¹CXar tiu Melkicedek, regxo de Salem, pastro de Dio la Plejalta, kiu renkontis Abrahamon revenantan de la mortigado de la regxoj, kaj lin benis,

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

²kaj al kiu ankaux Abraham donis dekonon el cxio (unue laux interpreto regxo de justeco, kaj poste regxo de Salem, tio estas regxo de paco;

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;

³senpatra, senpatrina, sengenealogia, havanta nek komencon de tagoj, nek finon de vivo, sed similigita al la Filo de Dio), restas pastro por cxiam.

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.

⁴Nun pripensu, kiel granda estis cxi tiu, al kiu la patriarko Abraham donis dekonon el la akirajxoj.

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

⁵Kaj efektive el la filoj de Levi tiuj, kiuj ricevas la pastran oficon, havas ordonon imposti lauxlegxe podekone la popolon, tio estas, siajn fratojn, kvankam elirintajn el la lumboj de Abraham;

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:

⁶sed tiu, kies genealogio ne estas el ili, ricevis de Abraham dekonajxon, kaj benis tiun, kiu havis la promesojn.

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

⁷Sed ekster cxia kontrauxparolo, la malpli granda ricevas benon de la pli granda.

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

⁸Kaj cxi tie homoj, kiuj mortas, ricevas dekonajxojn, sed tie unu, pri kiu estas atestate, ke li vivas.

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

⁹Kaj, por tiel diri, per Abraham ankaux Levi, la ricevanto de dekonajxoj, donis dekonajxon;

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

¹⁰cxar li estis ankoraux en la lumboj de la patro, kiam Melkicedek lin renkontis.

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

¹¹Tial, se ekzistis perfekteco per la Levida pastreco (cxar sub gxi la popolo ricevis la legxon), kia plua bezono estis, ke levigxu alia pastro laux la maniero de Melkicedek, kaj ne estu nomata laux la maniero de Aaron?

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?

¹²CXar kiam la pastraro sxangxigxas, necese ankaux farigxas sxangxo de legxo.

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

¹³CXar tiu, pri kiu tio estas dirita, estas ano de alia tribo, el kiu neniu servis cxe la altaro.

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.

¹⁴CXar evidente estas, ke nia Sinjoro devenis de Jehuda, pri kiu tribo Moseo diris nenion rilate pastrecon.

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

¹⁵Kaj tio ecx pli evidenta estas, se laux simileco de Melkicedek levigxas pastro alia,

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

¹⁶kiu estas farita ne laux la legxo de ordono karna, sed laux la potenco de vivo nedetruebla;

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

¹⁷cxar li havas la ateston: Vi estas pastro por cxiam Laux la maniero de Melkicedek.

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

¹⁸CXar okazas vere nuligado de antauxiranta ordono, pro gxia malforteco kaj senutileco

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

¹⁹(cxar la legxo nenion perfektigis); kaj okazas la enkonduko de pli bona espero, per kiu ni alproksimigxas al Dio.

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

²⁰Kaj pro tio, ke ne mankas jxurado

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

²¹(cxar ili sen jxurado estas faritaj pastroj, sed cxi tiu kun jxuro laux Tiu, kiu diris pri li: La Eternulo jxuris, kaj ne pentos: Vi estas pastro por cxiam);

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];)

²²Jesuo farigxis garantiulo de des pli bona interligo.

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

²³Kaj ili ja farigxis pastroj multenombraj, cxar pro morto estas malpermesate al ili dauxri;

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

²⁴sed cxi tiu, pro sia eterna dauxrado, havas sian pastrecon nesxangxebla.

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

²⁵Tial ankaux li povas savi gxis la ekstremajxo tiujn, kiuj alproksimigxas per li al Dio, cxar li cxiam vivas, por propeti pro ili.

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

²⁶CXar por ni konvenis tia cxefpastro, sankta, senpeka, senmakula, apartigita for de pekuloj, kaj farita pli alta ol la cxielo;

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

²⁷li ne havas cxiutagan necesecon, kiel tiuj cxefpastroj, oferi oferojn, unue pro la propraj pekoj, poste pro la pekoj de la popolo; cxar tion li faris unufoje por cxiam, oferante sin mem.

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.

²⁸CXar la legxo starigas kiel cxefpastrojn homojn, kiuj havas malfortecon; sed la vorto de la jxuro, kiu estas post la legxo, nomas Filon, perfektigitan por cxiam.

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.