Waebrania 1
Mungu anasema kwa njia ya Mwanae
1 Hapo zamani, Mungu alisema na babu zetu mara nyingi kwa namna nyingi kwa njia ya manabii, 2 lakini siku hizi za mwisho, amesema nasi kwa njia ya Mwanae. Yeye ndiye ambaye kwa njia yake Mungu aliumba ulimwengu, akamteua avimiliki vitu vyote. 3 Yeye ni mngao wa utukufu wa Mungu, na mfano kamili wa hali ya Mungu mwenyewe, akiutegemeza ulimwengu kwa neno lake lenye nguvu. Baada ya kuwatakasa binadamu dhambi zao, ameketi huko juu mbinguni, upande wa kulia wa Mungu Mkuu.
Ukuu wa Mwana wa Mungu
4 Mwana ni mkuu kuliko malaika, kama vile jina alilopewa na Mungu ni kuu kuliko jina lao. 5 t Maana Mungu hakumwambia kamwe hata mmoja wa malaika wake: “Wewe ni Mwanangu; mimi leo nimekuwa Baba yako.” Wala hakusema juu ya malaika yeyote: “Mimi nitakuwa Baba yake, naye atakuwa Mwanangu.”
6 Lakini Mungu alipokuwa anamtuma Mwanae, mzaliwa wa kwanza, ulimwenguni alisema: “Malaika wote wa Mungu na wamwabudu.”
7 t Lakini kuhusu malaika, alisema: “Amewafanya malaika wake kuwa upepo, na wahudumu wake ndimi za moto.”
8 t Lakini kuhusu Mwana, Mungu alisema: “Kiti chako cha enzi, ee Mungu, chadumu milele na milele! Wewe wawatawala watu wako kwa haki.
9 Wewe wapenda uadilifu na kuchukia uovu. Ndiyo maana Mungu, Mungu wako, amekuweka wakfu na kukumiminia furaha kubwa kuliko wenzako.”
10 t Na tena: “Bwana, wewe uliumba dunia hapo mwanzo, mbingu ni kazi ya mikono yako.
11 Hizo zitatoweka, lakini wewe wabaki daima, zote zitachakaa kama vazi.
12 Utazikunjakunja kama koti, nazo zitabadilishwa kama vazi. Lakini wewe ni yuleyule daima, na maisha yako hayatakoma.”
13 t Mungu hakumwambia kamwe hata mmoja wa malaika wake: “Keti upande wangu wa kulia, mpaka niwaweke adui zako chini ya miguu yako.”
14 Malaika ni nini ila roho wanaomtumikia Mungu na ambao hutumwa kuwasaidia wale watakaopokea wokovu?
Hebrews 1
1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;4 having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?
6 And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame a fire:
8 but of the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:
11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
13 But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?