VaHebheru 2

1 Nekuda kweizvozvi tinofanira kuchenjerera zvikuru kuzvinhu zvatakanzwa, zvimwe tingakukurwa.

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 Nokuti kana shoko rakataurwa nevatumwa rakange rakasimba, uye kudarika kwese nekusateerera kwakagamuchira kutsiva kwakarurama,

[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 isu tichapukunyuka sei kana tisina hanya neruponeso rukuru rwakadai? Irwo pakutanga rwakataurwa naIshe, rukasimbiswa kwatiri naivo vakanzwa,

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 Mwari achivapupurirawo zvese nezviratidzo nezvishamiso, nemasimba akasiyana-siyana, nezvipo zveMweya Mutsvene, zvichienderana nechido chake.

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 Nokuti haana kuisa nyika inouya pasi pevatumwa, yatinotaura nezvayo.

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 Asi umwe pane imwe nzvimbo wakapupura achiti: Munhu chii, kuti mumurangarire? kana mwanakomana wemunhu, kuti muve nehanya naye?

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 Makamuderedza zvishoma kuvatumwa; makamushongedza korona nekubwinya nerukudzo, ndokumumisa pamusoro pemabasa emaoko enyu.

[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 Zvinhu zvese makaisa pasi petsoka dzake. Nokuti pane izvozvi wakaisa zvese pasi pake, haana kusiya chinhu chisina kuiswa pasi pake. Asi ikozvino tigere kuona zvinhu zvese zvakaiswa pasi pake.

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 Asi tinoona Jesu, akaderedzwa zvishoma kuvatumwa, nekuda kwedambudziko rerufu, akashongedzwa korona nekubwinya nerukudzo, kuti iye nenyasha dzaMwari aravire rufu achiitira wese.

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 Nokuti zvakange zvakamufanira, iye zvinhu zvese zviripo nekuda kwake, uye kubudikidza naye zvese zviripo, pakuisa vanakomana vazhinji mukubwinya, apedzeredze mutungamiriri weruponeso rwavo kubudikidza nematambudziko.

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 Nokuti neanovaitisa vatsvene naivo vanoitwa vatsvene vese vakabva kune umwe; nemhaka iyi haanyadziswi kuvaidza hama,

[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 achiti: Ndichaparidzira zita renyu kuhama dzangu, pakati pekereke ndichakuimbirai rumbidzo.

[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 Uyezve: Ini ndichavimba naye. Uyezve: Tarirai ini nevana Mwari vaakandipa.

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 Naizvozvo sezvo vana vari vagovani venyama neropa, naiye pachake wakagovana navo izvozvi; kuti kubudikidza nerufu iye aparadze uyo ane simba rerufu, iye dhiabhorosi,

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 agosunungura avo vese kubudikidza nekutya rufu vaiva pasi peuranda upenyu hwese.

[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 Nokuti zvirokwazvo haazvitoreri vatumwa, asi wakazvitorera mbeu yaAbhurahama.

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 Naizvozvo wakafanira pazvinhu zvese kufananidzwa nehama dzake, kuti ave mupristi mukuru ane tsitsi nekutendeka pazvinhu zvaMwari, kuti aite muripo wezvivi zvevanhu.

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 Nokuti pane izvozvo iye amene wakatambudzika achiedzwa, anogona kubatsira vanoedzwa.

[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].