¹For every chief priest — out of men taken — in behalf of men is set 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፤

²able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;

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

³and because of this infirmity 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 one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron:

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

⁵so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief priest, but He who spake unto him: `My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;`

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

⁶as also in another [place] He saith, `Thou [art] a priest — to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;`

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

⁷who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death — with strong crying and tears — having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

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

⁸through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered — the obedience,

⁸ምንም ልጅ ቢሆን፥ ከተቀበለው መከራ መታዘዝን ተማረ፤

⁹and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during,

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

¹⁰having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek,

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

¹¹concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become 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 even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

¹³ወተት የሚጋት ሁሉ ሕፃን ስለ ሆነ የጽድቅን ቃል አያውቅምና፤

¹³for every one who is partaking of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness — for he is an infant,

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

¹⁴and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.