JMNT(i)
2 upon [
the]
last of these days spoke to us in a Son whom He placed (or: sets) [
as; to be]
Heir of all (or: One who receives all humanity as an allotment; or: heir of all things; or: One who received everything as his allotted inheritance)
through Whom He also made the ages (or: formed and constructed the various designated periods of time [which compose existence, as well as God's influence and activities]);
3 Who, continuously being an effect of the radiance from (or: a result from a dawning and breaking forth of the bright light of the Day which is; a result of the outshining which is; an effulgence from; an effect of an off-shining [light]-beam belonging to; or: a result of a reflection of)
the Glory and Splendor as well as an exact impress (or: exact likeness as from a stamp or a die; or: a carving)
of His substructure (or: of His substance [that is] standing under as a foundation; which is the underlying support of His outward form and properties; from His sub-placing; or: from His assumed groundwork of the full expression [of His idea]) –
besides continuously bearing (or: and while progressively carrying; and then repeatedly bringing)
the whole (all things; everything and all existence)
by the gush-effect which is His power (or: in the result of the flow from the power which is Him; or: with the saying pertaining to His ability; in the spoken declaration of, and which has the character of and its source in, His power and ability)
through and by means of Himself – in producing a cleansing of (or: after making a ritual purification in regard to)
the failures (the misses of the target; the mistakes and errors; or: a clearing by pruning which pertains to the sins)
He at once seated Himself within [
the]
right part (or: hand; = in union with the receiving aspect, honored position and place of power)
of the Greatness centered and resident within high places.
4 Coming to be in a so much stronger and better (or: Being born to a so much more excellent) [
station; position; calling; relationship]
than agents (or: messengers; or: folks who had a message),
He has come by inheritance to, and enjoys the allotment in,
a so much different Name (= designation)
which has been carried through the midst, beside them.
5 For you see, to a certain one of the agents He once said (or: as an interrogative: in which one of the messengers – the folks having the message – did He once say?),
"You are my son: I have given birth to you today!" [
Ps. 110:1]
And again,
"I will continue being to him for a Father, and he will continue being to Me for a son." (or: "I will continually exist being in him, [proceeding] into a Father, and he himself will exist being in Me, [proceeding] into a son!) [
2 Sam. 7:14;
1 Chron. 17:13]
6 Now again, when He brought the Firstborn into the habitable world He is saying,
"And so, let all God's agents (or: people with the message)
give homage to Him (or: worship and reverence Him; kiss toward and do obeisance to Him; = show respect and give honor to Him).
" [
Ps. 97:7b]
7 And then, on the one hand, to the agents (messengers; folks with the message)
He is saying,
"He is the One making His agents (messengers; folks with the message)
spirits (or: Breath-effects),
and His public servants a flame of fire." [
Ps. 104:4] [comment: this is an example of Hebrew parallelism – the second line being a restatement of the first, but in a different figure; the figure is a reference both to the priests, as "public servants," and to the called-out community, figured as the lampstand in the Tabernacle in
Rev. 1:20, and referencing
Acts 2:3 – there being "tongues as if of fire" burning on the lamps in the one case, and upon the people in the second case; the agents speak a message of words that are "spirit," the effect of the Breath]
8 Yet, on the other hand, to the Son,
"God [
is]
Your throne, on into the age of the Age, and the scepter of straightness [
is]
a scepter of His kingdom and sovereign activity. (variant rendering, with other MSS: "Your throne, O God, and the staff of uprightness, [is the] staff of Your reign, unto the chief time period of the Age.)
9 "You love fairness and equity in rightwised [
covenant]
relationships within the Way pointed out (or: justice; righteousness)
and yet you hate lawlessness. Because of this, God – Your God – anointed You with olive oil of extreme joy, at the side of (or: = more than; = rather than)
Your partners (or: associates; fellows). [
Ps. 45:6-7]