Young's Literal Translation YLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,
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Going through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestors in different ways for centuries.
2 in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;
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Recently he spoke to us directly through his Son. By his Son, God created the world in the beginning, and it will all belong to the Son at the end.
3 who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,
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This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature. He holds everything together by what he says - powerful words! The Son Is Higher than Angels
4 having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they.
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far higher than any angel in rank and rule.
5 For to which of the messengers said He ever, `My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee?' and again, `I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?'
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Did God ever say to an angel, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you"? Or, "I'm his Father, he's my Son"?
6 and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;'
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When he presents his honored Son to the world, he says, "All angels must worship him."
7 and unto the messengers, indeed, He saith, `Who is making His messengers spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire;'
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Regarding angels he says, The messengers are winds, the servants are tongues of fire.
8 and unto the Son: `Thy throne, O God, [is] to the age of the age; a scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of thy reign;
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But he says to the Son, You're God, and on the throne for good; your rule makes everything right.
9 thou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee -- God, thy God -- with oil of gladness above thy partners;'
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You love it when things are right; you hate it when things are wrong. That is why God, your God, poured fragrant oil on your head, Marking you out as king, far above your dear companions.
10 and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;
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And again to the Son, You, Master, started it all, laid earth's foundations, then crafted the stars in the sky.
11 these shall perish, and Thou dost remain, and all, as a garment, shall become old,
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Earth and sky will wear out, but not you; they become threadbare like an old coat;
12 and as a mantle Thou shall roll them together, and they shall be changed, and Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.'
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You'll fold them up like a worn-out cloak, and lay them away on the shelf. But you'll stay the same, year after year; you'll never fade, you'll never wear out.
13 And unto which of the messengers said He ever, `Sit at My right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?'
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And did he ever say anything like this to an angel? Sit alongside me here on my throne Until I make your enemies a stool for your feet.
14 are they not all spirits of service -- for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?
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Isn't it obvious that all angels are sent to help out with those lined up to receive salvation?