ヘブル人への手紙 1
1 神むかしは預言者 等により、多くに分ち、多くの方法をもて先祖たちに語り給ひしが、
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in many ways.
But in these last days, he has spoken to us through a Son, whom he appointed to be the heir of all things. It is through him that God also made the universe. (aiōn g165)
3 御子は神の榮光のかがやき、神の本質の像にして、己が權能の言をもて萬の物を保ちたまふ。また罪の潔をなして、高き處にある稜威の右に坐し給へり。
He is the brightness of God's glory, the exact representation of his being. He even holds everything together by the word of his power. After he had made cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
4 その受け給ひし名の御使の名に勝れるごとく、御使よりは更に勝る者となり給へり。
He has become just as superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than their name.
5 神は孰の御使に曾て斯くは言ひ給ひしぞ『なんぢは我が子なり、われ今日なんぢを生めり』と。また『われ彼の父となり、彼わが子とならん』と。
For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my son, today I have become your father”? Or to which of the angels did God ever say, “I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me”?
6 また初子を再び世に入れ給ふとき『神の凡ての使は之を拜すべし』と言ひ給ふ。
But again, when God brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “All God's angels must worship him.”
7 また御使たちに就きては『神は、その使たちを風となし、その事ふる者を焔となす』と言ひ給ふ。
About the angels he says, “He is the one who makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.”
But to the Son he says, “Your throne, God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is the scepter of justice. (aiōn g165)
9 なんぢは義を愛し、不法をにくむ。この故に神なんぢの神は歡喜の油を、汝の友に勝りて汝にそそぎ給へり』と。
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy more than your companions.”
10 また『主よ、なんぢ太初に地の基を置きたまへり、天も御手の業なり。
“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the earth's foundation. The heavens are the work of your hands.
11 これらは滅びん、されど汝は常に存へたまはん。これらはみな衣のごとく舊びん。
They will perish, but you will continue. They will all wear out like a piece of clothing.
12 而して汝これらを袍のごとく疊み給はん、これらは衣のごとく變らん。されど汝はかはり給ふことなく汝の齡は終らざるなり』と言ひたまふ。
You will roll them up like a cloak, and they will be changed like a piece of clothing. But you are the same, and your years do not end.”
13 又いづれの御使に曾て斯くは言ひ給ひしぞ『われ汝の仇を汝の足臺となすまでは、我が右に坐せよ』と。
But to which of the angels has God said at any time, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a stool for your feet”?
14 御使はみな事へまつる靈にして、救を嗣がんとする者のために職を執るべく遣されたる者にあらずや。
Are not all angels spirits who serve, and who are sent to care for those who will inherit salvation?
