¹For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless him,

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

²to whom also a tenth of all did Abraham divide, (first, indeed, being interpreted, `King of righteousness,` and then 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 genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually.

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

⁴And see how great this one [is], to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,

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

⁵and those, indeed, out of the sons of Levi receiving the priesthood, a command have to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, their brethren, even though they came forth out of the loins of Abraham;

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

⁶and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed,

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

⁷and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed —

⁷ትንሹም በታላቁ እንዲባረክ ክርክር የሌለበት ነገር ነው።

⁸and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there [he], who is testified to that he was living,

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

⁹and so to speak, through Abraham even Levi who is receiving tithes, hath paid tithes,

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

¹⁰for he was yet in the loins of the father when Melchisedek met him.

¹⁰መልከ ጼዴቅ በተገናኘው ጊዜ ገና በአባቱ ወገብ ነበረና።

¹¹If indeed, then, perfection were through the Levitical priesthood — for the people under it had received law — what further need, according to the order of Melchisedek, for another priest to arise, and not to be called according to 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, of necessity also, of the law a change doth come,

¹²ክህነቱ ሲለወጥ፥ ሕጉ ደግሞ ሊለወጥ የግድ ነውና።

¹³for he of whom these things are said in another tribe hath had part, of whom no one gave attendance at the altar,

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

¹⁴for [it is] evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to 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 more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest,

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

¹⁶who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,

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

¹⁷for He doth testify — `Thou [art] a priest — to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;`

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

¹⁸for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,

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፥

¹⁹(for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

²²እንዲሁ ኢየሱስ ለሚሻል ኪዳን ዋስ ሆኖአል።

²⁰And inasmuch as [it is] not apart from oath, (for those indeed apart from oath are become priests,

²³እነርሱም እንዳይኖሩ ሞት ስለ ከለከላቸው ካህናት የሆኑት ብዙ ናቸው፤

²¹and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, `The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest — to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;`)

²⁴እርሱ ግን ለዘላለም የሚኖር ስለሆነ የማይለወጥ ክህነት አለው፤

²²by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

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

²³and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining;

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

²⁴and he, because of his remaining — to the age, hath the priesthood not transient,

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።

²⁵whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God — ever living 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 a chief priest did become us — kind, harmless, undefiled, separate from the sinners, and become higher than the heavens,

²⁷who hath no necessity daily, as the chief priests, first for his own sins to offer up sacrifice, then for those of the people; for this he did once, having offered up himself;

²⁸for the law doth appoint men chief priests, having infirmity, but the word of the oath that [is] after the law [appointeth] the Son — to the age having been perfected.