Hebræos 2
1 Propterea abundantius oportet observare nos ea, quae audivimus ne forte pereffluamus.
So then, we really must pay the utmost attention to the things we have heard, so that we not drift away.
2 Si enim qui per Angelos dictus est sermo, factus est firmus, et omnis praevaricatio, et inobedientia accepit iustam mercedis retributionem:
For if the word spoken through angels became binding, and every violation and disobedience received a deserved penalty,
3 quomodo nos effugiemus si tantam neglexerimus salutem? quae cum initium accepisset enarrari per Dominum ab eis, qui audierunt, in nos confirmata est,
how shall we escape if we are careless about that tremendous salvation?—it received its beginning through the Lord's declaration and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him[S],
4 contestante Deo signis et portentis, et variis virtutibus, et Spiritus sancti distributionibus secundum suam voluntatem.
God adding His[F] attestation by signs, wonders, various miracles, and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.
5 Non enim Angelis subiecit Deus orbem terrae futurum, de quo loquimur.
Because it is not to angels that He has subjected the coming inhabited earth, about which we are speaking;
6 Testatus est autem in quodam loco quis, dicens: Quid est homo quod memor es eius, aut filius hominis quoniam visitas eum?
rather, there is a place where someone testified saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or son of man that you care for him?
7 Minuisti eum paulominus ab Angelis: gloria et honore coronasti eum: et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum.
You made him lower than the angels, for a little while; You crowned him with glory and honor,
8 Omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius: In eo enim quod omnia ei subiecit, nihil dimisit non subiectum ei. Nunc autem necdum videmus omnia subiecta ei.
You subjected all things under his feet.” It follows that in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not so subjected. However, we do not yet see everything subjected to him, at present.
9 Eum autem, qui modico quam Angeli minoratus est, videmus Iesum propter passionem mortis, gloria et honore coronatum: ut gratia Dei, pro omnibus gustaret mortem.
But we do see Jesus, who ‘was made lower than the angels, for a little while’ (in order to suffer death), ‘crowned with glory and honor’—this, by the grace of God, so that He[S] might taste death on behalf of everyone.
10 Decebat enim eum, propter quem omnia, et per quem omnia, qui multos filios in gloriam adduxerat, auctorem salutis eorum per passionem consummari.
Because it was appropriate to Him[F], for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to complete the Author of their salvation through sufferings.
11 Qui enim sanctificat, et qui sanctificantur, ex uno omnes. Propter quam causam non confunditur fratres eos vocare, dicens:
For both He[S] who is sanctifying and those who are being sanctified are all from One, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them ‘brothers’,
12 Nunciabo nomen tuum fratribus meis: in medio Ecclesiae laudabo te.
saying, “I will declare Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing praise to You.”
13 Et iterum: Ego ero fidens in eum. Et iterum: Ecce ego, et pueri mei, quos dedit mihi Deus.
And again, “I will put my trust in Him[F]”; and again, “Here am I and the children whom God has given me.”
14 Quia ergo pueri communicaverunt carni, et sanguini, et ipse similiter participavit eisdem: ut per mortem destrueret eum, qui habebat mortis imperium, id est, diabolum:
Since, then, the children have flesh and blood as their share, He[S] Himself likewise partook of the same, in order that through His death He might abolish the one who had the power of death—that is, the devil—
15 et liberaret eos, qui timore mortis per totam vitam obnoxii erant servituti.
and set free these [the children] who during their whole lifetime were subject to slavery through fear of death.
16 Nusquam enim Angelos apprehendit, sed semen Abrahae apprehendit.
(Now surely He does not assist angels, but He does assist Abraham's seed.)
17 Unde debuit per omnia fratribus similari, ut misericors fieret, et fidelis pontifex ad Deum, et ut repropitiaret delicta populi.
That is why He was obliged to become like those ‘brothers’ in all respects, so that He could be a merciful and faithful high priest, in what concerns God, with a view to making propitiation for the sins of the people.
18 In eo enim, in quo passus est ipse et tentatus, potens est et eis, qui tentantur, auxiliari.
For in that in which He Himself endured suffering, having been tested, He is able to assist those who are being tested.
