Lettera agli Ebrei 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Propterea abundantius oportet observare nos ea, quae audivi mus, ne forte praeterfluamus.	1 Therefore, we must attend all the more to what we have heard, so that we may not be carried away.
2 Si enim, qui per angelos dictus est, sermo factus est firmus, et omnis praevaricatio et inoboedientia accepit iustam mercedis retributionem,	2 For if the word announced through angels proved firm, and every transgression and disobedience received its just recompense,
3 quomodo nos effugiemus, si tantam neglexerimus salutem? Quae, cum initium accepisset enarrari per Dominum, ab eis, qui audierunt, in nos confirmata est,	3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? Announced originally through the Lord, it was confirmed for us by those who had heard.
4 contestante Deo signis et portentis et variis virtutibus et Spiritus Sancti distributionibus secundum suam voluntatem.	4 God added his testimony by signs, wonders, various acts of power, and distribution of the gifts of the holy Spirit according to his will.
5 Non enim angelis subiecit orbem terrae futurum, de quo loquimur.	5 For it was not to angels that he subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
6 Testatus est autem in quodam loco quis dicens: “ Quid est homo, quod memor es eius, aut filius hominis, quoniam visitas eum?	6 Instead, someone has testified somewhere: "What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him?
7 Minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis, gloria et honore coronasti eum,	7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor,
8 omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius ”. In eo enim quod ei omnia subiecit, nihil dimisit non subiectibile ei. Nunc autem necdum videmus omnia subiecta ei;	8 subjecting all things under his feet." In "subjecting" all things (to him), he left nothing not "subject to him." Yet at present we do not see "all things subject to him,"
9 eum autem, qui paulo minus ab angelis minoratus est, videmus Iesum propter passionem mortis gloria et honore coronatum, ut gratia Dei pro omnibus gustaverit mortem.	9 but we do see Jesus "crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, he who "for a little while" was made "lower than the angels," that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
10 Decebat enim eum, propter quem omnia et per quem omnia, qui multos filios in gloriam adduxit, ducem salutis eorum per passiones consummare.	10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.
11 Qui enim sanctificat et qui sanctificantur, ex uno omnes; propter quam causam non erubescit fratres eos vocare	11 He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them "brothers,"
12 dicens: “ Nuntiabo nomen tuum fratribus meis, in medio ecclesiae laudabo te”;	12 saying: "I will proclaim your name to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly I will praise you";
13 et iterum: “ Ego ero fidens in eum ”; et iterum: “ Ecce ego et pueri, quos mihi dedit Deus ”.	13 and again: "I will put my trust in him"; and again: "Behold, I and the children God has given me."
14 Quia ergo pueri communicaverunt sanguini et carni, et ipse similiter participavit iisdem, ut per mortem destrueret eum, qui habebat mortis imperium, id est Diabolum,	14 Now since the children share in blood and flesh, he likewise shared in them, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
15 et liberaret eos, qui timore mortis per totam vitam obnoxii erant servituti.	15 and free those who through fear of death had been subject to slavery all their life.
16 Nusquam enim angelos apprehendit, sed semen Abrahae apprehendit.	16 Surely he did not help angels but rather the descendants of Abraham;
17 Unde debuit per omnia fratribus similari, ut misericors fieret et fidelis pontifex in iis, quae sunt ad Deum, ut repropitiaret delicta populi;	17 therefore, he had to become like his brothers in every way, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God to expiate the sins of the people.
18 in quo enim passus est ipse tentatus, po tens est eis, qui tentantur, auxiliari.	18 Because he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.