¹¶ Ko tenei Merekihereke hoki, kingi o harema, tohunga o te Atua o te Runga Rawa, i tutaki nei ki a Aperahama i a ia e hoki ana i te patunga i nga kingi, i manaaki nei i a ia,

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,

²A hoatu ana e Aperahama ki a ia nga whakatekau o nga mea katoa, ko te whakamaoritanga o tona ingoa i te tuatahi ko te Kingi o te tika, i to muri hoki ko te Kingi o Harema, ara ko te Kingi o te rangimarie:

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,)

³He mea matuakore, whaeakore, kahore nei ona whakapapa tupuna, kahore he timatanga o ona ra, kahore he mutunga o tona ora; he tangata kua whakaritea ki te Tama a te Atua, mau tonu ana ia hei tohunga.

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.

⁴Na, whakaaroa te nui o tenei tangata i hoatu nei ki a ia e te tupuna nui, e Aperahama, nga whakatekau o nga taonga parakete.

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

⁵Ko nga tama hoki a Riwai, ara nga mea kua riro nei i a ratou te mahi tohunga, he ture kei a ratou kia tangohia ta te ture i whakarite ai, nga whakatekau a te iwi, he mea na o ratou teina i puta mai nei ano i te hope o Aperahama:

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;

⁶Ko tenei tangata ia, ehara nei i te mea no to ratou kawai, riro ana i a ia nga whakatekau a Aperahama, a manaakitia ana e ia te tangata i a ia nei nga kupu whakaari.

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

⁷E kore rawa ia tenei e taea te whakateka, ara ko te mea iti e manaakitia ana e te mea nui.

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

⁸I konei e riro ana nga whakatekau i nga tangata, he matemate nei; i reira ia, i tera e kiia nei kei te ora ia.

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

⁹Me penei ano te ki, ko Riwai e tango whakatekau nei, hoatu ana e ia he whakatekau i ta Aperahama meatanga ra.

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

¹⁰I roto tonu hoki ia i te hope o tona papa i te tutakitanga o Merekihereke ki a ia.

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

¹¹¶ Na, ki te mea na ta te Riwai mahi tohunga i tino rite ai, a i na runga hoki i tera te rironga o te ture i te iwi, he aha atu te mea e whakatika ake ai tetahi atu tohunga i runga i to Merekihereke ritenga; te kiia ai i runga i to Arona ritenga?

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?

¹²Ka whakaputaia ketia nei hoki te mahi tohunga, ina kua puta ke ano hoki te ture.

¹²for the priesthood being changed, of necessity also, of the law a change doth come,

¹³Ko te tangata hoki mona enei korero, he hapu ke tona, kahore nei tetahi o ratou i whakatata ki te aata.

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

¹⁴He mea takoto marama hoki tenei, i puta ake to tatou Ariki i roto i a Hura: hore rawa he kupu a Mohi mo te mahi tohunga a tera iwi.

¹⁴for [it is] evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

¹⁵A ka tino marama rawa ta matou i korero ai, ina whakatika ake tetahi atu tohunga i te ritenga o Merekihereke;

¹⁵And it is yet more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest,

¹⁶Ko tona whakatohungatanga nei hoki ehara i te mea no runga i te ture o nga tikanga o te kikokiko, engari no runga i te kaha o te ora e kore e mutu.

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

¹⁷Kua whakaaturia mai nei hoki e ia, Hei tohunga koe ake ake i runga i te ritenga o Merekihereke.

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

¹⁸Kua whakakahoretia hoki te ture i whakatakotoria i mua, no te mea kahore ona kaha, kahore ona hua,

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

¹⁹Kahore hoki he mea i tino tika i te ture; kua mauria mai ano he mea e hira ake ai te tumanako, na reira nei tatou ka whakatata atu ki te Atua.

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

²⁰Na kihai nei i mahue te oati:

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

²¹Ko era hoki kahore he oati i to ratou whakatohungatanga; he oati ia i to tenei, na tera i ki mai ra ki a ia, Kua oati te Ariki, a e kore e puta ke tona whakaaro, hei tohunga koe ake ake i runga i te ritenga o Merekihereke:

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;`)

²²Koia i nui ke ai te pai o te kawenata ko Ihu nei tona kaiwhakamau.

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

²³He tokomaha hoki ratou i whakatohungatia, ta te mea kihai i tukua e te mate kia tu tonu;

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

²⁴Ko tenei ia, e mau tonu ana ake ake, e kore ano e puta ke tana mahi tohunga.

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

²⁵Na, e taea ano e ia te tino whakaora te hunga e na runga atu ana i a ia ki te Atua; e ora tonu ana hoki ia hei inoi mo ratou.

²⁵whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God — ever living to make intercession for them.

²⁶He pai rawa hoki tenei tu tohunga nui mo tatou, te tapu, te kinokore, te pokekore, he mea motu ke i te hunga hara, kua whakanekehia ake ano hoki ki runga ake i nga rangi;

²⁶For such a chief priest did become us — kind, harmless, undefiled, separate from the sinners, and become higher than the heavens,

²⁷Kahore ana mea e pera ai ia me nga tohunga nui, e whakaeke patunga tapu ai ia i ia ra, mo ona hara ake i te tuatahi, muri iho mo o te iwi; kotahi tonu hoki tana meatanga i tenei, i tana whakaekenga atu i a ia ake.

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;

²⁸Ko nga tohunga nui hoki e whakaturia ana e te ture, he tangata e pehia ana e te ngoikore; ko ta te kupu ia o te oati, i muri nei i te ture, ko te Tama, kua oti nei te mea kia tino tika ake ake.

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.