¹لان كل رئيس كهنة مأخوذ من الناس يقام لاجل الناس في ما للّه لكي يقدم قرابين وذبائح عن الخطايا

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,

²قادرا ان يترفق بالجهال والضالين اذ هو ايضا محاط بالضعف.

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

³ولهذا الضعف يلتزم انه كما يقدم عن الخطايا لاجل الشعب هكذا ايضا لاجل نفسه.

³and because of this infirmity he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins;

⁴ولا يأخذ احد هذه الوظيفة بنفسه بل المدعو من الله كما هرون ايضا.

⁴and no one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron:

⁵كذلك المسيح ايضا لم يمجد نفسه ليصير رئيس كهنة بل الذي قال له انت ابني انا اليوم ولدتك.

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;`

⁶كما يقول ايضا في موضع آخر انت كاهن الى الابد على رتبة ملكي صادق.

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

⁷الذي في ايام جسده اذ قدم بصراخ شديد ودموع طلبات وتضرعات للقادر ان يخلصه من الموت وسمع له من اجل تقواه

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,

⁸مع كونه ابنا تعلّم الطاعة مما تألم به

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

⁹واذ كمّل صار لجميع الذين يطيعونه سبب خلاص ابدي

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

¹⁰مدعوّا من الله رئيس كهنة على رتبة ملكي صادق

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

¹¹الذي من جهته الكلام كثير عندنا وعسر التفسير لننطق به اذ قد صرتم متباطئي المسامع.

¹¹concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing,

¹²لانكم اذ كان ينبغي ان تكونوا معلّمين لسبب طول الزمان تحتاجون ان يعلمكم احد ما هي اركان بداءة اقوال الله وصرتم محتاجين الى اللبن لا الى طعام قوي.

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,

¹³لان كل من يتناول اللبن هو عديم الخبرة في كلام البر لانه طفل.

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

¹⁴واما الطعام القوي فللبالغين الذين بسبب التمرن قد صارت لهم الحواس مدربة على التمييز بين الخير والشر

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.