希伯来书 1
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
神藉著兒子說話
1 神在古時候，曾經多次用種種方法，藉著先知向我們的祖先說話； 2 在這末後的日子，卻藉著他的兒子向我們說話。 神已經立他作萬有的承受者，並且藉著他創造了宇宙（“宇宙”或譯：“諸世界”或“眾世代”）。 3 他是 神榮耀的光輝，是 神本質的真象，用自己帶有能力的話掌管萬有；他作成了潔淨罪惡的事，就坐在高天至尊者的右邊。 4 他所承受的名比天使的名更尊貴，所以他遠比天使崇高。
神的兒子比天使崇高
5 神曾對哪一個天使說過：
“你是我的兒子，
我今日生了你”呢？
或者說：
“我要作他的父親，
他要作我的兒子”呢？
6 神差遣長子到世上來的時候，又說：
“ 神所有的天使都要拜他。”
7 論到天使，說：
“ 神以他的天使為風，
以他的僕役為火燄。”
8 但是論到兒子，卻說：
“ 神啊！你的寶座是永永遠遠的，
你國的權杖，是公平的權杖。
9 你喜愛公義，恨惡不法，
所以， 神，就是你的 神，
用喜樂的油膏抹你，勝過膏抹你的同伴。”
10 又說：
“主啊！你起初立了地的根基，
天也是你手的工作。
11 天地都要毀滅，你卻長存；
天地都要像衣服一樣漸漸殘舊，
12 你要把天地像外套一樣捲起來，
天地就像衣服一樣被更換；
只有你永不改變，
你的年數也沒有窮盡。”
13 神可曾向哪一個天使說：
“你坐在我的右邊，
等我使你的仇敵作你的腳凳”呢？
14 天使不都是服役的靈，奉差遣為那些要承受救恩的人效勞嗎？
Hebrews 1
EasyEnglish Bible
In Jesus, God has shown us who he is
1 Many years ago, God spoke to our ancestors by his prophets.[a] He spoke many times and in many different ways. 2 But in these last days, he has spoken to us in his Son.[b] In the beginning, God worked through his Son to make the whole universe. He decided that everything should belong to his Son. 3 The Son shows us completely what God is like. He shines with God's great glory. His nature is the same as God's nature. The Son's powerful word causes everything to continue. He himself made it possible for us to be clean from our sins. After he had done that, he returned to heaven. He went and he sat at the right side of God, who rules with all authority.[c]
God's Son is greater than the angels
4 That shows us that God's Son is much greater than the angels. God has given him a name that shows he is more important than they are. 5 God never said this to any angel:
‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.’[d]
In another place in the Bible, God says,
‘I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son.’[e]
6 Also, when God was ready to bring his greatest Son into the world, he said:
‘All God's angels must worship him.’
7 God speaks about the angels like this:
‘God makes his angels like winds.
They serve him like fires that burn brightly.’
8 But this is what God says to his Son:
‘You are God and you will rule as King for ever!
You will rule your kingdom in a completely good way.
9 You love everything that is right.
And you hate everything that is wrong.
Because of that, you will be completely happy.
I am your God and I have blessed you.
I have chosen you to be greater than others who are with you.’
10 The Bible also says this:
‘Lord, in the beginning you made the earth.
With your own power, you also made everything above the earth.
11 All these things will come to an end.
But as for you, you will continue for ever.
Like clothes, those things will all become old.
12 Then you will put them away like an old coat.
You will change them, like people change clothes.
But you will always continue to be the same.
Your life will never come to an end.’
13 Also, God has never said this to any of the angels:
‘Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies completely.
Then you will be able to put your feet on them.’
14 So we see that all the angels are spirits who serve God. God sends them as his servants to help the people that he will save.
Footnotes
- 1:1 Before Jesus came, God sent his prophets to speak his messages to his people, the Israelites.
- 1:2 Jesus was much greater than any of the prophets. He did not just bring a message from God. He clearly showed God himself. He could do this because he is God's Son, not just a servant.
- 1:3 After Jesus died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins, he rose up and went to sit ‘at the right side of God’. The right side is the most important place. This means that Jesus rules with the same power and authority as God himself.
- 1:5 See Psalms 2:7.
- 1:5 See 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13.
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