Hepelū 2
1 Ko e meʻa ia ʻoku totonu ke ʻāsili ai ʻetau tokanga lahi ki he ngaahi meʻa kuo tau fanongo ki ai, telia naʻa tau tukuange mei ai ʻi ha ʻaho.
Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, so we do not drift away.
2 He kapau naʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻae lea naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he kau ʻāngelo, pea ko e maumauʻi mo e talangataʻa kotoa pē naʻe maʻu hono totongi totonu;
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 E hao fēfē ʻakitautolu, ʻo kapau te tau taʻetokanga ki he fakamoʻui lahi ko ia? ʻAia naʻe fuofua fakahā ʻe he ʻEiki, pea naʻe fakamoʻoni ia kiate kitautolu ʻekinautolu naʻe fanongo [kiate ia];
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 Naʻe fakamoʻoni foki ʻe he ʻOtua, ʻaki ʻae ngaahi fakaʻilonga, mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo, mo e ngaahi mana kehekehe, pea mo e ngaahi foaki ʻoe Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ʻo fakatatau ki hono finangalo ʻoʻona.
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 He ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakamoʻulaloa ki he kau ʻāngelo ʻae maama kahaʻu, ʻaia ʻoku mau lea ki ai.
God has not given to angels the control of that future world of which we are speaking!
6 Ka ʻoku fakahā ʻe ha tokotaha ʻi he potu ʻe taha, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā ʻae tangata, ʻoku ke tokangaʻi ia? Pe ko e foha ʻoe tangata, ʻoku ke ʻaʻahi ai kiate ia?
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 Naʻa ke ngaohi ia ʻo māʻulalo siʻi ʻi he kau ʻāngelo; ne ke fakapale ʻaki ia ʻae nāunau mo e ongoongolelei, ʻo fakanofo ia ke puleʻi ʻae ngaahi ngaue ʻa ho nima:
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 Kuo ke fakamoʻulaloa ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ki hono lalo vaʻe.” Pea ʻi heʻene “fakamoʻulaloa ʻae meʻa kotoa pē kiate ia,” naʻe ʻikai fakatoe ha meʻa ʻe taʻeʻaikilalo ʻiate ia. Ka ʻoku teʻeki ai ketau mamata kuo fakamoʻulaloa ʻae meʻa kotoa pē kiate ia.
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 Ka ʻoku tau mamata kia Sisu, kuo fakapale ʻaki ia ʻae nāunau mo e ongoongolelei, koeʻuhi ko e kātaki ʻae pekia, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ke māʻulalo siʻi ʻi he kau ʻāngelo, ke ne kamata ʻe ia ʻae pekia koeʻuhi ko e kakai kotoa pē, ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻae ʻOtua.
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 He naʻe taau mo ia, ʻaia ʻoku maʻana ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻoku mei ai ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, ʻi he ʻomi ʻae foha tokolahi ki he nāunau, ke fakahaohaoa ʻi he ngaahi mamahi ʻae ʻEiki ʻo ʻenau moʻui.
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 He ko ia ʻoku ne fakamaʻa, mo kinautolu kuo fakamaʻa, ʻoku nau taha pe kotoa pē: ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai ke mā ia ke ui ʻakinautolu ko e kāinga,
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 ʻO pehē, “Te u fakahā ho huafa ki hoku kāinga, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe siasi te u hiva fakafetaʻi kiate koe.”
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 Mo toe [pehē], “Te u falala kiate ia.” Pea toe [pehē], “Vakai ko au mo e fānau kuo foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kiate au.”
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 Pea ko e meʻa ʻi he maʻu ʻe he fānau ʻae kakano mo e toto, naʻe ʻai foki ʻe ia ʻae anga ko ia; koeʻuhi ke fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻi he mate ʻaia naʻe ʻaʻana ʻae mālohi ʻoe mate, ko e tēvolo;
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 Mo fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu naʻe moʻua pōpula ʻi he manavahē ki he mate, ʻi henau moʻui kotoa pē.
and so might deliver all those who, from fear of death, had all their lives been living in slavery.
16 He ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai puke ʻe ia ʻae kau ʻāngelo; ka naʻa ne puke ʻe ia ʻae hako ʻo ʻEpalahame.
It was not, surely, to the help of the angels that Jesus came, but to the help of the descendants of Abraham.
17 Ko ia naʻe taau ai mo ia ke hoko ʻo tatau mo hono kāinga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ke ne hoko ko e fungani taulaʻeiki ʻaloʻofa mo angatonu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻae ʻOtua, ke fai ʻae fakalelei koeʻuhi ko e angahala ʻae kakai.
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 He ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene mamahi ʻaʻana ʻi hono ʻahiʻahiʻi, ʻoku ne faʻa fai ke tokoniʻi ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻahiʻahiʻi.
The fact that he himself suffered under temptation enables him to help those who are tempted.
