4 By having become so much better than God’s messengers, he inherited a greater reputation than them, 5 because which of the messengers was told even once by God:

‘You are my son;

I gave birth to you today.’[ref]

And again:

‘I will be a father to him,

≈ And he will be a son to me.’[ref]

6 Then when God again brings his firstborn son into the world he said:

‘Let all of God’s messengers bow down to him.’[ref]

7 On one hand he said to his messengers:

‘The one making his messengers winds,

≈ and making his ministers a fiery flame.’[ref]

8 And on the other hand to his son he said:

‘God, your throne will last to the end of the ages;

The ruler of his kingdom is a ruler of justice.

9 You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness,

because of that, God, your god, honoured you

with gladness beyond what your companions received.’[ref]

10 He also said to his son:

‘Yahweh, at the beginning you established the earth,

and you made the heavens with your hands.

11 They will perish but you will continue;

They will wear out like clothes do.

12 You will roll them up like a discarded dressing gown;

they’ll be changed like we change our clothes.

But you remain the same,

and you won’t get old and fragile.’[ref]

13 To which of his messengers did God say even once:

‘Sit in the seat of honour on my right,

until I can defeat your enemies

and use them as a stool for my feet’?[ref]

14 See, those messengers are just ministering spirits sent out to serve those people who will inherit salvation.