¹For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

¹ሊቀ ካህናት ሁሉ ስለ ኃጢአት መባንና መስዋዕትን ሊያቀርብ ከሰው ተመርጦ ለእግዚአብሔር በሆነው ነገር ሁሉ ስለ ሰው ይሾማልና፤

²Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

²እርሱ ራሱም ደግሞ ድካምን ስለሚለብስ፥ ላልተማሩትና ለሚስቱት ሊራራላቸው ይችላል፤

³And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

³በዚህም ምክንያት ስለ ሕዝብ እንደሚያቀርብ እንዲሁ ስለ ራሱ ደግሞ መስዋዕትን ስለ ኃጢአት ሊያቀርብ ይገባዋል።

⁴And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

⁴እንደ አሮንም በእግዚአብሔር ከተጠራ በቀር ማንም ክብሩን ለራሱ የሚወስድ የለም።

⁵So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

⁵እንዲሁ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ሊቀ ካህናት ሊሆን ራሱን አላከበረም ነገር ግን። አንተ ልጄ ነህ እኔ ዛሬ ወልጄሃለሁ ያለው እርሱ ነው፤

⁶As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

⁶እንደዚህም በሌላ ስፍራ ደግሞ። አንተ እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ለዘላለም ካህን ነህ ይላል።

⁷Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

⁷እርሱም በስጋው ወራት ከሞት ሊያድነው ወደሚችል ከብርቱ ጩኸትና ከእንባ ጋር ጸሎትንና ምልጃን አቀረበ፥ እግዚአብሔርንም ስለ መፍራቱ ተሰማለት፤

⁸Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

⁸ምንም ልጅ ቢሆን፥ ከተቀበለው መከራ መታዘዝን ተማረ፤

⁹And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

⁹ከተፈጸመም በኋላ በእግዚአብሔር እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ሊቀ ካህናት ተብሎ ስለ ተጠራ፥ ለሚታዘዙለት ሁሉ የዘላለም መዳን ምክንያት ሆነላቸው።

¹⁰Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

¹¹ስለ እርሱም የምንናገረው ብዙ ነገር አለን፥ ጆሮቻችሁም ስለ ፈዘዙ በቃል ልንተረጕመው ጭንቅ ነው።

¹¹Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

¹²ከጊዜው የተነሳ አስተማሪዎች ልትሆኑ ሲገባችሁ፥ አንድ ሰው ስለ እግዚአብሔር ቃላት መጀመሪያ ያለውን የሕፃንነትን ትምህርት እንዲያስተምራችሁ እንደ ገና ያስፈልጋችኋልና፤ የሚያስፈልጋችሁም ወተት ነው እንጂ ጠንካራ ምግብ አይደለም።

¹²For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

¹³ወተት የሚጋት ሁሉ ሕፃን ስለ ሆነ የጽድቅን ቃል አያውቅምና፤

¹³For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

¹⁴ጠንካራ ምግብ ግን መልካሙንና ክፉውን ለመለየት በስራቸው የለመደ ልቡና ላላቸው ለፍጹማን ሰዎች ነው።

¹⁴But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.