OET interlinear HEB 1:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces the support or basis that proves that the Son is “superior to the angels” (1:4). The supporting statements that For introduces can be found in 1:5–14. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces support or basis for a claim. Alternate translation: “Here is the proof for that:”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τίνι γὰρ εἶπέν ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων, Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε? καὶ πάλιν, ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς Πατέρα, καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται μοι εἰς Υἱόν?

˱to˲_which for ˱he˲_said once ˱of˲_the angels Son ˱of˲_me are you I today /have/_bore you and again I will_be ˱to˲_him for Father and he will_be ˱to˲_me for Son

The author does not ask these questions because he is looking for information. Rather, he asks them to involve the audience in what he is arguing. The questions assume that the answer to both is “none of them,” for God said these words to his own Son. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the ideas with strong negations. Alternate translation: “For God never said to any of the angels ‘You are my son, and I today I have become your father.’ And again, ‘I will be as a father to him, and he will be as a son to me.”

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

τίνι γὰρ εἶπέν ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων & καὶ πάλιν

˱to˲_which for ˱he˲_said once ˱of˲_the angels & and again

Here the author quotes the Old Testament Scriptures. He does not introduce the quotations as quotations, but instead he introduces them as words that God has spoken to his Son, not to angels. However, the audience would have understood that these were quotations from the Old Testament. The first quotation comes from Psalm 2:7, and the second quotation comes from 2 Samuel 7:14. Since the author introduces these quotations as words that God has said to his Son, not to angels, you should introduce these quotations as words that someone has said. If your readers would not know that the quotations are from the Old Testament, you could include footnotes or use some other form to identify the quotations. The phrase And again is a normal form that the author uses to connect a second quotation to a first quotation. Alternate translation: “For to which of the angels did he ever speak … And”

Note 4 topic: translate-kinship

Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε & ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς Πατέρα, καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται μοι εἰς Υἱόν

Son ˱of˲_me are you I today /have/_bore you & I will_be ˱to˲_him for Father and he will_be ˱to˲_me for Son

In their original contexts, these two quotations referred to the king of Israel as one who became God’s son when he began to rule. Thus, God was his father. When the author applies these words not to angels but to Jesus, he identifies the father as God the Father and the son as God the Son. He does not mean that Jesus becomes son at some point or begins to exist at some point. Rather, he means that God the Father declares and reveals Jesus to be God the Son. If it would be helpful in your language, you could include some words or a footnote that clarifies the meaning. Alternate translation: “You are my son, today I have proclaimed that I am your father … I proclaim that I am his father and that he is my son”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε

Son ˱of˲_me are you I today /have/_bore you

Here the quotation includes two statements that mean almost the same thing. One statement uses son language, and the other uses “father” language. This was considered good poetry in the author’s culture. If this would not be good poetry in your culture, and if the repetition would be confusing, you could combine the two statements. Alternate translation: “Today I have fathered you, my son”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

σύ & σε

you & you

Because the quotation is referring to one son, You and you are singular.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς Πατέρα, καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται μοι εἰς Υἱόν

I I will_be ˱to˲_him for Father and he will_be ˱to˲_me for Son

Here the quotation includes two statements that mean almost the same thing. One statement uses father language, and the other uses son language. This was considered good poetry in the author’s culture. If this would not be good poetry in your culture, and if the repetition would be confusing, you could combine the two statements. Alternate translation: “I will be as a father to him, who is my son” or “He will be as a son to me, his father”