¹Nekuti mupristi mukuru umwe neumwe wakatorwa pakati pevanhu, unogadzirwa vanhu pazvinhu zvaMwari, kuti abayire zvose zvipo nezvibayiro nekuda kwezvivi;

¹For every chief priest — out of men taken — in behalf of men is set in things [pertaining] to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

²iye une moyo munyoro pane vasingazivi naivo vakatsauka, naizvozvo naiyewo amene wakakomberedzwa neutera.

²able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;

³Uye nekuda kwaizvozvi iye unofanira kuzvibayira pamusoro pezvivi zvake, sezvaanobayira zvevanhu.

³and because of this infirmity he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins;

⁴Hakuna munhu ungazvitorera rukudzo urwu, asi uyo wakadamwa naMwari saAroniwo.

⁴and no one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron:

⁵Saizvozvowo Kristu haana kuzvikudza iye kuva mupristi mukuru, asi uyo wakati kwaari: Ndiwe Mwanakomana wangu, nhasi ndakubereka;

⁵so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief priest, but He who spake unto him: `My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;`

⁶Sezvaanorevawo pane imwe nzvimbo, achiti: Ndiwe Mupristi nekusingaperi wenhevedzo yeimba yaMerikizedheki.

⁶as also in another [place] He saith, `Thou [art] a priest — to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;`

⁷Iye pamazuva enyama yake, apa minyengetero nemikumbiro nekuchema kukuru nemisodzi kuna iye waigona kumuponesa kubva parufu, uye akanzwikwa pakuti wakatya,

⁷who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death — with strong crying and tears — having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

⁸kunyange aiva Mwanakomana, zvakadaro wakadzidza kuteerera nekuda kwezvinhu zvaakatambudzika;

⁸through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered — the obedience,

⁹akati aitwa wakaperedzerwa, akazova muvambi weruponeso rwusingaperi kune vose avo vanomuteerera;

⁹and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during,

¹⁰akaidamwa naMwari Mupristi mukuru wenhevedzo yeimba yaMerikizedheki.

¹⁰having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek,

¹¹Watine zvinhu zvizhinji zvatingataura pamusoro pake, zvinorema kududzira, zvamakagomara pakunzwa.

¹¹concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing,

¹²Nekuti apo pamaifanira kuva vadzidzisi, nekuda kwenguva makashaiwa kuti kuve neunokudzidzisaizve kuti zviga zvekutanga zvezvimiso zvaMwari zvinyi, uye mava savanoda mukaka, kwete chikafu chikukutu.

¹²for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

¹³Nekuti ani nani unodya mukaka haana unyanzvi mushoko rekururama, nekuti mucheche.

¹³for every one who is partaking of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness — for he is an infant,

¹⁴Asi chikafu chikukutu ndechevakura zvakazara, vanokuziva kwakadzidziswa nenzira yekurovedzwa, kuzivisisa zvose zvakanaka nezvakaipa.

¹⁴and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.