¹For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

¹የሳሌም ንጉሥና የልዑል እግዚአብሔር ካህን የሆነ ይህ መልከ ጼዴቅ አብርሃም ነገሥታትን ገድሎ ሲመለስ ከእርሱ ጋር ተገናኝቶ ባረከው፤

²To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

²ለእርሱም ደግሞ አብርሃም ከሁሉ አስራትን አካፈለው። የስሙም ትርጓሜ በመጀመሪያ የጽድቅ ንጉሥ ነው፥ ኋላም ደግሞ የሳሌም ንጉሥ ማለት የሰላም ንጉሥ ነው።

³Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

³አባትና እናት የትውልድም ቍጥር የሉትም፥ ለዘመኑም ጥንት ለህይወቱም ፍጻሜ የለውም፥ ዳሩ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ተመስሎ ለዘላለም ካህን ሆኖ ይኖራል።

⁴Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

⁴የአባቶች አለቃ አብርሃም ከዘረፋው የሚሻለውን አስራት የሰጠው ይህ ሰው እንዴት ትልቅ እንደ ነበረ እስኪ ተመልከቱ።

⁵And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

⁵ከሌዊ ልጆችም ክህነትን የሚቀበሉት ከህዝቡ ማለት ከወንድሞቻቸው፥ እነርሱ ምንም ከአብርሃም ወገብ ቢወጡ፥ ከእነርሱ አሥራትን በሕግ እንዲያስወጡ ትእዛዝ አላቸው፤

⁶But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

⁶ትውልዱ ከእነርሱ የማይቈጠረው ግን ከአብርሃም አሥራትን አውጥቶአል፥ የተስፋ ቃል የነበረውንም ባርኮአል።

⁷And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

⁷ትንሹም በታላቁ እንዲባረክ ክርክር የሌለበት ነገር ነው።

⁸And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

⁸በዚህስ የሚሞቱ ሰዎች አሥራትን ያስወጣሉ፥ በዚያ ግን የሚያስወጣ በሕይወት እንዲኖር የተመሰከረለት እርሱ ነው።

⁹And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

⁹ይህንም ለማለት ሲፈቀድ፥ አሥራትን የሚያስወጣ ሌዊ እንኳ በአብርሃም እጅ አሥራትን ሰጥቶአል፤

¹⁰For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

¹⁰መልከ ጼዴቅ በተገናኘው ጊዜ ገና በአባቱ ወገብ ነበረና።

¹¹If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

¹¹እንግዲህ ህዝቡ በሌዊ ክህነት የተመሠረተን ሕግ ተቀብለዋልና በዚያ ክህነት ፍጹምነት የተገኘ ቢሆን፥ እንደ አሮን ሹመት የማይቈጠር፥ እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ግን የሆነ ሌላ ካህን ሊነሳ ወደፊት ስለ ምን ያስፈልጋል?

¹²For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

¹²ክህነቱ ሲለወጥ፥ ሕጉ ደግሞ ሊለወጥ የግድ ነውና።

¹³For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

¹³ይህ ነገር የተነገረለት እርሱ በሌላ ወገን ተካፍሎአልና፥ ከዚያም መሠዊያውን ያገለገለ ማንም የለም፤

¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

¹⁴ጌታችን ከይሁዳ ነገድ እንደወጣ የተገለጠ ነውና፥ ስለዚህም ነገድ ሙሴ ምንም እንኳ ስለ ክህነት አልተናገረም።

¹⁵And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

¹⁵በማያልፍም ሕይወት ኃይል እንጂ በሥጋ ትእዛዝ ሕግ ሳይሆን ሌላ ካህን በመልከ ጼዴቅ ምሳሌ ቢነሳ፥ ይህ እጅግ አብልጦ የሚገለጥ ነው።

¹⁶Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

¹⁷አንተ እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ለዘላለም ካህን ነህ ብሎ ይመሰክራልና።

¹⁷For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

¹⁸ሕጉ ምንም ፍጹም አላደረገምና፥ ስለዚህም የምትደክም የማትጠቅምም ስለሆነች የቀደመች ትእዛዝ ተሽራለች፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም የምንቀርብበት የሚሻል ተስፋ ገብቶአል።

¹⁸For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

²⁰እነርሱም ያለ መሐላ ካህናት ሆነዋልና፤ እርሱ ግን። ጌታ። አንተ እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ለዘላለም ካህን ነህ ብሎ ማለ አይጸጸትም ብሎ በተናገረለት ከመሐላ ጋር ካህን ሆኖአልና ያለ መሐላ ካህን እንዳልሆነ መጠን፥

¹⁹For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

²²እንዲሁ ኢየሱስ ለሚሻል ኪዳን ዋስ ሆኖአል።

²⁰And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

²³እነርሱም እንዳይኖሩ ሞት ስለ ከለከላቸው ካህናት የሆኑት ብዙ ናቸው፤

²¹(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

²⁴እርሱ ግን ለዘላለም የሚኖር ስለሆነ የማይለወጥ ክህነት አለው፤

²²By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

²⁵ስለ እነርሱም ሊያማልድ ዘወትር በሕይወት ይኖራልና ስለዚህ ደግሞ በእርሱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር የሚመጡትን ፈጽሞ ሊያድናቸው ይችላል።

²³And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

²⁶ቅዱስና ያለ ተንኮል ነውርም የሌለበት ከኃጢአተኞችም የተለየ ከሰማያትም ከፍ ከፍ ያለ፥ እንደዚህ ያለ ሊቀ ካህናት ይገባልና፤

²⁴But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

²⁷እርሱም እንደነዚያ ሊቃነ ካህናት አስቀድሞ ስለ ራሱ ኃጢአት በኋላም ስለ ሕዝቡ ኃጢአት ዕለት ዕለት መሥዋዕትን ሊያቀርብ አያስፈልገውም፤ ራሱን ባቀረበ ጊዜ ይህን አንድ ጊዜ ፈጽሞ አድርጎአልና።

²⁵Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

²⁸ሕጉ ድካም ያላቸውን ሰዎች ሊቀ ካህናት አድርጎ ይሾማልና፤ ከሕግ በኋላ የመጣ የመሐላው ቃል ግን ለዘላለም ፍጹም የሆነውን ልጅ ይሾማል።

²⁶For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

²⁷Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

²⁸For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.