1 Long ago in many ways and at many times God's prophets spoke his message to our ancestors. 2 But now at last, God sent his Son to bring his message to us. God created the universe by his Son, and everything will someday belong to the Son. 3 God's Son has all the brightness of God's own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together.
After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven. 4 He had become much greater than the angels, and the name he was given is far greater than any of theirs.
God's Son Is Greater than Angels
5 God has never said
to any of the angels,
“You are my Son, because today
I have become your Father!”
Neither has God said
to any of them,
“I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son!”
6 When God brings his first-born Son into the world, he commands all of his angels to worship him.
7 And when God speaks about the angels, he says,
“I change my angels into wind
and my servants
into flaming fire.”
8 But God says about his Son,
“You are God,
and you will rule
as King forever!
Your royal power
brings about justice.
9 You loved justice
and hated evil,
and so I, your God,
have chosen you.
I appointed you
and made you happier
than any of your friends.”
10 The Scriptures also say,
“In the beginning, Lord,
you were the one
who laid the foundation
of the earth
and created the heavens.
11 They will all disappear
and wear out like clothes,
but you will last forever.
12 You will roll them up
like a robe
and change them
like a garment.
But you are always the same,
and you will live forever.”
13 God never said to any
of the angels,
“Sit at my right side
until I make your enemies
into a footstool for you!”
14 Angels are merely spirits sent to serve people who are going to be saved.
كلمة الله ِ بابنه
1 كلَّمَ اللهُ آباءَنا مِنْ قَديمِ الزّمانِ بِلِسانِ الأنبـياءِ مَرّاتٍ كَثيرةً وبِمُختَلفِ الوَسائِلِ، 2 ولكنّهُ في هذِهِ الأيّامِ الأخيرَةِ كَلّمَنا باَبنِهِ الذي جَعَلَهُ وارِثًا لِكُلّ شيءٍ وبِه خلَقَ العالَمَ. 3 هُوَ بَهاءُ مَجدِ اللهِ وصُورَةُ جَوهَرِهِ، يَحفَظُ الكَونَ بِقُوّةِ كلِمَتِهِ. ولمّا طَهّرَنا مِنْ خَطايانا جَلَسَ عَنْ يَمينِ إلهِ المَجدِ في العُلى، 4 فكانَ أعظمَ مِنَ المَلائكَةِ بمِقدارِ ما وَرِثَ اَسمًا أعظَمَ مِنْ أسمائِهِم. 5 فَلِمَن مِنَ المَلائِكَةِ قالَ اللهُ يومًا: «أنتَ اَبني وأنا اليَومَ ولَدتُكَ؟» وقالَ أيضًا: «سأكونُ لهُ أبًا ويكونُ لي اَبنًا». 6 وعِندَما أرسَلَ اَبنَهُ البِكرَ إلى العالَمِ قالَ أيضًا: «لِتَسجُدْ لهُ كُلّ ملائكَةِ اللهِ». 7 وفي المَلائكَةِ قالَ اللهُ: «جعَلَ مِنْ مَلائكتِهِ رياحًا ومِنْ خدَمِهِ لَهيبَ نارٍ». 8 أمّا في الابنِ فقالَ: «عَرشُكَ يا اللهُ ثابِتٌ إلى أبَدِ الدّهورِ، وصَولَجانُ العَدلِ صَولَجانُ مُلكِكَ. 9 تُحِبّ الحقّ وتُبِغضُ الباطِلَ، لذلِكَ مسَحَكَ اللهُ إلهُكَ بزَيتِ البَهجَةِ دونَ رفاقِكَ». 10 وقالَ أيضًا: «أنتَ يا ربّ أسّسْتَ الأرضَ في البَدءِ، وبـيَدَيكَ صنَعتَ السّماواتِ، 11 هيَ تَزولُ وأنتَ تَبقى، وكُلّها كالثّوبِ تَبلى. 12 تَطويها طَيّ الرّداءِ فتَتَغيّرُ، وأنتَ أنتَ لا تَنتَهي أيّامُكَ». 13 ولِمَنْ مِنَ المَلائكةِ قالَ اللهُ يومًا: «إجلِسْ عَنْ يميني حتى أجعَلَ أعداءَكَ مَوطِئًا لِقدَمَيْك؟» 14 أما هُم كُلّهُم أرواحٌ في خدمَةِ اللهِ يُرسِلُهُم مِنْ أجلِ الذينَ يَرِثونَ الخَلاصَ.