¹In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

¹¶ He maha nga wahi, he maha nga huarahi i korero ai te Atua i mua, ara nga poropiti, ki nga matua,

²in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

²I enei ra whakamutunga na tana Tama ana korero ki a tatou, ko tana hoki tera i mea ai mana nga mea katoa, ko tana kaihanga hoki tera o nga ao;

³who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might — through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

³Ko ia te kanapatanga o tona kororia, te tino ahua o tona pumautanga, e whakau nei i nga mea katoa ki te kupu o tona kaha, ka oti i a ia ake ano te horoi o tatou hara, na noho ana ia i te ringa matau o te Nui i runga rawa;

⁴having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they.

⁴¶ A meinga ana ia kia pai ake i nga anahera, kia pera me te ingoa i riro i a ia he nui atu i to ratou.

⁵For to which of the messengers said He ever, `My Son thou art — I to-day have begotten thee?` and again, `I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?`

⁵Ki a wai hoki o nga anahera tana meatanga i mua, Ko koe taku Tama, nonaianei koe i whakatupuria ai e ahau? Me tenei ano, Ko ahau hei Matua ki a ia, ko ia hei Tama ki ahau?

⁶and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him — all messengers of God;`

⁶I tana kawenga mai ano hoki i te whanau matamua ki te ao, ka mea ia, Kia koropiko nga anahera katoa a te Atua ki a ia.

⁷and unto the messengers, indeed, He saith, `Who is making His messengers spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire;`

⁷Ko tana kupu ia mo nga anahera, Meinga ana e ia ana anahera hei wairua, ana kaimahi hei mura ahi.

⁸and unto the Son: `Thy throne, O God, [is] to the age of the age; a scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of thy reign;

⁸Mo te Tama ia, i ki ia, Pumau tonu tou torona, e te Atua, ake, ake: a ko te hepeta o te tika te hepeta o tou kingitanga;

⁹thou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee — God, thy God — with oil of gladness above thy partners;`

⁹I arohaina e koe te tika, i kinongia e koe te hara; no reira nui atu i to ou hoa te whakawahinga a te Atua, a tou Atua, i a koe ki te hinu o te hari.

¹⁰and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;

¹⁰Me tenei ano, Nau, e te Ariki, i te timatanga i whakatakoto te whenua; he mahi ano nga rangi na ou ringa:

¹¹these shall perish, and Thou dost remain, and all, as a garment, shall become old,

¹¹Ko era e hemo atu, ko koe ia e mau tonu: ka tawhitotia katoatia hoki era me he kakahu:

¹²and as a mantle Thou shall roll them together, and they shall be changed, and Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.`

¹²Ka pokaitia e koe, ano he koheka, ka whakaputaia ketia: ko koe tonu ano ia koe, kahore hoki he mutunga o ou tau.

¹³And unto which of the messengers said He ever, `Sit at My right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?`

¹³Ki tehea hoki o nga anahera tana meatanga i mua, Hei toku ringa matau koe noho ai, kia meinga ra ano e ahau ou hoariri hei turanga waewae mou?

¹⁴are they not all spirits of service — for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

¹⁴He teka ianei he wairua kaimahi ratou katoa, he mea tonotono hei minita, he whakaaro ki te hunga mo ratou nei te ora?