1 Derfor må vi så meget mere gi akt på det vi har hørt, forat vi ikke skal drive bort derfra.
2 For dersom det ord som var talt ved engler, stod fast, og hver overtredelse og ulydighet fikk sin fortjente lønn,
3 hvorledes skal da vi undfly om vi ikke akter så stor en frelse? - den som først blev forkynt ved Herren og derefter stadfestet for oss av dem som hadde hørt ham,
4 idet Gud vidnet med, både ved tegn og under og mangehånde kraftige gjerninger og utdeling av den Hellige Ånd efter sin vilje.
5 For det var ikke under engler han la den kommende verden, som vi taler om.
6 Men en har på et sted vidnet så: Hvad er et menneske, at du kommer ham i hu, eller et menneskes sønn, at du akter på ham?
7 Du gjorde ham lite ringere enn englene; med herlighet og ære kronte du ham, og satte ham over dine henders gjerninger;
8 alle ting la du under hans føtter. For idet han underla ham alle ting, undtok han intet som ikke er ham underlagt; men nu ser vi ennu ikke at alle ting er ham underlagt;
9 men den som var gjort lite ringere enn englene, Jesus, ham ser vi, fordi han led døden, kronet med herlighet og ære, forat han ved Guds nåde skulde smake døden for alle.
10 For det sømmet sig for ham for hvis skyld alle ting er til, og ved hvem alle ting er til, da han førte mange barn til herlighet, gjennem lidelser å fullende deres frelses høvding.
11 For både den som helliggjør, og de som helliggjøres, er alle av en; derfor skammer han sig ikke ved å kalle dem brødre,
12 når han sier: Jeg vil kunngjøre ditt navn for mine brødre, midt i menigheten vil jeg lovsynge dig.
13 Og atter: Jeg vil sette min lit til ham. Og atter: Se, her er jeg og de barn som Gud har gitt mig.
14 Eftersom da barnene har del i blod og kjød, fikk også han i like måte del deri, forat han ved døden kunde gjøre til intet den som hadde dødens velde, det er djevelen,
15 og utfri alle dem som av frykt for døden var i trældom all sin livstid.
16 For engler tar han sig jo ikke av, men Abrahams ætt tar han sig av;
17 derfor måtte han i alle ting bli sine brødre lik, forat han kunde bli en miskunnelig og trofast yppersteprest for Gud til å gjøre soning for folkets synder.
18 For derved at han selv har lidt og har vært fristet, kan han komme dem til hjelp som blir fristet.
1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
2 Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;
3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
4 And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.
5 For he did not make the angels rulers over the world to come, of which I am writing.
6 But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?
7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:
8 You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.
9 But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.
10 Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.
11 For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,
12 Saying, I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers, I will make a song of praise to you before the church.
13 And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.
14 And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
15 And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.
16 For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham.
17 Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
18 For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.