الخلاص العظيم
1 لذلِكَ يَجبُ أنْ نتَمَسّكَ جيّدًا بالتّعاليمِ التي سَمِعناها لِئلاّ نَضِلّ. 2 فالكلامُ الذي جاءَنا على لِسانِ المَلائكَةِ ثـبَتَ صِدقُهُ، فنالَ كُلّ مَنْ خالَفَهُ أو عَصاهُ جَزاءَهُ العادِلَ. 3 فكيفَ نَنجو نَحنُ إذا أهمَلْنا مِثلَ هذا الخَلاصِ العَظيمِ؟ أعلَنَهُ الرّبّ نَفسُهُ أوّلاً، وأثبَتَهُ لنا الذينَ سَمِعوهُ، 4 وأيّدَ اللهُ شَهاداتِهِم بآياتٍ وعَجائِبَ ومُعجِزاتٍ مُختَلِفَةٍ، وبهِباتِ الرّوحِ القُدُسِ يُوَزّعُها كما يَشاءُ.
قائدنا المسيح
5 واللهُ ما أخضَعَ لِلمَلائكَةِ العالَمَ المُقبِلَ الذي نَتكَلّمُ علَيهِ، 6 فشَهِدَ بَعضُهُم في مكانٍ مِنَ الكُتُبِ المُقَدّسَةِ: «ما هوَ الإنسانُ يا اللهُ حتى تَذكُرَه؟ وما هوَ اَبنُ آدَمَ حتى تَفتقدَه؟ 7 نقّصتَهُ حينًا عنِ المَلائكَةِ، وكَلّلتَهُ بالمَجدِ والكَرامَةِ، 8 وأخضَعتَ كُلّ شيءٍ تَحتَ قَدمَيهِ».
فإذا كانَ اللهُ أخضَعَ لَه كُلّ شيءٍ فلا يكونُ تَرَكَ شيئًا غَيرَ خاضِعٍ لَه. ولكنّنا لا نَرى الآنَ أنّ كُلّ شيءٍ أُخضِعَ لَه. 9 ولكنّ ذاكَ الذي جعَلَهُ اللهُ حينًا دونَ المَلائِكَةِ، أَعني يَسوعَ، نَراهُ مُكَلّلاً بِالمَجدِ والكرامَةِ لأنّهُ اَحتَمَلَ ألَمَ المَوتِ، وكانَ علَيهِ أنْ يَذوقَ المَوتَ بنِعمَةِ اللهِ لِخَيرِ كُلّ إنسانٍ.
10 نعم، كانَ مِنَ الخَيرِ أنّ اللهَ الذي مِنْ أجلِهِ كُلّ شيءٍ وبِه كُلّ شيءٍ، حينَ أرادَ أنْ يَهديَ إلى المَجدِ كثيرًا مِنَ الأبناءِ، جعَلَ قائِدَهُم إلى الخَلاصِ كامِلاً بالآلامِ، 11 لأنّ الذي يُقدّسُ والذينَ تَقَدّسوا لهُم أصْلٌ واحدٌ، فلا يَستَحي أنْ يَدعُوَهُم إخوَةً، 12 فيَقولُ: «سأُبشّرُ بِاَسمِكَ إخوَتي وأُسَبّحُكَ في الجَماعَةِ». 13 ويَقولُ أيضًا: «على اللهِ اَتّكالي»، وأيضًا: «ها أنا معَ الأبناءِ الذينَ وهَبَهُمُ اللهُ لي».
14 ولمّا كانَ الأبناءُ شُركاءَ في اللّحمِ والدّمِ، شاركَهُم يَسوعُ كذلِكَ في طَبـيعتِهِم هذِهِ لِـيَقضيَ بِمَوتِهِ على الذي في يدِهِ سُلطانُ المَوتِ، أي إبليسَ، 15 ويُحَرّرَ الذينَ كانوا طَوالَ حَياتِهِم في العُبودِيّةِ خَوفًا مِنَ المَوتِ. 16 جاءَ لا ليُساعِدَ المَلائكَةَ، بَلْ ليُساعِدَ نَسلَ إبراهيمَ. 17 فكانَ علَيهِ أنْ يُشابِهَ إخوتَهُ في كُلّ شيءٍ، حتّى يكونَ رئيسَ كهنةٍ، رَحيمًا أمينًا في خِدمَةِ اللهِ، فيُكَفّرَ عَنْ خَطايا الشّعبِ، 18 لأنّهُ هوَ نَفسُهُ تألّمَ بِالتَجرِبَةِ، فأمكنَهُ أنْ يُعينَ المُجَرّبـينَ.
This Great Way of Being Saved
1 We must give our full attention to what we were told, so we won't drift away. 2 The message spoken by angels proved to be true, and all who disobeyed or rejected it were punished as they deserved. 3 So if we refuse this great way of being saved, how can we hope to escape? The Lord himself was the first to tell about it, and people who heard the message proved to us that it was true. 4 God himself showed that his message was true by working all kinds of powerful miracles and wonders. He also gave his Holy Spirit to anyone he chose to.
The One Who Leads Us To Be Saved
5 We know that God did not put the future world under the power of angels. 6 Somewhere in the Scriptures someone says to God,
“What makes you care
about us humans?
Why are you concerned
for weaklings such as we?
7 You made us lower
than the angels
for a while.
Yet you have crowned us
with glory and honor.
8 And you have put everything
under our power!”
God has put everything under our power and has not left anything out of our power. But we still don't see it all under our control. 9 What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels. Because of God's gift of undeserved grace, Jesus died for everyone. And now that Jesus has suffered and died, he is crowned with glory and honor!
10 Everything belongs to God, and all things were created by his power. So God did the right thing when he made Jesus perfect by suffering, as Jesus led many of God's children to be saved and to share in his glory. 11 Jesus and the people he makes holy all belong to the same family. This is why he isn't ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. 12 He even said to God,
“I will tell them your name
and sing your praises
when they come together
to worship.”
13 He also said,
“I will trust God.”
Then he said,
“Here I am with the children
God has given me.”
14 We are people of flesh and blood. This is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death. 15 But he also died to rescue all of us who live each day in fear of dying. 16 Jesus clearly did not come to help angels, but he did come to help Abraham's descendants. 17 He had to be one of us, so he could serve God as our merciful and faithful high priest and sacrifice himself for the forgiveness of our sins. 18 And now that Jesus has suffered and was tempted, he can help anyone else who is tempted.
