift away.
2 Jo ja tas vārds, kas caur eņģeļiem runāts, ir bijis stiprs, un ikkatra pārkāpšana un neklausīšana ir dabūjusi savu taisno atmaksu;
For, if the message which was delivered by angels had its authority confirmed, so that every offence against it, or neglect of it, met with a fitting requital,
3 Kā tad mēs izbēgsim par tādu pestīšanu nebēdādami? Tā papriekš ir sludināta caur To Kungu un mums apstiprināta no tiem, kas to dzirdējuši;
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 Tai Dievs ir liecību devis ar zīmēm un brīnumiem un dažādiem spēkiem un ar Tā Svētā Gara izdalīšanām pēc Sava prāta.
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 Jo ne eņģeļiem Viņš ir padevis to nākamo pasauli, par ko mēs runājam.
God has not given to angels the control of that future world of which we are speaking!
6 Bet viens kādā vietā ir apliecinājis sacīdams: kas ir cilvēks, ka Tu viņu piemini? Jeb cilvēka dēls, ka Tu viņu piemeklē?
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 Īsu laiku Tu viņu esi darījis mazāku nekā eņģeļus, ar godu un slavu Tu viņu esi kronējis un viņu iecēlis pār Savu roku darbiem;
You have made them, for a while, lower than angels; with glory and honour you have crowned them; you have set them over all that your hands have made;
8 Visas lietas Tu esi licis apakš viņa kājām. Jo kad Tas viņam visas lietas padevis, tad Tas neko nav atstājis, kas viņam nebūtu padots; bet tagad mēs vēl neredzam, ka viņam visas lietas padotas.
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 Bet mēs redzam Jēzu nāves ciešanas dēļ ar godu un slavu kronētu, kas īsu laiku mazāks tapis nekā eņģeļi, lai Viņš caur Dieva žēlastību par visiem nāvi baudītu.
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 honour; so that his tasting the bitterness of death should, in God’s loving kindness, be on behalf of all humanity.
10 Jo Tam, kā dēļ visas lietas ir un caur ko visas lietas ir, kas daudz bērnus uz godību vada, Tam pienācās Viņu, pestīšanas vadoni, caur ciešanām pilnīgu darīt.
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 Jo tāpat tas, kas svētī, kā tie, kas top svētīti, visi ir no viena; tādēļ Viņš nekaunas, tos saukt par brāļiem,
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 Sacīdams: Es Tavu vārdu sludināšu Saviem brāļiem, draudzes vidū Es Tev pateicības dziesmas dziedāšu.
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 Un atkal: Es Savu cerību likšu uz Viņu. Un atkal: redzi, Es un tie bērni, ko Dievs Man ir devis.
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 Kad nu tie bērni miesas un asinis dabūjuši, tad arī Viņš to pašu it līdzīgi ir dabūjis, ka Viņš caur nāvi iznīcinātu to, kam bija nāves vara, tas ir velnu,
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 Un atsvabinātu visus tos, kas caur nāves bailēm cauru mūžu bija padoti kalpošanai.
and so might deliver all those who, from fear of death, had all their lives been living in slavery.
16 Jo Viņš taču nepieņem eņģeļus, bet Ābrahāma dzimumu Viņš pieņem.
It was not, surely, to the help of the angels that Jesus came, but to the help of the descendants of Abraham.
17 Tāpēc Viņam vajadzēja visās lietās tiem brāļiem palikt līdzīgam, lai sirds žēlīgs taptu un uzticīgs augsts priesteris Dieva priekšā, to ļaužu grēkus salīdzināt.
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 Jo caur to, ka Pats ir cietis un kārdināts, Viņš tiem, kas top kārdināti, var palīdzēt.
The fact that he himself suffered under temptation enables him to help those who are tempted.
