¹Kajti vsak veliki duhovnik se jemlje izmed ljudi in se postavlja za ljudi v to, kar zadeva Boga, da prinaša darila in žrtve za grehe;

¹For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

²ki more potrpljenje imeti z nevednimi in tavajočimi, ker je tudi sam obdan s slabostjo,

²The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.

³in zaradi te mora kakor za ljudstvo tako tudi zase darovati za grehe.

³Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.

⁴In sam si nihče ne prisvaja te časti, nego kdor je poklican od Boga, kakor tudi Aron.

⁴Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.

⁵Tako tudi Kristus ni sam sebe počastil, da bi postal veliki duhovnik, nego on, ki mu je govoril: „Sin moj si ti, jaz sem te danes rodil“.

⁵So also Christ didn’t glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father.” Psalm 2:7

⁶Kakor tudi drugje pravi: „Ti si duhovnik na vek po redu Melhizedekovem“.

⁶As he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:4

⁷On je v dneh mesa svojega prinašal prošnje in molitve s silnim vpitjem in s solzami k onemu, ki ga je mogel oteti smrti, in je bil uslišan zavoljo svoje vdanosti Bogu,

⁷He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

⁸in se je, dasi Sin, učil po trpljenju pokorščine.

⁸though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

⁹In tako je postal popoln in večnega zveličanja ustanovitelj njim vsem, ki so mu poslušni,

⁹Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

¹⁰in Bog ga proglasil za velikega duhovnika po redu Melhizedekovem.

¹⁰named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

¹¹O tem bi nam bilo mnogo govoriti, a je težko pojasniti, ker ste počasni postali na sluhu.

¹¹About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

¹²Zakaj po času bi morali biti že učitelji, pa je treba, da vas kdo zopet uči, katere so začetne prvine izrekov Božjih, in postali ste mleka potrebni in ne močne hrane.

¹²For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

¹³Kajti vsak, kdor dobiva mleka, je nevešč besedi pravičnosti, ker je dete.Popolnim pa se daje močna hrana, namreč njim, ki imajo po izkušnji vajene čute, da razločujejo dobro in hudo.

¹³For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

¹⁴Popolnim pa se daje močna hrana, namreč njim, ki imajo po izkušnji vajene čute, da razločujejo dobro in hudo.

¹⁴But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.