MODERN LITERAL VERSION

1:1 God, who long-ago spoke, in many parts and in many manners, in the prophets to the fathers, has in the end of these days spoken to us 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 his declaration of power. When he had made* a cleansing of our sins through himself, he sat down by the right hand of the Majesty on high;
1:4 having become so-much better than the messengers, inasmuch as he has inherited a more excellent name than they.

1:5 For* to which 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 a Son to me.'? {Ps. 2:7, 89:26, 27}
1:6 And again, whenever he brought the firstborn into the inhabited-earth, he says, ‘And let all the messengers of God worship him.'
1:7 And indeed toward the messengers he says, ‘Who makes* his messengers , spirits, and his ministers*, a flame of fire.'
1:8 But he says of the Son , ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
1:9 You have loved* righteousness and hated lawlessness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.' {Ps. 45:6, 7}
1:10 And, ‘You, Lord, in the beginning founded the earth and the heavens are the works of your hands:
1:11 they will perish, 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 fail.' {Ps. 102:25}
1:13 But of which of the messengers has he previously said, ‘Sit at my right hand, until I should place your enemies under the footstool of your feet? {Ps. 110:1}

1:14 Are they not all ministering* spirits, sent forth into service because of those who are about to inherit salvation?