¹Lebo ten istý Melchisedech, kráľ Sálema, kňaz najvyššieho Boha, ktorý vyšiel vústrety Abrahámovi, ktorý sa navracoval od porážky kráľov a požehnal ho,

¹For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

²ktorému aj desiatok udelil Abrahám zo všetkého, ktorý sa volá, keď sa preloží jeho meno, najprv kráľ spravedlivosti a potom i kráľ Sálema, čo je v preklade: kráľ Pokoja,

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;

³bez otca, bez matere, bez rodoslovia nemajúc ani počiatku dní ani konca života, ale súc pripodobnený Synovi Božiemu zostáva kňazom navždy.

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.

⁴A pozrite, jaký veľký je on, ktorému i desatinu dal Abrahám z najlepšieho z koristi, on, patriarcha!

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

⁵A tí, ktorí zo synov Léviho dostávajú kňazstvo, podľa zákona majú prikázanie desatiniť ľud, to jest svojich bratov, hoci pošli z bedra Abrahámovho.

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,

⁶Ale ten, ktorý čo do rodoslovia nepochádza z ich rodu, odesatinil Abraháma a toho, ktorý mal zasľúbenia, požehnal.

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

⁷A stojí nesporne, že menšie sa požehnáva od väčšieho čo do hodnosti.

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

⁸A tu berú desiatky ľudia, ktorí mrú, ale tamto ten, ktorému sa dáva svedoctvo, že žije.

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

⁹A, nech sa tak vyslovím, skrze Abraháma bol i Lévi, ktorý berie desiatky, odesatinený;

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

¹⁰lebo vtedy bol ešte v bedre otcom, keď mu vyšiel vústrety Melchisedech.

¹⁰for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.

¹¹Ak tedy bolo dokonalenie levitským kňazstvom - lebo izraelský ľud dostal na jeho základe zákon -, načo bolo potom ešte treba, aby povstal iný kňaz, podľa poriadku Melchisedechovho, a nie aby sa volal podľa poriadku Áronovho?

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?

¹²Lebo keď sa zamieňa kňazstvo, nevyhnutne sa deje i zámena zákona.

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

¹³Lebo ten, vzťahom na ktorého sa to hovorí, je z iného pokolenia, z ktorého sa nikto nestaral o oltár.

¹³For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

¹⁴Lebo je zrejmé, že z Júdu pošiel náš Pán, vzťahom na ktoré pokolenie Mojžiš nehovoril ničoho o kňazstve.

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

¹⁵A potom je ešte o veľa zjavnejšie, či mal v podobnosti Melchisedecha povstať iný kňaz,

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

¹⁶ktorý sa ním nestal podľa zákona telesného prikázania, ale podľa moci nezničiteľného života.

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

¹⁷Lebo svedčí: Ty si kňaz na veky podľa poriadku Melchisedechovho.

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

¹⁸Lebo sa odstraňuje predošlé prikázanie pre svoju slabosť a neosožnosť.

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

¹⁹Lebo zákon nezdokonalil ničoho, ale uvedenie lepšej nádeje, ktorou sa blížime Bohu.

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

²⁰A nakoľko nie bez prísahy -

²⁰Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

²¹lebo tamtí sa stali kňazmi bez prísahy, ale on s prísahou tým, ktorý mu povedal: Pán prisahal a nebude ľutovať: Ty si kňaz na veky podľa poriadku Melchisedechovho -,

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

²²natoľko i lepšej smluvy stal sa Ježiš ručiteľom.

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

²³A tamtí sa stali viacerí kňazmi preto, že im smrť prekážala trvať povždy:

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

²⁴ale on preto, že trvá na veky, má na iného neprechodné kňazstvo, večné,

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

²⁵prečo aj môže vždycky dokonale spasiť tých, ktorí skrze neho prichádzajú k Bohu, vždycky žijúc, aby sa primlúval za nich.

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.

²⁶Lebo nám i svedčalo mať takého veľkňaza, svätého, prostého zla, nepoškvrneného, oddeleného od hriešnikov a ktorý sa stal vyšším nad nebesia,

²⁶For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

²⁷ktorý nepotrebuje každého dňa ako najvyšší kňazi, obetovať obeti najprv za svoje vlastné hriechy a potom za hriechy ľudu. Lebo to učinil raz navždy tak, že obetoval sám seba.

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.

²⁸Lebo zákon ustanovuje za najvyšších kňazov ľudí, ktorí majú slabosť, ale slovo prísahy, ktorá sa udiala po zákone, ustanovuje Syna, zdokonaleného na večnosť.

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.