Hebreerne 2
1 Difor skal me so mykje meir agta på det me hev høyrt, so me ikkje skal driva undan.
Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, so we do not drift away.
2 For dersom det ord som var tala ved englar, stod fast, og kvar misgjerd og ulydnad mot det fekk si rettferdige løn,
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 kor skal då me sleppa undan, um me ikkje vyrder so stor ei frelsa? den som fyrst vart forkynt ved Herren og er komi vitnefast til oss ved deim som høyrde honom,
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 med di Gud vitna med både ved teikn og under og ymse kraftverk og tildeiling av den Heilage Ande etter sin vilje.
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 For det var ikkje under englar, han lagde den komande verdi som me talar um.
God has not given to angels the control of that future world of which we are speaking!
6 Men ein hev vitna ein stad og sagt: «Kva er eit menneskje, at du kjem det i hug, eller ein menneskjeson, at du ser til honom?
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 du gjorde honom lite lægre enn englarne; med herlegdom og æra krynte du honom og sette honom yver dei verk dine hender gjorde;
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 alle ting lagde du under hans føter.» For då han lagde alle ting under honom, so tok han ingen ting undan som ikkje er honom underlagd; men no ser me endå ikkje at alle ting er honom underlagde.
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 Men den som var gjord lite lægre enn englarne, Jesus, honom ser me, av di han leid dauden, krynt med herlegdom og æra, so han ved Guds nåde skulde smaka dauden for alle.
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 For det sømde seg honom som alt er til for, og som alt er til ved, då han førde mange born til herlegdom, ved lidingar å fullenda frelse-hovdingen deira.
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 For både den som helgar, og dei som vert helga, er alle av ein; difor skjemmest han ikkje ved å kalla deim brør,
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 når han segjer: «Eg vil forkynna ditt namn for mine brør, eg vil lovsyngja deg midt i lyden; »
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 og atter: «Eg vil setja mi tru til honom; » og atter: «Sjå, her er eg og dei born Gud hev gjeve meg.»
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 Då no borni hev kjøt og blod saman, so vart han og på dilik måte samhavande deri, for at han ved dauden skulde gjera den til inkjes som hadde daudens velde, det er djevelen,
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 og fria ut alle deim som av rædsla for dauden var i trældom all si livstid.
and so might deliver all those who, from fear of death, had all their lives been living in slavery.
16 For englar han tek seg då vel ikkje av, men Abrahams ætt tek han seg av.
It was not, surely, to the help of the angels that Jesus came, but to the help of the descendants of Abraham.
17 Difor laut han verta brørne sine lik i alle ting, so han kunde verta ein miskunnsam og trufast øvsteprest for Gud til å gjera soning for synderne åt folket.
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 For av di han sjølv hev lide og vore freista, so kann han koma deim til hjelp som vert freista.
The fact that he himself suffered under temptation enables him to help those who are tempted.
