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Do Not Wait to Be Saved from the Punishment of Sin

That is why we must listen all the more to the truths we have been told. If we do not, we may slip away from them. These truths given by the angels proved to be true. People were punished when they did not obey them. God was so good to make a way for us to be saved from the punishment of sin. What makes us think we will not go to hell if we do not take the way to heaven that He has made for us? The Lord was the first to tell us of this. Then those who heard Him told it later. God proved what they said was true by showing us special things to see and by doing powerful works. He gave the gifts of the Holy Spirit as He wanted to.

Jesus, the Way to Heaven

God did not make angels to be the leaders of that world to come which we have been speaking about. Instead, the Holy Writings say, “What is man that You think of him and the son of man that You should remember him?” (A) “You made him so he took a place that was not as important as the angels for a little while. You gave him the crown of honor and shining-greatness. *You made him the head over everything You have made. You have put everything under his feet.” (B) There is nothing that does not obey him, but we do not see all things obey him yet. But we do see Jesus. For a little while He took a place that was not as important as the angels. But God had loving-favor for everyone. He had Jesus suffer death on a cross for all of us. Then, because of Christ’s death on a cross, God gave Him the crown of honor and shining-greatness.

10 God made all things. He made all things for Himself. It was right for God to make Jesus a perfect Leader by having Him suffer for men’s sins. In this way, He is bringing many men to share His shining-greatness. 11 Jesus makes men holy. He takes away their sins. Both Jesus and the ones being made holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them His brothers. 12 Jesus is saying to His Father, “I will tell My brothers Your name. I will sing songs of thanks for You among the people.” (C) 13 And again He says, “I will put My trust in God.” At another time He said, “Here I am with the children God gave Me.” (D)

14 It is true that we share the same Father with Jesus. And it is true that we share the same kind of flesh and blood because Jesus became a man like us. He died as we must die. Through His death He destroyed the power of the devil who has the power of death. 15 Jesus did this to make us free from the fear of death. We no longer need to be chained to this fear. 16 Jesus did not come to help angels. Instead, He came to help men who are of Abraham’s family. 17 So Jesus had to become like His brothers in every way. He had to be one of us to be our Religious Leader to go between God and us. He had loving-pity on us and He was faithful. He gave Himself as a gift to die on a cross for our sins so that God would not hold these sins against us any longer. 18 Because Jesus was tempted as we are and suffered as we do, He understands us and He is able to help us when we are tempted.

The Great Salvation

That is why we must hold on all the more firmly to the truths we have heard, so that we will not be carried away. The message given to our ancestors by the angels was shown to be true, and those who did not follow it or obey it received the punishment they deserved. How, then, shall we escape if we pay no attention to such a great salvation? The Lord himself first announced this salvation, and those who heard him proved to us that it is true. At the same time God added his witness to theirs by performing all kinds of miracles and wonders and by distributing the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

The One Who Leads Us to Salvation

God has not placed the angels as rulers over the new world to come—the world of which we speak. (A)Instead, as it is said somewhere in the Scriptures:

“What are human beings, O God, that you should think of them;
    mere human beings, that you should care for them?
You made them for a little while lower than the angels;
    you crowned them with glory and honor,[a]
    and made them rulers over all things.”

It says that God made them “rulers over all things”; this clearly includes everything. We do not, however, see human beings ruling over all things now. But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, so that through God's grace he should die for everyone. We see him now crowned with glory and honor because of the death he suffered. 10 It was only right that God, who creates and preserves all things, should make Jesus perfect through suffering, in order to bring many children to share his glory. For Jesus is the one who leads them to salvation.

11 He purifies people from their sins, and both he and those who are made pure all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his family. 12 (B)He says to God,

“I will tell my people what you have done;
    I will praise you in their meeting.”

13 (C)He also says, “I will put my trust in God.” And he also says, “Here I am with the children that God has given me.”

14 Since the children, as he calls them, are people of flesh and blood, Jesus himself became like them and shared their human nature. He did this so that through his death he might destroy the Devil, who has the power over death, 15 and in this way set free those who were slaves all their lives because of their fear of death. 16 (D)For it is clear that it is not the angels that he helps. Instead, he helps the descendants of Abraham. 17 This means that he had to become like his people in every way, in order to be their faithful and merciful High Priest in his service to God, so that the people's sins would be forgiven. 18 And now he can help those who are tempted, because he himself was tempted and suffered.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:7 Many manuscripts add: You made them rulers over everything you made (see Ps 8.6).

Призыв не пренебрегать вестью о спасении

Поэтому мы должны со всем вниманием отнестись к тому, что мы услышали, чтобы нам не отпасть. Весть Аллаха, переданная через ангелов, имела силу, и каждое нарушение и непослушание влекли за собой справедливое наказание.[a] Как же нам избежать наказания сейчас, если мы пренебрегаем великим спасением, которое было провозглашено Самим Повелителем Исой? И нам это подтвердили те, кто лично слышал от Него эту весть, которую Сам Аллах удостоверил знамениями, чудесами, различными проявлениями Его силы и дарами Святого Духа, распределяемыми по Его усмотрению.

Иса Масих стал Человеком, чтобы спасти нас

Будущую вселенную, о которой мы говорим, Аллах подчинил не ангелам. Но где-то некто засвидетельствовал:

«Кто такой человек, что Ты беспокоишься о нём?
    Кто такой сын человека[b], что Ты заботишься о нём?
Ты на короткое время сделал его ниже ангелов;[c]
    Ты увенчал его славой и честью,
    Ты всё подчинил под ноги его»[d].

Аллах всё покорил человеку, не оставив ничего непокорённым ему. Но сейчас мы пока не видим, что человеку всё подчинено. Однако мы видим, что Иса, Который действительно был на некоторое время поставлен ниже ангелов[e], сейчас увенчан славой и честью, потому что претерпел смерть; по благодати Аллаха к нам Он вкусил смерть за каждого человека.

10 Надлежало, чтобы Аллах, для Которого и благодаря Которому всё существует, полностью приготовил через страдания Ису, приводящего всё множество сынов[f] в славу (Он – вождь их спасения). 11 Потому что и Тот, Кто освящает, и те, кто освящается Им, – все дети одного Небесного Отца, и поэтому Иса не стыдится называть их братьями. 12 Он говорит:

«Я возвещу Твоё имя братьям Моим
    и посреди собрания буду петь славу Тебе»[g].

13 И ещё Он говорит:

«Я буду полагаться на Него»[h].

И ещё:

«Вот Я и дети, которых дал Мне Аллах»[i].

14 А так как дети имеют плоть и кровь, то и Он Сам получил физическое тело, чтобы Своей смертью лишить силы того, кому принадлежит власть над смертью, то есть Иблиса, 15 и освободить тех, кто всю свою жизнь находился в рабстве у страха перед смертью. 16 Ведь не ангелам Он помогает, а потомкам пророка Ибрахима. 17 Для этого Масиху[j] надо было во всём стать таким, как Его братья, чтобы быть Верховным Священнослужителем, милосердным и верным в служении Аллаху, для умилостивления за грехи народа. 18 Он Сам страдал, перенося искушения, и может теперь помочь тем, кто встречает искушения в жизни.

Footnotes

  1. 2:2 См. Деян. 7:53; Гал. 3:19.
  2. 2:6 Сын человека – то есть человек вообще. Но «Сын Человека» – это также титул, указывающий на Масиха (см. Мат. 8:20 со сноской).
  3. 2:7 Или: «Ты сделал его немного ниже ангелов».
  4. 2:6-8 Заб. 8:5-7. Аллах поставил человека над всеми живыми существами на земле (см. Нач. 1:28).
  5. 2:9 Или: «был поставлен немного ниже ангелов».
  6. 2:10 Имеются в виду все истинные последователи Исы Масиха (см. Ин. 1:12).
  7. 2:12 Заб. 21:23.
  8. 2:13 Ис. 8:17.
  9. 2:13 Ис. 8:18.
  10. 2:17 Масих   (переводится как «Помазанник») – праведный Царь и Освободитель, Спаситель, обещанный Аллахом ещё в Таурате, Забуре и Книге Пророков.

Warning to Pay Attention

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.(A) For since the message spoken(B) through angels(C) was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,(D) how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?(E) This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,(F) was confirmed to us by those who heard him.(G) God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles,(H) and by gifts of the Holy Spirit(I) distributed according to his will.(J)

Jesus Made Fully Human

It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone(K) has testified:

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    a son of man that you care for him?(L)
You made them a little[a] lower than the angels;
    you crowned them with glory and honor
    and put everything under their feet.”[b][c](M)

In putting everything under them,[d] God left nothing that is not subject to them.[e] Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.[f] But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor(N) because he suffered death,(O) so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.(P)

10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists,(Q) should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.(R) 11 Both the one who makes people holy(S) and those who are made holy(T) are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.[g](U) 12 He says,

“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
    in the assembly I will sing your praises.”[h](V)

13 And again,

“I will put my trust in him.”[i](W)

And again he says,

“Here am I, and the children God has given me.”[j](X)

14 Since the children have flesh and blood,(Y) he too shared in their humanity(Z) so that by his death he might break the power(AA) of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil(AB) 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear(AC) of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.(AD) 17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[k](AE) fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful(AF) and faithful high priest(AG) in service to God,(AH) and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.(AI) 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.(AJ)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while
  2. Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6
  3. Hebrews 2:8 Or You made him a little lower than the angels;/ you crowned him with glory and honor/ and put everything under his feet.”
  4. Hebrews 2:8 Or him
  5. Hebrews 2:8 Or him
  6. Hebrews 2:8 Or him
  7. Hebrews 2:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 12; and in 3:1, 12; 10:19; 13:22.
  8. Hebrews 2:12 Psalm 22:22
  9. Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:17
  10. Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:18
  11. Hebrews 2:17 Or like his brothers