Produced by Martin Ward
Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Hebrews
Third Edition 1913
R. F. Weymouth
001:001 God, who in ancient days spoke to our forefathers in many distinct messages and by various methods through the Prophets,
001:002 has at the end of these days spoken to us through a Son, who is the pre-destined Lord of the universe, and through whom He made the Ages.
001:003 He brightly reflects God's glory and is the exact representation of His being, and upholds the universe by His all-powerful word. After securing man's purification from sin He took His seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
001:004 having become as far superior to the angels as the Name He possesses by inheritance is more excellent than theirs.
001:005 For to which of the angels did God ever say, "My Son art Thou: I have this day become Thy Father;" and again, "I will be a Father to Him, and He shall be My Son"?
001:006 But speaking of the time when He once more brings His Firstborn
into the world, He says, "And let all God's angels worship Him."
001:007 Moreover of the angels He says, "He changes His angels into winds,
and His ministering servants into a flame of fire."
001:008 But of His Son, He says, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and for ever, and the sceptre of Thy Kingdom is a sceptre
of absolute justice.
001:009 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee with the oil
of gladness beyond Thy companions."
001:010 It is also of His Son that God says, "Thou, O Lord,
in the beginning didst lay the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.
001:011 The heavens will perish, but Thou remainest; and they will all grow old like a garment,
001:012 and, as though they were a mantle Thou wilt roll them up; yes, like a garment, and they will undergo change. But Thou art the same, and Thy years will never come to an end."
001:013 To which of the angels has He ever said, "Sit at My right hand till I make Thy foes a footstool for Thy feet"?
001:014 Are not all angels spirits that serve Him—whom He sends out
to render service for the benefit of those who, before long,
will inherit salvation?
002:001 For this reason we ought to pay the more earnest heed
to the things which we have heard, for fear we should drift
away from them.
002:002 For if the message delivered through angels proved to be true,
and every transgression and act of disobedience met
with just retribution,
002:003 how shall *we* escape if we are indifferent to a salvation as great as that now offered to us? This, after having first of all been announced by the Lord Himse