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

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:

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

²who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;

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

³and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

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

⁴And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.

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

⁵So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:

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

⁶as he saith also in another [place,] Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

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, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

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

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

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

⁹and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

¹⁰akaidamwa naMwari Mupristi mukuru wenhevedzo yeimba yaMerikizedheki.

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

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

¹¹Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are 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 when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

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

¹³For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.

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

¹⁴But solid food is for fullgrown men, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.