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 Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of 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 also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, 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 made like the Son of God), remains 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 man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best 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;

⁵They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,

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

⁶but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

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

⁷But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

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

⁸Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

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

⁹We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,

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

¹⁰for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek 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?

¹¹Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

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

¹²For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

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 another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

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

¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

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

¹⁵This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

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

¹⁶who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

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

¹⁷for it is testified, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:4

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

¹⁸For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

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

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

²⁰Kaj pro tio, ke ne mankas jxurado

²⁰Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking 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 indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, “The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’” Psalm 110:4

²²Jesuo farigxis garantiulo de des pli bona interligo.

²²By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

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

²³Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.

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

²⁴But he, because he lives forever, has his 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.

²⁵Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession 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 was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made 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 doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he 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 appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.