< Hebrews 1 >
1 God having spoken in many parts and in many ways formerly to the fathers in the prophets,
God spoke to our fathers long ago at many times and in many ways through the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son,
2 at the end of these days has spoken to us in [the person of the] Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (aiōn )
whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. (aiōn )
3 who being [the] effulgence of his glory and [the] expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,
He is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for our sins by giving his own life, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in high places,
4 taking a place by so much better than the angels, as he inherits a name more excellent than they.
having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
5 For to which of the angels said he ever, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him for father, and he shall be to me for son?
For to which of the angels did God ever say, “Yoʋ are my Son; today I have begotten yoʋ”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”?
6 and again, when he brings in the firstborn into the habitable world, he says, And let all God's angels worship him.
And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”
7 And as to the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire;
Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire,”
8 but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, [is] to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom. (aiōn )
but of the Son he says, “Yoʋr throne, O God, endures forever and ever; the scepter of yoʋr kingdom is a scepter of uprightness. (aiōn )
9 Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions.
Yoʋ have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, yoʋr God, has anointed yoʋ with the oil of gladness beyond yoʋr companions.”
10 And, Thou in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
And, “In the beginning yoʋ, O Lord, laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of yoʋr hands.
11 They shall perish, but thou continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
They will perish, but yoʋ remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
12 and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the Same, and thy years shall not fail.
Yoʋ will roll them up like a robe, and they will be changed. But yoʋ remain the same, and yoʋr years will never come to an end.”
13 But as to which of the angels said he ever, Sit at my right hand until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet?
To which of the angels did God ever say, “Sit at my right hand until I make yoʋr enemies a footstool for yoʋr feet”?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out for service on account of those who shall inherit salvation?
Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?