1:1 God spoke long-ago in many parts and in many manners, in the prophets to the fathers, and spoke to us upon the last of these days in his Son,
1:2 whom he appointed* heir of all things, through whom also he made* the ages.
1:3 It is he who, being the brightness of his glory and the exact representation of his essence, and is carrying all things by the declaration of his power. Having made* a cleansing of our sins through himself, he sat down by the right hand of the Majesty in the high places;
1:4 when he became so-much better than the messengers, inasmuch as he has inherited a more excellent name than they.
1:5 For* to what one of the messengers has he previously said, 'You are my Son; I have fathered you today.'? And again, 'I will be a Father to him and he will be *for a Son to me.'?
1:6 And again, whenever he brings* in the firstborn into the inhabited-earth, he says, 'And let * all the messengers of God worship him.'
1:7 And he indeed says toward the messengers, 'Who makes* his messengers , spirits, and his ministers*, a flame of fire.' {Psa 2:7, 89:26, 27, Psa 104:4}
1:8 But he says toward the Son , 'Your throne, O God, is forevermore; the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
1:9 You loved* righteousness and hated lawlessness. Because of this, God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions.'
1:10 And, 'You, Lord, in the beginnings, founded the earth and the heavens are the works of your hands:
1:11 they themselves will be perishing, but you are remaining and they will all become-obsolete like a garment;
1:12 and you will coil them up like an outer dressing and they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will not be failing.'
1:13 But toward which of the messengers has he previously said, 'Sit at my right hand, until I should place your enemies as the footstool of your feet? {Psa 45:6-7, 102:25-27, 110:1}
1:14 Are they not all ministering* spirits, being sent forth into service because of those who are about to inherit salvation?