Hebraeos 1

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Multifariam, multisque modis olim Deus loquens patribus in prophetis :	1 At many moments in the past and by many means, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets;but
2 novissime, diebus istis locutus est nobis in Filio, quem constituit hæredem universorum, per quem fecit et sæcula :	2 in our time, the final days, he has spoken to us in the person of his Son, whom he appointed heir of althings and through whom he made the ages.
3 qui cum sit splendor gloriæ, et figura substantiæ ejus, portansque omnia verbo virtutis suæ, purgationem peccatorum faciens, sedet ad dexteram majestatis in excelsis :	3 He is the reflection of God's glory and bears the impress of God's own being, sustaining all things byhis powerful command; and now that he has purged sins away, he has taken his seat at the right hand of thedivine Majesty on high.
4 tanto melior angelis effectus, quanto differentius præ illis nomen hæreditavit.	4 So he is now as far above the angels as the title which he has inherited is higher than their own name.
5 Cui enim dixit aliquando angelorum : Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te ? Et rursum : Ego ero illi in patrem, et ipse erit mihi in filium ?	5 To which of the angels, then, has God ever said: You are my Son, today I have fathered you, or: I shalbe a father to him and he a son to me?
6 Et cum iterum introducit primogenitum in orbem terræ, dicit : Et adorent eum omnes angeli Dei.	6 Again, when he brings the First-born into the world, he says: Let all the angels of God pay him homage.
7 Et ad angelos quidem dicit : Qui facit angelos suos spiritus, et ministros suos flammam ignis.	7 To the angels, he says: appointing the winds his messengers and flames of fire his servants,
8 Ad Filium autem : Thronus tuus Deus in sæculum sæculi : virga æquitatis, virga regni tui.	8 but to the Son he says: Your throne, God, is for ever and ever; and: the sceptre of his kingdom is asceptre of justice;
9 Dilexisti justitiam, et odisti iniquitatem : propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, oleo exultationis præ participibus tuis.	9 you love uprightness and detest evil. This is why God, your God, has anointed you with the oil ofgladness, as none of your rivals.
10 Et : Tu in principio, Domine, terram fundasti : et opera manuum tuarum sunt cæli.	10 And again: Long ago, Lord, you laid earth's foundations, the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 Ipsi peribunt, tu autem permanebis, et omnes ut vestimentum veterascent :	11 They pass away but you remain, they al wear out like a garment.
12 et velut amictum mutabis eos, et mutabuntur : tu autem idem ipse es, et anni tui non deficient.	12 Like a cloak you wil rol them up, like a garment, and they wil be changed. But you never alter andyour years are unending.
13 Ad quem autem angelorum dixit aliquando : Sede a dextris meis, quoadusque ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum ?	13 To which of the angels has God ever said: Take your seat at my right hand til I have made yourenemies your footstool?
14 Nonne omnes sunt administratorii spiritus, in ministerium missi propter eos, qui hæreditatem capient salutis ?	14 Are they not al ministering spirits, sent to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?