¹Ta Melhizedek namreč, kralj v Salemu, duhovnik Boga Najvišjega, ki je bil naproti prišel Abrahamu, vračajočemu se s poboja kraljev, in ga blagoslovil,

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

²ki mu je tudi Abraham podelil desetino od vsega, (njegovo ime se najprej tolmači: ‚kralj pravičnosti‘, potem pa tudi kralj Salema, to je: ‚kralj miru‘,

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;

³brez očeta je, brez matere, brez rodopisa, nima niti začetka dni niti življenja konca, prispodobljen pa je Sinu Božjemu), ostaja duhovnik za vedno.

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.

⁴Preudarite pa, kako velik je bil ta, ki mu je Abraham očak dal desetino od najboljšega plena.

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

⁵In tisti sinovi Levijevi, ki prejemajo duhovništvo, imajo zapoved, odesetiniti ljudstvo po postavi, to je: brate svoje, dasi so ti tudi izšli iz Abrahamovega ledja;

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,

⁶on pa, ki ni iz njih rodu, je odesetinil Abrahama in blagoslovil njega, ki je imel obljube.

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

⁷A brez vsakega ugovora blagoslavlja večji manjšega.

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

⁸In tukaj jemljejo desetine umrjoči ljudje, tam pa on, o katerem se priča, da živi.

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

⁹In takorekoč po Abrahamu je bil sem Levi, ki prejema desetine, odesetinjen;

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

¹⁰kajti bil je še v očetovih ledjih, ko mu je prišel Melhizedek naproti.

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

¹¹Ako se je torej dosegla popolnost po Levijem duhovništvu (na podlagi tega je namreč ljudstvo prejelo postavo), kaka potreba je bila še, da se postavi drugačen duhovnik „po redu Melhizedekovem“ in se ne imenuje po redu Aronovem?

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?

¹²Kajti če se premeni duhovništvo, nastane neogibno tudi izpremena postave.

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

¹³Ta namreč, ki se o njem to pravi, je iz drugega rodu, iz katerega ni nihče služil oltarju.

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

¹⁴Kajti znano je, da se je rodil Gospod naš iz Jude, kateremu rodu ni Mojzes ničesar govoril zastran duhovništva.

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

¹⁵In ta premena se še jasneje vidi, če je po podobi Melhizedekovi postavljen drugačen duhovnik,

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

¹⁶ki ni postal duhovnik po pravilu mesene zapovedi, temuč po moči neminljivega življenja;

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

¹⁷kajti priča se o njem: „Ti si duhovnik na vekomaj po redu Melhizedekovem“.

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

¹⁸S tem je torej odpravljena prejšnja zapoved, ker je bila slabotna in nekoristna,

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

¹⁹(kajti postava ni storila ničesar popolnega), vpeljano pa je boljše upanje, po katerem se bližamo Bogu.

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

²⁰In v kolikor to ni brez prisege

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

²¹(oni namreč so postali duhovniki brez prisege, ta pa s prisego po njem, ki je rekel: „Prisegel je Gospod in ne bo se kesal: Ti si duhovnik na vek po redu Melhizedekovem“),

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

²²toliko boljše zaveze porok je postal Jezus.

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

²³In onih je mnogo postalo duhovnikov, ker je smrt branila enemu vedno ostati;

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

²⁴ta pa, ker ostane na vekomaj, ima duhovništvo nepremenljivo.

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

²⁵Zato more tudi popolnoma rešiti tiste, ki se po njem bližajo Bogu, ker vedno živi, da se poteguje zanje.

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.

²⁶Kajti tak velik duhovnik se nam je tudi spodobil: svet, nedolžen, brezmadežen, ločen od grešnikov in vzvišen nad nebesa;

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

²⁷ki mu ni vsak dan potreba, kakor onim velikim duhovnikom, darovati žrtve najprej za svoje, potem za ljudstva grehe: kajti to je storil enkrat za vselej, ko je samega sebe daroval.Postava namreč postavlja za velike duhovnike ljudi, podvržene slabostim, beseda prisege, storjene šele po postavi, pa Sina, popolnoma dovršenega za vekomaj.

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.

²⁸Postava namreč postavlja za velike duhovnike ljudi, podvržene slabostim, beseda prisege, storjene šele po postavi, pa Sina, popolnoma dovršenega za vekomaj.

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.