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

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

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

²to whom Abraham gave also the tenth portion of all; first being interpreted King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;

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

³without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but assimilated to the Son of God, abides a priest continually.

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

⁴Now consider how great this [personage] was, to whom [even] the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.

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

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

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

⁶but he who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

⁷ትንሹም በታላቁ እንዲባረክ ክርክር የሌለበት ነገር ነው።

⁷But beyond all gainsaying, the inferior is blessed by the better.

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

⁸And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives;

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

⁹and, so to speak, through Abraham, Levi also, who received tithes, has been made to pay tithes.

¹⁰መልከ ጼዴቅ በተገናኘው ጊዜ ገና በአባቱ ወገብ ነበረና።

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

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?

¹¹If indeed then perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for the people had their law given to them in connexion with *it*, what need [was there] still that a different priest should arise according to the order of Melchisedec, and not be named after the order of Aaron?

¹²ክህነቱ ሲለወጥ፥ ሕጉ ደግሞ ሊለወጥ የግድ ነውና።

¹²For, the priesthood being changed, there takes place of necessity a change of law also.

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

¹³For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has [ever] been attached to the service of the altar.

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

¹⁴For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.

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

¹⁵And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,

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

¹⁶who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.

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

¹⁷For it is borne witness, *Thou* art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.

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፥

¹⁸For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,

²²እንዲሁ ኢየሱስ ለሚሻል ኪዳን ዋስ ሆኖአል።

¹⁹(for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.

²³እነርሱም እንዳይኖሩ ሞት ስለ ከለከላቸው ካህናት የሆኑት ብዙ ናቸው፤

²⁰And by how much [it was] not without the swearing of an oath;

²⁴እርሱ ግን ለዘላለም የሚኖር ስለሆነ የማይለወጥ ክህነት አለው፤

²¹(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent [of it], *Thou* [art] priest for ever [according to the order of Melchisedec];)

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

²²by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.

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

²³And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;

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።

²⁴but he, because of his continuing for ever, has the priesthood unchangeable.

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

²⁵Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.

²⁶For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens:

²⁷who has not day by day need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for his own sins, then [for] those of the people; for this he did once for all [in] having offered up himself.

²⁸For the law constitutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the swearing of the oath which [is] after the law, a Son perfected for ever.